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Re: Politics Today
« Reply #767 on: October 06, 2021, 02:31:13 pm »
Sen Hawley To Deputy AG on CRT: You're Using FBI To Intervene In Local School Meetings

Sen Josh Hawley to Lisa Monoco: If this Merrick Garland Memo isn't a deliberate attempt to chill parents from showing up at school board meetings... I don't know what is...You're using the FBI to intervene in school board meetings.



WHile my kids are trough with school their kids are still in it...around here in TN, it seems everything is normal so far...We  are not even using masks or anything  like that and have had no problems with the c-19.

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« Reply #768 on: October 07, 2021, 12:13:30 pm »
Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz grilled Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke for calling parents who protest critical race theory "domestic terrorists" but not having any condemnations for Antifa or rioters.


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« Reply #769 on: October 07, 2021, 04:42:57 pm »
Sen Hawley To Deputy AG on CRT: You're Using FBI To Intervene In Local School Meetings

Sen Josh Hawley to Lisa Monoco: If this Merrick Garland Memo isn't a deliberate attempt to chill parents from showing up at school board meetings... I don't know what is...You're using the FBI to intervene in school board meetings.



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WHile my kids are trough with school their kids are still in it...around here in TN, it seems everything is normal so far...We  are not even using masks or anything  like that and have had no problems with the c-19.

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If I had school age children, I wouldn't let them go to a public school. That's for sure.

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« Reply #770 on: October 07, 2021, 06:59:12 pm »
Sen Hawley To Deputy AG on CRT: You're Using FBI To Intervene In Local School Meetings

Sen Josh Hawley to Lisa Monoco: If this Merrick Garland Memo isn't a deliberate attempt to chill parents from showing up at school board meetings... I don't know what is...You're using the FBI to intervene in school board meetings.



If I had school ag
WHile my kids are trough with school their kids are still in it...around here in TN, it seems everything is normal so far...We  are not even using masks or anything  like that and have had no problems with the c-19.

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If I had school age children, I wouldn't let them go to a public school. That's for sure.
I agree , I would not either...
Why don;t the parents that don;t agree with them, get together and hopefully there are some teachers within their ranks. They could then start up a private school or so>?

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« Reply #772 on: October 13, 2021, 09:44:22 am »

https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2021/october/guinea-coup-christians-muslims-alpha-conde-mamady-doumbouya.html








Christians Welcome Coup in Guinea








After yet another military overthrow of a democratically elected leader in West Africa, minority evangelicals debate the role of faith in politics.


In its 63 years of independence, Guinea has had three presidents. Last month, the West African nation suffered its third coup d’etat.

This time, says the local Christian minority, their Francophone country might just get it right.

“Alpha Conde cannot return,” said Etienne Leno, a Christian and Missionary Alliance (CMA) pastor. “We are praying that the new military authorities—who we find to be wise and intelligent—will be led by God.”

On September 5, Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, head of the Guinean special forces, ousted the 83-year-old president. Once an imprisoned opposition leader, Conde became the nation’s first democratically elected head of state in 2010 and won a second term in 2015.

Leno originally found much hope in Conde’s mandate, which was ushered in after the international community aided domestic forces to remove the military junta that violently seized power in 2008. Conde improved the business, tourism, and energy sectors, restoring Guinea’s global reputation.

Local infrastructure was neglected, however, and the Oregon-sized nation lagged in domestic development. One-third of the economy was linked to the mining of bauxite, the primary resource for aluminum. Guinea boasts the world’s largest reserves, but foreign companies dominate the extraction.

Despite 7 percent annual growth, nearly 50 percent of the 13 million population lived in poverty. And by late 2019, 36 percent of the country believed Guinea was moving in the wrong direction.

And then Conde made his power grab. He pushed through a March 2020 referendum for constitutional changes to reset his term limits and in October won reelection again. Both votes were challenged by violently suppressed protests.

Almost a year later, Doumbouya had had enough.

He promised no political witch hunt as he “made love to Guinea,” but it was nonetheless clear that opposition would not be tolerated. As the colonel—sworn in on October 1 as Guinea’s interim president—assembled a national dialogue, protests in support filled the streets and Christians noted the surprising calm.

Five days after the coup, the Association of Evangelical Churches and Missions of Guinea (AEMEG)—affiliated with the World Evangelical Alliance—issued a televised statement recognizing the new authorities. Catholic and Muslim groups made similar announcements.

“Relations are good in general,” Leno told CT. “Our message is for peace and national unity.”

One aspect of the takeover may have helped ensure it: Doumbouya shares the same Malinke ethnicity as Conde. Representing one-third of Guineans, the Malinke are second in population to the Fulbe people (41%), more widely known across West Africa as Fulani. Both groups are Muslim, as is the third-largest ethnic group, the Soussu (12%).

The Ministry of Religious Affairs counts Christians as 8 percent of the population, with the remaining 7 percent belonging to traditional religions. Christians are generally from the Kpelle and other smaller ethnic groups, though conversions have taken place among all tribes.

“We are grateful to God for our religious freedom, in this moment of crisis,” said Emmanuel Ouamouno, an Assemblies of God (AG) pastor and head of the evangelical radio ministry IBRA. ”We pray for our various religious leaders to serve together in advancing the principles of God’s kingdom.”

It will be essential. While only 52 percent of Guineans trust the military, 79 percent trust their spiritual guides.

Ouamouno is staying neutral.

“If the army takes on the needs of the population, it will be difficult to take power out of their hands,” he toldEvangelical Focus. “Everything will depend on how the army behaves.”

Immediately after the coup, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) issued sanctions on junta leaders. Already dealing with supposedly transitional military leadership in Mali and Chad, the regional body called for elections within six months.

Early signs may be encouraging.

Though no timeline was given, Doumbouya promised neither he nor any transitional official will run for office. A national council of 81 people will be established, consisting of politicians, trade unions, businessmen, youth, and security members, with 30 percent female representation. Serving as the legislature, they will draft a new constitution and prepare for local, regional, and national elections.

And on October 7, Doumbouya fulfilled his pledge to appoint a civilian prime minister, choosing a respected diplomat and economic development expert.

Though the coup appears to be popular, support for democracy is strong, favored by 77 percent of Guineans. The same percentage rejects military rule. And 76 percent support term limits—the issue that upended Conde’s presidency.

“We should all participate in the restoration of democracy, in prayer and if necessary, in demonstrations,” said Tamba Kondiano, an AG pastor. “We are not officially taking a position, but we remain vigilant and are ready to accompany the new authorities.”

Guineans once welcomed Conde as a “sign of relief,” he said, and urged caution. The former president still commands 90 percent support among his ethnic group, he estimated. Among Christians, however, it has dropped to single digits.

Violence was severe in Nzerekore, a predominantly Christian city in the southeastern forested region, where Muslim supporters of Conde clashed with Christians and animists over the referendum. Mosques and churches were damaged in the melee, which killed 30 people and injured 70.

In 2013, a similar conflict in the city, Guinea’s second largest, killed 54.

Ethnic politics characterizes the nation, multiple Guinean sources told CT, and elections predictably consist of two rounds.

In the first round, the Fulbe candidate wins a plurality but falls short of the 51 percent necessary for victory. In the runoff, the Malinke and Soussu—whose ethnic groups share more similarities—team up to defeat the “outsiders,” whose 18th-century jihad conquered the area. Christians, who are concentrated in the cities, the southern coast, and the forested areas, tend to join the other minorities.

Before Conde, the second president was Soussu. The first president was Malinke. Many Fulbe believe it is now their tribe’s turn. Their leading politician, Cellou Diallo, was among the first to endorse the coup.

Doumbouya has not appealed to ethnic interests, instead framing the overthrow as the will of the people. Both Leno and Kondiano called on ECOWAS to support Guinea in the military-led return to democratic legitimacy.

But for much of Guinea’s history, Christians have stayed on the sidelines. The first president, Sekou Toure, expelled foreign missionaries in 1967, hindering the church from developing mature theological reflection.

“These realities ended up convincing us that a good Christian could not do politics,” said Leno. “But today, there is a new generation of evangelical youth.”

These believers tend to be less attached to ethnicity and are strongly pro-democracy. The National Front for the Defense of the Constitution, formed in response to Conde’s referendum, is headed by a Fulbe and assisted by an influential Baptist.

The former head of parliament was a Christian, though few have risen to the level of ministers, governors, and prefects. AEMEG, however, serves as an effective liaison between state and church, said Kondiano.

In addition to hosting a yearly “March for Jesus,” the evangelical association conducts a yearly prayer meeting in the legislature, to which it invites leading politicians. Most recently, Diallo was in attendance.

Some Christians believe this shift is a mistake.

“Young people should be very careful with politics,” said Ouamouno. “Once our brothers make friends with politicians, we lose them.”

Rather than serving the church through their positions of influence, he said, they become corrupt mouthpieces for their party. It can polarize a congregation, he said, which instead should be united around Jesus.

While divided in opinion about politics, Guinean sources agreed: Denominational division must be overcome. Kondiano has sought to complement the work of AEMEG by cofounding the “Christians of Guinea” Facebook page. He is currently seeking to expand cooperation with the nation’s Catholic churches.

The Holy Ghost Fathers first evangelized the area in 1877, and the CMA started work in 1919. Today, the evangelical denomination counts 437 churches and an additional 154 unofficial fellowships. Christians have influence beyond their share of population through a network of schools and hospitals.

Though the days of Toure’s persecution have long passed, Guinean Christians still view their religious freedom as incomplete. Sources told CT they want government funding for theological education, as is provided for Muslim imams. There should be more Christians in the administration—especially the deputy position in the Ministry for Religious Affairs. And they said discrimination exists against Christians in housing, making it difficult to rent in the larger cities.

Some Muslim converts to Christianity fear family reaction but are not harassed by the state. On both government restrictions and social hostilities involving religion, the Pew Research Center ranks Guinea moderately low—scoring between 2 and 3 on a 10-point scale.

Churches have been planted in all regions of Guinea, though most in attendance are Christians originally from the forested region. But the IBRA radio station operates freely in a Muslim region, and the constitution guarantees the right of individuals to choose and profess their religion.

“The evangelical church is like a wounded panther, regaining its strength,” said Ouamouno. “Our main challenge is to return to the unity of the body of Christ.”

And though the AG pastor distrusts politics, he longs for national leaders like David, Ezra, and Daniel. Until Christians can play that role—and some are already trying—these hopes must be directed to the junta.

“Pray for the new authorities in our transition,” Ouamouno said, “that the Eternal One will illumine their path, toward peace in Guinea.”

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Re: Politics Today
« Reply #773 on: October 21, 2021, 09:16:50 pm »
Sen Hawley To Deputy AG on CRT: You're Using FBI To Intervene In Local School Meetings

Sen Josh Hawley to Lisa Monoco: If this Merrick Garland Memo isn't a deliberate attempt to chill parents from showing up at school board meetings... I don't know what is...You're using the FBI to intervene in school board meetings.



If I had school ag
WHile my kids are trough with school their kids are still in it...around here in TN, it seems everything is normal so far...We  are not even using masks or anything  like that and have had no problems with the c-19.

Blade
If I had school age children, I wouldn't let them go to a public school. That's for sure.
I agree , I would not either...
Why don;t the parents that don;t agree with them, get together and hopefully there are some teachers within their ranks. They could then start up a private school or so>?

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I was just watching a Congressional hearing with this Garland guy being questioned. I found out something I didn't know although it's not surprising. His son-in-law owns a company that sells CRT information to schools and has made roughly 80 million dollars doing that. Also Mark Zuckerberg was mentioned in connection with that. So that's a conflict of interest and it's no wonder that Garland defends the actions of the school boards and the FBI labeling parents as domestic terrorists because they speak against CRT in school board meetings.

'You're not answering my question!' Republican Rep. grills Merrick Garland over his son-in-law's 'Critical Race Theory' education company and its conflict of interest with the school board memo in tense hearing

Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee accused Biden's Attorney General Merrick Garland of a conflict of interest over his son-in-law's education company that allegedly utilizes tenets of Critical Race Theory, in a contentious hearing on Thursday.

It was Garland's first appearance before the panel.

'Published reports show that your son-in-law co-founded a company called Panorama Education - We now know that company publishes and sells Critical Race Theory and so-called antiracism materials to schools across the country and it works with school districts nationwide to obtain and analyze data on students, often without parental consent,' Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) said.

Garland defended his memo by saying that 'nothing in this memorandum which has any effect on the kinds of curriculum that are taught.'

Johnson accused Garland of a conflict of interest by cracking down on anti-CRT parents.

'Did you seek ethics counsel before you issued a letter that directly relates to the financial interests of your family - yes or no?' he asked.

Garland denied that his memo had anything to do with the controversial theory.   

Johnson asked if Garland would submit to an ethics review to which Garland repeatedly insisted the memo wasn't related to CRT.

'There is no company in America or hopefully no law-abiding citizen in America who believes that threats of violence should not be prevented,' Garland said. 'There are no conflicts of interest that anyone could have.'

Johnson dismissed Garland's repetition as 'talking points' and said 'this raises questions in the minds of millions of Americans.'

'Your impartiality is being called into question, why would you not submit to a simple ethics review?' 

Garland snapped back that he was 'exquisitely aware of the ethics requirements.'

'But you didn't follow them,' Johnson shot back.

'I have followed them and lived with them for the last 25 years,' an angered Garland replied.

Earlier this month Garland issued a memo directing the FBI to work with law enforcement to crack down on a 'disturbing trend' of violent incidents at school board meetings and education settings. The normally apolitical field has become an ideological battleground as parents express outrage at mask mandates and critical race theory being taught in schools.

He wrote the memo after a letter from the National School Boards Association compared those parents to domestic terrorists.

A parents group pointed out that Garland's son in law, Xan Tanner, is the founder of Panorama Education, which they claimed was being used in schools to ask young children about their sexual orientation and preferred gender.

'Your memo appears to have been motivated by politics more than any pressing federal law enforcement need, and that is concerning to us and it's worthy of an investigation,' Johnson said. 'It also concerns us that your actions may have been motivated by your family's financial stake in this issue.'

At another point, Rep. Dan Bishop (R-NC) questioned whether meetings between local and federal law enforcement that he directed to occur within '30 days' of issuing his memo were actually occurring.

Garland again failed to provide a direct answer, claiming he hoped the directive was being carried out.

'I don't know whether they're ongoing but I expect and hope that they are going,' he said. 'I doubt there have been meetings in every jurisdiction.'

Bishop replied, 'Doesn't that make it worse, Mr. Attorney General, if you don't even know if these meetings that you directed urgently to occur, are occurring?'

'What is left indeed of the memo, except that your use of federal law enforcement moral authority to stigmatize widespread movement of first amendment activity, at least a significant portion of which is directed on the ideology by which your son-in-law makes a living?'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10117759/GOP-Rep-grills-Garland-son-laws-Critical-Race-Theory-education-company-tense-hearing.html


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Re: Politics Today
« Reply #774 on: October 22, 2021, 03:58:55 am »
Loudoun County school board's only conservative member has called for a full investigation into allegations that a 15-year-old girl was sexually assaulted in a school bathroom by a boy who was wearing a skirt.
Jess and Scott Smith have claimed that their daughter was **** by a 'skirt-wearing male student' in a 'gender fluid' school bathroom on May 28 at Stonebridge High School in Leesburg, Virginia.
They claim that the school district attempted to cover up the alleged assault, and are suing the county.
The boy allegedly went on to allegedly sexually assault another girl, at a different school, Broad Run High School, on October 6. Broad Run is also part of Loudoun County.
The boy is now in juvenile detention awaiting a court appearance on all charges, which include sexual battery and forcible sodomy.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10114809/Loudoun-County-board-member-seeks-inquiry-claim-girl-****-bathroom-skirt-wearing-male.html

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« Reply #775 on: October 25, 2021, 04:52:50 pm »
"You Can SHOVE YOUR JOB!!” Why Are MILLIONS Quitting Work?!



One in four people have quit their jobs this year, including 4.3 million in October alone. Why is this happening?



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« Reply #776 on: October 29, 2021, 12:39:04 pm »
Minnesota school board requires parents to disclose personal info to speak at meeting


A video of a Minnesota school board meeting went viral Tuesday showing the chairwoman of the school board telling parents who wanted to speak to announce their home address, raising security concerns.

Jodi Sapp, the chairwoman of the Mankato school board, is seen in a video of the Oct. 18 meeting telling a man that he cannot speak if he doesn’t announce his address. The man immediately objected but eventually acquiesced after attempting to give vague answers citing concerns that his house would be a target for vandalism.

The viral video bleeps out the man’s address and notes that Sapp repeated the man’s address to ensure it could be heard.

Sapp had earlier announced that anyone who spoke during the open forum was not permitted to criticize members of the Mankato school board and that the school board meeting was "not a meeting that belongs to the public."

If any speaker violated the rule, then the open forum would be immediately closed for the rest of the meeting and the offending individual would be barred from ever speaking at a future school board meeting.

Sapp also said that any audience reaction to forum commentary, including applause and cheering, would also result in the open forum being closed. The Minnesota-based Alpha News reported that the change in the open forum policy came after the school board's Oct. 4 meeting in which a number of people spoke out against district mask mandates and vaccination policies and a number of audience members applauded community speakers.

Public commentaries at school board meetings have gained attention in recent months as parent protesting at school board meetings over the teaching of critical race theory and sexually explicit material has become increasingly commonplace.


https://news.yahoo.com/minnesota-school-board-requires-parents-144400598.html

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« Reply #777 on: October 30, 2021, 07:48:32 pm »
Minnesota school board requires parents to disclose personal info to speak at meeting


A video of a Minnesota school board meeting went viral Tuesday showing the chairwoman of the school board telling parents who wanted to speak to announce their home address, raising security concerns.

Jodi Sapp, the chairwoman of the Mankato school board, is seen in a video of the Oct. 18 meeting telling a man that he cannot speak if he doesn’t announce his address. The man immediately objected but eventually acquiesced after attempting to give vague answers citing concerns that his house would be a target for vandalism.

The viral video bleeps out the man’s address and notes that Sapp repeated the man’s address to ensure it could be heard.

Sapp had earlier announced that anyone who spoke during the open forum was not permitted to criticize members of the Mankato school board and that the school board meeting was "not a meeting that belongs to the public."

If any speaker violated the rule, then the open forum would be immediately closed for the rest of the meeting and the offending individual would be barred from ever speaking at a future school board meeting.

Sapp also said that any audience reaction to forum commentary, including applause and cheering, would also result in the open forum being closed. The Minnesota-based Alpha News reported that the change in the open forum policy came after the school board's Oct. 4 meeting in which a number of people spoke out against district mask mandates and vaccination policies and a number of audience members applauded community speakers.

Public commentaries at school board meetings have gained attention in recent months as parent protesting at school board meetings over the teaching of critical race theory and sexually explicit material has become increasingly commonplace.


https://news.yahoo.com/minnesota-school-board-requires-parents-144400598.html

Thanks for the info TJ...It has been a long time....hope all is well with you and yours.
The above will not get any better as the Dems cannot afford to even allow an election in 22. The governor's races in the next few days will determine what lengths they will go to for this to happen.

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« Reply #778 on: October 31, 2021, 03:33:11 am »
Minnesota school board requires parents to disclose personal info to speak at meeting


A video of a Minnesota school board meeting went viral Tuesday showing the chairwoman of the school board telling parents who wanted to speak to announce their home address, raising security concerns.

Jodi Sapp, the chairwoman of the Mankato school board, is seen in a video of the Oct. 18 meeting telling a man that he cannot speak if he doesn’t announce his address. The man immediately objected but eventually acquiesced after attempting to give vague answers citing concerns that his house would be a target for vandalism.

The viral video bleeps out the man’s address and notes that Sapp repeated the man’s address to ensure it could be heard.

Sapp had earlier announced that anyone who spoke during the open forum was not permitted to criticize members of the Mankato school board and that the school board meeting was "not a meeting that belongs to the public."

If any speaker violated the rule, then the open forum would be immediately closed for the rest of the meeting and the offending individual would be barred from ever speaking at a future school board meeting.

Sapp also said that any audience reaction to forum commentary, including applause and cheering, would also result in the open forum being closed. The Minnesota-based Alpha News reported that the change in the open forum policy came after the school board's Oct. 4 meeting in which a number of people spoke out against district mask mandates and vaccination policies and a number of audience members applauded community speakers.

Public commentaries at school board meetings have gained attention in recent months as parent protesting at school board meetings over the teaching of critical race theory and sexually explicit material has become increasingly commonplace.


https://news.yahoo.com/minnesota-school-board-requires-parents-144400598.html

Thanks for the info TJ...It has been a long time....hope all is well with you and yours.
The above will not get any better as the Dems cannot afford to even allow an election in 22. The governor's races in the next few days will determine what lengths they will go to for this to happen.

Blade
I'm doing better. I'm on the fourth round of antibiotics and the swelling has gone down significantly and I hope it stays that way.

There was an an apology issued for referring to parents as "domestic terrorists" but now the school board is requiring parents to announce their addresses which is, in effect, doxing them and putting them at risk of vandalism, death threats etc. The school boards are doing everything they can to silence parents but it doesn't seem to be working no matter what they do. And that's good. Parents should not let up and should continue to make their voices and complaints heard loud and clear.

Speaking about the election, it makes no sense to me whatsoever that during the so called "protests" that if you were part of certain political party and/or had a certain political party backing you that you could have as many people in that protest as you wanted to and there wouldn't be a word from the mainstream media about concerns of spreading covid. But if you were a part of another political party and had a protest,  you were called a "super spreader" by mainstream media. Also, how much sense does it make that American citizens are losing their jobs because of the vaccine mandate, are being referred to as murderers, and treated as second class citizens while at the same time thousands of undocumented people are entering the country everyday who are not immunized against covid and are sent to different parts of the country and not a word of concern from the Government or mainstream media about these people spreading covid, about these people not being immunized against covid. Nor are they required to show proof that they are immunized. Maybe because a certain political party are hoping that they will gain more votes from these people. They are certainly against voter ID. Such hypocrisy is astounding on so many levels.
It's just political. That's all it is.
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« Reply #779 on: October 31, 2021, 10:50:54 pm »
Minnesota school board requires parents to disclose personal info to speak at meeting


A video of a Minnesota school board meeting went viral Tuesday showing the chairwoman of the school board telling parents who wanted to speak to announce their home address, raising security concerns.

Jodi Sapp, the chairwoman of the Mankato school board, is seen in a video of the Oct. 18 meeting telling a man that he cannot speak if he doesn’t announce his address. The man immediately objected but eventually acquiesced after attempting to give vague answers citing concerns that his house would be a target for vandalism.

The viral video bleeps out the man’s address and notes that Sapp repeated the man’s address to ensure it could be heard.

Sapp had earlier announced that anyone who spoke during the open forum was not permitted to criticize members of the Mankato school board and that the school board meeting was "not a meeting that belongs to the public."

If any speaker violated the rule, then the open forum would be immediately closed for the rest of the meeting and the offending individual would be barred from ever speaking at a future school board meeting.

Sapp also said that any audience reaction to forum commentary, including applause and cheering, would also result in the open forum being closed. The Minnesota-based Alpha News reported that the change in the open forum policy came after the school board's Oct. 4 meeting in which a number of people spoke out against district mask mandates and vaccination policies and a number of audience members applauded community speakers.

Public commentaries at school board meetings have gained attention in recent months as parent protesting at school board meetings over the teaching of critical race theory and sexually explicit material has become increasingly commonplace.


https://news.yahoo.com/minnesota-school-board-requires-parents-144400598.html

Thanks for the info TJ...It has been a long time....hope all is well with you and yours.
The above will not get any better as the Dems cannot afford to even allow an election in 22. The governor's races in the next few days will determine what lengths they will go to for this to happen.

Blade
I'm doing better. I'm on the fourth round of antibiotics and the swelling has gone down significantly and I hope it stays that way.

There was an an apology issued for referring to parents as "domestic terrorists" but now the school board is requiring parents to announce their addresses which is, in effect, doxing them and putting them at risk of vandalism, death threats etc. The school boards are doing everything they can to silence parents but it doesn't seem to be working no matter what they do. And that's good. Parents should not let up and should continue to make their voices and complaints heard loud and clear.

Speaking about the election, it makes no sense to me whatsoever that during the so called "protests" that if you were part of certain political party and/or had a certain political party backing you that you could have as many people in that protest as you wanted to and there wouldn't be a word from the mainstream media about concerns of spreading covid. But if you were a part of another political party and had a protest,  you were called a "super spreader" by mainstream media. Also, how much sense does it make that American citizens are losing their jobs because of the vaccine mandate, are being referred to as murderers, and treated as second class citizens while at the same time thousands of undocumented people are entering the country everyday who are not immunized against covid and are sent to different parts of the country and not a word of concern from the Government or mainstream media about these people spreading covid, about these people not being immunized against covid. Nor are they required to show proof that they are immunized. Maybe because a certain political party are hoping that they will gain more votes from these people. They are certainly against voter ID. Such hypocrisy is astounding on so many levels.
It's just political. That's all it is.

"it is Just Political", Yes it is,,,,Unfortunately, this political view is growing and in my opinion will not stop. They have an agenda and are using Marx ideas and methods to bring us to our knees....I personally do not believe that we will get a 22 election vote...The Dems have too much backing from the Elite and in no way will they allow Trump or someone like him to win. It would again set them back 70 years or so..and they cannot allow that....

I thank God you are doing better and pray all continues.

Thanks so much for the conversations,

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