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Loudoun County Moms Set Out to Protect Their Children; Now They’re Trying to Save America

Faced with hit lists, intimidation, and the FBI, parents risk all for their children's future

Loudoun County Moms Set Out to Protect Their Children; Now They’re Trying to Save America
Jessica Mendez with daughters Deanna and Shelby at their residence in Aldie, Va., on Nov. 21, 2021. Graeme Jennings for The Epoch Times
Terri Wu
Terri Wu
11/30/2021|Updated: 12/2/2021

LOUDOUN COUNTY, Va.—In December 2020, Shawntel Cooper, a mother of two in northern Virginia, noticed something new in her fourth-grade daughter’s morning class routine. Cooper had just switched roles in her company and was able to work from home, and her daughter, like most of America’s schoolchildren, was learning remotely due to the pandemic.

That morning, Cooper saw that the teacher had introduced a new learning segment: playing clips of topical news items of the day. What was shown was a mainstream media news broadcast covering riots connected with the Black Lives Matter movement.

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Terri Wu is a Washington-based freelance reporter for The Epoch Times covering education and China-related issues. Send tips to [email protected].
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