Weekly Update 5/26/24-The one with book-banning and Moms for America VC.
Weekly Update 5/26/24-The one with book-banning and Moms for America VC.
🚨WEEKLY👉🏼SOCAL👈🏼UPDATE🚨4
This week, we delve into the ripple effects of CNP member Karen England’s influence on SoCal, revisit the growing threat of fascist mom groups organizing in your backyard, and end with some good news for transgender students!
Let’s go! 📣/1
Book Banning is hitting SoCal with a bang, and book banner Karen England is following a CNP playbook, initiated way back in 2017 “to restore education in accordance with historic Judeo-Christian principles” This includes censorship via book bans, and England has it dialed in…/2
CNP Karen runs Capital Resource Institute, Kitchen Table Activist (a cheeky moniker designed to appear grassroots), and Take Back The Classroom, where u can find a step by step guide to book banning. /3
Researchers are tracking England’s book banning campaign throughout SoCal, starting in Chino Valley USD via board President Sonja Shaw. /4
England’s extreme book banning fever is spreading to public libraries as well, and there are clues that the book banners stirring trouble at public libraries are Karen’s soldiers. /6
At the last Huntington Beach City Council meeting, book banners set up tables with books that were obviously pulled from “Take Back The Classroom”. But there’s more…/7
England’s book banning fever is being replicated as a “program” in local authoritarian moms groups like “Moms for America.” /8
15/16 Moms for America has been active in SoCal, hosting "cottage meetings" around the region. A local Ventura Co chapter is already threatening to bring book bans to school districts through its “Ambassador Program.” England and Fletcher (CNP) direct these “MamaBear” castoffs. pic.twitter.com/l94phkGtGt
@MFA_VC chapter leader Joelle Mancuso was spotting attending a Karen England webinar late last year, faithfully fulfilling her role to disrupt public education.
But now she has new and old friends to help her. Want to meet them? /9
🧵1🪡10 Coming soon to a school library near you! Joelle Mancuso looking for what she deems as “pornography” in your local public school. pic.twitter.com/jWlop4YtcI
The new M4A Ventura County are featured here. Are they are aware of the umbrella group (CNP) they are now part of? Moms for America operates as a double agent for the Council for National Policy, w/ Karen England and M4A founder Kimberly Fletcher as influential members. /10
In other “Moms for Fascism” news, Moms for Liberty in LA county is apparently growing… Meet David Bolog! Bolog is an extremist groupie and is seen everywhere LOKA goes. He also campaigns for Patrick Lee Gipson, another LOKA groupie running for State Assembly. /11
New Moms for Liberty LA members are conglomerating from the well known extremists and Christo-fascist that haunt school board and city council meetings throughout SoCal, and should be watched closely. /12
In other SoCal news, our very own SPLC designated hate group Moms for Liberty Chapter Los Angeles has expanded! Several members From Santa Clarita quietly removed themselves from the M4L webpage after a Hart district BOE mtg, and they have now been replaced…/12 pic.twitter.com/1b6vd3iTAg
With millions of dollars behind their cause to destroy public education and influence elections, the combination of local extremist agitators and Moms for Liberty could spell disaster this election season.
Last Wednesday, a new bill was announced in CA to tackle the “forced outing policy” for good. Called AB-1955, the Safety Act strengthens California law prohibiting school districts from adopting policies requiring school staff to out LGBTQ+ students without their permission./14
By targeting transgender and nonbinary youth, forced outing policies violate state & federal anti-discrimination and privacy laws.#SAFETYAct strengthens existing protections to ensure that all California students are safe & treated fairly in school.
— ACLU California Action (@ACLU_CalAction) May 22, 2024
This legislation addresses right-wing extremist attempts to target LGBTQ+ students in California. You can read about the origins of this effort and who is behind it on our SCEW blog. /15
The #SAFETYAct will force the end of forced outing policies. It’s time to stop harming kids and stop wasting taxpayer money on grubby lawyers all too happy to run up billable hours that extremist school boards are all too willing to pay to pursue their divisive political agendas. pic.twitter.com/pwYt3dJ64W
Call these state representatives to express your support for AB-1955. Follow @ourschoolsusa for updates. Meanwhile, there is even more good news! /17
The #SAFETYAct will force the end of forced outing policies. It’s time to stop harming kids and stop wasting taxpayer money on grubby lawyers all too happy to run up billable hours that extremist school boards are all too willing to pay to pursue their divisive political agendas. pic.twitter.com/pwYt3dJ64W
In other good news, the “Appeal to Heaven” flag and its connection to right-wing extremism made headlines this week after being spotted at Supreme Court Justice Alito’s home. This flag is commonly seen at many extremist rallies in Southern California. /18
I'm very pleased to see my research featured in today's breaking news from @nytimes by @jodikantor.
The Appeal to Heaven flag is deeply entwined with the New Apostolic Reformation.
— Matthew D. Taylor (@TaylorMatthewD) May 22, 2024
And finally a small sliver of justice was delivered by #UCLA PD when pro-Israeli attacker Edan On was arrested this week. With numerous attackers identified, we await to see if they will all receive the same justice. /19
#News: Edan On, seen attacking a pro-Palestine encampment at UCLA, was arrested today by UCLA PD & booked on a felony–suspicion of assault w/a deadly weapon, per UCLA PD & jail records, held on $30,000 bail. This follows our @CNN investigation naming him: https://t.co/wuXoSx5gGypic.twitter.com/am8OpjCI4G
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