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Tyler Kingkade
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NBC News National Reporter. Iowa raised, Los Angeles living. Bad at social media, good at petting animals. On Signal: tylerkingkadenbc.20

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Yes I listened a couple times and wanted to be sure before even tweeting it but I trust Jacobs
November 18, 2025 at 7:04 AM
But still, while I was there this week, I witnessed them get multiple calls from men shouting "are you ready to motherf*cking d i e?"

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One photo, a deluge of threats: Inside the Arizona high school turned upside down by right-wing activists
A group of math teachers — some of whom were fans of Charlie Kirk — had their lives turned upside down this week over false accusations about a Halloween photo.
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November 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Among the many ironies:

- 3 of the math teachers attacked were Charlie Kirk fans and voted for Trump
- the high school has a chapter of Turning Point USA, and they defended the teachers (letter below)
- one of the math teachers told me he doesn't allow people to discuss politics in his class
November 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
In just a few days, the district received over 3,000 hateful and obscene messages.

Teachers stayed home. Sheriff’s deputies stepped up patrols on campus. Confused students asked if they were safe at school.
November 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Also have ADHD, and since college I’ve done the same but on post it notes! Used to be so I could put it in my pocket but now just using something unobtrusive
October 16, 2025 at 1:21 AM
State lawmakers are stunned. Not just at the allegations against Stride, but that an online school grew to be larger than a majority of NM districts without them knowing about it
October 14, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Stride is suing the district, saying it violated open meetings laws and has refused to pay it for the last school year. The district says Stride is using the legal process to extract "retribution."

There are 6 suits currently pending.
October 14, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Despite the controversy, many are sticking with Stride. Out of around 4,000 students, about 3,200 are still enrolled in Stride's school, after it signed contracts to operate open through different districts. The state auditor's office, however, is investigating the contracts
October 14, 2025 at 4:30 PM
But according to a whistleblower complaint filed with the New Mexico Public Education Department, that ethics complaint happened after a top Stride exec suggested to company leadership that they "attack first publicly"

(The exec did not respond to req for comment)
October 14, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The district moved to cut off the contract in April. But before that was finalized, Stride's attorney filed an ethics complaint against the district's superintendent b/c he had tried to get a job with Stride last winter (he says it was before he knew about problems) sourcenm.com/2025/04/29/c...
October 14, 2025 at 4:30 PM