kate

there will be typos. opinions are my own.

[BucksCountyBeacon @BucksCoBeacon]

1/ @CBSDSchools right-wing board majority @ last minute included on tonight's agenda a whopping $90,000 raise & contract extension for embattled Superintendent Lucabaugh which many in district see as a reward for him championing their agenda of banning books, pride flags & more

[Stephanie Kennedy @WordswithSteph]

“We treat Moms for Liberty like the KKK. If you knew that a KKK meeting was happening in a church down the street from your house, everyone would be alarmed.”

Flushed with hate. Mouths agape:
Moms for Liberty is a far-right hate group that engages in anti-student inclusion activities while purporting to be a modern parental rights movement. Moms for Liberty are the notorious, right-wing zealots who terrorize the nation with their beliefs, their demands, and their dangerous ubiquity.

Moms for Liberty made their national debut in America on the Rush Limbaugh Show.

The GOP LOVES MFL: Of late, this extremist group has exploded in GOP popularity — propelled by opposition to public health regulations for COVID-19. They’re also notorious for opposing LGBTQ+ culture and racially inclusive school curriculum. MFL advocates book bans. Republicans are thrilled with all of the above, of course.

This anti-student inclusion hate group has waged a wicked war against public schools, with watchdog members pouncing to seize hundreds of school board seats across the country.

Moms for Liberty rail against teachers’ unions — condemning them as “terrorist organizations.” The Moms have called for the Department of Education to be crushed and eliminated.

Moms for Liberty’s attacks on the LGBTQ+ community are plentiful and poisonous.

Members of MFL even helped Gov. Ron DeSantis develop Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill. Moms for Liberty publicly championed the bill.

Moms for Liberty are fangirls of Adolf Hitler, quoting and saluting him on the cover of their June 2023 newsletter.

Purportedly on a mission to protect children, Moms for Liberty pack and attack school board meetings all across America. During the COVID crisis, they decried science and demanded an end to masking in schools and vaccine mandates.

MFL promote book bans, and denounce curricula infused with the critical race theory they deem so deeply offensive. The Moms stand opposed to inclusive curriculum: targeting critical race theory and social emotional learning with particular vitriol.

TIES TO AN INSURRECTIONIST: Trump campaign megadonor Julie Jenkins Fancelli — heiress to the Publix grocery store chain — contributed $50,000 to a Moms for Liberty political action committee. Never forget, Fancelli also donated millions to finance and support the January 6 rallies which lead to the violent storming of the Capitol Complex.

One chapter of Moms for Liberty took issue with a book by Ruby Bridges on the subject of school integration — detailing her experiences. The Moms also protested a book on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., which they bashed as “Anti-American, Anti-White, and Anti-Mexican.” Rather than these books, which they deemed unacceptable, the Moms advocated for books with what they describe as a more positive historical perspective: books that focus on American “heroes” like Clarence Thomas.

Moms for Liberty also recommends books by Birchers: supporters of the John Birch Society.

Moms for Liberty is not an isolated anti-woke, anti-government hate group. The Moms are quite socially active and have strong connections to fellow anti-woke, anti-government hate groups: White nationalists, election deniers, and participants in the January 6th rallies and attacks are all among MFL’s regular contacts.

In fact, Moms for Liberty connect with QAnon, Three Percenters, White nationalist Proud Boys, and more. Moms for Liberty have even been prominently pictured with various Proud Boys, flashing White power signs.

Many more details below:

[kate @notkayte]

choosing violence, oh my heart.

[kate @notkayte]

@TulsiGabbard as a peer LTC - stfu

[kate @notkayte]

@EODHappyCaptain

[kate @notkayte]

@apukwa @MidOfficer you need to try xlookup

[kate @notkayte]

@LethalityJane Same problem with my last 2 VAs, different provider (or visiting resident) every visit over +7yrs, & no shits given. I moved & the new VA is awesome. They pro-actively call me with follow ups, set video calls & the same Dr & PT multiple times.

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

🚨🚨🚨 Holy shit: A group of parents in Tennessee are OUTRAGED that a local school board caved to a conservative group and cancelled a librarian’s Mother's Day lesson inclusive to kids without moms.

The parents boldly confronted the Hamilton County School Board and held nothing back:

One dad said, “This is 2023. I'm a Christian man, married to a woman, but I think everyone should be represented fairly. If you want to keep your kids in a closet and just shelter them from everything, homeschool them. Send them to Christian school. This is a public school for everyone. Everyone. I've dealt with that woman. She loves these kids.”

The organization Moms for Liberty is a right-wing organization that campaigns against social progress and civil rights. They target local school board meetings and has deep connections to the Republican Party. Moms for Liberty also promoted stripping districts of protective COVID-19 measures and are bad news.

Thank you to these brave parents for speaking out! 💙💙💙

[kate @notkayte]

@AlaskaGrannyof8 @MemphisHoller @MSCSK12 Your daughter is an amazing person. Everyone should support her non-profit - 901 Community Fridges https://t.co/id90S8Q9sK

[kate @notkayte]

@LethalityJane

[kate @notkayte]

@LethalityJane

[kate @notkayte]

asked my co-op to work on a company policy for EVs. They sent me a ChatGPT.
Stop - I wouldn’t have asked, if I hadn’t already tried that & didn’t like the results.

[kate @notkayte]

@JustInChirps Did you apply for the MA bonus? You don’t have to live there anymore, just have lived there before entering the military. https://t.co/39U6AaWddy

[BrooklynDad_Defiant!☮️ @mmpadellan]

If I were a Veteran, and I saw the GOP budget cuts for Veterans, I would never vote Republican ever again:

- 22% cuts to the VA budget
- Housing cuts to 50,000 Veterans
- Cuts to food assistance for Vets
- No more job training for unhoused Veterans

They put their lives on the line for America and THIS is how the GOP treats them? Disgraceful.

PASS IT ON.

[BucksCountyBeacon @BucksCoBeacon]

1/ Superintendent Lucabaugh admitted in May 2022 that life can be hellish for @CBSDSchools #LGBTQ kids. But for him & right-wing school board the @aclupa complaint has no merit. So tonight they present the findings of their anti-LGBTQ @PAGOP lawyer's internal investigation...

[chris evans @notcapnamerica]

I asked the “Moms For Liberty” why they’re against schools providing wrap-around services for kids by using an example of Baltimore children’s test scores going up after they were screened for glasses.

Their response: “The more government does for families, the less they do for themselves”

[kate @notkayte]

@aspiringpeasant I had knee surgery before getting a ROTC scholarship, and it wasn’t an issue till 4yrs later when I was going active, then it was disqualifying…but they were good with it after my civ ortho wrote a memo

[BucksCountyBeacon @BucksCoBeacon]

To kick off our live-tweet of @CBSDSchools board mtg & the right-wing weaponization of misinformation, Hannah Arendt's words: “The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is..people for whom the distinction between fact & fiction & the distinction between true & false no longer exist”

[David Hogg 🟧 @davidhogg111]

I can’t get over how this video was taken in 2023 but it looks and sounds like history already. Gen Z is making history.