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26 Oct, 4 tweets, 3 min read
1/2 ‘Christocrat’ Rick Scarborough Has Big Plans to ‘Take Over’ School Boards All Across Texas rightwingwatch.org/post/christocr… thousands of Texan pastors will activate their congregations to ensure that conservative Christians “take over their local school boards” all across the state
2/2 "Rick Scarborough, a self-described “Christocrat,” strident anti-LGBTQ activist, and longtime critic of public education" sits on the Board of Governors of the Council for National Policy. #CNP #LGBTQ #publiceducation

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“If Every Church Said, ‘We Will Take Over Our Community'”: The (Christian Right) Revolution Starts Small and Local religiondispatches.org/if-every-churc… "the Christian Right is seeking to ignite a grassroots political revolution beginning with local offices."
Don't Mistake School Board Protests for a Grassroots Campaign citywatchla.com/index.php/gues… today’s vitriolic and occasionally violent school board confrontations make more sense when we take time to understand the dark-money forces that are propping them up Image

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1/ What’s Missing From Popular Discussions of Today’s Christian Nationalism? religiondispatches.org/important-deve…

This MUST READ article is from @kathsstewart,
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1/ #KochNetwork Infiltration of Public Schools 'Harms Students, Teachers, and Our Democracy': Report commondreams.org/news/2021/08/1… "In their assault on public education, the network has taken actions to increasingly privatize and corporatize K-12 institutions." #education
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1/ The Right-Wing Political Machine Is Out to Take Over School Boards by Fanning Fears of Critical Race Theory rightwingwatch.org/post/the-right… Leadership Institute training conservatives to run for school boards to “stop the teaching of #CRT before it destroys the fabric of our nation."
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3/ Campus Reform is a project of the Leadership Institute connecting "conservatives into a nationwide conservative network and a lifetime of civic involvement.Almost all significant conservative organizations across America now employ Institute graduates" leadershipinstitute.org/aboutus/ Image
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2/ Edison Electric Institute (EEI) warned of net metering’s potential to adversely impact utility investors. EEI is a member of #ALEC and worked to create model legislation to attack net metering at the state level
3/ The report asserts that the #ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture task force has authored and introduced model bills intended to get rid of or heavily compromise net metering programs documentcloud.org/documents/1375…
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