Balabusta Esquire

Jewish. Zionist. Lawyer. Mother.

[Stu Smith @thestustustudio]

I should have guessed @NAVIvalues would sneak into Socialism 2026 too! 🥷

Fantastic piece from my favorite Substack. I’m especially glad they made it to Kobi Guillory’s panel, featuring the CTU teacher and FRSO member just days after his arrest.

[NAVI @NAVIvalues]

What if the ideology claiming to fight oppression is actually creating a new form of it?

Punctuality. Objectivity. Written records. Individualism. “Worship of the written word.”

These aren’t “white” values. They’re human values.
Yet a growing ideology is racializing them—and teaching institutions to see universal standards as oppressive.

That doesn’t create equality. It lowers expectations, erodes accountability, and ultimately disempowers the very people these institutions are meant to serve.

Read NAVI’s Josh Weiner’s latest op-ed in the Washington Examiner, where he examines how we got here—and why it matters.

[StopAntisemitism @StopAntisemites]

Are DSA socialists using teachers unions as a host vector to infiltrate & infect our K-12 schools? Yes.

Are DSA socialists trying to blame antisemitism on Jews? ALSO yes.

Check out this event tomorrow night in Philly - Adam Sanchez of Rethinking Schools (an ally of the National Education Assoc. (NEA) & American Fed. of Teachers (AFT) unions) will be speaking on the above.

[NAVI @NAVIvalues]

When @CODEPINK and @marcywinograd claim their "Challenging Zionism" webinar series is teaching “critical thinking” in K-12 classrooms, they miss a fundamental point: "rigorous debate" isn't facilitated by packaging the verdict into the lesson.

The back-and-forth breakdown:

Round 1: NAVI’s Ben Austin exposed @CODEPINK’s teacher trainings in @thehill for exploiting vague academic standards to push one-sided political indoctrination into schools at the expense of core learning.

Round 2: @marcywinograd hit back with her own piece in @thehill, arguing that "Challenging Zionism in Schools" merely promotes "rigorous debate" and dismantles curriculum bias.

Round 3: Dana Stangel-Plowe sets the record straight in @RealClearEd. A webinar explicit in its goal to "challenge" one view—while offering single-perspective slogan definitions and pre-loaded moral premises—isn't critical analysis. It’s political recruitment.

"Ms. Winograd cannot claim @CODEPINK supports 'critical analysis' when its course immerses children in one-sided political narratives in order to 'break the silence' of Zionism and then invites them to 'debate' a conclusion that is embedded in the lesson."

Read Dana Stangel-Plowe's full response dismantling the case for classroom indoctrination 👇

https://t.co/zvhUSR9MfO

[Balabusta Esquire @BalabustaEsq]

Hurt people don’t drive trucks into preschools. That’s, like, not a thing.

[Balabusta Esquire @BalabustaEsq]

@DemsForMike I’d recommend crossing to the R side for UM Regent too - Amir Makled presents the same political threats as El-Sayed.

[Democrats For Mike Rogers @DemsForMike]

In less than a day, we already have over 1,100 followers. We’re building a movement that puts country over party. If you’re a Democrat supporting Mike Rogers, retweet this and give us a follow. Let’s protect Michigan together.

[Balabusta Esquire @BalabustaEsq]

@CoreyWriting This has been going on in front of this synagogue every Saturday morning for 20 years. It continues to get more brazen as anti-Israel sentiments become more socially accepted, but it's not new. We are glad to have wider outrage, maybe it will bring about change finally.

[Balabusta Esquire @BalabustaEsq]

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[NAVI @NAVIvalues]

🚨 SHOCKING EXPOSURE: Is your tax money funding political indoctrination?

NAVI’s Chief Strategy Officer @weinotjosh joins @natefriedman97 to expose how Chicago Public Schools are bussing children to partisan protests and sneaking "fugitive pedagogy" into the classroom. 🚌🚩

Key revelations from the investigation:

• Taxpayer-Funded Busses: Likely over 1,000 students from 35+ schools were bussed to a partisan rally during school hours [01:36].

• Classroom Indoctrination: Teachers are being trained to sneak "anti-American" and "gender theory" curriculum past administrators, even for preschoolers [04:10].

• Political Coercion: Students as young as 9th grade report teachers using profanity against political figures in class [10:43].

• Proficiency Crisis: While focus shifts to activism, over 50 Chicago schools have a 0% math proficiency rate [08:04].

NAVI is fighting to keep politics out of the classroom and return to American civic values. 🇺🇸

Watch the full investigation here: https://t.co/t2jQaiQBfx

#EducationFirst #NaviValues #NateFriedmanShow #ChicagoPublicSchools #SchoolChoice

[Mika Hackner @MikaHackner]

🧵Amir Makled, @MichiganDems choice for @UMich regent,who retweeted antisemitic posts and a post mourning Nasrallah, was at @A2schools last night to express appreciation for trustee Rima Mohammad, who had pressured the district to remove "terrorist" from its October 7 statement

[David Bernstein @DavidLBernstein]

The head of a major teachers’ union should not claim that the United States is being run by Nazis. Such rhetoric trivializes the horrors of the Holocaust and inflames an already volatile political climate marked by rising violence. We should expect higher standards of judgment and responsibility from a public figure entrusted with representing our nation’s educators.

[House Committee on Education & Workforce @EdWorkforceCmte]

THIS MORNING 🗓️ The Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, chaired by @RepRickAllen, is holding a hearing unmasking union antisemitism at 10:15am ET. Watch the hearing live ⤵️

https://t.co/1sesn9wJa1

[Balabusta Esquire @BalabustaEsq]

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[PEER K-12 @PEER_K12]

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[Balabusta Esquire @BalabustaEsq]

The fake narrative never ceases to amaze me.

Try this: “Homes of Suspected Hate Crime Vandals Searched by FBI” https://t.co/uCGHCAHR4R

[Balabusta Esquire @BalabustaEsq]

@ShabbosK https://t.co/9IfOxawvXg This should be required reading for everyone in legacy Jewish orgs.

[Balabusta Esquire @BalabustaEsq]

@RitchieTorres Why oh why do more Democrats not speak out like you? Where is their courage? Thank you @RitchieTorres

[Balabusta Esquire @BalabustaEsq]

@BillAckman Is there a university you would write a recommendation for?

[Balabusta Esquire @BalabustaEsq]

Saying the Jews in Amsterdam deserved to be attacked is like saying George Floyd deserved to die.