I hadn’t read the Declaration of Independence since high school history class. Ah, yes, history class! In fact we had American history throughout the tenth grade, then world history during our junior year. When I listen to the TikTok crowd spew the nonsense they champion today, I… pic.twitter.com/TJtMt5lfhU
— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) July 3, 2026
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| Mary Hernandez de Carl: CCL |
By Gretchen Garrity
When she first became involved with library activism, Hernandez de Carl put together a binder (which I briefly laid eyes on) that detailed some of the issues with books for minors. She spoke at board meetings and met with other citizens, eventually being appointed to fill Tuckness’ unexpired term. A former teacher and a homeschool parent, Hernandez de Carl was involved in hiring the library district’s new executive director, Will Blydenburgh.
When she was attacked by the press and local activists, I defended her. You can read about that HERE. While I do not regret supporting her appointment to the Library Board, it became clear over time that Hernandez de Carl had a basic misunderstanding of the role of the library board, especially in conjunction with the function and role of the library’s executive director.
Missouri statute directs the governing authority of a library district to a publicly-appointed board. The executive director is the employee of said board and is responsible for day-to-day functioning of the library district, as noted in statute. Further, the Missouri Secretary of State’s office outlines the legal authority of local library boards:
"The local Library Board of Trustees holds the legal authority to create, adopt, and change the policies of a public library district in Missouri. [1, 2]
Under Chapter 182 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri (RSMo), library districts operate under a system of local control. The board functions as an independent governing body to oversee the library's operations, finances, and rules. [1, 2, 3, 4]"
As detailed in other articles, previous Christian County library boards had given governance power over to administrative staff. Once given away, authority is difficult to take back. This issue is not just a problem in public libraries, but also in public schools and other local boards. Board positions become less about governance and more about rubber-stamping what administrative staff determine is best for a taxpayer-funded institution.
Perhaps Hernandez de Carl was not aware of the work involved, especially as relating to a library district that had given up some statutory authority to paid staff. She was appointed to the library board partly to make sure the library was following state and federal guidelines regarding the protection of minors. During her short tenure on the board of trustees, she was appointed to the policy subcommittee to help facilitate a coherent youth collection policy that protects children and provides a safe place for them to access age-appropriate books and materials.
The subcommittees were formed to provide a systematic approach to policy-making and to provide transparency. Subcommittee findings and recommendations would be shared with the library board, discussed, amended, and eventually voted upon in an open meeting. Instead of working within the parameters of the subcommittee (composed of two board members, at least one staff member, and the board attorney), Hernandez de Carl worked independently of the subcommittee with staff.
From: Hick Christian
She was replaced on the policy subcommittee by board member
Kristin Roussell at the May 2026 board meeting. As a portion of her
parting address, which she prefaced as “honest reflections,” Hernandez de Carl accused
board members of blaming the executive director for legacy problems
that have carried over. Indeed, she blamed other board members for
delaying progress in the library.
Perhaps she does not remember that in the December 16, 2025 board meeting, she advocated for a pause on deciding policy. According to the Springfield Daily Citizen, "Treasurer John Garrity nominated Roberts to serve on the budget subcommittee and Mary Hernandez de Carl to the policy subcommittee. Hernandez de Carl, who advocated for a temporary “pause” to some subcommittee proceedings, voted in opposition to these changes.
“(Executive director Will Blydenburgh) has been here for three months. We still don’t have a strategic plan for what the next three years are going to look like, and you know, I think he needs, together with the library staff, to develop the strategic vision … and once that is established, we can see if it’s necessary for these meetings to continue to go on,” she said.
Policy development was paused for months. I am not aware of the development of a strategic vision for the library to date. This is a small example of why she seems to have a basic misunderstanding of the division of roles and responsibilities of a governing board versus administrative staff. Changing the culture of an institution is difficult. It requires vigilance and adherence to guidance that has been agreed upon by the governing authority—in this case the library board.
That decision has caused many months of delay in passing a policy that the board of trustees—not administrative staff--is statutorily tasked with formulating. The irony of accusing the library board as a whole of delaying progress while engaging in it herself, is just sour grapes.
It appears that when Hernandez de Carl did not get her way regarding how to handle policy development, she felt justified in attacking the board as a parting shot. Much of what she said was questionable, including equating the intention to protect children with a political ideology. Protection of children from harmful materials is not an ideological stance. It is a normal, natural human stance. Here is an interview with her from a year ago.
It was as if she completely forgot why she got involved and was appointed in the first place. When a heinous book, Sibylline, was added to the teen collection in February of this year, Hernandez de Carl was quick to suggest the book should be formally challenged. The executive director was made aware of the book at that open meeting.
The book is now listed in the Nixa branch under “Nixa New,” which does not really indicate a clear location designation. Why would it not be listed under the “Adult” designation? Is the “Nixa New” a display? If so, where is the display? Do minors have access?
Of course Sibylline is not the only book pushed out to minors in libraries. There are hundreds of them, such as “Rookie on Love” by Tavi Gevinson. It’s in the Ozark teen section. Here is a review of that book by Florida high school English teacher and champion of protecting children, Vicki Baggett:
In fact, three months ago, David Rice of Hick Christian, submitted 70 book challenges to the Library District. When I spoke with him in June, he still had not received an acknowledgment.
In her praise of the Library's new executive director, Hernandez de Carl did not mention the protection of children from harmful materials. She merely opined that the Christian County Library collection now provides a “thoughtful curation and respect for the interests of our community.” She completely failed to note that age-inappropriate books including those with sexual and transgender-driven themes are still being added to the collection, while hundreds of already-shelved books remain accessible to minors.
Hernandez de Carl accused the board of “micro-managing,” “second-guessing,” “unnecessary interference,” and “distrust.” Quite a litany of accusations. Where is the evidence to back them up? She presented none. And, she brought a political slant to her comments, noting that the “Libs” had seemingly abandoned the library perhaps as a way of giving the “Conservative Right” time destroy to themselves. NOTE: I will add the video of her comments when it becomes available.
Most people, whether Democrat or Republican, desire to protect children from harm. It is the iron grip of hard line Leftists (like the ALA) who are intent on indoctrinating children with age-inappropriate and sexually-driven materials.
Hernandez de Carl cannot have it both ways. Either the Library has made significant progress since the new executive director was hired as she averred at the beginning of her remarks, or her accusations of "unnecessary interference" and delayed progress against the Board are true.
If she had truly believed what she said about the Board, Hernandez de Carl should have brought her accusations to the Board as the governing authority and laid out her arguments. Instead, she chose to publicly berate the Board. What she really did was expose her own inability to work as a team member with the Library Board.
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| From: MUSC |
In a comment to "The Emperor has no Clothes," Christian County Republican Central Committee Chairman Don Carriker, said, "Missouri state statutes are SILENT on the actual definition of "committeewoman," and since we DON'T HAVE a treasure chest the size of the ACLU; if we don't get some help, Trower will likely be seated in the official reorganizational meeting in August 2026."
Teresa Trower openly admits to being a biological male, yet still applied for a vacant committee woman position in Christian County. You can read about it at the link above. Since words apparently lack all meaning beyond whatever an individual
insists upon, then perhaps we should take a look at what "Republican"
means as well. While they like to rail against Democrats, Republicans have been drifting leftward for years until the two parties are virtually merged except for their respective extremists.
In the video below, commentator Matt Walsh describes the issue perfectly, "We are living through a period of mass psychosis that is very truly unprecedented in human civilization."
If Christian County Republicans have to wait until Missouri officially figures out how to define the word "woman," then perhaps it means the Republican Party in Missouri is a neutered organization that cannot effectively advocate for citizens, especially for women.
A woman is an adult human female. A female is a member of the sex whose bodies are organised to produce large gametes (eggs). Women's rights are predicated upon that accurate definition. Any false definition that includes men, including men in dresses, eliminates women's rights.
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) June 21, 2026
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| From: Lighthouse Christian School |
By Gretchen Garrity
Now that we have a biological male running unopposed for a Republican central committee woman spot in Nixa, let's go over what the position is and how one gets there.
Go HERE for a great one-page primer for Missouri on the roles of committee men and women. And go HERE to find the committee people serving you in Missouri. It has not been updated since 2022.
The Christian County Republican Central Committee is a private organization that is regulated by Missouri statutes. According to AI (Grok):
The candidate filing deadline for Christian County was March 31, 2026. Note what central committee member Ronnie White said:
I think not.
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| Teresa Trower |
Nevertheless, HERE are the pertinent laws in Missouri regarding changes in gender identity:
"According to Missouri statute, the Department of
Health will issue an amended birth certificate "upon receipt of a
certified copy of an order of a court of competent jurisdiction
indicating the sex of an individual born in this state has been changed
by surgical procedure and that such individual's name has been changed” (Mo. Rev. Stat. § 193.215-9)."
Apparently, the State of Missouri is willing to sacrifice objective truth on the altar of transgender ideology. Individuals born with XY chromosomes will always be XY regardless of surgery or clothing or makeup.
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The GOP establishment leadership killed those bills. Do you see what is happening? It is not an accident.
The central committee should be aware of who has filed, and should also be actively involved in providing candidates for their own organization on behalf of the Republican voters they purport to represent. According to a source inside the central committee, candidates are credentialed after the official filing date has closed. Don Carriker, the Chairman of the Christian County Republican Central Committee, confirmed that Trower was credentialed in May. It was not until a Missouri influencer spoke out June 8 that this issue became known by those outside the central committee.
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| 2026 candidates for central committee positions |
The committee woman position in question, the one that Teresa Trower has filed for is the Union Chapel 1B position. Trower has been active in Greene County politics for years, even stating in a Facebook post dated June 10, 2026, "I've been involved as a conservative in the political world since 1992 when I decided to run for the office of state representative[...]and I began a wonderful friendship that endured until a dread affliction stole his brilliant legal mind. I’ve been mentored by some shrewd and experienced workers, and eventually began to work with numerous campaigns and candidates throughout our county and even statewide office holders and candidates. There wasn’t anything I wasn’t willing to do, from putting up yard signs to acting as treasurer and campaign manager. I eventually honed my skills in opposition research – you know – the ones who dig up dirt and use it to destroy the opposition . . . I wound up carrying a firearm during one hot campaign . . . and I’m bitterly ashamed now at what I was capable of and actually did to those daring to run against my candidate. I have asked God for forgiveness and sworn to never return to those destructive ways."
Aside from the considerable issue of a transsexual (Trower, a 62-year-old biological male prefers that term) filing for a committee woman position, the failure of the local and state GOP to adequately oversee and seek candidates for committee positions indicates the system is no longer serving Republican voters, and seems to give little importance to filling committee positions. The committee's website shows the current members.
I spoke with Carriker, the chairman of the local central committee. While he was concerned about the situation, he indicated that it would not have been simple to place an opponent on the ballot with Trower. In a statement, he said, "The Christian County Republican Party is doing everything they can to ensure that men and women who wish to be on the ballot as Republicans, to represent themselves as Republicans, are completely and legally eligible to do so; according to all Federal and state laws; as well as our party's own governing Bylaws, rules, and policies."
Carriker said he learned of Trower's candidacy two weeks before the filing deadline. He said state GOP officials were non-responsive, as well as several legal organizations who refused to offer legal aid. Additionally, Carriker noted the central committee's limited funds for fighting any potential lawsuits that might occur if Trower is not seated.
The central committee could find not one actual woman in the Union Chapel precinct to run for committee woman? If that is true, the central committee--which is the first and last line of defense for local Republican politics--is impotent.
Friends, many of the people involved in leading state and local Republican politics wear the moniker of conservative or Republican as a skin suit. It is the nature of things that over time an organization will experience entropy. The systems within the organization evolve such that they end in seeking to preserve the system rather than serve the people. In many comments from activist "Republicans" on a Facebook page discussing Trower's candidacy, you will see that the most important aspect is that Trower is a "Republican", is "conservative", is for everything on the Republican platform, etc.
So let's unpack that for a moment. Local Republicans are defending the right of a biological male to assume a committee woman position. Is that your version of Republican? If that is what the GOP now asserts, then Republican is no longer a viable political designation. Indeed, the GOP in Missouri is now openly denying their published beliefs: "We believe in equal rights, equal justice, and equal opportunity for all, regardless of race, creed, sex, age, or disability."
This is the applicable state statute for committee men and women:
"115.607. [...]Except as provided in subsections 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 of this section, the membership of a county or city committee of each established political party shall consist of a man and a woman elected from each precinct, township, or ward in the county or city not within a county."
If equal rights are part of the central committee's credo, then a biological male would not be seated in a committee woman spot, regardless of its vacancy. Let's be clear, a biological male is unable to adequately fulfill a position that was designated solely for a woman.
Living as a female for six years does not grant a biological male the right to appropriate women's sexed reality. Only biological females can intrinsically know what it is to be a woman. This is an attack on women and their rights. This is an attack on the considerable grassroots in Christian County. This is an attack on the truly conservative members of our legislature in Christian County.
Trower's legal passport has a male designation, as admitted here:
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| From: AZ Quotes |
Become men of letters.
— Daniel Foucachon (@foucachon) June 11, 2026
Build your library.
Raise your sons and daughters under their spines. https://t.co/FeThLPX5DS pic.twitter.com/Im6xiIpXq5
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| From: Husqvarna |
It may seem off topic to local politics, but Brit Frank Wright speaks truth so eloquently and brilliantly that one can see the connection between global and local politics. The replacement of western culture with a liberal democracy that we in the west have fallen for these last many decades has devastated the institutions we counted on to keep a stable, prosperous, and cohesive community.
The Tower of Babel that globalists have been building for a hundred years now is beginning to totter. It always comes down to economics. Once you beggar the middle class and destroy the working class, the whole thing will crumble. It is crumbling now. Here is Wright in a short video spot, which Elon Musk sent viral:
I went up to Makerfield to canvass for @RestoreBritain_ - and explained why Restore is the only party which will save the nation: https://t.co/8RVbn9XTzy
— Frank Wright (@frankwrighter) May 23, 2026
Wright ably describes how the System of Liberal Democracy became an end unto itself, requiring the willing suspension of our disbelief in order to continue on. It requires our obeisance to ever-increasing insanity (transgender books pushed on toddlers, and if you object you are a BIGOT and book banner). As Wright says, there is no bottom to it.
He is correct. Who could have foreseen two decades ago that children would be the special victims of a progressive ideology pushing explicit sex, transgender ideology, and heavy witchcraft and occult themes? The ALA and major publishers are in on it. The authors are in on it. Indoctrinated library staff are in on it. Local activists are in on it. But the axe has been laid to the root of the rotten tree.
He explodes the myth of Left and Right, Liberal and Conservative. The end of the New World Order is in sight. Here are two interviews with Wright. The first is a good introduction of Wright on Tucker Carlson's show. The second, while he is speaking mainly British politics, pertains to any country that is suffering the last stages of political babble before the structure implodes.
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Dan Kleinman of Safe Libraries has published an opinion piece about the American Library Association's unholy advocacy of sexually explicit and age-inappropriate books in libraries and schools. FTA:
"[The ALA's] advocacy work is focused on promoting sexually inappropriate content--for minors. Therein lies the fundamental battle at America's schools and libraries. ALA activists and ALA-backed librarians are fighting for kids to read explicit material, and parents are rightly objecting."
Read the whole thing HERE.
WARNING: There are some graphic references noted in the article. Children should not be exposed to them. Oh wait, these are the same references from books widely available in libraries and schools.😢
BREAKING: The Fresno County Board of Supervisors voted to BLOCK Pride month activities at public libraries.
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) May 14, 2026
This comes after a drag queen teacher showed up to the meeting demanding that libraries be kept as LGBTQ "safe spaces"
MASSIVE WIN
Taxpayer-funded libraries should not… pic.twitter.com/uWuBulPqfF