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Wednesday, May 14, 2025

New academic standards in Oklahoma call for the teaching of "discrepancies" in the 2020 election results, continuing the spread of a false narrative years after it was first pushed by President Trump and his allies.

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The new standards are "the most unapologetically conservative, pro-America social studies standards in the nation," according to State Superintendent Ryan Walters.

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-- Reason Magazine (@reason.com) May 6, 2025 at 9:28 PM

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It says students must "Identify discrepancies in 2020 elections results by looking at graphs and other information, including the sudden halting of ballot-counting in select cities and in key battleground states, the security risks of mail-in balloting, sudden batch dumps, an unforeseen record number of voters, and the unprecedented contradiction of 'bellwether county' trends."

So basically find exactly what we tell you to find and repeat what we tell you to find.

Republicans call this "critical thinking".

#1 | Posted by Derek_Wildstar at 2025-05-14 01:16 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

Ryan Walters is hated by more Okies than was Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols. The guy is completely awful, and couldn't be worse if he molested children during church services. He was elected because of straight ballot voting, which is still allowed (and is the method used by the majority of voters in the Sooner or Later State). In most worlds one could safe say that Walters has no political future, but...this is Okiehomie we're talking about.

Good luck to every student in an Oklahoma school--they guy in charge is putting education back by a generation or more...

#2 | Posted by catdog at 2025-05-14 01:18 PM | Reply

You know, it may be reporting like this which is prompting Trump to try and end federal funding for NPR and PBS.

OCU

#3 | Posted by OCUser at 2025-05-14 01:18 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

they guy in charge is putting education back by a generation or more...

#2 | Posted by catdog at 2025-05-14 01:18 PM | Reply | Flag:
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You may want to rethink putting down other's education.

#4 | Posted by fishpaw at 2025-05-14 01:35 PM | Reply

#3
Care to explain?

#5 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-05-14 01:42 PM | Reply

So basically find exactly what we tell you to find and repeat what we tell you to find.

Republicans call this "critical thinking".

#1 | Posted by Derek_Wildstar

Democrats call it "education".

#6 | Posted by boaz at 2025-05-14 02:00 PM | Reply

#6
Weak try and a fail.

#7 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-05-14 04:23 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

Fish:
Having lived in OKC since 2018, and having volunteered in the schools, I have seen a bit more of the 'education' in Okiehomie than most. Some things to chew on regarding that state:
-public schools are being de-funded by vouchers and tax breaks given so rich folks can cover a portion of their expense to send their children to the state's private schools
-20 years ago, under a democrat in the governor's mansion the state was #17 in educational outcomes. it is now #49.
-the state superintendent of education spent a bunch of dough on Trump Bibles, and got spanked for it. He had wanted to spend much, much more until he was stopped.
-Oklahoma is an exporter of college graduates, for at least two reasons: first, limited opportunity for those with an education, and second, many Texans who cannot get into UT, Rice or SMU and do not want to go to Tech or A&M come to Norman or Stillwater, study, graduate and then return to Texas.
-the state cannot attract jobs that require knowledge workers, because those are not produced by the state's schools. Even modern manufacturers don't come to the Sooner or Later State because modern manufacturing workers need to know readin' and cipherin', and Okie kids don't

Come to Oklahoma and see how limited economic opportunity and poor education go hand in hand. Efforts by Ryan Walters will make that death spiral accelerate...

#8 | Posted by catdog at 2025-05-14 04:40 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 3

I went to a small town high school graduation in Oklahoma a few years back. 2019 maybe?

They had something like 42 graduating seniors. And about 18 valedictorians.

All the valedictorians gave short speeches at the ceremony. Half couldn't string a sentence together and they were literally reading from their own prepared speech on paper.

This is Red State Education.

#9 | Posted by Sycophant at 2025-05-14 05:31 PM | Reply

Republicans canceled black history being taught in schools.

And are now forcing teachers to teach students Biden stole the election in 2020.

Biden failed America by not taking the threat of MAGA seriously.

#10 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-05-14 05:35 PM | Reply

#10: Hi Clownshack: Joe Biden's NATSEC team gets credit for supporting Ukraine while averting a nuclear disaster with Russia. But as you pointed out, history will be unkind to Joe Biden's administration for being ineffective in stopping both Dotard Trumpf, the MAGA cult, and Benjamin Netanyahu. In 2024, Kamala Harris was anointed the POTUS candidate, but she did not do enough to divorce herself from the Democratic Party policy of unqualified support for Israel and the Nakba. In fact, her team ejected a Palestinian physician in Michigan for which she later apologized. Recall that the 2024 DNC Convention presented victims of gun violence in America, but did not present any Arab-American or antiwar speakers: internewscast.com

#11 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-05-14 06:03 PM | Reply

Joe Biden's NATSEC team gets credit for supporting Ukraine while averting a nuclear disaster with Russia.

Russia wasn't going to use nukes. Putin is smarter than that.

Besides.

He bet on Trump winning in 2024, and the DNC was more than happy to oblige him.

As for Israel. Nothing less could be done. AIPAC controls both parties.

Why do you think peaceful protesters are being treated worse than domestic terrorists? Because it's more acceptable to kill a school full of children or attacks the Capitol Building, than it is to protest Israel's actions.

#12 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-05-14 06:19 PM | Reply

"Why waste time learning when ignorance is instantaneous?"

Hobbs

#13 | Posted by SomebodyElse at 2025-05-14 06:25 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

#8 and #9: This is tragic to read about Oklahoma, where two decent, morally-upright, and entertaining Americans came from. One topped Richard's Nixon's enemies list:

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cdn.britannica.com

#14 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-05-14 07:23 PM | Reply

#12: No disagreement.

#15 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-05-14 07:24 PM | Reply

God-DAM, Oklahoma is more of a shizzhole EVERY YEAR

#16 | Posted by e1g1 at 2025-05-14 10:59 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

@#16 ... God-DAM, Oklahoma is more of a shizzhole EVERY YEAR ...

yep.

Now do Voice of America, and ....

Everything Donald Trump touches, dies.

America seems to be next on his list.


#17 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-05-14 11:10 PM | Reply

This is actually a great training exercise for kids. It is an event full of abnormalities and asking the kids to identify the abnormalities and then trying to explain them not only teaches statistical analysis - but also teaches them critical thinking. They could also assign them to research the 2002 WCF Game 6 of the Kings vs. Lakers. With Game 6, we now have a fuller picture such as the referee later indicted for sports betting. The could also analyze the NBA draft lottery and the probability of the winner given the unique set up of the lottery.

#18 | Posted by ScottS at 2025-05-15 01:22 AM | Reply

@#14 ... this is tragic to read about Oklahoma ...

Yeah.

Actively teaching children proven lies.


Like Pres Putin's Russia that Pres Trump seems to admire so much.


.


#19 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-05-15 01:27 AM | Reply

Squats is a ------- imbecile.

#20 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-05-15 01:38 AM | Reply

#19: The other famous Oklahoman in #14 which was removed is Will Rogers: c8.alamy.com

America is going backwards at Mach III and after four years who knows what will be left.

#21 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-05-15 01:41 AM | Reply

They already teach creationism is a lot of their schools, so might as well add another lie to the curriculum. It's the Christian nationalist evangelicals to blame for this nonsense. They are so indoctrinated in their perverse ideology from a young age that they see the world in a very distorted cult-like way. It's a sick distortion of actual Christianity.

#22 | Posted by WaldenX at 2025-05-15 11:42 AM | Reply

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