I recently published a piece on PragerU, an unaccredited school registered as a nonprofit, which is behind controversial right-wing propaganda videos recently approved for Florida schools.
I looked at hundreds of 990s to identify the largest recent funders of PragerU and how they are spending their money (Facebook, Google)
The Oklahoma Dept of Education just announced a partnership with PragerU - they are spreading.
https://kfor.com/news/local/osde-announces-partnership-with-prageru/
This looks like an ugly epidemic.
The contagion is spreading. Isolation & Quarantine might be preventive measures.
@StephenC @wendysiegelman PragerU. It’s from the link in Wendy’s article to their IRS 990
https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/271763901
Since 2013, the IRS has released data culled from millions of nonprofit tax filings. Use this database to find organizations and see details like their executive compensation, revenue and expenses, as well as download tax filings going back as far as 2001.
@MattFerrel @wendysiegelman and that's just salaries. Those are token amounts.
The real money is the NP spending all its charity money buying shit from corporations that those folks own shares in.
"The Oklahoma Dept of Education just announced a partnership with PragerU.."
Well, they really wanted Trump U. but you know -- it's out of business.
Is no one finding it odd that the Republican billionaire donors behind PragerU are the same donors behind Trump, his #BigLie, his coup, and the GOP's coup cover-up attempts?
The oil industry funds fascism.
Bradley
Marcus
Farris & Dan Wilks
Morgan Family Foundation
Mitchell Foundation
Jack Roth Charitable Foundation Daniel S Chillemi Charitable Foundation
Crocker Catalyst Foundation
Daniel & Joylene Hegel Family Foundation
Diana Davis Spencer Foundation Turning Point USA
Parents need to be involved in their child's education
They need to send up and oppose
M4L
PragerU
Hillsdale
1776
And other initiatives (bringing back phonics only reading... Really???)
That are intended to keep future voters stupid
Loopholes in the tax system were created by the rich to benefit the rich.
Defining propaganda outfits as "charities" is just one example.
Imagine the Russian Internet Agency getting defined as a "charity" by Prigozhin.
Reminder of what happens to those who help kleptocrats maintain power & fail.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/14/europe/russia-yevgeny-prigozhin-internet-research-agency-intl/index.html
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_interference_in_the_2016_United_States_elections
Also Google Ads helps fund them.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/russian-trolls-who-interfered-2016-u-s-election-also-made-n1013811
@rabbijill @wendysiegelman PragerU and the shit billionaires bankrolling the enterprise are also one of the main players behind the disinfo campaign poisoning public opinion against #offshorewind in #NewJersey and elsewhere, saying that it’s responsible for whale kills. One problem: NONE the the turbines have been installed in NJ. But why let pesky facts get in the way, right?
Here’s a great podcast on #renewables that details what is going on: https://www.volts.wtf/p/the-right-wing-groups-behind-renewable#details
Across the country, NIMBY groups are organizing to block solar, wind, and other clean-energy projects, and to pass state laws restricting renewable energy development. Journalist Michael Thomas took a deep dive into the right-wing billionaires & think tanks behind these community groups. We discuss what he found.
How We’re Going to Fight PragerU’s Indoctrination of Children conservative pseudo-educational organization “PragerU” is. Their kids’ shows are designed to look exactly like any other kids’ show, and their videos are full of charts and data. They know what they’re doing. We’ve produced a booklet called A Student’s Guide to #Resisting #PragerU #Propaganda. it offers a basic introduction to critical thinking and shows students how to analyze and debunk PragerU’s lies. https://www.currentaffairs.org/2023/09/how-were-going-to-fight-pragerus-indoctrination-of-children
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