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Advocating to create a public education system that enhances the child’s experience regardless of religion, cultural background, or sexual orientation.

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Oh Marriott. Fuck you.
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Heroes don’t always wear capes.
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A member of Vets Defending Democracy is SPIT ON during the Oklahoma Dept of Ed press conference on July 21 where State Superintendent @RyanWaltersSupt pushes Christian prayer in public schools. TWITTER DO YOUR THING. Assaulting a veteran is not ok.
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Moms for Liberty is at the Museum of the American Revolution. Philly showed up.
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We have been saying this for MONTHS. Now the rest of the world is, too. MOMS FOR LIBERTY IS A HATE GROUP MOMS FOR LIBERTY IS A HATE GROUP MOMS FOR LIBERTY IS A HATE GROUP MOMS FOR LIBERTY IS A HATE GROUP MOMS FOR LIBERTY IS A HATE GROUP
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And the most savage moment in 2023 goes to Karen Smith, Central Bucks Board President.
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Newly appointed Central Bucks Board President, Karen Smith, swearing in on a stack of banned/challenged books! 🔥🔥🔥
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Attend school board meetings. Attend school board meetings. Attend school board meetings. Attend school board meetings. Attend school board meetings. Attend school board meetings. Attend school board meetings. Attend school board meetings.
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We are actively working to have Moms for Liberty declared a hate group and are starting a database to house the many documented instances where they prove themselves to be such. Please send videos, articles and screenshots to info @defenseofdemocracy .org for our collection.
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Moms for liberty is not welcome on EVENTBRITE.
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There. We said it.
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Can someone tap @Applebees on the shoulder and ask why their Queens location is hosting an anti-government extremist group?
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If any reporter wants to do a story on Moms for Liberty systematically targeting school superintendents on a national scale let us know. We have a spreadsheet that is a real eye opener and all kinds of screen shots. #larryleaven
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Defense of Democracy
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Oh, hi there. Moms for Liberty is a hate group.
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This is good. We now wait for @Applebees corporate to make a public statement, apologizing to their black, brown, non-white, non-Christian, non straight, allies, employees and patrons for this error in judgement. Many thanks to all our followers for helping amplify this issue.
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Can someone tap @Applebees on the shoulder and ask why their Queens location is hosting an anti-government extremist group?
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Defense of Democracy
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Every person who steps forward to speak out against Moms for Liberty, Awake Illinois, or any other of the multitude of astroturf *hate groups* popping up like weeds in every state in our country - is a hero. 🧵
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Defense of Democracy
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How awful do you have to be for LeVar Burton to call you out
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If we started up a subgroup called “Librarians Defending Democracy” - where individuals with a library studies background could help fight book banners, do you know any librarians who might join?
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Moms for Liberty private discord chat leaked and turned into a website. #colorado #whoaremomsforliberty
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We knew it was coming - beware the rebrand.
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@bootsndiamonds Look at those crowds. There is no question - extremists are where they should be. At the bottom.
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@LanceUSA70 can you help out please
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Keep an eye on these groups.
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Moms for Liberty are Proud Boys with pedicures.
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Love it when moms for liberty members are ashamed to admit they are moms for liberty members. #summerville #SouthCarolina
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Defense of Democracy
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We have spoken to this amazing woman several times. In this video you can hear the fear in her voice. As well as the reserve. This is not a weight that any of us have planned to carry. It is not fair. Less fair is the world we would leave our children if we stood down.
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Why adults would deliberately inflict this level of pain on a young person will never make sense to me.
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Well the artist had a few choice words for @momsforliberty
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Our Director of Operations is cooler than your Director of Operations.
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Defense of Democracy
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The request for content to prove M4L is a hate group started a tsunami. While we are grateful for the response, reading through everything has left us shaken. Our volunteers will be taking a few days off to spend time with family. Hug your babies. Project love. We got this.
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Let’s normalize reacting when someone casually says teachers and librarians can’t be trusted. And by “reacting” we mean “losing our actual sh*t”
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Things moms of gay kids have to worry about: Saving for college Getting them to walk their dog Homework avoidance Things moms of gay kids should never have to worry about: Protecting them from OTHER MOMS
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Our Vets Defending Democracy chair stands beside @MomsDemand at Lobby Day in Albany, NY. Thank you Diana!
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Happy Easter. Moms for Liberty is a hate group.
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“Moms for Liberty, the powerhouse that wreaked such havoc on our communities and schools, is becoming undone by their own hubris.” DOFD CEO Karen Svoboda.
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It’s ABOUT CONTROL.
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We credit this “good trouble” to @integrity4kids - attorney and Defense of Democracy executive board member. Complaint to have #momsforliberty ’s tax status REVOKED could take some time. *join us to defend democracy as we wait for justice to be served*
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M4L Kent County and Frederick County MD chapters are no longer on the M4L website.
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“I am APPALLED by all the GAY PEOPLE here tonight.” Florida school board meeting. @LanceRYPU @LarryLeaven @dofd_vets @dofd_PA @DofDNewYork @_dofdmd
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@StephenKing @StephenKing these are the badasses fighting against censorship, hate, bigotry. Please check out Erica - veteran, truth teller, and representative for #defenseofdemocracy
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And look at THIS. A bunch of middle schoolers in #Seattle sent moms for liberty a care package. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😇 We will use a portion of donations raised to send these kids some tshirts, books, stickers and whatever else we can think of.
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Giving Tuesday is coming up. Our organization relies on your support. Text or donate at
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Public schools are for the benefit of our society as a whole, not individual parents. The purpose of education is to ensure voters can tell fact from fiction, fact from opinion and make smart decisions about what’s best for a representative democracy. -Adam Byrn Tritt
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OSDE locked our volunteers out of the building during operating hours with an extension cord
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Last week every single Moms for Liberty candidate who contended for a school board seat in Minnesota, Kansas, North Carolina and Washington state went down in defeat. Of 14 candidates in Iowa, only one prevailed.
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Defense of Democracy
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This is how you know @RyanWaltersSupt is about to get it handed to him. Despite limiting speakers to TEN, and despite followers who get in line at 5am for the meeting - our defense of democracy team showed up at THREE AM with a full on hot breakfast buffet.
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Defense of Democracy
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We have learned that a lot of our “mom” resistance is made up of former punk rock girls (now moms) who are ready to dust off their Doc Martins, touch up their black eyeliner, and confront the establishment.
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Happy Father’s Day. Moms for Liberty is a hate group.
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ANNOUNCEMENT! Defense of Democracy is proud to welcome into our ranks “Students Protecting Education”, an organization developed by high school students from Erie County, NY.
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Honestly one of the best written articles we have seen. Thank you @GrimKim and all the free and fair press who are critical to our democracy. “Making fascists feel unsafe is as much a Philly specialty as a cheesesteak…and it felt awfully nice to indulge.”
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"We are a very queer, a very trans, a very Black, and a very anti-fascist city. Moms for Liberty fucked around, and they found out what it looks like when you cross us and threaten our neighbors." Philly's own @GrimKim everyone 😎
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There is no such thing as a STRAIGHT child either. Stop assuming kids are anything until THEY tell YOU who they are when the time is right for THEM.
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One thing we have learned during this journey: there are some badass librarians out there.
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Pumpkin spice lattes are out. And moms for liberty is a hate group.
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Who is in downtown Philly??? Check out our truck parked outside @AmRevMuseum in solidarity with employees protesting the museum's hosting Moms for Liberty on June 29th!
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It’s not the media blaming you, #Chaya . EVERYONE is blaming you.
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Chaya Raichik painted herself as a victim. “The media is blaming me for a nonbinary student being k*lled at school because 2 years ago I happened to post a tiktok from a teacher in that school,” Raichik posted. (Raichik also misgendered Nex in the post.)
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University of Buffalo protest against the attendance of transphobic extremist Michael Knowles. Hate speech is NOT free speech.
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What did he just say? Watch the guys face on the right. #randyfine
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Holy absolute f$&@ sh@$balls what in the Ray Bradbury is happening NOW???
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Stay with us for details about what’s happening in Oklahoma. @RyanWaltersSupt has locked the doors DURING BUSINESS HOURS and posted all kinds of notices to keep parents from defending their children and speaking out.
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OSDE locked our volunteers out of the building during operating hours with an extension cord
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Holy shit.
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Chaya Raichik, the notorious founder and creator of the extremist anti-LGBTQ+ social media account Libs of TikTok has been added to the Southern Poverty Law Center’s listing for hate and extremists individuals, groups and organizations.
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Gaslight much?
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1-3 But here’s the problem… We know EXACTLY who you are. #whoaremomsforliberty If you are ashamed to wear a tshirt with a logo on it associated with a hateful, anti-American club…good. You should be.
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Our friend @IamGMJohnson , author of “all boys aren’t blue” just found out that Moms for Liberty lied about them on national tv. Thanks to our volunteer @integrity4kids for bringing this to their attention. If you see good trouble, thank a #defenseofdemocracy volunteer.
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Moms for Liberty got a real New York welcome.
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Raise your hand if you don't give a sh*t how many genders there are.
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Florida, where Moms for Liberty first began, is now a cautionary tale. The education system is in crisis, they can’t hold onto their educators, and under their control, children are suffering.
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Once more, a newly elected school board fires an exemplary superintendent *while she is out of the country caring for a sick relative*. Shame on them, and kudos to the brave parents who stood up in the face of this irresponsible, negligent action. #superintendentsos #larryleaven
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y'all stay tuned, shit went down in #oklahoma this morning when @RyanWaltersSupt tried to limit speakers to TEN. We showed up at THREE AM, got the first ten spots and SCHOOLED him (after a hearty breakfast). @DofD_OKLAHOMA
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CONGRATULATIONS to our families and friends in #Louisiana ! Lauren Jewett, @ElectLJewett , is running for Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. She has just signed #thepledge to protect our public schools, community and country!
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Thank you. Our kids thank you. Our families thank you. Also, read the room next time. Scholastic should be an organization dedicated to promoting reading to young kids, not to showing them how to separate and categorize ‘the other’.
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“Tonight (somehow) I will be standing in front of my school board, explaining why this word does NOT apply to a group of teenagers who handed out pride flags at their school winter carnival.” - DofD volunteer
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Surprise, surprise.
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BREAKING! State Senator Nikil Saval asks Marriott: why are you hosting a hate conference?
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Listen to this parent/veteran address #oklahoma rep @RyanWaltersSupt in regard to his aggressive attack on #ok public schools.
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