Left-wing teacher out of a job after ripping Trump, the unvaccinated, climate deniers, 'dumb' parents — and threatening students who speak against LGBTQ



The left-wing Utah teacher caught on video during class blasting former President Donald Trump, unvaccinated individuals, climate deniers, "dumb" parents — and even threatening to make life "a living hell" for students who speak against LBGTQ students — is now out of a job.

What are the details?

It isn't clear if chemistry teacher Leah Kinyon resigned or was fired, but school district spokesman David Stephenson told Fox News Thursday that "we have concluded our investigation of the incident that occurred on August 17, 2021, at Lehi High School. Although the details of a personnel investigation are confidential, the teacher involved is no longer an employee of Alpine School District."

She was initially placed on administrative leave, KSTU-TV reported.

Stephenson also called Kinyon's behavior "inappropriate" and said it was "not reflective of the professional conduct and decorum we expect of our teachers and will not be tolerated," Fox News said, citing the Salt Lake Tribune.

What's the background?

Cellphone video of Kinyon's classroom rant — which appeared to be part of a Q&A session on a variety of topics — began with her speaking about COVID-19 vaccines.

"I would be super proud of you if you chose to get the vaccine," the unmasked Kinyon told her students before adding, "We'll just keep getting variants over and over and over until people get vaccinated. It's never going to end. ... It could end in five seconds if people would get vaccinated."

Her attention then turned toward Trump.

"I hate Donald Trump," an animated Kinyon told her students. "I'm going to say it. I don't care what y'all think — Trump sucks. He's a sexual predator. He's a literal moron." She soon appeared to dare a student to "tattle on me to the freakin' admin; they don't give a crap."

Image source: YouTube screenshot

Seconds later, Kinyon told students to "turn off the Fox News" before pivoting back to vaccines.

"This is my classroom, and if you guys are gonna put me at risk, you're gonna hear about it," she said. "Because I have to be here. I don't have to be happy about the fact that there's kids coming in here with their variants that could possibly get me or my family sick. That's rude! And I'm not gonna pretend like it's not. So don't ask me to."

Kinyon then told her students that "most of y'all parents are dumber than you. I'm gonna say that out loud. My parents are freakin' dumb, OK? And the minute I figured that out, the world opens up. You don't have to do everything your parents say, and you don't have to believe everything your parents believe. Because most likely you're smarter than them."

One student was heard asking Kinyon, "Can I believe what I want to believe?" And she replied, "You can believe what you want to believe, but keep it quiet in here because I'm probably gonna make fun of ya."

After Kinyon began to note "topics that you probably want to avoid in this class" — one of them being "politics, which you went into, you asked me" — she then told her students, "If you don't believe in climate change, get the hell out."

And when one student appeared to take issue with her climate change stance, Kinyon shot back, "That's pathetic that you think that. You're the problem with the world."

She then told her students, "If you're a homophobe, get out! 'Cuz I'm the [Gay-Straight Alliance] faculty adviser! I love gay people. All LGBTQIA+ motherf***ers. If you don't like it, get out! If I hear you say a damn word against any of 'em, I will open a can, and I will make your life a living hell. And they know it! If you say shizz to any LGBTQ kid in this school, I will hear about it, and you will be in trouble."

The video ends with one student telling Kinyon, "I think I love you even more."

Content warning: One whispered F-bomb from the teacher:

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A second video showed Kinyon telling students about sex and gender, noting that those who claim there are only two genders "and that's the end of the story" are at a "5th-grade biology level" and that "it's way more complicated" and that "you can have both."

Here's a follow-up report from KSTU that features comments from a student who was in Kinyon's class when video was recorded, along with some pointed thoughts from his parents:

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VIDEO: Teacher blasts Trump, the unvaccinated, climate deniers, 'dumb' parents — and threatens students who speak against LGBTQ. Now she's on leave.



A decidedly left-wing teacher at a Utah public high school was caught on video during class blasting former President Donald Trump, unvaccinated individuals, climate deniers, "dumb" parents — and even threatening to make life "a living hell" for students who speak against LBGTQ students.

And now the teacher is on administrative leave, KSTU-TV reported.

What did the teacher say?

The clip — which appeared to be a Q&A session on a variety of topics — began with Lehi High School chemistry teacher Leah Kinyon speaking about COVID-19 vaccines, the station said.

"I would be super proud of you if you chose to get the vaccine," the unmasked Kinyon told her students before adding, "We'll just keep getting variants over and over and over until people get vaccinated. It's never going to end. ... It could end in five seconds if people would get vaccinated."

Her attention was then turned toward Trump.

"I hate Donald Trump," an animated Kinyon told her students. "I'm going to say it. I don't care what y'all think — Trump sucks. He's a sexual predator. He's a literal moron." She soon appeared to dare a student to "tattle on me to the freakin' admin; they don't give a crap."

Image source: Facebook video screenshot via Cody Madsen

Seconds later, Kinyon told students to "turn off the Fox News" before pivoting back to vaccines.

"This is my classroom, and if you guys are gonna put me at risk, you're gonna hear about it," she said. "Because I have to be here. I don't have to be happy about the fact that there's kids coming in here with their variants that could possibly get me or my family sick. That's rude! And I'm not gonna pretend like it's not. So don't ask me to."

Kinyon then told her students that "most of y'all parents are dumber than you. I'm gonna say that out loud. My parents are freakin' dumb, OK? And the minute I figured that out, the world opens up. You don't have to do everything your parents say, and you don't have to believe everything your parents believe. Because most likely you're smarter than them."

One student was heard asking Kinyon, "Can I believe what I want to believe?" And she replied, "You can believe what you want to believe, but keep it quiet in here because I'm probably gonna make fun of ya."

After Kinyon began to note "topics that you probably want to avoid in this class" — one of them being "politics, which you went into, you asked me" — she then told her students, "If you don't believe in climate change, get the hell out."

Image source: Facebook video screenshot via Cody Madsen

And when one student appeared to take issue with her climate change stance, Kinyon shot back, "That's pathetic that you think that. You're the problem with the world."

She then told her students, "If you're a homophobe, get out! 'Cuz I'm the [Gay-Straight Alliance] faculty adviser! I love gay people. All LGBTQIA+ motherf***ers. If you don't like it, get out! If I hear you say a damn word against any of 'em, I will open a can, and I will make your life a living hell. And they know it! If you say shizz to any LGBTQ kid in this school, I will hear about it, and you will be in trouble."

The video ends with one student telling Kinyon, "I think I love you even more."

How did the school district respond?

The Alpine School District offered the following statement to KSTU: "We became aware late this afternoon of an incident that took place today in one of our high school classrooms. An immediate investigation ensued. The employee has been put on administrative leave pending a thorough investigation. This behavior is inappropriate, not reflective of the professional conduct and decorum we expect of our teachers, and will not be tolerated."

A parent and her son told the station that Kinyon's rant is nothing new for her and that the teacher knew she was being recorded.

Here's the main video. (Content warning: One whispered F-bomb from Kinyon):

But wait — there's more!

A second video showed Kinyon telling students about sex and gender, noting that those who claim there are only two genders "and that's the end of the story" are at a "5th-grade biology level" and that "it's way more complicated" and that "you can have both."

HS football coach fired after complaining about left-wing curriculum in daughter's class to district officials, parents: lawsuit



A Massachusetts public high school football coach was fired from his job last month after complaining to school district officials as well as parents about the left-wing curriculum in his daughter's middle school class, according to a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday by Judicial Watch.

The lawsuit claims officials at Dedham Public Schools retaliated against former coach David Flynn for exercising his constitutionally protected free speech rights as well as his right to petition the government. The lawsuit is demanding compensatory and punitive damages, attorneys' fees and costs, and a jury trial.

What's the background?

Flynn — who became Dedham High School's head football coach in 2011 and attended the school himself — raised issues last fall about his seventh-grade daughter's World Geography and Ancient History class, which the lawsuit says had been billed as covering "geography and civilizations, Rome, Europe, Africa, Latin America, North America, and South America."

But Flynn and his wife discovered the class was teaching far different things, the lawsuit adds.

"Instead, the instruction concerned issues of race, gender, stereotypes, prejudices, discrimination, and politics, among others," the lawsuit claims. "In one assignment, Plaintiff's daughter was asked to consider various 'risk factors' and 'mitigating factors' that two people — one identified as 'white' and the other identified as 'black' — purportedly might use to assess each other on a city street. Included among the various factors were skin color, gender, age, physical appearance, and attire. 'Black,' 'aggressive body language' and 'wrong neighborhood' were among the 'risk factors' purportedly assessed by the person identified as 'white.' 'White' and 'Police officer' were among the 'risk factors' purportedly assessed by the person identified as 'black.'"

Image source: Judicial Watch press release

The lawsuit also says Flynn and his wife saw in the instruction materials a "cartoon version of their daughter's teacher — a 'Memoji' — wearing a Black Lives Matter T-shirt," which the couple "reasonably interpreted as the teacher expressing support for the Black Lives Matter movement during class time."

Image source: Judicial Watch press release

Image source: Judicial Watch press release

What happened next?

The lawsuit says Flynn and his wife contacted the teacher and the principal, adding that while the principal responded, the couple didn't feel their concerns had been adequately addressed

On Oct. 14, Flynn and his wife emailed Superintendent Michael J. Welch stating their concerns, asking for his assistance, and noting that other parents shared the couple's concerns, the lawsuit states. Flynn also forwarded the same email to three members of the Dedham School Committee: Vice-Chairperson Tracey White, Steve Bilafer, and Mayanne MacDonald Briggs, the lawsuit adds.

Flynn and his wife met with Welch at his invitation on Oct. 23 to discuss their concerns, the lawsuit says, but the couple still didn't feel their concerns were adequately addressed. So that day Flynn emailed the same Dedham School Committee members he previously contacted and summarized the couple's concerns and Superintendent Welch's response.

The lawsuit notes how Flynn concluded his email:

The Superintendent has had the opportunity to make sure the Dedham teachers conduct themselves as professionals and to teach the courses objectively and without biased opinions. He chose not to. I believe that the real men and women in the world are the ones who have the ability to compromise, especially in extremely controversial situations. Compromise allows people to experience life as a team. This is where unity brings individual pride together and relationships begin to strengthen. I believe all relationships are based on compromise. The Superintendent was not willing to compromise. I explained to him that if the teacher teaches the course objectively and removes the BLM logo from the class, people will soon get over the fact that the class was purposely created without notifying parents and without having a visible course curriculum, syllabus and learning objective. Apparently, it does not mean much to him that the Dedham Public School System is losing two wonderful students.

In addition, the lawsuit says Flynn also forwarded his Oct. 23 email to about 20 other concerned parents, adding that "on information and belief, Vice-Chairperson White and committee members Bilafer and Briggs knew other parents had received Plaintiffs email."

A week later, Flynn and his wife removed their children from the district and believed the issue was over, the lawsuit says.

It wasn't over

The lawsuit says Flynn met on Jan. 20 with Welch as well as the principal of the high school, Jim Forrest, and Athletic Director Stephen Traister. At the meeting, the lawsuit claims, Welch handed Flynn a copy of the Oct. 23 email he sent to the Dedham School Committee members and noted that one of them asked the superintendent, "What are we going to do about this?" Welch then asked Flynn if he had sent the email to other parents, after which Flynn said he did, the lawsuit adds.

With that, Flynn at the meeting was told the district was "going in a different direction" with the football program, the lawsuit notes, adding that minutes after the meeting ended — and before Flynn "even returned home" — Welch, Forrest, and Traister publicly released a letter they signed to DHS football players and families stating that Flynn was out as head coach.

"We met with Mr. Flynn today because he has expressed significant philosophical differences with the direction, goals, and values of the school district," the letter said, according to the lawsuit. "Due to these differences, we felt it best to seek different leadership for the program at this time."

The lawsuit also claims the "letter plainly had been prepared in advance of the meeting with Plaintiff" and that Flynn "has never been provided any indication about the reason for his firing and/or the nonrenewal of his contract other than Superintendent Welch's comments at the January 20, 2021 meeting about the October 23, 2020 email, and Plaintiff is aware of no other reason."

In the aftermath, Flynn "suffered loss of earning, emotional distress, loss of reputation, and harassment as a result of being firing and/or the nonrenewal of his contract by Superintendent Welch, Principal Forrest, and Athletic Director Traister," the lawsuit adds.

Anything else?

After Flynn's firing last month, a group of students, athletes and some parents gathered outside Dedham High School to show support for him, WCVB-TV reported.

"Everyone loves coach; he gets kids to play football," Kevin O'Leary, a former Dedham High School football player, told the station.

O'Leary added to WCVB that "Coach Flynn is an awesome guy and we're all devastated that they fired him. Coach Flynn and Dedham football — it's like broccoli and cheese sauce: Can't have one without the other."

TheBlaze on Thursday reached out Denham Public Schools for comment on the lawsuit, but there was no answer at the district offices — and the district's website indicates schools are taking a "February vacation" this week. TheBlaze on Thursday emailed the district's communications coordinator for comment and will add the coordinator's response to this story in an update in the event it is offered. School districts typically do not comment to the media about lawsuits.

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(H/T: The Daily Wire)

Public school staff member calls 'white privileged Trump supporters ... scum and a plague upon the world' in profanity-laced post



A New York state public school staff member recently posted a profanity-laced Facebook message calling supporters of former President Donald Trump "scum," "a plague upon the world," and "white privileged" — and now the school district is looking into the matter.

What are the details?

The post is from Brandon Mendoza of the Rome City School District, according to multiple outlets. Rome is located in upstate New York, about 45 minutes east of Syracuse. News outlets have characterized Mendoza as a teacher, but Superintendent Peter Blake would only address the "comments of a staff member."

While WIBX-AM reported that Mendoza's message has been deleted, another Facebook user posted a screenshot of it:

The post reads, "Just want to remind the white privileged Trump supporters, who are eerily silent as of late, that you're scum and yourself a plague upon the world. I hope the universe blesses you with infertility and the inability to piss without it hurting. Y'all extinct. Go the f*** away. Be shameful. We will never forget."

The post concludes, "Oh, and if you're family or you consider yourself a close friend and voted for him, go f*** yourself. I will gladly take a bereavement day at the spa when you expire."

The school district on Friday didn't immediately return phone calls from TheBlaze asking for more information about Mendoza. But a comment under the latter Facebook post indicated he works at Bellamy Elementary School in the district. A family handbook for the school's 2019-20 academic year showed a B. Mendoza listed under support staff as "ENL," which stands for English as a New Language in New York State.

What did the superintendent have to say?

Superintendent Blake issued a statement on the matter, WKTV-TV reported: "Thank you to everyone who reached out to express their concern and disappointment caused by the comments of a staff member. Our district believes in equity & tolerance and the individual's comments do not reflect those values. While we cannot speak publicly about personnel-related issues, I can assure you that we are addressing the situation with our legal counsel and the State Education Department. On behalf of all Rome City School District employees, I am sorry that our school community was represented in such a negative light."

The Rome Sentinel reported that Blake later was asked if his statement was about a district teacher's social media message against Trump supporters. Blake replied that it "was in reference to a staff member wishing harm on people" and had "nothing to do with politics," the paper said.

Blake added "hate is hate, and wishing harm on people is not OK...regardless of political opinions or viewpoints of the world. It is not what public schools anywhere represent and certainly not the ideals of our school community in Rome," the Sentinel reported.

Teacher to HS class: Those who say 'Make America Great Again' actually mean 'make it kinda racist and sexist again'



A California public school teacher was caught on video telling his students that those who say "Make America Great Again" — the slogan from President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign — actually mean "make it kinda racist and sexist again."

What are the details?

According to a video tweeted by Ryan Fournier, founder and chairman of Students for Trump, Patrick Casey was teaching a freshman honors English class at Oxnard Union High School last month when he told students what the "MAGA" phrase truly means.

This is who is teaching our kids.Patrick Casey, a teacher at @OxnardUnion H.S. in California told his class that… https://t.co/lO7LIW1rqW
— Ryan Fournier (@Ryan Fournier)1602270097.0

"White men miss the old days where they could just be a white dude who walked up and grabbed women by their genitals and nobody said anything, right?" the teacher was seen saying during the video excerpt from the class. "But you can't do that now, so that's why there's all these people like, 'Make America Great Again.' What they mean is, 'Make it kinda racist and sexist again.' That's what they're talkin' about."

The clip has been viewed over 300,000 times since it was posted Friday.

The College Fix said it asked Casey and Oxnard Union District Interim Superintendent Tom McCoy for comment on the matter, but the outlet said it didn't receive a reply in time for publication.

Haven't we seen this movie before?

Such behavior from teachers has happened more than a few times since classes have resumed around the country online:

Of course, such sentiments among teachers aren't exactly new, either:

HS teacher orders student to take down flag supporting President Trump seen in his room — or leave online class



A New Jersey public school teacher ordered a student to take down a flag supporting President Donald Trump that was hanging in his room — and was visible during an online class — or leave the virtual session, Jersey Shore Online reported.

What are the details?

Anthony Ribeiro, a Toms River High School North junior, got the Trump flag from his aunt last week as a birthday present, and the 17-year-old promptly hung the flag in his room, the outlet said.

Nothing was said about the flag during his first six classes Thursday, the outlet said — but there was still his final class of the day to get through: chemistry.

"I was the first in because I make sure I am on time, but he looked up at the screen, didn't say anything, and as people came in, he took attendance, and then said, 'Anthony take the flag down right now,'" Ribeiro recalled to the outlet. "My mic was muted because that is one of the requirements for meets this year and shook my head no, and he said [his] room wasn't a place for politics and that was not acceptable and 'if you aren't going to take it down, you will have to get out of this class.'"

Double standard much?

Ribeiro added to Jersey Shore Online that his teacher brought up politics during the first week of school last month.

"The school set up a system with a period of 15 minutes between every other class where you would talk about mental health and talk about what was going on in the world, and [the teacher] decided to talk about global warming for most of the days, and he would bring politics into it," he recalled to the outlet. "In learning, you need to have politics in social studies or history, but teachers have to be down the middle when it comes to being a Democrat or Republican."

Ribeiro also told the outlet his teacher "said Republicans don't believe in climate change or global warming, and Joe Biden and the Democrats are the people that will put light on what the science is to global warming. In one of his class periods [the teacher] said 'that is why they have my vote this year in the election and hopefully in the future they will have yours.' He said Republicans deny global warming is even a thing, which made it political."

He added to Jersey Shore Online that some of his fellow students found his teacher's reaction hypocritical: "A couple people texted me ... afterward and said it was crazy for him to say there was no politics in his room when he makes political remarks."

What did the student's mother have to say?

Tara Jost, Ribeiro's mother, told the outlet she didn't take kindly to her son's treatment and contacted the district superintendent and high school principal.

"This is in my own house," Jost noted to Jersey Shore Online, adding that there are no rules she's aware of regarding room decorations.

She added to the outlet that Assistant Superintendent Cara DiMeo noted the teacher's actions were improper and that the matter had been discussed with him.

"I said, 'How dare he tell my son to leave his classroom because of something I have in my home?' He's a science teacher number one; number two, we're Americans, and we all have the right in what we believe in, and he was talking politics the first week of class, which he has no right to do in telling them who to vote for," Jost told the outlet.

She also noted to Jersey Shore Online that if students wore Trump shirts to school during in-person education, they wouldn't be asked to leave.

Then it happened again

The day after Ribeiro's chemistry teacher told him to remove his Trump flag or leave his class, Ribeiro's English teacher told him the same thing, the outlet said.

He agreed to abide by the order, but Jost told Jersey Shore Online she wishes he hadn't.

More from the outlet:

Ribeiro said he was a year away from being able to vote and during the pandemic has become very active in following the news and learning more about the political world. He noted being well aware of how divided people are at the current time including division within families and friends who have differing viewpoints.

A district representative told Jersey Shore Online that officials can't comment because it's an internal matter.