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Aaron Baker (he/him) @bakerleft.bsky.social · 17h

Good Luck, Ryan! #oklahoma #oklaed #ryanwalters

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Aaron Baker (he/him) @bakerleft.bsky.social · 7d

Lesson Plans for the Fall of Democracy #oklahoma #teachers #trump

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Aaron Baker (he/him) @bakerleft.bsky.social · 25d

I’m looking forward to when Ryan Walters is completely absent from the Oklahoma media landscape. But that day is not yet. He does not get to just walk away. There are so many things he needs to answer for. There is so much harm that will take time & attention to heal. #oklaed

Aaron Baker (he/him) @bakerleft.bsky.social · 26d

I taught for approximately 300 days with Ryan Walters as State Superintendent in Oklahoma. He is now gone. I am still here. Today was day one without his hateful presence! Here’s to better days ahead for Oklahoma public education! #oklaed

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Aaron Baker (he/him) @bakerleft.bsky.social · 28d

Oklahoma knows that Ryan Walters really wanted the following, in this order:
1. U.S. Secretary of Education
2. Governor of Oklahoma
3. Fox News Anchor
Instead, he is “excited” about the Teacher Freedom Alliance? This was not part of his plan, & I’m here for it! #oklaed

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Aaron Baker (he/him) @bakerleft.bsky.social · 29d

Since January 9, 2023, I have been in a competition to outlast Ryan Walters in Oklahoma public education. I win! #oklaed

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Aaron Baker (he/him) @bakerleft.bsky.social · Sep 27

Ryan Walters was the state Superintendent that Oklahoma never knew that we didn’t need. #oklaed

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Aaron Baker (he/him) @bakerleft.bsky.social · Sep 26

(7/7) #oklaed

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Aaron Baker (he/him) @bakerleft.bsky.social · Sep 26

Ryan Walters sent me the wrong Constitution! This is blatant revisionist history. If this version of history continues, slavery will be erased completely from academic standards and eventually from history textbooks. We truly live in dangerous times! (6/7) #oklaed

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Aaron Baker (he/him) @bakerleft.bsky.social · Sep 26

The publishers of the God Bless the USA Bible left slavery in the Constitution! And not in an historical way, but in a “slavery was not abolished, therefore slavery never existed” way! Donald Trump endorses the wrong Constitution! (5/7) #oklaed

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Aaron Baker (he/him) @bakerleft.bsky.social · Sep 26

If the 13th, 14th, & 15th amendments are not included, how did the publishers deal with the 3/5 Compromise, which was effectively removed from Article I by the 13th & 14th amendments? And there it was in all of its appalling racism! (4/7) #oklaed

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Aaron Baker (he/him) @bakerleft.bsky.social · Sep 26

The Bill of Rights, & the Pledge of Allegiance. The Bill of Rights are the first 10 amendments to the Constitution. There are 17 more. I quickly noticed that amendments 11-17 are conspicuously missing from the God Bless the USA Bible. Then I realized my worst fear! (3/7) #oklaed

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Aaron Baker (he/him) @bakerleft.bsky.social · Sep 26

After realizing that the Bible was nothing more than a leather bound KJV version with glossy supplemental pages in the back, I took a closer look at the extra-biblical documents: lyrics to “God Bless the USA, the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, (2/7) #oklaed

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Aaron Baker (he/him) @bakerleft.bsky.social · Sep 26

State Superintendent Sent Oklahoma Teachers the Wrong Constitution. In March of 2025, state Superintendent, Ryan Walters, who recently resigned, sent two “God Bless the USA” Bibles to my school to be used in my AP U.S. Government & Politics classes. (1/7) #oklaed

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Aaron Baker (he/him) @bakerleft.bsky.social · Sep 3

Ryan Walters is so afraid of big bad woke boogeyman teachers from California. Meanwhile, I’m a leftist, & I teach U.S. Government right down the road from his office. He spreads fear about out-of-state woke teachers when the call is coming from within the house! #oklaed

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Aaron Baker (he/him) @bakerleft.bsky.social · Sep 2

I don’t need to take a fucking PragerU test! I already teach U.S. Government in Oklahoma! I don’t teach American Exceptionalism, and I don’t teach American First. Call me woke if you like. Ryan Walters is full of shit! #oklaed

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Aaron Baker (he/him) @bakerleft.bsky.social · Aug 26

Ryan Walters is motivated by what will keep him in the headlines. That’s what this woke test bullshit is about. That’s what him trying to end state testing is about. It’s what Trump does, so Walters does it. And it works! There’s no clear way to counter this tactic. #oklaed

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Aaron Baker (he/him) @bakerleft.bsky.social · Aug 24

So many Oklahoma teachers oppose the hatred and indoctrination touted by Ryan Walters. We don’t need teachers from California or New York. We are resisting from within! We got us! #oklaed

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Aaron Baker (he/him) @bakerleft.bsky.social · Aug 22

There are practically no lawyers left in Oklahoma willing to represent Ryan Walters or the State Board of Education. Don’t be surprised next week at the state board meeting if seated beside Ryan Walters is Rudy Giuliani. #oklaed

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Aaron Baker (he/him) @bakerleft.bsky.social · Aug 20

If I could indoctrinate my students, I wouldn’t. Full stop. #oklaed

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Aaron Baker (he/him) @bakerleft.bsky.social · Aug 19

I already teach in Oklahoma. But I will take Ryan Walters’ anti-woke test. And I will proudly fail it! #oklaed

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Aaron Baker (he/him) @bakerleft.bsky.social · Aug 15

If Ryan Walters thinks his political career will benefit from fudging state testing numbers, he will do it. If Ryan Walters finds personal gain in canceling state tests, he will do it. Everything Ryan Walters does is for Ryan Walters. #oklaed

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Aaron Baker (he/him) @bakerleft.bsky.social · Aug 8

Teaching “America First” is bias. Teaching “America First” is uncritical.
Teaching “America First” is ethnocentric. Teaching “America First” is indoctrination. Teaching “America First” is bad pedagogy. #oklaed

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Aaron Baker (he/him) @bakerleft.bsky.social · Aug 5

Tomorrow I begin year 14 as an Oklahoma social studies teacher. But perhaps more impressive, I will also begin year 4 teaching under the oppressive Ryan Walters regime. #oklaed

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Aaron Baker (he/him) @bakerleft.bsky.social · Aug 3

Ryan Walters is extremely unpopular in Oklahoma right now! But the reality is that if general reelection was tomorrow, he would still have a solid chance of defeating any highly qualified Democrat. That’s the incredible stranglehold the Republican Party has on Oklahoma! #oklaed

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