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Playbook: Welcome to the courtroom campaign

Monday, August 7th, 2023

via POLITICO (New York)

And Ron DeSantis's campaign boycott of NBC News is over.

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Wisconsin CRT Notice

Monday, August 7th, 2023

via Madison.com (Wisconsin)

PUBLIC NOTICE The Wisconsin Cyber Response Team (CRT) intends to solicit assistance from the Department of Defense's Innovative Readiness Training Program. This assistance will include Information Security maturity, resilience, and

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What is critical race theory and why is it controversial?

Monday, August 7th, 2023

via Deseret News (Utah)

Critical race theory, as taught in schools today, is vastly different from how it developed more than 40 years ago by Derek Bell and others.

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Republican presidential candidates roast Biden at Hinson BBQ Bash

Monday, August 7th, 2023

via The Gazette (Iowa)

Iowa Republican U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson fiddled on her violin with a four-piece band, playing a series of country tunes as attendees piled coleslaw, baked beans and pulled pork onto paper plates, while a slate of Republican presidential candidates worked the room at Hinson's annual BBQ Bash political fundraiser in Cedar Rapids Sunday.

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In an Atlanta suburb, American realities collide over Trump’s indictment

Sunday, August 6th, 2023

via The Washington Post (Maryland)

MARIETTA, Ga. - Hours after former president Donald Trump was indicted for trying to overturn the 2020 election, Jenny Peterson was heading off to pick up Mexican food for her family. She'd tried to…

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DeSantis’ ‘anti-woke’ bills are costing Florida millions of dollars in business

Sunday, August 6th, 2023

via CBS News (Pennsylvania)

"We're booking '26 to '30 now, so any impact that this might have is not going to be seen for years to come."

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Trump is still DeSantis’ main rival. But watch out for Tim Scott.

Sunday, August 6th, 2023

via Tampa Bay Times (Florida)

The South Carolina senator is gaining traction among Republicans with his faith-forward campaign.

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LEARNS Act referendum bid falls short

Sunday, August 6th, 2023

via El Dorado News-Times (Arkansas)

An effort to put Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders' education overhaul law to a referendum failed to get enough signatures, the Arkansas secretary of state's office said Friday.

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Trump indictment yields radically different reactions in a divided country

Sunday, August 6th, 2023

via The Washington Post (Maryland)

Trump has changed the lives of Jenny Peterson and Jerry Ramsey. But they inhabit opposite poles in a divided America.

School Board – General, Racism

The DEI threat to our military academies

Sunday, August 6th, 2023

via Washington Examiner (District of Columbia)

The U.S. military's failure to prepare adequately to protect the nation's security is perhaps most evident in the military academies. Here, young cadets are supposed to be trained for a career of service to the country as officers. These once-venerable institutions, which claim to prioritize…

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How a Sexual Assault in a School Bathroom Became a Political Weapon

Saturday, August 5th, 2023

via The New York Times (Wisconsin)

It was an explosive claim — that a Virginia school district covered up a crime in order to protect transgender rights. But was it true?

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Group’s petition to put LEARNS Act on ballot falls short of signatures requirement

Saturday, August 5th, 2023

via Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Inc. (Arkansas)

An effort to put Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders' education overhaul law to a referendum failed to get enough signatures, the Arkansas secretary of state's office said Friday.

School Safety, Racism

Ron DeSantis speaks at New Hampshire town hall

Saturday, August 5th, 2023

via WBAL-TV 11 (Maryland)

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican presidential candidate, touched on a number of topics recently in a "Conversation with the Candidate" town hall event with New Hampshire voters.

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What is going on

Saturday, August 5th, 2023

via Daily Herald (Illinois)

An Elgin letter to the editor: Message to Sen. Dick Durbin from a conservative point of view: You treat us like we're stupid.

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DeSantis appointee to Disney board taught seminar, falsely claimed White people were slaves in America

Friday, August 4th, 2023

via CBS News (Pennsylvania)

Ron Peri used discredited research to say there was an "Irish slave trade"

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The College Board says AP psychology is ‘effectively banned’ in Florida

Friday, August 4th, 2023

via The Boston Globe (Massachusetts)

The College Board announced Thursday that Florida school districts should no longer offer Advanced Placement psychology, one of the most popular AP courses, the latest skirmish in its battle with the…

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Opening the campaign finance floodgates?

Friday, August 4th, 2023

via POLITICO (New York)

Good Friday morning!There was so much stuff crammed into the 'Elections Transparency Act' that the massive increases in campaign contribution limits felt like more of an afterthought as it was being…

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Madison Public Library cancels Moms For Liberty event due to potential overcrowding

Friday, August 4th, 2023

via WAFF (Alabama)

The news of this event being cancelled has generated a lot of public interest because of this group.

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Ills of illiteracy

Friday, August 4th, 2023

via Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Inc. (Arkansas)

The NAACP needs to either change its name, or its focus. The defining word in the acronym, which was created more than a century ago, ought to be the third letter: Advancement.

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