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The Republican Plot To Make You Stupid

Last week, Mitt Romney came out against “more firemen, more policemen, more teachers.” Ever since George W. Bush joined Ted Kennedy to pass the No Child Left Behind act more than a decade ago, the Republican Party has been standing by some incredibly bone-headed education policies.

Newt Gingrich Called For 10-Year-Olds To Work As Janitors To Learn Work Habits

Mainly, he wanted to break the janitors’ unions.

Texas Textbooks Now Must Teach Students How To “Evaluate Efforts By Global Organizations To Undermine U.S. Sovereignty”

Watch out for the black helicopters! The U.N. is coming to take your guns! When this change — along with many others — was approved, one board member thanked the Lord Jesus Christ for inspiring the constitution.

Tennessee Students Are Not Allowed To Learn About “Gateway Sexual Activity”

The Governor recently signed a bill just in case the abstinence-only curriculum wasn’t totally working.

Tennessee Teachers Are Also Allowed To Teach Alternatives To Evolution And Climate Change

Apparently “our planet is burning” isn’t settled science, according toanother new bill! If you are a child in Tennessee, you are in trouble.

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Marjorie Taylor Mouth Makes Another Empty Threat

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Marjorie Taylor Mouth Makes Another Empty Threat

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene

I’m absolutely double-positive it won’t surprise you to learn that America’s favorite poster-person for bluster, blowhardiness and bong-bouncy-bunk went on Fox News on Sunday and made a threat. Amazingly, she didn’t threaten to expose alleged corruption by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy by quoting a Russian think-tank bot-factory known as Strategic Culture Foundation, as she did last November. Rather, the Congressperson from North Georgia made her eleventy-zillionth threat to oust the Speaker of the House from her own party, Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA), using the Motion to Vacate she filed last month. She told Fox viewers she wanted to return to her House district to “listen to voters” before acting, however.

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Trump Campaign Gives Access To Far-Right Media But Shuns Mainstream Press

Trump Campaign Gives Access To Far-Right Media But Shuns Mainstream Press

Trump campaign press pass brandished on air by QAnon podcaster Brenden Dilley

Trump's Hour On CNN Was A Profile In Cowardice

Vanity Fair recently reported that several journalists from mainstream publications, including The Washington Post, NBC News, Axios, and Vanity Fair, were denied press access to Trump’s campaign events, seemingly in retaliation for their previous critical coverage. Meanwhile, Media Matters found that the campaign has granted press credentials to the QAnon-promoting MG Show and Brenden Dilley, a podcaster who has promoted the QAnon conspiracy theory and leads a “meme team” that creates pro-Trump content.

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