The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas recently recruited the head of the American Federation of Teachers Union and proponent for critical race theory, the 1619 Project, and gender studies, Randi Weingarten, to sit on a new DHS academic council.
The Homeland Security Academic Partnership Council comprises 20 members who will focus on recommending policy changes to DHS regarding “funding opportunities” and “sharing of threat and security related information, including threats of violence, and targeted violence and terrorism prevention.”
The Department of Justice just last year labeled concerned parents who addressed their local school board members as “domestic terrorists.” Shortly after, Attorney General Merrick Garland signed a memorandum asking the FBI to investigate the “disturbing trend,” referring to the worried parents.
Taking the federal government’s response to parental rights into consideration, the creation of the academic council under the purview of the DHS, which is meant to protect and serve American citizens, is distressing. The council will be tasked with making recommendations on “emergency management . . . preparedness measures,” and “safety and security” in schools.
Parents of public school students who struggled with extended school closures during the 2020 pandemic, long-term masking, or online learning are likely familiar with Randi Weingarten. She was the face of advocacy for teachers’ unions that promoted remote learning, even after nerves caused by the virus had calmed.
The activist head of the nation’s second-largest teacher’s union is also primarily responsible for children lacking competency in math, science, and reading. She has also pushed to implement critical race theory and the 1619 Project, which both insist that America is a foundationally racist and white supremacist nation, in schools.
Mike Pompeo, who served as the director of the CIA from 2017 to 2018 and as the 70th United States Secretary of State from 2018 to 2021, even referred to Weingarten as the “most dangerous person in the world.”
Teachers’ unions around the country have grown increasingly bold in their claims to “know better than anyone” what children need, and have made incremental steps to chip away at parental rights for years.
