The group and its origins sound innocuous enough. But the Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) — a right-wing group founded 36 years ago — has deepened connections between America’s religious right and Russians even as the latter have been sanctioned by the United States, according to a ThinkProgress investigation.
By networking with Russians, the HSLDA — now America’s largest right-wing homeschooling association — has provided the Kremlin with a new avenue of influence over some of the most conservative organizations in the United States.
And while investigations by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, intelligence organizations, and congressional committees have focused on Russia’s efforts to influence U.S. elections, Russian ties to groups like the HSLDA demonstrate the Kremlin’s broader attempts to hold sway over American policies.
Other ties between sanctioned Russians and the American far-right are well documented. From Christian fundamentalists to white supremacists to secession movements to fascists in the so-called “alt-right,” the links are as diffuse as they are damning. Not only have these networks brought Russian agents into close contact with higher-ups in the Republican party, but they’ve presented some of the primary threads of the […]
What a piece of crap article. “Christo fascists”……Really? I smell that the schwartzreport is the fascists here. You gave no example of how the HSLDA have joined the Russians, yet somehow they are now connected to Russia. Homeschoolers are the real patriots here. They teach Capitalism, real history, and Christianity. The left is the ones removing Christ from America, teaching abortion and sodomy. The Founders would roll in their graves to see what we have allowed in America today.
The left is the ones that resemble the Fascists of the ’30’s. Antifa is the new Brown Shirts. HSLDA was formed to fight the Fascists trying to brain wash children in public school.
It may come as a surprise to you Chuckles, but the United States was specifically not founded as a “Christian” country. The Founders were very explicit about that. I guess where you were educated they didn’t let you in on that. I have never heard of anyone teaching sodomy, did you get that in homeschooling or at your “christian” academy?
I wish we could get this kind of speculation on the Clinton foundation. Of course the facts surrounding it and Russia wouldn’t actually be speculation.
How about some more Benghazi hearings, Brian. You up for that?
You people need to seriously put the bongs down…..
How 70s of you Terrence. I haven’t seen a bong in decades.