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Texas Board of Education Plans to Remove Hillary Clinton From History Curriculum

The Texas State Board of Education voted in a preliminary decision on Friday to remove Hillary Clinton from the public school curriculum.

The Board of Education aims to "streamline" social studies curriculum in all public schools, and Clinton didn’t make the cut, the Dallas Morning News reports.

Several historical and national figures, including Clinton, Helen Keller and Barry Goldwater, have been suggested for deletion with no uproar from teachers and educators. Removing figures from the curriculum does not prevent educators from teaching about them but instead means they are not mandated to do so.

Clinton has been a required subject taught in the state’s public high schools after she became the first woman to win a major political party’s presidential nomination.

High schoolers have been required to learn about Clinton, who was the first woman to win a major political party’s presidential nomination, in history class. Under a section about citizenship, students were assigned to "evaluate the contributions of significant political and social leaders in the United States" including Clinton, Andrew Carnegie, Thurgood Marshall and Sandra Day O’Connor.

Removing Clinton from the required curriculum will save teachers an estimated 30 minutes.

Teachers had expressed concern over the number of historical figures students were required to learn, saying it resulted in rote memorization of dates and names instead of real learning.

To determine if a figure made the cut, a work group consisting of 15 members created a rubic to determine what historical figures would make the cut. They asked a series of questions, such as, "Did the person trigger a watershed change?," "Was the person from an underrepresented group?,"  and "Will their impact stand the test of time?"

Out of 20 possible points, Clinton only scored 5. Estee Lauder, Oprah Winfrey, and Laura Ingalls Wilder all scored higher than Clinton on the rubric.

Individuals associated with the decision say politics did not play a part. "Our task was to simplify. … We tried to make it as objective as possible," said Misty Matthews, a teacher from Round Rock, Texas.

A final vote on the curriculum, which may still be amended, is scheduled for November.

Students are required to learn about current governors, mayors, and presidents, meaning that they will learn about President Donald Trump.

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Twitter Promoted a Muslim Female Genital Mutilation Tweet


Pro-life advertisements on Twitter are censored immediately. But ads for female genital mutilation? Those got approved.

The Dawoodi Bohra Women for Religious Freedom posted a tweet on September 9 promoting khafz, or female circumcision. This tweet was allowed by Twitter Ads to become a sponsored tweet, popping up in people’s feeds randomly. The group, a branch of the Shi’ite Muslim community, promotes female circumcision and claims that it has been “wrongly classified as female genital mutilation [FGM].”

On September 13, the tweets were no longer promoted. Twitter Communications told the Media Research Center in an exclusive statement, “These self-promoted Tweets were found to be violation of our ads policies. We took action and suspended the campaign immediately.”

The promoted tweet included a video of Arwa Sohangpurwala, a Dawoodi Bohra member, saying that, “My daughters have also undergone khafz, and they’re growing up as perfectly as other children of their age. As a mother, I can never do anything to harm them.”

However, the Dawoodi Bohra community has had its members speak about against FGM, launching a petition calling for a ban in India. Irfan A Engineer, vice-president of the Central Board of the Dawoodi Bohra Community, told the Guardian in March 2018, “Khafz isn’t mentioned in any religious text, particularly in the Qur’an. But some devotees blindly follow the syedna while others are too scared to disobey because they fear they will be ostracised.”

Even while the members of the Dawoodi Bohra Women for Religious Freedom denied that female circumcision wasn’t the same as FGM, the World Health Organization classifies it as type 4 FGM. A court case in the United States alleged that up to 100 young women, members of the Dawoodi Bohra, were victims of the practice.  

That’s not the way pro-life organizations are treated. Pro-life group Live Action has had its ads suppressed by Twitter for years, blocking ads with information about Planned Parenthood and ultrasound images as “inflammatory or provocative.” But when it comes to a Muslim group promoting female genital mutilation, Twitter had no problem letting the ad through for a full five days before realizing its mistakes.

Twitter’s official statement made no mention of whether any employees had been disciplined or fired over the incident.

 

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Joe “Cop A Feel” Biden Thinks WE Are The “Dregs Of Society”


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Do you believe in religious liberty, biological science and common sense? Then sorry to break it to you, but former Vice President Joe Biden considers you and those like you to be the “dregs of society.”

He essentially admitted as much during a dinner Saturday hosted by the anti-Christian, anti-white Human Rights Campaign, an LGBT “civil rights advocacy group” known more-so for trotting out excuses for Islamic terrorism than defending the endangered rights of homosexuals such as Brandon Straka, the conservative founder of the #WalkAway movement.

“Despite losing in the courts, and in the court of opinion, forces of intolerance remain determined to undermine and roll back the progress you have made,” Biden said at the dinner, according to the left-wing news purveyor Newsweek. “This time they — not you — have an ally in the White House.”

While it’s true that the Supreme Court legalized gay marriage, it’s also true that religious liberty, biological science and common sense still remain legal as well — or at least for now, though all that could change were Democrats to regain full control of the government.

“They’re a small percentage of the American people, virulent people. Some of them, the dregs of society. And instead of using the full might of the executive branch to secure justice, dignity and safety for all, the president uses the White House as a literal, literal bully pulpit, callously exerting his power over those who have little or none.”

Really, Joe? When I think of bullies, I think of the homosexual mobs that have hounded and harassed Christian business owners like Jack Phillips, Victoria Miller and Edie and David Delorme for remaining committed to their deeply held beliefs.

And when I think of the “dregs of society,” I think of 75-year-old liberal perverts who enjoy groping random women, girls and sometimes even men:

Regardless, the implications of Biden’s words are clear: Anyone who believes in religious liberty, biological science and common sense is among the “dregs of society” who want to “roll back” so-called “progress” in America.

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Mississippi state police, other agencies, ban Nike products following controversial Kaepernick ad

Mississippi’s state public safety agency — which includes the Mississippi State Police — aren’t thrilled with Nike’s latest ad campaign featuring Colin Kaepernick.

In fact, they’re so displeased with the new “Just Do It” ad, the agencies will no longer be allowed to buy Nike-branded gear for their personnel.

What’s the ad, anyway?

Nike chose Kaepernick — former NFL player and activist — in early September as the face of their long-running “Just Do It” campaign.

The tagline on the Kaepernick ad reads, “Believe in something. Even if it means sacrificing everything.”

Since then, Nike has caught the ire of many who have decided to boycott the brand by either outright destroying their gear, or refusing to buy or — in the case of retailers — selling the product at a deep discount and refusing to order more stock.

Louisiana Mayor Ben Zahn even got in on the boycott action by banning the Kenner city park departments from using Nike products.

A Christian college in Missouri has also professed that they will no longer purchase or use Nike-branded clothing or equipment for their school sports functions.

And what’s happening in Mississippi?

In a statement, Commissioner Marshall Fisher said, “As commissioner of the Department of Public Safety, I will not support vendors who do not support law enforcement and our military.”

Fisher wasn’t alone in his sentiments.

Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant said that the commissioner’s decision was the right decision to make, noting that Fisher has every right to sever ties with those who indirectly disrespect law enforcement.

Bryant said that Fisher doesn’t need to do business at all, in fact, with a company “that pays an individual who has slandered our fine men and women in law enforcement.”

Department spokesperson Warren Strain said that the Department of Public Safety had previously purchased Nike-branded items like shoes, shirts, and tactical training uniforms.

Other agencies impacted by Fisher’s decision include the Crime Lab, Medical Examiner’s Office, Office of Homeland Security, Highway Patrol, Bureau of Narcotics, and Bureau of Investigation.

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PragerU: What Is Hezbollah?

Prager University does not shy away from the hot button issue of radical Islamic terror; they are taking on the deadly group Hezbollah. Research Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies Tony Badran explains in "What Is Hezbollah" how Iran has been backing this group for years, allowing them to take over Lebanon and enter the world stage.

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