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Trump’s promises to conservatives raise fears of more book bans in U.S.
1 month ago

Trump’s promises to conservatives raise fears of more book bans in U.S.

LA Times  

• Book bans are on the rise as conservative parental rights groups fight what they believe is ‘wokeness’ in classrooms. We’re just getting back to commonsense America.” Trump’s threat to deny federal funding to schools that acknowledge transgender identities could affect curricula and the kinds of books school libraries stock. During his rally at Madison Square Garden in October, Trump …

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Why House GOP women are struggling to grow their numbers
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Why House GOP women are struggling to grow their numbers

Politico  

While House Republicans have a record high 34 women serving in the chamber, or about 15 percent of their conference, it doesn’t compare to the 92 women in the Democratic caucus. He’s appeared on male-friendly podcasts like “Kill Tony,” “BS w/ Jake Paul” and the “Joe Rogan Experience” where he has talked about golf, boxing, UFOs, and more as he …

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'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 …

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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 …

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‘The fever is breaking': DeSantis-backed school board candidates fall short in Florida
4 months ago

‘The fever is breaking': DeSantis-backed school board candidates fall short in Florida

Associated Press  

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Of the 23 school board candidates that DeSantis endorsed this cycle, preliminary results show more of them appeared to lose their election races than win them. “We sent a message across this state and across this country that governors, number one, should not get involved,” said Pinellas County School Board member Eileen Long, who won re-election …

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Florida Culture Warriors Just Suffered A Major Blow
4 months ago

Florida Culture Warriors Just Suffered A Major Blow

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Republican Gov. There was a time when it seemed like the far-right message pushed by DeSantis and Moms for Liberty was poised to completely take over Florida’s school boards. “They were able to take advantage of the fact that people weren’t paying attention to school board races,” Maya Henson Carey, a research analyst at the Southern Poverty …

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Incumbents beat DeSantis-backed candidates in Florida school board races
4 months ago

Incumbents beat DeSantis-backed candidates in Florida school board races

Associated Press  

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — School board candidates in Florida backed by Gov. Incumbent school board members in one of Florida’s largest swing counties appear to have held off a challenge from candidates backed by DeSantis, according to preliminary results. In the third race for the board, Stacy Geier garnered 37% of the vote compared to Katie Blaxberg’s 34%, with a third …

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Conservatives are pushing a ‘parental rights’ agenda in Florida school board races. Will it work?
4 months, 1 week ago

Conservatives are pushing a ‘parental rights’ agenda in Florida school board races. Will it work?

Associated Press  

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Like at school board meetings across Florida, conservative activists there have been reading aloud explicit passages from books, equating certain teaching materials to pornography and labeling educators as “groomers.” “It’s disgusting,” Blaxberg said. “He knows who the true conservative is in my race,” said Pinellas County school board candidate Danielle Marolf, after winning DeSantis’ endorsement. “Get …

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Moms for Liberty co-founder sues to lock down evidence in husband's rape probe
9 months ago

Moms for Liberty co-founder sues to lock down evidence in husband's rape probe

Raw Story  

Moms for Liberty co-founder Bridget Ziegler and her husband are suing police and prosecutors in Florida to prevent the release of records related to his rape investigation. Sarasota police started investigating Christian Ziegler in October after the couple's threesome partner accused him of sexually assaulting her, and although authorities ultimately declined to charge him, the couple is suing to keep …

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The Gay Pastor, The Conservative Megachurch And The Fight Ripping Apart A Suburb
11 months, 3 weeks ago

The Gay Pastor, The Conservative Megachurch And The Fight Ripping Apart A Suburb

Huff Post  

PLACER COUNTY, Calif. ― Pastor Casey Tinnin leads a congregational church in the Sacramento suburb of Loomis. “Parents don’t want me talking ― encouraging this lifestyle,” Tinnin conceded to Kyle and Alley. “That quickly became a focal point in the school boards ― books, material, curriculum, what’s being taught, and the lack of transparency and accountability to parents,” DiBella said. …

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Florida sex scandal dents credibility of right-wing group Moms for Liberty
1 year ago

Florida sex scandal dents credibility of right-wing group Moms for Liberty

Hindustan Times  

The Covid-19 pandemic sparked the rise of ‘Moms for Liberty’, a right-wing group that opposed school closures and mask mandates, and also advocated for policies that critics labeled as anti-L.G.B.T.Q. Sarasota County School Board chair Karen Rose introduces a non-binding resolution asking for the resignation of school board member Bridget Ziegler, who is also co-founder of conservative parents group Moms …

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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 …

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Florida school board recommends ouster of Moms for Liberty co-founder over Republican sex scandal
1 year ago

Florida school board recommends ouster of Moms for Liberty co-founder over Republican sex scandal

Associated Press  

SARASOTA, Fla. — A Florida school board voted on Tuesday to recommend the resignation of one of its members because she is embroiled in the fallout of a sexual assault investigation into her husband, the Republican Party state chairman. The resolution was authored by board Chair Karen Rose, who said in an email that she is “shocked and deeply saddened” …

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Liberal and moderate candidates take control of school boards in contentious races across US
1 year, 1 month ago

Liberal and moderate candidates take control of school boards in contentious races across US

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Voters in some of the highest-profile school board elections across the U.S. rebuked conservative candidates in local school board elections who want to ban books and restrict classroom conversations on race and gender. “They don’t want to engage in this banning of books or censoring of honest history or undermining who kids are,” Randi Weingarten, the teachers …

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Candidate who wouldn’t denounce Moms for Liberty chapter after Hitler quote wins Indiana mayor race
1 year, 1 month ago

Candidate who wouldn’t denounce Moms for Liberty chapter after Hitler quote wins Indiana mayor race

Associated Press  

— A Republican candidate who refused to denounce a local chapter of Moms for Liberty that used a quote by Adolf Hitler in a newsletter has won her election as mayor of Carmel, Indiana, a wealthy suburb of Indianapolis. City Councilwoman Sue Finkam defeated Democratic candidate and fellow city councilman Miles Nelson in Tuesday’s municipal election, according to unofficial returns …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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Lauren Boebert, 36, reveals she is a grandmother
1 year, 6 months ago

Lauren Boebert, 36, reveals she is a grandmother

Daily Mail  

Rep. Lauren Boebert revealed Thursday that she had become a grandmother at age 36. Boebert was appearing on Sean Hannity's Fox News Channel program and was asked by the host what was going on between her and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. Rep. Lauren Boebert announced at a Moms for America event in March that her 17-year-old son Tyler would be …

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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 …

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Unlikely crusade: Are Muslim immigrants joining the anti-LGBTQ right? Yes and no
1 year, 6 months ago

Unlikely crusade: Are Muslim immigrants joining the anti-LGBTQ right? Yes and no

Salon  

Last Tuesday afternoon, in the Canadian capital city of Ottawa, several hundred people gathered outside the headquarters of the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board for the second time in several days. On social media, prominent anti-LGBTQ accounts like Libs of TikTok have attracted reader comments that the proper response to school Pride displays include "mass shooting," a "woodchipper" or more violence …

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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 …

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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 …

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Two Florida moms fight back against banned books
1 year, 7 months ago

Two Florida moms fight back against banned books

LA Times  

The tattoos on Jen Cousins’ arms speak to literacy and how books can take us on trips across strange and extraordinary universes: an owl for wisdom, a drawing from the novel “Wonder,” multicolored glasses from Harry Potter and a saying from one of her children: “The world is only what you shape it to be.” But as any Hogwarts wizard …

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