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Fmr. Congressional Candidate (D); Author; Professor; I write about politics, markets, and schools; I’m here for common sense solutions for kids and families.

Dec 23, 2022, 10 tweets

There’s a #schoolvouchers link to the #January6thReport. It centers around attorney Cleta Mitchell who led Trump’s GA pressure efforts after the vote. #BigLie

Mitchell is all over the final report:
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january6th.house.gov/sites/democrat…

Mitchell is also Board Secretary for the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, a huge #schoolvouchers backer out of Wisconsin that’s given $millions to voucher research and advocacy.

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archive.jsonline.com/newswatch/2037…

The Bradley Foundation is also financially the “extraordinary force” behind #BigLie efforts, per @JaneMayerNYer reporting @NewYorker.

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newyorker.com/magazine/2021/…

As Mayer’s reporting notes, also central to #BigLie organizing and future election mischief are the Heritage Foundation and ALEC—key figures in spreading propped up #schoolvouchers data and voucher legislation at the state level, respectively.

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heritage.org/education/repo…

That’s not shocking. Heritage is deep into message coordination with DeSantis and others in the GOP on “#woke” moving forward.

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heritage.org/education/repo…

See also reporting by @anelsona on Bradley, Cleta Mitchell, and ALEC @newrepublic

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newrepublic.com/article/165984…

Speaking of future election mischief, Cleta Mitchell led poll-watching efforts in places like my own state of MI during #Election2022 coordinating with fmr State Sen Colbeck and others @clarajanehen @jonathanoosting @CraigDMauger

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nytimes.com/2022/11/07/us/…

There’s also a direct Bradley tie to Tudor Dixon: her campaign chief Kyle Olson’s #Education Action Group was partly funded by Bradley. @Simon_Schuster reported on this over the summer:
#BigLie #migov #mipol 👇

mlive.com/public-interes…

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Point is: remember that #schoolvouchers are not just some alternative #education policy to debate. It’s all part of a larger effort to undermine civic institutions. I wrote on this @DianeRavitch but see also @BisforBerkshire @Edu_Historian @EvieBlad
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dianeravitch.net/2022/11/15/jos…

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