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In 2022, Parents all over the USA were exposing the sexually graphic books pushed into their local schools. Many were rightly angry with their school districts for ordering the books, and many were angry with the book vendors who turned on their own customers throwing school districts under the bus. Follett, based near Chicago, got a lot of heat over this and proposed use of a process that would keep parents informed of what their kids checked out at school. The ALA quickly put a stop to Follett pursuing parental notification of children’s signed out books. This link is to a 2022 article on the ALA’s Intellectual Freedom blog describing how librarians put a rapid stop, using threats, to a proposed program that would have allowed parental notification of school library books signed out by their children. The proposed parental notification system was something developed by the Follett company (the leading management system for school libraries nationwide). Follett had apparently come up with the strategy to encourage parent involvement in response to complaints about sexually explicit content and new parental rights legislation. Some librarians threatened to cancel their school’s Follett accounts if parents were notified about Children’s book selections. Follett shelved the proposal. If you click in the link below, you will see “Oops” that the page doesn’t exist any longer. These are times when I am SO grateful for the Wayback Machine (archive.org) and how we can prove that the article can still be found. (Screenshots provided below). #ExposeTheALA #DefundTheALA Pornography is not Education! @pamlittletx @BradBuckleyDVM @AngelaPaxtonTX @CreightonForTX @GregAbbott_TX @DanPatrick @AaronKinseyTX @TSLAC @teainfo @AskATranswidow @JaredLPatterson @MattShaheen @txpride1836 oif.ala.org/oif/swift-feed…

@lgiles @occupylibraries @JaredLPatterson Rep Goodwin claimed it is the responsibility of the professional reviews, such as Kirkus, but they volley back and claim it’s the responsibility of the gatekeepers (librarians). I agree with unless publishers provide content warnings. Kirkus, April 2022

@occupylibraries @JaredLPatterson School boards admit they don't read what they purchase. Rep Goodwin admitted multiple times librarians don't read what they expose children to. Who's supposed to read the content to ensure suitability? The taxpayer? Parent? Or the person hired to curate the library?

Rep Goodwin on SB13 "It removes local control." @JaredLPatterson would you like a plate of local with a side of local?

@BYECAHELLOTEXAS This is hilarious and reminds me of when I had to say “masochistic” in a Texas house Ed hearing in reference to content that should not be allowed in school library books (such as Feral Sins 🤮)! I could not get the word out!!! Complete opposite of delicately but … 😂

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@MQSullivan @Burrows4TX It looks like this is a special rule that is in the bottom section and could only have the option to be enacted if the Governor declares a state of emergency from a pandemic.

Uhhhh….. New TxLege House rules includes a MASK MANDATE (p 219). @Burrows4TX is rockin’ like it’s 2021…

Keller ISD is a great example of a school district who voted to PROTECT their students this year! It's unfortunate that policies like these even have to be implemented but they are necessary due to the predatory nature of gender ideology.

@Bentley4Texas Big No!!! This guy is soooooo damaging to Texas values!!!!

This is who Dustin Burrows and his gang walked out of the Republican Caucus to partner with. This is who he empowers to represent Texas. #txlege #NoDemChairs

@Bentley4Texas @aaronh125 This is in the Sharper Image catalog that just came out … along with many kid toys. I’ve always enjoyed this catalogue for tech ideas for KIDS and have given it to mine to find ideas. Sex toys should be in adult view only. Always.

@aaronh125 So far, it's happened in combination with sexual performance. Giving a child a sex toy is grooming, and grooming is always meant to lead to physical sexual abuse. Certain acts of grooming are easy to identify and should be illegal before the actual physical abuse happens.

Would it surprise you to know that it's not illegal in Texas for your 13 year old daughter's soccer coach to give her a sex toy? It should be. We need to do a better job protecting Texas children. #txlege

@occupylibraries @sassy_librarian This is when Martha (the librarian ref in Amanda’s book) told us out loud that there were many books with sexually explicit scenes in school libraries... slj.com/story/from-the…

Here’s a page from Amanda’s book. It’s literally one gr••mer extolling the gr••mlyness of another child gr••mer who collects public money to gr••m children in government schools, Martha Hickson @sassy_librarian. #parenting #moms #dads #tlchat #aasl25

Amanda Jones #ThatLibrarian @abmack33 has just arrived with three crew members at Brooklyn Heights Library @BKLYNlibrary. She will talk about her book and how to better indoctrinate kids in schools without their parents knowing. @NYCCouncil #NYC likely paid for this. #tlchat

@BrendaLWood1970 @txpride1836 @mamaknowsbooks @21stCPedagogy @ZebraStrongMama @voteRachal @William84831241 @jodipicoult @thedaughter17 @Bentley4Texas @MidlandISD @colleenhoover @EllenHopkinsLit @TXFreedomRead @REVWUTRUTH @BradBuckleyDVM @CreightonForTX @occupylibraries @pamlittletx @TXSBOE @GovRonDeSantis @GovAbbott @markrobinsonNC @SenJohnKennedy @BasedMikeLee @SenTedCruz @RepPatFallon @LtGovTX @KenPaxtonTX Can you please keep expanding on this in the same way as your did with trigonometry. It starts with triangles in kinder and builds to trigonometry by high school. Agree. It starts with appropriate / inappropriate touch in kinder and builds to … ??? You fill in the blank.

@txpride1836 @mamaknowsbooks @21stCPedagogy @ZebraStrongMama @voteRachal @William84831241 @jodipicoult @thedaughter17 @Bentley4Texas @MidlandISD @colleenhoover @EllenHopkinsLit @TXFreedomRead @REVWUTRUTH @BradBuckleyDVM @CreightonForTX @TexasRaeOfSun @occupylibraries @pamlittletx @TXSBOE @GovRonDeSantis @GovAbbott @markrobinsonNC @SenJohnKennedy @BasedMikeLee @SenTedCruz @RepPatFallon @LtGovTX @KenPaxtonTX Kinder should be teaching the proper names for body parts and that we don’t share or show these parts to anyone but our parents and our doctor. Never to our friends, or to the public. Also hands off other people unless they consent to it. Learning that families are different 🪡

Based on a records request, we found out that out of the books removed in @MidlandISD for review after NC preacher John Amanchuka spoke at a March board meeting, all have been banned except @halseanderson Shout. Background info⬇️ @TXFreedomRead @TXLA marfapublicradio.org/2024-04-11/aft…

@brianeharrison @TexasScorecard As it references in the article, $6,000 per pupil is the number that is commonly discussed / reported rather than $12,000. What is the reason for that discrepancy in how the per pupil allotment is perceived / discussed?

Full story: #txlege texasscorecard.com/state/state-re… @TexasScorecard

I'm sick of the lies. Parents and taxpayers deserve the truth. Money is not the problem with public education. #txlege #txed

@EllenHopkinsLit @TickleTexts @Bentley4Texas @ZebraStrongMama @MidlandISD @colleenhoover @jodipicoult @TXFreedomRead @REVWUTRUTH @BradBuckleyDVM @CreightonForTX @mamaknowsbooks @txpride1836 @occupylibraries @pamlittletx @TXSBOE I have! I read, and listened to the audiobook, of Tricks. It was available to kids 5th grade and up. Which explicit sex scene should I read and discuss with my 11 year old first? The three way sex scene? The wet descriptive anal sex scene? The priest’s mommy sexual fetishes?

@EllenHopkinsLit @txpride1836 @Bentley4Texas @ZebraStrongMama @FReadomFighters @MidlandISD @colleenhoover @jodipicoult @TXFreedomRead @REVWUTRUTH @BradBuckleyDVM @CreightonForTX @mamaknowsbooks @occupylibraries @pamlittletx @TXSBOE Would you say that to a parent who couldn’t read due to a language barrier or a learning disability? We do not fight this fight for our kids alone. We fight it for those students who are advanced readers, and whose parent’s parent well, but cannot read every page of every book.

@JaredLPatterson goodreads.com/shelf/show/sex…

@JaredLPatterson They also reinstated “Empire of Storms.” GoodReads “popular sexually explicit books” list includes this book alongside the the “Fifty Shades of Grey” series. A teen should not unknowingly pick up a book such as this at their school and be exposed to explicit, detailed sex scenes.

@ShawnieT146 Thank you for choosing your counsel wisely! “Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night.” Psalm 1:1-2

Well said Christin!! “When we see superintendents and board trustees who want to debate the law, rather than comply with it, we have a problem.” 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 @PIPElineSBISD @htxkidsfirst @ZebraStrongMama @occupylibraries @Bentley4Texas

@moffitt_sarah Just ordered this! I hope to have the opportunity to compare / contrast it to this books that was written by educators in our district and highly promoted.

This is 💯. Social emotional learning (SEL) in elementary schools is the most detrimental thing we could be doing.

@usedtobeshelver @Bentley4Texas @KK_squared_ @katyisd Not porn? What do you call this? Harmful to Minors? Does it matter the verbiage? I just call it illegal and gross to give to kids!!!

Great job, @katyisd, for ensuring sexually explicit materials don't end up in your library collections! It would've been nice if vendors had to comply with the law and not sell books to Texas schools that break our laws, but instead, librarians will have to do their due diligence. And, I'm okay with that. txftrp.org/how_to_break_t…

@ZebraStrongMama @Hamilton4TX @mamaknowsbooks @BasedMikeLee @KenPaxtonTX @GovAbbott @glennbeck @RepPatFallon @LtGovTX @tedcruz @JohnCornyn @Hamilton4TX I would love to put you in touch with Keller ISD trustees that adopted a fantastic EFBLOCAL policy to take care of filthy books without the time lag and cost of challenges. This is “legal” even per ALA. Scroll to the bottom of this link ala.org/advocacy/bbook…

@TexasRaeOfSun @Hamilton4TX @mamaknowsbooks @BasedMikeLee @KenPaxtonTX @GovAbbott @glennbeck @RepPatFallon @LtGovTX @tedcruz @JohnCornyn There are a bunch of #FilthyBooks in FBISD, unfortunately. I’ve also found some really bad ones in the middle schools that I went to, and it breaks my heart. I pray that I hear back from @Hamilton4TX, so I can help them protect the kids from sexually explicit content.

@ZebraStrongMama @Hamilton4TX @mamaknowsbooks @BasedMikeLee @KenPaxtonTX @GovAbbott @glennbeck @RepPatFallon @LtGovTX @tedcruz @JohnCornyn You can’t judge a book by its cover … and authors and publishers of sex books intend to keep it that way! Case in point, “Oryx and Crake”. Explicit child pornography. One cover makes it clear it’s a sexual book but the other, that’s often in schools, does not.

@TexasRaeOfSun @Hamilton4TX @mamaknowsbooks @BasedMikeLee @KenPaxtonTX @GovAbbott @glennbeck @RepPatFallon @LtGovTX @tedcruz @JohnCornyn Thanks, Summer. Yes, Sarah Maas recently republished her book series w new covers & now lists them as Fantasy or Sci-Fi/Fantasy instead of Young Adult. It’s like the author of “Foul is Fair” who retitled her book after Moms exposed 181 F-bombs in the book. 🙄