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29 Nov, 6 tweets, 2 min read
A Tennessee chapter of "Moms for Liberty" filed a complaint with the Tennessee Department of Education alleging that assigning 2nd Graders a book about MLK Jr's March on Washington violated the state's new law banning Critical Race Theory
The Tennessee Department of Education declined to "investigate" but for a technical reason. The complaint dealt with curriculum during the 2020-21 school year and not the current school year.

tennessean.com/story/news/edu…
So Moms for Liberty could refile the complaint and they might be successful next time. Their issue with the MLK book are two images that are historically accurate.

This is what these anti-CRT bills are about.
Moms for liberty also objects to the TEACHERS MANUAL suggesting that notorious segregationist Eugene "Bull" Connor was not a nice guy
Moms for Liberty says learning about MLK Jr's March on Washington is emotionally traumatizing for Tennessee students

Learning about past injustices, they say, violates Tennessee law
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1 Dec
1. In Tennessee, a complaint was filed alleging that a book on MLK violated a new law banning Critical Race Theory

I've found out a lot more about the people behind the complaint, their vision for history education, and the impact on teachers

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2. The complaint about the MLK book was filed by Robin Steenman, chair of the Williamson County chapter of Moms For Liberty.

But Steenman does not have any children in Tennessee public schools.

How do I know?

popular.info/p/moms-for-lib…
3. In deleted tweets from August 2020 obtained by popular.info, Steenman said she would "never" send her kids to public schools and described public school teachers as "brainwashing assholes."

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30 Nov
1. As the 2022 games near, the International Olympic Committee (@Olympics) are in "active collaboration with Chinese authorities" to coverup the censoring and disappearance of Peng Shuai, the tennis star who accused a top Chinese politician of rape

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@Olympics 2. Complicit in all of this are the 14 primary Olympic sponsors. Despite requests for comment, all the sponsors have remained silent on the IOC, the Chinese government and Peng.

popular.info/p/olympic-spon…
3. Someone who has not been silent is @naomiosaka, who has been an outspoken advocate for Peng

Osaka recently signed an endorsement deal with @Panasonic, an Olympic sponsor

@Panasonic said it partnered w/Osaka because she "takes social issues seriously"

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29 Nov
1. America is a country where if a man steals thousand of dollars in merchandise from a store it’s front page news but if a corporation steals millions in wages from its employees it’s basically ignored

I have the receipts.

Follow along if interested.

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2. In June, a reporter tweeted a cellphone video of a man in Walgreens filling a garbage bag with stolen items. According to San Francisco's crime database, the value of the merchandise stolen in the incident was between $200 and $950.

popular.info/p/a-tale-of-tw…
3. This single incident generated 309 media stories between June 14 and July 12. It continues to garner coverage today, including in the New York Times, USA Today, and CNN

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23 Nov
UPDATE: A judge has overturned Strickland’s conviction. He will soon be released after serving 43 years for a crime he did not commit.

The last time he was free he was 18 years old.
Missouri, unlike other states, provides NO COMPENSATION for exonorees.

Strickland, whose health has declined and uses a wheelchair, has no resources.

The Midwest Innocence Project has set up a fundraiser: gofundme.com/f/help-kevin-s…
Strickland has spent 15,487 days behind bars.

He was 18 when he was first arrested and is now 62.
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23 Nov
1. A new bill would subject Ohio to a more extreme abortion ban than Texas.

It would outlaw all abortions.

It may even prohibit certain kinds of birth control.

The sponsors of the bill are backed by prominent corporations.

Follow along if interested.

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2. Major corporate contributors to the sponsors of Ohio's extreme abortion ban:

@Nationwide
@GetSpectrum
@firstenergycorp
@GM
@DukeEnergy
@pfizer
@AnthemInc
@UnitedHealthGrp
@JNJNews (Johnson & Johnson)
@ATT

popular.info/p/these-corpor…
3. The Ohio bill would ban all abortion.

It defines an "unborn child" as "an individual organism of the species homo sapiens from fertilization until live birth."

This definition is so broad, it could prohibit common forms of birth control

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22 Nov
1. You've probably heard a lot about Kyle Rittenhouse in the last few days.

But how much have you heard about Kevin Strickland?

He's been behind bars for 43-years for a crime the COUNTY PROSECUTOR now says he didn't commit.

Follow along if interested.

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2. Strickland was convicted on three counts of murder for a 1978 triple homicide and sentenced to 50 years w/o the possibility of parole

There was no physical evidence linking him to the crime

His conviction was based almost entirely on one eyewitness

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3. That witness, Cynthia Douglas, recanted her identification.

On February 4, 2009, Douglas sent an email to the Missouri Innocence Project with the subject "Wrongfully charged."

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