Oklahoma state superintendent who ordered schools to teach the Bible resigns to lead anti-teachers union group

Oklahoma Superintendent Ryan Walters announced Wednesday that he would step down from his role overseeing the state's schools to lead the conservative group Teacher Freedom Alliance, saying, "We're going to destroy the teachers unions."The announcement from Walters, a conservative Republican who pushed to incorporate teaching about the Bible into public school classrooms, caps off a contentious tenure marked by a willingness to embrace culture war issues."We have seen the teachers unions use money and power to corrupt our schools, to undermine our schools," Walters said on the show "Fox News @ Night" on Wednesday.

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Trump Ally Rick Grenell Gave Free Tickets to GOP Group to Heckle Black Guitarist

Kennedy Center interim president Rick Grenell is facing criticism after reportedly reserving seats for a group of gay conservatives who disrupted a concert by guitarist Yasmin Williams. The performance took place on September 18, but tension escalated when men in MAGA hats arrived and attempted to heckle the musician. According to Washingtonian, Kennedy Center staff discovered […]

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Gun Nut Plotted to Shoot Up a Bad Bunny Concert to Start a ‘Race War’: FBI

Mark Adams Prieto, 58, is accused of unknowingly selling two rifles to an FBI agent whom he believed was helping him devise the chilling plan.

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Busted: GOP Senate candidate Tim Sheehy reportedly hired staffer who promoted racist posts

Republican businessman Tim Sheehy, who is running for U.S. Senate in Montana, reportedly hired a staffer whose social media account liked and shared racist posts.The Daily Beast on Saturday published an exclusive piece alleging that the candidate "hired a campaign staffer with social media accounts ...

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Nebraska governor stands firm on rejection of federal money to feed food-insecure children

Nebraska’s governor is standing firm on his plans to reject $18 million in federal funding to help feed children who might otherwise go hungry while school is out. Republican Gov. Jim Pillen issued a statement Friday defending his decision not to allow the state to participate in the 2024 Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer for Children program. That statement came as advocates for children and low-income families held a news conference outside the Governor's Mansion to call on Pillen to change his mind before the Jan. 1 deadline to join the program. Federal officials estimate the program would benefit 175,000 Nebraska children who might otherwise go hungry on some days during the summer.

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GOP to NJ judge pick: Muslims need not apply | Editorial

This was an ugly spectacle, and an insult to New Jersey.

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2024 GOP Hopeful Faces Backlash After Sharing Christmas Photo Showing Ornaments of Democrats in Nooses

West Virginia's Derrick Evans expressed regret over the image of Biden and others hanging from a tree while Trump watches

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California town proposes ban on Pride, Black and women’s history celebrations

Far-right council members in Huntington Beach introduce agenda item to switch focus to US wars and America’s independence

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‘GoFundMe’: Experts say Clarence Thomas being ‘sponsored by billionaires’ is ‘bribery’

Legal experts are stunned once again after the latest ProPublica bombshell investigation into U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. That deep-dive into the Justice's financial history includes the written remarks of a U.S. Congressman and the head of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Court...

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