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riversedge

(70,183 posts)
Tue Oct 12, 2021, 04:04 PM Oct 2021

A Wisconsin brewery is helping parents sue school districts that don't require masks

Source: NPR





October 12, 20212:12 PM ET



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The parents are suing school districts for rescinding face mask requirements and flouting other federal and state health guidance, filing lawsuits in both of Wisconsin's federal court districts. They're backed by Minocqua Brewing Company of Minocqua, Wis., which sells what it calls "progressive beer" — and whose owner is using its political action committee to help fund the legal fight.

One of the lawsuits says that by axing safety protocols, school board officials "threw students into a COVID-19 'snake pit.' "



It also accuses the board of violating "the 14th Amendment that ensures the right to be safe from state created dangers while in school," as member station WPR reported................................



..............."Wisconsin communities have exploded with the Delta variant because many school districts have dropped all forms of Covid mitigation that were in place last year," Bangstad wrote in a blog post, "due to the shrieking hordes of Tucker Carlson-watching zombies separated from their cerebrums and driven only by their lizard brains."........................................

Read more: https://www.npr.org/2021/10/12/1045260064/covid-19-wisconsin-lawsuits-schools-parents-masks-brewery



whow. way to go Wisconsin.






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In federal lawsuits, parents in Wisconsin are blaming school districts for COVID-19 infections, saying they should not have ended mask requirements during a pandemic. Here, a student in Michigan is seen arriving at school in late August.
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A Wisconsin brewery is helping parents sue school districts that don't require masks (Original Post) riversedge Oct 2021 OP
K&R !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t RKP5637 Oct 2021 #1
Time to buy some beer! FoxNewsSucks Oct 2021 #2
Not sure if one can get it outside of WI Jimbo S Oct 2021 #3
Here are the locations. Buy online is coming soon. lkinwi Oct 2021 #4
Thanks for including these links. riversedge Oct 2021 #6
My thoughts, exactly. hlthe2b Oct 2021 #5
Yep. OldBaldy1701E Oct 2021 #8
Chalk up another win for Team Science. oasis Oct 2021 #7
Someone using their money and power for good? What a concept! Initech Oct 2021 #9
Was hoping it was New Glarus Moebym Oct 2021 #10
This message was self-deleted by its author Moebym Oct 2021 #11

OldBaldy1701E

(5,113 posts)
8. Yep.
Tue Oct 12, 2021, 05:50 PM
Oct 2021

Chalk up a reason to be glad I moved to Minnesota, as they are not that far away and I am pretty sure that there are places locally that carry this brand. I will toast them with their own brew for sure!

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