Liberal and moderate candidates have won seats in high-profile polarizing elections against social conservatives across the U.S.
  • 8bitguy
    1•2 years ago

    “They don’t want to engage in this banning of books or censoring of honest history or undermining who kids are,” Randi Weingarten, the teachers union president told The Associated Press on Wednesday, characterizing the candidates who won as “pro-public school.”

    It’s sad that we’ve gotten to a point where this has to be a fight.

    • snorkbubs
      1•2 years ago

      Is there any reasonable stance a person could hold, where teachers unions would be a “frequent foe”?

      Imagine always knowing better than teachers, doctors, historians, fact checkers, other parents, and virtually any expert or intellectual. I can’t even wrap my head around that level of ego. The mind boggles.

  • @[email protected]English
    1•2 years ago

    The American Federation of Teachers said candidates publicly endorsed by conservative groups such as Moms for Liberty and the 1776 Project lost about 70% of their races nationally in elections this week — a tally those groups dispute.

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    The 1776 Project said 58% of the candidates they endorsed — many of them in conservative areas — won. Moms for Liberty, which works in largely suburban swing districts, said 40% of its endorsed candidates won.

    Wtf kind of jankity-ass reporting is that? Person A says it’s raining, Person B says it’s not. Stick your fucking head out the window, find out the truth, and report that!