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Michigan Lawmakers Create Anonymous Tip Line For Children
Children in Michigan will soon be able to anonymously report their parents or other adults for “improperly” storing firearms after lawmakers allocated $1 million to pay for the tip line for the 2024-25 school year. “This hotline is nothing more than a page out of the Stasi playbook—encouraging children to spy on their own families,” state Rep. Angela Rigas told The Midwesterner. “This is a dangerous step toward weaponizing children in households for the left, and an outrageous government overreach under the guise of public safety.” Read the article. California Public School Used Fifth Graders To Groom 5 Year Olds A public school in California used fifth graders to groom kindergarteners during a bizarre transgender assignment that included a storybook about a little boy who wears a dress. The district refused to let parents opt their children out of the lesson. First Liberty Institute, one of the nation’s most prominent religious liberty law firms, filed a complaint in federal court on behalf of several parents in the school district. Read more here. High School Officials Ban Parents For Wearing Wristbands Supporting Their Daughters A New Hampshire High School soccer team was playing a team that had a biological male player and parents wore pink “XX” wristbands in support of their daughters, clearly worried about their safety. Tyrannical school officials responded by stopping the game, demanding the parents take off the wristbands, and having police issue “no trespass” orders against the parents. Whatever happened to “Live Free Or Die,” the New Hampshire state motto? Read the story. Mass Immigration Is Destroying This Top Public School District The declining performance of students in affluent Fairfax County, VA, particularly concentrated in six failing high schools, coincides with the rising number of non-English speakers in the district after the board of supervisors passed a sanctuary policy titled “The Public Trust and Confidentiality Policy (Trust Policy)” in January 2021. Read more here. In other news: A Growing Number of Students From the North Going South for College For most of American history, many high-school seniors have aspired to go to college in the Northeast, home to the Ivy League. Southern academic stalwarts, such as Duke, Tulane, Emory and Vanderbilt, have long drawn their share of students from up North, but the recent uptick of students going to the South is fueled by attendance at public universities. Read the article. Bosses are firing Gen Z grads just months after hiring them – here’s what they say needs to change According to a new report, six in 10 employers say they have already sacked some of the Gen Z workers they hired fresh out of college earlier this year. Learn what employers say are the problems and how to fix them here. Don’t let this be you! August 2024
School Ordered To Remove Cross From Mascot Logo The South Caldwell High School Spartans, in Lenoir, NC, are under attack by atheists for a modified “T” in their logo that resembles a Christian cross. The FFRF (Freedom From Religion Foundation) is a Wisconsin-based atheist group that gets easily triggered by the name of Jesus Christ. Or in this case, the Alphabet. Read the article. Oklahoma School Orders Student To Remove American Flag A student at Edmond North High School was ordered to remove an American flag from his pickup truck because it violated school policy. Senior Caleb Horst told television station KOCO, “I’ve been flying it for quite a while. I’ve never really had problems with it before, and it’s our First Amendment, so it’s kind of hard for them to infringe upon our rights.” A number of students at the school said they plan to protest by flying Old Glory on their cars and trucks. Read the article.
Diversity is a False Religion to Destroy America America’s founding documents—the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution—enshrine Western principles of limited government for a free and presumably moral people. In fact, most Founders emphasized that the Constitution would not work without a moral people. Nowhere in these founding documents does the word “diversity” appear, nor do its partner buzzwords “equity,” “inclusion,” etc. In fact, diversity ideology is not only un-American (that is, not part of our basic laws), it’s arguably anti-American. Read the article. Grand Young Party? Republicans have more of a shot at winning the youth vote than in recent decades When former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy spoke at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, he included a unique appeal to young voters – that the GOP is now the party of free-thinkers and counterculture warriors. “Our message to Gen Z is this: You’re going to be the generation that actually saves this country.” Read more here. Supreme Court rules in favor of injunctions blocking Biden’s pro-transgender Title IX Rewrite The Supreme Court on Friday ruled unanimously in support of two federal court injunctions in 10 Republican-led states barring implementation of the Biden administration’s new pro-transgender Title IX rewrite while the issue is hashed out in court. “For female students everywhere from preschool to graduate school – today is a day for celebration,” attorney Sarah Parshall Perry stated. Read more here. What today’s young people need to thrive – tough standards with encouragement: psychology professor A scholar says he has uncovered the trick to bringing out the best in Gen Z and Gen Alpha — compliment them. But not in the traditional sense — it’s more about believing in them, and letting them know it. Read more here. Gen Z Georgian becomes youngest female mayor in state history: 'Take that step forward'
Brooke Huckaby is bucking Gen Z's apparent political apathy trend by stepping up to the plate to become the youngest female mayor ever elected in Georgia history. Now, she's encouraging other young Americans to take part in the political process. Hope For A Generation 18 year-old firebrand, Brilyn Hollyhand, is the founder and Editor in Chief of The Truth Gazette, a conservative news service fighting back against the Fake News Media! Brilyn also serves as the Chairman of the inaugural Youth Advisory Council for the Republican National Committee giving advice to President Trump on how to gain the Gen Z vote in 2024. His first book, One Generation Away: Why Now Is The Time To Restore American Freedom. Watch his latest interview on NewsMax here. Teen Breaks Homeschooling Stereotypes, Reveals How It Strengthened Her Family Bond, Confidence, and Faith Eighteen-year-old Nadine Lauffer has become part of a movement of homeschooling families who are debunking myths surrounding the community. With her weekly podcasts, she’s also been helping teens homeschool fearlessly through high school. Learn more about this amazing young woman here. Today’s Students Are Dangerously Ignorant Of Our Nation’s History And Our Failing Education System Is To Blame In a constitutional republic such as ours, citizens must be informed for the commonwealth to function. As George Washington said in his Farewell Address, “In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.” Far from being enlightened, our students today are seldom even taught the basics. This must change, for the sake of the students and for the future of our nation. Read more here. DOD K-12 schools pushed DEI and activism on children: Report The Department of Defense K-12 school system pushed diversity, equity, and inclusion ideology and encouraged children to become activists, according to a new report.
Free Ice Cream for Reciting the Pledge of Allegiance - The “I Pledge” Project is in 42 states The "I Pledge Project" gives children age 12 and under a free scoop of ice cream at participating businesses as long as they recite the Pledge of Allegiance from memory. "If you are a kid and you love ice cream, then join us at any of the participating ice cream or treat shops listed on this website and recite the Pledge of Allegiance from memory," it says. "We’ll reward your patriotic spirit with a free scoop of ice cream! It’s that simple! Read more here. Young voters are leaning Republican as Dems try to sell themselves as the ‘cool’ thing
Despite the daily diet of Democrats trying to throw everything at young voters to woo them, new polling shows young voters in the US are shrugging off their habit of voting left and actually thinking of voting Republican in November. Read more here. Parents, Not Lax Regulation, To Blame for Tweens’ Excessive Screen Time “Instead of calling on the federal government to regulate tween and teen use of social media, perhaps we should look a little closer to home. A new study suggests parental policies and habits around screens are a significant predictor of problematic use among adolescents.” Read more here. US Surgeon General calls for requiring a warning label on social media platforms “Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas said, "The Surgeon General's diagnosis, paired with @SenBrianSchatz's and my bipartisan legislation, the Kids Off Social Media Act ... offers a strong prescription to mitigate the dangers facing America's youth." The proposed legislation Cruz referenced includes a provision to prohibit social media companies from allowing children younger than 13 to have an account.” Read more here. Biden’s Title IX law hits another road block in 6 new states “OutKick contributor Riley Gains and Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares react to federal judges blocking President Biden's new Title IX rules in 10 states on 'America Reports.'” Watch the video.
Why The Left Hates It When You Point Out We’re ‘A Republic, Not A Democracy’ The U.S. was intended to be a representative, constitutional Republic. ‘Democracy’ is mob rule. “It’s no accident the people who demand you call us a “democracy” also champion the idea that 50.1 percent of the country should be empowered to lord over the economic, religious, cultural, and political decisions of 49.9 percent.” Read more here. NYC School Cell Phone Bans Put Burden on Teachers, Leave Students Confused “Some teachers create their own rules, from zero-tolerance approaches like confiscation to more relaxed policies like allowing phones unless a class devolves into chaos, according to Stephan Menasche, a senior at the 3,400-student school in Queens. . . .The inconsistencies lead to students testing boundaries and giving into the irresistible pull of their phones to watch or create TikToks, text friends, or listen to music.” Read more here. Trans High School Volleyball Player Knocks Out Female Opponent For The Remainder Of The Season
A 17 year-old California high school volleyball player suffered a serious concussion during a game dealt her by a trans-identified male competing alongside women causing the longtime female player to sit out the rest of her senior year. Read the story. Illinois High School Accused Of Concealing Students’ LGBT Club Participation From Parents “Red Bud High School in Illinois referred to its Gay-Straight Alliance club as “Bubbles” and deliberately refrained from inviting parents to virtual meetings related to the club.” Read the story. Seattle Middle Schoolers Send LGBT Propaganda To Moms For Liberty “Moms for Liberty, a parental rights activist group, posted a tweet showing mail it had received from Seattle middle school students urging the organization to “stop bullying and excluding LGBTQ youth and families.” Read the story. China’s New Propaganda Strategy Aims At American Youth “... as Beijing begins to tailor its propaganda tourism for American youth, are we just going to sit idly by? We cannot watch as authoritarian regimes exploit the optimistic expectations of our youth for a better future, manipulate their perception of the world, appease them to human rights violations, and numb them to injustice.” Read the story. Denver Schools Float Idea To Adopt ‘Language Justice’ To Help Non-English Speakers Avoid Learning English A Denver school district has drafted a policy to adopt "language justice" in order to help non-English speaking students to be able to use their native language when learning versus being educated in English. Read the story. Illinois High School Segregating Students By Skin Color “What students need is not racial segregation, more teachers, more tax money, or more afterschool programs. Instead, they need genuine education, starting with phonics to teach reading so they can educate themselves, strong families, and biblical understanding to form good character.” Read the story. Choose Freedom!: Embrace it. Understand it. Defend it. by Bruce Eberle Written expressly for high school and college students, but is a good refresher for all conservatives, Choose Freedom! is an antidote to the woke indoctrination that is pervasive in America’s education system—from grade school to grad school. It not only explains why there is a bright line from the thinking of America’s Founders to today’s conservative movement, but also exposes the rotten, anti-freedom lineage of today’s progressive/liberal movement. With more than 400 endnotes, and endorsements from a broad number of national conservative leaders, Choose Freedom! provides a reliable guidebook for conservatives. Read more here. YAF Brings Hundreds of Energetic Students to First Presidential Debate
“More than 600 Young America’s Foundation students, alumni, friends, and supporters gathered in Milwaukee on Wednesday to attend the first presidential primary debate. YAF was honored to serve as a partner, ensuring that young peoples’ voices were heard and included throughout this important event.” Read more. See pictures. High School Tells Teenager To Remove His U.S. Flags From Truck. He Chooses Homeschooling Instead. “Officials at Staunton River High School in Bedford County, Virginia, warned Christopher Hartless to take his flags down; he claimed they told him the flags were a “distraction.” When he refused, they reportedly took away his parking pass if he continued to fly them. Rather than ride the bus to school, Hartless simply decided to try homeschooling.” Read more here. Schools That Teach The Classics Instead Of Marxism See Exponential Growth “Classical education aims to introduce children to their cultural heritage through seeing and imitating the greatest works in their civilization’s history, from the arts to the sciences. Most conventional public schools actively damage children’s souls with racial and sexual falsehoods, even in states with proactive conservative lawmakers such as Florida, as a recent Claremont Institute report shows.” Learn more here. Supreme Court Asked to Review Top Virginia High School’s Race-Based Admissions Policy “A group of parents and students is asking the Supreme Court to review the admissions policy of a top-rated high school in Virginia that they say engages in illegal racial discrimination against Asian American students.” Read the article. 33% of Generation Z believes using the wrong gender pronoun should be illegal. Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer supports similar legislation that comes with potential jail sentences. “Generation Z’s fetish with restricting or criminalizing speech was also revealed in a 2019 Knight Foundation survey, which found that 41% of students surveyed believe hurtful or offensive speech, often referred to as “hate speech,” should not be protected speech under the First Amendment, with a wide majority of students in another poll calling on the government to punish such speech.” Enlighten yourself on what free speech really means here. Tennessee student suspended for memes has penalty lifted, has policy changed after lawsuit “The First Amendment protects the right of America’s students to express themselves on social media and even criticize or satirize school officials,” Conor Fitzpatrick, [the student’s attorney,] said. “As long as the student’s expression does not substantially disrupt the school day, school administrators have no business acting as a board of censors over students’ private speech.” A must-read article. NEW YAF POLL: Students Rally Behind Presidential Age-Limits, Biden’s Gen Z Appeal Declines, Trump Should Debate “Young America’s Foundation is excited to unveil the results of the 2023 Understanding Students’ Views on Current Issues poll. . . this comprehensive survey offers a deep dive into the thoughts and concerns of the American youth, with participation from more than 1,650 high school and college students.” See results here. “Capitol Police make children’s choir STOP singing national anthem because it might offend someone”
“The Rushingbrook Children’s Choir were told to stop singing the National Anthem in the Capitol because it could be considered a form of protest and presumably offend someone.” Read more and watch the video here. “HS trans-female runner displaces female for state championship spot; protesters booted” “At a California high school track and field qualifier meet on Friday, an 11th grade trans-female runner ended up preventing a biological female finisher from going to the state championships.” Read the article here. “Snapchat’s ‘My AI’ is a Dumpster Fire” “In April, Snapchat’s “My AI” chatbot became available to all Snapchat users, and since then, the app has been rife with privacy breaches and raging partisanship.” Read the article here. “Students Wear Their Political Opinions On Their Sleeves” “U.S. students too young to vote are increasingly wearing their opinions on their sleeves, making their voices heard with political clothing as they contend with an increasingly polarized society.” Read the article here. : “What does Henry’s speech teach us today? Phantom hopes are delusional, immediate action is vital, reliance on God essential, and the protection of liberty is indispensable.” Read more here. Give Me Liberty, Or Give Me Death!
“The Republican Party, forged from of a coalition of political forces to oppose the advance of slavery in the American west, was created in Ripon, Wisconsin, on this day in history, March 20, 1854. The Republican Party grew out of resistance to the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, which overrode the Missouri Compromise and allowed slavery to spread into Western territory by popular sovereignty," writes PBS American Experience in its history of political parties in the United States.” Read more here.
“Florida is the 4th state this year to enshrine universal school choice into law. Red-state governors across the country have passed universal school choice legislation, igniting what experts call a "revolution." Republican governors made significant inroads in pushing universal school choice legislation, which did not exist anywhere in the country a year ago. As of now, six states passed universal school choice, including Utah, Iowa, Arizona, West Virginia, and Arkansas.” Read more here.
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