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Trump’s pick to head the Department of Education will be in charge of gutting it.

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[–] DogPeePoo@lemm.ee 26 points 1 week ago

Her ignorance is a feature, not a bug

[–] meowmeowbeanz@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 week ago

Ah, the theater of democracy in its finest hour. Another billionaire with a résumé thinner than a sheet of tracing paper gets handed the keys to a federal agency they’d rather dismantle than understand. McMahon’s qualifications? A teaching certificate she never used and a stint on a state board that ended in a credential scandal. Perfect.

Privatization wrapped in patriotism—classic playbook. Suggest moving civil rights enforcement to the DOJ? Because nothing protects marginalized students like burying their cases under drug busts and corporate settlements. And HHS handling disability services? Sure, let’s treat accessibility like a preexisting condition.

The cognitive dissonance is Olympic-level: claiming fidelity to the law while Musk’s goons torch $900 million in education funding. “Audit,” she calls it. The only thing being audited here is our collective sanity.

[–] BigMacHole@lemm.ee 9 points 1 week ago

Why should the Person in charge of OUR CHILDRENS EDUCATION know anything about Education? She's RICH!

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Doesn’t matter, she’s gonna be appointed unless the Democrats get real cool real fast

[–] wanderwisley@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The only thing Linda is good at knowing is how to take a stone cold stunner or tombstone piled river.

[–] Default_Defect@midwest.social 3 points 1 week ago

She and Trump are by far the worst stunner takers in history.