Is anything sacred for Democrats when it comes to helping citizens.

The short version is this: federal agents raided the home and office of LAUSD Superintendent Alberto Carvalho, and multiple reports indicate the investigation is tied to LAUSD's failed AI chatbot project called "Ed," which was developed through a multimillion-dollar contract with the education technology company AllHere. Carvalho has not been charged with any crime, and the FBI has not publicly disclosed the full scope of the investigation.

What happened?

On February 25, 2026, the FBI executed search warrants at:

• Carvalho's home in Los Angeles
• LAUSD headquarters
• A Florida residence connected to education consultant Debra Kerr, who had ties to AllHere and Carvalho dating back to his time in Miami-Dade schools.

Two days later, the LAUSD Board placed Carvalho on paid leave. On June 21, 2026, Carvalho resigned as superintendent, though he continued to deny wrongdoing. Authorities still have not announced any charges against him.

What was the chatbot controversy?

The controversy centers on an AI assistant called "Ed."

LAUSD unveiled Ed in 2024 with considerable publicity. The chatbot was marketed as a personalized digital assistant for students and parents that could:

• Track grades and attendance
• Provide academic recommendations
• Translate communications into roughly 100 languages
• Help families navigate school services

Carvalho championed the project as a major innovation for the district.

The problem is that the vendor behind Ed, AllHere, collapsed shortly after launch.

Why did it become a scandal?

Several issues emerged:

1. The company imploded.

Within months of Ed's rollout, AllHere furloughed employees, entered bankruptcy, and ceased operations. LAUSD terminated the relationship after already paying millions of dollars toward the project.

2. The founder was indicted.

AllHere founder Joanna Smith-Griffin was later charged with securities fraud, wire fraud, and identity theft related to allegations that investors were misled about the company's financial condition.

3. Questions arose about how the contract was awarded.

Investigative reporting uncovered connections between AllHere and consultant Debra Kerr, who had longstanding professional ties to Carvalho. Kerr later claimed she was owed hundreds of thousands of dollars in commissions related to the LAUSD deal. Federal investigators reportedly began examining the financial aspects of the contract and the relationships surrounding it.

4. Student data concerns surfaced.

After AllHere's collapse, critics raised concerns about how student information was handled and whether proper safeguards existed for data collected through the chatbot.

Is Carvalho accused of anything?

Not publicly.

That distinction is important.

The FBI searches indicate investigators believed there was sufficient reason to gather evidence, but as of today:

• Carvalho has not been charged.
• Prosecutors have not publicly accused him of criminal conduct.
• The search warrant affidavits remain sealed.
• His attorneys continue to maintain he acted lawfully and was not involved in selecting AllHere as a vendor.

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Thank you also for not celebrating Juneteenth.

I know that sounds harsh, but hear me out.

America already has a holiday dedicated to liberty.

It's called Independence Day.

We don't need a committee meeting for freedom.

We don't need Liberty 2.0.

We don't need Freedom: The Sequel.

July 4th already covers the subject matter.

The Left has become obsessed with creating boutique holidays the way Starbucks creates seasonal drinks.

Every historical footnote gets its own observance, awareness campaign, commemorative T-shirt, and eventually a federal employee day off.

Pretty soon we'll have National Day of Recognizing the Committee That Planned the Meeting About the Event We Already Celebrated.

Meanwhile, the rest of us are waiting for fireworks and barbecue.

Speaking of fireworks...

We've got a full plate of crow to serve today.

And Democrats are once again seated at the head table.

Last week Barack Obama officially opened his presidential library.

Now, Democrats treated this thing like archaeologists had discovered King Tut's tomb.

The media acted as though civilization itself had reached a new milestone.

I watched the coverage and thought, "Did I miss something?"

Because from where I sit, this felt less like the unveiling of a monument and more like the grand opening of a very expensive explanation.

Think about it.

The Obama presidency generated so much mythology that eventually they needed a building to store it all.

And the event itself had all the cultural impact of finding out what happened to Jesse Jackson.

In fact, quick question:

Where were you when Jesse Jackson's political relevance was buried?

Exactly.

Neither do I.

The media keeps trying to manufacture nostalgia for things the public already moved on from.

It's like watching somebody hold a high school reunion for a graduating class that never actually liked each other.

We'll get into that story because there were moments at that event that were so awkward they deserve their own documentary.

Then there's Jeff Bezos.

And ladies and gentlemen, we may have witnessed something rare.

A billionaire experiencing reality.

Bezos apparently decided to say something that employees at the Washington Post did not want to hear:

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Folks, I have never seen a group of people more detached from reality than today's Democrats.

I'm talking about a complete separation from observable facts. The kind of disconnect where everybody in the room is pretending the emperor is wearing Armani when the poor guy is standing there in tube socks and regret.

Take Kamala Harris.

Because Democrats have a problem they don't want to discuss.

Because if you were transported here from ten years ago and I told you that the sitting vice president became the party's presidential nominee, you'd naturally assume she'd be the frontrunner for the next election cycle.

That's how politics works.

Or at least that's how it used to work.

But we aren't living in the old political order anymore. We're living in Trump World.

Everything changed.

The rules changed.

The assumptions changed.

The media changed.

The voters changed.

And Democrats still haven't figured out they're playing a different game.

So Kamala Harris sits down for an interview and gets asked about running for president.

Simple question.

Not quantum physics.

Not the origins of the universe.

Not whether pineapple belongs on pizza.

A straightforward question.

And what does America get?

We get one of Kamala's patented verbal escape rooms.

[X] SB – Harris

Want to believe in systems. Lost trust in systems.

Debris at the end of this administration. Worse before better.

She says people have lost trust in the system.

Okay.

Fair enough.

Then she says at the end of this administration there will be a lot of debris.

Debris?

Debris from what?

A government?

An election?

A demolition project?

Did she accidentally switch over to The Weather Channel?

Then she says it's irresponsible to talk about what we need to do.

Wait.

What?

That's literally why you're there.

Imagine going to a doctor.

"Doctor, my arm is hanging off."

"It would be irresponsible for me to discuss treatment."

Imagine calling a plumber.

"My basement is flooded."

"It would be irresponsible to discuss pipes at this time."

Then she says people want things to be better.

Really?

What an astonishing discovery.

Next she'll reveal that people enjoy oxygen and generally prefer food to starvation.

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