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In reply to the discussion: Oklahoma high schools to teach 2020 election conspiracy theories as fact [View all]IcyPeas
(24,056 posts)46. Ryan Walters is pathetic. I'm surprised trump hasn't hired him.
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) Oklahomas top education official said hes teaming with country music singer Lee Greenwood in seeking donations to get $59.99 leather-bound God Bless the USA Bibles into classrooms throughout the state, after a legislative panel rejected his $3 million request to fund the effort.
State Superintendent Ryan Walters said this week that hes partnering with Greenwood to help ensure the Bibles, which have been endorsed by President Donald Trump, get to Oklahoma schools.
State Superintendent Ryan Walters said this week that hes partnering with Greenwood to help ensure the Bibles, which have been endorsed by President Donald Trump, get to Oklahoma schools.
https://apnews.com/article/bible-oklahoma-schools-walters-greenwood-0b3b92e2b273c3ac7fa40ab4c9646a70
Oklahoma superintendent faces blowback for putting Libs of TikTok creator on library panel
Raichiks Libs of TikTok account on X frequently features anti-trans posts and clips of public school teachers aimed at generating right-wing outrage. One of her posts last year showing an edited video critical of a public school librarian in Tulsa led to several consecutive days of bomb threats to schools in the district.
In 2022, medical providers at Childrens National Hospital in Washington became the latest targets of social media campaigns harassing U.S. hospitals after a post to the Libs of TikTok account.
Raichiks Libs of TikTok account on X frequently features anti-trans posts and clips of public school teachers aimed at generating right-wing outrage. One of her posts last year showing an edited video critical of a public school librarian in Tulsa led to several consecutive days of bomb threats to schools in the district.
In 2022, medical providers at Childrens National Hospital in Washington became the latest targets of social media campaigns harassing U.S. hospitals after a post to the Libs of TikTok account.
https://apnews.com/article/oklahoma-education-superintendent-walters-libs-tiktok-raichik-4db2bcb9d8e0582f67329f6879bdf6ba
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Oklahoma high schools to teach 2020 election conspiracy theories as fact [View all]
BumRushDaShow
May 2025
OP
With you on that. I think every Democratic Party -- and D Party supporting organization, group and affiliate should
KPN
May 2025
#20
"Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past." -- Orwell . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
May 2025
#2
There is stupid and then there is Oklahoma stupid which takes it to another level of unAmerican idiocy.
Botany
May 2025
#4
They'll also teach the earth is flat, the moon is made of green cheese, and man lived at the same time as the dinosaurs.
surfered
May 2025
#6
Hmm...Don't RW dumbshits call that kind of teaching "indoctrination"?? And taught by "guberment schools"?
Bengus81
May 2025
#15
Also the State that aviator Wiley Post was from. He had some skeletons in the closet
Bengus81
May 2025
#16
Hopefully there are parents who will remove their kids during that indoctrination
samnsara
May 2025
#17
As soon as they produce text, that is clearly wrong and they're teaching them the wrong things
oldmanlynn
May 2025
#18
Oh boy, that's a doozy! The transformation is apparently complete. We are now officially and unquestionably
KPN
May 2025
#19
Right? It seems you'd have to have PROVEN the "fact" before you could teach it as fact.
Beartracks
May 2025
#31
I used to give extra credit points if a student found an error in their history book.
cbabe
May 2025
#23
That is seriously dangerous to the future of democracy. I suspect this is one reason for dissolving the Education
Martin68
May 2025
#24
So that's Walters' plan for a state that ranks in the bottom 10 in education? "Let's teach bullshit!"
Beartracks
May 2025
#29
So that's Walters' plan for a state that ranks in the bottom 10 in education? "Let's teach bullshit!"
Beartracks
May 2025
#30
WTF! Oklahoma is WAY toward the bottom of the barrel..and they want to make it worse??
chouchou
May 2025
#32