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Newest "anti-woke" tantrum: Right-wingers don't think kids of different races can be friends
A bizarre racist outburst at a Texas school board isn't an isolated event — it's part of a national pattern
Considering how rapidly the right's "war on woke" is expanding, it was perhaps inevitable: Self-identified "mama bears" on a Texas school board are angry that a classroom had a poster showing people of different races holding hands.
At issue? A poster that seemed to imply that interracial friendship is possible.
"Dungan referred to a first grade student whose parent claimed they were so upset by a poster showing hands of people of different races, that they transferred classrooms."
But Dungan was backed up by another trustee, Misty Odenweller, who insisted that the depiction of uh, race-mixing was in some way a "violation of the law." The two women are part of "Mama Bears Rising," a secretive far-right group fueling the book-banning mania in Conroe and the surrounding area. At least 59 books have been banned due to their efforts.
Fosto
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Newest "anti-woke" tantrum: Right-wingers don't think kids of different races can be friends
A bizarre racist outburst at a Texas school board isn't an isolated event — it's part of a national patternwww.yahoo.com
Considering how rapidly the right's "war on woke" is expanding, it was perhaps inevitable: Self-identified "mama bears" on a Texas school board are angry that a classroom had a poster showing people of different races holding hands.
At issue? A poster that seemed to imply that interracial friendship is possible.
"Dungan referred to a first grade student whose parent claimed they were so upset by a poster showing hands of people of different races, that they transferred classrooms."
But Dungan was backed up by another trustee, Misty Odenweller, who insisted that the depiction of uh, race-mixing was in some way a "violation of the law." The two women are part of "Mama Bears Rising," a secretive far-right group fueling the book-banning mania in Conroe and the surrounding area. At least 59 books have been banned due to their efforts.
Reminds me of the "Moms of Liberty" group. Which I've seen people hilariously call "Hags for Hitler".
You put one little Hitler quote on your website, and people get all upset over nothing.
RandyForRubio
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I’ll readily admit I’m a little surprised by your sentiment, but I’ll still have to decline. Nothing personal, just a me thing. Don’t think it’s entirely healthy for me, I obsess over things. Hope all is well in your life.
Newest "anti-woke" tantrum: Right-wingers don't think kids of different races can be friends
A bizarre racist outburst at a Texas school board isn't an isolated event — it's part of a national pattern
Considering how rapidly the right's "war on woke" is expanding, it was perhaps inevitable: Self-identified "mama bears" on a Texas school board are angry that a classroom had a poster showing people of different races holding hands.
At issue? A poster that seemed to imply that interracial friendship is possible.
"Dungan referred to a first grade student whose parent claimed they were so upset by a poster showing hands of people of different races, that they transferred classrooms."
But Dungan was backed up by another trustee, Misty Odenweller, who insisted that the depiction of uh, race-mixing was in some way a "violation of the law." The two women are part of "Mama Bears Rising," a secretive far-right group fueling the book-banning mania in Conroe and the surrounding area. At least 59 books have been banned due to their efforts.
Mate some of the **** that has gone on in my workspace around this stuff would make your head spin. In my previous job, hours were consumed around this nonsense.
Be whatever the **** you want to be, don't expect me to care
Bucknutz
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When the hurricane hit Puerto Rico, there was a forum thread that had 13 pages mocking Trump. I haven't seen anyone post anything about Maui. Having spent about 15% of my life living in Hawaii, I still keep up on things that are going on there. What has happened there is devastating. The response has been appalling. Let's look at the leadership:
View: https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1693624470517239952?s=20
2 vacations before he showed up to Maui...How long did he stay?
6 hrs. Spent 12 hours flying to spend 6 hours there. What did he do when he was there?
View: https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1693955799197073658?s=20
View: https://twitter.com/CollinRugg/status/1693757818816664060?s=20
Fell asleep and made jokes.
What about local leadership?
View: https://twitter.com/Cernovich/status/1693707341835985129?s=20
View: https://twitter.com/simpleshortss/status/1692232601933636036?s=20
https://twitter.com/KanekoaTheGreat/status/1693372197740666914?s=20
Missing children, sirens didn't go off, didn't release water...
I was there where the sirens went off with the false missile attack.
It's just amazing to me we just have incompetent people running our government.
View: https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1693624470517239952?s=20
2 vacations before he showed up to Maui...How long did he stay?
6 hrs. Spent 12 hours flying to spend 6 hours there. What did he do when he was there?
View: https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1693955799197073658?s=20
View: https://twitter.com/CollinRugg/status/1693757818816664060?s=20
Fell asleep and made jokes.
What about local leadership?
View: https://twitter.com/Cernovich/status/1693707341835985129?s=20
View: https://twitter.com/simpleshortss/status/1692232601933636036?s=20
https://twitter.com/KanekoaTheGreat/status/1693372197740666914?s=20
Missing children, sirens didn't go off, didn't release water...
I was there where the sirens went off with the false missile attack.
It's just amazing to me we just have incompetent people running our government.
In retrospect, George Bush was correct in delaying visiting the remnants of New Orleans; first responders don't need the hassle of a Presidential visit. Trump was embarrassing in Puerto Rico.
I disagree that there is insufficient coverage of Maui; I hear about it daily, despite never watching the news. I do agree the response is insufficient.
Bucknutz
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In the Jazz Forums. Not in the news.
Written by Heather Cox Richardson (from a newsletter in response to lack of goverment claims)
The wildfires that raced across Maui, Hawaii, on Tuesday and Wednesday, August 8 and 9, driven by high winds across land that had been suffering a drought, have fed a familiar political narrative.
That firestorm roared into the 13,000-person town of Lahaina, killing a confirmed 114 people, with more than 1,000 still unaccounted for. It is the deadliest fire in modern U.S. history. While local officials had warned that such a fire was likely, emergency systems were either understaffed or unprepared, or failed for other reasons. Figuring out exactly what happened and why, mourning the dead and injured, and rebuilding, will take years.
President Joe Biden received notice of a brush fire on August 8 as part of his “daily extreme weather memo,” and over the next two days received additional briefings.
“Jill and I send our deepest condolences to the families of those who lost loved ones in the wildfires in Maui, and our prayers are with those who have seen their homes, businesses, and communities destroyed. We are grateful to the brave firefighters and first responders who continue to run toward danger, putting themselves in harm’s way to save lives,” President Biden said in a statement on August 9. He explained that he had ordered all federal assets on the island to help with the response, including the U.S. Coast Guard and the Navy’s 3rd Fleet, as well as the Department of Transportation to coordinate commercial airlines for evacuation.
The next day, August 10, Biden began a speech about the PACT Act in Salt Lake City by saying: “[L]ook, before I begin, I want to say a word about the devastating wildfires that have claimed at least 36 lives in Maui, in Hawaii. [W]e have just approved a major disaster declaration…for Hawaii, which will get aid into the hands of the people… desperately needing help now. [A]nyone who’s lost a loved one, whose home has been damaged or destroyed is going to get help immediately.”
He explained the moves the administration had already made and promised, “I just got off the phone, before I got here, for a long conversation with Governor Josh Green this morning and let him know I’m going to make sure the state has everything it needs from the federal government to recover…. In the meantime, our prayers are with the people of Hawaii, but not just our prayers—every asset we have will be available to them. And we’ve seen—they’ve seen their home, their business destroyed, and some have lost loved ones. And it’s not over yet.”
On that day, August 10, Biden signed a disaster declaration, saying that a major disaster existed in Hawaii, and ordered federal aid to the state to supplement state and local recovery efforts. Federal funding helps with temporary housing and home repairs, some property losses, debris removal, and hazard mitigation.
By August 15, almost 500 federal personnel had been deployed to Maui, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) had provided 50,000 meals, 75,000 liters of water, 5,000 cots, and 10,000 blankets and shelter supplies to six shelters run by the American Red Cross and Maui County for survivors who couldn’t go home. FEMA had also approved Critical Needs Assistance (CNA), which provides a one-time payment of $700 per household to those without housing to replace vital items like medication on an emergency basis.
The Small Business Administration had begun making low-interest federal disaster loans available to Hawaii businesses and nonprofit organizations. The Department of Agriculture approved Hawaii’s request for extra Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra declared a public health emergency retroactive to August 8, which gave Medicare and Medicaid greater flexibility in meeting emergency health needs for beneficiaries, then deployed disaster response personnel to Hawaii.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was on the island clearing roads, stabilizing the electrical grid, and working with the Environmental Protection Agency to remove hazardous waste. The U.S. Forest Service Incident Management Teams and Wildfire Liaisons worked with state officials to put the fires out and prevent flare ups, while the U.S. Fire Administration was working to support local firefighters. The Department of Defense was moving supplies across the state.
On August 17, Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida and Republic of Korea (ROK) president Yoon Suk Yeol arrived for Friday’s historic trilateral summit at Camp David, and Biden fell publicly silent about Maui. Promptly, the right wing insisted that he had done nothing for Hawaii. In fact, public documents suggest Biden was speaking daily with state officials in Hawaii and increasing the federal response there. By August 19 there were more than 1,000 federal personnel on the ground. “We’ve offered whatever support the governor needs,” General Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said.
Whether or not you agree with the level of response the Biden administration has provided to those suffering in the fires, the pattern of using the media to establish a narrative that the administration is ignoring Americans when it clearly is not is almost exactly what happened with the East Palestine, Ohio, railway disaster in February 2023. Then, pro-Russian accounts promptly began to argue that the Biden administration was ignoring a disaster at home—when emergency personnel were on the ground immediately—in order to fund Ukraine’s war against Russia’s invasion.
Now, behavioral scientist Caroline Orr Bueno, a specialist in disinformation, noted that the X (Twitter) account that seeded the “Hawaii, not Ukraine” narrative was created just last month and that accounts associated with both Russia and China are amplifying the narrative that Biden has neglected Maui. It seems telling that the same right-wing “independent journalist” who went to East Palestine has flown into Maui to attack Biden’s response, showing up on Trump ally Steve Bannon’s “War Room.”
Indeed, one of Biden’s strongest suits is his foreign policy initiatives, and as Republican presidential candidates have virtually nothing to offer on that front, some Republicans seem to be trying to use the Maui fire as a way to undercut Biden’s foreign policy triumphs. Increasingly, they are turning against aid to Ukraine as they back former president Trump, who boasted on Friday that he was “the apple of [Russian president Vladimir Putin’s] eye. Supporting Ukraine in its battle against Putin’s authoritarianism has been a key aspect of Biden’s attempt to protect democracy at home and around the world, and as the 2024 election approaches, House Republicans, at least, are reluctant to continue funding that effort.
Today the president and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden visited Maui, where after seeing the devastation, President Biden said that “the country grieves with you, stands with you, and we’ll do everything possible to help you recover, rebuild, and respect culture and traditions when the rebuilding takes place.” He promised that we will “rebuild the way the people of Maui want to build.”
Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) said, “We in Hawaii have been through hurricanes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions—but we have never seen such a robust federal response. Thank you."
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www.cnn.com
www.whitehouse.gov
www.hhs.gov
link.sbstck.com
The wildfires that raced across Maui, Hawaii, on Tuesday and Wednesday, August 8 and 9, driven by high winds across land that had been suffering a drought, have fed a familiar political narrative.
That firestorm roared into the 13,000-person town of Lahaina, killing a confirmed 114 people, with more than 1,000 still unaccounted for. It is the deadliest fire in modern U.S. history. While local officials had warned that such a fire was likely, emergency systems were either understaffed or unprepared, or failed for other reasons. Figuring out exactly what happened and why, mourning the dead and injured, and rebuilding, will take years.
President Joe Biden received notice of a brush fire on August 8 as part of his “daily extreme weather memo,” and over the next two days received additional briefings.
“Jill and I send our deepest condolences to the families of those who lost loved ones in the wildfires in Maui, and our prayers are with those who have seen their homes, businesses, and communities destroyed. We are grateful to the brave firefighters and first responders who continue to run toward danger, putting themselves in harm’s way to save lives,” President Biden said in a statement on August 9. He explained that he had ordered all federal assets on the island to help with the response, including the U.S. Coast Guard and the Navy’s 3rd Fleet, as well as the Department of Transportation to coordinate commercial airlines for evacuation.
The next day, August 10, Biden began a speech about the PACT Act in Salt Lake City by saying: “[L]ook, before I begin, I want to say a word about the devastating wildfires that have claimed at least 36 lives in Maui, in Hawaii. [W]e have just approved a major disaster declaration…for Hawaii, which will get aid into the hands of the people… desperately needing help now. [A]nyone who’s lost a loved one, whose home has been damaged or destroyed is going to get help immediately.”
He explained the moves the administration had already made and promised, “I just got off the phone, before I got here, for a long conversation with Governor Josh Green this morning and let him know I’m going to make sure the state has everything it needs from the federal government to recover…. In the meantime, our prayers are with the people of Hawaii, but not just our prayers—every asset we have will be available to them. And we’ve seen—they’ve seen their home, their business destroyed, and some have lost loved ones. And it’s not over yet.”
On that day, August 10, Biden signed a disaster declaration, saying that a major disaster existed in Hawaii, and ordered federal aid to the state to supplement state and local recovery efforts. Federal funding helps with temporary housing and home repairs, some property losses, debris removal, and hazard mitigation.
By August 15, almost 500 federal personnel had been deployed to Maui, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) had provided 50,000 meals, 75,000 liters of water, 5,000 cots, and 10,000 blankets and shelter supplies to six shelters run by the American Red Cross and Maui County for survivors who couldn’t go home. FEMA had also approved Critical Needs Assistance (CNA), which provides a one-time payment of $700 per household to those without housing to replace vital items like medication on an emergency basis.
The Small Business Administration had begun making low-interest federal disaster loans available to Hawaii businesses and nonprofit organizations. The Department of Agriculture approved Hawaii’s request for extra Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra declared a public health emergency retroactive to August 8, which gave Medicare and Medicaid greater flexibility in meeting emergency health needs for beneficiaries, then deployed disaster response personnel to Hawaii.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was on the island clearing roads, stabilizing the electrical grid, and working with the Environmental Protection Agency to remove hazardous waste. The U.S. Forest Service Incident Management Teams and Wildfire Liaisons worked with state officials to put the fires out and prevent flare ups, while the U.S. Fire Administration was working to support local firefighters. The Department of Defense was moving supplies across the state.
On August 17, Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida and Republic of Korea (ROK) president Yoon Suk Yeol arrived for Friday’s historic trilateral summit at Camp David, and Biden fell publicly silent about Maui. Promptly, the right wing insisted that he had done nothing for Hawaii. In fact, public documents suggest Biden was speaking daily with state officials in Hawaii and increasing the federal response there. By August 19 there were more than 1,000 federal personnel on the ground. “We’ve offered whatever support the governor needs,” General Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said.
Whether or not you agree with the level of response the Biden administration has provided to those suffering in the fires, the pattern of using the media to establish a narrative that the administration is ignoring Americans when it clearly is not is almost exactly what happened with the East Palestine, Ohio, railway disaster in February 2023. Then, pro-Russian accounts promptly began to argue that the Biden administration was ignoring a disaster at home—when emergency personnel were on the ground immediately—in order to fund Ukraine’s war against Russia’s invasion.
Now, behavioral scientist Caroline Orr Bueno, a specialist in disinformation, noted that the X (Twitter) account that seeded the “Hawaii, not Ukraine” narrative was created just last month and that accounts associated with both Russia and China are amplifying the narrative that Biden has neglected Maui. It seems telling that the same right-wing “independent journalist” who went to East Palestine has flown into Maui to attack Biden’s response, showing up on Trump ally Steve Bannon’s “War Room.”
Indeed, one of Biden’s strongest suits is his foreign policy initiatives, and as Republican presidential candidates have virtually nothing to offer on that front, some Republicans seem to be trying to use the Maui fire as a way to undercut Biden’s foreign policy triumphs. Increasingly, they are turning against aid to Ukraine as they back former president Trump, who boasted on Friday that he was “the apple of [Russian president Vladimir Putin’s] eye. Supporting Ukraine in its battle against Putin’s authoritarianism has been a key aspect of Biden’s attempt to protect democracy at home and around the world, and as the 2024 election approaches, House Republicans, at least, are reluctant to continue funding that effort.
Today the president and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden visited Maui, where after seeing the devastation, President Biden said that “the country grieves with you, stands with you, and we’ll do everything possible to help you recover, rebuild, and respect culture and traditions when the rebuilding takes place.” He promised that we will “rebuild the way the people of Maui want to build.”
Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) said, “We in Hawaii have been through hurricanes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions—but we have never seen such a robust federal response. Thank you."
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Notes:
'Everything was on fire': The hours that brought Lahaina to ruins
Maps, videos, photos and more show how a paradise town was destroyed
www.cnn.com
President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Approves Hawaii Disaster Declaration | The White House
Today, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. declared that a major disaster exists in the State of Hawaii and ordered Federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by wildfires beginning on August 8, 2023, and continuing. The President’s action makes Federal funding...
HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra Declares Public Health Emergency for Hawaii in Response to Wildfires
Today, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra declared a Public Health Emergency (PHE) for the state of Hawaii
Statement from President Joe Biden on the Wildfires in Hawaii | The White House
Jill and I send our deepest condolences to the families of those who lost loved ones in the wildfires in Maui, and our prayers are with those who have seen their homes, businesses, and communities destroyed. We are grateful to the brave firefighters and first responders who continue to run...
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Just speaking for myself, I was never critical of Ted Cruz going somewhere when there was crisis. Him sitting in Texas or him sitting somewhere on vacation makes no difference.
I was critical of trump for acting like a douchebag. Like usual.
I have heard a ton about the fires in Maui. Haven't seen Biden throwing fire extinguishers at the victims yet though. If he did that then I would definitely be critical
I was critical of trump for acting like a douchebag. Like usual.
I have heard a ton about the fires in Maui. Haven't seen Biden throwing fire extinguishers at the victims yet though. If he did that then I would definitely be critical
SteakNEggs
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Lol no you wouldn't.
Fosto
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Of course people react differently to Biden vs Trump. Trump is an idiotic narcissist who attempted a fascist takeover to stay in power. And people could see it coming, due to the fact he's very open about who he is.
P.S. You can't be a Trump supporter and a good person. Sorry, but it's just the truth.
P.S. You can't be a Trump supporter and a good person. Sorry, but it's just the truth.
If you want more civil engagement, why are you making comments like this...
I'm not a Trump supporter at all, I despise the guy, but this is untrue. There are several very selfless people I know who are Trump supporters. Some out of ignorance, some because of religious influences, or just a way of thinking that I personally think is very flawed.
Fosto
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Religious influences? What religion is that? Trump is certainly no Christian. If your religion makes you support an amoral ******* like Trump, then you're not a good person. Ignorance... Sure. I guess you could be living under a rock, and be unaware of the plethora of sexual assault claims/Lawsuits/Settlements, racism, mocking the disabled, trying to incite an insurrection, calling for violence against your opponents, etc. Or you could just, simply, be a bad person.
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Good call. I was going to say this basically. Good people can be duped, tricked, fooled, and even just plain wrong sometimes. Doesn't mean they aren't good people despite a bad take.
Fosto
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It's been 7 years. Hopefully that bad take will end one day.
SteakNEggs
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Because he has a history of side stepping what Biden does while hating Trump for the same things. It's why he ignores me, I call him out. Things like saying Trump didn't create jobs as a president and that a president doesnt control jobs, the next second he's giving Biden credit for jobs. One second hea saying Trump has nothing to do with stocks, the next he's saying Biden upped his 401k 15%. One second he's saying how much he hates capitalism the next he's loving it. He wouldn't call out Biden because he never has... That's fact...
Calling out blatant hypocrisy is calling out blatant hypocrisy. But by all means show me where fish has ever been critical of Biden. He says nothing bad about Biden and constantly excuses him. You think I'm being hypocritical here and that's fine that doesn't bother me but fish is very very very very prone to calling others cultist. That is just drama and bigotry.
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I'm just trying to help you reach your goal of having more civil discourse here.