Thread by @hochmanforsboe

Ever wonder why there’s this sudden push to ban books and dismantle TX #PublicEd, against most parents’ and teachers’ wishes? It has NOTHING to do with students and EVERYTHING to do with OIL $$. Buckle in… bit.ly/3dcYeea @cltomlinson thread 1/10

“Two billionaire oil and fracking magnates from the region, Tim Dunn and Farris Wilks, have quietly bankrolled some of Texas' most far-right political candidates…” 2/10
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“…the BILLIONAIRES are both especially focused on education issues, and their ultimate goal is to REPLACE PUBLIC EDUCATION with private, Christian schooling” @caseytolan @MattReynardCNN @will_simon16 @edlavaCNN 3/10

“The reason that Texas has moved to the RIGHT is because the MONEY’s there” - @BudKennedy 4/10

All of this has pushed the TX state board of ed farther to the extreme right. To do this, they’re redistricting out more moderate Republicans to fill seats with EXTREMISTS dianeravitch.net/2022/08/01/tex… @DianeRavitch 5/10

I’m serious- see this tiny chunk carved out of the yellow area of the new District 7? This was to remove incumbent Matt Robinson (R) from the board…for being TOO REASONABLE h/t @TexasTribune 6/10

…And instead try to replace him with Julie Pickren (R), who was kicked off the Alvin ISD school board for her Jan 6 activities… click2houston.com/news/local/202… @ByEdMcKinley @BrazoriaCoNAACP 7/10

If Julie Pickren was TOO EXTREME for Alvin ISD…why on earth would she be a good representative of Alvin ISD plus DOZENS of other ISDs in District 7?! lmtonline.com/politics/artic… 8/10

Even the incumbent Matt Robinson (R) is endorsing me (D) over Julie Pickren (R)! reformaustin.org/education/extr… 9/10

We have to STOP this dark money-funded extremism in #txed! Please support my race against insurrectionist Julie Pickren, & pls support @palmer4txed @Sifuentes4Texas @antraasa secure.actblue.com/donate/daniel-… 10/10

@palmer4texased please support Michelle Palmer of TX SBOE district #6!