A former teacher at a Texas intermediate school is accused of sexually abusing a student under the age of 14 for three years. Police arrested former Tomball Intermediate School teacher Marka Lee Bodine, 31, on Saturday, charging her with continuous sexual abuse of a child under 14, the Tomball Police Department said in a statement. Bodine was released from the Harris County Jail after she posted $100,000 bond, KRIV reported . The victim told the police that he began exchanging text messages with Bodine after they played an online video game together, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by KPRC. He claimed that they later exchanged sexually explicit photos and he had sex with her at the age of 13. The sexual abuse, which included encounters in the classroom and in her car, went on for three years, the victim said. Bodine initially told the school principal that a former student obtained private pictures of her as a means of harassing her before confessing that she had a sexual relationship with the boy and traded explicit photos with him, according to KPRC. The Tomball Independent School District announced that it “immediately began an administrative investigation” as soon as it learned of the alleged sexual abuse. “The employee was then placed on administrative leave, resigned, and is no longer employed with Tomball ISD,” the statement read. The district added that the police and Children’s Protective Services were notified and are investigating the situation. “The safety of our students in Tomball ISD is our No. 1 priority, and any substantiated allegations of employee misconduct will not be tolerated,” the statement said. “The district will be providing the appropriate social-emotional support to students and staff; we ask that the media and public respect the safety and privacy of the campus community,” the statement added. ...
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NYC Teachers Union Endorses Scott Stringer for Mayor
Photo: Corbis via Getty Images New York City comptroller Scott Stringer has received another important progressive co-sign in the deeply strange mayoral race . On Monday, the United Federation of Teachers announced that they would endorse Stringer, who has been a longtime ally of the union, stating that he offers a “broad coalition and a grassroots movement” and a “city for everybody.” The UFT endorsement is a boost for Stringer nine weeks out from the June primary: The union has approximately 200,000 members and its endorsement helps him make the argument that he is the progressive candidate to rally behind, as opposed to Andrew Yang, who is the current front-runner. Stringer has also won the support of other education unions, including the union representing principals and administrators and the union representing staff at the City University of New York. Last week, he also received the approval of the Working Families Party . The influential progressive group announced a ranked-choice endorsement for New York’s first ranked-choice election: After Stringer, the WFP endorsed education advocate Dianne Morales and civil-rights attorney Maya Wiley . With the UFT endorsement in the bag, there’s only one major union nod remaining, from the Transport Workers Union of America. Several prominent labor groups — including the Uniformed Firefighters Association and the city’s largest union of municipal workers — have endorsed Brooklyn borough president Eric Adams , while Maya Wiley won the endorsement of the Service Employees International Union, the city’s largest union. In addition to testing the new ranked-choice system, in which voters choose multiple candidates according to their preference, the 2021 mayoral race will also be a trial of the importance of union endorsements. Though Yang has not yet received such a nod, he consistently leads polling, including a survey released Monday showing that he was the first choice of 22 percent of likely ...
Feehery: The left-wing hysteria machine
You can see the scattered remnants of the left-wing hysteria machine on signs throughout my Capitol Hill neighborhood. My favorite is those that proclaim never-ending love for the United States Postal Service. We love USPS, the sign says. ADVERTISEMENT Those were the product of the left-wing hysteria that somehow Donald Trump Donald Trump House votes to condemn Chinese government over Hong Kong Former Vice President Walter Mondale dies at age 93 White House readies for Chauvin verdict MORE was going to destroy the Post Office to skew the election his way. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Nancy Pelosi White House readies for Chauvin verdict House GOP's McClain responds to Pelosi calling her 'that woman' GOP struggles to rein in nativism MORE (D-Calif.) called Congress in on a rare weekend session to pass meaningless legislation to “save the Postal Service.” The bill, like too much mail, died an ignominious death, never to be heard from again. Left-wing hysteria, of course, predates Donald Trump, but his surprising election in 2016 made the hysterical more hysterical. Remember the Women’s March. That was a fun one. Madonna threatening to blow up the White House as females from all across the country descended upon Washington to protest Trump’s election. They wore pussy hats and carried signs, singing hurray for our side. It was really quite a sight. And then came the Mueller investigation. Democrats and the media like to complain about how conservatives refuse to accept the election 2020 election results. The Mueller investigation was the culmination of one huge conspiracy theory, promoted by Left-Wing Hysteria Machine. ADVERTISEMENT Let’s call it the LWHM for short. Who makes up the LWHM? Well, it starts with some clever members of the Democratic brain trust, starting of course with our current Speaker. It also includes elements of the Obama administration, some of whom are now with the Biden ...
Pakistan Urges Muslim Trade War Against West for Allowing ‘Insulting the Prophet’ Blasphemy
Muslim nations should band together to boycott Western countries if they fail to criminalise “insulting” the Islamic prophet Mohammed, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Monday. Amid growing tension between Pakistan and France over the controversy of supposedly blasphemous cartoons satirising Mohammed, Khan has called for a coalition of 50 Muslim countries to launch a trade war against countries that hide behind “freedom of speech”. “When 50 Muslim countries will unite and say this, and say that if something like this happens in any country, then we will launch a trade boycott on them and not buy their goods, that will have an effect,” the Pakistani leader said per Al Jazeera. “We need to explain why this hurts us, when in the name of freedom of speech they insult the honour of the prophet,” Khan added. In comments reported by the Pakistani newspaper The Nation , the Prime Minister said that the “West does not understand,” saying: “They do not even love the prophets the way we do with our Holy Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him). Even, they are not attached to religion (the way we are). They will have to be made it understood.” PICS: Anti-French Riots Sweep Swathes of Pakistan https://t.co/tItRJ7FybC — Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) April 16, 2021 Over the past week, anti-French riots have engulfed Pakistan, resulting in the death of police officers, some of whom were taken hostage by radical Islamists. In response, the French embassy called on citizens in the country to flee Pakistan out of safety concerns. The radical Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) faction in the country, the driving force behind the riots, was banned by the government last Wednesday. The TLP has reportedly called off further demonstrations as it awaits a possible expulsion of the French ambassador by the country’s parliament. Khan has come out in opposition to the move, claiming that it would only serve to hurt Pakistan economically, predicting ...
In death, long after loss, Walter Mondale’s liberal legacy stands
By WALTER MEARS and KATHLEEN HENNESSEY , Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — In the last days of his life, former Vice President Walter Mondale received a steady stream of phone calls of appreciation. Former Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris all called to say goodbye and thank you. It was a sign of respect for a man many Americans remember largely for his near-shutout defeat for the White House in 1984. But well after his bruising loss, Mondale remained a revered liberal elder — with a list of accomplishments that are still relevant today. As a young senator, he co-wrote the Fair Housing Act of 1968, a pillar of federal civil rights legislation. He later engineered a 1975 bipartisan deal that ended the two-thirds rule for stopping filibusters, so that 60 senators instead of 67 could cut off debate. Under President Jimmy Carter, he became the first vice president with a day job, as adviser to the president, not just a bystander. He called it the “executivization” of the vice presidency. And as a Democratic presidential nominee, he chose the first female nominee for vice president from a major party. Harris, who won the job 36 years later, specifically thanked him for all he did to change the office, according to a person familiar with the calls who asked for anonymity to discuss the private conversations. Mondale, 93, died Monday at his home in Minneapolis, as the city awaits a verdict in a murder trial that has forced the nation to again wrestle with structural racism. He welcomed that debate, his family said in a statement: “We are grateful that he had the opportunity to see the emergence of another generation of civil rights reckoning in the past months.” Mondale was appointed senator from Minnesota to succeed his political mentor, Hubert H. Humphrey, who resigned to become vice president. He won Senate elections in 1966 and 1972, and stepped down to become vice president in 1977. ...
