These groups are the creation of deep-pocketed, “dark money” conservative networks, not “grassroots” advocates.
The once-powerful group’s internal turmoil and diminishing size and status may be signs that the school privatization movement is now a fully right-wing enterprise.
Trump and his allies at the Heritage Foundation are working overtime “to disenfranchise voters and sow confusion about the 2024 election.” Pennsylvania is at the center of those efforts.
As the Moms for Liberty national summit kicks off this week, we need more scrutinizing mainstream media coverage that’s connecting the dots, writes Maurice Cunningham.
The right-wing playbook’s plans for public schools are already in place or rolling out.
Moms for Liberty isn’t the only dark money group pretending to be mom-led grassroots movement. And now there’s a new one with ties to Betsy DeVos.
Reason and common sense triumphed over ignorance, extremism, hate, and fear-mongering in Beaufort, South Carolina. Moms for Liberty’s brand is now toxic and widely despised.
The group’s founders have a lengthy history of disruption, scandal, harassment, and threats of violence.
Tina Descovich, Tiffany Justice, and, Bridget Ziegler need to close down Moms for Liberty – and now, writes Maurice Cunningham.
“It is heartbreaking to see Congress embrace a budget bill that strips meals and health care away from children and families to fund massive tax breaks for the super wealthy and an unaccountable private school voucher program,” said PSEA President Aaron Chapin.
The Bucks County Beacons’s reporting on Senate Bill 780 was incomplete and inaccurate, argues the head of the Bucks County Democratic Committee in an OpEd.
Education reporter Peter Greene breaks down Mahmoud v. Taylor.
“Head Start has been called one of the most successful anti-poverty programs in American history and continuing this comprehensive program is a reason for hope,” said Adam Clark, region advocacy coordinator for Pennsylvania State Education Association.
“This bill would allow you to set aside any state law, you could pollute the air as much as you want, you could pollute the water as much as you want, you could do anything essentially that you wanted that would ordinarily violate the law,” said former Secretary for PA’s Department of Environmental Protection David Hess.
