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Paul Graham is pushing back on AOC's claim that billionaires can't earn their wealth, arguing his two decades evaluating founders at Y Combinator proves creation—not exploitation—is what produces outsized success. Meanwhile, SFUSD just voted 6-1 to adopt an ethnic studies curriculum validated by a rigged review process, with litigation already filed the same night. Together with federal data projecting California will lose nearly a million public school students by 2031, the stakes around who controls education—and who gets rewarded for excellence—have never been higher in this state.

Yes, You Can Earn a Billion Dollars
Asset Seizure Taxes Merit & Excellence

Yes, You Can Earn a Billion Dollars

AOC says you can't earn a billion dollars. Paul Graham, who spent 20 years predicting which founders become billionaires, has the data to prove her wrong.

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California Will Lose a Million Students
Housing & YIMBY Merit & Excellence

California Will Lose a Million Students

Federal data projects a 15.7% enrollment collapse by 2031, the worst of any major state. Meanwhile, Idaho and Florida are growing. This isn't inevitable—it's what happens when the cost of housing skyrockets and the quality of education declines.

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California Democrats Are Coming for Your Kids' Schools. Again.
Merit & Excellence Asian American Issues

California Democrats Are Coming for Your Kids' Schools. Again.

ACA-7 would gut Prop 209's K-12 protections, letting race determine who gets into gifted programs. Voters said no twice. Sacramento doesn't care.

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She Graduated With Honors But She Can't Read
Merit & Excellence

She Graduated With Honors But She Can't Read

She's suing the district that failed to teach her. Virtue signal destroyed teaching. How do we restore real education in schools?

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How One Professor Helped Kill a Bad Bill
Merit & Excellence State Politicians

How One Professor Helped Kill a Bad Bill

Jelani Nelson drove to Sacramento for months, recruited allies, and won: Academic standards at UCs matter

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MacKenzie Scott's $26 Billion Sugar Pile
State Capacity Merit & Excellence

MacKenzie Scott's $26 Billion Sugar Pile

Forbes celebrates her as history's greatest giver. But without stewardship, the outcomes are spotty at best.

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