press secretary karine jean-pierre frankly isn t saying very much about more possible plans of tiktok. and that we fear is by design. we want to be very careful on counting on specific legislation at this time. we will refer you to congress on the next steps. don t get involved in the process. meanwhile, over on capitol hill, outgoing speaker nancy pelosi still isn t committed to bringing the tiktok issued to the house floor. i will take a look and see. we are checking with the administration just in terms of language. i don t know that will be on the agenda next week, but let s see. it is very, very important. very, very important so says the outgoing speaker. now security experts say tiktok can harvest large amounts of data from devices of its users, including when, where, and how
is safe, unfreedom and a government that is accountable. and expected to hear how this plan contrast with the state of the country under democratic control of the house emphasizing to voters other parts parental rights and plan to secure the border will work but only if the g.o.p. makes the flip. right now, it is appearing possible for the latest fox news power ranking shows republicans projected to have 13 seed advantage following the midterms. democrats have been quick to pounce feeling voters swayed slightly on the issue of abortion. recent successes of the biden administration. it is interesting because just down the road this morning, democratic house steny hoyer spoke at the united steelworkers union headquarters. this is what he had to say. the platform, which frankly isn t new as long as slogans are short on details, which is usually the case. that is because the true details of republicans agenda are too frightening for most american
simon, at the risk of the labelling the point, what difference does the report like this actually makes? it s unlikely that the junta will pay any attention. will the international community do anything more than what we ve seen so far, which frankly isn t very much? rights. i doubt very much is going to be a part of min aung hlaing s reading material. thejunta does actually pay attention to what the rest of the world says and it does crave legitimacy, and this report deprives it of that legitimacy. i think it also should help to increase the pressure on the junta, keeping in mind that there has not been enough international action, but since the coup, we saw some businesses cut tie with these corrupt conglomerates that kind of ruled the economy in myanmar, saying there could be no business as usual. we have seen some states pose
also be missing a teacher this. follow the teacher shortage is in a critical crisis across the country. in, illinois for example, 80% of school districts claim to have a teacher shortage. more than 2000 positions are either unfit, or filled with somebody who frankly isn t qualified for the job. in texas and rural school districts, they are coming back classes to only four days a week. in arizona, college students are now leading lessons for kids. here in florida, military veterans are being called into takeover classrooms. the problem is, they have no teaching experience. it is no secret that teachers do not get the pay that they deserve. and when you adjust for inflation, average teacher salaries are only up two tenths of a percent. only two tenths of a percent from 2000. according to the department of education s national center for education assistance. throwing in stress from the covid pandemic, relentless attacks from the gop over curriculum, and you could see why thousands of tea
folks that suffered disproportionately. i wonder frankly isn t that a big part of our indifference to the death toll, that when we talk about it s a number, it s statistics. it s hard to imagine, but when you talk about individual people well, you think maybe people ? yeah, i think so in the most generous of turn protection if you don t personally know people who died, you might think it s not what they do, but also we know it highlighting these inequities knows people go off personally affected by them switch off. that is a moral travesty, it s one that s incredibly counterproductive because we know that those inequalities, if left unaddressed will combat the next time, the next virus, the next pandemic. we see this over the decades, inequalities are left unaddressed, even though