Evan Urquhart 🏳️‍⚧️Aug 29, 2023

This WaPo piece on the parents' rights movements plan to destroy public education in the U.S. is essential.

Unlike Assigned, WaPo's stories don't typically include screenshots of batshit crazy stuff they found, so I went and took one (from a link in the piece) that has to be seen to be believed.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/08/29/michael-farris-homeschoolers-parents-rights-ziklag/

The Christian home-schooler who made ‘parental rights’ a GOP rallying cry

On a private call with Christian millionaires, home-schooling pioneer Michael Farris pushed for a strategy aimed at siphoning billions of tax dollars from public schools

The Washington Post
Show threadVirginia S. O'PossumAug 29, 2023
@e_urq Where are they going to find someone with $25M who is humble in spirit?
Show threadJonathan Dresner
@VirginiaSOpossum @e_urq Are they going to exclude people who inherited their wealth, as unworthy and lacking evidence of business acumen?
Aug 29, 2023 at 5:24pmWeb
Show threadVirginia S. O'PossumAug 29, 2023
@jondresner What could show more business acumen than picking the right parents?
Show threadJonathan DresnerAug 29, 2023
@VirginiaSOpossum “How to succeed in business without even trying”