Virginia Governor Wants to Force Teachers to Out Students to Parents

LGBTQ NATION: "I firmly believe that teachers and schools have an obligation to make sure that parents are well informed about what’s happening in their kids’ lives," said Youngkin.

GOP gubernatorial nominee Glenn Youngkin campaign with Sen. Ted CruzPhoto: https://www.facebook.com/GlennYoungkin/photos/288169462963039
A series of moves by Republican governor Glenn Youngkin of Virginia is bringing his policy of “parental rights” for the Commonwealth closer to reality.

In July, Youngkin appointed five new members to the State Board of Education, giving the governor a conservative majority. The Board sets statewide curriculum standards and high school graduation requirements, and establishes state testing and assessment programs.

With the Board’s support assured, Youngkin came out on Tuesday with his most explicit endorsement of a policy transgender rights supporters in Virginia have long feared: informing parents of their kids’ sexual orientation and gender identity without the student’s express permission.

“With regards to informing parents with most important decisions about their children,” Youngkin told WJLA News, “I think everybody knows where I stand: parents matter. Parents should be at the forefront of all of these discussions. And I firmly believe that teachers and schools have an obligation to make sure that parents are well informed about what’s happening in their kids’ lives.” » | Greg Owen | Wednesday, August 10, 2022

Here’s another Republican throwback! One really has to ask oneself one simple question: Is America returning to the Dark Ages? The Republicans sure seem to want to secure such an outcome. – © Mark Alexander

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The Listening Post - Charlottesville, Trump and the Media

When hundreds of far-right protesters gathered in Charlottesville, Virginia last week, it was ostensibly to protect the planned removal of a Confederate monument. They were also out to assert themselves on the public stage, in front of the news cameras.

Given that the Robert E. Lee monument in question harkens back to the era of slavery in the US, a potent message was being sent. They were met with force that didn't come from the police. And when a car ploughed into a crowd of anti-fascist protesters, killing one and injuring many more, the recriminations were swift.

One of the so-called news sites that has been incubating far-right culture - a favourite of white supremacists, The Daily Stormer, was dumped by its online hosts for its toxic take on what happened in Charlottesville.

But that will hardly shake the confidence of the movement, not with the mixed, coded messaging coming out of President Donald Trump's White House.

Some of the president's comments had voices in the white power movement rejoicing.

"The response of Trump to say that 'we're seeing hatred on many sides' is really conspicuous and I think that people on the right are saying 'We got away with it,' says Shuja Haider, editor of Viewpoint Magazine.

Trump waited another 48 hours to condemn racism.

"Everyone heard that silence as an unwillingness to call out white supremacy and Nazism by name," explains Andrew Marantz, contributing editor for The New Yorker. "I think that the neo-Nazis heard it that way. I think that the far left heard it that way. I think Republican senators heard it that way."

Like many politicians, Donald Trump leaves much open to interpretation.

And for all his bluntness, all the hectic, late-night tweeting, Trump is more skilled at using coded messaging - what's known as dog whistling. It all started with his campaign slogan "Make America Great Again", which is seen by some as a rallying cry for a return to a different America, a whiter one.

"Dog whistle politics is just that. An attempt to convey racialised sentiments without using actual racialised language," says Osamudia James, a law professor at the University of Miami.

"One of the reasons these coded dog whistles are so effective is because while they reach the extremists that they're targeted towards, they kind of escape detection by most people," adds Haidar.

The showdown in Charlottesville took many Americans by surprise. But should it have?

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President Donald Trump continues to face outrage over his response to last weekend’s deadly white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, where racism and anti-Semitism were on clear display. We speak with Steven Goldstein, executive director of the Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect, which is calling on Twitter to suspend Trump’s personal account, after branding him an accomplice to domestic terrorism.

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Aug. 16, 2017 - 13:59 - Trump says there was 'no doubt' both sides were to blame for Charlottesville violence

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Fallout from the President's Trump Tower News Conference

Aug. 16, 2017 - 13:59 - Trump says there was 'no doubt' both sides were to blame for Charlottesville violence

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Leading figures in Donald Trump's Republican Party have reacted angrily to his latest comments blaming both sides for the violent clashes in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Saturday. They culminated with a person being killed and many injured when a car hit people opposed to a far-right rally. Many echoed House Speaker Paul Ryan who said: "White supremacy is repulsive.. There can be no moral ambiguity." Mr Trump had condemned white supremacist groups on Monday. But on Tuesday he reverted to his initial reaction.

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Trump: The KKK / Nazi Dream Date

On tonight’s Big Picture, Thom gets an update on the situation in Charlottesville from RT correspondent Natasha Sweatte, and then discusses the story further with investigative journalist Greg Palast. Then, Thom talks to Tim Cavanaugh of Real Clear Investigations and Valerie Ervin of the Working Families Party about Trump’s response to the attack in Charlottesville, and the right-wing bills that would hurt protesters.

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Joy Reid and Politico's Ben Schreckinger join Morning Joe to discuss the president's response to Charlottesville, why the media covers Richard Spencer and why the alt-right feel betrayed by police.

Ta-Nehisi Coates: With a Racist in the White House, the Bloodshed in Charlottesville was Predictable

The nation continues to grapple with the fallout from this weekend’s violence after a Nazi sympathizer drove into a crowd of anti-racist protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia, killing one person and injuring 19. President Donald Trump finally condemned white supremacists on Monday for the bloodshed this weekend, after initially failing to directly blame the group. The move followed mounting pressure and severe backlash from nationwide street protests and corporate CEOs who resigned from Trump’s American Manufacturing Council over his failure to quickly condemn the deadly violence. Meanwhile, a Foreign Policy report revealed that an FBI and Department of Homeland Security bulletin concluded that white supremacist groups were responsible for more homicides "than any other domestic extremist movement." Despite these findings, the Trump administration recently slashed funds to organizations dedicated to fighting right-wing violence. To discuss all these developments, we speak with award-winning acclaimed author Ta-Nehisi Coates in his first major interview since the inauguration of President Donald Trump. He is the author of a forthcoming book, due out in October, "We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy."

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Trump's response to the violence Charlottesville received widespread condemnation except for leaders of the alt-right and white supremacist groups. Our panel reacts to the latest.

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The stain of racism is splattering throughout the Republican Party, says Morning Joe regular and former Ted Cruz campaign spokesman, Rick Tyler.

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The Morning Joe panel discusses the violence at this weekend's white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia as well as President Trump's response and the criticism he faced for his remarks.

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