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MugsysRapSheet 🔩🐑🐘<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://freeradical.zone/@Ahuka" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Ahuka</span></a></span> <br>"I love the poorly educated!"</p><p> - Donald T**** in 2015 when a poll showed he beat out his <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> rivals among those with "a High School diploma or less" by 40 points. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DeptOfEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeptOfEducation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IgnoranceEqualsControl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IgnoranceEqualsControl</span></a></p>
Georgiann Baldino<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DeptOfEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeptOfEducation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/TrumpRegime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpRegime</span></a> targets vulnerable school children.</p>
Georgiann Baldino<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DeptOfEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeptOfEducation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspolitics</span></a></p>
MugsysRapSheet 🔩🐑🐘<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SundayShowdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SundayShowdown</span></a> </p><p>Penny Nance, Wingnut president of "Concerned Women of America" reacts to a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fox</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Poll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poll</span></a> that says "65% of voters oppose closing the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DeptOfEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeptOfEducation</span></a>", responding with:</p><p>"The Dept of Education was a bad idea created by Jimmy Carter."</p><p>...and therefore justifies it being destroyed. 🤬</p>
Sandra Hoenle (she/her) 🇨🇦<p>Impacts of closing the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DeptOfEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeptOfEducation</span></a> Mainly financial supports for disadvantaged students and civil rights protections <a href="https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/03/20/trump-abolish-education-explained/?utm_source=mail.snopes.com&amp;utm_medium=newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=tesla-dealership-attacks-department-of-education-colin-powell&amp;_bhlid=1958de1e72cae6242fac12b2fd5a7478d52d3185" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">snopes.com/news/2025/03/20/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-abolish-education-explained/?utm_source=mail.snopes.com&amp;utm_medium=newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=tesla-dealership-attacks-department-of-education-colin-powell&amp;_bhlid=1958de1e72cae6242fac12b2fd5a7478d52d3185</span></a></p>
MugsysRapSheet 🔩🐑🐘<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@RonSupportsYou" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>RonSupportsYou</span></a></span> <br>"I ❤️ The Poorly Educated!" - <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DonnieDumbass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DonnieDumbass</span></a> upon being told in 2015 that he out-polled all of his opponents by &gt; 30% among "the poorly educated."</p><p>The less educated you are, the more likely you are to vote <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a>. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DeptOfEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeptOfEducation</span></a></p>
MugsysRapSheet 🔩🐑🐘<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://todon.nl/@lydiaconwell" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>lydiaconwell</span></a></span> <br>"Winston Smith's" job in the novel "1984" was to remove words from the English language.</p><p>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. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DeptOfEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeptOfEducation</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Orwell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Orwell</span></a>'s "1984" was mostly a cautionary tale about how insidious <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> can be... much like how his novel "Animal Farm" taught the same lesson about Communism.</p>
MusiqueNow :pride: ✡️ 🇵🇸 :anarchismhebrew:<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKXzKOdgUxg" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=kKXzKOdgUx</span><span class="invisible">g</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/DemocracyNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DemocracyNow</span></a> </p><p>Trump vs. <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Publicschools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Publicschools</span></a>: Executive Order Aims to Dismantle the <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/DeptOfEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeptOfEducation</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/FascistUSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FascistUSA</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/LindaMcMoron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LindaMcMoron</span></a></p>
Jenna Lane<p>Not to be a political downer but gutting the department of education seems like a really uneducated move.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DeptofEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeptofEducation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Teachers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Teachers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SchoolIsCool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SchoolIsCool</span></a>!</p>
Trevor McLeod<p>Uh, what happened to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/congressional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>congressional</span></a> approval?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspoli</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/deptofeducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deptofeducation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/20/trump-executive-order-education-department" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m</span><span class="invisible">ar/20/trump-executive-order-education-department</span></a></p>
MugsysRapSheet 🔩🐑🐘<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/@bud_t" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bud_t</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://journa.host/@w7voa" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>w7voa</span></a></span> <br>I don't know if the people dismantling everything good/helpful/positive about the federal gov't think this far ahead (doubtful), but…</p><p>…to put all this stuff back after <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DonnieDumbass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DonnieDumbass</span></a> does away with it… <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VOA</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FEMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FEMA</span></a>, thousands of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IRS</span></a> agents, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Superfund" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Superfund</span></a> Cleanup, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DeptOfEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeptOfEducation</span></a>, etc…</p><p>…it's going to cost SO much money just to put everything back, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> are going to run on "<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> want to explode the size of government" for the next two decades. 🤬</p>
MugsysRapSheet 🔩🐑🐘<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://aoir.social/@aram" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>aram</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@bitbonk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bitbonk</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.balpha.de/@balpha" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>balpha</span></a></span> <br>"We don't need indoctrination."<br>"Hey! <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MAGAts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAGAts</span></a>! Leave our kids alone!"<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DeptOfEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeptOfEducation</span></a></p>
Old White Dude<p>We sure don’t want those disadvantaged kids to actually learn something. They might actually realize that the <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/oligarchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchs</span></a> aren’t their friends.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/trumpcabinetofcorruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trumpcabinetofcorruption</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/felontrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>felontrump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/deptofeducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deptofeducation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/11/us-education-department-layoffs" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m</span><span class="invisible">ar/11/us-education-department-layoffs</span></a></p>
MugsysRapSheet 🔩🐑🐘<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheOrangeMenace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheOrangeMenace</span></a> is shutting down The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DeptOfEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeptOfEducation</span></a> and the woman he put in charge of destroying her own job, Linda <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/McMahon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>McMahon</span></a>, fired 1,300 people, telling the Media:</p><p>"Don't worry. We kept all the GOOD people."</p><p>Who are the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GoodPeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GoodPeople</span></a>? Apparently, white men who attended Conservative Christian universities.</p><p>"Not good"? Women and people of color. 🤨 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ISmellALawsuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ISmellALawsuit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DisasterPresidency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DisasterPresidency</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-fires-1-300-at-department-of-education-programs-expected-to-suffer-with-staff-gutted-234164805699" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/</span><span class="invisible">trump-fires-1-300-at-department-of-education-programs-expected-to-suffer-with-staff-gutted-234164805699</span></a></p>
MorriganAzure 🧙🏻‍♀️🔮🪄<p>Sad but true! and now they want to do away with the <a href="https://turtleisland.social/tags/deptofeducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deptofeducation</span></a></p>
Georgiann Baldino<p>"(Bloomberg) -- A <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/CharterSchool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CharterSchool</span></a> in San Antonio [<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a>] is expected to close at the end of the year, jeopardizing $25 million of municipal bonds the institution borrowed just three years ago." </p><p><a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/muni-backed-charter-school-texas-181515033.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">finance.yahoo.com/news/muni-ba</span><span class="invisible">cked-charter-school-texas-181515033.html</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DeptOfEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeptOfEducation</span></a></p>
Wm.son<p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TFG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TFG</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TFGElon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TFGElon</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DuckFoge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DuckFoge</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/PublicCitizen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicCitizen</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/LawSuits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LawSuits</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/PersonalInformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PersonalInformation</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DeptOfEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeptOfEducation</span></a></p><p>Here are the basics:</p><p> In order to apply for and participate in federal financial aid programs, students must submit sensitive personal information to the Department of Education and authorize the Department to access their tax records.</p><p> The Department of Education retains this information for millions of current and former students and their family members.</p><p> Under the federal Privacy Act, the Internal Revenue Code, and the Department of Education’s own regulations, access to these records is strictly controlled, and these records may be used only for specified purposes.</p><p> Yet Elon Musk’s “DOGE” squad got access to the computer systems that house this data.</p><p> 1/2</p>
Mike Barbre<p>Comic book characters remain on the menu for Trump's Cabinet.</p><p><a href="https://awscommunity.social/tags/LindaMcMahon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LindaMcMahon</span></a> <a href="https://awscommunity.social/tags/EducationSecretary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EducationSecretary</span></a> <a href="https://awscommunity.social/tags/DoE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DoE</span></a></p><p>Trump nominating billionaire pro wrestling mogul Linda McMahon for secretary of the <a href="https://awscommunity.social/tags/DeptOfEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeptOfEducation</span></a>:<br><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/19/politics/linda-mcmahon-education-secretary-trump/index.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnn.com/2024/11/19/politics/li</span><span class="invisible">nda-mcmahon-education-secretary-trump/index.html</span></a></p>
looktotherose<p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/deptofeducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deptofeducation</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/deptOfJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deptOfJustice</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/deptofepa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deptofepa</span></a></p>
AZcoigreach<p>Goodbye <a href="https://stranger.social/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EPA</span></a><br>Goodbye <a href="https://stranger.social/tags/DeptOfEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeptOfEducation</span></a> <br>Goodbye <a href="https://stranger.social/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a><br>Goodbye 30,000 <a href="https://stranger.social/tags/FederalEmployees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FederalEmployees</span></a></p>