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Nick Shirley SUES California Over ‘Stop Nick Shirley Act’

https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/09/04/nick-shirley-sues-california/

Nick Shirley announced today on X that he is suing the state of California over the controversial bill signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom that critics have dubbed the “Stop Nick Shirley Act.”

AB 2624 restricts the publication of certain identifying information about workers at organizations that provide immigration-related services when a worker submits a written request that the information not be published.

Critics of the law, including Shirley, argue the restrictions could interfere with journalists and others investigating those organizations.

The law arrogates to the State of California the rights to determine: 1. Who is a "real" journalist; 2. What "real" journalists are allowed to investigate and on what they can report. Had Trump tried something like this in 2017 tom squash the Trump-Russia Collusion Delusion, journalists, Dems, and Rs would have roared in protest, rightfully.

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Success Academy Sues New York State For Suppressing AP Test Scores

https://freebeacon.com/education/success-academy-sues-new-york-state-for-suppressing-ap-test-scores/

The Success Academy charter school network is suing the New York education commissioner, Betty Rosa, accusing her of blocking the release of AP test score results as part of what the lawsuit calls "a government-created information blockade."
The suit says Rosa, at the behest of the teachers' union, blocked the College Board from releasing AP test data to U.S. News & World Report for use in its high school rankings. That effectively impeded Success's ability to communicate—a violation of First Amendment free expression rights, the suit says.

"Fewer than 25 percent of high school students nationally pass at least one AP examination by the time they graduate. By contrast, 95 percent of Success Academy's 2026 graduating class passed three or more AP examinations, 79 percent passed five or more, and 60 percent passed seven or more," the lawsuit says. "Those results are among the most objective and compelling evidence of the rigor of Success Academy's high-school program and of its students' readiness for college."

"Success Academy therefore wants those results known. It wants them known to families of prospective students who are seeking a rigorous education for their children; to the colleges and universities to which Success Academy's students are applying; and to journalists, educators, policymakers, philanthropists, and the public," the lawsuit says. "Success Academy particularly wants these results known to U.S. News & World Report ('U.S. News'), which publishes one of the country's most widely disseminated high-school rankings."

Educrats hiding PS mediocrity and obscuring private schools' successes - probably a Race Card Play - using state regulatory power.

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Portland-Area County Scraps Race-Based Homeless Policy Amid Legal Threats

https://freebeacon.com/america/portland-area-county-scraps-race-based-homeless-policy-amid-legal-threats/

Multnomah County, Ore., said this week that it would no longer use race or sexual orientation to determine who is eligible for housing support, citing pressure from the Trump administration and a class-action lawsuit.

The county, which includes most of Portland, removed race and "LGBTQIA2S+" status from its points-based system for allocating homeless services, which had awarded more points for expressing interest in "culturally specific services" than for having a disability. Applicants need roughly 16-19 points in order to obtain housing support. The original scoring rubric—first reported by the Washington Free Beacon—made it substantially harder for straight white applicants to meet that cutoff.

"To ensure total compliance with shifting guidance and legal interpretation from the federal government, the Homeless Services Department is changing the coordinated access scoring system it uses to prioritize households for certain services, namely supportive housing," county spokeswoman Julia Comnes told the Oregonian on Tuesday.

Other officials cited a class-action lawsuit filed by a disabled white woman, Michele Mei, who narrowly missed the cutoff for rent relief because of her race. That complaint describes a raft of race-based policies beyond the scoring system, including "culturally specific" apartments for the "BIPOC Community" and a pledge that "[p]eople of color will be served at higher rates." Asked about those policies specifically, Multnomah County spokesperson Denis Theriault told the Free Beacon that it does not comment on ongoing litigation.

If anyone believes Multnomah County ethnocrats and gendercrats won't impose their selection preferences by less open means, I have bridge toll concessions to sell.