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Chris Dier

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Year 13 is off to a splendid start!

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Chris Dier

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The father of a Sandy Hook victim died by suicide because he couldn’t live with the onslaught of hate brought on from Alex Jones’ rhetoric. Jones got off easy.

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Never forget that the primary reason for not adequately funding public schools, paying teachers a proper wage, supporting the needs of student, keeping schools safe, etc., is to erode trust in public education in order to privatize it.

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Forcing a woman in Louisiana to carry a fetus that is missing its skull and some of its head to term is barbaric and anything but “pro-life.”

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A country attempting to stop educators from teaching its own true history is ashamed of its past.

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What’s striking is how the FBI raided the residence of a former POTUS, and we’re all left speculating as to which crime it is in relation to.

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On the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina (8/29), I’m reminded of not only the destruction of my home and community, but also that the experience radicalized me. I was 17 at the time. These events below, personally and systemic, shook my worldview.

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Some of my students are shocked when they learn that The Star-Spangled Banner, the US national anthem, has racist origins, so here’s a quick history:

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The First Lady of the United States is a teacher, one who, as Second Lady, never stopped teaching. She intends to be the first FLOTUS in the role's 231-year history to pursue her career and keep a paying job while living in the White House. This matters.

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Never forget that anti-teacher attacks aren’t about protecting kids, they’re about discrediting public education to serve as a basis to privatize it.

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So can we fly and bus all of the white nationalists to DeSantis’ house?

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This is why Katrina survivors aren’t surprised with how our gov't handled COVID-19. It’s not just Trump or Biden; it’s how the system was designed from its inception. It’s designed to cater to the wealthy at the expense of the working poor. Katrina taught me that harsh truth.

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Immigrants poured in from Mexico and Central America to help rebuild in the summer heat for low wages. I can’t even imagine where Southeast Louisiana would be without immigrant help. New Orleans built a monument to honor them.

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Katrina was a man-made disaster. Governments failed and corporations exploited while others sacrificed their time and resources to help. When systems fail by design, people unite to compensate. That solidarity is inspirational.

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Miah Cerrillo, a 4th grader at Robb Elem who covered herself in her friend’s blood and played dead, will testify before Congress on 6/8. The hearing will also feature the families of victims of Uvalde & Buffalo. We should all elevate their voices. #StandwithUvalde

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I paid more taxes as a school teacher than Trump.

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After the weakened levees broke, thousands were stranded on rooftops and in attics for days. In my hometown of St. Bernard Parish, the US response was simply nonexistent. The Royal Canadian Mounties were the first outside help to arrive and launch local rescue efforts.

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Right after Katrina made landfall, Cuba was the first country to offer aid and pledged to send 1,586 doctors and 26 tons of medicine. Cuba also offered to donate money raised from their World Baseball Classic to ensure the US embargo was not violated. The US declined it.

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Never forget that Christian nationalism is unbiblical, undemocratic, and unsafe - no matter how flowery it’s presented.

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Many countries offered assistance. Mexico sent a mobile surgical unit, and 450+ tons of food, purified water, disposable diapers, and medical supplies. Mexican Marines conducted relief work.

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A kind family in Texas opened their home to us to finish out my senior year. Teachers at my new school provided me with school supplies, resources, and even a new pair of soccer cleats when I had nothing. This helped inspire me to become a teacher.

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It’s impossible for a country to learn from its past when teaching its history is shunned.

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5 out of the 20 who voted against re-authorizing the human trafficking bill also requested Trump for a pardon: Matt Gaetz, Louie Gohmert, Mo Brooks, Andy Biggs, & Scott Perry.

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When people say “critical race theory” should be banned they really mean that “honest history that causes grave discomfort” should be banned.

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Every time a new book is banned I immediately wonder how I can incorporate it into my curriculum. And that got me thinking, imagine a class titled “Exploring Banned Books throughout the US.” Someone draft that curriculum asap.

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On the Danziger Bridge, police officers shot multiple unarmed, innocent Black people in the back, including one with a mental disability (Ronald Madison), who were simply seeking safety. All of the officers involved have since been released from prison.

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Also, the DHS hired mercenaries from Blackwater, a private military company, to patrol streets with assault rifles and body armor instead of assisting with relief efforts.

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On 8/29, Bush arrived in Arizona to celebrate John McCain’s birthday. They literally ate cake and spent time on his ranch while Louisiana and Mississippi faced unprecedented carnage. This was one of the first post-Katrina images I saw on a TV in a shelter.

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Laura Bush visited one of these shelters and stated, “Many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway so this (chuckle) -- this is working very well for them." Imagine.

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. @GregAbbott_TX ’s idea of having “unannounced, random” grown men break into schools to check security will traumatize already terrified kids and overburden already stressed out teachers. Kids deserve a place to learn where a stranger won’t barge into hallways and classes.

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This response was in part due to the post-9/11 restructuring of the gov’t. FEMA became part of the new Dept. of Homeland Security, which led to the hyper-militarization of relief efforts. The Iraq War drained manpower/equipment from the state National Guard as ~40% were in Iraq.

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If we have conversations surrounding this song, we must know its origins and impact on our country. There is a severe disconnect between the freedoms espoused and the freedoms granted - then and now.

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There are no official reports on inmate deaths; however, Human Rights Watch compared a pre-Katrina list of inmates to an immediate post-Katrina list and found that 517 inmates were unaccounted for. (Note: Doesn’t mean that all of them died)

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The FEMA trailers arrived in May of ‘06. We later discovered ours was contaminated with formaldehyde. Studies found that some trailers had levels nearly “40 times customary exposure levels.” My mom still suffers from eye issues and respiratory problems.

CDC tests confirm FEMA trailers are toxic

U.S. health officials are urging that Gulf Coast hurricane victims be moved out of their government-issued trailers as quickly as possible after tests found toxic levels of formaldehyde fumes.

www.nbcnews.com

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Note: the term “master race” is often associated with Nazism, but it originated in the US.

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Katrina also inspired hope. There are countless stories of altruistic solidarity. Churches/nonprofits poured in their resources. People set up food distribution sites and gutted out/rebuilt homes. I’ll never forget eating beans cooked by self-identified anarchists in tents.

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St. Rita’s Nursing Home in St. Bernard Parish wasn’t evacuated. 32 residents drowned.

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When thousands tried to leave New Orleans to reach dry land across the River via the Crescent City Connection, they were turned away by the police from Gretna, a predominately white town, who shot over their heads and used helicopters to intimidate.

The Bridge To Gretna

Why Did Police Block Desperate Refugees From New Orleans?

www.cbsnews.com

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Not only did Katrina/Rita destroy homes and communities, but they caused massive oil spills. The 540 oil spills released almost as many gallons as the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster. Many, like my family, were not adequately compensated for the damage.

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Lagniappe: never forget that Katrina was also a catastrophe wreaked by climate change. Please sign this petition to ask Biden and Congress to do more to act against climate change to prevent these disasters in the future.

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The Orleans Parish Prison, which had 6,500 inmates, wasn’t evacuated. The prison lost power, and as the first-floor cells started to flood after the levees broke, many of the guards left the prisoners. Read testimonials:

Summaries of 400 Testimonials From Inmates Incarcerated at Orleans Parish Prison During Hurricane...

www.aclu.org

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My family had to stay in a makeshift shelter in Texas because FEMA assistance never arrived and the paychecks ran dry. There, I remember watching news pundits, specifically @seanhannity , make snarky, inconsiderate comments. The disconnect was upsetting.

Sean Hannity Tries to Downplay Hurricane Katrina

Sean Hannity in responding to reporters from New Orleans immediately after Hurricane Katrina tries to downplay the loss, depair, and governments ineptitude.

www.youtube.com

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Other US adversaries offered their assistance. Venezuela offered $5 million in aid and 1 million barrels of oil. Iran offered 20 million barrels. The US also declined this assistance.

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Sending immigrants to Northern states under false pretenses is straight out of the segregationists’ playbook of the 1960s.

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I just read that 18-29 year-olds voted in record numbers and canceled every GOP voter 65+. We all need to be grateful to Gen Z for showing up and saving what's left of our democracy.

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My parents’ insurance didn’t cover their home so, like many others, they had to take out another loan to rebuild. They’re still paying for that loan today.

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I recall religious pundits rushing to the airwaves to say Katrina meant “cleansing,” and it was God’s way of cleansing the city.

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Just got the call that I've been granted a full scholarship to a PhD program that is remote and allows me to still teach. I'm over the moon, y'all!

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All history teachers have a moral obligation to teach the history of our country with honesty, objectivity, and empathy. That takes precedence over all attempts to legislate and/or politicize our profession.

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Key “was a slave-owner and, as he would demonstrate in his later career, a thoroughgoing white supremacist.”* He dedicated his life to suppressing the abolitionist movement and co-founded the American Colonization Society to deport free Black Americans to Africa.

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The Star-Spangled Banner wasn’t adopted as our national anthem until 1931. It was passed by a white Congress and signed into law by Herbert Hoover, a president who opposed anti-lynching legislation and various civil rights measures.

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The levees were neglected for decades by the Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). Attempts at holding them accountable led to severe backlash. Carl Stock, the USACE Let. Gen., later admitted they “had to stand up and say, 'We've had a catastrophic failure.'”

LSU spent nearly $1 million on legal fight over firing of coastal researcher Ivor van Heerden

ivor van heerden September 2005.jpg

www.nola.com

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The Greyhound Bus Station was turned into a prison built by Burl Cain, then warden at Angola Penitentiary. Mostly Black/Brown people, including Muslims suspected of terrorism, were mass arrested.

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In 1965, the Army Corps of Engineers built the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet (MRGO), a canal to expedite oil shipping to the Gulf of Mexico. During Katrina, the MRGO channeled the storm’s surge and led to the engineering failures experienced by the region’s protection network.

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They were all forced to slept on concrete, were denied phone calls and legal counsel, and were forced to plead guilty.

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As an attorney, he attacked notable abolitionists. In his poem, he praised the killing of formerly enslaved people who freed themselves from bondage to join the British: “No refuge could save the hireling and slave From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave”

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Grayson’s poem contains one of the first uses of the term “master race” and refers to Black Americans as “savages” who were “tamed, enlightened, and refined” by slavery. The myth of a “master race” coupled with nationalism has led to unimaginable brutalities around the globe.

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Arizona set up a snitch hotline so people can report teachers who teach about “race” and “ethnicity” in schools. So it’d be a shame if folks called 602-771-3500 en masse.

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The poem, “Defence of Fort M'Henry,” from which Star-Spangled Banner originates, was written by Francis Scott Key after witnessing Fort McHenry's bombardment in Baltimore by the British during the War of 1812 – a war declared by the U.S., in part, to snatch Canada.

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Today, we examined the #1619project . Each group analyzed different texts. We then had a seminar to synthesize the lasting social, political, & economic impacts of slavery. #powerful #history Kudos to @nhannahjones , et al., for making this accessible to Louisiana students!

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He took pleasure in knowing those who liberated themselves did not escape a death he believed they deserved for insubordination. Although he may have publicly criticized slavery at times, he gave enslavers legal representation and owned 8 enslaved people at the time of his death.

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In this phrase, he “brags of terrorizing and killing ‘the hireling and slave,’ implying that the British soldiers were mercenaries and explicitly condemning the renegade ex-property who fought as enemies of the star-spangled banner.”*

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Key’s poem deeply inspired white supremacists for generations. In 1855, William J. Grayson took his cue from Key and wrote the infamous proslavery/anti-abolitionist poem, “Hireling and the Slave.”

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Wild that @NikkiHaley , a presidential candidate, refuses to acknowledge that slavery was the main cause of the Civil War. Here is my video of primary documents from the Confederacy itself stating that preserving slavery was the cause of secession.

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There's one group that I'm worrying about more than usual during this crisis - high school seniors. Here are my heartfelt words in an open letter to them.

An Open Letter to High School Seniors

Dear High School Senior, On Friday afternoon a few seniors came into my classroom after the last bell rang. They were concerned about prom and their senior trip. It broke my teacher heart to listen…

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How the Republican Party went from Abraham Lincoln to Trump in exactly 140 seconds.

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* Quotes pulled from “American Slave Coast: A History of the Slave-Breeding Industry” by Constance and Ned Sublette (highly recommend).

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New Orleans is being scapegoated for not canceling Mardi Gras. There is a lot that frustrates me about that revisionist narrative. Here are ten reasons: #nolatwitter #neworleanstwitter

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The decision by Florida to allow veterans to teach without degrees isn’t the answer to the teacher shortage. This wouldn’t be allowed in any profession that requires a degree (engineer, law, medical, etc.), and shouldn’t be allowed in education.

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To say that teachers should teach “both sides” of slavery, the Holocaust, and other atrocities, is to be complicit with oppressors. These “two sides” are not morally equivalent and shouldn’t be presented as such.

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This mural in the Lower 9th hits hard. These are our New Orleans Saints.

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The FBI would only raid a residence of a former POTUS if they had substantial evidence and knew they’d come out with something significant. This moment is historic.

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Anti-LGBTQ+ violence is why teachers shouldn't avoid addressing these issues in the classroom.

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Anyone who studies basic history can attest to the fact that eerie salutes at political rallies are never a good sign.

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To actually save lives, sign this petition to support Congresswoman Lucy McBath as she urges Congress to limit assault weapons and improve universal background checks

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Want more history? Follow my Tiktok:

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@chrisdier 171.5k Followers, 304 Following, 2.6m Likes - Watch awesome short videos created by Chris

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It’s not the rail workers going strike that would cost the economy $2bil a day, it’s the corporate owners who refuse to treat those workers decently that’s going to cost the economy that much.

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The Party that went after Obama’s birth certificate for over a decade will somehow rationalize this.

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Hurricane Laura is forcing the Mississippi to follow north instead of south. Barges are now having to fight these tides as they go downriver. Surreal.

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The real lesson to be learned from yesterday: don’t mess with the librarians at the National Archives.

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There is no excuse for shooting an unarmed man 60 times. A white supremacist murdered 10 Black people and was taken into custody unscathed. #JaylandWalker

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Never forget that the Electoral College was designed to give slave states more representation, thus empowering white enslavers with more political power while hundreds of thousands of humans remained in bondage. It's anachronistic, racist, and anti-democratic.

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Never forget that the ultimate goal behind these anti-"Critical Race Theory" efforts, book bans, teachers are "indoctrinators" and/or "groomers" narratives, etc., is to erode trust in public education in order to privatize it.

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People who always blame mass shootings on mental health are the same people who repeatedly deny funding for mental health services.

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A sign made by a student in support of libraries was burned last night in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana.

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The push to control history classes across the country is both Orwellian and terrifying. They know the best way to control the future is to control the past.

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Y’all, midterms are coming up. Click here to see a detailed map of what is exactly on the ballot in your zip code:

America’s midterm map

Prepare for the 2022 midterms by exploring data on the nation’s voting communities.

usafacts.org

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As a history teacher, I’m dedicated to teaching historical truths regardless of any “anti-woke” legislation or retaliation. Our students deserve to know the truth about this country, scars and all.

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The inspirational push in Nashville for safer gun laws needs to be a nationwide phenomenon

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Biden urgently met with historians to listen to their warnings about threats to democracy & hear their comparisons from the pre-Civil War era/the 1930s to today. This rare meeting needs much more attention.

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The right to bodily autonomy shouldn’t be based on geographic location.

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Today my students researched events leading up to the Civil War. Memes were encouraged in their presentation. Here are the best four memes from today. The history nerd in me is dying 🤣

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Old Arabi, my neighborhood, got hit again for the second time in 2022. Devastating. #NewOrleans #Arabi #neworleanstornado

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And this is because educators stay teaching because they are passionate about it. They see the impact. Fame, wealth, and status won’t alter that passion.

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GOP/Right-wing media: Release it! Garland: Sure. GOP/Right-wing media: Wait, not like that… um… WITCH HUNT!!!

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Source for the tweet:

Louisiana Woman Is Forced Carry Headless Fetus to Term or Travel to Florida for Legal Abortion

“It’s hard knowing that I’m carrying it to bury it,” Nancy Davis, already a mother of one child, said.

www.jezebel.com

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The idea that teachers have weekends and summers “off” is the biggest myth driving this anti-teacher campaign.

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House Dems just passed a game-changing bill to address mental health concerns among students, families, & educators due to COVID. The Mental Health Matters Act, if passed by the Senate/signed into law, provides grants for school-based mental health service professionals/experts.

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Never forget that the attacks on public education, from suppressing teacher autonomy and bashing unions to book bans and pushing anti-LGBTQ+ agendas, is designed to erode public education to pave the way for mass privatization.

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Never forget that the tactic of calling teachers/librarians “groomers” is a cowardly, dishonest, homophobic, and bigoted attempt to silence those who believe LGBTQ+ identities should be valued and represented.

The right’s moral panic over "grooming" invokes age-old homophobia

"Groomer" accusations against liberals and the LGBTQ community are recycled Satanic Panic.

www.vox.com

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