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[JaggedSac]

Well, at least the bear problem will be resolved.

 

[Boke1879]

Welp how long before the next protest?

 

[Meowster]

Republican voters I know didn't even want DeVos in this position.

 

[mreddie]

Get your vouchers ready.

 

[LosDaddie]

School choice and vouchers for everyone.

But hey, at least Vox made a cute video telling me Devos' nomination was being held up.

 

[joe2187]

So give me the bullet points on what to expect from Devos in the next four years?

 

[DarkKyo]

If we improved education, who would vote republican in the future?

 

[Killthee]

Just as planned. Ugh.

 

[Kthulhu]

And my daughter just started school. Wonderful.

Here's hoping that California defends public education as much as possible.

They probably will. The rest of us are fucked. California really is the only liberal haven in the country right now.

I live in Texas and our test scores are just gonna get worse.

 

[Marvie_3]

This is disgusting.

 

[Geist-]

 

[SwiftDeath]

Fuck Public Education, Fuck the Poor, Fuck anyone not white and rich and christian

Official Republican Campaign Slogan for 2020

 

[KeyBladerXIII]

Clearly not the best time to have kids. Wow.

 

[GPsych]

So much for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Goodbye special education. Goodbye employment for me.

 

[JVIDICAN]

Looking forward to the protests. I don't know anyone who was happy with this pick.

 

[FinaruDensetsu]

So now I'm going to have to pay tax dollars so crazy people can go to private and backwards religious schools that all underperform their public counterparts? Fuck this.

 

[hydrophilic attack]

this is the long game

this is how they will get their future voters

 

[sazzy]

Blame Harry Reid for getting rid of the filibuster.

 

[marc^o^]

Depressing. Keep resisting. Be relentless.

 

[zero_suit]

Republicans will own this mess, and party loyalty takes a backseat when people's kids get fucked over

You underestimate the stupidity of the average citizen.

 

[RoboPlato]

Fuck this

I thought this would be the one thing that could successfully be prevented. Never have I seen so many people on both sides of the political spectrum hate someone as much as DeVos.

 

[Brinbe]

FUCK

Worst appointment yet. Public education is gonna be fucked.

 

[Linkark07]

When can we expect the teacher strike?

 

[Jeevesmeister]

Great victory for the Zuckerbergs and Cory Bookers of the world. Finally, free-market education for all!

 

[Perfect Blue]

Amazing how the US manages to politicize and profit off education. RIP

Blame Harry Reid for getting rid of the filibuster.

GOP would have gotten rid of it now then. This makes no difference.

 

[RCSI]

Thousands of calls across the country telling these senators to vote no, 24 hours of why she is a horrible 'choice' for our schools, and republican's vote along party lines. fuckthisshit

 

[Lord Morairty007]

Looks like I'm not going to try find a teaching job when I graduate in May. Time to find something else with my History degree. Now whole school system is fucked for the next four years until we get a new president.

 

[RinsFury]

How can a party be so fucking evil? Pieces of shit, the whole lot of them and every deplorable sack of shit that voted for them.

 

[CHC]

Wonderful

So this country can become even stupider

 

[Generalpsyduck]

R.I.P special education.

 

[Morat]

this is the long game

this is how they will get their future voters

Exactly. All cults know this - get them young and they are usually yours for life.

 

[echoshifting]

Amazing how the US manages to politicize and profit off absolutely everything. RIP

Fixed

 

[Xando]

Man if i every get rich i'm gonna buy myself the secretary of defense job

 

[kittenbreath]

Absolutely shameful. Any other president would have withdrawn her nomination rather than endure this sort of spectacle.

But this is the price of getting rid of the filibuster - not only does the minority no longer have the ability to block appointments, but the majority no longer has any incentive to find a nominee with broad enough appeal to gain bipartisan support.

 

[FinaruDensetsu]

Looks like I'm not going to try find a teaching job when I graduate in May. Time to find something else with my History degree. Now whole school system is fucked for the next four years until we get a new president.

Probably 8 years given our country's shitty populace.

 

[icespide]

they want us to be dumber

 

[LiK]

RIP public education

 

[Dispatch]

As a teacher, this really worries me. The Department of Education has set the tone since No Child Left Behind. Her lack of knowledge is just as questionable as her motives.

No, I'm not worried. I'm terrified.

 

[maabus1999]

I think the GOP is vastly underestimating how this pick is galvanizing parents with kids across the country. I've been seeing this in several counties that are considered "safe" GOP in previous elections.

Only downside is how long will this galvanize people...will it make it to 2018? I'm not sure yet.

 

[BoboBrazil]

Thousands of calls across the country telling these senators to vote no, 24 hours of why she is a horrible 'choice' for our schools, and republican's vote along party lines. fuckthisshit

Party above all. This is why you can't work with Republicans or give an inch. Hopefully it fucks them in 2018.

 

[Kthulhu]

How can a party be so fucking evil? Pieces of shit, the whole lot of them and every deplorable sack of shit that voted for them.

You kinda answered your own question there.

 

[Hagi]

well I guess the American Dream is dead 🙀

I mean it's was never a thing for everyone anyway. With this government they are only going to limit the already small pool of people it applied to.

 

[mreddie]

 

[xxracerxx]

Wonderful

So this country can become even stupider

Building future Republicans one alternative fact at a time.

 

[Mahonay]

Our country is going to have fallen so far behind in 4 years. Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck

 

[Dishwalla]

I feel dumber already.

 

[Blader]

Even though they're getting what they want here, I feel like if I were Trump, McConnell or DeVos, I'd feel utterly embarrassed that it took the vice president to cast a tie-breaking vote in order to get this confirmation done.

Blame Harry Reid for getting rid of the filibuster.

Republicans would've just nuked it themselves when given the chance. At least with Reid's way, Obama was able to appoint a ton of federal judges, who will be critically important in blocking in more blatantly unconstitutional actions coming out of the White House the next few years.

 

[BitStyle]

Of course, because they're the party of pure evil.

Fuck the republican party. Our education system will be entirely fucked

 

[tbm24]

Republican voters I know didn't even want DeVos in this position.

This has nothing to do with what any voters want. DeVos is being rewarded for all the money she's dumped into the GOP.

 

[Horns]

These cowards need to burn for this in the midterm elections.