Government education is neither&nbsp;safe&nbsp;nor&nbsp;effective, as previously <a href="https://aflds.org/news/post/your-children-will-hate-freedom-and-youll-pay-for-it/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">documented</a> by&nbsp;Frontline News.Unfortunately, it’s not just that children are being taught to hate their country.No time to learn anything else?New York City&nbsp;<a href="https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2020/1/27/21121084/nyc-spends-a-record-28k-per-student-but-the-state-is-footing-a-smaller-portion-of-that-bill" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">spends</a> $28,808 per student, and <a href="https://www.uft.org/your-rights/salary/doe-and-city-salary-schedules/teachers-salary-schedule-2018-2021" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">pays</a> teachers up to&nbsp;$128,657, with the entire summer off, while&nbsp;<a href="https://nypost.com/2022/01/30/new-york-keeps-spending-more-on-schools-and-getting-less-results/">test scores continue to decline</a>. In the city’s&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newyorkfed.org/data-and-statistics/data-visualization/nyc-school-spending/index.html#interactive/map">most well funded borough</a>, the Bronx,&nbsp;41% of adults <a href="https://www.nyxt.nyc/blog/key-literacy-facts-nyc/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">lack</a> basic prose literacy skills.The problem of public schools is not limited to the world’s financial hub. Nationwide,&nbsp;two-thirds of eighth graders are <a href="https://usafacts.org/state-of-the-union/education/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">not proficient</a> in math and reading.&nbsp;Physically unsafeAll this as the schools themselves increasingly become crime scenes, with a&nbsp;<a href="https://thefederalist.com/2021/12/01/whats-behind-the-massive-spike-in-violence-inside-public-schools-nationwide/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">massive spike</a> in violence inside public schools nationwide.&nbsp;Even the very pro-government schooling National Education Association <a href="https://www.nea.org/advocating-for-change/new-from-nea/secret-sexual-assault-schools" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">warns</a> of&nbsp;sexual assault occurring “with alarming frequency in school bathrooms, on school playgrounds, and in the backs of school buses.”How, then, should a parent properly educate their child?Just pay twice?Congress has yet to take action on the&nbsp;<a href="https://massie.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=395319" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">bill submitted</a> to defund the Department of Education.&nbsp;As documented in&nbsp;<a href="https://nypost.com/2007/03/20/math-and-marxism/">Math and Marxism</a>, some parents have pulled their children from public schools, not waiting for massive tax savings that would come with passage of the bill. They were urged on by increasingly “radical teachers who … use their classrooms to indoctrinate students in left-wing, anti-American ideology.”These parents are now paying tuition twice, once through their tax burden and a second time in the way of private school tuition.Or notIncreasingly, though, parents are choosing a third option and simply keeping their children home, as many parents cannot afford to “pay twice,” and, in any case, <a href="https://libertyunyielding.com/2021/10/13/private-schools-crack-down-on-dissent-and-non-progressive-humor/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">many private schools</a>, expensive as they are, have lurched toward an open embrace of socialism.<blockquote>You can’t escape the&nbsp;left-wing ideology and mind control found in many public schools by moving your kid to an elite&nbsp;private school.&nbsp;Thanks to&nbsp;left-wing administrators and accreditors, those schools are often&nbsp;even more ideologically narrow-minded and “woke” than the public schools. [Emphases added].</blockquote>Concerned parents of private school children have even established several groups, including&nbsp;<a href="https://www.prepschoolaccountability.com/">Prep School Accountability</a>, to combat the socialist takeover of their children’s curricula and bemoaning that “A new orthodoxy has emerged at our schools, dividing our communities based on immutable characteristics such as race, ethnicity, gender, and sexual orientation.”Fearing backlash against their children, these parents have anonymously funded the placement of&nbsp;<a href="https://nypost.com/2021/06/05/parents-plan-to-troll-elite-nyc-schools-with-anti-woke-billboards/">protest signs</a> at several posh New York schools reading,<blockquote>DIVERSITY NOT INDOCTRINATIONTEACH&nbsp;HOW TO THINK, NOT&nbsp;WHAT TO THINKWOKE SCHOOL? SPEAK OUT</blockquote>For sure notA protest at Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School was called to address a more egregious&nbsp;<a href="https://nypost.com/2021/05/22/columbia-prep-students-parents-reel-from-porn-literacy-class/">change to the curriculum</a>:<blockquote>When juniors at the $47,000-a-year Manhattan school showed up for a health and sexuality workshop, most thought it was “just going to be about condoms or birth control” …Instead, it was something called “Pornography Literacy: An intersectional focus on mainstream porn” …The often-explicit slide presentation and lecture … to the 120 boys and girls included lessons on how porn takes care of “three big male vulnerabilities” … photos of partially-nude women, some in bondage [as part of] the social theory “intersectionality”, a component from critical race theory …One slide cited various porn genres such as “incest-themed,” … “barely legal,” and … torture porn</blockquote>Homeschooling takes offAs <a href="https://thenewamerican.com/new-data-shows-homeschooling-explosion/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">reported</a> in the New American,&nbsp;many minority parents are joining the walkout from the formal education system:<blockquote>New data from the U.S. Census Bureau&nbsp;confirm earlier polling results showing an unprecedented explosion in the number of families choosing to educate their children at home, free from government indoctrination, sexualization, forced masking, and dangerous dumbing down.&nbsp;Homeschooling rates grew fastest among black Americans.The shift has been enormous. By the fall of 2020, the overall number of homeschooling families doubled, Census data show. In the Spring of 2020, just over 5 percent of families were educating children at home.&nbsp;By the fall, homeschoolers grew to represent over 11 percent of all American households with school-age children.</blockquote>The corona effectEven mainstream media has reported on the incredible turn towards homeschooling, highlighting the effect draconian coronavirus measures have had on parental decision making in <a href="https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2022/04/22/homeschooling-in-california-boom-amid-kid-covid-19-vaccine-mandate/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">articles</a> with titles like,&nbsp;Homeschooling In California Sees Boom; Looming Kids’ COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate May Be Driving Increase.<blockquote>Besides the state vaccine mandate, many parents are monitoring state legislative proposals:One would allow kids aged 12 and older to get the vaccine without their parents' permission or knowledge.Another bill would eliminate the personal belief exemption in mandating the vaccine for kindergarten through 12th graders.It's one of the reasons why Jessica Ortiz walked out of her speech therapy job and pulled her second grader out of his private school.</blockquote>Set for another surge?A new film to be released next month may accelerate the move to homeschooling as it brings the message of the benefits of avoiding formal schooling to new segments of society such as parents without friends or relatives who are already homeschooling.&nbsp;The coming film was covered by&nbsp;Frontline News in&nbsp;<a href="https://aflds.org/news/post/its-upon-us-kirk-cameron-introduces-homeschooling-with-new-documentary/">‘It’s upon us’: Kirk Cameron introduces homeschooling with new documentary</a>.Taking back our tax dollars?As more and more parents turn to homeschooling, the national sentiment against funding a failing public school system, one which proves to be of no use to the very children whose parents are paying taxes to fund it, naturally swells.&nbsp;Of course, returning (or not charging) some $28,808 of taxed funds per child to their parents to use to hire various tutors or to allow a parent to leave work and teach children at home would create a snowball effect in which more and more parents left the public school system.&nbsp;Is it realistic?Visit us soon for the continuation of our series on homeschooling to explore whether a populist push to stop paying for schools we don't use could succeed today, as well as:<ul><li>How did the establishment block Reagan from closing the Department of Education?</li><li>Who are the eugenicists and socialists who framed the structure for America’s national education system?</li></ul>Previous articles from our series on government education vs. homeschooling:<a href="https://aflds.org/news/post/its-upon-us-kirk-cameron-introduces-homeschooling-with-new-documentary/">‘It’s upon us’: Kirk Cameron introduces homeschooling with new documentary</a><a href="https://aflds.org/news/post/your-children-will-hate-freedom-and-youll-pay-for-it/">'Pay us to teach your children to hate freedom'</a>

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A British vigilante group known as the “Blade Runners” is receiving widespread support from British taxpayers as it continues to destroy climate surveillance cameras across London.<h2>The ULEZ mandate</h2>By order of London Mayor Sadiq Khan, the city is peppered with ultra-low emission zones (ULEZs), areas accessible only to low-emission vehicles. Cars that do not meet the city’s environmental standards are charged £12.50 ($16) for entering the ULEZ. Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras positioned around the zones read license plates and check them against the vehicles’ make and model in real time. If a vehicle does not meet the environmental threshold, a fine is levied against the car owner.&nbsp;The ULEZ climate mandate has drawn heavy&nbsp;<a href="https://frontline.news/post/london-hundreds-protest-against-climate-mandates">protests</a> from residents, including&nbsp;<a href="https://frontline.news/post/british-veteran-launches-hunger-strike-as-unrest-grows-over-climate-mandates">hunger strikes</a> and refusals to pay fines. Taxpayers have also taken to disabling the ANPR surveillance cameras which Transport for London (TfL), the city’s transportation department, said will be used both for climate and law enforcement.<h2>Taxpayers cheer the ‘Blade Runners’</h2>Since the climate restrictions were expanded last year, the Blade Runners have taken to disabling and destroying hundreds of cameras. Between April and September 2023, Metropolitan Police recorded 200 reports of cameras being stolen and 595 reports of cameras being vandalized.TfL began placing black boxes around ULEZ camera wirings to protect them from being cut, but taxpayers found other ways to disable the cameras — like removing them completely.<div class="raw-html-embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560"> MUST SEE: Blade Runners topple THREE ULEZ cameras in a coordinated strike… The people are fighting back! <a href="https://t.co/Yvr2Xr7Lun">pic.twitter.com/Yvr2Xr7Lun</a>— David Morgan #StayFree (@david_r_morgan) <a href="https://twitter.com/david_r_morgan/status/1802726912050995623?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>In response, the city&nbsp;<a href="https://frontline.news/post/london-taxpayers-attack-surveillance-vans-in-continued-revolt">deployed</a> mobile surveillance vans mounted with ANPR cameras across London in the hopes of evading attacks, but Blade Runners soon began targeting those as well. Some surveillance vans have been spotted covered in graffiti with their tires slashed, while others have been completely covered in tarp.Last month, 21 cameras were destroyed in the hours after Sadiq Khan was re-elected mayor of London, the&nbsp;Daily Mail&nbsp;<a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13538797/Moment-Blade-Runner-uses-power-tool-cut-ULEZ-camera-traffic-light-latest-attack-Sadiq-Khans-hated-scheme.html">reported</a>. Last weekend, Blade Runners used power tools to topple a ULEZ camera and traffic lights to the delight of some fellow taxpayers. In a video that was posted to social media, passing cars can be heard honking in support.The video received over 37,000 likes. Comments on the post were largely supportive, with users writing that, “When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty,” and “Fair play to them, it's a complete scam that does nothing.”Blade Runner Matt Hardy told the&nbsp;Daily Mail&nbsp;that the Blade Runners are “people pissed off about the tyranny reigning over us and getting out and doing things about it – real votes, real boys here.”<h2>‘These cameras are not about the climate. They are about control’</h2>British actor and influencer Laurence Fox said this week he was just given back his electronic devices by police after being arrested earlier this year for cheering on the Blade Runners:<blockquote>These cameras are not about the climate. They are about control. They are the primary infrastructure for all sorts of things that ideologues like the midget dictator [Sadiq Khan] would like to impose upon us.I can now finally say the word ‘Bladerunners’ again. One of the ridiculous restrictions on free speech imposed by the police.It’s a dreadful shame to see so many of these cameras dying suddenly. I’m not at all thrilled about it. Just because I am smiling like a Cheshire Cat, it doesn’t mean that I am over the moon that these scameras continue to topple in high winds.&nbsp;Vive la résistance!</blockquote><div class="raw-html-embed"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">POLICE UPDATE Following 6 coppers bursting into my house earlier this year to arrest me for saying how pleased I was that the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ULEZ?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ULEZ</a> scam was meeting such robust resistance, this morning the <a href="https://twitter.com/metpoliceuk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@metpoliceuk</a> were ordered by the magistrate to hand back all my devices, including my…— Laurence Fox (@LozzaFox) <a href="https://twitter.com/LozzaFox/status/1803030521095622912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div> &nbsp;

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Fisker is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the electric vehicle (EV) company announced Tuesday.<h2>‘Like other companies in the electric vehicle industry’</h2>“Fisker has made incredible progress since our founding, bringing the Ocean SUV to market twice as fast as expected in the auto industry and making good on our promises to deliver the most sustainable vehicle in the world,” a spokesperson <a href="https://assets.ctfassets.net/cghen8gr8e1n/6W19OiEBJDVIFVEmo4feHA/df902c5cb2b067251a300efb0b35f611/Fisker-Filing-FINAL.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">said</a>.The California-based company added it is not the only EV maker that has been struggling to stay in business.“We are proud of our achievements, and we have put thousands of Fisker Ocean SUVs in customers’ hands in both North American [sic] and Europe. But like other companies in the electric vehicle industry, we have faced various market and macroeconomic headwinds that have impacted our ability to operate efficiently. After evaluating all options for our business, we determined that proceeding with a sale of our assets under Chapter 11 is the most viable path forward for the company.”Fisker’s collapse is the latest indication that the EV industry is folding due to sinking demand. Other EV industry players are also cutting their losses as they jump ship.<h2>Hertz</h2>In March, Hertz CEO Stephen Scherr&nbsp;<a href="https://www.motorfinanceonline.com/news/hertz-ceo-resigns-amid-ev-investment-setback/#:~:text=Scherr's%20departure%20coincides%20with%20Hertz's,electric%20vehicle%20(EV)%20rentals">resigned</a> after his bet on EVs cost the car rental giant its biggest quarterly loss since 2020. Hertz had been praised by the Biden administration for its ambition to convert 25% of its fleet to EVs by the end of this year. In January, however, the company announced it would instead be selling its 20,000 EVs — including Teslas — at heavily discounted prices and replacing them with gas-powered cars.<h2>Mercedes-Benz</h2>Mercedes-Benz also recently had to give up its ambition to only sell electric cars by 2030. Instead, EVs are expected to make up only 50% of the German carmaker’s sales over the next decade.<h2>Apple</h2>In February, Apple abandoned its multi-billion dollar effort to create an electric car. Despite being a decade in the works and employing 2,000 people, Project Titan was axed due to falling consumer demand.<h2>Aston Martin</h2>A lack of consumer demand is also partly to blame for Aston Martin&nbsp;<a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13138123/Aston-Martin-puts-brakes-new-electric-supercar-2026-bosses-say-drivers-want-engines-throaty-roar.html">placing</a> its battery-operated “supercar” on hold until 2026.“Demand, certainly at an Aston Martin price point, is not what we thought it was going to be two years ago,” said Aston Martin Executive Chairman Lawrence Stroll.&nbsp;<h2>Ford</h2>In December, Ford slashed production of its flagship EV at its assembly plant in Dearborn, Michigan by half. The automaker cut the monthly production quote for the all-electric F-150 Lightning pickup truck from 3,200 units to 1,600 units per month.<h2>Biden administration continues to force EV production</h2>Nevertheless, the Biden administration in March issued new climate mandates aimed at forcing more EV production. The new rules from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) contain tight emissions standards that will&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/epa-electric-vehicles-emissions-limits-climate-biden-e6d581324af51294048df24269b5d20a">require</a> 56% of new vehicle sales to be fully electric by 2032, with an additional 13% required to be hybrids.

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For the last two years, British authorities have been testing AI-powered emotion recognition cameras on travelers in train stations, according to recently disclosed documents.<h2>What can the cameras see?</h2>In each of eight train stations around the UK, five to seven cameras or sensors scan the passing crowds. Using AI software from Amazon, the cameras use object recognition algorithms to spot criminal activity, trespassing, weapons, wet floors, overcrowding, and overstuffed trash cans.&nbsp;They can also alert authorities when passengers engage in “unusual behavior,” such as shouting, running, smoking, or skateboarding.&nbsp;A combination of existing cameras and newly installed smart cameras are being used for the surveillance project. All are equipped with Amazon’s Rekognition surveillance system.<h2>Emotional recognition</h2>Through a combination of facial and behavioral analyses, the Rekognition software allows officials to also <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/amazon-ai-cameras-emotions-uk-train-passengers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">analyze visitors’ emotions</a>. Internal documents note that the cameras can detect whether a passenger is “happy, sad [or] angry.” They can also recognize passenger satisfaction, which “could be utilized to maximum advertising and retail revenue.”<h2>Anti-social behavior</h2>Authorities can also detect passengers who exhibit “anti-social behaviour,” which&nbsp;<a href="https://www.met.police.uk/advice/advice-and-information/asb/asb/antisocial-behaviour/what-is-antisocial-behaviour/">according</a> to London’s Metropolitan Police Service means “behaviour by a person which causes, or is likely to cause, harassment, alarm or distress to persons not of the same household as the person.”<h2>Social distancing, face masks, and demographics</h2>Other&nbsp;<a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24757655-usecases_dpas_review_managed_stations?responsive=1&amp;title=1">use cases</a> for the surveillance cameras include detecting whether passengers are keeping to social distancing rules and wearing face masks. The cameras can also scan for demographics by identifying people’s age profiles and “socio-economic classification,” which the documents note can create “revenue opportunities for better targeted advertising and product placement.”<h2>‘Quite a concerning step’</h2>The documents were obtained by Big Brother Watch, a civil rights and government watchdog group, in response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request. Network Rail, a body within the Department of Transportation which manages most of the country’s train network, has been overseeing the surveillance project.&nbsp;“The rollout and normalization of AI surveillance in these public spaces, without much consultation and conversation, is quite a concerning step,” Jake Hurfurt, head of research and investigations at Big Brother Watch,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wired.com/story/amazon-ai-cameras-emotions-uk-train-passengers/">told</a> Wired.As of now, the surveillance systems do not use facial recognition technology, which analyzes faces and matches them against facial images stored in certain databases.

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The European Union (EU) is considering subjecting foreign travelers to lie detector tests administered by AI technology.&nbsp;<h2>How would it work?</h2>Authorities at airports and ferry ports would use cameras equipped with machine-learning software to detect whether a person is being untruthful. As travelers fill out their entry applications, their eye, facial, and behavioral movements would be analyzed. If the camera indicates the traveler is lying, the software will send an alert to an immigration officer who will investigate.The technology has already been successfully tested in trials conducted by EU countries in the last few years. iBorderCtrl and TRESPASS, two such trials, explored how to create an automated border control system. Several features were tested, including the lie detector tests described above. They also piloted a feature in which AI software scans the social media accounts of travelers before granting them entry.Critics of the lie-detection scheme include Patrick Breyer, a German MEP. Breyer&nbsp;<a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13534215/Outrage-British-tourists-going-away-EU-countries-face-lie-detector-test-carried-artificial-intelligence-granted-entry.html">told</a> The Mail on Sunday that the technology is “pseudoscience” that threatens to profile the wrong people.&nbsp;“It will discriminate against anyone who is disabled or who has an anxious personality. It will not work,” said Breyer.<h2>Part of the Entry-Exit System</h2>If the EU decides to implement AI-powered lie detection, it will likely be introduced as part of the new Entry-Exit System (EES) due to take effect on October 6th. EES will replace the passport-stamping process by having foreign travelers apply for entry through self-service kiosks. These kiosks will collect the travelers’ biometric data, including their fingerprints and facial images.These data will eventually be stored in the Common Identity Repository (CIR), a massive database being built by the EU. The CIR will be capable of storing biometric files on 300 million individuals.&nbsp;<h2>EES for outsiders, digital ID for insiders</h2>While the EU prepares to roll out the EES for foreigners, including British citizens, it is also rolling out a digital ID program for EU citizens .Regulations that took effect last month&nbsp;<a href="https://frontline.news/post/europe-launches-digital-id-scheme/">require</a> EU&nbsp;Member States in the European Union to provide a digital ID wallet to their citizens by 2026 which must conform to the European Union Digital Identity (EUDI) wallet specifications. These specifications include the ability to store a taxpayer’s identity papers, such as driver’s licenses, health insurance cards, diplomas and other official documents.&nbsp;&nbsp;<h2>How will the wallet be used?</h2>The digital wallet will allow access to both public and private services. Uses include making payments, opening a bank account, getting prescriptions, signing contracts, traveling, accessing government services, receiving social security benefits, logging into social media accounts, and more.&nbsp;“It can also be used to facilitate the freedom of movement by storing documents such as the European Health Insurance Card,” explains the European Commission (EC) on its&nbsp;<a href="https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/eudi-wallet-implementation">website</a>.Under the current rules, the EUDI wallet will be optional for taxpayers.&nbsp;<h2>Critics raise concerns about the wallet</h2>The EUDI wallet’s main selling point is that users will be able to share only the details necessary to authenticate themselves for a given service. All other personal information will remain hidden. The EC expects this feature to satisfy widespread privacy concerns.But concerns about the wallet remain. The main worry is that while users only share those details that are necessary, the government can decide at any point which information is “necessary” to share. During the COVID-19 pandemic, for example, the European Commission made proof of vaccination necessary to access services and establishments. Prior to that, each taxpayer’s health information was considered confidential.

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