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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.

The $75,000 Escape Hatch Rich Parents Will Use
Merit & Excellence New York City

The $75,000 Escape Hatch Rich Parents Will Use

Mamdani's plan to kill gifted programs will crush working-class kids while wealthy families shrug and write tuition checks.

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SFUSD's "Equity" Lottery Backfired Spectacularly
Merit & Excellence San Francisco

SFUSD's "Equity" Lottery Backfired Spectacularly

A policy failure wrapped in virtue signaling: more segregation, 4,000 students gone, a bankrupt district—and it all started with anti-Chinese racism.

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Stanford's Fake Disability Crisis Is America's Future
Merit & Excellence State Capacity

Stanford's Fake Disability Crisis Is America's Future

When 38% of students at America's most elite university claim disability status, the system isn't broken—it's working exactly as designed.

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The New War on Asian American Excellence
Asian American Issues Merit & Excellence

The New War on Asian American Excellence

Helen Andrews says Asian Americans are ruining education with 'grind culture.' The data says she's lying.

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When Liberalism Didn't Say No to Racism
Merit & Excellence San Francisco

When Liberalism Didn't Say No to Racism

When illiberal ideas dressed up as progress demanded that equal rules are unjust, liberals had no answer. Now we do.

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America's Schools Are Lying About Failure
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America's Schools Are Lying About Failure

Film students can't finish movies. Professors curve the grades anyway. And states that 'lowered standards to be kind' betrayed their most vulnerable students.

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Neither Party Cares About Your Kids' Education
Merit & Excellence Media & Narrative

Neither Party Cares About Your Kids' Education

Democrats chase equity theater while Republicans settle for culture war dunks. Here's the evidence-based path both ignore.

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Matt Mahan Just Blew Up the Governor's Race
State Politicians Homelessness & Drug Crisis

Matt Mahan Just Blew Up the Governor's Race

A startup founder who actually delivers results vs. Sacramento's endless theater. California finally has a real choice.

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The Real Class War California Won't Talk About
Asset Seizure Taxes Merit & Excellence

The Real Class War California Won't Talk About

Inherited wealth wants to destroy builders while protecting their own loopholes. The data exposes the fraud.

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