{"id":23320,"date":"2019-05-18T22:00:02","date_gmt":"2019-05-19T06:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/?p=23320"},"modified":"2019-05-19T00:42:42","modified_gmt":"2019-05-19T08:42:42","slug":"rouge-forum-dispatch-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/rouge-forum-dispatch-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Rouge Forum Dispatch: Class Conscious News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Chelsea Manning ordered back to jail for contempt<\/h1>\n

US former intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning has been ordered back to prison after again refusing to testify before an inquiry into Wikileaks.<\/p>\n

Manning, 31, was remanded in custody for contempt of court after refusing to give evidence to a grand jury, her legal team said.<\/p>\n

She was released from jail last week after serving a two-month sentence for an earlier refusal to testify.<\/p>\n

Before Thursday’s hearing she made it clear that she would still not testify.<\/p>\n

“I’m not going to comply with this grand jury,” she told reporters outside the court in Alexandria, Virginia.<\/p>\n

Once in court she told the judge she would “rather starve to death than to change my opinions in this regard”, the Washington Post reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

US District Court Judge Anthony Trenga ordered that Manning be remanded in custody and fined $500 (\u00a3390) a day after 30 days if she still refuses to testify, rising to $1,000 after 60 days.\u00a0 www.bbc.com\/news\/world-us-canada-48304792<\/a><\/p>\n

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STOP LAUSD RETALIATION AGAINST STRIKING UTLA MEMBERS! Sign the Petition!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The District is retaliating against three different groups of UTLA Members because and only because we went on Strike:<\/p>\n

1. Reduced Workload Leave Teachers<\/p>\n

2. Health & Human Services Professionals<\/p>\n

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4. WHAT YOU CAN DO TODAY TO HELP<\/p>\n

1. Reduced Workload Leave Teachers (RWL)<\/p>\n

In May 2019, the district admiited they rescinded the RWL status of teachers because and only because they went on Strike.<\/p>\n

This directly impacts the retirement benefits of these educators for the rest of their lives \u2014 resulting in an average reduction of roughly $250 per month in retirement \u2014 shrinking their retirement benefits by roughly $3,000 per year \u2014 for the rest of their lives.<\/p>\n

A loss of $3,000 per year for the rest of their lives because and only because they went on Strike.\u00a0\u00a0 www.thepetitionsite.com\/takeaction\/542\/661\/874\/?fbclid=IwAR3ijfRRDH8RpI6xWpOwBIc2aPilEiMJbv5YR2PkttYPW9HnbfiqBdzfJMM<\/a><\/p>\n

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Teachers at 3 Chicago charter schools go on strike<\/h1>\n

Educators at three Chicago charter schools went on strike Thursday in what\u2019s billed as the nation\u2019s first protest against multiple charter operators.<\/p>\n

About 80 educators and support staff took to the picket lines, including at the Instituto Health Sciences Career Academy, 2520 S. Western Ave.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt a time when charters have received the largest distribution of resources from the state of Illinois . . . , what they\u2019ve done is expand the bloat at the administrative level,\u201d said Stacy Davis Gates, vice president of the Chicago Teachers Union. \u201cThey have neglected to make sure that those funds trickle down to the classrooms.\u201d<\/p>\n

Strikers complain that their starting wages at the charter schools are about 40 percent lower than those of teachers at non-charter Chicago Public Schools \u2014 a situation they say is driving teachers to find work elsewhere.<\/p>\n

Aurelius Raines, a physics teacher at IHSCA, said he knows of six teachers who have left his school.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot because they were let go, but because they could not afford to stay here and teach,\u201d Raines said. \u201cThey had to find a job someplace else. They all found jobs paying them much more money. \u2026 That means I go into a classroom and I see a bunch of children who are sitting in front of a substitute and they are not getting an education. They just have a worksheet.\u201d\u00a0 chicago.suntimes.com\/2019\/5\/2\/18622277\/teachers-at-3-chicago-charter-schools-go-on-strike<\/a><\/p>\n

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USC football coach Clay Helton made $3.2 million for 2017-18 fiscal year<\/h1>\n
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USC football coach Clay Helton was paid about $3.2 million during the school\u2019s fiscal year covering July 1, 2017, to June 30, 2018, according to USC\u2019s federal tax return released Wednesday in response to a request by the Los Angeles Times.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Helton coached the Trojans to a Pac-12 championship in 2017 and a berth in the Cotton Bowl, ending that season with an 11-3 record. In February 2018, he received a contract extension until 2023, which could account for the pay raise Helton earned after he made a reported $2.6 million the prior fiscal year. As a private institution, USC is not required to divulge the salary information of its employees.\u00a0 www.latimes.com\/sports\/usc\/la-sp-clay-helton-usc-football-salary-20190515-story.html<\/a><\/p>\n

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Southwestern College approves $330,000 salary for HR executive, calls it \u2018hard to swallow\u2019<\/h1>\n

The Southwestern Community College board agreed Tuesday to pay its vice president for human resources a $330,000 salary, an amount that the superintendent said is \u201chard to swallow\u201d but is a needed investment in the college\u2019s human resources department.<\/p>\n

The pay makes the vice president, Rose DelGaudio, one of the highest-salaried employees in the California community college system.<\/p>\n

DelGaudio previously worked in a similar capacity at at Long Beach City College, where she was paid $219,000 a year, according to the website\u00a0Transparent California<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The proposed Southwestern salary for DelGaudio is higher than any California community college employee was paid in 2017, the latest year for which statewide salary data are available. It is also more than what Southwestern\u2019s superintendent makes.\u00a0 www.sandiegouniontribune.com\/news\/education\/story\/2019-05-14\/southwestern-college-approves-330-000-salary-for-human-resources-executive<\/a><\/p>\n

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Southwestern College President cancels ASO elections (Identity Politics run amok in faculty and students while bosses skate)<\/h1>\n

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President Murillo\u2019s decision comes amid outrage over alleged racism and incendiary Instagram post.<\/h3>\n

Southwestern College President Kindred Murillo cancelled the Associated Student Organization\u2019s annual election last week after learning about a fake Instagram post that made it appear a slate of black candidates was attempting to incite racial violence against their predominantly Latinx opponents.<\/p>\n

The black candidate slate, known as Team Elite, denied any knowledge of the post, which called to \u201cchop the heads off of the euro-centrist white supremacist mexicans of the campus,\u201d and accused the predominantly Latinx slate, known as Team Green, of creating the post in attempt sway the election in their favor.<\/p>\n

The election controversy is the latest eruption in a long history of black\/Latinx tensions on campus. It bubbled over May 2 during a discipline hearing by the ASO\u2019s election board on accusations of racist comments made by a Team Green member about Team Elite. Black students reacted with outrage after the board imposed a punishment on the Team Green VP of Public Relations candidate Dimitrius Loa that they felt was too lenient.<\/p>\n

Black Student Union Faculty Advisor Trishana Norquist then revealed a packet of printed screenshots of the fake Instagram post. The post, which Norquist said \u201cincited\u201d violence, included a video of Team Elite\u2019s protest over what they consider to be the election board\u2019s inadequate handling of their complaints.<\/p>\n

Norquist said she was so upset by the post that she stayed up the entire night prior worrying about someone coming to the May 2 hearing with a gun and shooting all black students.<\/p>\n

\u201cI requested that a police officer walk around this building because we don\u2019t feel safe that you would promote something to where someone who is crazy with a gun will come in and attack my black students or attack me for representing [the Black Student Union],\u201d she said. \u201cHow dare you put our lives in jeopardy. But a public apology is what you all think is necessary.\u201d\u00a0 www.theswcsun.com\/president-cancels-aso-elections\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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Attorney: Abused clients were Ohio State football players<\/h1>\n

An attorney preparing a lawsuit against Ohio State University on behalf of more than 50 former athletes who claim they were sexually abused by a team physician told The Associated Press on Saturday that most of those clients were football players from the school\u2019s storied program, including some who went on to play in the NFL.<\/p>\n

Dayton attorney Michael Wright said the abuse happened during required physical examinations at the Woody Hayes Athletic Center and during treatment for injuries and ailments by Dr. Richard Strauss at his off-campus clinic and at his home, where he insisted they be seen.<\/p>\n

Strauss killed himself in 2005 nearly a decade after he was allowed to retire with honors.<\/p>\n

A 232-page investigative report released Friday found that Strauss sexually abused at least 177 male students but made only one specific reference to football players while listing how many athletes from each team were abused. That list says three football players were interviewed.\u00a0 www.detroitnews.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2019\/05\/17\/ohio-state-team-doctor-sexual-abuse\/39488675\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

National Poll on Education Attitudes Finds Majority of Teachers Down on Profession, Lack Trust in Parents<\/h1>\n

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This is the latest article in The 74\u2019s ongoing \u2018<\/em>Big Picture<\/em><\/a>\u2019 series, bringing American education into sharper focus through new research and data. Go Deeper: <\/em>See our full series<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

American teachers are less enthused about their jobs than are local politicians or active-duty military personnel, according to the 2018 EdChoice Schooling in America Survey. After a year that saw educators revolt over low pay and teachers unions seriously weakened by a landmark Supreme Court decision, the survey also found the profession disillusioned with parents and school boards.<\/p>\n

This is the sixth edition of the annual poll, which measures public attitudes on schooling options, school quality, and state and federal education policy. EdChoice, an Indianapolis-based research and advocacy group, tends to favor school choice options such as private school vouchers or education savings accounts.<\/p>\n

The poll\u2019s 2018 iteration is the first to include the voices of teachers. Survey administrators conducted online interviews with 777 traditional public school teachers (i.e., active instructors working exclusively in district schools, not charters) about their feelings toward the job, this year\u2019s wave of mass walkouts, and their level of trust in key figures in public schooling.<\/p>\n

The results were bracing. Overall, teachers were unlikely to recommend teaching as a profession.\u00a0\u00a0 www.the74million.org\/teachers-down-on-profession-lack-trust-in-parents-poll-finds\/?utm_source=The+74+Million+Newsletter&utm_campaign=952d6ea4bf-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_05_10_09_37&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_077b986842-952d6ea4bf-176109065<\/a><\/p>\n

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The International Hot War of the Rich on the Poor<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Is Trump Yet Another U.S. President Provoking a War?<\/h1>\n

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The United States has a long history of provoking, instigating, or launching wars based on dubious, flimsy, or manufactured threats. In 1986, the Reagan Administration plotted to\u00a0use<\/a>\u00a0U.S. military maneuvers off Libya\u2019s coast to provoke Muammar Qaddafi into a showdown. The planning for Operation Prairie Fire, which deployed three aircraft carriers and thirty other warships, was months in the making. Before the Navy\u2019s arrival, U.S. warplanes conducted missions skirting Libyan shore and air defenses\u2014\u201cpoking them in the ribs\u201d to \u201ckeep them on edge,\u201d a U.S. military source told the Los Angeles\u00a0Times<\/em> that year. One official involved in the mission explained, \u201cIt was provocation, if you want to use that word. While everything we did was perfectly legitimate, we were not going to pass up the opportunity to strike.\u201d<\/p>\n

Qaddafi took the bait. Libya fired at least six surface-to-air missiles at U.S. planes. Citing the \u201caggressive and unlawful nature of Colonel Qaddafi\u2019s regime,\u201d the U.S. responded by opening fire at a Libyan patrol boat. \u201cThe ship is dead in the water, burning, and appears to be sinking. There are no official survivors,\u201d the White House reported. In the course of two days, the U.S. destroyed two more naval vessels and a missile site in Sirte, Qaddafi\u2019s home town. It also put Libya on general notice. \u201cWe now consider all approaching Libyan forces to have hostile intent,\u201d the White House said.<\/p>\n

The most egregious case was the U.S. invasion of Iraq, in 2003, which was based on bad intelligence that Baghdad had active weapons-of-mass-destruction programs. The repercussions are still playing out sixteen years (and more than\u00a0four thousand<\/a> American deaths) later. The beginning of the Vietnam War was authorized by two now disputed\u00a0incidents<\/a>\u00a0involving U.S. warships in the Gulf of Tonkin.\u00a0 www.newyorker.com\/news\/our-columnists\/is-trump-yet-another-us-president-provoking-a-war?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_social-type=owned&utm_brand=tny&mbid=social_facebook&fbclid=IwAR2567nS9K4ZdrJqkC5G8OmhB_pslKIQXXaeSVtQ8Z0ggQTeZ-h7SiGTXPs<\/a><\/p>\n

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Two more Navy officers censured for Fat Leonard-related infractions<\/h1>\n
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Capt. Heedong Choi, shown here in 2009 while commanding the destroyer Chafee, was censured by Navy Secretary Richard Spencer last month for his role in the Fat Leonard scandal. (Navy)<\/h4>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The Navy has censured a pair of commissioned officers for their roles in the Fat Leonard<\/a> public corruption scandal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The letters of censure issued to the captains by Navy Secretary Richard Spencer<\/a> serve as both a public rebuke of their actions and shine more light into the web of kickbacks, payoffs and port contracts spun by the portly Leonard Glenn Francis that cost U.S. taxpayers at least $35 million.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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At least 10 captains and admirals have received similar written reprimands in recent years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Capt. Heedong Choi\u2019s infractions took place from 2008 to 2013, as he served in several leadership positions in the Western Pacific, including as commanding officer of the guided-missile destroyer Chafee<\/a>, according to the April 26 letter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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But Spencer concluded that his relationship with Francis went back to 2001, when Choi was a flag aide to the commander of 7th Fleet.\u00a0 www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2019\/05\/16\/two-more-navy-officers-censured-for-fat-leonard-related-infractions\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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Navy fires helo squadron\u2019s command master chief<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n
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The senior enlisted leader of a California helicopter squadron was relieved of duty on Friday, Navy officials said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Command Master Chief Brian Todd Morris<\/a> was removed from his post at Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 4<\/a> due to \u201ca loss of confidence in his ability to perform the duties of a command master chief,\u201d according to Naval Air Forces spokesman Cmdr. Ronald Flanders.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Morris, originally from Baxley, Georgia, did not respond to a request for comment submitted through Navy public affairs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Flanders declined to specify what led to the firing but said Morris faces no further disciplinary action.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Master Chief Aircraft Maintenanceman Dan Poblete has assumed the duties of the squadron\u2019s acting command master chief until the Navy assigns a permanent replacement, Flanders added.\u00a0 www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2019\/05\/14\/navy-fires-helo-squadrons-command-master-chief\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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Carrier CMC who urged crew to \u2018clap like we\u2019re at a strip club\u2019 resigns<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n
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Seven days after urging the crew of the aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman to \u201cclap like we\u2019re at a strip club<\/a>\u201d to welcome aboard Vice President Mike Pence, Command Master Chief Jonas Doyle Carter stepped down from his post.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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His bawdy reference ended up eclipsing the veep\u2019s visit as CNN and other news outlets seized on his gaffe. Pence had come aboard to announce the administration was abandoning cost-cutting efforts to decommission Truman<\/a> and instead would mark the Nimitz-class carrier for a midlife Refueling Complex Overhaul in Norfolk.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In the wake of his strip club quip, Truman\u2019s spokeswoman, Lt. Cmdr. Laura Stegherr, called Carter\u2019s words \u201cinappropriate\u201d and said the issue was “being addressed by Truman\u2019s leadership.<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Following a brief Tuesday announcement by Pentagon officials that Carter had resigned and was pursuing retirement, Truman\u2019s official Facebook page<\/a> published prepared statements from both Carter, the flattop\u2019s senior enlisted sailor and his skipper, Capt. Nick Dienna.\u00a0 www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2019\/05\/07\/carrier-cmc-who-urged-crew-to-clap-like-were-at-a-strip-club-resigns\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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F-16 military fighter jet crashes into building in Southern California<\/h1>\n

An F-16 returning to March Air Reserve Base in Moreno Valley after a routine training mission crashed after its hydraulics failed and its pilot ejected, base officials said Thursday.<\/p>\n

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The jet crashed into a building off the base, on Van Buren Boulevard near the 215 Freeway, about 3:45 p.m.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Captured on a dashboard camera by a commuter on the freeway, the jet appeared to be leaning to one side as it dropped to the ground outside the base.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The pilot had reported hydraulics problems and said he was returning to base when he was forced to eject moments before impact, said the base\u2019s deputy fire chief, Timothy Holliday.\u00a0 www.latimes.com\/local\/lanow\/la-me-riverside-plane-crash-f-16-story.html<\/a><\/p>\n

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Tomgram: Hartung and Smithberger, A Dollar-by-Dollar Tour of the National Security State<\/h1>\n