A Florida school district has pulled 176 books from its libraries to comply with the new state education reform law championed by Governor Rhonda Santis. These laws mean that teaching kids about LGBT people has become a lot harder in Florida. Moms for Liberty members warned me to watch out because Antifa, an anti-fascist group, had come to protest their event. Even though the Moms say that what they care about is really educating their children, the protesters definitely see them as a threat.
The Economic Community of West African States may yet try to restore President Mohamed Bazoum militarily. Either way, Niger’s status as a bulwark against jihadism is threatened. America’s Republican hopefuls are courting Moms for Liberty, a pressure group with some outlandish ideas; we meet a few of them (10:51). And the design principles of a good flag (19:33).
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