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Episode Synopsis
A special early release for Labor Day! Cook your burgers and get your special home projects done while listening to this important, super-sized episode!Jumelle & Bill preview the upcoming Greenwood County Democratic Party Breakfast Meeting on Sat, Sept 9. You can read about it and RSVP here.After 50 years, South Carolina Department of Education will no longer partner with librarian associationThey then reviewed three news items:Rep John McCravy Announces Re-election BidFacebook AnnouncementNazi PropagandaDefining the EnemyUS Senate a "Privileged Nursing Home"?Nikki Haley Calls Senate A 'Privileged Nursing Home' After McConnell Freezes More Salaried Workers to Qualify for Overtime PayMillions of additional salaried workers could get overtime pay under Biden proposalThey then dive into the main topic of Critical Race TheoryThe actual definition of CRT from the NAACP Legal Defense FundSC Critical race theory instruction prohibition - the proposedThe first complaint filed under Tennessee's anti-critical race theory law was over a book teaching about Martin Luther King Jr.Florida mother behind ban on Amanda Gorman poem has Proud Boys linksArkansas Education Department won’t allow credit for AP African American Studies courseTa-Nehisi Coates Crashes School Board Meeting Over Removing His Book From ClassClips of Lexington-Richland School District 5 school board meeting [TikTok]New Florida standards
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