Attorney General Merrick Garland came under heavy criticism in October thanks to a memo in which he directed the FBI to address violent threats from anti-CRT parents. But a whistleblower recently provided Congressman Jim Jordan with emails from the National School Boards Association that adds a wh.
but we can t ignore what happened in virginia. you can t ignore what happened in new jersey as well. but go on. there was race baiting language and lies around critical race theory, and they weren t addressed head on in virginia. but when you look at races across the board in wisconsin, new hampshire, and ohio, people who did anti-mask campaigns that were running for school board or city counsel or anti-crt, they were not successful. but that s because those candidates went local, talked to voters and addressed it normally and addressed the issue in a fair and accurate way. yes, virginia was not a good night for dems, and i think there are some lessons to learn. but i don t think it was because of what james carville is saying. woke politics, and i don t think it s because people think joe biden is a progressive. scott, she has a point, because republicans capitalizing
points. terry mcauliffe had a huge lead. but we can t ignore what happened in virginia. you can t ignore what happened in new jersey as well. but go on. there was race baiting language and lies around critical race theory, and they weren t addressed head on in virginia. but when you look at races across the board in wisconsin, new hampshire, and ohio, people who did anti-mask campaigns that were running for school board or city counsel or anti-crt, they were not successful. because those candidates went local, talked to voters and addressed it normally in a fair and accurate way. virginia was not a good night for dems, and i think there are some lessons to learn, but i don t think it was because of what james carville is saying, woke politics, and i don t think it s because people think joe biden is a progressive. scott, she has a point, because republicans capitalizing in these elections around fear of the boogieman of critical
2018, he banned gender studies. two years later, transgender and intersection people have no legal status. it starts in the universities and the schools and it moves on. lo and behold youngkin makes anti-trans campaigns together with anti-crt, part of this interlocking playbook. the other thing i am interested in is you mentioned representative krauss and trying to ban books that make people feel uncomfortable. this, too, is part of the playbook. the more you ask people to lie and the more you ask them to accept violence the more you have to give them away to assauge their consciences. the books he wants to ban are books that make people feel, quote, guilty or, quote, discomfort. so that is part of kind of preparing to accept authoritarianism. it is very ominous. jason, as slate magazine points out the novel beloved has been challenged in u.s. schools in 96, 97, 98, 2007, 2006, 2012, 2015, 2016