Hello everybody, and thank you for tuning into the weekly report.

Don't tread on homeschoolers.

A 12-year-old Colorado boy became a victim of woke education when he was taken out of class

until he could not return unless he removed a Gadsden flag or don't tread on me patch

from his backpack.

The school back down after a video went viral in which a school official told the boy

and his mother that the problem with the patch is that the Gadsden flag's origin

is related to slavery and the slave trade.

The school was criticized by individuals from across the political spectrum

for seeming ignorant of the role of the Gadsden flag played in the American Revolution.

Among the critics was Colorado Governor Jared Polis, one of the few remaining Democrats

willing to defend free speech from the woke mob.

This incident reminded me of a 2009 Department of Homeland Security Fusion Center,

report warning that individuals with Gadsden flag bumper stickers

or bumper stickers supporting my presidential campaign or the libertarian or constitutional parties

were potentially dangerous extremists.

After I and many other Americans objected, the offending report was withdrawn.

But the fact that it was issued in the first place, just like the fact the Colorado student

was ever removed from class for his Gadsden flag patch,

shows how the authoritarians view the don't tread on me symbol.

The reason the woke authoritarians hate the Gadsden flag has nothing to do with racism or extremism.

It's because the flag represents a rejection of authoritarianism and an embrace of liberty.

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