Idaho’s Far Right Suffers Election Loss to 18-Year-Old Climate Activist

Fri, 30 Sep 2022 13:03:21 +1000

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
https://theintercept.com/2022/09/13/idaho-boise-school-board-election/

"The nationwide campaign to stifle discussions of race and gender in public
schools through misinformation and bullying suffered a reversal in Idaho on
Monday, when a high school senior vocally opposed to book bans and smears
against LGBTQ+ youth took a seat on the Boise school board.

The student, Shiva Rajbhandari, was elected to the position by voters in
Idaho’s capital last week, defeating an incumbent board member who had refused
to reject an endorsement from a local extremist group that has harassed
students and pushed to censor local libraries.

Rajbhandari, who turned 18 days before the election, was already well-known in
the school district as a student organizer on climate, environmental, voting
rights, and gun control issues. But in the closing days of the campaign, his
opponent, Steve Schmidt, was endorsed by the far-right Idaho Liberty Dogs,
which in response helped Rajbhandari win the endorsement of Boise’s leading
newspaper, the Idaho Statesman.

Rajbhandari, a third-generation Idahoan whose father is from Nepal, was elected
to a two-year term with 56 percent of the vote."

Via HU Art Sound and Frederick Wilson II.

Cheers,
       *** Xanni ***
--
mailto:xanni@xanadu.net               Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/                 Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/            Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/               Manager, Serious Cybernetics

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Fri, 30 Sep 2022 13:26:30 +1000

Paula Falovic <paulafalovic [at] bigpond.com>

Paula Falovic
the "Idaho Liberty Dogs" 😂 if i wasn't speechless!


good on you Rajbhandari, I hope you kids go well



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On Fri, Sep 30, 2022 at 1:03 PM Andrew Pam <xanni@glasswings.com.au> wrote:

https://theintercept.com/2022/09/13/idaho-boise-school-board-election/

"The nationwide campaign to stifle discussions of race and gender in
public schools through misinformation and bullying suffered a reversal
in Idaho on Monday, when a high school senior vocally opposed to book
bans and smears against LGBTQ+ youth took a seat on the Boise school board.

The student, Shiva Rajbhandari, was elected to the position by voters in
Idaho’s capital last week, defeating an incumbent board member who had
refused to reject an endorsement from a local extremist group that has
harassed students and pushed to censor local libraries.

Rajbhandari, who turned 18 days before the election, was already
well-known in the school district as a student organizer on climate,
environmental, voting rights, and gun control issues. But in the closing
days of the campaign, his opponent, Steve Schmidt, was endorsed by the
far-right Idaho Liberty Dogs, which in response helped Rajbhandari win
the endorsement of Boise’s leading newspaper, the Idaho Statesman.

Rajbhandari, a third-generation Idahoan whose father is from Nepal, was
elected to a two-year term with 56 percent of the vote."

Via HU Art Sound and Frederick Wilson II.

Cheers,
        *** Xanni ***
--
mailto:xanni@xanadu.net               Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/                 Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/            Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/               Manager, Serious Cybernetics

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