Worth Knowing, Probably Not Quite Threadworthy 3/24

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It Took 12 Years for San Francisco to Fix Its No-Algebra-for-Equity Mess

https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2026/03/23/it-took-12-years-for-san-francisco-to-fix-its-no-algebra-for-equity-mess-n3813163

I've been writing about this for so many years that I feel obligated to write about it now that this long story is finally coming to an end. Twelve years after the city of San Francisco decided to end the teaching of Algebra in 8th grade, which it specifically did for equity, the city will finally be able to offer it again in most middle schools next year.

Since San Francisco’s school district removed Algebra 1 from all public middle and K-8 schools in 2014, families have pushed for its return.

Starting next school year, the math course is set to be an option for all 8th graders again for the first time in more than a decade. But after two years of piloting different options for the course’s implementation, there’s still internal and external debate on exactly how Algebra 1 should be offered. Think of it as solving for x after it took twelve years to solve for y.

At 19 of its 21 middle and K-8 schools, the district plans to offer Algebra 1 as an additional elective course. All students would be automatically enrolled in Math 8 — the final class in SFUSD’s current K-8 math sequence — while some could also choose to take Algebra 1 if deemed academically eligible.

After 12 years of hobbling everybody instead of trying to help the slower improve, SF has finally decided to let those with the aptitude keep their own pace? How shocking, innovative!!!

[SVPete]

Surprise! ICE Clearing Out Long Lines at Airports

https://hotair.com/david-strom/2026/03/24/surprise-ice-clearing-out-long-lines-at-airports-n3813185

Instead, here we are, with the TSA being weaponized by the Democrats to increase the pain on ordinary citizens, the TSA workers having to work for God knows how long without pay, and the airlines groaning under the weight of delays and cancellations.

Trump's temporary solution is to deploy ICE agents to the airports to help speed the security process, and it appears to be working, and working very quickly. Lines have gone from hours to under 1 hour, sometimes mere minutes.

[SVPete]

Murdered Girl’s Family Slams Dem Who Claimed Victim Startled Killer at ‘Wrong Time’

https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/03/24/murdered-girls-family-slams-dem-who-claimed-victim-startled-killer-at-wrong-time-n4951008

A masked illegal alien approached a stranger in a public place and deliberately shot her in the head as she tried to run away. A Democrat politician then insanely claimed that the victim probably just startled the well-intentioned but armed illegal alien. And the victim’s family is understandably furious.

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I think it is important to emphasize that Chicago has some of the worst gun control laws in the nation, thanks to Democrats. Gunshot murders occur every week in Chicago, because gun control simply takes firearms out of the hands of innocent and law-abiding citizens. So when you listen to and read Chicago Alderwoman Maria Hadden’s (D) comments, I want you to remember that her party aggressively cracks down on legal gun ownership, and yet she thought it was perfectly normal for a masked man at a beach to be toying with a loaded gun.

Hadden rambled in a now-viral clip, “From what police know, from — from speaking to the students who were with her, it seems she [Sheridan Gorman] might have …they were just out, you know, people go out to the beach all the time, right? And they go out on the pier, they walk around so that the kids were out doing normal, normal things people do in the neighborhood, and it sounds like this might have been a wrong place, wrong time situation, running into a person who had a gun.”

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Thomaston Resident Pleads Guilty to Border Patrol Assault

https://www.justice.gov/usao-me/pr/thomaston-resident-pleads-guilty-border-patrol-assault

PORTLAND, Maine: A Thomaston resident pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Portland to assaulting a U.S. Border Patrol agent engaged in his official duties.

According to court records, in August 2025, a United States Border Patrol agent responded to a one-vehicle crash in Washington, Maine. As law enforcement conducted a roadside investigation, Olivia Wilkins, 24, came upon the scene in an automobile and parked close to officers. Wilkins voiced concerns regarding Border Patrol’s presence in the area, but was permitted to move the vehicle further back from the crash to continue observing law enforcement. As the Border Patrol agent took an individual on scene into custody and began moving the individual to a nearby Border Patrol vehicle, Wilkins quickly accelerated toward the agent, who pulled the individual off the roadside away from the oncoming vehicle. Wilkins stopped the vehicle without striking either the agent or the individual in custody before swerving back into the lane of travel and fleeing the scene. Maine State Police troopers were able to arrest Wilkins a short distance away.

Wilkins faces up to 20 years in prison, a fine of up to $250,000, and up to three years of supervised release, and will be sentenced after the completion of a presentence investigative report by the U.S. Probation Office. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.