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From: S. maltophilia	5/8/2025 3:35:18 PM
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Nothing Terrifies Texas Leaders Like Kids Learning Slavery Was Bad Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton targets Austin schools in his latest CRT show trial. t looks like Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has dusted off his CRT-sensing goggles and set his sights on Austin ISD — a district he claims is sneakily indoctrinating children with Pulitzer-Prize-winning history lessons. On Monday, Paxton’s office announced it wants to haul in Austin ISD’s superintendent and school board for depositions, all part of an investigation into whether the district is stealth-teaching that bogeyman of Texas politics: critical race theory (side note: CRT? C’mon, Ken, whining about that was so four years ago). Paxton’s evidence? Allegations of ties to the New York Times’ The 1619 Project, a body of work that dares to suggest America’s history might involve some uncomfortable truths about slavery and race. “It’s outrageous that Austin ISD officials think they can ignore state law to put woke indoctrination in Texas classrooms,” Paxton harrumphed in a release. (Also, not to pull my “I grew up in Texas” card, but unlike Paxton, I did. And even in Wichita Falls, my football coach history teachers taught us that slavery was bad, even worse than failing to establish the run.) Anyway, apparently that’s illegal now. You might remember that Gov. Greg Abbott.... thebarbedwire.com

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