The Trump Administration's attack on the Department of Education and college universities is the culmination of a decades-long plan to restore white supremacy, undo progress, and profit off our kids.
It’s all been said before, but this administration, these right wing crazies, want to destroy everything that makes our country great. They want to destroy public education and in my state and others, have let vouchers ( often for the rich in private schools) overwhelm state budgets. They want religion in our schools to not only make our kids dumb, but also to indoctrinate them into the racist, misogynist society they envision. And people voted for this garbage which is reprehensible.
It is endlessly ironic that Donald Trump fails to acknowledge that he was only able to attend Wharton/U Penn cause he was a DEI acceptance; prove me wrong. Shamelessness has no greater king.
I mean, he only got in cuz of his rich daddy, but that’s not based on DEI. 🤔
This probably isn’t true but it sounds like you buy-in to MAGA’s narrative that DEI policies let in less qualified applicants. We need to promote DEI’s good name and purpose, and not let them control the narrative.
Speaking of education — what the fuck is Columbia University doing? Here is an ostensibly pillar of high education caving to the Trumphuk cabal and giving up on its education mission. Rather than cravenly submitting to the illegal demands of the (Mal)Administration, Columbia University should have stood up to the Trumphukwad and said “you cannot and will not blackmail this university, instead we will file suits against you for illegally withholding legitimate authorized grants for research, for defaming this university, for false claims regarding our students and our faculty that affect our reputation and have caused us irreparable harm.” No guts no glory.
The same goes for the head of the law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, Brad Karp who capitulated to the Bulky Bully Bastard. If I were a client considering a law firm I’d say screw Paul Weiss, they have zero credibility and zero moral fiber. If I worked for them I’d say “screw this firm, I’m going to a firm that doesn’t kowtow to a felon who attacks one of ours.”
JEEZUS, when will someone show these assholes that cravenly caving to mafia tactics is itself immoral.
I’ve been working over 25 years in many states and locations within those states, and have yet to work somewhere where I wasn’t getting some stupid unqualified or chemically addled white dude out of trouble or out of a situation that could result in innocent lives being lost. Fine. Help yourself to your DEI mania. I will be engaging in self care and gardening and enjoying my community.
One positive is that if it is considered a state matter, it will confer some immunity to excesses at the federal level as some states will always be going in a more propitious direction, even as pertains to excesses like that of the Trump administration itself. Another line of thought is that there may be tax gaps re the wealthy that can somehow be taken advantage of by forward thinking states, if the state's have responsibility, (I'm an Australian, but even domestic American matters affect the whole world.), for luxury taxes for instance, (I've got the idea this might eat into the large opportunity cost the wealthy have for their time, and make them work harder, making America an even more prosperous nation, likely benefiting the world.).
Why are they doing this? Especially 45 by the look of him, he won't be alive to get the benefit from it. I think this evil man just enjoys hurting people.
THE US IMPORTED APARTHEID!!! VERY SCARY!!! Just read about the PayPal mafia! Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, David Sacks & Roelof Botha - 4 immigrants from South Africa who grew up with apartheid are currently ruling Donald Trump, the Republican party, and the US government. Trump is not smart enough to think up or carry out all the evil things he is doing on his own! I’m beginning to think they are also using Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg and other wealthy US citizens as front men!
It’s all been said before, but this administration, these right wing crazies, want to destroy everything that makes our country great. They want to destroy public education and in my state and others, have let vouchers ( often for the rich in private schools) overwhelm state budgets. They want religion in our schools to not only make our kids dumb, but also to indoctrinate them into the racist, misogynist society they envision. And people voted for this garbage which is reprehensible.
It is endlessly ironic that Donald Trump fails to acknowledge that he was only able to attend Wharton/U Penn cause he was a DEI acceptance; prove me wrong. Shamelessness has no greater king.
I mean, he only got in cuz of his rich daddy, but that’s not based on DEI. 🤔
This probably isn’t true but it sounds like you buy-in to MAGA’s narrative that DEI policies let in less qualified applicants. We need to promote DEI’s good name and purpose, and not let them control the narrative.
Excellent article this evening,Waj, and I think this will impact the red states most. There will be blowback. Thank You, and will reStack ASAP 🙏
Observing from Canada and it is painful to watch! FOTUS and his cabinet of criminals are destroying America, and the GOP are complicit 🇨🇦 🙏 🇺🇸
Sadly, not just the gop.
Sadly, not just America
Gotta keep those MAGA’s from being exposed to truth.
Speaking of education — what the fuck is Columbia University doing? Here is an ostensibly pillar of high education caving to the Trumphuk cabal and giving up on its education mission. Rather than cravenly submitting to the illegal demands of the (Mal)Administration, Columbia University should have stood up to the Trumphukwad and said “you cannot and will not blackmail this university, instead we will file suits against you for illegally withholding legitimate authorized grants for research, for defaming this university, for false claims regarding our students and our faculty that affect our reputation and have caused us irreparable harm.” No guts no glory.
The same goes for the head of the law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, Brad Karp who capitulated to the Bulky Bully Bastard. If I were a client considering a law firm I’d say screw Paul Weiss, they have zero credibility and zero moral fiber. If I worked for them I’d say “screw this firm, I’m going to a firm that doesn’t kowtow to a felon who attacks one of ours.”
JEEZUS, when will someone show these assholes that cravenly caving to mafia tactics is itself immoral.
I’ve been working over 25 years in many states and locations within those states, and have yet to work somewhere where I wasn’t getting some stupid unqualified or chemically addled white dude out of trouble or out of a situation that could result in innocent lives being lost. Fine. Help yourself to your DEI mania. I will be engaging in self care and gardening and enjoying my community.
One positive is that if it is considered a state matter, it will confer some immunity to excesses at the federal level as some states will always be going in a more propitious direction, even as pertains to excesses like that of the Trump administration itself. Another line of thought is that there may be tax gaps re the wealthy that can somehow be taken advantage of by forward thinking states, if the state's have responsibility, (I'm an Australian, but even domestic American matters affect the whole world.), for luxury taxes for instance, (I've got the idea this might eat into the large opportunity cost the wealthy have for their time, and make them work harder, making America an even more prosperous nation, likely benefiting the world.).
Very engaging op-ed
Keep 'em poor.
Keep 'em dumb.
And they will vote,
Republican.
Why are they doing this? Especially 45 by the look of him, he won't be alive to get the benefit from it. I think this evil man just enjoys hurting people.
Only the best people. Who knows better about education than someone who runs a low IQ side show that promotes toxic masculinity and violence. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/08/us/linda-mcmahon-sexual-abuse-lawsuit.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
I really appreciate what you're doing! Today, I was forwarded an artcle from a source with which I was not familiar. You and others might find it helpfully insightful: https://fakti.bg/en/mnenia/953178-the-word-that-describes-trump#google_vignette
THE US IMPORTED APARTHEID!!! VERY SCARY!!! Just read about the PayPal mafia! Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, David Sacks & Roelof Botha - 4 immigrants from South Africa who grew up with apartheid are currently ruling Donald Trump, the Republican party, and the US government. Trump is not smart enough to think up or carry out all the evil things he is doing on his own! I’m beginning to think they are also using Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg and other wealthy US citizens as front men!
Inconceivable. And yet here we are.
Honestly it’s not going to be that difficult. Americans are already ignorant.