Fascism may be here

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The Conservative Effort To Take Over A Nationally Ranked School System
A Virginia county's schools have faced tons of controversy — and right-wingers are convinced they can fix everything.

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Moms For "Liberty" FAILED in Loudoun County, VA and other suburban districts. Yippie!

Moms For Liberty's School Board Takeover Attempts Fizzled Out On Election Day
The results from an election cycle widely viewed as a preview for 2024 are bad news for the group’s ultra-conservative agenda.

Moms for Liberty, the right-wing extremist group that aims to bring a conservative agenda to public education, set out to take over school boards across the country in Tuesday’s elections. But instead of installing like-minded candidates in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Iowa school districts, its attempt fell flat....

But while Moms for Liberty candidates in smaller and more rural districts were able to notch victories on Tuesday, they floundered in the suburbs.

(state-by-state run down of MFL's dismal showing)

... But Moms for Liberty’s poor performance in the polls may be a sign that the so-called conservative “war on woke” just isn’t a battle voters are interested in.

Just look at how the group fared in Loudoun County, Virginia, where MFL focused on a purple county that has become a national symbol of how the culture wars are infecting public education. The county’s schools have been mired in controversy since 2021 when a student allegedly committed sexual assault at two different high schools.

After conservatives falsely claimed that the alleged perpetrator was transgender, right-wing rhetoric began permeating the school district, leading to contentious school board meetings that were covered by right-wing news outlets — and giving the Virginia county national exposure.

In Tuesday’s school board election, all nine seats were up for grabs, and Moms for Liberty endorsed four candidates — but only one prevailed. Ultimately, liberals won a 6-3 majority on the county school board.

"Woke" wins.

Steve Martin Hilariously Looks On Bright Side After His Book Is Banned In Florida
The actor's "Shopgirl" is being pulled from library shelves, prompting a cheeky response.

stevemartinreally
So proud to have my book Shopgirl banned in Collier County, Florida! Now people who want to read it will have to buy a copy!

... Martin is in some prominent literary company. Collier County is also reportedly banning a number of books by Stephen King, in addition to works by Toni Morrison, Margaret Atwood, Alice Walker and Ernest Hemingway....

Collier County, Florida - Rick Scott's home, O Really's old home and MadCaw's new home - is solidly RepuQ, of course. Fascists.

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Trump Team Responds to Hitler Accusations by Proving Accusers Right
Donald Trump’s rhetoric is becoming more dictatorial with each passing day.

... Ruth Ben-Ghiat, a historian at New York University, warned that Trump is following in Hitler and Mussolini’s footsteps.

“Calling people ‘vermin’ was used effectively by Hitler and Mussolini to dehumanize people and encourage their followers to engage in violence,” she explained to The Washington Post.

Brian Klaas, a political scientist, told MSNBC on Monday that Trump is “lifting not just rhetoric but actual plans from the authoritarian playbook.”

“I study the breakdown of democracy, and I don’t know how to say this more clearly: We are sleepwalking towards authoritarianism,” he said.

Maybe we aren't old enough. I hope the prisons have decent geriatric wards.

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Zionist fascism:

Pro-Palestine Voices Face Threats, Harassment As Gaza Death Toll Grows
Activists, students and everyday people said they are being intimidated for their pro-Palestine activism.

Netanyahu Calls Palestinians ‘Collateral Damage’ As Israel Destroys Gaza
The Israeli prime minister also called the UN's accusation of war crimes "hogwash," despite now killing more than 11,000 Palestinians in Gaza.

'HonestReporting' Website Backtracks On Implication Palestinian Journalists Were Involved In Massacre
Israeli government officials compared the journalists to terrorists, but now the group behind the implication says it was just asking questions.