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Besty Devos splits Senate with 50/50 vote, VP Pence confirms nomation
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The shitstains know they are damning this country and don't give a shit.
A party of shameful wretches.
She has no formal experience in education, only in the building of charter schools in Michigan. DeVos believes that schools should bring people closer to God, and that public education is a dead end. Moreover, she thinks that public school teachers are overpaid. This is going to result in a new age of illiteracy and ignorance in schools in addition to mass white flight for when white middle to upper class families flock to new charter schools away from cities and diverse communities. Basically, this will lead to a new period of re-segregation in schools, through economics.
Basically, the new generation of kids will be less informed, more closely tied to religion, and more isolated from other cultures. They're trying to revert us back to the pre-civil rights era of schools. I would not be surprised if Brown vs BoE is up on the chopping block to further push this goal. The GOP is trying to cultivate a new generation of voters with the younger generation by making them poorly education, afraid of minorities, and devoted to God. That's the end game here, it's about the GOP retaining power. It's fucking evil.
A whole lotta words to say "I hate millennials"
JetBlackPanda
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my mom doesn't understand why im so angry. She heard on the local news how DeVos is not about defunding public schools she is all about letting states decide. See how great she is?
im so ANGRY.
my poor poor 4 year old daughter starts kindergarten next year.
im so ANGRY.
my poor poor 4 year old daughter starts kindergarten next year.
m_shortpants
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Drain the swamp guise!!!
Fuck the GOP. Sell outs.
Fuck the GOP. Sell outs.
You have no idea if this is bad or not but you are pissed?
We are no more fucked than we were after the election results came in, I mean her boss is just as unqualified.
My daughter should be starting Kindergarten in 2019 so I guess I'll see what damage has been done up to then. Hoping for the best but who knows...
They never said they won't refill the swamp.
They never said they won't refill the swamp.
Bruce Springsteen
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Yup, fuck him
This all comes full circle when tech companies say there are no qualified applicants in the US.
We doubled down on corporate interest to the detriment of the next generation.
StrikeNinja24
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She didn't know basic answers to education questions, plagiarized her answers, donated millions to the GOP, and is arguing that guns are needed in schools, and when pressed, quoted a bear attack.
Oh, and high school kids will start having tuition on the levels of college. So the student debt issue will only become worse.
Wow, what a colossal piece of shit.
It's no secret, that's for sure
Vox should've see that and immediately rejected his submission.
It's like having a klansman write about civil rights.
To be fair, Democrats won the popular vote in the Senate, too
The Senate is very unfair. A state as populous as California gets 2 senators and one like Wyoming also gets 2 senators.
And the same sort of situation happened in the house a few times, too, since 2010. Democrats won more votes but lost, or didn't nearly win as many seats. That's because 2010 was a landslide year and a census year. The republicans gerrymandered the fuck out of everything and even if Democrats came out and voted in absolutely astounding numbers they still likely couldn't overturn that advantage. I can't find a link now but I remember reading them needing like a 6-8 percentage point win to get like a few seat advantage in the house.
I H8 Memes
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This is pointless. Repubs would have confirmed her for nothing. She only embodies every goal and ideal Republicans have for public education. In short, ending it for good.
Already Torn
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Can we even become stupider as a country though?
PandaPandaPanda
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I said it before and I'll say it again:
every nominee is getting through. The republican controlled congress don't give a flying fuck what happens to our country for the long term other than lining their pockets with money
every nominee is getting through. The republican controlled congress don't give a flying fuck what happens to our country for the long term other than lining their pockets with money
It's as plain as day that's what they want. It's typical fascist playbook. They want to ensure the public at large isn't perceptive enough to see what they're voting for. And they will continue to scapegoat/fear-monger to get their way while they enact laws that make it hard for any opposition to gain power. All of this while they don't even actually have the majority vote in this country. It's maddening.
Yup. An incompetent moron who wants public schools to burn is exactly what the GOP wants.
Look how much people spend on college educations. Imagine how much money there is to be made privatizing K-12! Fucking monsters.
We're hoping nothing for special education changes.
Thanks trump voters and protest voters.
Gotdatmoney
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Republican voters know what they wamt doesn't fucking matter to the party. They have the least right to talk.
We can try.
This only adds to my dislke for Vox as a political website. They're the tool of moderates and nothing more.
UberTag
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That's not a theory. That's a fact.
Tal Shiar Agent
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Control education and you control the people. This is part of their plan.
Basically: "Public education is not doing great right now, so that means we shouldn't support public education at all. Government is bad. Now let me talk about how great charter and private schools are."
Here's an example of the blatant shit in the article.
Even a cursory look at charter schools in this country shows what garbage this is.
Gameplan: When kids aren't educated enough to be aware of this disingenuous punk's fallacious arguments, they'll just roll with it in the future.
benicillin
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I'm pretty upset about the nomination too, but I don't think that they can snap their fingers and destroy the public school system. States have too much control.
Fox Mulder
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Of course. They also fight so hard to suppress votes of minorities, poor, and students.
WhiteRabbitEXE
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I understand why, but it's ridiculous that the VP is the tiebreaker for a presidential pick. When is a VP going to vote against POTUS? It just guarantees a tie is an accepted pick.
echoshifting
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One in three American adults reads below a fifth grade level (if at all)
We can definitely get that number higher
Enough of the state governments are lead by soulless Republicans that this could do irrevocable damage across the country.
Mackenzie 92
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doesn't state > fed gov generally in terms of public education?
I'm not happy about her appointment, but in the scheme of things, I don't think much will change. small budget, smallest cabinet level etc.
more worried about the other appointments to be honest
I'm not happy about her appointment, but in the scheme of things, I don't think much will change. small budget, smallest cabinet level etc.
more worried about the other appointments to be honest
These kinds of prognostications are always wrong. Look no further than three fucking months ago, when many people here and around the country were predicting the permanent end of the Republican Party.
The Democrats are the minority party; that's a real problem. But blowing it up as "2018 will be the last gasp of the party, and if they fail, the Democrats are gone forever" is hyperbolic nonsense. Shit can be bad or difficult without having to be all or nothing.
True. But whatever they CAN do to make things better for the wealthy, they most certainly will; at the expense of poorer children.
Random Painted HIghway
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Disgusting but expected.
Angelus Errare
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Trump did promise to shake things up. On the bright side at least now America will care about the quality of education inner city and low income kids get because they'll have no choice but to care since their middle class kids might be getting the exact same shit too.
RPGCrazied
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What a shitshow. Oh well, Make Children Stupid Again it is then.
Yeah, it was just like I and others had predicted. The two republicans were allowed to split because the others were solid, and the vote was going to go through.
Fuck the Republicans, fuck Pence, and in particular fuck Murkowski and Collins for voting against her for show, whilst secretly wanting her and letting her through committee. Fucking scum, and I hope they get voted out in 2020.
Fuck the Republicans, fuck Pence, and in particular fuck Murkowski and Collins for voting against her for show, whilst secretly wanting her and letting her through committee. Fucking scum, and I hope they get voted out in 2020.
Pai Pai Master
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These things aren't dangerous because they happen overnight. The quality and support of public schools has been eroding for decades and we already feel we are at a low point. Teachers already feel like they're fighting a losing battle. Things will continue to get worse from here.
UberTag
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You say that and yet just look at how much the President has destroyed in the 18 days since he took office.
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