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  • This Extremist Group (Moms for Liberty) Calls Itself A 'Parental Rights' Org. Now It's Targeting School Boards In 1 Key State.

    11/04/2023 5:45:13 AM PDT · by Libloather · 35 replies
    Huffington Post ^ | 11/03/23 | Nathalie Baptiste
    Moms for Liberty has, in recent years, been a major player in America’s culture wars. The group has been behind the drastic increase in book ban attempts across the country, influenced local leaders to implement anti-LGBTQ+ policies, and railed against educators and others in communities, smearing them as child abusers. In 2023, Moms for Liberty held its annual convention in Pennsylvania, sparking widespread protests. Now it has set its sights on the state’s many school boards. There are 500 different districts spread over Pennsylvania’s 67 counties, and ahead of next week’s elections in the state, HuffPost found that Moms for...
  • A Small Town’s July 4 Parade Has Been Upended By Right-Wing Culture Warriors

    07/03/2022 7:54:42 AM PDT · by where's_the_Outrage? · 98 replies
    Huffington Post ^ | July 3, 2022 | Nathalie Baptiste
    When the city of Friendswood, Texas, announced on Facebook that hometown hero Haley Carter would be the grand marshal for the town’s famed Fourth of July parade, the post was peppered with excited comments. Carter, who was in the Marines and is a retired professional soccer player, was just the type of person residents wanted to see lead the parade. Then the right-wing culture warriors showed up. Conservative radio host Jesse Kelly tweeted the same day that Friendswood had appointed a “gun-grabber” who is “into drag” and “trans activism” to lead the parade. Kelly is from Ohio, ran a failed...