“The Texas board of education voted 8-7 on Friday to approve a new Bible-based curriculum in elementary schools.

The curriculum, called ‘Bluebonnet Learning’, could be implemented as soon as August 2025 and affects English and language arts teaching material for kindergarten through fifth grade public school classes.

Teachers will have a choice to opt into the new faith-based learning curriculum, but the state is offering a financial incentive of $60 a student for participating school districts.”

They’ll make it mandatory later, of course.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/22/texas-approves-bible-based-curriculum-elementary-schools

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“One of the primary individuals involved in Canada's trucker protests in 2022 was found guilty on Friday for his role in the obstruction.

Pat King was convicted on five counts including mischief and disobeying a court order.

The self-proclaimed ‘Freedom Convoy’ of truckers and protesters traveled to the capital city, Ottawa, in early 2022 to express their anger at government rules intended to limit the spread of COVID-19.”

"Acquitted of more serious charges, he smiled at his supporters in the courtroom as the judge read the verdict.”

https://www.dw.com/en/canadian-freedom-convoy-leader-found-guilty-over-trucker-protest/a-70865199

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“Hanif Kureishi, Billy Bragg and freedom of speech groups have voiced alarm after a number of venues cancelled events to promote a book by an anti-racism campaigner amid threats and fears that the recent riots have emboldened the far right.

An east London bookshop this week became the latest venue to pull plans to promote [a book]”

"It follows the scrapping of similar events at bookshops and pubs over the last few weeks, and the cancellation by the BFI London film festival (LFF) last month of a screening of a documentary about the far right.”

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/nov/23/anti-racism-talks-cancelled-amid-threat-of-far-right

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“Joe Mulhall, the author of Rebel Sounds and director of research at the anti-racism organisation Hope Not Hate, said: “Sadly, it feels like we are going backwards.”

Mulhall held an event at a secret location last Sunday night after a pub cancelled what was intended to be an evening of discussion and music about the book.”

"Another bookshop that cancelled a few weeks ago after receiving threats has now pulled out of plans to restage the event in December after getting new threats immediately after it was listed online.”

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/nov/23/anti-racism-talks-cancelled-amid-threat-of-far-right

https://footnotepress.com/books/rebel-sounds/

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“In the American heartland, they’re excited. Finally, say voters who put Donald Trump into the White House for a second time, they are about to get the president they wanted all along.

Even as leading Democrats decry Trump’s cabinet nominations as ‘agents of his contempt, rage and vengeance’, the former and future president’s supporters are interpreting the selections as evidence that he has finally broken free of the Washington establishment.”

It was never about 'the economy’.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/24/trump-supporters-react-cabinet-picks

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@GlennMG no one here believed it was about the economy.
We know these people-- they're racist, misogynistic christians who think they'll now be the chosen ones as the world ends
They were always undermining a healthy society with their nonsense-- now they think they have in trump the key to triggering armageddon.
Shunning them all is a start, just be careful because by his point they're confident in their violence and feeling their oats

Yup, I know.

Yup. I am aware, also. I know of another subgroup that has all those characteristics yet no religious affiliation. They reinforce views in an echo chamber of former military. My brother participates in one of those. Very narrow, binary thinking.