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Glenn Youngkin Must Veto To Protect the People’s Voice

Checks and Balances, Conquest and Colonization, Evidence-based policy, Kindness and Compassion, Liberty, Moral foundations, Rule of law, Self-governance, Social & Political, Speech and Conscience / By / March 20, 2024

Alexander Hamilton once asked whether human societies “are forever destined to depend for their political constitutions on accident or force,” that is, must humanity never be free from rule by despots? The miracle of the United States’ founding from 1776-1789 provided an answer: “No.” Self-governance is every American’s most precious political treasure. Our founders labored …

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Checks and Balances, Conquest and Colonization, Evidence-based policy, Kindness and Compassion, Liberty, Moral foundations, Rule of law, Self-governance, Social & Political, Speech and Conscience, Uncategorized / By / August 30, 2023

LCPS ANNOUNCES POLICY OF PERSECUTING DISSENTERS FROM ESTABLISHED RELIGION In defiance of the U.S. Constitution’s express prohibition of such by any agent of government, Loudoun County Public Schools have issued a declaration that one religion is now established across the LCPS organization. In accordance with this establishment, any student or staff member who speaks against …

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Unions Make Play for Loudoun Public Schools Dollars

Checks and Balances, Conquest and Colonization, Evidence-based policy, Kindness and Compassion, Liberty, Moral foundations, Rule of law, Self-governance, Social & Political, Speech and Conscience, Uncategorized / By / June 25, 2022

As the battle for Loudoun County rages on, two days ago (January 25, 2022) I sent the following letter to Chairman Jeff Morse and the rest of the Loudoun County Public Schools board.  Dear Jeff and board, I signed up to speak today but now may not make it due to another commitment, so I …

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LCPS Parents Call for Board Resignations and Superintendent Firing

Checks and Balances, Conquest and Colonization, Evidence-based policy, Kindness and Compassion, Liberty, Moral foundations, Rule of law, Self-governance, Social & Political, Speech and Conscience / By / November 10, 2021

On November 9, 2021, several hundred once again gathered in front of the administration building of Loudoun County Public Schools to hear and be heard. I and my visiting parents were among them. “That night [in 2020], you heard from an expert on COVID-protocols and best practices. He told you there was no reason to …

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Smoking Gun in Loudoun County: Ziegler Lied About Sexual Assault in Bathrooms Prior To Vote on Transgender Policy

Checks and Balances, Conquest and Colonization, Evidence-based policy, Kindness and Compassion, Liberty, Moral foundations, Rule of law, Self-governance, Social & Political, Speech and Conscience / By / October 22, 2021

What many Loudoun parents suspected has now been confirmed : LCPS Superintendent Scott Ziegler and the Loudoun County School Board knew about the alleged sexual assault of a young girl in a Stone Bridge High School bathroom weeks before Ziegler announced at the June 22, 2021 LCPS board meeting that there had been no instances …

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Fight For Schools calls on DOJ to Investigate LCPS

Checks and Balances, Conquest and Colonization, Evidence-based policy, Kindness and Compassion, Liberty, Moral foundations, Rule of law, Self-governance, Social & Political, Speech and Conscience, Uncategorized / By / October 16, 2021

ASHBURN, Virginia: In a press conference in front of the Loudoun County Public Schools administration building on October 14, 2021, Ian Prior of the parents’ group Fight For Schools enumerated key known facts, and subsequent reasonable assumptions, about the school board and superintendent of Loudoun County Public Schools. The statement concluded with a list of …

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Loudoun Now mis-formats Brubaker, beautifully typesets Democrat Biberaj

Checks and Balances, Conquest and Colonization, Liberty, Moral foundations, Self-governance, Social & Political, Speech and Conscience, Uncategorized / By / October 6, 2021

On September 29, I sent a nicely formatted and carefully edited letter to the editor of local northern Virginia paper Loudoun Now. My letter included correct spaces and punctuation. It included a bullet list of five points. There were no typos or errors. In thirteen different locations, spaces had been removed, with the effect that …

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More Observations on the Growing LCPS board Debacle

Checks and Balances, Conquest and Colonization, Evidence-based policy, Kindness and Compassion, Liberty, Moral foundations, Rule of law, Self-governance, Social & Political, Speech and Conscience / By / September 30, 2021

It seems quite clear what is going on: Damage control. LCPS has been caught implementing an agenda that is way out of line with what most citizens and parents know to be right.  Today, I sent the following to the Editor of local Loudoun paper Loudoun Now: Dear Editor, We are concerned that the Loudoun …

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Reflections on the 20th anniversary of 9/11

Conquest and Colonization, Islam current events, Quran & Islam, Social & Political, Uncategorized / By / October 16, 2021

Nearly one-twelfth of U.S. history is now post-9/11. A fifth of a century ago … how has it been that long? … nineteen young men with apparently bad upbringings and a Wahhabi/Salafi Muslim vision of Muhammad in their hearts threw a tantrum that hurt an enormous number of people and permanently altered millions of lives. …

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Texas Heartbeat Law goes into effect with Supreme Court approval; Racists Panic

Checks and Balances, Kindness and Compassion, Liberty, Moral foundations, Rule of law, Social & Political, Speech and Conscience, Uncategorized / By / September 12, 2021

© 2021 Daniel A. Brubaker The legacy of Margaret Sanger’s vision for America suffered a minor setback on September 1, 2021, as the new Texas “Heartbeat Law” took effect with the blessing of the United States Supreme Court. The law severely limits the performance of abortions after a fetal heartbeat can be detected. Black or …

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