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After months of anticipation, we finally got to see IndyCars turning laps around the streets of Washington, DC, ahead of the Freedom 250 Grand Prix, and while it was a sight to behold, it may not have been ideal for teams to get a firm grasp on this brand-new circuit.A rainy, misty morning meant that the entire circuit was wet at the start of the session, and that meant that the cars had to start off on wet tires.However, after a brief delay to do some work on an issue with the marshals’ communication system, the sun came out, and parts of the track started to dry. Then it was time for cars to hit the track.START YOUR ENGINES: HERE IS YOUR CRASH COURSE ON THE INDYCAR FREEDOM 250 GRAND PRIX WEEKENDThose conditions meant that the opening laps were at a snail’s pace compared to what could be done on dry tires with a dry track.Of course, given the new track and the tricky conditions, several drivers had to use the various run-off areas after overshooting corners.The closest call of the early part of practice came for Arrow McLaren’s Christian Lundgaard as he spun and clipped part of the outside wall.With the track drying out, the fastest time of the first “all-skate” session belonged to Alexander Rossi, who put in a 59.606. Interestingly, he stayed in the pits longer than any other driver.RACER STING RAY ROBB GEARS UP FOR FREEDOM 250 GRAND PRIX: ‘THIS IS MORE THAN JUST AN INDYCAR EVENT’With the field split into two groups for the next part of practice, several drivers opted for the red-walled alternate Firestone tires. It’s faster than the primary black tires, but not as robust. Drivers have to use both during the race, so getting a feel for both is huge.One of these drivers was Will Power, and he had a big moment exiting Turn 5 and found the wall with both of his right-side tires.Kyle Kirkwood led the first group with a 57.374 on the alternate tire.Several drivers had some issues, including Christian Rasmussen, who needed to take to the run-off and then just a couple of laps later clipped a tire barrier.STAY “FEARLESS” ON THE GO! TAKE TOMI LAHREN WITH YOU. DOWNLOAD THE TLIF PODCAST NOW!INDYCAR DRIVER GRAHAM RAHAL REFLECTS ON OPPORTUNITY TO COMPETE AT FREEDOM 250 GRAND PRIX: ‘ICONIC MOMENT’Championship leader Alex Palou led the second group with a 57.612 on the primary tire.The next session is slated to start at 1 p.m. ET, and you can catch it on FS2.

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The U.S. Department of Education on Friday recommended stripping the American Bar Association of its longstanding authority to accredit nearly 200 law schools across the country.
According to a leak, a 500-page staff report concluded that the group is not sufficiently “separate and independent” from the larger ABA, operates like a cartel, and has injected its own political ideology into the process, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Assistant Secretary of Education David Barker put it bluntly: when there’s no competition, “accreditors feel free to inject their own political preferences, their own ideologies into the work that they do.”
The ABA has held a near-monopoly since 1952 over which law schools can access federal student loans and whose graduates can sit for the bar in most states.
This follows years of the ABA pushing illegal DEI mandates on law schools, requirements that forced race-based preferences and “bias, racism, and cross-cultural competency” indoctrination even after the Supreme Court gutted affirmative action.
The Trump administration has been dismantling this rot step by step, and states like Texas and Florida have already moved to sideline the ABA.
Attorney and election integrity fighter David Clements responded on X with a powerful account of how the Bar has been weaponized against patriots who dare speak the truth:

“I’ve been subjected to six investigations by my state BAR association over the past six years—for advocating against Covid-19 tyranny and rigged elections.
“Despite prevailing against my accusers, my license holds virtually no value, unless and until corrupt actors are brought to justice, and those that have been harmed are restored and publicly vindicated.
“A mere Google search invites baseless attacks and prejudice from opposing counsel and judges every time I enter into a case. As a result, all potential clients are harmed by proximity to me before I get a foot in the door.
“Each year, attorneys must take CLEs (continuing legal education courses) infused with DEI/woke ideologies, and pay substantial sums of money to practice their trade.
“The irony of funding and receiving propaganda from an entity that is weaponized against me is a bitter pill to swallow.
“The BAR is one of the most corrupt entities on Earth.”

Clements, a prosecutor and New Mexico State University professor who was fired for refusing COVID mandates, has spent years exposing election fraud and medical tyranny. The Bar subjected him to six frivolous investigations, and he beat every single one.
As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, Clements was subjected to a sixth disciplinary investigation after visiting former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters in jail.
The complaint reportedly alleged that Clements gained access to Peters under “false pretenses” before publishing a short video update about her condition.

I’ve been subjected to six investigations by my state BAR association over the past six years — for advocating against Covid-19 tyranny and rigged elections.
Despite prevailing against my accusers, my license holds virtually no value, unless and until corrupt actors are… https://t.co/SjJ5mP1D59
— David Clements (@theprofsrecord) August 21, 2026

The Gateway Pundit also reported in February 2025 that Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson banned FTC political appointees from holding leadership positions in the ABA, participating in its events, or using government resources to pay ABA membership expenses.
Ferguson accused the ABA, described by Senator Mike Lee as the “lawyer’s wing of the Democratic Party,” of abandoning neutral legal analysis in favor of left-wing political activism.
The ABA has repeatedly clashed with the Trump administration over DEI mandates, judicial nominations, Trump’s executive orders targeting major law firms, and the administration’s efforts to dismantle the federal bureaucracy.
Texas, Florida, and Alabama have already taken steps to reduce the ABA’s power over their attorney-licensing systems, with several states specifically citing the organization’s DEI requirements.

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He’s one of the the few Senate conservatives battling to advance President Donald Trump’s agenda and take the fight to radical leftists, and now Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) will step into the ring of the Breitbart Fight Club for an exclusive members-only interactive roundtable event.
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Canada-US Trade War Erupts, Setting New 50% Tariffs On Canadian Goods

US-Canada trade negotiations collapsed at the 11th hour, just before the midnight deadline, triggering 50% tariffs on about $20 billion worth of Canadian goods (under a never-before- used Section 338 provision of the Tariff Act of 1930) and prompting globalist-aligned, China-sympathizing Prime Minister Mark Carney to promise an equivalent response.

“Tonight, Canada declined to finalize the trade deal under the terms agreed earlier this week,” the United States Trade Representative wrote on X early Saturday morning.

The USTR continued:

Despite the U.S. offer to Canada to receive the best treatment of any major exporter to our market, new demands and walk-backs of other commitments by Canada have upended the careful balance reached in the past days. In addition, Canada is continuing to maintain its prolonged retaliation against the United States, including, among other things, flat-out prohibitions on certain American goods and services.

For decades, Canada has enjoyed the most favorable access to the U.S. market of any country. And from the beginning of President Trump’s trade program, Canada has continued to enjoy the best treatment in the world, even after, like China, retaliating against the United States. This week, the United States agreed to provide even better treatment to Canada, offering significant tariff reductions on steel, aluminum, autos, and lumber.

The U.S. offer was also forward-looking and included a historic economic and national security partnership to cooperate on export controls, combat transshipment, enhance digital trade, and align certain external tariffs. The offer would have led to supply-chain coordination on aerospace, complementary actions to address unfair trade practices, critical-minerals cooperation, increased enforcement against imports produced with forced labor, and the announcement of formal U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) negotiations.

This is a missed opportunity for Canada to partner with the United States, which is the fastest-growing economy in the G7.

Tonight, Canada declined to finalize the trade deal under the terms agreed earlier this week.
Despite the U.S. offer to Canada to receive the best treatment of any major exporter to our market, new demands and walk backs of other commitments by Canada have upended the careful…
— United States Trade Representative (@USTradeRep) August 22, 2026
Canada responds:

The deal has collapsed. The tariffs commence in moments. The relationship has dissolved. A Trade War is Afoot.
I’ve been telling my followers for years the divide between the USA and Canada was too great to fix without massive concessions by Canada. Well, here you go. THE… https://t.co/yiNSLJENbG
— TheLastRefuge (@TheLastRefuge2) August 22, 2026
Carney, the former governor of both the Bank of England and the Bank of Canada, as well as the former chairman of Brookfield Asset Management, which has an estimated $23 billion in China-linked assets (as of 2021), blamed Washington for the breakdown in trade negotiations. He pledged to match the new US tariffs “dollar for dollar” to protect Canadian workers and businesses.

But Carney’s commitment to deeper North American economic integration warrants close scrutiny, given Brookfield’s substantial commercial exposure to China.

Read:

Brookfield’s Deep Ties To Chinese Land, Loans & Green Deals
Carney’s previous and questionable business links to Beijing were brought into focus earlier this year following a visit to China, when he noted how much the world had changed since the last visit by a Canadian prime minister a decade earlier and suggested that renewed progress and partnership with China positioned both countries for the emerging “new world order.” Translation: Carney’s allegiance might be with the West but, instead, to the East.

Canada’s Mark Carney to China: Our ‘Progress’ and ‘Partnership’ Perfectly Position Us for the NEW WORLD ORDERpic.twitter.com/0BcPrsEmaJ
— TaraBull (@TaraBull) January 15, 2026
Carney’s decision to suspend negotiations and pursue a tit-for-tat trade conflict with the Trump administration will inevitably fuel questions about Ottawa’s move toward a prolonged tariff battle that would raise costs for American businesses and consumers at a politically sensitive moment, potentially creating another economic headwind for Trump ahead of the US midterm elections.

Carney suspended trade talks to influence the U.S. midterm elections. Carney takes his marching orders from the DNC. He’s betting the entire farm on the Democrats taking control of Congress.
— Julian Assange (@ImJulianAssange) August 22, 2026
The proposed US-Canada trade deal would have reduced US tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum to 25%, lowered automotive duties to 15%, and eliminated a 10% levy on lumber. It also included cooperation on export controls and digital trade, as well as formal negotiations to renew the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement.

Tyler Durden
Sat, 08/22/2026 – 11:05

A 50% tariff on Canadian goods went into effect early Saturday after talks between the two countries collapsed.

New 50% Trump administration tariffs on some Canadian exports went into place after the U.S. and Canada failed to reach a deal on Friday.

Anna Faris is now sober after personally discovering a correlation between “drinking and depression.”During an appearance on the “Dear Chelsea” podcast, Faris told host Chelsea Handler that in the past year, she began to feel “ungracious” about her comedy career and movie roles.”I really started to notice and appreciate if and when people recognize me, they would usually smile … thinking about something f—ing stupid I did onscreen,” Faris said, which prompted Handler to bring up her sobriety.’EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND’ STAR PATRICIA HEATON REVEALS THE MORTIFYING MOMENT THAT MADE HER QUIT DRINKING”Do you think that has to do with not drinking? Because I know you stopped drinking. Maybe that lit that a little bit,” Handler said.Faris confirmed that she “stopped drinking” and said “one of the many gifts” she’s gained since becoming sober is shifting her perspective.”Turns out there’s a correlation between drinking and depression for me for sure. I had to take a step back to not self-sabotage,” Faris said.GET ENTERTAINMENT SCOOP DELIVERED RIGHT TO YOUR EMAIL BY CLICKING HEREAlong with quitting alcohol, Faris said hormone patches were a game changer for her mental health. She did not share additional details on her sobriety journey.Elsewhere on the podcast, Faris shared that her 14-year-old son Jack asked her to “accept Jesus Christ” as her savior.PUT YOUR ENTERTAINMENT KNOWLEDGE TO THE TEST AND SEE HOW YOU SCORE”He is religious. I didn’t grow up with religion. He’s asked me to accept Jesus Christ [as my savior]. And I told him I would do anything for him, including this, but it’s going to take a whole lot of long conversations,” Faris said.LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSFaris shares Jack with her ex-husband, Chris Pratt. The former couple welcomed Jack in August 2012, and he was born nine weeks premature.The “Scary Movie” actress explained that her son is strong, which allows them to have deeper conversations.”He’s impressive, actually. Because I try to challenge him. I’m like, ‘Do you think it’s a luxury that you get to be pro-life? Do you think that’s kind of a luxury?’ And he’s like, ‘Maybe.’ Or I’ll say, ‘What do you think of this megapastor that’s kind of a grifter?’ And he’s like, ‘Oh, megapastors are the worst.’ So it’s like, ‘OK, he’s getting there,'” Faris said.

The Senate has been out of session for about two weeks. It’s convened in brief “pro forma” sessions for just a couple of moments on four occasions since senators called it quits for more than a month at 4:57 a.m. ET on Saturday, Aug. 8.Pro forma sessions are where the Senate huddles for just a few seconds, gaveling in and gaveling out with a skeleton crew. It’s rare that more than one senator is even in the chamber.The Senate truly isn’t back for debate and votes until the afternoon of Monday, Sept. 15.REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK: INSIDE THE SENATE SHOWDOWN OVER TRUMP’S PUSH TO SCRAP AUGUST RECESSBut what about all of that sturm and drang about “cancelling the August recess?” Remember that President Donald Trump and conservatives – ranging from Sens. Mike Lee, R-Utah, to Rick Scott, R-Fla. – wanted the Senate to remain in session for the month to debate the SAVE America Act. That’s the chief legislative demand of Trump. It requires voter ID and proof of citizenship to vote.Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., was on the floor when the Senate cut town a little more than two weeks ago. Did Thune hornswoggle his fellow Republicans into recessing the Senate for five weeks in the dead of night?Hardly. In fact even those Republicans who would have liked senators to remain in Washington to debate the SAVE America Act were in on Thune’s plan, allowing the Senate to abandon town for most of August and nearly half of September.Huh?Believe it or not, Thune and all other 99 senators agreed to leave Washington. In fact, that’s the only way it could have happened.The Senate was meeting at 2:07 a.m. that Saturday, on the verge of commencing a vote series to confirm Attorney General Todd Blanche and approve the Russia sanctions bill. That’s when Thune asked the following on the Senate floor:”When the Senate completes its business on Aug. 8, to meet for pro forma sessions only at 10 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 10, 2026. 8 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026,” requested Thune.The majority leader then continued, rattling off a host of dates on Mondays and Thursdays for the Senate to convene in those pro forma sessions.Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, was presiding over the Senate at the time.”Without objection?” asked Moreno of the body when Thune concluded.There was none.INSIDE THE SENATE’S CHAOTIC ALL-NIGHTER THAT LEFT TRUMP’S SAVE AMERICA ACT ON THE SHELFIn other words, the Senate would soon depart Washington. There would be no August debate about the SAVE America Act. The Senate would simply meet for abbreviated sessions over the next few weeks.And shortly before 5 a.m., Thune requested the following from the floor:”Madam President, I ask unanimous consent when the Senate adjourns on Thursday, Sept. 10, it stand adjourned until 3 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 14. And following the prayer and pledge, the Journal of proceedings be approved and the Morning Hour be deemed expired,” asked Thune.The South Dakota Republican then threw in some more boilerplate, parliamentary language, to tee up a test vote on an unresolved cryptocurrency regulation bill for the afternoon of Tuesday, Sept. 15.”Without objection,” said Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wy., who was presiding over the Senate at that ungodly hour.Thune paused briefly. But no one said boo from the floor.That’s because the chamber was bereft of senators — except for Thune and Lummis. Everyone bailed and was heading for the airport.”Madam President, if there’s no further business to come before the Senate, I ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order,” Thune asked.”The Senate stands adjourned until 10 a.m. ET on Monday,” declared Lummis, rapping the Senate’s unique hourglass shaped gavel on the dais.No objection. No roll call vote.The Senate was done.So let me filet this for you.The Senate conducts much of its business via “unanimous consent.” The Senate is a body of equals. All 100 senators wield nearly the same power. The Senate relies on “unanimous consent,” the blessing of all 100 members, to conduct quotidian tasks, like going in and out of session or what time to meet. The Senate occasionally approves bills — sometimes even big ones — by unanimous consent if all senators agree.But unanimous consent is just that. All 100 members must be on the same page. And if you have 99 senators in agreement and one holdout, well, that’s not unanimous consent.All it takes is the objection of a solitary member to sidetrack a “unanimous consent” request on the floor. And note that despite the advocacy by some Republican senators for the body to remain in session during August, no one lodged an objection.That’s because Thune pre-baked a series of unanimous consent requests offstage before he came to the floor.Late in the evening of Friday, Aug. 7, Thune ran what’s called a “hotline” in the Senate. He proposed a series of votes to confirm Blanche, OK Russia sanctions and consider a few other items. If any senator had a problem with Thune’s hotline, they should let leadership know before 11:30 p.m. that night. Otherwise, Thune would go to the floor and “propound” the unanimous consent request for the upcoming vote sequence. Thune would also propound a unanimous consent request for what the Senate would address when members returned in September,This package included a plan for those aforementioned pro forma sessions. And, for the Senate to hold off on any votes until Monday, night, Sept. 14. Thune also locked in the procedural vote on the cryptocurrency measure for Sept. 15.Anyone could have objected offstage.They didn’t. That would have scuttled the entire enterprise.Anyone could have objected on the Senate floor when Thune made the unanimous consent requests in real time. That didn’t happen either. That’s why both Moreno and Lummis asked the body if there was “an objection.” Or, they declared “without objection, so ordered.”However, those pushing for the Senate to remain in session to debate the SAVE America Act did manage a minor victory. Part of Thune’s unanimous consent request at 2:07 a.m. that Saturday included a test vote on a voter ID bill pushed by Sen. Jon Husted, R-Ohio. This package addressed some of the provisions desired by Trump. It was also helpful to Husted, who faces a tough election this fall against former Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio. And, the test vote would get senators on the record voting for or against voter ID.All Republican senators voted yes. All Democratic senators voted no. Republicans will likely deploy this roll call vote against their Democratic colleagues this fall.The vote secured more than a simple majority in the Senate. But here’s the catch: part of Thune’s unanimous consent request — pre-agreed to by all 100 senators — dictated that the test vote on the Husted measure was subject to a 60 vote threshold. Republicans only command 53 votes in the Senate. So without Democratic assistance, the Husted plan was doomed from the start.So the Senate is long gone. And will continue to be gone for a few weeks.This wasn’t because of some backroom plan cooked up by Thune. This wasn’t just Thune going against the wishes of conservative senators who suggested the Senate remain in session. This wasn’t just Thune working against the president.Those unanimous consent requests reflected the will of all 100 senators. Anyone on either side could have blocked the proposals. But they didn’t.And when someone asks why the Senate didn’t remain in session this month to address the SAVE America Act, you can tell them that all 100 senators agreed to call it quits and go home at 4:57 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 8.

Last year I said that Little League umpires should be held more accountable, and I’ve never felt more vindicated in my life.For those who haven’t followed every pitch of the ongoing Little League World Series (all of you), a California team was absolutely robbed this week on the final pitch of what turned out to be a no-hitter.Iowa won the game, 1-0, despite the boys from out west loading the bases with two outs in the sixth inning. Iowa starter Cooper Thissen struck out 15 and didn’t allow a hit in 5 ⅓ innings, but had to be lifted due to his pitch count.BARRED LITTLE LEAGUE TEAM FROM TULSA GETS REINSTATED FOR CHANCE TO PLAY IN WORLD SERIESThat’s when California worked a couple walks and loaded the bases, only to have a 3-2 pitch with two outs be called strike three in one of the most ridiculous fashions I’ve ever seen.Take a look:Lordy. I know Little League umps ain’t exactly Doug Harvey behind the plate (gold star if you get that reference), but come on. What are we doing here?That’s clearly — very clearly — a ball. Should’ve been ball four, and the game should’ve, at the very least, gone to extras. It’s a mile outside. It doesn’t even sniff the plate.There’s having a “wide zone,” and then there’s calling a pitch a strike that’s six inches off the plate. Maybe more. Actually, definitely more.”Pretty bad, even for a little league strike zone,” one fan commented.”That batter should’ve been tapping his helmet,” another said.Added a third: “Got him on the corner? Corner of what? The other batter’s box?”Yeah, hard to argue with that. The ball literally is in the other box!STAY “FEARLESS” ON THE GO! TAKE TOMI LAHREN WITH YOU. DOWNLOAD THE TLIF PODCAST NOW!I know Little League strike zones are different, I get it, but come on. This is Williamsport. The Little League World Series! This ain’t a 10 a.m. Saturday game in April where we’re all just trying to get home.Let’s have a little pride. A little self-respect. God forbid we have a semblance of a standard.Be better.

A University of California, Los Angeles, professor told Fox News Digital on Thursday that the university system’s “test-blind” admissions policy failed to eliminate racial disparities in standardized testing as intended.”That was obviously the motive. The UC Regents were very clear,” said Gabriel Rossman, a sociology professor at UCLA. “They did get rid of the SAT because they thought it had a disparate impact by race.”More than 3,000 faculty members across the University of California system have backed open letters urging the system to reinstate the SAT and ACT in undergraduate admissions. Former UC President Janet Napolitano led the effort in 2020 to phase out the standardized tests, citing equity concerns.CAMPUS ANTISEMITISM EXTENDS BEYOND STUDENT PROTESTS AND INTO CLASSROOMS, ADL WARNSIn response to growing faculty feedback, the University of California’s Academic Council directed the Board of Admissions and Relations with Schools (BOARS) on July 22 to oversee a faculty-led, evidence-based review of standardized testing in undergraduate admissions.Rossman’s comments came after he co-authored an open letter with non-STEM colleagues, following a similar effort led by math and science faculty demanding that state officials restore the exams.”We are University of California faculty from the social sciences, humanities, arts, business, law, education, and other non-STEM fields,” the non-STEM letter reads. “We are writing to endorse our STEM colleagues’ earlier open letter regarding the math component of SAT/ACT and argue for also using the verbal reasoning component of SAT/ACT in undergraduate admissions.”The non-STEM faculty noted that while they supported the STEM letter’s conclusions, they did not initially sign it because it was specifically framed around math preparation.EX-CAMBRIDGE PROFESSOR FOUND DEAD AFTER PLAGIARISM SCANDAL LED TO ABRUPT RESIGNATIONRossman told Fox News Digital that the test-blind policy has proven counterproductive to its original mission.”One of the ironies of this is they got rid of the SAT in order to promote equity in enrollment,” Rossman said. “The UC freshman class had been diversifying for the previous 20 years, and then it leveled off in 2020. In particular, the big change was the ratio of Latino students versus Anglo students. The numbers of Black and Asian students didn’t change by nearly as much.”An analysis by The Oakland Report, a regional media outlet covering Bay Area policy, similarly noted that eliminating test scores stripped admissions officers of a key metric for identifying high-achieving applicants from under-resourced schools.”Removing test scores from the admissions process weakened UC’s ability to evaluate academic readiness while ignoring the real causes of racial disparity,” the analysis argued.The push from non-STEM faculty follows a recent op-ed in The San Francisco Standard by UC Berkeley mathematics professor Zvezdelina Stankova, who warned of a sharp decline in incoming student preparation under test-blind policies.Neetu Arnold, a Paulson Policy Analyst at the Manhattan Institute, told Fox News Digital she is concerned about losing an objective metric and the “misallocation of talent.””I actually think standardized tests are a lot more accessible for working-class students,” she said. “It’s much easier to go to the library to pick up some prep books and to really put in the work than investing in really expensive extracurricular activities.”Stankova cited university diagnostic data showing a significant drop in foundational math readiness after UC stopped considering standardized tests. From 2018 to 2020, 71% of roughly 2,200 tested Calculus I students were deemed ready or nearly ready, while just 0.14% placed below basic algebra. By contrast, among roughly 2,800 students tested from 2021 to 2023 under a revised diagnostic, only 51% were deemed ready or nearly ready. That figure dropped to 44% in 2023, with 17% failing to answer a single question correctly across eight basic topics.CONSERVATIVES SHRED AOC AS SHE ATTEMPTS TO BRUSH OFF RADICAL ‘WOKE 1’ WAVE AMID 2028 SPECULATIONIn a statement to Fox News Digital, Stankova praised her colleagues across the UC system for raising awareness about academic preparation.”On behalf of the authors of the open letters, I would like to thank the thousands of UC faculty and people from around the world who have written to us in support of this initiative,” Stankova said, emphasizing that student preparation in math and English is critical to the future of the university.”We urge all UC faculty across the 10 campuses to work with their own campus admissions committees and Senate bodies this year to help pass the incoming recommendation from BOARS, which we hope will be to reinstate the SAT/ACT, and to further work toward faculty oversight of admissions procedures,” Stankova added. “Without that, any admissions criteria can be ignored or even counted against the applicant. Let us all make sure that UC admissions works to select based on a holistic approach that incorporates academic merit as a significant part of that process.”The Board of Admissions and Relations with Schools did not immediately respond to a request for comment.