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Besty Devos splits Senate with 50/50 vote, VP Pence confirms nomation
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Guess it depends on your state.
benicillin
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Also true. I just can't imagine Trump making any progress championing a voucher program if Devos is the face for his education department. People hate her and they've spent too much time just trying to push her through. Like I don't think she's going to be able to do as much as some people think she is, but what she can do will certainly be harmful. Just not "I'm never having kids and education is over" awful.
Vincent Alexander
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I feel fucking powerless and useless, but I tweeted every single one of these pieces of shit to make myself feel a little better.
"@BillCassidy Good job suporting DeVos. Where can I send my $70,200 to match what her family gave you? I assume I get any job I want after?"
The Last Wizard
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Why y'all mad at republicans? They want a illiterate and dumb populace as it keeps them in power.
There are a lot of states that will go along with whatever she has in mind. This is going to divide people even further.
Unfortunately, an educated electorate would result in Dem control of government. So gotta keep people dumb, Jesus loving and voting Republican.
Make POOR children stupid again, you mean.
Sounds good then /s
GOP is in control of the Executive branch, the legislative branch of government. Will soon be in control of the Supreme Court. There are 25 states that are entirely controlled by the Republican Party. Only 5 are controlled by the Dems. The GOP can and will destroy public education.
Baroquemantic
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Goddammit, fuck these people.
Mackenzie 92
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can they gut student aid, work study, pell grants, fafsa etc?
were they going to anyhow?
seems like even reagan tried to kill a lot of the programs but wasn't able to
were they going to anyhow?
seems like even reagan tried to kill a lot of the programs but wasn't able to
Hari Seldon
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Yes, by a huge margin. In fact the local school board members you vote for have more power of your child's education than the federal government.
My local school board revenue:
Local Taxes: 46 million
State Taxes: 15 million
Federal Taxes: 347k
How is there truly a Simpsons gif for everything? Is it that they've been around for so long, or that we are truly living in a bizarro world?Don't worry the GOP will turn on her when she wants to implement her bear patrol.
Oklahoma's public schools to become even more fucked.
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That must be embarrassing for her
RPGCrazied
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Can we now please never listen to Graham or McCain ever again? Whatever they say or do to act like they are standing up to Trump.
Hot air.
Hot air.
Have you ever seen Captain Fantastic? You can do it!
This is probably the first time I genuinely think that Republicans in the Senate and House fucked themselves over to their own constituents because of "towing the party line", especially in states like Pennsylvania.
DeVos is going to be such a blowback in 2020, much like Bush's late era attempts at touching health care were a blockback in 2008. There are far too many Republican voters who did not like her and will not like what she does to public education in states that will be most affected, and this is very much something that WILL affect them directly and immediately because parents and teachers (and their kids) talk.
She's a despised individual by both sides of the voter base.
DeVos is going to be such a blowback in 2020, much like Bush's late era attempts at touching health care were a blockback in 2008. There are far too many Republican voters who did not like her and will not like what she does to public education in states that will be most affected, and this is very much something that WILL affect them directly and immediately because parents and teachers (and their kids) talk.
She's a despised individual by both sides of the voter base.
Jesus Carbomb
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So what's her endgame? Why does she want this job?
Jeevesmeister
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I'm really sick of this liberal platitude. Of the stupidest people in this country, those whose decisions have had the most disastrous consequences - which have ended countless lives in one way or another - come from Ivy League educations. Here's a photo of some of them:
1. More money for me and my friends
2. Fuck you
Vincent Alexander
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When I first saw this in highschool, I thought it was a little preachy. A little too hippie-ish and exaggerated. What a moron I was. This shit couldn't be any more true.
GameAddict411
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Can't wait until my community college closes down due to funding now.
She doesn't want white affluent children in schools with non-whites
That's why we're mad.
chaosblade
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I legitimately think this is going to come back to bite the GOP. Regardless of what the party might want, very few people including Republican voters want to see the public education system get worse. I know my Republican family members won't be happy with her.
- Defund/cripple Public Education
- Use federal funds to build charter schools nation wide
- Privitize the education system
- Resegregate schools
- Bring children closer to God
What is anyone's endgame? I suppose that she will gain something out of it. Maybe rerouting the 1 trillion dollar loan program or getting access to the boards of private schools which is also a billion dollar business?
Duxxy3
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Give favorable deals to private corporations in exchange for money and favors. The usual government stooge.
Palette Swap
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American Democracy working as intended.
So if I'm understanding all this correctly, Republicans want all the power to tell women what they can and can't do with their bodies and outlaw abortions. However, with this child that they're forcing women to bring in this world, because they care so much about life, they're willing to potentially grant that same child a severely substandard level of education in the process?
parrotbeak
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My local news front webpage (fake news):
mullet2000
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Can't wait to see what "fake history" class is like.
Air Zombie Meat
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She's rich which is the new substitute for intelligence.
All science books will be replaced with the bible.
CecilRousso
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The greatest democracy in the world at work there, for us all to see. An extremely unqualified person at such a high position, choosen for all the wrong reasons - greed, spite and what not.
I'm really sick of this liberal platitude. Of the stupidest people in this country, those whose decisions have had the most disastrous consequences - which have ended countless lives in one way or another - come from Ivy League educations. Here's a photo of some of them:
Those people knew exactly what they were doing. They're not dumb. They (and their GOP cohorts) have exactly one goal, make their benefactors richer. And they did that. So your notion is completely false. You act as if they give a shit about those countless lives with horrible consequences. Hint: THEY DON'T! That DeVos just got nominated despite zero qualifications is proof enough of that.
The bigger problem is who voted them and fools like Trump into office? Jesus Christ. This is like the tenth time I've posted this on here and I'll continue to do so. http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/education-not-income-predicted-who-would-vote-for-trump/
They won't read the tweets. Send a letter or call him.
Jeevesmeister
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I always wonder if people who use the God Emperor imagery know anything about his lore/story.
Because the image would be more fitting with Obama's head on it than Trump's.
RPGCrazied
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ok, that was a better joke. you win.
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