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Keep PragerU’s right-wing propaganda out of public schools!

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    Keep PragerU’s right-wing propaganda out of public schools!

    Petition to Congress:
    We urge you to keep PragerU and other disinformation outlets away from public education and partnerships with the federal government.

    Trump is trying to dismantle the Department of Education — a plan now rubber-stamped by the far-right Supreme Court.1 And PragerU is becoming more prevalent in schools across the country — with Trump loyalists in state governments championing PragerU content for kids. Some districts are even working with PragerU to implement an “anti-woke” test for new teachers.2,3 The Trump administration is also raising the profile of PragerU by featuring it as part of the White House’s 250-year celebration of America.4

    In PragerU’s 2022 annual report, the far-right content mill said that they are, “Arming parents and educators with the pro-America content they are craving — we are going toe-to-toe with massive youth media companies like PBS Kids and Disney.”5

    After Trump and the GOP defunded the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, PragerU is ready to fill the role of PBS in both schools and homes. Our leaders must stop the right-wing takeover of children’s educational media.

    Sign the petition: Keep PragerU’s right-wing propaganda out of public schools!

    Public education is a major front in Trump’s campaign to spread his far-right ideology to every part of society. Shortly after PragerU showed AI videos of early American leaders speaking in MAGA slogans at an event with the administration, Trump began putting pressure on the Smithsonian to remake its museums and rewrite history to fall in line with his views.

    Trump ranted on Truth Social that the Smithsonian focuses too much on “how bad slavery was.”6 PragerU fits perfectly with Trump’s attempt to distort the past, as its videos have spread lies about the history of American slavery and mass murder of Indigenous peoples.

    PragerU founder, Dennis Prager, even said at a Moms for Liberty event in 2023 that his media outlet does indoctrinate kids and that there’s nothing wrong with that.7

    Trump and PragerU are both trying to expand the insidious reach of their extreme ideologies into public schools. We need to stop this major move towards right-wing indoctrination before PragerU is in every classroom in America.

    Sign the petition: Don’t let PragerU indoctrinate kids — keep PragerU out of public schools and the federal government!

    Sources:

    1. AP, “Trump orders a plan to dismantle the Education Department while keeping some core functions,” March 20, 2025.
    2. The Hollywood Reporter, “PragerU’s Plan to Red Pill Our Kids,” May 23, 2025.
    3. CNN Politics, “Exclusive: Oklahoma to begin controversial test to weed out ‘woke’ teacher applicants today,” August 15, 2025.
    4. Vox, “The White House has a preferred alternative to PBS. It may already be in countless classrooms,” August 8, 2025.
    5. MSNBC, “Propaganda platform PragerU is primed to capitalize on Trump’s PBS cuts,” July 18, 2025.
    6. The New York Times, "Trump Says Smithsonian Focuses Too Much on ‘How Bad Slavery Was',” August 19, 2025.
    7. MSNBC, “Propaganda platform PragerU is primed to capitalize on Trump’s PBS cuts,” July 18, 2025.
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