A Virginia pro-trans group with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/democrats" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Democratic ties</a> says it will help gender-confused students leave their families and “rehome” them with new “queer friendly” guardians instead, according to internal materials obtained by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily Wire</a>.
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trans-student-walkout-group-admits-most-just-wanted-to-skip-school-boasts-about-tricking-media">Pride Liberation Project</a>, which also says it can give money to students who run away and hide from their parents, garnered glowing headlines September 27 when it organized 12,000 high schoolers to walk out of class to protest a draft policy saying that schools should not hide a student’s gender transition from his parents. Though billed as being an organic group of high schoolers, taking the lead in the materials was Aaryan Rawal, a college student who worked for a Virginia Democrat state lawmaker.
But materials from the group’s internal message board show that its plans go much further than a walkout. A &#8220;#resources-for-outed-students&#8221; channel, created by Rawal, said the group would help children run away from their parents and arrange for them to be placed with new &#8220;Queer friendly&#8221; guardians.
&#8220;We&#8217;re creating this channel as a way for everyone to understand the mutual aid and support resources the PLP has available for outed and in-crisis students! For full transparency, this channel is catered to outed students who are facing familial rejection or need to leave their home for another reason,&#8221; he wrote.
&#8220;In the event of you needing to leave your home, we can provide you with emergency housing from a supportive, Queer friendly adult,” he continued, cautioning: “Please note that this adult will likely be white.&#8221;
&#8220;We may not be able to provide you that housing the same night, but we anticipate that we can secure someone to take you in within 1-2 days, and we will work with other supportive adult organizations in the region to find you someone who can provide you a kind and affirming home,&#8221; he added.
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The group, which raises money using the Democrat platform ActBlue, said it can also provide significant money to youth who want to leave their parents. &#8220;We can pay for Ubers, Lyfts, and other passes if you need to leave immediately. Some students or adults may also be able to come get you individually,&#8221; Rawal wrote.
&#8220;In the short term, we can provide a couple of hundred dollars immediately. We can send this to you through Venmo or Zelle. Please note that it&#8217;ll say the money comes from the PLP account, but we may be able to change the name if needed.&#8221;
&#8220;We can also set up a dedicated ActBlue fundraising page for you and get allies to donate. In the past, this has led to thousands of dollars in donations. All of this money is yours.&#8221;
It also promised to falsify documentation to hide a minor’s activities from their parents. A section titled “Covers/Alibi” said “If you attend an event or protest, we can work with you to craft a valid, non-Queer reason for you to have been there. Sometimes this may be a bit challenging, but we can use official sounding non-Queer related email addresses, email addresses from prestigious universities, and other resources.”
David Gordon, the head of the Virginia Project, a conservative group that has tracked ideology in schools, said helping confused children leave their families is dangerous.
“It is irresponsible and reckless to the extreme to be doing this with other people&#8217;s kids,&#8221; Gordon said. &#8220;The way this operation works is nearly identical to sex trafficking.
“This could never be underwritten by any insurer. The chance of one of these kids ending up being sexually abused is almost certain,” he told The Daily Wire.
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The materials obtained by The Daily Wire also included discussion about the group’s high-profile school walkout, including a video in which core activists conducted a post-mortem of the walkout.
The walkout revolved around guidance from the state’s Department of Education that said that schools should not hide a student’s transgender status from his or her parents, and should only call them by new pronouns with parents’ written permission.
But on the call, Rawal suggested that liberal districts could ignore the governor with impunity.
“They can say you have to implement these, but if there&#8217;s no enforcement mechanism, you&#8217;re not gonna do s***t,” he said.
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He said if students publicly invoke suicide, it would be more potent than the law.
“It&#8217;s a lot easier for someone to hide behind a legal argument if they don’t know there’s a queer student whose about to testify who&#8217;s about to say that these guidelines would have literally killed their community and would have literally led to incredible rates of self-harm,” he said.
On the internal message board, Rawal said participants could be reimbursed up to $25 for walkout expenses such as for megaphones. Asked a question about the topic, Rawal wrote, &#8220;f&#8211;k let me dm rigby,&#8221; referring to Robert Rigby, a Fairfax County teacher who frequently pushes gay activism at school board meetings. The Pride Liberation Project did not respond to an inquiry about Rigby’s role.
Rawal also said they could get megaphones from school band directors, suggesting that teachers were involved in the walkouts.
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On the call, activists acknowledged a large portion of the students simply <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trans-student-walkout-group-admits-most-just-wanted-to-skip-school-boasts-about-tricking-media">wanted to skip school</a>, but boasted that the media didn’t know the difference. And Rawal boasted of his professional-quality political organizing.
Gordon said of the high school group: “That&#8217;s an adult male leading that discussion. He&#8217;s got a mustache and a full beard.”
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Robert Rigby

Pro-Trans Group Behind Virginia School Walkout Plans To ‘Rehome’ Gay Kids Who Hate Their Parents

‘Pride Liberation Project’ Plans To ‘Rehome’ Gay Children To ‘Queer Friendly’ Guardians

Education

Glenn Youngkin

Transgender

Virginia

A Vermont high school is cracking down after female students <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/trans-inmate-moved-from-womens-prison-after-getting-2-prisoners-pregnant/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">complained</a> about a <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/breaking-supreme-court-lets-trans-students-using-opposite-sex-bathrooms-ruling-stand/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">transgender student</a> in their locker room — and the school&#8217;s solution is to ban the girls from their own locker room.
According to a <a href="https://www.wcax.com/2022/09/28/randolph-high-school-investigating-gender-locker-room-dispute/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from local CBS News outlet WCAX, the controversy arose when a transgender teammate allegedly made remarks that made some of the others on the team uncomfortable.
The school informed parents via email that officials were investigating claims that the girls on the team had harassed their transgender teammate. But in the interim, the transgender student is still allowed full use of the locker room while the others have been relegated to a single-stall bathroom to change one at a time.
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A Vermont high school has shut down the locker room after girls on the volleyball team complained about having to share the locker room with a biological man identifying as a transgender woman. <a href="https://t.co/gJQ3S9VoNM">https://t.co/gJQ3S9VoNM</a>
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&#8220;It’s a huge thing. Everyone’s asking, &#8216;So, why aren’t you allowed in the locker room?'&#8221; Blake Allen, a member of the volleyball team, told reporters. &#8220;My mom wants me to do this interview to try to make a change. I feel like for stating my opinion — that I don’t want a biological man changing with me — that I should not have harassment charges or bullying charges. They should all be dropped.&#8221;
Allen went on to note that none of the girls on the team had taken issue with playing alongside the transgender student — or even with that student or others who are still biologically male using the female restrooms. Their sole issue was in sharing a locker room, where often they were all changing clothes together.
&#8220;There are biological boys that go into the girl’s bathroom but never a locker room,&#8221; Allen explained. She also said that the school&#8217;s temporary fix — having all of the girls use one single-stalled restroom while the transgender student had access to the locker room — made no sense to her.
&#8220;They want all the girls who feel uncomfortable — so pretty much 10 girls — to get changed in a single stall bathroom, which would take over 30 minutes. Where if one person got changed separately, it would take a minute, like no extra time,&#8221; Allen explained, arguing that it made much more sense for the one transgender student to change in the bathroom.
According to the Vermont Agency of Education, transgender students should not be forced to use the bathroom or locker room that does not conform to their gender identity.
&#8220;The use of restrooms and locker rooms by transgender students requires schools to consider numerous factors &#8230;&#8221; The AoE policy reads, but it later adds, &#8220;A transgender student should not be required to use a locker room or restroom that conflicts with the student’s gender identity.&#8221;

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Girls Volleyball Team Banned From Their Own Locker Room Over Complaint About Transgender Student

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The chairman of the New Hampshire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/democratic-party">Democratic Party</a> claimed without evidence late last week that if public schools do not withhold information from parents about their children&#8217;s behavior in school as it relates to so-called &#8220;gender identity counseling&#8221; that some parents will beat their children to death.
Raymond Buckley made the outlandish claim on social media Friday in response to another tweet that highlighted the stance of Rep. Chris Pappas (D-NH).
&#8220;Should parents have the right to know if their children are receiving gender identity counseling at school, or is Manchester school district right to keep it secret from moms and dads?&#8221; the New Hampshire Journal asked on Twitter.
Conservative commentator Michael Graham responded, &#8220;The most interesting part of this story out of #NHPolitics is that @RepChrisPappas is unabashedly arguing that parents should NOT have the right to know about behavior of their own children.&#8221;
Buckley responded to Graham&#8217;s tweet, writing: &#8220;You’re purposely going after children, endangering their lives, mental health &amp; safety &amp; its disgusting. Not all families are the same, some kids will be kicked out or beaten (to death) or commit suicide. All to try to get votes for Karoline? #NHPolitics&#8221;
&#8220;The chair of @NHDems stating clearly the party&#8217;s position is that teachers should decide what parents are allowed to know about their own children,&#8221; Graham responded. &#8220;@RepChrisPappas voted Thursday to kill a requirement schools inform parents when their kids receive counseling at school.&#8221;
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You’re purposely going after children, endangering their lives, mental health &amp; safety &amp; its disgusting. Not all families are the same, some kids will be kicked out or beaten (to death) or commit suicide. All to try to get votes for Karoline? <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NHPolitics?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NHPolitics</a>
&mdash; Raymond Buckley 🇺🇸🌊🗳 (@ChairmanBuckley) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChairmanBuckley/status/1575816458260873216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 30, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Buckley&#8217;s remarks come as Karoline Leavitt won the Republican Party primary last month for the state&#8217;s 1st Congressional District, which is currently represented by Pappas.
“The Biden administration labeled parents as ‘domestic terrorists,’ and now the chair of the New Hampshire Democrat Party is claiming Granite State parents beat their kids to death,” Leavitt said in response to Buckley&#8217;s tweet. “The Democrats’ hatred for parents who simply want to be involved in their children’s education is disgusting. It’s rooted in the fact that Democrats like Chris Pappas are funded by powerful teachers unions who want total control over our public education system. While Pappas continues to side with Joe Biden and radical bureaucrats, I will continue to stand with Granite State mothers and fathers.”
New Hampshire GOP chair Stephen Stepanek also responded to Buckley&#8217;s remarks, saying that Buckley&#8217;s statement made it &#8220;clear where the New Hampshire Democratic Party stands on parental involvement in their child’s education.&#8221;
&#8220;They believe that parents have zero rights when it comes to knowing what’s going on inside the classroom,&#8221; Stepanek said. “New Hampshire Democrats believe it is their right to raise and indoctrinate the children of our state. New Hampshire Republicans believe it is the God-given right of parents to raise their children, and that right does not stop at the classroom door.”

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Top Democrat Official: Parents Will Kill Kids If Schools Don’t Hide Kid’s Gender Identity From Parents

Gender Identity

National media covered <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/students-stage-walkouts-virginia-governors-transgender-school-policies-rcna49594">“walkouts”</a> by students supposedly objecting to transgender policies from Virginia Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration, but internal video of the “student” group shows that it is led by an adult former Democrat staffer and that the group knew that a large portion of students had no interest in the cause and simply wanted to skip school.
In video of an internal Zoom call obtained by The Daily Wire, the Pride Liberation Project bragged about having tricked the media.
The group’s leader claimed, &#8220;We had at least 12,000 students walk out. We were the reason Joe Biden was asked a question on this issue.” It boasted of “coverage from USA Today, the Richmond Times Dispatch, the Virginia Pilot, the Washington Post, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/religion-education-virginia-1607d31176ab4e612d6dbb3fa29bf0d2">AP News</a>, and even some international outlets.”
But in a debrief after the walkouts, one student asked, “I want to know if anyone else had this problem. Yesterday at the school walkout we had about 200 kids participating. Most of the students were just there to skip class. Most of the fliers I handed out got handed right back to me because most of the people weren&#8217;t there for the cause of the walkout, they just wanted to skip class.”
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Another activist replied, “I definitely had a lot of those people at my school&#8230; they are bolstering our numbers. We can count them as people who walked out for the Pride Liberation Project&#8230; They&#8217;re still helping and they don&#8217;t even realize it.”
A top organizer, <a href="https://wjla.com/news/local/rivka-vizcardo-lichter-glenn-youngkin-ive-spoken-to-students-that-are-terrified-va-rolls-back-transgender-accommodationsl-ralph-northam">Rivka Vizcardo-Lichter</a>, replied, “When helicopters are recording your school, they&#8217;re not seeing which ones care and which ones don&#8217;t, they&#8217;re just seeing the numbers. So ya&#8217;ll slayed.”
Following the group’s extensive coordination with the media before the event, a local TV station dispatched a helicopter to capture a small group of students congregating.
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HAPPENING NOW: A student walkout at Culpeper Co. HS is one of many expected Tuesday across Virginia in response to the state&#39;s new controversial policy regarding transgender students. <a href="https://t.co/zvQfpNxJyG">https://t.co/zvQfpNxJyG</a> <a href="https://t.co/PnrGCKAvtE">pic.twitter.com/PnrGCKAvtE</a>
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Aaryan Rawal, a college student and former <a href="https://apps.senate.virginia.gov/Senator/memberpage.php?id=S100">legislative staffer</a> for a Virginia Democrat who led the group on the call, told participants, “The goal of mass mobilization is not necessarily make people care about an issue&#8230; the primary goal is to give us credibility in the eyes of lawmakers,” he said. “For the 30 people who actually know what the policy is, and who actually know how they&#8217;re gonna advocate, those people suddenly have a lot of credibility when they talk to our <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/judge-throws-soros-backed-prosecutor-off-of-case-against-loudoun-rape-victims-father">Virginia</a> lawmakers.”
At issue is a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/virginia-replaces-democrats-mandatory-transgender-policy-with-parents-rights-manifesto">model policy</a> from the state Department of Education that says that schools should not hide transgender students&#8217; status from their parents, and should only change their name and pronouns with their parents&#8217; written permission.
However, even some of the core group of activists on the call seemed to have little grasp on the policy they were disputing. One asked, “If this bill does end up getting passed… would that stop us from being able to have [a Gay Student Association]?” one asked. The Department of Education’s transgender guidelines are not a bill and would not stop that.
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In an internal message board, Rawal shared a “talking points” document that told people what to say, including repeatedly invoking suicide.
If someone asked if walkouts jeopardized learning, he told them to say, &#8220;How can my friends possibly learn about photosynthesis in biology class when they&#8217;re worried about whether they&#8217;ll be able to come home to a safe place that night.&#8221;
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Our lead organizer <a href="https://twitter.com/rvlichter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@rvlichter</a> just appeared on <a href="https://twitter.com/MSNBC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MSNBC</a>. 
Over 10,000 students in Virginia are making it clear to the DOE that students want to attend schools that aren&#39;t political pawns, but safe and inclusive places that empower all students to thrive. <a href="https://t.co/L6vIJuxL8S">pic.twitter.com/L6vIJuxL8S</a>
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The talking points memo said to tell reporters that &#8220;I&#8217;ve had to talk friends out of suicide at 2 AM in the morning, and I&#8217;ve not met a single Queer student who isn&#8217;t depressed.&#8221;
The document continued, &#8220;Remember to focus on our narrative&#8230; Using a student&#8217;s true pronouns and name has consistently been shown to prevent suicide.&#8221;
“We have access to messaging research, or we have access to people who have access to messaging research, and that messaging research really guides what we say in the media,” Rawal said.
Noting that some students agreed with Republicans about transgender issues, Rawal boasted that they were going up against a professional-quality political operation. “It comes down to this: we know what we&#8217;re doing, they don’t know what they&#8217;re doing. Just remember, we were featured on international news and a lot of national news yesterday,” he said.
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Trans Student Walkout Group Admits Most Just Wanted To Skip School, Boasts About Tricking Media

Virginia Trans Student Walkout Group Admits Most Just Wanted To Skip School, Boasts About Tricking Media

A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/beleaguered-southern-city-seizes-murder-capital-crown-from-st-louis/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">St. Louis</a>-area middle-school teacher accused of grooming and raping students was found dead in his jail cell last week.
Brandon Holbrook, 30, a substitute teacher, was accused of raping a 14-year-old girl multiple times and being held in the St. Louis County Jail when he was found unresponsive Monday. He was pronounced dead at Barnes-Jewish Hospital an hour later. There were no signs of trauma, officials said.
&#8220;A thorough investigation is in order,” Holbrook’s lawyer, Scott Rosenblum, <a href="https://www.riverfronttimes.com/news/teacher-accused-of-raping-student-dies-in-county-jail-38579118">told the Riverfront Times</a>. “There&#8217;s no indication that this young man was suicidal. In fact, given the circumstances he was upbeat.&#8221;
Holbrook first met the 14-year-old girl at Bernard Middle School in Mehlville, according to authorities. Police said he groomed the alleged victim via social media, exchanging messages and pictures in May. He allegedly raped the girl at her home on three separate occasions, then threatened her to stay silent about it.
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30-year-old Brandon Holbrook was found dead inside a St. Louis County Justice Center cell Monday afternoon, with his initial cause of death unknown. <a href="https://t.co/13ofsgGFM5">https://t.co/13ofsgGFM5</a>
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Holbrook was charged with three counts of statutory rape and six counts of statutory sodomy. Since Holbrook was arrested, two more girls have come forward with similar accusations, according to police.
An autopsy was being conducted, and there was speculation Holbrook may have died of a drug overdose. Jail officials administered Narcan to him after finding him in his cell.
Doug Moore, a spokesman for St. Louis County Executive Sam Page, told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch there were no objects in the cell with which Holbrook could have injured himself, nor were there any signs of suicide.
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After Holbrook’s arrest, Mehlville school officials sent a letter to parents assuring them that the suspect had not worked in the district in the current school year, although he had taught at the district’s elementary, middle and high schools, as well as the pandemic virtual program, between February 2021 and May 2022.
“We are deeply troubled by any report alleging that an employee may have engaged in inappropriate behavior,” said the letter, which did not name Holbrook but said the suspect had undergone an extensive routine background check. “Our schools are places where students should always feel safe, and we take any allegation of staff misconduct very seriously.”

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Teacher Suspected Of Grooming, Raping Girls Found Dead In Jail Cell Under Mysterious Circumstances

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Rape

St. Louis

The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/schumer-curses-republicans-opposing-bidens-student-loan-cancellation-plan/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Biden administration</a> quietly changed the fine print of it <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/like-a-band-aid-on-gangrene-why-forgiving-student-loans-is-unconstitutional/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">student loan debt</a> forgiveness plan Thursday, cutting hundreds of thousands of borrowers out of the sweeping program.
The change to the Department of Education website, made without announcement amid legal challenges, leaves out Federal Family Education Loans, which included the once-popular Perkins loans. Those loans were issued by private banks but guaranteed by the government under a program that the Obama administration ended in 2010. The site previously advised those borrowers to consolidate the loans into the federal Direct Loan program in order to be eligible for up to $20,000 of relief.
“As of Sept. 29, 2022, borrowers with federal student loans not held by ED cannot obtain one-time debt relief by consolidating those loans into Direct Loans,” the site now advises, although it says borrowers who consolidated and applied before September 29 remain eligible for relief.
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JUST IN: In a remarkable reversal that will affect the fortunes of millions of student loan borrowers, the U.S. Department of Education quietly changed its rules on who is eligible for President Biden&#39;s comprehensive student debt relief program. <a href="https://t.co/Hsg5CSkBII">https://t.co/Hsg5CSkBII</a>
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More than 4 million borrowers still have commercially-held FFEL loans, but officials said only about 800,000 are expected to be affected. That’s because many either are not eligible for relief under income guidelines or have other outstanding student loans that are eligible to be forgiven.
The reversal follows legal challenges to the Biden administration’s sweeping plan, which the <a href="https://news.yahoo.com/biden-admins-student-loan-forgiveness-213605539.html?soc_src=social-sh&amp;amp;soc_trk=tw&amp;amp;tsrc=twtr">Congressional Budget Office estimates</a> will cost $400 billion.
The Pacific Legal Foundation earlier this week sued, arguing that student-loan borrowers in states including Indiana, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Arkansas, and North Carolina, would be unfairly taxed to fund the program. The foundation argued that because those states do not tax loans forgiven under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, and enrollees are automatically covered by the Biden administration’s program which does tax the debt relief, recipients would be hit with an unjust tax.
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The Biden admin. changed conditions for student loan relief — disqualifying millions of people.
Borrowers with federal loans owned by private banks through FFEL no longer qualify, unless they applied to consolidate them into Direct Loans owned by the Dept. of Ed before Sept. 29. <a href="https://t.co/3vTdLOWbLQ">pic.twitter.com/3vTdLOWbLQ</a>
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On Thursday, Six Republican attorneys general from Nebraska, Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Iowa, and South Carolina sued, arguing that the unilateral order to erase student loan debt is unconstitutional.
NPR reported that the reversal could also be linked to concerns private banks who hold FFEL loans could also sue, claiming the plan would cost them business when borrowers consolidate their old loans into federal Direct Loans, the outlet reported.

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Biden’s Stealth Change To Student Loan Forgiveness Scheme Could Cut Out Millions Of Borrowers

Biden's Stealth Change To Student Loan Forgiveness Scheme Could Cut Out Millions Of Borrowers

Biden Administration

Student Loan Cancellation

American Federation of Teachers union President <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/topic/randi-weingarten/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Randi Weingarten</a> attempted to educate Florida Governor <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/topic/ron-desantis/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ron DeSantis</a> (R) — but as it turned out, she was the one who was in need of a history lesson.
The online scuffle began with a comment from <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/media-democrats-race-to-make-hurricane-ian-all-about-desantis/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">DeSantis</a> about the founding of the United States and the fact that the prescription for the end of slavery was effectively written into the Constitution.
Referencing &#8220;The 1619 Project,&#8221; DeSantis said, &#8220;They want to teach our kids that the American Revolution was fought to protect slavery, and that&#8217;s false. We know why the American Revolution was fought. They wrote pamphlets, we saw them dump tea into the Boston Harbor. We saw them meet in Philadelphia, and we have the records of why they revolted against King George III.&#8221;
DeSantis went on to say that the American Revolution had caused people to &#8220;question&#8221; slavery as an institution, noting that never before had a nation written into its founding documents the concept that all men had been &#8220;created equal&#8221; in the eyes of both their Creator and the laws of men.
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Emperor Desantis gives his absurdly false version of how he expects history to be taught: “It was the American Revolution that caused people to question slavery. No one had questioned it before we decided as Americans that we are endowed by our creator with unalienable rights.” <a href="https://t.co/Nw8SMmGCUw">pic.twitter.com/Nw8SMmGCUw</a>
&mdash; Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) <a href="https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1573088502409043970?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 22, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Weingarten chimed in then, arguing that the 3/5 compromise — which limited the political power of slave states and was written with an eye toward encouraging slave states to end the practice entirely — was actually written to enshrine the practice into law.
&#8220;The American Revolution was about leaving Britain. If America’s founders questioned slavery there would not have been the heinous &#8216;3/5 compromise&#8217; in the US Constitution, which was drafted and enacted AFTER the American Revolution. This is basic history …,&#8221; Weingarten claimed.
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The American Revolution was about leaving Britain. If America’s founders questioned slavery there would not have been the heinous “3/5 compromise “ in the US Constitution, which was drafted and enacted AFTER the American Revolution. This is basic history… <a href="https://t.co/QkwBFF7CkX">https://t.co/QkwBFF7CkX</a>
&mdash; Randi Weingarten 🇺🇦🇺🇸💪🏿👩‍🎓 (@rweingarten) <a href="https://twitter.com/rweingarten/status/1574937266375385089?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 28, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Critics swiftly descended on Weingarten, however, delivering a remedial course in American history via quote-tweet after the union president limited replies to her initial tweet.
&#8220;Rx This historical illiterate, @rweingarten, has no idea what she is talking about. The 3/5ths compromise happened because slavery was actively being questioned. The solution to slavery was baked into the constitution,&#8221; one user <a href="https://twitter.com/Gormogons/status/1575160196506144770" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweeted</a> in response.
&#8220;Just to be clear, this woman who has a massive influence on American education doesn&#8217;t know &#8216;basic history&#8217; well enough to know the 3/5ths compromise was proposed by northern delegates to keep southern states from bolstering the institution of slavery,&#8221; Mark Hemingway <a href="https://twitter.com/Heminator/status/1575133128083005441" target="_blank" rel="noopener">added</a>.
&#8220;This lady is a moron,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/roddreher/status/1575130950362697733" target="_blank" rel="noopener">came from</a> Rod Dreher. &#8220;The reason for the compromise is that Northerners were opposed to slavery. Better hope she is not teaching your kids history.&#8221;
&#8220;If America&#8217;s leaders didn&#8217;t question the idea of slavery [w]ouldn&#8217;t it have just been a 5/5 agreement? This moron runs the teacher&#8217;s union,&#8221; Jim Hanson <a href="https://twitter.com/JimHansonDC/status/1575098335270416384" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wondered</a>.
&#8220;This is just beautiful. The head of one of the largest teachers unions in the country openly demonstrates that she has absolutely no grasp of basic American history — or she is purposefully lying,&#8221; Leonydus Johnson <a href="https://twitter.com/LeonydusJohnson/status/1575089146171129856" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweeted</a>. &#8220;Either way, it is a perfect representation of the abysmal state of govt education.&#8221;
Michele Tafoya quoted freed-slave Frederick Douglass, who said of the Constitution, &#8220;Now, take the Constitution according to its plain reading, and I defy the presentation of a single pro-slavery clause in it. On the other hand it will be found to contain principles and purposes, entirely hostile to the existence of slavery.&#8221;
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/rweingarten?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@rweingarten</a> “Now, take the Constitution according to its plain reading, and I defy the presentation of a single pro-slavery clause in it. On the other hand it will be found to contain principles and purposes, entirely hostile to the existence of slavery.” Frederick Douglass <a href="https://t.co/nhdxaarrRU">https://t.co/nhdxaarrRU</a>
&mdash; Michele Tafoya (@Michele_Tafoya) <a href="https://twitter.com/Michele_Tafoya/status/1575121741990461441?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 28, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Holds News Conference With Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo

Teachers Union Prez Tries To ‘School’ DeSantis — But She’s The One Who Needs A History Lesson

Teachers Union President Randi Weingarten Tries To 'School' DeSantis And Fails

Constitution

History

Randi Weingarten

Ron DeSantis

In recently surfaced footage, Pennsylvania Lt. Governor and Democratic Senate nominee <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-fetterman-files-pennsylvania-democrat-brings-baggage-to-senate-race" target="_blank" rel="noopener">John Fetterman</a> responded affirmatively when asked if he agreed that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/lgbtq" target="_blank" rel="noopener">LGBTQ</a> education should be “mandatory” in schools nationwide.
During a 2021 interview with Powered By Rainbows, the candidate — then competing for the Democratic Senate nomination — was asked whether he would be supportive of bills that make “LGBTQ education” mandatory in subjects such as history, literature, and science.
“I’m for as many perspectives in letting everybody be included in, because we are all part of America, and we all have history, and that should be a part of American history because you are a part of America in these communities,” Fetterman, dressed in a rainbow top hat and draped in a rainbow flag, responded.
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The resurfaced comments from Fetterman, who is campaigning against Republican Senate nominee Dr. Mehmet Oz, came as many states advanced bills prohibiting leftist ideology in public schools. Earlier this year, Disney <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/u-s-subscriptions-at-ultra-woke-disney-slow-to-a-crawl-after-company-loses-left-wing-political-battles'">garnered controversy</a> for opposing Florida’s parental rights legislation that banned classroom instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity from kindergarten to third grade. In an exclusive <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-poll-over-60-of-americans-back-floridas-limits-on-k-3-lessons-on-sexual-orientation-and-gender-identity">survey</a> from The Daily Wire, 64% of Americans — including 62% of Democrats and 57% of independents — supported the Florida law.
Meanwhile, parents across the country have been finding books that promote homosexuality and transgenderism in public school libraries. One graphic novel found in a Hawaii high school included <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/yet-another-school-library-housed-graphic-novel-with-gay-sex-scenes">illustrations of sex</a> between two males with a sex toy, as well as oral sex, masturbation, and other explicit content.
According to Fetterman’s <a href="https://johnfetterman.com/issue/securing-lgbtqia-rights/">campaign website</a>, the longtime mayor of Braddock, Pennsylvania, was the “first and only elected official” in the Keystone State to “solemnize same-sex weddings” as early as 2013, even though the practice was still illegal. He vows to vote for the Equality Act — a bill that would <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/4-ways-the-equality-act-could-damage-religious-freedom-in-america">insert</a> “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” into the Civil Rights Act of 1964 — if elected to the Senate.
“I will also support efforts to end the hateful practice of so-called ‘conversion therapy,’ and fight to strengthen anti-harrassment policies on school and college campuses,” Fetterman’s campaign website adds.
During the interview with Powered By Rainbows, Fetterman shared that he had attended “many, many Pride events … in red counties” — a reality signaling that Republicans are increasingly “embracing these communities.” Indeed, a majority of Republican voters had for the first time indicated that they support same-sex marriage earlier in 2021, according to a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/majority-of-gop-voters-support-same-sex-marriage-for-the-first-time-poll">poll</a> from the Public Religion Research Institute.
“We need to give equal protection under the law to the gay and trans communities — certainly here in Pennsylvania, but everywhere in our country,” Fetterman remarked.
In a recent <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LNvXkny4ZBWWVm-ZPgoitQp6ae_kTAeQ/view">poll</a> from CBS News and YouGov, Fetterman was supported by 52% of respondents, while Oz was backed by 47%. Voters also indicated a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pennsylvania-republicans-face-uphill-battles-in-final-weeks-of-midterm-race">higher level of favorability</a> for the former candidate — 56% of Fetterman supporters said they are backing him “mainly because” they like him, while only 15% of Oz voters said the same.
Democrats are hoping that Fetterman will contribute to a majority in the evenly divided Senate. However, Fetterman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hell-be-fine-pa-democratic-senate-nominee-cleared-by-doctor-to-campaign-after-suffering-a-stroke-days-before-primary">suffered a stroke</a> days before the state’s primary election and has since <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-john-fetterman-video-raises-questions-on-his-fitness-for-office-absolutely-cannot-debate-anyone">stumbled</a> during speeches at multiple campaign events. Roughly 41% of voters believe that Fetterman is not in “good enough health” to serve in office.

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WATCH: Fetterman Asked If He Supports Making ‘LGBTQ Education’ In Schools ‘Mandatory’ Nationwide

WATCH: John Fetterman Asked If He Supports Making ‘LGBTQ Education’ In Schools ‘Mandatory’ Nationwide

2022 Midterms

LGBTQ

Mehmet Oz

Pennsylvania

A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/california">California</a> high <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/education">school</a> with a &#8220;Social Justice Academy&#8221; is suffering in more traditional subjects like math, where students are getting dismal scores.
San Leandro High School&#8217;s Social Justice <a href="https://www.slusd.us/slhs/academics/our-academies/">Academy</a> is a three-year &#8220;rigorous&#8221; and &#8220;career-themed&#8221; program for 10th, 11th, and 12th graders, according to the academy&#8217;s <a href="http://www.slsja.org/about-sja">website</a>.
It is one of three academy programs offered at the high school, and students must apply for admission.
The academy&#8217;s &#8220;specially designed curriculum&#8221; focuses on critical pedagogy, social justice, ethnic studies, gender studies, intersectionality, and social and emotional skill development among other things.
The curriculum teaches students to &#8220;challenge and criticize power, oppression, capitalism, white supremacy, imperialism, colonialism, racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, cisheteropatriarchy, ableism, and xenophobia on the internal, interpersonal, institutional, and ideological levels.&#8221;
However, learning about these issues is not enough, the academy says. During their senior year, academy students are required to become activists. They must develop and run campaigns, which can be global in scope.
The academy also says it encourages students to reimagine themselves and their communities &#8220;outside of the master narrative&#8221; and values &#8220;radical healing&#8221; and &#8220;transformative solidarity.&#8221;
The academy started in 2006, but the founders focused on things like multiculturalism and lacked the &#8220;holistic humanization and critical consciousness&#8221; the students needed, the academy&#8217;s website says.
Meanwhile, some core curriculum academics are suffering at the high school.
San Leandro High School has a 19% math proficiency rate and 21% science proficiency rate, well below California&#8217;s average of 30% proficiency in both math and science, <a href="https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/california/districts/san-leandro-unified-school-district/san-leandro-high-school-3322">according</a> to U.S. News and World Report. The school&#8217;s reading proficiency rate is 57%, also below the state average.
The <a href="https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/california/districts/san-leandro-unified-school-district/san-leandro-high-school-3322">vast majority</a>, 92%, of San Leandro High School&#8217;s students are minorities, and about 57% are considered economically disadvantaged.
The high school serves more than 2,600 students, and, despite their low math scores, most still go on to graduate. The high school has a graduation rate of about 92%, above the 2019 national <a href="https://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=805">average</a> of 86%.
&#8220;This school’s mission is based entirely on critical race theory and critical gender theory,&#8221; Erika Sanzi, director of outreach for Parents Defending Education, <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2022/09/14/dismantling-capitalism-california-school-district-sponsors-activist-training-facility/">told</a> the Daily Caller News Foundation. 
&#8220;If a school wants to train activists for particular ideological causes like dismantling capitalism or challenging cisheteropatriarchy, they shouldn’t be doing it on the public dime,&#8221; Sanzi added. 
California is not the only place where school districts have adopted social justice-inspired curricula. Across the country, parents have complained about their young children learning ultra-progressive concepts in school including racial themes and gender identity. In many cases, parents have simply pulled their children out of public school in favor of alternatives like homeschooling.
In Rhode Island, a mom <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/parents-not-welcome-rhode-island-mom-sues-school-district-over-secret-meetings">sued</a> her child’s school district after saying it had barred parents from secret meetings of the taxpayer-funded Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) Advisory Board.
Meanwhile, public school enrollment has <a href="https://www.edweek.org/leadership/public-school-enrollment-continues-to-stagnate/2022/08">plummeted</a> 1.3 million students since before the pandemic began. California&#8217;s enrollment is down 1.7%.
Also earlier this month, national test results <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/01/us/national-test-scores-math-reading-pandemic.html">showed</a> that the pandemic wiped out two decades of progress in math and reading among 9-year-olds. The drop affected children from all races and income levels but was particularly devastating for students who tended to struggle more.

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California School With ‘Social Justice Academy’ Has 19% Math Proficiency

California School With 'Social Justice Academy' Has 19% Math Proficiency

California

Public Schools

Social Justice

Parental rights in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/education" target="_blank" rel="noopener">education</a> have hit the frontline of another <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/2022-midterms" target="_blank" rel="noopener">election</a>.
Michigan GOP gubernatorial candidate <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tudor-dixon-reveals-massive-plan-to-give-more-funding-to-michigan-police" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tudor Dixon</a> called for the resignation of the state’s superintendent Tuesday over his defense of so-called gender-affirming training videos from the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) that were unearthed last week. Dixon’s demand came after conservative activist Christopher Rufo revealed the videos showing MDE training teachers on how to accept and address students&#8217; gender transitions, even if parents are not on board.
“Today, I called for the resignation of State Superintendent Michael Rice,” Dixon said. “He doubled down when sickening training videos were exposed. He is unfit for office. Parents will not have information hidden from them. [Governor Gretchen Whitmer] is silent about it all.”
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Today, I called for the resignation of State Superintendent Michael Rice. 
He doubled down when sickening training videos were exposed. He is unfit for office. Parents will not have information hidden from them. <a href="https://twitter.com/gretchenwhitmer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@gretchenwhitmer</a> is silent about it all. <a href="https://t.co/ryK3MqSNU2">pic.twitter.com/ryK3MqSNU2</a>
&mdash; Tudor Dixon (@TudorDixon) <a href="https://twitter.com/TudorDixon/status/1572279528084410371?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 20, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Last week, Rufo <a href="https://www.city-journal.org/michigan-education-department-radical-gender-teacher-training" target="_blank" rel="noopener">released</a> training videos from the MDE and accused the department of encouraging “teachers to facilitate the sexual transition of minors without parental consent.” In one video, Kim Phillips-Knope, the head of the LGBTQ+ Students Project discussed how to talk with parents about a student’s suicidal thoughts without “outing” the student. She also encouraged teachers to allow the student to “guide” the discussion.
“If you’re sort of into that area of like, ‘you’re going to hurt yourself or somebody else,’ and you have a duty to report — I mean, the law is really clear about that — you can also talk to parents, though, about like that ‘your kid is having suicidal thoughts,’ without outing them, without saying why,” said Phillips-Knope. “You can say, ‘We have some concerns, your child has shared this,’ [but] I would one-thousand percent recommend working with the student to let them guide that process.”
In another clip, a trainer instructs a teacher to “go with what the kid says” when using a child&#8217;s pronouns.
“They’re the best experts on their lives. They’re the best experts on their own identities and their own bodies,” Amorie Robinson argued.
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When a teacher asks how to respond to a student who claims to have “she/he/they/them” pronouns, the trainer responds adamantly: “Go with what the kid says. They’re the best experts on their lives. They’re the best experts on their own identities and their own bodies.” <a href="https://t.co/d3lHn883e5">pic.twitter.com/d3lHn883e5</a>
&mdash; Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) <a href="https://twitter.com/realchrisrufo/status/1570160189659295744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 14, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Rice, Michigan’s superintendent since August 2019, <a href="https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/michigan-lgbtq-teacher-videos-will-stay-despite-outcry-gop-and-whitmer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">defended</a> the training and argued that some circumstances require teachers to play a significant role in a student’s gender transition.
“[N]ot all parents are supportive when they discover or are told that their child is gay or transgender,” Rice <a href="https://www.bridgemi.com/guest-commentary/opinion-supporting-all-mi-students-means-supporting-gay-and-trans-students-too" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> in an opinion piece Monday. “In the professional development sessions, we encourage discussions with parents about these issues whenever possible. Parents’ supportive behaviors help protect against suicidality and other risks and help promote health and wellbeing. When parents and students are not on the same page, school staff can play a critical role in helping to bridge the gap.”
The Whitmer administration released a statement on the MDE training videos, urging the department to “continue bringing parents&#8217; perspectives into the work you do.”
“We urge you to review your trainings to ensure they comply with all applicable regulations, maintain department guidelines, and are reflective of best practices,” Tricia Foster, Whitmer’s chief operating officer, wrote to Rice.
Dixon has made education issues an important part her campaign as she tries to strike a nerve with Michigan parents. The GOP candidate even had Virginia Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin campaign with her, the conservative who won his 2021 election in large part because of his <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/virginia-replaces-democrats-mandatory-transgender-policy-with-parents-rights-manifesto" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fight</a> for parents rights in education.
Dixon accused Whitmer of remaining too quiet on the issue of parental rights in education, and if elected, the Republican said she would take a different approach.
“As governor, I want to be responsible for the outcomes and held accountable for the results,” Dixon said, surrounded by parents. “Today, I am first and foremost calling for the resignation of State Superintendent Michael Rice.”
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Tudor Dixon

Tudor Dixon Calls For Michigan Superintendent’s Resignation Over State’s ‘Sickening’ Education Training Videos

Tudor Dixon Calls For Superintendent's Resignation Over Michigan Department Of Education's Training Videos

2022 Election

Gretchen Whitmer

Michigan

Parental Rights in Education

A Harvard-led study powerfully confirms not only that young American adults are miserable — but also admits that many of the virtues, behaviors, and connections long championed by conservatives are missing from the lives of our young people.
Well, well, well &#8230; how the tables have turned.
Last week, a friend of mine sent me <a href="https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2022/09/why-are-young-people-so-miserable/?utm_source=SilverpopMailing&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Daily%20Gazette%2020220916%20">an article from The Harvard Gazette</a> entitled, “Why are young people so miserable?” Knowing that I have spent the last four years of my life writing, researching, and speaking out <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-heart-breaking-inside-story-of-how-we-hollowed-out-a-generation-of-young-americans">on this very issue</a>, and also knowing I have endured a fair amount of hysterical criticism from progressive voices telling me I am a right-wing, religious zealot, and that I should not be teaching in a classroom, this interview from a Harvard researcher was supremely satisfying to read.
The author of the study, Tyler VanderWeele, was admirably blunt and eloquent throughout the interview: &#8220;Across every dimension of well-being that we looked at — happiness, health, meaning, character, relationships, financial stability &#8230; those who are 18 to 25 felt they were worse off.&#8221;
The interview is a powerful and sober testament about a generation gone awry. It should be noted that if VanderWeele’s interview had been published by The Daily Wire, or any of our fellow conservative publishers, he would surely have been mocked and marginalized by the left as just another howling curmudgeon crank who longs for the glory days of a less diverse and more religious America. But this interview enjoys the imprimatur of the Harvard brand and thus will be taken more seriously among liberals.
And serious it is, even if the article absolutely buries the lead.
Towards the end of the interview, VanderWeele makes a powerful observation. He notes that surveys from twenty-two years ago showed that young adults 18-25 used to be much happier than people in middle age. Middle age is typically the least happy and most stressful part of life — often filled with endless obligations to work and family, confronting the harsh chasm between youthful hopes and middle age reality, as well as taking care of elderly parents and doing so with limited time and money.
But now, in 2022, it is the youngest cohort of Americans who are sinking in misery. And why is this? Of course, VanderWeele must tip his hat to a panoply of economic and social policies, but in the end, he explicitly admits, “study after study — ours and others’ — have indicated that family life and participation in religious communities contribute across these aspects of flourishing. And participation in both of those are down substantially.”
And it is here where conservatives can authentically celebrate — or, if we&#8217;re being snarky, can scream, “WE TOLD YOU SO!”
Yes, <a href="https://fordhaminstitute.org/ohio/commentary/family-structure-and-academic-outcomes">traditional family life</a> creates a paradigm for rearing children that confers an endless list of emotional, economic, and moral benefits.
Yes, if we allow our young people to become thoroughly immunized to the blessings and possibilities of spiritual life, they might just fall prey to the nihilistic individualism that deifies consumerism, relativizes morality, and celebrates hollow sexual romps facilitated by Tinder and other “dating” apps.
Yes, if you teach American history and civics from a smug and self-righteous perch of presentism that interprets our history as a long parade of pernicious people from the past who should have known better, instead of a <a href="https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jul/28/the-90-solution-to-americas-contentious-critical-r/">noble but imperfect striving</a> for human justice and the maximization of human liberty, then our young people might not understand why they should be thankful for their country and the institutions that they did absolutely nothing to build and preserve.
The most fascinating and endlessly ironic nugget in the interview was VanderWeele’s admission that 18-25 year olds also feel “physically” unwell. Surely, the young should feel physically better off than middle age and elderly Americans. But they do not. He hypothesizes that they feel a “physical threat from the pandemic, more than others.” 
The irony is seething — young Americans often preach a dogmatic scientism in regards to environmental concerns and yet when it comes to the actual threat posed to their age group by COVID, they continue to demonstrate irrationally high levels of fear. Anyone who travels will notice that young American adults seem to wear masks more than any other age group. A further layer of irony is that a Harvard-led study is revealing how physically unsafe young adults feel when it was Harvard that was one of the <a href="https://qz.com/1815829/harvard-university-is-shutting-down-because-of-coronavirus/">first major institutions</a> to shut down in March of 2020, and <a href="https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2021/12/18/covid-remote-january/">did it yet again</a> during the surge in late 2021.
There is a colossal tragedy in all this, of course, something that should pinch our souls and shake us out of our collective national slumber. By allowing our young people to wallow in misery, by removing the fixtures and totems of young life that allow us to dance with delight and experience the splendorous joys of simply being young and alive, we have exchanged nectar for vinegar. 
We have robbed a generation of that precious and fleeting segment of life where everything seems possible, where love is still mysterious and friendship is rapturous, where unread books still possess enchanting treasures and the future seems to pulsate with high sounding words like grandeur, potentiality, and magic.
At this brief but special juncture of life our families have yet to come to fruition, our professional dreams have yet to take flight, and the enormity of our spiritual lives have yet to come into focus. Our lives at this point seem to brim with vastness. But that is not what our young people see today. They feel lonely, empty, friendless, and sad. They are anxious and largely ignorant about the meaningful connections that make the human walk a joyous journey to take.
Let’s not dunk too hard on Harvard. Let’s celebrate their research and use it to help our children out of the caves in which they are trapped.
Jeremy S. Adams is the author of Hollowed Out: A Warning About America&#8217;s Next Generation, recently released in paperback. He has taught American civics for 24 years in Bakersfield, California and was the 2014 California Teacher of the Year (DAR). You can follow him on Twitter @JeremyAdams6.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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A Canadian school district is standing behind a biologically male teacher whose wearing of massive prosthetic breasts created an online furor, according to a new report.
Pictures and video circulating online show the shop teacher using a table saw and teaching students while wearing the enormous fake bust, complete with prominent nipples. The teacher has since been identified as Kayla Lemieux, and works at Oakville Trafalgar High School in Ontario, <a href="https://reduxx.info/ontario-high-school-defends-fetishistic-large-bust-wearing-teacher/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to Reduxx</a>, which obtained an email the district sent to parents regarding the issue.
“We are aware of discussion on social media and in the media regarding Oakville Trafalgar High School,” read the note to parents. “We would like to take this opportunity to reiterate to our community that we are committed to establishing and maintaining a safe, caring, inclusive, equitable and welcoming learning and working environment for all students and staff.”
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This person is reportedly a teacher in <a href="https://twitter.com/HaltonDSB?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@HaltonDSB</a> <a href="https://t.co/qwGLv2PBRm">pic.twitter.com/qwGLv2PBRm</a>
&mdash; Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) <a href="https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1570779393227911168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 16, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Although the email did not mention Lemieux by name, it appeared to defend the teacher’s right to wear the bizarre prosthetic as a matter of “gender expression.”
“We strive to promote a positive learning environment in schools consistent with the values of the HDSB and to ensure a safe and inclusive environment for all students, staff and the community, regardless of race, age, ability, sex, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, cultural observance, socioeconomic circumstances or body type/size,” the email continued.
Video of Lemieux wearing the bogus bosom under a tight top with shorts or a skirt were posted by Libs of TikTok and others and initially prompted suspicion of a joke or hoax.
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Viral images of a trans teacher wearing oversized breasts that sag to the waist have been investigated by <a href="https://twitter.com/ReduxxMag?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ReduxxMag</a>. The tech teacher is “Kayla Lemieux,” of Oakville Trafalgar High School in Ontario, Canada. The school stands by its teacher. <a href="https://t.co/jtBWfpIhyN">https://t.co/jtBWfpIhyN</a>
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Many took to trying to get the attention of the Ontario Minister of Education, and the Premier of the province, Doug Ford.
Oakville Trafalgar High School is overseen by the Halton District School Board (HDSB), which heavily promotes radical gender theory, according to Reduxx, an independent, pro-feminist news site. A year ago, the school district released guidelines regarding <a href="https://www.hdsb.ca/our-board/Policy/GenderID_ExpSchools.pdf">Gender Identity and Gender Expression in Schools</a>.
HDSB Chair Margo Shuttleworth <a href="https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/warmington-halton-school-board-prepares-for-backlash-over-trans-high-school-teacher" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told the Toronto Sun</a> that staff are concerned about Lemieux&#8217;s safety on Monday when classes resume.
“There will the protesters and the anti-protesters,” said Shuttleworth. “I do know there have been phone calls made to the school that haven’t been the most pleasant in nature.”
“This teacher is an extremely effective teacher,” said Shuttleworth. “All the kids really love being in the class.”
Editor&#8217;s Note: A previous version of this story identified the teacher by the wrong pre-transition name.

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