these poor fucking kids, y'all.
covid in 2020, trump again in 2025, decades of anti-education bullshit..
real victims of the information war
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No Child Left Behind was the first shot against education
Not quite the information age I was promised in the 90s.... Womp womp
For fuck's sake, it was created by an act of Congress. This should be a no-brainer. Either the president's job is to execute on the law as determined by Congress, not to just overrule it by fiat, or we have a king.
Well....
Wweeelllllllllllll....
The word you are looking for is more like dictator.
It's not that it is wrong, but it is a bit fuzzy. Because Kings haven't had dictatorial powers in western countries for centuries, and modern Kings are generally NOT above the law, and are often an integral part of well functioning democracies in modern societies.
Denmark Norway and Sweden are all kingdoms, and are among the highest functioning democracies in the world.
The judge also told the administration to reinstate Education Department employees who lost their jobs during the reduction-in-force announced on March 11 and “to restore the Department to the status quo.”
Or what? Seriously. He's not going to do it, nothing will change, he won't have any consequences, and he will continue penetrating America's proverbial asshole with a hot curling iron.
Ideally, start arresting every person who enacts the president's illegal actions. They should have arrested every person in DOGE that illegally occupied any of the government buildings or seized government information.
Its not going to happen.
Well interestingly enough that big beautiful bill removes the courts ability to do it...
No court of the United States may use appropriated funds to enforce a contempt citation for failure to comply with an injunction or temporary restraining order if no security was given when the injunction or order was issued….
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-hidden-provision-in-the-big-ugly
If the president can ignore the court, the court can ignore the laws.
Of course, down that road lies. . . well, we passed Madness a while back. Not sure where this road leads, anymore.
Did the big beautiful bill make it through?
Yeah, the House passed it this morning.
U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon
I don't think I'll ever get used to this best value Idiocracy
Best value? I'd say it's A1!