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School boards group that equated parental activism with ‘domestic terrorism’ owes IRS $20 million

Montana affiliate was “underwhelmed” by evidence National School Boards Association used to justify FBI intervention.

A national education group that implied some parental activism is tantamount to “domestic terrorism” owes nearly $20 million to the IRS, according to tax forms reviewed by Just the News.

Most of that comes from “accrued pension liability,” as disclosed by the National School Boards Association’s 2017 and 2018 Form 990 filings. Unlike those two, the 2019 form — the most recently filed — does not include an itemized list under the federal income taxes subheading for “other liabilities.” 

Its liabilities have exceeded its assets by around two to one in recent years, and up to seven to one in the first half of the 2010s, according to rundowns by ProPublica. 

Just the News couldn’t find any IRS action seeking recovery of that money. The only federal legal action against NSBA in its own jurisdiction was an employee lawsuit alleging racial discrimination, which a judge dismissed about a year ago.

NSBA director of communications Jason Amos noted it’s a tax-exempt nonprofit but didn’t respond when told the liabilities are listed on its own federal tax forms.

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The financial problems exacerbate the revolt NSBA is facing from at least 21 state members after it asked President Biden to use the Patriot Act in response to “the growing number of threats of violence and acts of intimidation” against school board members, citing both physical altercations and heated rhetoric at public meetings.

Its board of directors issued a memo to members Friday saying “we regret and apologize for the letter … there was no justification for some of the language” NSBA used. “[T]he voices of parents … should and must continue to be heard” when it comes to decisions about their children’s education, health, and safety.”

The board said it failed to properly consult members, which caused them “strain and stress,” and promised to launch a “formal review” and announce “specific improvements soon” on consultation and coordination.

Meanwhile, Attorney General Merrick Garland, who promised to get the feds involved in local school disputes following the Sept. 29 NSBA letter, pushed back against claims that he was siccing the FBI on parents at a hearing Thursday.

“The Justice Department supports and defends the First Amendment right of parents to complain as vociferously as they wish about the education of their children, about the curriculum taught in the schools,” Garland told the House Judiciary Committee. 

So far only the Pennsylvania affiliate has publicly quit NSBA, but the Alabama, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana and Ohio affiliates said they were reevaluating membership for myriad reasons, according to their responses to Parents Defending Education, a grassroots organization working to resist political indoctrination in classrooms.

Florida and Louisiana said they didn’t pay membership dues for this school year, which were due in July. And Florida said it would continue to withhold “until further notice.” Alabama’s letter to local members said “at least a dozen states” are trying to make “essential changes” to NSBA governance and policy.

Montana School Boards Association Executive Director Lance Melton told Just the News Friday, hours before NSBA’s reversal, that his group might have withheld dues if the letter had been sent earlier in the year.

“NSBA kind of went against the collective wisdom of its membership” and now must retract and apologize for the letter as “the first step” to reconciliation with its members, he said in a phone interview. “Right now we need unity.”

Melton, Delaware School Boards Association Executive Director John Marinucci and Georgia School Boards Association spokesperson Justin Pauly all told Just the News they weren’t aware of NSBA’s tax problems.

While the most important figure is how much it costs to service that debt, Melton said, “I can’t even fathom” how the national organization owes so much. Clearly “there were warning signs.”

The Rhode Island Association of School Committees (RIASC) is also facing a potential revolt from members for promising to cooperate with Garland to “potentially adversely engage with our constituents.”

The Glocester School Committee unanimously approved a resolution to withhold dues “until further notice.” It also cites RIASC’s endorsement of a political candidate and request to Gov. Dan McKee to impose a school mask mandate.

Other school committees can now consider that resolution. Coventry School Committee chair Katherine Patenaude told Just the News it will be discussed at its Oct. 28 meeting. Bristol Warren Regional School Committee chair Marjorie McBride said she hadn’t seen the resolution.

‘Underwhelmed’

Among state affiliates that responded to Parents Defending Education about their potential involvement in the NSBA letter, only Delaware has confirmed to Just the News that it “[c]urrently” has “NO plans to withdraw” from the national group.

“We also have received NO threats from member districts to withhold their dues to the DSBA,” Marinucci wrote in an email. “The DSBA seeks to remain apolitical in our advocacy and actions.” 

While Montana’s Melton doesn’t think the NSBA was trying to apply the “generic label” of domestic terrorism to all heated criticism at school board meetings, he said the national group can’t be surprised that it metaphorically set a fire by throwing a match in gasoline.

“I was underwhelmed” by NSBA’s examples of supposed criminal activity requiring a federal response, he said. One of them turned out to be a Loudoun County, Virginia father who was arrested at a school board meeting after complaining his daughter was raped in a school bathroom by a gender-fluid boy.

Even if “every one of them were valid and justified the involvement of the FBI, it would not merit being spoken on behalf of 90,000 trustees” of school districts, Melton said.

The NSBA’s claim to Biden that it spoke “[o]n behalf of our state associations” drew rebukes even from members who have suggested no action beyond their disapproving words. A handful responded to Just the News queries on whether they have further deliberated on their membership.

“This is a rapidly evolving matter,” Indiana School Boards Association Executive Director Terry Spradlin wrote in an email Thursday, saying his group was waiting for “a possible retraction” from the NSBA board.

“GSBA is evaluating what is in the best interest of our membership in Georgia,” spokesperson Pauly wrote in an email. “There are many options to consider.”

Kentucky School Boards Association Communications Director Joshua Shoulta said the “situation is still very new and fluid, so KSBA and our board are still assessing.”

Noting the agenda isn’t set for its scheduled board meeting in December, he said, “We continue to have conversations with our members, and we’re closely monitoring what is happening in other states.”

“Like many other state school board associations, we have already expressed our concerns to the NSBA on how the letter was developed and issued,” Texas Association of School Boards Senior Communications Consultant Theresa Gage wrote.

Her group believes “localized threats of violence are best handled by local law enforcement, and that first amendment rights are paramount to strong communities and local governance.”

ADL Warns: Avoid Culturally Insensitive, Gender-conforming Halloween Costumes

The increasingly partisan Anti-Defamation League (ADL) interjected itself into the annual Halloween debate this week when the organization advised parents to avoid Halloween costumes that are culturally insensitive and perpetuate gender norms.

“Halloween is a week away and you and your family might be brainstorming costume ideas,” the ADL tweeted on Sunday. “Check out our resource for reminders about how and why to avoid cultural appropriation, cultural stereotypes, and costumes that perpetuate gender norms.”

According to the ADL, parents should not let their children indulge in their desired costume if it appropriates from any culture, most especially Native American. If the child asks to dress up as Pocahontas, the ADL advised that parents use it as a teaching opportunity to enlighten their child’s mind to the rich cultural heritage of Native Americans.

Before Halloween, be proactive by addressing these issues in advance and use it as an educational opportunity to discuss stereotypes, bias and cultural appropriation. Many children and families don’t realize that their costume choices are potentially hurtful or offensive. For example, a child who may be interested in Native American stories and history wants to dress up as a Native American person. Consider it an opportunity to talk with them about how Native American dress is not a costume.  Instead, it is an essential part of identity, unique to each different tribe with their own customs and ways of dress.

Help children understand that Halloween costumes are only fun or funny when they don’t hurt or make fun of other people or spread stereotypes.

Beyond mere costumes that incorporate sombreros, hachimakis, or dashikis, the ADL also cautioned against costumes that offend people of lower economic status, such as “hobos,” “bums” or “rednecks.”

Of course, none of those offenses compare to the horrific social crime of perpetuating “restrictive social norms around gender and sexual orientation.”

While costumes targeted to boys place heavy emphasis on superheroes and action figures, choices like these convey the message that boys should be scary and gruesome. Many children are attracted to traditional gendered costumes, think girls who love princesses or boys who are obsessed with action heroes. When that is the case, it is best not to reinforce that these are the only appropriate options available. Engage in conversations with young people about gender stereotypes and discuss messages that companies send through marketing and advertising.

Many Halloween costumes perpetuate gender stereotypes and exclude those who don’t conform to traditional gender norms, especially those who are transgender, non-binary or gender non-conforming. Be mindful that you may have students who feel excluded and marginalized by the overly gendered way Halloween costumes are marketed.

Addressing teachers whose gender non-conforming students might feel ashamed in the presence of such gender-specific costumes, the ADL suggested schools tell the students that “there aren’t boy’s and girl’s costumes.”

Controversy over the potential insensitivity of Halloween costumes sparked in 2015 when Yale University’s Intercultural Affairs Council demanded that students be better educated about the harms associated with costumes that appropriate other cultures.

When Erika Christakis, the associate master of Yale University’s Silliman College, defended the students’ rights of self-expression, far-left activists mounted an angry protest, denouncing Christakis for failing to create a “safe space” on campus.

As Breitbart’s Joel Pollak recently noted, the ADL has become increasingly partisan over the past decade, departing from its roots as an organization dedicated to fighting antisemitism.

For instance, earlier this year, current ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt called for the firing of Fox News host Tucker Carlson after Carlson suggested that Democrats were importing vast numbers of illegal immigrants to increase their voting base. (Ironically, Greenblatt had nothing to say about the many antisemitic sins of MSNBC’s Rev. Al Sharpton, on whose show he has often appeared.)

Soaring fuel costs: United CEO warns prices for holiday flights will spike; gas prices hit 7-year high — soar to nearly $8 in California town

The CEO of United Airlines has warned that prices for flights during the busy holiday season will spike. United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby said surging fuel prices are to blame for the upcoming travel prices that are expected to balloon.

“Higher jet fuel prices lead to higher ticket prices,” Kirby told CNBC. “Ultimately, we’ll pass that through.”

Kirby did not speculate on exactly how much airline fares would increase. However, United Airlines anticipates an average price of $2.39 a gallon in the fourth quarter. That’s an increase from a $2.14 a gallon price in the third quarter, and a $2.02 average the airline paid in the fourth quarter of 2019.

But it isn’t only jet fuel that is spiking. Americans are paying more at the pump.

Typically around this time of the year, gasoline prices trend downward — but the opposite is happening. Generally, after the summer travel season, gas prices decrease as fewer people are driving around on vacation, and more people settle back into work and school.

As of Sunday, the national average price of a gallon of regular gas was $3.385 — a 7-year high. Prices are sky-high compared to just a year ago, when gas only cost $2.163 per gallon, according to AAA.

The state that has felt the most pain at the pump is California. The average price for a gallon of regular gasoline in California is a whopping $4.544. However, if you need to fill up your tank in the coastal town of Gorda — in between Los Angeles and San Francisco — you’ll pay a whopping $7.59 for a gallon of regular unleaded, and premium will cost you nearly $8.50 per gallon.

Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis for fuel-savings app GasBuddy, said the rising gas prices is “kind of a two-fold issue.”

“First of all, China is running perilously low on coal to fire up its power plants and, as a result, they’re buying as much coal and natural gas and oil as they can,” De Haan explained.

NACS, the leading global trade association dedicated to advancing convenience and fuel retailing, gave an explanation on the high gas prices.

“In short, as always, it’s about oil prices, which are the dominant factor in the price of a gallon of gasoline,” NACS stated. “On October 20, oil prices were around $85 per barrel. Exactly two months earlier, they were $65 per barrel. There are 42 gallons in a barrel of oil, so every dollar increase in a barrel equates to about 2.4 cents per gallon.”

Those looking for relief from the soaring gas prices shouldn’t turn to President Joe Biden for help because he already admitted that he has no near-term solution.

During the town hall event last week, CNN anchor Anderson Cooper asked Biden when the surging gas prices would start to come back to Earth.

“My guess is you’ll start to see gas prices come down as we get by, and going into the winter, I mean excuse me, into next year in 2022,” Biden responded. “I don’t see anything in the meantime that is going to significantly reduce gas prices.”

You should also prepare for your home heating bill to increase this winter.

The U.S. Energy Information Administration released its Winter Fuels Outlook report earlier this month, which estimated that some Americans could be paying as much as 54% more.

Denmark Reports Highest Infection Rate Since May Despite 75% of Population Being Fully Vaccinated

R number of virus highest since January.

Denmark has reported its highest COVID-19 case load since May, despite the fact that over 75 per cent of the population is fully vaccinated.

A total of 1,349 people in the Scandinavian country tested positive over the last 24 hours, the highest number for four months, while 167 Danes were hospitalized, also the highest amount since May.

The country’s virus reproduction (R number) has also jumped to 2.01, which is the highest level since January.

“As such, these figures are not a disaster, but if they continue to rise in the coming days, then it points in the direction that we must do something,” Roskilde University epidemiologist Viggo Andreasen told TV2.

According to Andreasen, a rise was expected due to the Autumn holidays, but the severity of the climb has caused shock because “more vaccinated people had fallen ill” despite booster shots already being rolled out.

Over 75 per cent of Denmark’s 5.8 million inhabitants have been fully vaccinated.

“Although the vaccines are good, there is something here that indicates that they are not quite as good as we would like,” Andreasen acknowledged.

The spike will once again prompt questions as to the efficacy of the vaccine and the sheer amount of ‘booster shots’ that will be needed, in comparison to the far greater protection offered by natural immunity.

As the Times of Israel summarized, studies showed that natural immunity provided Israelis “longer-lasting Delta defense than vaccines.”

“The variant was 27 times more likely to break through Pfizer protection from January-February and cause symptoms than it was to penetrate natural immunity from the same period,” reported the newspaper.

PayPal Says It Is Not Pursuing Pinterest Acquisition

PayPal Inc. is not pursuing an acquisition of Pinterest Inc. at this time, the payments company said late on Sunday, responding to media reports that it was in talks to buy the digital pinboard site for as much as $45 billion.

PayPal shares rose 6.2 percent to $255.20 in premarket trading on Monday, while those of Pinterest fell about 10 percent to $52.50.

Bloomberg News first reported on the companies’ talks last Wednesday that was later confirmed by Reuters. A source at that time told Reuters that PayPal had offered $70 per share, mostly in stock, for Pinterest.

However, sources had cautioned Reuters that no deal was certain and that the terms could change.

The Pinterest deal would have been the biggest acquisition of a social media company at the reported price, far surpassing Microsoft Corp.’s $26.2 billion purchase of LinkedIn in 2016.

It would have also allowed PayPal to capture more e-commerce growth, as more shoppers increasingly buy items they see on social media, often following “influencers” on platforms such as Instagram, TikTok, and even Pinterest.

PayPal, among the big pandemic winners, has done a few takeover deals this year, including its $2.7 billion acquisition of Japanese buy-now-pay-later firm Paidy.

It also acquired Happy Returns, a company that helps online shoppers return unwanted merchandise, for an undisclosed sum in May to bolster its e-commerce offerings and build on its $4 billion acquisition of online coupon finder Honey Science in 2019.

PayPal did not provide additional details in its statement. Both companies also did not respond to requests for comment.

Pinterest is at a crossroads after co-founder Evan Sharp announced earlier this month he would step down as chief creative officer to join LoveFrom, a firm led by Jony Ive, the designer of many Apple Inc. products.

Facebook employees tried to suppress conservative news outlets, report shows

Facebook’s bias is showing — again.

The tech giant’s employees have consistently pushed to suppress or de-platform right-wing outlets such as Breitbart, despite objections from managers trying to avoid political blowback, a scathing report by the Wall Street Journal revealed.

The internal debates — captured in message-board conversations reviewed by the publication — fuel new concerns that the platform is treating news outlets differently based on political slant.

Of special focus in the report was Breitbart, which employees have targeted to remove from the News Tab function, especially amid protests following George Floyd’s death by Minneapolis police last year.

After a staffer asked about removing Breitbart, a senior researcher responded, “I can also tell you that we saw drops in trust in CNN 2 years ago: would we take the same approach for them too?” he wrote.

By 2020, Facebook had begun keeping track of “strikes” for content deemed false by third-party fact-checkers. Repeat offenders could be suspended from posting. Escalations came more frequently against conservative outlets, according to the report.

​The report is the latest in a series of bombshell revelations from whistleblowers about the social media colossus’ craving for profits over the needs of its users.

According to the initial whistleblower, Frances Haugen, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has faced no accountability over his actions.
According to the initial whistleblower, Frances Haugen, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has faced no accountability over his actions.

Employees were told in recent days to brace for more disclosures.

Nick Clegg, the vice president of global affairs for Facebook, told workers that “we need to steel ourselves for more bad headlines in the coming days, I’m afraid,” in a Saturday memo obtained by Axios.

The new scoops were expected to come Monday from a number of news outlets that were given leaked material by Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen but an embargo on the information​ collapsed Friday and more devastating reporting on the company’s internal workings could be released any time.

The story that broke the embargo on Friday involved a new whistleblower who told the Securities and Exchange Commission that Facebook routinely dismissed concerns about hate speech and the spread of misinformation over fears it would hinder the company’s growth.

According to a new memo, Facebook has let several employees know that there will probably more disclosers coming down the pipe.
According to a new memo, Facebook has let several employees know that there will probably be more disclosers coming down the pipe.

The whistleblower, who testified under oath and whose name has not been released, told the SEC in 2017 that Facebook execs discouraged attempts to fight misinformation and hate speech during the Trump administration because it would hold back the company’s growth — and because they were afraid of the consequences from the president and his allies.

The whistleblower, like Haugen, a member of the social network’s “integrity team,” said Tucker Bounds, a Facebook communications official, dismissed hate speech as a “flash in the pan” and said even though “some legislators will get pissy,” the company is “printing money in the basement.”

A person who worked at Facebook at the time told The Post that the comments from Bounds sound accurate.

According to a new whistleblower, a Facebook communications official dismissed hate speech as a "flash in the pan."
According to a new whistleblower, a Facebook communications official dismissed hate speech as a “flash in the pan.”

“That’s how Tucker talks,” the former employee said. “The Tucker quote, as much as I disagree with it, really does reflect the attitude during 2017.”

Clegg in his memo encouraged employees to stay positive​ amid the news developments​.

“But, above all else, we should keep our heads held high and do the work we came here to do,” he said in the memo, adding that Facebook made significant investments in encouraging the vote and boosting vaccination rates.

The whistleblower told the SEC in 2017 that Facebook execs discouraged attempts to fight misinformation and hate speech during the Trump administration.
The whistleblower told the SEC in 2017 that Facebook execs discouraged attempts to fight misinformation and hate speech during the Trump administration.

“The truth is we’ve invested $13 billion and have over 40,000 people to do one job: keep people safe on Facebook,” he said, according to the Axios report.

The flood of exposés ​that blew the lid off Facebook​’s inner workings​ began ​with a series of ​reports dubbed the “Facebook Files” in the Wall Street Journal based on data supplied by Haugen in early September.

On Oct. 3, Haugen revealed her identity in an interview on CBS News’ “60 Minutes​.​”

“The thing I saw at Facebook over and over again was there were conflicts of interest between what was good for the public and what was good for Facebook,” Haugen said ​on the news program.

“Facebook, over and over again, chose to optimize for its own interests, like making more money,” said Haugen​, 37​.

She left the tech giant in May after her unit that sought to address misinformation on the platform was dismantled, and she copied thousands of pages of internal documents to have as evidence to back up her claims.

Several days after the interview on “60 Minutes,” Haugen told a Senate panel Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has faced no accountability over his actions and that lawmakers should make sure he does.

“There are no similarly powerful companies that are as unilaterally controlled [as Facebook],”  she told the senators. “The buck stops with Mark. There is no one currently holding Mark accountable but himself.”

“As long as Facebook is operating in the dark, it is accountable to no one and it will continue to make choices that go against the common good,” ​she said.

Other material linked by Haugen to media outlets showed that Facebook downplayed or ignored Instagram’s ​caustic effects on teenagers’ mental health despite being aware of the damage through internal research. ​

Haugen also said Facebook exempted popular users from some content moderation rules and failed to crack down on drug cartels and human traffickers. ​

“The documents I have provided to Congress prove that Facebook has repeatedly misled the public,” said Haugen in testimony to the Senate Commerce Committee’s consumer protection subcommittee. “I came forward at great personal risk because I believe we still have time to act.”

DeSantis on Vaccine Mandates: ‘What Biden’s Doing Is Unconstitutional — He Does Not Have the Authority to Do This’

Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) rejected President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate call during an appearance on this week’s broadcast of Fox News Channel’s “Sunday Morning Futures.”

DeSantis called the edict “unconstitutional.”

“Well, fortunately, we have been able to put — fight back very effectively against mandates imposed by, for example, local governments against police, fire,” he said. “Maria, these people we have been hailing as heroes, the nurses we have said have been heroes this whole time. They have been working day in and day out. They never — they couldn’t do their job on Zoom. They had to be there. And they did it. And they did it with honor and integrity. Now you have people that want to kick them out of their job over this shot, which is basically a personal decision. And you’re right. What Biden’s doing is unconstitutional. He does not have the authority to do this.”

“But what it will do on a practical level, in addition to being unconstitutional, in addition, to be — taking away people’s personal choices, is, it will wreak havoc in the economy, because even if a small percentage of these folks end up losing their jobs or voluntarily walking away, you’re going to have huge disruptions in medical, in logistics, in law enforcement,” DeSantis added. “And so, in Florida, our policy is very clear. We’re going to have a special session, and we’re going to say nobody should lose their job based off these injections. It’s a choice you can make. But we want to make sure we’re protecting your jobs and your livelihoods.”

Parents’ Group Sues Mass. School District Over Racial Segregation, Abuse of Students

A national parents’ group filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against a public school district in Massachusetts for allegedly violating the U.S. Constitution by racially segregating students into “affinity groups” and imposing a student speech code.

The lawsuit comes as parents and the education establishment across the United States are battling over critical race theory and the systemic racism that leftists argue plagues the nation.

Almost 70 years ago, Supreme Court precedent established that “public schools cannot segregate students by race, and students do not abandon their First Amendment rights at the schoolhouse gate,” states the legal complaint in Parents Defending Education v. Wellesley Public Schools (WPS), which was filed Oct. 19 in U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

But the school district in this case is “flouting both of these principles,” the complaint continues.

The lead defendant is WPS, the public school district for Wellesley, Massachusetts. It provides K-12 public education services for more than 4,700 students, operating one preschool, seven elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school.

Under the guise of “racial equity,” WPS sponsors and organizes racial “affinity group” meetings that welcome some students but exclude others, “based solely on the races and ethnicities of the students involved.” This racial segregation policy runs afoul of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, the complaint states.

WPS released a five-year “equity strategic plan” in 2020 that committed the school district to “pursue justice for … historically marginalized communities,” “continuously examine systems of privilege and bias,” “work collectively to disrupt and dismantle inequity in all its forms,” and achieve “racial equity.”

To accomplish this, the district announced it would create “affinity spaces for students with shared identity” in order to “nurture and affirm positive racial identity development.” Under what the district called its new “Racial Affinity Group Policy,” racial “affinity groups” and “affinity spaces” were formed.

The policy is inherently exclusionary, the complaint states. According to WPS, a racial affinity group is “an opportunity for people within an identity group to openly share their experiences without the risk of feeling like they will offend someone from another group, and without another group’s voices.”

WPS also punishes student speech it deems “biased,” which includes any student speech it considers “offensive,” has an “impact” on others, “treats another person differently,” or “demonstrates conscious or unconscious bias.” The speech code, according to the legal complaint, violates the First and 14th Amendments, as well as the Massachusetts Students’ Freedom of Expression Law.

“Wellesley Public Schools maintains multiple policies that demonstrate the district’s deep contempt for the constitutional rights of its students,” Parents Defending Education (PDE) President Nicole Neily said in a statement. “Racial and viewpoint discrimination have no place in an American public school, and we are proud to fight on behalf of our members to put a stop to these unconstitutional policies.

“It is appalling that an American public school has consciously implemented a policy to segregate students based on race and ethnicity. Excluding children from activities based on immutable characteristics is not only immoral, but unconstitutional—and must be ended immediately—both in Wellesley and everywhere else this practice exists.”

PDE describes itself on its website as “a national grassroots organization working to reclaim our schools from activists promoting harmful agendas … we are fighting indoctrination in the classroom and for the restoration of a healthy, non-political education for our kids.”

The complaint provides examples of harsh treatment of students thought to hold conservative opinions.

The children of a person identified as Parent C are afraid to speak freely in class. One of those children is said to have been held by a teacher after class because the child mentioned the parent was conservative. The teacher lectured the student about why the parent’s views should change. One of the same parent’s children was reported to have been “physically assaulted in a school hallway by classmates after the assailants discovered that Parent C had voted for Donald Trump in the presidential election.” A guidance counselor is said to have dismissed the child’s concerns because the perpetrators were minority students.

Other students “routinely yell at and berate a fellow student whenever the student expresses conservative beliefs or speaks in support of Republican politicians. The students’ teacher is present while this occurs but does not intervene and appears to agree with the aggressor students,” the complaint states.

Wellesley Public Schools officials couldn’t be reached for comment over the weekend.

COVID For Amish: Herd Immunity Achieved With No Hospitalizations, Isolation, or Vaccines

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Reports from Amish country reveal the notoriously anti-modern community achieved herd immunity without isolating, going to the hospital, or taking the experimental COVID injection.

Investigative reporter Sheryl Attkisson interviewed Mennonites of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, earlier this month to find out how they dealt with the COVID pandemic — and their responses were stunning.

Mennonite Calvin Lapp explained to Attkisson that their traditionalist Christian culture primed them to resist the government’s heavy-handed and largely unscientific public health measures.

“There’s three things the Amish don’t like,” Lapp said. “And that’s government— they won’t get involved in the government, they don’t like the public education system— they won’t send their children to education, and they also don’t like the health system. They rip us off. Those are three things that we feel like we’re fighting against all the time. Well, those three things are all part of what Covid is.”

Instead of adhering to government protocols, the Amish opted to mass-infect themselves with COVID during a religious holiday in May to achieve herd immunity.

“When they take communion, they dump their wine into a cup and they take turns to drink out of that cup,” Lapp explained. “So, you go the whole way down the line, and everybody drinks out of that cup, if one person has coronavirus, the rest of church is going to get coronavirus. The first time they went back to church, everybody got coronavirus.”

It’s a worse thing to quit working than dying,” he continued. “Working is more important than dying. But to shut down and say that we can’t go to church, we can’t get together with family, we can’t see our old people in the hospital, we got to quit working?”

“It’s going completely against everything that we believe. You’re changing our culture completely to try to act like they wanted us to act the last year, and we’re not going to do it,” he added.

Not long after, the Lancaster County Amish community did indeed achieve herd immunity, according to the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

And they did it without masking, social distancing, hospitalization, or taking the COVID jab.

“We’re glad all the English people got their Covid vaccines. That’s great,” Lapp said. “Because now we don’t have to wear a mask, we can do what we want. So good for you. Thank you. We appreciate it. Us? No, we’re not getting vaccines. Of course not. We all got the Covid, so why would you get a vaccine?”

Attkisson reported that “there’s no evidence of any more deaths among the Amish than in places that shut down tight— some claim there were fewer here. That’s without masking, staying at home, or” vaccines.

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