Requiring the Ten Commandments in classrooms is un-American

The Ten Commandments fight continues.

Families — not politicians — get to decide how kids engage with religion.

Requiring the permanent display of the Ten Commandments in every classroom pressures students to observe and adopt state-endorsed religious teachings. This violates fundamental American values. Religion is deeply personal, and how children are introduced to faith should be left to families and faith communities. 

Mandating a Protestant version of the Ten Commandments on every public school classroom wall crosses a line and it puts the government and school teachers in the role of religious instructors. Americans United, the ACLU, the Freedom From Religion Foundation, and ACLU state affiliates are challenging similar laws in Louisiana, Arkansas, and now Texas. And the brave families we represent are speaking out against these harmful displays.

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https://www.au.org/TenC/

 

Trump administration accused of ‘bullying’ union leader at consumer protection agency

Workers have viewed the relocation and return-to-office mandates at the agency as a means to force resignations, after an appeals court blocked attempted mass firings at the agency by the Trump administration in June 2026. 

“An investigation with no stated scope or scale is no investigation – it’s a fishing expedition,” Wheeler said. “I have nothing to hide, and when the facts are examined this will be seen for what it is: bullying and intimidation for union activity and protected speech.”…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/13/consumer-financial-protection-trump-administration 

 

Bullying kids is never okay. #bully #kids #doctor

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/m9rHGt4e_Gs

 

Trump, Bondi statements fuel legal case against Minnesota surge - POLITICO

A judge hearing a lawsuit seeking to halt the ongoing surge of thousands of federal immigration agents in the Twin Cities repeatedly cited Trump's and Bondi's statements Monday as evidence that the massive "Operation Metro Surge" in the Twin Cities isn't aimed solely at enforcing immigration laws. Rather, their comments appear to suggest it is intended to strongarm Minnesota officials into complying with administration policy demands...

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/26/minnesota-operation-metro-surge-case-00746755 

 

Trump’s bullying of Brazil is backfiring - The Washington Post

"We cannot have President Trump forgetting that he was elected to govern the U.S. … not to be emperor of the world," Lula told CNN's Christiane Amanpour in an interview late last week. He has appeared at rallies sporting a distinct blue cap with similar font to Trump's MAGA paraphernalia, emblazoned in Portuguese with the slogan "Brazil belongs to the Brazilians."…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/07/20/trump-brazil-bolsonaro-lula-bullying-tariff/

Iran rejects Trump’s ‘bullying’ on nuclear talks, as threats ratchet up - The Washington Post

President Donald Trump sent a letter to Tehran proposing negotiations on curtailing its nuclear program or threatening military action. But he hasn't waited to target Iranian-allied Houthi rebels...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/03/16/iran-trump-nuclear-program-houthi/

Tim Miller on the Power of Speaking Out Against Tyranny

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/YeqUA4eVMQc

🚨Trump Just WOKE UP And Made A STUNNING ADMISSION

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tu7ix4u8qhE

 

Elon Musk's threat to primary GOP detractors over Trump's Cabinet picks raise concern

" We already know Musk thinks of himself as the master of the universe. This week, he solidified his title as the world's richest man by becoming the first person to reach $400 billion in net worth, according to a new estimate from Bloomberg News. This week, Tesla shares closed at a record high, soaring 69% since Trump's election victory. Musk is using that wealth and his close relationship with Trump to wield the power of the presidency and intimidate and bully members of the U.S. Senate..."

https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/trump-elon-musk-primary-republican-ethics-rcna184139

Court must rule whether Florida’s anti-trans law is the work of ‘political bullies’

A federal judge struck down the law in June, finding after a lengthy trial that Florida lawmakers acted with animosity towards a minority group instead of considering science. … 

"Transgender opponents are of course free to hold their beliefs. But they are not free to discriminate against transgender individuals just for being transgender," Judge Robert Hinkle said in a forthright 105-page ruling. 

The appeals court in August put a stay on Hinkle's ruling pending its own deliberations, setting up what are expected to be lively oral arguments early next year as lawyers for the state attempt to defend one of the most extreme pieces of DeSantis's culture war agenda. 

"The evidence showed just so plainly that animosity towards transgender people [has been] driving these laws, from a number of truly extraordinary statements from the governor, the boards of medicine, from state legislators openly expressing their disapproval of transgender people, and some calling transgender people demons, imps, mutants,"…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/08/florida-trans-healthcare-ruling-desantis

Officer charged with killing Sonya Massey had history of ‘bullying’

Sean P Grayson worked for six law enforcement agencies in four years, with allegations of abuse of power and lying…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/27/sonya-massey-killing-officer-history

Librarians Are Not Groomers (w/Heath Umbreit) (Conspirituality podcast #201)

When Moms For Liberty attacks libraries with demands to ban books about MLK Jr and age-appropriate sex education, and claims that librarians are grooming their children into the trans agenda, they’re enacting the worst forms of neo-fascist bullying. But they’re also paradoxically defending a troubled American legacy against a librarian culture attempting to course-correct towards greater inclusion.

To discuss this problem, Matthew talks to Heath Umbreit, a reference librarian who works at a public library in the northeastern U.S. Mis- and disinformation has been a professional and personal interest of theirs for several years; Heath's study of the phenomenon focuses on a critical examination of popular narratives about disinformation, the concept of epistemic supremacy, and the ways in which information and disinformation intersect with systemic power differentials in American society.
Interview: 

https://www.podbean.com/ew/dir-tf9q2-1e29cd61

Wil Wheaton’s response to a little girl on how to deal with being called a nerd

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04WJEEb33CY

Racist bullying shook a small US town. Then came the bomb threats

The debate that consumed the town for two years and culminated in threats of violence illustrates how a Republican strategy to mischaracterize discussions of race and gender as political indoctrination can prevent schools from protecting students from documented acts of racism and bullying…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/04/wisconsin-us-race-culture-war-gender-schools

Cape Cod Town of Sandwich Fumes Over Black Student Ras Russell’s Fight With Alleged Racist Bully

"Sandwich continues to prioritize the learning needs of bullies over victims, and repeatedly refuses to see its own complicity in the ongoing harassment and bullying of minority identity children and families," Tompkins-Hughes wrote...

https://www.thedailybeast.com/cape-cod-town-of-sandwich-fumes-over-black-student-ras-russells-fight-with-alleged-racist-bully

‘I was constantly bullied’: being a Black student in one of Indiana’s whitest districts

As the debate about critical race theory rages on, Hallie Watson reflects on the racism that has plagued her school district since she was a child…

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/06/black-student-indiana-white-district-critical-race-theory-crt

The cult of toughness (Vox Conversations podcast)

Sean Illing talks with political commentator and author David French about modern conservatism and masculinity. They discuss the divergence between the Right's view of masculinity and what they fear the Left's view is, how Trump and politicians in his image have changed the conception of manliness within the GOP, and what the continued glorification of these revised ideals will mean for our political future in America.

Interview: 

https://www.podbean.com/ew/dir-my9x8-11bd0212

A steady tide of students are coming forward about racial slurs and bullying - CNN

Some Black students are being told they stink while others are being called monkeys by their White peers. The n-word has been written on the walls of school restrooms as other students are the targets of racist rants on social media...

https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/05/us/racist-bullying-school-incidents/index.html

Xi Jinping warns China won’t be bullied in speech marking 100-year anniversary of CCP

"We will not accept sanctimonious preaching from those who feel they have the right to lecture us," he said. "We have never bullied, oppressed, or subjugated the people of any other country, and we never will."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/01/xi-jinping-warns-china-wont-be-bullied-100-year-anniversary-chinese-communist-party-

The misogynist incel movement is spreading. Should it be classified as a terror threat?

"Incels display very high levels of mental health issues. They display high levels of a history of bullying. This is a movement that is desperately sad," he said.

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/mar/03/incel-movement-terror-threat-canada