Democracy Matters Dec 19, 2024

Republicans are bullshit--every single one of them.

Kansas school board rejects textbooks as too biased against Trump: report
https://www.rawstory.com/derby-kansas-schools/

#GOPBookBans #Kansas #GOP #RepublicansDidThis #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol

Kansas school board rejects textbooks as too biased against Trump: report

A Kansas school board has rejected a proposed high school social studies curriculum because they felt that some of the materials were biased against Donald Trump.The newly elected conservative majority on the Derby Board of Education voted down a proposed contract with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, whi...

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Show threadZhi Zhu πŸ•ΈοΈAug 23, 2024

@dangillmor @msifry @froomkin

Greenville County Schools will not host in-person book fairs this year: Here's why

https://www.wyff4.com/article/greenville-county-schools-no-book-fairs/61945606

Spoiler: It's because of the #GOP.

#Books #BookBans #GOPBookBans #SouthCarolina #USA #News #NoPaywall

Democracy Matters May 18, 2024

"Don't come home until your dick is wet.”

-- Moms For Liberty co-founder Bridget Zeigler, in a text message to husband Christian Zeigler, on his prowling bars in Florida for women for them both to have sex with.

#MomsForLiberty #Florida #BridgetZeigler #HeritageFoundation #GOPTerrorism #GOPBookBans #CRT #VoteBlueToLive #Koch

Show threadArena Cops πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦βœŒAug 6, 2023

@Thorswidow Greetings from the "GOP's" Thought-Gestapo.

#GOPBookBans #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #FreeReading #FreePeople

Democracy Matters May 22, 2023

Moms for Liberty, a nonprofit claiming to advocate for β€œparental rights,” appears to be using parents as pawns to advance a far-right agenda. The group advocates to strip districts of protective COVID-19 measures and modify classroom curriculum to exclude the teaching of β€œcritical race theory” (CRT) and sex education, all in the name of β€œparental rights.” #MomsForLiberty #GOPTerrorism #GOPBookBans #CRT #VoteBlueIfYouWantToLive

Unmasking Moms for Liberty 12-NOV-2021 https://www.mediamatters.org/critical-race-theory/unmasking-moms-liberty

Unmasking Moms for Liberty

Media Matters for America
MJ MuseApr 15, 2023
https://apnews.com/article/texas-library-banned-books-73f17143237d57784efd2746d292ab68 From public backlash Leaders in a rural Texas county held a special meeting Thursday but drew back from the drastic option of shutting their public library system rather than heeding a federal judge’s order to return books to the shelves on themes ranging from teen sexuality and gender to bigotry and race They plan to do it out of public scrutiny #GOPbookBans #MAGAextremistRepublicans ##GOPFascists #TexasTaliban #GOPNaziParty
Texas county roiled by book ban considered closing libraries

Leaders in a rural Texas county held a special meeting Thursday but drew back from the drastic option of shutting their public library system rather than heeding a federal judge's order to return books to the shelves on themes ranging from teen sexuality and gender to bigotry and race.

Associated Press
Poetry NewsApr 12, 2023

Too poor to afford books
GOP shuts down the library
Our knowledge held hostage

#gopbookbans #missouri #defundlibraries #knowledgeheldhostage #haiku #poetry

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/missouri-defund-libraries-book-ban-rcna78014

GOP book bans reach new level as Missouri lawmakers push to defund libraries

The Republican attack on books reaches a new and frightening low as Missouri GOP lawmakers push for a budget that does not provide state funding for libraries.

MSNBC