Moms For Liberty Designated As Extremist Group By Watchdog Org
1 year, 6 months ago

Moms For Liberty Designated As Extremist Group By Watchdog Org

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The Southern Poverty Law Center labeled the controversial right-wing organization Moms for Liberty as an “anti-government extremist group” in its annual report, issued on Tuesday. In the report, SLPC explained Moms for Liberty’s new designation by citing factors such as disruptive incidents at school board meetings and the group’s political alliances and extremist ties. The report also highlighted the group’s active support for Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” law and other bills aimed at countering critical race theory. Moms for Liberty joins 11 other organizations with new designations from SPLC, bringing the total count of extremist groups to 1,225 in SPLC’s annual “The Year in Hate and Extremism 2022” report.

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Donald Trump speech at Moms for Liberty: Why the group sounds so different now.
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Donald Trump speech at Moms for Liberty: Why the group sounds so different now.

Slate  

This story about Moms for Liberty was produced by the Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. The conservative parent group Moms for Liberty made a point of attacking the Democrats’ use of the phrase during its four-day annual summit over Labor Day weekend in Washington, D.C. “I want to remind people who …

'Really tacky': Even far-right Moms for Liberty members want Trump to stop sexist comments
3 months, 3 weeks ago

'Really tacky': Even far-right Moms for Liberty members want Trump to stop sexist comments

Raw Story  

Donald Trump recently attempted to woo the far-right Moms for Liberty group, but some of its members are worried about the former president's sexist remarks, according to a new report. Reporter Shawn McCreesh highlights conversations with group members who were asked about Trump's recent sexist attacks on Vice President Kamala Harris, including one in which the former president included a …

Moms for Liberty fully embraces Trump and widens role in national politics as election nears
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Moms for Liberty fully embraces Trump and widens role in national politics as election nears

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — In her welcoming remarks at Moms for Liberty’s annual gathering in the nation’s capital on Friday, the group’s co-founder, Tiffany Justice, urged members to “fight like a mother” against the Democratic presidential ticket. Tim Walz, a former high school social studies teacher, would be “the most anti-parent, extremist government America has ever known.” The group spent its first …

Trump taps into culture war issues, seeks to energize base at Moms for Liberty event
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump taps into culture war issues, seeks to energize base at Moms for Liberty event

Raw Story  

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump late Friday rarely touched on education issues during the third conference of Moms for Liberty, a conservative parental rights group that has ties to Project 2025, the far-right playbookTrump has tried to distance himself from. “And your schools and your children are suffering greatly because they’re going into the classrooms … they don’t even …

Moms For Liberty Goes All In On Transphobia
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Moms For Liberty Goes All In On Transphobia

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON ― Hundreds of mostly white women gathered at a swanky downtown hotel to hear prominent conservative speakers and strategize with other moms about how to spread their message across the country. “I think the federal government pushing child abuse really concerns American parents,” Justice said when asked why there was so much focus on trans issues …

Moms for Liberty tries to abandon 'extremist' image with RNC rebrand
5 months, 1 week ago

Moms for Liberty tries to abandon 'extremist' image with RNC rebrand

Raw Story  

MILWAUKEE — Gone was Moms for Liberty’s bashing of critical race theory. We’ve received multiple death threats,” said co-founder Tiffany Justice, vowing like many of the featured speakers to “fight” for a suite of causes that bolster “parental rights” in education. “Social media is a net negative.” Detractors of Moms for Liberty have accused certain group members of harboring ties …

Moms for Liberty reeling and on the ropes after election losses and scandals: report
1 year ago

Moms for Liberty reeling and on the ropes after election losses and scandals: report

Raw Story  

Reeling from a string of school board election losses and a nationally publicized sex scandal, the "conservative powerhouse'' that is Moms for Liberty is suddenly finding itself looking at irrelevancy not long after it was founded. According to a report from New York Times, the revelation that Moms for Liberty co-founder Bridget Ziegler and her husband, Florida GOP head Christian …

This Extremist Group Calls Itself A 'Parental Rights' Org. Now It's Targeting School Boards In 1 Key State.
1 year, 1 month ago

This Extremist Group Calls Itself A 'Parental Rights' Org. Now It's Targeting School Boards In 1 Key State.

Huff Post  

Moms for Liberty co-founders Tina Descovich, left, and Tiffany Justice speak at the organization's June summit in Philadelphia. In the Owen J. Roberts School District in Chester County — approximately an hour’s drive from Philadelphia — the full slate of GOP candidates has been endorsed by Moms for Liberty. “We can’t have four more like her.” On the GOP slate’s …

Moms for Liberty unexpectedly finds itself at the center of a heated suburban Indiana mayoral race
1 year, 1 month ago

Moms for Liberty unexpectedly finds itself at the center of a heated suburban Indiana mayoral race

Associated Press  

— An Indiana Moms for Liberty chapter has followed the conservative group’s national playbook, challenging diversity, equity and inclusion efforts in school districts as part of its “parental rights” mission. The Hamilton County chapter of Moms for Liberty told The Associated Press it can only endorse candidates for school board, but also accused Nelson of campaigning on “silencing parents.” Florida-based …

Moms for Liberty meets its match: Parents in this swing suburban district are fighting back
1 year, 2 months ago

Moms for Liberty meets its match: Parents in this swing suburban district are fighting back

Salon  

"Monster Liberty": That's how the otherwise excellent closed-captioning service in the auditorium at Pennridge High School interpreted "Moms for Liberty," while one of several dozen citizens who had waited in line to lambast the group spoke at the podium. Yes, the Pennridge school board was dominated by far-right members, one of whom had been present in Washington for Donald Trump's …

Trump, DeSantis court Moms for Liberty as group's influence rise over the GOP
1 year, 5 months ago

Trump, DeSantis court Moms for Liberty as group's influence rise over the GOP

India Today  

The two leading contenders for the Republican presidential nomination courted conservative women at the Moms for Liberty conference in Philadelphia on Friday, elevating a group that has gained substantial influence within the GOP with its fierce opposition to instruction related to race and gender identity in the nation’s classrooms. You’re not a threat to America.” Trump told them that if …

Moms for Liberty blasted as 'Klanned Karenhood' by protesters in Philadelphia
1 year, 5 months ago

Moms for Liberty blasted as 'Klanned Karenhood' by protesters in Philadelphia

Raw Story  

Moms for Liberty, the far-right group seeking to control school boards and school curricula across the country, gathered in Philadelphia on Friday for a convention featuring former President Donald Trump, Florida Gov. LaTarndra Strong, Olivia Strong, and Heather Redding drove seven hours from North Carolina — getting up at 3:30 in the morning — and showed up outside the Philadelphia …

Trump and DeSantis court Moms for Liberty in a sign of the group’s rising influence over the GOP
1 year, 5 months ago

Trump and DeSantis court Moms for Liberty in a sign of the group’s rising influence over the GOP

Associated Press  

PHILADELPHIA — The two leading contenders for the Republican presidential nomination courted conservative women at the Moms for Liberty conference in Philadelphia on Friday, elevating a group that has gained substantial influence within the GOP with its fierce opposition to instruction related to race and gender identity in the nation’s classrooms. You’re not a threat to America.” Trump told them …

Top Dems ignorant of ‘extremist’ Moms for Liberty — despite warnings the group is dangerous
1 year, 5 months ago

Top Dems ignorant of ‘extremist’ Moms for Liberty — despite warnings the group is dangerous

Raw Story  

There’s a new face of the far-right: moms. Ron DeSantis speaks during the inaugural Moms For Liberty Summit at the Tampa Marriott Water Street on July 15, 2022, in Tampa, Fla. Octavio Jones/Getty Images “The left isn't even in tune to some of these groups that are getting very powerful at the grassroots level,” former Rep. Denver Riggleman tells Raw …

US Republican candidates woo controversial Moms for Liberty group
1 year, 5 months ago

US Republican candidates woo controversial Moms for Liberty group

Al Jazeera  

The high-profile lineup at the group’s national conference shows it has become a power player in the Republican Party. At least one hate group monitor, the Southern Poverty Law Center, has labelled Moms for Liberty an “extremist” group that opposes racial inclusivity and spreads “hateful imagery and rhetoric against the LGBTQ community”. Moms for Liberty built early momentum with support …

Moms for Liberty chapter apologizes for quoting Hitler in its newsletter
1 year, 6 months ago

Moms for Liberty chapter apologizes for quoting Hitler in its newsletter

Associated Press  

An Indiana chapter of Moms for Liberty, a nonprofit that advocates for “ parental rights ” in education and was recently labeled as “extremist” by an anti-hate watchdog, is apologizing and condemning Adolf Hitler after using a quote attributed to the Nazi leader in its inaugural newsletter. “We condemn Adolf Hitler’s actions and his dark place in human history,” read …

Moms for Liberty has been infiltrated by hardcore right-wing groups: report
1 year, 6 months ago

Moms for Liberty has been infiltrated by hardcore right-wing groups: report

Raw Story  

The conservative group Moms for Liberty was founded as a "parental rights" group that focuses on protecting students from content that deals in race or gender and electing conservative candidates to school boards. "There's an ongoing campaign by these neo-Nazi groups to radicalize some of these more benign patriot MAGA groups—and it's working because I've seen more Nazi content creeping …

Moms for Liberty rises as power player in GOP politics after attacking schools over gender, race
1 year, 6 months ago

Moms for Liberty rises as power player in GOP politics after attacking schools over gender, race

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — To its members, it’s a grassroots army of “joyful warriors” who “don’t co-parent with the government.” To anti-hate researchers, it’s a well-connected extremist group that attacks inclusion in schools. Moms for Liberty pitches itself as a nonpartisan, grassroots effort started by passionate parents who call themselves “joyful warriors.” Yet the group’s close ties to Republican organizations, donors …

Moms for Liberty among conservative groups named 'extremist' by civil rights watchdog
1 year, 6 months ago

Moms for Liberty among conservative groups named 'extremist' by civil rights watchdog

NPR  

Moms for Liberty among conservative groups named 'extremist' by civil rights watchdog Enlarge this image toggle caption Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg via Getty Images More than two years into a conservative push against teaching about Black history, literature and gender identity in public schools, the Southern Poverty Law Center has concluded that a dozen so-called "parental rights" groups behind …

Moms for Liberty: "Joyful Warriors" in the fight to demolish public school
2 years, 5 months ago

Moms for Liberty: "Joyful Warriors" in the fight to demolish public school

Salon  

Last weekend in Tampa, about 500 members of the conservative education advocacy network Moms for Liberty gathered for their first national summit. Ron DeSantis receiving a ceremonial wooden "liberty sword" for his efforts in support of "parents' rights"; right-wing education activists warning parents that public schools have become "Maoist thought reform prisons" intent on transforming their children into "change agents"; …

The next threat to democracy in the US: Moms for Liberty?
2 years, 7 months ago

The next threat to democracy in the US: Moms for Liberty?

Al Jazeera  

It sounds like the plot of an over-the-top action movie or a political satire: mothers joining local school boards across the country are actually part of a radical network infiltrating government from the bottom up, determined to take power, punish their opponents and eventually rule with an iron fist. But this seemingly outlandish plot is actually a disturbingly accurate description …

Far-right 'Moms for Liberty' group demands schools stop exposing kids to 'sexy' pictures of seahorses
3 years, 2 months ago

Far-right 'Moms for Liberty' group demands schools stop exposing kids to 'sexy' pictures of seahorses

Raw Story  

On Friday, The Daily Beast reported that a far-right group in Williamson County, Tennessee, is demanding schools censor a number of books and subjects — including an unusual demand regarding pictures of marine life. "Registering its website in late 2020, the group 'Moms For Liberty' is one of a series of conservative education groups to spring up in the wake …

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