Rise in extremism in Idaho is hurting young families and children under 5

[TroglocratsRdumb]

The Democrat Party's extremist policies are a threat to children.
The Left is using our education system to indoctrinate children in backwards Left Wing economic policies, hate and racism.
Parents are wise to be opposed to exposing their children to the failed Liberal ideologies.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

The real story is how it came to be that government programs have become so untrustworthy and so suspect that this becomes an issue.

 

[toobfreak]

When is this RW lunacy going to end?

Maybe if you soak your head in a bucket of water, it'll stop.

If I actually thought that would work, I'd give it a go.

You'll never know unless you try.

Speaking of trying, nice try.

I understand almost as much can be accomplished by simply laying down with wet paper towels on the face cutting off the oxygen. It only takes a few moments, Stang, then eventually, all of the rude room noises and terrible memories of all that horrible RW lunacy begins to finally fade away, replaced by a calm blue light and soft buzzing sound, as slowly, your Savior begins to appear before you: an old man in white hair covered in age spots unable to find his mask holding a dandelion.

I understand you'll know he is the real article as he repeatedly says: "C'mon, man!"

When you see that, just start walking into the light.

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

When is this RW lunacy going to end? It's like a bad dream that just won't end. I mean, this is not a battle for the soul of America as its most vocal opponents have described it. It's child care for young children who are not in school yet simply so their parents can go to work, earn a living, and put food on the table at dinner time. How can that possibly be controversial?

---------------------------------------------------

In the months since a Republican house of representatives member first brought the grant for early childhood education to the legislature for a vote, far-right opponents have insisted, despite evidence and assurances proving otherwise, that the grant would be used to “indoctrinate” children five and under, and turn them into social justice activists.

Supporters of the grant include the state’s two Republican senators and its business lobby, but the most vocal opponents have pitched it as a “battle for the soul of America”.

The real battle, however, appears to be against the influence of fringe voices in Idaho politics. Though seemingly an obscure battle, the intensity of the fight in the state and the blood-curdling language used by its opponents reveals much about American politics in the post-Trump era.

It is a place where conspiracy theories run amok and where even some Republican legislators are at a loss how to combat the extremism of many of their supporters, who have concluded that grant money for educating young children represents a dire threat to their way of life.

Mike Satz, executive director of a new effort to combat extremism in Idaho, the Idaho 97 Project, said: “The politics have really started devolving and the extremists have really started taking control of the Republican party in the state, and now the policies are not for the people – conservative or liberal or whatever the ideology is.”

When it comes to the early childhood grant, the people who would be affected by it are watching and waiting to see if the money will be available to improve access to care – a typical family in the state spends 25% of its annual income on care for an infant and a four-year-old.

A vote in the house on whether or not to accept the money is expected any day. The house initially rejected the funds in early March, but the state senate approved an amended version of the bill by one vote earlier this month.

Supporters have flooded local news with opinion pieces clarifying misconceptions about the grant and explaining exactly how the money would be used, but they face a mountain of misinformation coming from some rightwing lawmakers and the libertarian group Idaho Freedom Foundation (IFF).

The Republican representative Charlie Shepherd provided an insight into this last week, when he told the Idaho Press that he approves of the amended version of the bill after voting against it in March.

Shepherd said that his earlier concerns about “indoctrination” had been addressed, but his constituents were not aware of that change. “And if I cannot educate them on what the bill actually does in time. At this point it’s almost political suicide for me to support the bill,” he confessed.


The amended version of the bill includes language that specifies that the appropriated money “shall not be used to dictate curricula for use by local collaboratives”. That was also true before, but the additional language makes it legally binding.

The executive director of one Idaho collaborative which could receive some of the funds, Andrew Mentzer, said the money would be beneficial for expanding childcare capacity and to help existing providers stay afloat in Valley County, a scenic, rural region in the west central part of the state.

“We lost two childcare facilities in the past 15 months in our area and that put about 50 families in a pretty bad position, during a pandemic, with regard to how and when they can go to work,” said Mentzer, executive director of the West Central Mountains Economic Development Council.

“A lot of the families ended up with situations where they had to cut hours or had a parent who couldn’t go to work, and that’s food on the table at the end of the day for the individual families.”

Already, the community is short 400 childcare slots. “Those are 400 kids whose parents can’t go to work,” Mentzer said.

The people stirring the pot
The grant money would be distributed to local collaboratives like Mentzer’s by the not-for-profit Idaho Association for the Education of Young Children (Idaho AEYC). This group is separate from its national affiliate, the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), a professional membership organization for people who work in education and childcare.

Intensity of Idaho childcare battle shows rise in extremism, post-Trump (msn.com)

There are literally thousands if not millions of black children being abused and neglected in our major cities EVERY DAY and you're worried about a handful of white children in rural America.

You people make me sick.

 

[Mac-7]

that the grant would be used to “indoctrinate” children five and under, and turn them into social justice activists.

Need we say more?

 

[Concerned American]

that the grant would be used to “indoctrinate” children five and under, and turn them into social justice activists.

Need we say more?

Nope,

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

When is this lunacy going to end? It's like a bad dream that just won't end. I mean, this is not a battle for the soul of America as its most vocal opponents have described it. It's child care for young children who are not in school yet simple so their parents can go to work, earn a living, and put food on the table at dinner time. How can that possibly be controversial?

---------------------------------------------------

In the months since a Republican house of representatives member first brought the grant for early childhood education to the legislature for a vote, far-right opponents have insisted, despite evidence and assurances proving otherwise, that the grant would be used to “indoctrinate” children five and under, and turn them into social justice activists.

Supporters of the grant include the state’s two Republican senators and its business lobby, but the most vocal opponents have pitched it as a “battle for the soul of America”.

The real battle, however, appears to be against the influence of fringe voices in Idaho politics. Though seemingly an obscure battle, the intensity of the fight in the state and the blood-curdling language used by its opponents reveals much about American politics in the post-Trump era.

It is a place where conspiracy theories run amok and where even some Republican legislators are at a loss how to combat the extremism of many of their supporters, who have concluded that grant money for educating young children represents a dire threat to their way of life.

Mike Satz, executive director of a new effort to combat extremism in Idaho, the Idaho 97 Project, said: “The politics have really started devolving and the extremists have really started taking control of the Republican party in the state, and now the policies are not for the people – conservative or liberal or whatever the ideology is.”

When it comes to the early childhood grant, the people who would be affected by it are watching and waiting to see if the money will be available to improve access to care – a typical family in the state spends 25% of its annual income on care for an infant and a four-year-old.

A vote in the house on whether or not to accept the money is expected any day. The house initially rejected the funds in early March, but the state senate approved an amended version of the bill by one vote earlier this month.

Supporters have flooded local news with opinion pieces clarifying misconceptions about the grant and explaining exactly how the money would be used, but they face a mountain of misinformation coming from some rightwing lawmakers and the libertarian group Idaho Freedom Foundation (IFF).

The Republican representative Charlie Shepherd provided an insight into this last week, when he told the Idaho Press that he approves of the amended version of the bill after voting against it in March.

Shepherd said that his earlier concerns about “indoctrination” had been addressed, but his constituents were not aware of that change. “And if I cannot educate them on what the bill actually does in time. At this point it’s almost political suicide for me to support the bill,” he confessed.


The amended version of the bill includes language that specifies that the appropriated money “shall not be used to dictate curricula for use by local collaboratives”. That was also true before, but the additional language makes it legally binding.

The executive director of one Idaho collaborative which could receive some of the funds, Andrew Mentzer, said the money would be beneficial for expanding childcare capacity and to help existing providers stay afloat in Valley County, a scenic, rural region in the west central part of the state.

“We lost two childcare facilities in the past 15 months in our area and that put about 50 families in a pretty bad position, during a pandemic, with regard to how and when they can go to work,” said Mentzer, executive director of the West Central Mountains Economic Development Council.

“A lot of the families ended up with situations where they had to cut hours or had a parent who couldn’t go to work, and that’s food on the table at the end of the day for the individual families.”

Already, the community is short 400 childcare slots. “Those are 400 kids whose parents can’t go to work,” Mentzer said.

The people stirring the pot
The grant money would be distributed to local collaboratives like Mentzer’s by the not-for-profit Idaho Association for the Education of Young Children (Idaho AEYC). This group is separate from its national affiliate, the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), a professional membership organization for people who work in education and childcare.

Intensity of Idaho childcare battle shows rise in extremism, post-Trump (msn.com)

The rise in liberal extremism hurts everyone. There's nothing logical or beneficial to any of it.

If you had actually bothered to read the article, it's far RW activists who are insisting that this funding would be used to turn young children in to social justice activists when the reality is the most controversial thing this children would likely be taught is how to build legos toys, or how to color within the lines in a coloring book, followed by a snack and a cup of milk and a midday nap followed by a recess period where they could run and play.

If you had bothered to take the time or understand the world, you'd know that childcare is NOT the responsibility of the Government. Ever. Full stop.

This is NOT extremism. Wanting the taxpayer to pay for the childcare of other people's children IS EXTREMISM.

The money was from a $6 million grant passed by the Trump administration, not a long-term commitment. Republican elected representatives support it. It sounds like it's only RW extremists who don't even have any small children who are against it. They're a bunch of RW lunatics who have let their imaginations run wild and are getting some kind of a sick kick out of causing chaos while unnecessarily hurting young parents and young preschool children.

Simple solution: open a child care center!

 

[LordBrownTrout]

The best thing that has happened since the 2019 version of the flu showed up is that millions of parents are moving their children into homeschooling and private schools.

 

[Tommy Tainant]

My kids all went to a local pre school and these concerned Idaho christians have every right to fight this.
The lessons that kids got taught had to be seen to be believed. They were taught communist shit like how to play together.
Sharing was another big socialist programme they ran and also "talking" through problems rather than fighting and throwing things at each other.
It was a nightmare that showed how antifa operatives disguised as middle aged mums can inflict lasting mental trauma on the young.
Having said that it was better than when I started school. Every day we were given a free pint of milk to drink before our afternoon nap. Free !!
Thankfully Mrs Thatcher a true Conservative woman stopped all that commie shit.
We wrote a poem about her

Margaret
Thatcher
Milk
Snatcher​

And now the evil bitch is dead.

 

[LordBrownTrout]

My kids all went to a local pre school and these concerned Idaho christians have every right to fight this.
The lessons that kids got taught had to be seen to be believed. They were taught communist shit like how to play together.
Sharing was another big socialist programme they ran and also "talking" through problems rather than fighting and throwing things at each other.
It was a nightmare that showed how antifa operatives disguised as middle aged mums can inflict lasting mental trauma on the young.
Having said that it was better than when I started school. Every day we were given a free pint of milk to drink before our afternoon nap. Free !!
Thankfully Mrs Thatcher a true Conservative woman stopped all that commie shit.
We wrote a poem about her

Margaret
Thatcher
Milk
Snatcher​

And now the evil bitch is dead.

She was one of England's finest. Much stronger than many of he men who ruled over Britain.

 

[Mustang]

My kids all went to a local pre school and these concerned Idaho christians have every right to fight this.
The lessons that kids got taught had to be seen to be believed. They were taught communist shit like how to play together.
Sharing was another big socialist programme they ran and also "talking" through problems rather than fighting and throwing things at each other.
It was a nightmare that showed how antifa operatives disguised as middle aged mums can inflict lasting mental trauma on the young.
Having said that it was better than when I started school. Every day we were given a free pint of milk to drink before our afternoon nap. Free !!
Thankfully Mrs Thatcher a true Conservative woman stopped all that commie shit.
We wrote a poem about her

Margaret
Thatcher
Milk
Snatcher​

And now the evil bitch is dead.

Play nice. Pure communism!

 

[Concerned American]

The real story is how it came to be that government programs have become so untrustworthy and so suspect that this becomes an issue.

A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have. Gerald R. Ford.

 

[Tommy Tainant]

My kids all went to a local pre school and these concerned Idaho christians have every right to fight this.
The lessons that kids got taught had to be seen to be believed. They were taught communist shit like how to play together.
Sharing was another big socialist programme they ran and also "talking" through problems rather than fighting and throwing things at each other.
It was a nightmare that showed how antifa operatives disguised as middle aged mums can inflict lasting mental trauma on the young.
Having said that it was better than when I started school. Every day we were given a free pint of milk to drink before our afternoon nap. Free !!
Thankfully Mrs Thatcher a true Conservative woman stopped all that commie shit.
We wrote a poem about her

Margaret
Thatcher
Milk
Snatcher​

And now the evil bitch is dead.

She was one of England's finest. Much stronger than many of he men who ruled over Britain.

Yup, she had a keen interest in the kids.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

This is an indication of how far the criminal left has fallen on the trustworthy ladder.

 

[EvilEyeFleegle]

latest:

Advocates scratching their heads as unapproved preschool grant lingers

As lawmakers withdrew from Idaho’s capital city Thursday — at least temporarily — the fate of a much-debated $6 million early education grant remained in question.

www.idahoednews.org

As lawmakers withdrew from Idaho’s capital city Thursday — at least temporarily — the fate of a much-debated $6 million early education grant remained in question, just as it has for over two months.
When the Senate voted late Wednesday night to adjourn for the year, or sine die, the House did not. The chamber recessed indefinitely but remained in session through a maneuver that comes “without precedent” in the state, an Attorney General’s opinion said. If the move stands, the House could call a floor meeting at any time through New Year’s Eve of this year, giving a last long-shot bid to resuscitate the grant some daylight.
But representatives have said their temporary recess without pay is geared at giving legislators another swing in two areas: spending and directing use of federal coronavirus relief money and reacting to Census data that will be released later this year.
Does that mean the grant is dead for the session?
Thursday afternoon, Idaho School Boards Association Government Affairs Director Quinn Perry answered the same way other Statehouse watchers did: “I don’t know.”
The three-year grant would give the state authority to spend $6 million each year on early childhood education. This year’s approval bill, still in limbo, would have covered the first year. But House leadership says the proposal didn’t have the votes to move forward.
The grant was previously shot down in the House, like many education bills this session, at the petitioning of conservatives and the Idaho Freedom Foundation. The Senate narrowly voted to bring back a new version, which had intent language banning the feared social justice teachings and indoctrination that originally toppled the bill.

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

When is this RW lunacy going to end? It's like a bad dream that just won't end. I mean, this is not a battle for the soul of America as its most vocal opponents have described it. It's child care for young children who are not in school yet simply so their parents can go to work, earn a living, and put food on the table at dinner time. How can that possibly be controversial?

---------------------------------------------------

In the months since a Republican house of representatives member first brought the grant for early childhood education to the legislature for a vote, far-right opponents have insisted, despite evidence and assurances proving otherwise, that the grant would be used to “indoctrinate” children five and under, and turn them into social justice activists.

Supporters of the grant include the state’s two Republican senators and its business lobby, but the most vocal opponents have pitched it as a “battle for the soul of America”.

The real battle, however, appears to be against the influence of fringe voices in Idaho politics. Though seemingly an obscure battle, the intensity of the fight in the state and the blood-curdling language used by its opponents reveals much about American politics in the post-Trump era.

It is a place where conspiracy theories run amok and where even some Republican legislators are at a loss how to combat the extremism of many of their supporters, who have concluded that grant money for educating young children represents a dire threat to their way of life.

Mike Satz, executive director of a new effort to combat extremism in Idaho, the Idaho 97 Project, said: “The politics have really started devolving and the extremists have really started taking control of the Republican party in the state, and now the policies are not for the people – conservative or liberal or whatever the ideology is.”

When it comes to the early childhood grant, the people who would be affected by it are watching and waiting to see if the money will be available to improve access to care – a typical family in the state spends 25% of its annual income on care for an infant and a four-year-old.

A vote in the house on whether or not to accept the money is expected any day. The house initially rejected the funds in early March, but the state senate approved an amended version of the bill by one vote earlier this month.

Supporters have flooded local news with opinion pieces clarifying misconceptions about the grant and explaining exactly how the money would be used, but they face a mountain of misinformation coming from some rightwing lawmakers and the libertarian group Idaho Freedom Foundation (IFF).

The Republican representative Charlie Shepherd provided an insight into this last week, when he told the Idaho Press that he approves of the amended version of the bill after voting against it in March.

Shepherd said that his earlier concerns about “indoctrination” had been addressed, but his constituents were not aware of that change. “And if I cannot educate them on what the bill actually does in time. At this point it’s almost political suicide for me to support the bill,” he confessed.


The amended version of the bill includes language that specifies that the appropriated money “shall not be used to dictate curricula for use by local collaboratives”. That was also true before, but the additional language makes it legally binding.

The executive director of one Idaho collaborative which could receive some of the funds, Andrew Mentzer, said the money would be beneficial for expanding childcare capacity and to help existing providers stay afloat in Valley County, a scenic, rural region in the west central part of the state.

“We lost two childcare facilities in the past 15 months in our area and that put about 50 families in a pretty bad position, during a pandemic, with regard to how and when they can go to work,” said Mentzer, executive director of the West Central Mountains Economic Development Council.

“A lot of the families ended up with situations where they had to cut hours or had a parent who couldn’t go to work, and that’s food on the table at the end of the day for the individual families.”

Already, the community is short 400 childcare slots. “Those are 400 kids whose parents can’t go to work,” Mentzer said.

The people stirring the pot
The grant money would be distributed to local collaboratives like Mentzer’s by the not-for-profit Idaho Association for the Education of Young Children (Idaho AEYC). This group is separate from its national affiliate, the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), a professional membership organization for people who work in education and childcare.

Intensity of Idaho childcare battle shows rise in extremism, post-Trump (msn.com)

You're an antirights fascist when will you and your fanatics move to another country to your liking?

Ejected After We Launch

Better yet, let's declare independence from the Blue States' degenerate multicultie New Age sewage. They already are another country, one that is incompatible with the American Way.

 

[BrokeLoser]

When is this RW lunacy going to end? It's like a bad dream that just won't end. I mean, this is not a battle for the soul of America as its most vocal opponents have described it. It's child care for young children who are not in school yet simply so their parents can go to work, earn a living, and put food on the table at dinner time. How can that possibly be controversial?

---------------------------------------------------

In the months since a Republican house of representatives member first brought the grant for early childhood education to the legislature for a vote, far-right opponents have insisted, despite evidence and assurances proving otherwise, that the grant would be used to “indoctrinate” children five and under, and turn them into social justice activists.

Supporters of the grant include the state’s two Republican senators and its business lobby, but the most vocal opponents have pitched it as a “battle for the soul of America”.

The real battle, however, appears to be against the influence of fringe voices in Idaho politics. Though seemingly an obscure battle, the intensity of the fight in the state and the blood-curdling language used by its opponents reveals much about American politics in the post-Trump era.

It is a place where conspiracy theories run amok and where even some Republican legislators are at a loss how to combat the extremism of many of their supporters, who have concluded that grant money for educating young children represents a dire threat to their way of life.

Mike Satz, executive director of a new effort to combat extremism in Idaho, the Idaho 97 Project, said: “The politics have really started devolving and the extremists have really started taking control of the Republican party in the state, and now the policies are not for the people – conservative or liberal or whatever the ideology is.”

When it comes to the early childhood grant, the people who would be affected by it are watching and waiting to see if the money will be available to improve access to care – a typical family in the state spends 25% of its annual income on care for an infant and a four-year-old.

A vote in the house on whether or not to accept the money is expected any day. The house initially rejected the funds in early March, but the state senate approved an amended version of the bill by one vote earlier this month.

Supporters have flooded local news with opinion pieces clarifying misconceptions about the grant and explaining exactly how the money would be used, but they face a mountain of misinformation coming from some rightwing lawmakers and the libertarian group Idaho Freedom Foundation (IFF).

The Republican representative Charlie Shepherd provided an insight into this last week, when he told the Idaho Press that he approves of the amended version of the bill after voting against it in March.

Shepherd said that his earlier concerns about “indoctrination” had been addressed, but his constituents were not aware of that change. “And if I cannot educate them on what the bill actually does in time. At this point it’s almost political suicide for me to support the bill,” he confessed.


The amended version of the bill includes language that specifies that the appropriated money “shall not be used to dictate curricula for use by local collaboratives”. That was also true before, but the additional language makes it legally binding.

The executive director of one Idaho collaborative which could receive some of the funds, Andrew Mentzer, said the money would be beneficial for expanding childcare capacity and to help existing providers stay afloat in Valley County, a scenic, rural region in the west central part of the state.

“We lost two childcare facilities in the past 15 months in our area and that put about 50 families in a pretty bad position, during a pandemic, with regard to how and when they can go to work,” said Mentzer, executive director of the West Central Mountains Economic Development Council.

“A lot of the families ended up with situations where they had to cut hours or had a parent who couldn’t go to work, and that’s food on the table at the end of the day for the individual families.”

Already, the community is short 400 childcare slots. “Those are 400 kids whose parents can’t go to work,” Mentzer said.

The people stirring the pot
The grant money would be distributed to local collaboratives like Mentzer’s by the not-for-profit Idaho Association for the Education of Young Children (Idaho AEYC). This group is separate from its national affiliate, the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), a professional membership organization for people who work in education and childcare.

Intensity of Idaho childcare battle shows rise in extremism, post-Trump (msn.com)

"Rise in extremism in Idaho is hurting young families and children under 5"​

What you're seeing is; good, real, core Americans finally finding their ballsacks and taking a stand...they've become retaliatory against Leftist extremism.
You should probably get used to it.

 

[Bootney Lee Farnsworth]

When is this RW lunacy going to end? It's like a bad dream that just won't end. I mean, this is not a battle for the soul of America as its most vocal opponents have described it. It's child care for young children who are not in school yet simply so their parents can go to work, earn a living, and put food on the table at dinner time. How can that possibly be controversial?

---------------------------------------------------

In the months since a Republican house of representatives member first brought the grant for early childhood education to the legislature for a vote, far-right opponents have insisted, despite evidence and assurances proving otherwise, that the grant would be used to “indoctrinate” children five and under, and turn them into social justice activists.

Supporters of the grant include the state’s two Republican senators and its business lobby, but the most vocal opponents have pitched it as a “battle for the soul of America”.

The real battle, however, appears to be against the influence of fringe voices in Idaho politics. Though seemingly an obscure battle, the intensity of the fight in the state and the blood-curdling language used by its opponents reveals much about American politics in the post-Trump era.

It is a place where conspiracy theories run amok and where even some Republican legislators are at a loss how to combat the extremism of many of their supporters, who have concluded that grant money for educating young children represents a dire threat to their way of life.

Mike Satz, executive director of a new effort to combat extremism in Idaho, the Idaho 97 Project, said: “The politics have really started devolving and the extremists have really started taking control of the Republican party in the state, and now the policies are not for the people – conservative or liberal or whatever the ideology is.”

When it comes to the early childhood grant, the people who would be affected by it are watching and waiting to see if the money will be available to improve access to care – a typical family in the state spends 25% of its annual income on care for an infant and a four-year-old.

A vote in the house on whether or not to accept the money is expected any day. The house initially rejected the funds in early March, but the state senate approved an amended version of the bill by one vote earlier this month.

Supporters have flooded local news with opinion pieces clarifying misconceptions about the grant and explaining exactly how the money would be used, but they face a mountain of misinformation coming from some rightwing lawmakers and the libertarian group Idaho Freedom Foundation (IFF).

The Republican representative Charlie Shepherd provided an insight into this last week, when he told the Idaho Press that he approves of the amended version of the bill after voting against it in March.

Shepherd said that his earlier concerns about “indoctrination” had been addressed, but his constituents were not aware of that change. “And if I cannot educate them on what the bill actually does in time. At this point it’s almost political suicide for me to support the bill,” he confessed.


The amended version of the bill includes language that specifies that the appropriated money “shall not be used to dictate curricula for use by local collaboratives”. That was also true before, but the additional language makes it legally binding.

The executive director of one Idaho collaborative which could receive some of the funds, Andrew Mentzer, said the money would be beneficial for expanding childcare capacity and to help existing providers stay afloat in Valley County, a scenic, rural region in the west central part of the state.

“We lost two childcare facilities in the past 15 months in our area and that put about 50 families in a pretty bad position, during a pandemic, with regard to how and when they can go to work,” said Mentzer, executive director of the West Central Mountains Economic Development Council.

“A lot of the families ended up with situations where they had to cut hours or had a parent who couldn’t go to work, and that’s food on the table at the end of the day for the individual families.”

Already, the community is short 400 childcare slots. “Those are 400 kids whose parents can’t go to work,” Mentzer said.

The people stirring the pot
The grant money would be distributed to local collaboratives like Mentzer’s by the not-for-profit Idaho Association for the Education of Young Children (Idaho AEYC). This group is separate from its national affiliate, the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), a professional membership organization for people who work in education and childcare.

Intensity of Idaho childcare battle shows rise in extremism, post-Trump (msn.com)

 

[Darkwind]

When is this lunacy going to end? It's like a bad dream that just won't end. I mean, this is not a battle for the soul of America as its most vocal opponents have described it. It's child care for young children who are not in school yet simple so their parents can go to work, earn a living, and put food on the table at dinner time. How can that possibly be controversial?

---------------------------------------------------

In the months since a Republican house of representatives member first brought the grant for early childhood education to the legislature for a vote, far-right opponents have insisted, despite evidence and assurances proving otherwise, that the grant would be used to “indoctrinate” children five and under, and turn them into social justice activists.

Supporters of the grant include the state’s two Republican senators and its business lobby, but the most vocal opponents have pitched it as a “battle for the soul of America”.

The real battle, however, appears to be against the influence of fringe voices in Idaho politics. Though seemingly an obscure battle, the intensity of the fight in the state and the blood-curdling language used by its opponents reveals much about American politics in the post-Trump era.

It is a place where conspiracy theories run amok and where even some Republican legislators are at a loss how to combat the extremism of many of their supporters, who have concluded that grant money for educating young children represents a dire threat to their way of life.

Mike Satz, executive director of a new effort to combat extremism in Idaho, the Idaho 97 Project, said: “The politics have really started devolving and the extremists have really started taking control of the Republican party in the state, and now the policies are not for the people – conservative or liberal or whatever the ideology is.”

When it comes to the early childhood grant, the people who would be affected by it are watching and waiting to see if the money will be available to improve access to care – a typical family in the state spends 25% of its annual income on care for an infant and a four-year-old.

A vote in the house on whether or not to accept the money is expected any day. The house initially rejected the funds in early March, but the state senate approved an amended version of the bill by one vote earlier this month.

Supporters have flooded local news with opinion pieces clarifying misconceptions about the grant and explaining exactly how the money would be used, but they face a mountain of misinformation coming from some rightwing lawmakers and the libertarian group Idaho Freedom Foundation (IFF).

The Republican representative Charlie Shepherd provided an insight into this last week, when he told the Idaho Press that he approves of the amended version of the bill after voting against it in March.

Shepherd said that his earlier concerns about “indoctrination” had been addressed, but his constituents were not aware of that change. “And if I cannot educate them on what the bill actually does in time. At this point it’s almost political suicide for me to support the bill,” he confessed.


The amended version of the bill includes language that specifies that the appropriated money “shall not be used to dictate curricula for use by local collaboratives”. That was also true before, but the additional language makes it legally binding.

The executive director of one Idaho collaborative which could receive some of the funds, Andrew Mentzer, said the money would be beneficial for expanding childcare capacity and to help existing providers stay afloat in Valley County, a scenic, rural region in the west central part of the state.

“We lost two childcare facilities in the past 15 months in our area and that put about 50 families in a pretty bad position, during a pandemic, with regard to how and when they can go to work,” said Mentzer, executive director of the West Central Mountains Economic Development Council.

“A lot of the families ended up with situations where they had to cut hours or had a parent who couldn’t go to work, and that’s food on the table at the end of the day for the individual families.”

Already, the community is short 400 childcare slots. “Those are 400 kids whose parents can’t go to work,” Mentzer said.

The people stirring the pot
The grant money would be distributed to local collaboratives like Mentzer’s by the not-for-profit Idaho Association for the Education of Young Children (Idaho AEYC). This group is separate from its national affiliate, the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), a professional membership organization for people who work in education and childcare.

Intensity of Idaho childcare battle shows rise in extremism, post-Trump (msn.com)

The rise in liberal extremism hurts everyone. There's nothing logical or beneficial to any of it.

If you had actually bothered to read the article, it's far RW activists who are insisting that this funding would be used to turn young children in to social justice activists when the reality is the most controversial thing this children would likely be taught is how to build legos toys, or how to color within the lines in a coloring book, followed by a snack and a cup of milk and a midday nap followed by a recess period where they could run and play.

If you had bothered to take the time or understand the world, you'd know that childcare is NOT the responsibility of the Government. Ever. Full stop.

This is NOT extremism. Wanting the taxpayer to pay for the childcare of other people's children IS EXTREMISM.

Kind of like it's not the responsibility of a city or county or a state gov't to provide funding for school buses to get kids to sch

Nothing like that at all.

 

[Blues Man]

When is this RW lunacy going to end? It's like a bad dream that just won't end. I mean, this is not a battle for the soul of America as its most vocal opponents have described it. It's child care for young children who are not in school yet simply so their parents can go to work, earn a living, and put food on the table at dinner time. How can that possibly be controversial?

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In the months since a Republican house of representatives member first brought the grant for early childhood education to the legislature for a vote, far-right opponents have insisted, despite evidence and assurances proving otherwise, that the grant would be used to “indoctrinate” children five and under, and turn them into social justice activists.

Supporters of the grant include the state’s two Republican senators and its business lobby, but the most vocal opponents have pitched it as a “battle for the soul of America”.

The real battle, however, appears to be against the influence of fringe voices in Idaho politics. Though seemingly an obscure battle, the intensity of the fight in the state and the blood-curdling language used by its opponents reveals much about American politics in the post-Trump era.

It is a place where conspiracy theories run amok and where even some Republican legislators are at a loss how to combat the extremism of many of their supporters, who have concluded that grant money for educating young children represents a dire threat to their way of life.

Mike Satz, executive director of a new effort to combat extremism in Idaho, the Idaho 97 Project, said: “The politics have really started devolving and the extremists have really started taking control of the Republican party in the state, and now the policies are not for the people – conservative or liberal or whatever the ideology is.”

When it comes to the early childhood grant, the people who would be affected by it are watching and waiting to see if the money will be available to improve access to care – a typical family in the state spends 25% of its annual income on care for an infant and a four-year-old.

A vote in the house on whether or not to accept the money is expected any day. The house initially rejected the funds in early March, but the state senate approved an amended version of the bill by one vote earlier this month.

Supporters have flooded local news with opinion pieces clarifying misconceptions about the grant and explaining exactly how the money would be used, but they face a mountain of misinformation coming from some rightwing lawmakers and the libertarian group Idaho Freedom Foundation (IFF).

The Republican representative Charlie Shepherd provided an insight into this last week, when he told the Idaho Press that he approves of the amended version of the bill after voting against it in March.

Shepherd said that his earlier concerns about “indoctrination” had been addressed, but his constituents were not aware of that change. “And if I cannot educate them on what the bill actually does in time. At this point it’s almost political suicide for me to support the bill,” he confessed.


The amended version of the bill includes language that specifies that the appropriated money “shall not be used to dictate curricula for use by local collaboratives”. That was also true before, but the additional language makes it legally binding.

The executive director of one Idaho collaborative which could receive some of the funds, Andrew Mentzer, said the money would be beneficial for expanding childcare capacity and to help existing providers stay afloat in Valley County, a scenic, rural region in the west central part of the state.

“We lost two childcare facilities in the past 15 months in our area and that put about 50 families in a pretty bad position, during a pandemic, with regard to how and when they can go to work,” said Mentzer, executive director of the West Central Mountains Economic Development Council.

“A lot of the families ended up with situations where they had to cut hours or had a parent who couldn’t go to work, and that’s food on the table at the end of the day for the individual families.”

Already, the community is short 400 childcare slots. “Those are 400 kids whose parents can’t go to work,” Mentzer said.

The people stirring the pot
The grant money would be distributed to local collaboratives like Mentzer’s by the not-for-profit Idaho Association for the Education of Young Children (Idaho AEYC). This group is separate from its national affiliate, the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), a professional membership organization for people who work in education and childcare.

Intensity of Idaho childcare battle shows rise in extremism, post-Trump (msn.com)

Do you really give a fuck about Idaho