/1 🔎🦠NEW: AFL lawsuit has uncovered the second set of shocking documents from the CDC revealing further concrete evidence of collusion between the CDC & social media companies to censor free speech.
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CDC emails Facebook about “Vaccine Confidence Group.”
/2 CDC hosted a training session on Facebook’s “Misinfo Reporting Channel.”
/3 The CDC admitted to increased reports of Guillain-Barre Syndrome and Myocarditis in J&J-vaccinated individuals in August 2021, but nevertheless continued to promote the vaccine with little hesitation.
/4 The CDC sent emails to Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, flagging multiple examples of “misinfo” by the CDC, and reminded them that the Census Bureau is involved in tracking these posts.
Flagged posts by the CDC and Census Bureau appear to have been removed.
/5 Facebook created a position for a “Misinformation Manager” to censor free speech on behalf of the government.
CDC responded to Facebook with the names and titles of its “leads” for their discussion on the types of topics being removed from Facebook.
/6 CDC invited Google and Facebook to “be on the lookout” meetings to manage posts by the public that the CDC deemed “misinformation.”
/7 The CDC sent an email to Facebook and Google officials sharing a CDC “COVID-19 State of Vaccine Confidence Insights Report,” including short and long-term recommendations in order to “debunk” vaccine “misinformation and disinformation.”
AFL is investigating whether the Loudoun County School Board and Former FBI Deputy Director Andy McCabe played a role in AG Merrick Garland’s October 4 memo mobilizing federal counter-terrorism resources against concerned parents at school board meetings.
/2 In 2020, parents in Loudoun County, Virginia, began speaking out against a variety of issues, including school closures, Critical Race Theory (CRT) curriculum, transgender bathroom and locker room policies, and the politicization of the Loudoun County School Board.
/3 In March 2021, the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office opened a criminal investigation into a private Facebook group called “The Anti-Racist Parents of Loudoun County.”
Members of the group — which included six school board members, the Commonwealth Attorney, and a member of the Board of Supervisors — discussed targeting parents who spoke out at school board meetings against school closures and CRT in Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS).
Later, the FBI launched a parallel probe into the matter.
/1 🚨✈️ BREAKING: American Airlines to end illegal DEI employment practices
The U.S. Department of Labor has confirmed that American Airlines will end race and sex-based discrimination in hiring and promotions following AFL’s federal civil rights complaint.
/2 AFL filed the complaint against American with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) on January 17, 2024, requesting an investigation into the airline for allegedly violating its federal contracting nondiscrimination obligations.
/3 Despite receiving over $140 million in federal contracts since 2008, American Airlines engaged in illegal race and sex-based discrimination in hiring, recruitment, and promotional processes.
AFL has obtained the academic records of Thomas Matthew Crooks, the shooter in the first assassination attempt against President Trump on July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania.
This thread details the records we uncovered. 🧵
📄 Thomas Matthew Crooks’ SAT scores
Crooks took the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) twice.
➡️ On March 13, 2021, he scored 1390.
➡️ On March 12, 2022, he scored 1530.
📄 Thomas Matthew Crooks’ high school transcript
Crooks’ official transcript from Bethel Park High School, dated June 20, 2022, details his academic performance from 2018 to 2022.
/1 🔎 NEW: INVESTIGATING FEMA FOR ALLEGEDLY DENYING FEDERAL HURRICANE AID TO TRUMP SUPPORTERS
AFL is launching an investigation into the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) over allegations it withheld federal disaster relief from Trump supporters after recent hurricanes.
/2 On November 8, 2024, the Daily Wire reported that a FEMA official instructed government employees to “avoid homes advertising Trump” in the agency’s hurricane relief efforts.
/3 FEMA whistleblowers claim that “at least 20 homes with Trump signs or flags… were skipped from the end of October and into November due to the guidance.”
/1 🧵 AFL has led the fight to hold the Biden-Harris Admin accountable for failing to enforce civil rights laws against pro-Hamas networks in the U.S. Through lawsuits and investigations, we’ve worked to uphold the rule of law and protect Americans. Here’s how and why it matters:
/2 Since Hamas terrorists’ brutal attack on October 7, 2023, there has been a staggering increase in antisemitic incidents across the U.S., with violent attacks, harassment, and intimidation against Jewish Americans reaching unprecedented levels.
/3 “Pro-Palestinian” extremists have targeted Jewish neighborhoods, businesses, houses of worship, and students, committing acts of violence, harassment, and intimidation.
/1🚨BREAKING: MAJOR COURT VICTORY OVER SCHOOL PRONOUN & BATHROOM POLICIES
A court ruled in AFL’s lawsuit against Fairfax County Public Schools that FCPS' pronoun policy punishing “misgendering” & bathroom policy based on “gender identity” violate students’ constitutional rights.
/2 AFL filed a lawsuit on behalf of four students over FCPS’ compelled pronoun policy and bathroom policy, which the school says can change daily.
/3 AFL argued that FCPS’ pronoun policy constitutes compelled speech because it threatens discipline for even an accidental or non-malicious “misgendering” or “deadnaming.”