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#DisasterDon is moving forward with his plan to ELIMINATE the #DeptOfEducation (b/c "the poorly educated" vote #Republican.)

Despite what most #Conservatives think, the DoEd DOES NOT set the curriculum of public schools. But misinformed Republicans want to eliminate it b/c they think it does.

Rick "Oops" Perry wanted to eliminate the Dept of Energy b/c he thought all it did was promote Oil sales. 🤦‍♂️

Eliminate FEMA b/c its Dir didn't know there's a "Hurricane Season". 🙄
msnbc.com/the-briefing-with-je

MSNBC · Trump hurts his base again: Education cuts hit red states more, ending help for most vulnerableBy MSNBC

The future of the Democratic party, or at least my support of them, will ride on their long term response to this decision.

If they take the Cuomo "f public schools" and push charter schools approach, then I'm done.

They can't half-ass rebuilding the Dept either, the Dems need a solid commitment to rebuilding education and keeping the GOP from doing this again

#deptofeducation
#SCOTUS

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@SueInRockville
"Why don't they (stop this madness)?"

BECAUSE IT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANT!

"In chaos, you can steal." - Randi Rhodes.

Kill off the poor so you don't have to "support" them anymore. #Covid #Measles #BirdFlu #NIH #DeptOfEducation #Welfare #Eugenics

"You could reduce violent crime by aborting every *black* baby in the country. That would be despicable thing to do, but it would work." - Reagan's Education Secretary Bill "Place'yer Bets" Bennett.

It's what they WANT. 🤬

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@lydiaconwell
"Winston Smith's" job in the novel "1984" was to remove words from the English language.

The People were told it was to "streamline" the language, but in fact, it was a means of CONTROL, b/c when people lack the words to express themselves, the people are easier to control. #DeptOfEducation

#Orwell's "1984" was mostly a cautionary tale about how insidious #Fascism can be... much like how his novel "Animal Farm" taught the same lesson about Communism.

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@bud_t @w7voa
I don't know if the people dismantling everything good/helpful/positive about the federal gov't think this far ahead (doubtful), but…

…to put all this stuff back after #DonnieDumbass does away with it… #VOA, #FEMA, thousands of #IRS agents, #Superfund Cleanup, #DeptOfEducation, etc…

…it's going to cost SO much money just to put everything back, #Republicans are going to run on "#Democrats want to explode the size of government" for the next two decades. 🤬

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#TheOrangeMenace is shutting down The #DeptOfEducation and the woman he put in charge of destroying her own job, Linda #McMahon, fired 1,300 people, telling the Media:

"Don't worry. We kept all the GOOD people."

Who are the #GoodPeople? Apparently, white men who attended Conservative Christian universities.

"Not good"? Women and people of color. 🤨 #ISmellALawsuit #DisasterPresidency
msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/

MSNBC · Trump fires 1,300 at Department of Education; programs expected to suffer with staff guttedBy MSNBC