Joy Pullmann

3 weeks ago | thefederalist.com | Joy Pullmann

A few simple calculations indicate that as much as one-quarter of U.S. public school enrollment could be anchor babies, meaning children with at least one parent illegally present in the United States. This alone amounts to at least $145.6 billion in public resources diverted from U.S. citizens every year. Here’s the math. In April, the Kaiser Family Foundation estimated that 17 percent of school-age children, or nine million kids, in the United States are children of at least one illegal alien.

3 weeks ago | thefederalist.com | Joy Pullmann

Strong evidence contradicting Harvard University’s claim of elite status was available decades before the Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard University lawsuit the Supreme Court ended in 2023. Harvard’s subjugation of merit to politics goes all the way back to at least the 1920s, when, as Justice Clarence Thomas noted in his SFFA v. Harvard concurrence, it set quotas on Jews to reduce their enrollment.

1 month ago | thefederalist.com | Joy Pullmann

Trustees of Florida’s flagship public university vote today on whether to reverse their institution’s nascent success by selecting an identity-politics booster to replace former University of Florida President Ben Sasse. Sasse’s UF presidency was key to the Florida legislature and Gov. Ron DeSantis’ efforts at reforming higher education away from leftist indoctrination and towards an academics-focused core curriculum.

1 month ago | thefederalist.com | Joy Pullmann

Federal budget legislation that may get a vote in Congress next week includes two school choice provisions that would significantly assist in reversing America’s cultural decline, especially if they last long-term. The first would establish the first nationwide school choice program by allowing U.S. taxpayers to reduce their tax bills by as much as they donate to private K-12 scholarships, up to half of their federal tax liability or $5,000, whichever is less.

1 month ago | thefederalist.com | Joy Pullmann

Indiana lawmakers amended a proposal that had attempted to give some of state Treasurer Daniel Elliott’s powers to big banks angered by his strong defense of taxpayers, Christians, and conservatives. Yet the program is still at risk of being turned over to the state’s powerful banking lobby, which has donated to all the politicians who control the $3 billion local investment pool targeted by the changes. The provision inserted by Republican Sen.