Ryan Walters

Much of AFT dues do not go to the classroom but instead get funneled into the political operation Weingarten has built on top of the profession.

The scandal hiding in plain sight.

My op ed in Townhall.com

Randi Weingarten Is the Real Threat to Public Education Exposing Randi Weingarten's misuse of union dues and its impact on public education quality.

𝐑𝐘𝐀𝐍 𝐖𝐀𝐋𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒: 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐓𝐄𝐀𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐔𝐍𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐋𝐘𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐖𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐄𝐘 𝐆𝐎𝐄𝐒, 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐈𝐓 𝐈𝐒 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐓𝐎 𝐈𝐍𝐕𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐆𝐀𝐓𝐄

Former Oklahoma Education Secretary Ryan Walters, now CEO of the Teacher Freedom Alliance, on camera this weekend: “𝘞𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵.”

On the receipts: “𝘞𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘰 𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴. 𝘞𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵-𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱-𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭.”

On the prescription: Walters is sending teachers to 𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲.𝐜𝐨𝐦 to leave the union and to 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐦.𝐜𝐨𝐦 for legal support afterward. “𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘶𝘱𝘵 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵, 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘱𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘴.”

On California’s newest move: the state 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐔𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐲𝐟𝐭 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥. Walters: “𝘔𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘦. 𝘈𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘷𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴.”

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐲 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐱𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐡𝐢𝐦.

https://dailycaller.com/2026/06/03/teachers-schools-activist-pipeline-kindergarten/

Teachers Unions Turn Schools Into Leftist Activist 'Pipeline,' Report Says Teachers unions and education associations have helped turn schools into pipelines for leftist activists as early as Kindergarten, parent advocacy group says.

https://www.thefp.com/p/how-teachers-unions-became-political?taid=6a0add58b9128400018ed39c&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

How Teachers’ Unions Became Political Big Spenders A new report claims teachers’ unions are operating more like Democratic funding machines than groups advocating for their members.

The NEA (3 million members) and AFT (1.6 million members) have been actively promoting the SPLC education program for years—lending it credibility and a direct pipeline into classrooms.

Meanwhile both union presidents rushed to defend the SPLC after its federal fraud indictment.

https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/05/12/how-did-splc-get-its-radical-ideas-into-169-school-districts/

Trump restores Presidential Fitness Test, echoes administration’s ‘MAHA’ push | Fox News Video ‘Fox News @ Night’ panelists discuss President Donald Trump’s move to restore the Presidential Fitness Test, which was phased out during the Obama administration.

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