Trump and Elon are now going after the Department of Education. Why? Because they don’t care about public schools. They don’t care that an American education is literally the best path toward economic opportunity for our children. - ThreadSky

jayapal.house.gov • 72 days ago

Trump and Elon are now going after the Department of Education.

Why? Because they don’t care about public schools. They don’t care that an American education is literally the best path toward economic opportunity for our children.

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rebelgadfly.bsky.social•72 days ago

Don't just report, use your access/expertise to assist. Which state & social services orgs can you liaise with to unite & fight this? Where are you posting resources for building community/mutual aid? Are there int'l orgs/allies you can do intros to? Where have you listed legal orgs fighting this?

featherbrainedfarm.bsky.social•71 days ago

Republicans have been trying to get rid of public education for years. An uneducated public is easier to control. They want private schools because those indoctrinated by religion are easy to control and don't ask questions.

williamwillyloman.bsky.social•72 days ago

One other fact: Trump and Musk are targeting all of the programs Republicans despise so the Representatives and Senators in Congress don’t have to take the heat and lose voters!

elizabethwithaz.bsky.social•72 days ago

Actually, all they apparently care about when it comes to schools is how they function as job training centers. This is bigger than that.

samandtootie.bsky.social•71 days ago

I guess your choices will be afford private school or be “home schooled” which a lot of parents should not be doing from experience

badclerk.bsky.social•72 days ago

your posts are becoming disheartening, @jayapal.house.gov

PLEASE go join @aoc.bsky.social and @sanders.senate.gov on their anti-kakistocracy tour and STAND WITH YOUR CONSTITUENTS. we WILL get behind you if you start leading this parade

sequinpants.bsky.social•72 days ago

You can't return America to the Gilded Age without unskilled, cheap labor to lose fingers in the unregulated sweatshops and live in the unregulated tenements

Upward economic mobility gets in the way of their plans

kaswa.bsky.social•72 days ago

More interested in the Dem party building a fully articulated moral platform of tenets, strategies and tactics than blow-by-blow reporting (that is someone else’s job). Harder ask but It Is Literally Your Job.

c-birdz.bsky.social•72 days ago

Ready for the bidding war between Denmark and Canada to buy California, Oregon, and Washington states 🙌🏼

mmsmms.bsky.social•71 days ago

🧨PROBLEM intentional dumbing down of public education. Decades of underfunding. Divided into charter-magnet-private-religious-home schools. Higher ed unavailable to millions b/c cost. Cannot grasp cause & effect, probability. If unable to reason, easier to control–espec by fear.

cosmichvoyager.bsky.social•72 days ago

Impeach. It doesn’t matter if you don’t have the votes.

brett-white.bsky.social•71 days ago

Get out there and rally the revolution. No more compromising with treasonous republicans who continue to support trump.

nrothont.bsky.social•71 days ago

And that is why I'm {INSERT ACTION}..."

rdm70.bsky.social•71 days ago

Uneducated; uninformed is brand. Public education has been the stepping stone to greater success

beegreene.bsky.social•72 days ago

shirlsurely.bsky.social•72 days ago

ALSO because both of them aren't just STUPID, they're DANGEROUSLY STUPID, & they're not just GREEDY, they're grotesquely greedy. They are also threatened by intelligent people because intelligent people can SEE right through them.

eyeswideopengrl.bsky.social•71 days ago

And -- god forbid we have a well educated electorate who can see through their lies, grift and self-serving actions

ac-californian.bsky.social•72 days ago

Their kids all went to private school.

trixiebeldame.bsky.social•71 days ago

They want to destroy #PublicEducation bc the poorly educated are easier to manipulate. djt himself has said the he loves the poorly educated bc they vote for him.

#FireMusk
#ImpeachTrump
#Savedemocracy

danarene.bsky.social•72 days ago

Correct. And they never did. This is a statement that will energize the people who already agree with you. Stop thinking that the people who voted for this have the same value system you do. Figure out what theirs is. Find common ground. Gain trust. Make change.

nhsnotes.bsky.social•72 days ago

Agreed. The common ground is very simple. It’s WE the People (Democrats, Republicans, MAGAS & independents) who firmly believe in Democracy, Freedom & the Constitution instead of fascism & oligarchy.

callyourreps.us•72 days ago

If you would like to contact this rep:

Local Office #: (206) 674-0040

DC Office #: (202) 225-3106

Office Website: https://jayapal.house.gov

Please only contact if this is your rep. If you wish to speak to another rep about this issue, find them here: https://reps.fyi

pnwkarina.bsky.social•72 days ago

They don't care about the people, they only care about the dollars going into their pockets.

broccoliwizard.bsky.social•72 days ago

“… and therefore I will take the following direct actions:”

rosiemog.bsky.social•71 days ago

Keep the population undereducated and they are much easier to control
Malthusian political thought
All hail Don Donnie

zillah975.bsky.social•71 days ago

Oh it's worse than that. They care. They care that an educated electorate is less likely to keep them in power. This is them actively working to shackle the next generations' minds.

nhsnotes.bsky.social•72 days ago

The fascists don’t want educated, critical thinkers. This hinders their ability to control us. They also want censorship over exactly what can be taught
& spoken in the classroom which is why they ban books & threaten to withhold federal $ to public universities

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