Read the latest news about the struggle to preserve parental rights at all levels of government. Learn what the Santa Clara Moms for Liberty group has been up to, what upcoming events and functions we're having, and how you can help.
Last year the Biden White House worked with the National School Board Association to label parents Domestic Terrorists.
Just last week, the Southern Poverty Law Center labeled the Moms for Liberty organization (an organization full of moms who care about their kids) a Hate Group.
Yes, this is a coordinated effort to silence and suppress the voice of parents and anyone concerned about what's happening in schools. News flash: we are not going to back down. In fact, as parents become aware of what we're looking to address, we will be doing more, not less.
This fight is for the children, for the family, and for the nation. We are just getting started...
Children are a heritage from the LORD, offspring a reward from him.
Did the FBI target irate parents at school board meetings who raised concerns about local education issues? In his testimony last fall, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland vehemently denied that it did. But now in a letter to the Attorney General, Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee say they have further evidence that the FBI did monitor parents who spoke up against local school board policies.
The evidence they say comes from whistleblowers within the FBI who reveal that the FBI, through its Counterterrorism Division, created EDUOFFICIALS "threat tags" to monitor angry parents at school board meetings. The FBI's leads allegedly came from an FBI-created "snitch line" used by opponents of the parents.
Here are two examples of how the FBI followed up on these tips.
The FBI interviewed a mother who belonged to the group Moms for Liberty for reportedly telling a school board "we are coming for you." The mother told investigators she was just warning school officials that they could be replaced in an upcoming election, according to the letter. The complaint from a tipster reportedly said she was a threat because she "is a gun owner" and a member of a "right wing mom's group."
A father was also investigated by the FBI because he reportedly "rails against the government," "believes all conspiracy theories," and "has a lot of guns and threatens to use them," which "fit the profile of an insurrectionist," the letter said. In an interview with authorities, the person complaining about the father reportedly admitted they had "no specific information or observations of "any specific crimes or threats."
Getting federal law enforcement into the business of targeting concerned parents stems from a letter last fall from Viola Garcia, the president of the National School Boards Association (NSBA). Previously reported by CBN News, in her letter Garcia referred to dissenting parents as "domestic terrorists" and asked the Biden Administration to examine whether perceived threats to board members over mask mandates and issues like "critical race theory" required a federal investigation.
The Washington Free Beacon reported that the letter was coordinated with the Biden Administration prior to its release.
"As these acts of malice, violence, and threats against public school officials have increased, the classification of these heinous actions could be the equivalent to a form of domestic terrorism and hate crimes," Garcia's letter reads.
The letter greatly upset other members of the NSBA who were not consulted on it, and who later apologized for it noting that "there was no justification for some of the language included in the letter."
As for Viola Garcia, she was then appointed by the Biden Education Secretary Miguel Cardona to the National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB) just two weeks after her shocking attempt to target parent protesters. According to its website, the NAGB assesses what the nation's students know and can do in subjects such as mathematics, reading, science, and writing.
Just days after Garcia's letter, Attorney General Merrick Garland in a directive memorandum announced the FBI would start looking into what he called "a disturbing spike in harassment, intimidation, and threats of violence against school administrators, board members, teachers, and staff."
Since then, Republicans in Congress have demanded he retract the memo that ordered the FBI to start investigating parent protesters. He has thus far refused to do so while stating that "the Justice Department supports and defends the First Amendment right of parents to complain as vociferously as they wish about the education of their children, about the curriculum taught in the schools," he said. "That is not what the memorandum is about at all, nor does it use the words 'domestic terrorism' or 'Patriot Act.'"
But in the most recent letter from House Republicans, they call on Garland again to rescind his October directive, saying that because of his memo, the Counterterrorism Division, in an FBI-wide email, created the EDUOFFICIALS threat tag and directed that "all FBI personnel apply it to school board related threats."
"We have learned from brave whistleblowers that the FBI has opened investigations with the EDUOFFICIALS threat tag in almost every region of the country and relating to all types of educational settings." The Republican letter goes on to charge that because of the Garland directive, counterterrorism resources are being used "to investigate protected First Amendment activity."
The letter is signed by Congressmen Jim Jordan and Mike Johnson, both ranking members on their committees, and calls on Garland to provide documents long requested but thus far not provided to Congress, and charges that Garland's previous sworn testimony is "now contradicted by whistleblower information."
Parents Speak Out
I always wondered why somebody doesn't do something about that. Then I realized I was somebody.
- Lily Tomlin
Sacred Family
If you share our concern over what has been taking place in our classrooms, please consider joining with us as we fight for families, for children, for education, for truth, and for common sense.
We continue to ask people whether they understand what is now taking place within our school systems. We continue to provide information and resources to help people, especially parents, gain some idea of what's being taught to kids (and why). And yes, we continue to ask people to get involved and help with the lifting.
We fight against children being taught to hate their country, to judge people based on the color of their skin, and to ignore the basic truths of biology. We fight against the sexualization in school of little ones and the destruction of the innocence of youth. Perhaps most importantly, we fight to ensure that the proper teaching of math, reading and writing remain at the forefront of a child's education.
The idea that it is parents who are responsible for raising, educating, and seeing to the well being of their kids, that is sacrosanct.
Join with us in preserving the attributes and ideals of this great nation.
Feel free to forward this newsletter to friends and family. Actually anyone who acknowledges the fundamental right of parents to raise, educate, and protect their children are invited to join with us. We are gathering a group of joyful warriors, folks who understands why (and for whom) we fight.
Wed Jun 28th thru Mon Jul 3rd: Moms for Liberty Summit. Those engaged in the fight for parental rights will be meeting in the birthplace of our nation, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, in what promises to be an amazing time of learning and networking.
Featured speakers include four presidential candidates: Donald Trump, Vivek Ramaswamy, Ron DeSantis, and Nikki Haley.
Location: Downtown Marriott Hotel, 1201 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107
While the U.S. Constitution does not expressly discuss parental rights, the right to protect, raise, and educate your own children has been described as the oldest of our fundamental liberties.
The history and culture of Western civilization embraces a strong tradition of parental rights, and the Supreme Court of these United States has described parental rights as being "established beyond debate as an enduring American tradition." See Wisconsin v. Yoder, 406 US 205, 232 (1972).
Parents need to begin to recognize the rights they hold as parents, and make their voices heard. Only then can we hope to turn things around.
Madison Meetup
Interested in learning more about our Constitution and Declaration of Independence? Want to discuss the principles upon which this precious republic was founded? Well you are in luck!
Moms for Liberty Santa Clara is now hosting monthly "Madison Meetup" gatherings on the last Sunday of each month. Meetings take place from 3 to 4:30pm in meeting room at the Bascom branch of the San Jose Public Library, located at 1000 South Bascom Avenue San Jose.
Open to ages 8 years and up. All attendees will be provided with a pocket constitution. Discussion topics will be emailed to those who are signed up one week in advance of the meeting. Please let us know if you'll be attending.
Make James Madison and the other founding fathers proud!
Please let us know if you'll be attending. We are trying to get a handle on if there's interest in doing this. Thanks!
Think on this...
BUT LET THERE BE NO CHANGE BY USURPATION; FOR THOUGH THIS, IN ONE INSTANCE, MAY BE THE INSTRUMENT OF GOOD, IT IS THE CUSTOMARY WEAPON BY WHICH FREE GOVERNMENTS ARE DESTROYED.
- George Washington
THE INSTABILITY, INJUSTICE, AND CONFUSION INTRODUCED INTO THE PUBLIC COUNCILS, HAVE, IN TRUTH, BEEN THE MORTAL DISEASES UNDER WHICH POPULAR GOVERNMENTS HAVE EVERYWHERE PERISHED; AS THEY CONTINUE TO BE THE FAVORITE AND FRUITFUL TOPICS FROM WHICH THE ADVERSARIES TO LIBERTY DERIVE THEIR MOST SPECIOUS DECLAMATIONS.
- James Madison, Federalist 10
BUT WHEN A LONG TRAIN OF ABUSES AND USURPATIONS, PURSUING INVARIABLY THE SAME OBJECT EVINCES A DESIGN TO REDUCE THEM UNDER ABSOLUTE DESPOTISM, IT IS THEIR RIGHT, IT IS THEIR DUTY, TO THROW OFF SUCH GOVERNMENT, AND TO PROVIDE NEW GUARDS FOR THEIR FUTURE SECURITY.
- Thomas Jefferson, The Declaration of Independence
Moms for Liberty Santa Clara County operates as a 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization.
The organization's primary mission is to organize, educate and empower parents to defend their parental rights at all levels of government.