Noem boasted on Monday that she is first candidate to sign the 1776 Pledge
The Republican governor is widely viewed as presidential contender in 2024
Pledge opposed the teaching of controversial critical race theory in schools
Meanwhile, Texas AG Paxton spoke out praising parents who oppose CRT
Voters in Dallas suburb recently elected school board opposed to the ideology
Lawmakers in Texas, Oklahoma, Arizona are pushing bills to ban CRT
It comes amid a national debate over critical race theory in classrooms
Teachers unions oppose the bills and call CRT a model best practice in the field
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South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem announced on social media this week that she was the first candidate to sign the “1776 Pledge to Save Our Schools.”
That is from a website that supports former President Trumps education plan. Noem says schools need to stop teaching children to hate their own country.
Yankton School Superintendent Wayne Kindle says that’s not happening in his district…
Kindle says planning what they teach students is an open, public process…
Kindle says the district has a history of solid academics…
Noem called it the “biggest cultural challenge of our lifetime.” Tags:
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For two hours, I fielded phone calls from all over the state, and every one of my right-of-center listeners said, Yes, in a heartbeat.
Today, Jenner has released an introductory campaign ad for the recall effort. Set aside the messenger for just a moment (don t worry, we ll get to the messenger in a moment), but take a look at the message itself:
This is a powerful message. In fact, it s the winning message. I ll go so far as to say that whoever emerges as the clear replacement for Newsom (could be San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer, could be erstwhile candidate John Cox, could be yet-undeclared Richard Grenell) if they want to convince Californians that it s time to stop the hemorrhaging, get rid of Newsom, and start to renew the Golden State to its former glory, this is the only message that will truly get the job done.
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It appears that the cult driving modern conservatism and the Republican Party, which is its outward manifestation has finally developed its infallible litmus test for its initiates. The cult is still based on monomaniacal loyalty to a vulgar talking yam, but now it has an article of faith through which that loyalty can be demonstrated. The
Washington Post has a helpful survey of how the rites of initiation are being celebrated all over the country.
Nearly six months after Trump lost to Biden, rejection of the 2020 election results dubbed the “Big Lie” by many Democrats has increasingly become an unofficial litmus test for acceptance in the Republican Party. In January, 147 GOP lawmakers eight senators and 139 House members voted in support of objections to the election results, and since then, Republicans from Congress to statehouses to local party organizations have fervently embraced the falsehood…