Pennsylvania Lawmakers Wage Yet Another Battle Over Book Banning
Democratic state Rep. Chris Rabb wants to create a system in which a number of steps would have to take place in order to ban a text from a school system or a school library.
Democratic state Rep. Chris Rabb wants to create a system in which a number of steps would have to take place in order to ban a text from a school system or a school library.
While the gubernatorial candidates are miles apart on many issues relevant to Pennsylvania voters, they are perhaps farthest apart on the economic issues that working families are struggling with now more than at any time in the last decade.
First, it was whether or not he actually lived in Pennsylvania, then it was his days as a peddler of “miracle cures.” Now, the credibility of Dr. Oz’s campaign is called into question again after a staged photo op.
The suit alleges the district engages in a number of anti-LGBTQ+ actions, including ordering staff to misgender students, removing LGBTQ+-themed books, banning pride flags, and even disciplining staff who spoke out against these actions.
The Mastriano campaign recently held an event with Jack Posobiec, an internet conspiracy theorist and commentator known for creating and amplifying conspiracy theories such as Pizzagate.
According to a study completed by Brown University and Microsoft AI Health, 14,146 deaths in Pennsylvania could have been prevented had it not been for the politically-motivated lag in demand for vaccines.
Book bans like in the Central York School District and several others across Pennsylvania are just the latest attack on public schools—a way for dark money groups to create division between teachers, administrators, and the community at large.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach claims Dr. Oz has been transformed from a moderate Republican into an “election-denying, genocide-denying caricature of an extremist.”
A bipartisan group of more than 70 school board members from across Pennsylvania has denounced Doug Mastriano’s plan to cut school funding in half, and then funnel much of that to charter schools, cyber-charters, and homeschooling.
Trump-endorsed US House candidate Jim Bognet, who is running against incumbent Matt Cartwright to represent NEPA, once lobbied to defeat a bill designed to make it possible for Americans to sue the Saudi government for their involvement in the 9/11 attacks.