the debate and the politics over critical race theory is the latest rift in this country over something that shouldn t be political at all. conservative groups along with well-connected right wing activists and fox news, of course, weaponizing the republican party s opposition to teaching critical race theory, using it as their new rallying cry in the culture war. so far republican-backed legislation has been proposed in more than 20 states. five states have passed substantial restrictions on what can and cannot be taught in public school classrooms. in a brand-new op-ed in the new york times , four scholars, a progressive, a moderate, a libertarian and, yes, a conservative write that these laws are a threat to our education system. quote, let s not mince words about these laws. they are speech codes. they seek to change public education by banning the expression of ideas. even if this censorship is legal
of right wing activists. he has donated billions to many campaigns including hillary clinton s 2016 campaign. in a statement, soros writes in part this, in this climate of fear, falsehoods and raoeugz authoritarianism, just voicing your views can draw death threats. george soros deplores violence and urges politicians across the political spectrum to tone down their rhetoric. he is also at the center of recent unfounded conspiracy theories. represently a republican matthew gates tweeted that soros could be somebody who potentially founded or funded, apologize, the migrant caravan headed to the border. there s no proof that this is true. again, it was tweeted and has been going around some right wing circles. president trump mentioned soros name at a rally in montana five days ago. ever see the fake news interviews? they try and cut it. they ll go to a person holding a
and in san francisco. today new york city mayor michael bloomberg announced the protesters who have camped out on actual wall street in new york city will be allowed to stay there indefinitely. officials in washington, d.c., giving protesters there permission to stay for at least four more months. perhaps the best sign that your protest movement is catching on would be this one right here. dead end saboteurs showing up from the right to try to take the whole thing out of context and make it look like something that it s not. tape here of right wing activists james o keefe. remember him from the a.c.o.r.n. fake pimp thing, shirley sherrod thing? wandering around to make the protest looks like it has something to do with hookers or implies something scary about black people. not sure what the scary black people or hooker line will be yet. we ll have to wait for the tape. a conservative writer for the