The US government may ban history books, but they won´t be able to undo what happened or to re-write history.
My opinion as German, we didn´t/don´t ban history books about the #Nazi regime or other crimes that happened here in Germany and worldwide.
Nothing against Gov. Waltz, but the only way to properly end this "Christian Nationalist" BS is to elect Mayor Pete the next president. Follow up this shit show with our first gay president.
Yeah unfortunately this country isn’t ready for that I don’t think. Can’t handle women, can’t handle people of color, can’t handle gay. If we want to win, it can’t be Pete.
Exactly but here's the thing there is ways of getting that education even under those conditions and that education creates a lot of anger and in turn those authoritarians die the most horrible deaths and they literally lose anything and everything they have
As I listen to Tim it makes my heart break - and I have realized being uninformed May be more comfortable - I too have been soul searching what is mine to do
Musk thinks that everything can be run with AI.
Trump already spoke about 500 billion for a data center.
Balaji was a rising star with OpenAI. He quit and did an interview with the New York Times. He thought they were going to violate copyright laws and use it to harm society.
That story is shady as hell and makes no sense. I believe he killed himself as much as I believe Epstein did. No tin foil hat required to smell a conspiracy on that one.
I believe this kind of investigation is right up your respective alleys. And I'm not buying suicide either! Think you can ferret out some truth on the matter?
Civics is so important! And sooo not taught. In elementary school, two hours of reading and an hour of phonics instruction/more reading takes a huge chunk out of our available time. Reading is essential, but so is being an informed citizen.
Beginning to believe the DNC Democrats don’t want a leader to oppose Republicans. They are like Chuck Schumer- behind democracy until it comes to the vote.
I don't know that we'll get another election of *any* kind. He won't take the chance of losing even one chamber of Congress, let alone both.
My Magic 8 Ball says there's going to be some kind of major national emergency in early November 2026. He doesn't need much of an excuse if he can't lose.
Precisely correct. What you get with schools that are based on private and chartered institutions is conservative religious indoctrination where authoritarian government can thrive via theocracy and oligarchy.
Republicans attacked science, universities, public education, while their right wing billionaire allies bought up news media and social networks, to push lies and propaganda.
It “took a Village” of Rich evil people to accomplish.
…. Or has critical think skills, or the curiosity necessary to ask questions. If they can control the flow of information, the population (theoretically, but there are obviously cases where this exists, like China) is dependent on the state for everything ranging from what to think to what to eat.
@governorwalz.mn.gov Excellent job - keep going. Go deep in MAGA territory. Invite your GOP counterparts, and hold them to the fire when they don't show up.
The democrat establishment is the reason trump happened. If they hadn't colluded with Hillary and used Obama's influence to fuck Bernie over so badly, we never would've had trump in the first place.
Bernie was the only man who would keep congress beholden to the people. They're legally able to use their position to play the stock market, and protected by law against corruption investigations by the FBI. Bernie would have fixed those.
I think AOC wanted to fix that as well. And I remember even Matt Gaetz said something about wanting to work with her on banning congressional insider trading.
Not that either of them would've been able to drum up the votes, of course.
It is the ignorant uneducated who believed the Trump lies voted for him and are now paying for their ignorance. Trump himself admitted that he likes people who are not college educated. Let's not blame anyone else other than ourselves if we could only be responsible for our own actions.
The people wanted Bernie, all they had to do was campaign on him and he would have won easily. They are indeed to blame for all of this mess happening and yet they have the audacity to still play the same cards when the majority of Americans hate them now.
Literally like watching a Spanish soccer team play their tiki taka style soccer and the refusing to pass to ball to Bernie while the GOP literally just pick it up with their hands, headbutt the ref, and throw it in their goal
Yeah, they pretty much did. They pushed the ticket as much to the center and right as possible to appeal to possible Trump voters. The silencing of Sanders and Democratic Socialists has also left Trump voters with no alternative since Sanders’ policies were appealing to them. See his Fox town hall!
DNC definitely played a role by taking away candidates voicing support for public concerns. Candidates truly willing to fight for those concerns. People became angry and hopeless. Many Trump voters used to be Democrats.
If Sanders is being silenced why doesn’t he never stfu.
Like I said, you’re all delusional. Be angry at the 10 Dems who are fucking up not the ones cutting fucking child poverty in half. But you people never give credit.. wonder why some people lost faith and noone vote.
Exactly! Keep the masses uniformed and indoctrinate. It’s sad how many seemingly intelligent people I come across who do not take the time to find out what’s going on and have little information regarding history. And now ugly fascism is repeating itself in our dear beloved once wonderful country
I think potential could be there but no kid here really stands much chance to develop intellectually. Our schools are behind. Keeping people poor and religion keeping them from questioning anything is a hard thing to get out of. I didn't realize how bad it was till I lived somewhere else.
That's why the war is on. They don't want you to leave for school. So they will now make it harder for anyone not rich to get to college. When you can't leave you stay dumb & republican. Sad
It's the parents too. I had one tell me she didn't want her child going off to college. She said "They change and I want my child to believe in what I raised them to believe."
There are just as many future geniuses born in red states as blue, but the ones in red states had to drop out to get a job at Walmart to help support their parent who has a chronic illness and no health insurance. Or to help raise their six younger siblings. Or were married off at 16 to a 30 yo man
This attack on reading, writing, and educating people is nothing new. It’s part of the white supremacy handbook. These folks have been working on keeping minorities and the poor ignorant & stupid.
Exactly. Here’s the spin of authoritarianism and fascist libertarianism rooting in educational (+ media) failure. Which is at the same time a compass for the way out.
Right again, Mr. Walz. The dumbing down of America has been going on for years, by the Great Fascist Party, only now it is full bore ahead. 10 years from now, young Americans will be lucky if they can sign their names, in lieu of an "x".
Agreed, but why aren't more people talking about the infiltration of "Christian" Conservative groups and funding. They want private education in order to appease those who believe the Bible should be our education and women belong in the home, subservient to men. Pro-life apparently ends at birth!
100%. Of course they want to dumb the population down. Currently, over 1/2 of US citizens are smarter than any one person in the current administration. Can't have that.
It is OUR job as Dems to educate. Do they know Elon is done paying SS taxes for the year (if he paid any) while we pay all year? Do they know that undocumented immigrants pump billions into social security while taking none out?
Nobody will know if WE don't tell them. The RICH (them) rip us off
We will educate our children and grandchildren! They will not win at this forever!! It’s going to take years to undo all of the damage the MAGA’s have let lose on our once great country!!
Agree with Gov Walz! Destroying the Dept of Education is like destroying American civilization & democracy. Education is the key to prosperity & advance quality of life. American Thomasites in 1900’s established public schools in the Philippines and turned Filipinos into outstanding global citizens.
I mean, he's kind of missing the part where we were being asked to vote for a continuing genocide of children and millions couldn't stomach casting the vote. The "they're eating dogs and cats" argument didn't win, the "genocide isn't happening" argument lost.
How correct Walz is on this. An uneducated population is so much easier to control and manipulate. We already have a huge portion of our adults who read at less than a 6th grade level. With education only affordable by the rich, the rest of the country is easily led by what they tell us.
I had to do some research. I keep hearing that in the US 60% of people have less than a 6th grade education. I want to declare now that this is patently false. It didn't seem right! This is a misrepresentation of literacy data. 8.9% of adults 25 or older have less than a high school diploma.
C'mon, folks, at least some of the population is quite articulate. If public education is taken away we educate children ourselves. Form co-ops with other adults who read well, understand math, history, science and start teaching your children.
When my older kids started school phonics was thrown out and sight reading was taught. I taught mine to use phonics to master reading after school. My youngest was home schooled grades 6-12. He loves learning and still surprises me with his knowledge.
Felt the same. Was never a big Kamala fan. She impressed me with her campaign. But Walz is the whole package. Non corporate, proven record of acting to keep political promises and working for the country.
Agree. Think she has mellowed and would have been a good president. Think Walz could be superior due to his many accomplishments in various life arenas over the years.
I did too. Wondering if we had the wrong presidential candidate and it should have been Walz all along. He knew how to speak to everyone. Not elites but the working man/woman. After watching his speech when he was in Eau Claire, WI, I went...holy shit...he should be the one running for president.
This man should have been vice president. It was a mistake of the campaign to not put him out there more. Tim is such a down to earth and likeable guy. This man is who should represent "traditional masculinity" not the misogynistic trash the right is trying to push.
The @electdemocrats.bsky.social failed ALL of us. Most Democrats in the party are actually middle of the road Republicans and therefore thought they would pick up centrist voters. Their inability to unite within the party and because it's a divided party, is how we got Trump in the 1st place.
Yeah--I usually only volunteer for down-ballot candidates in southern states, but I'd gladly carve time to phone-bank for him if he runs for President, as I hope he does.
I'd even be fine if they ran H-W (or W-H?!) back w/the benefit of more time & this crystal-clear contrast to the current chaos.
DNC strategists: “Walz shouldn’t be saying that. People love it, but he might be insulting to people who don’t know what authoritarianism is and we need to be inclusive.”
-Election Truth Alliance said it's stolen.
-SMARTElection said it's stolen.
-Greg Palast said it's stolen.
-Hell, Anonymous came out today and said it's stolen
At some point Harris has to come back and be sworn in as our president soon enough.
I want to believe this because I can’t believe The Florida Man won without cheating, but I also don’t want to be a crazy Stop the Steal type person. There needs to be hard evidence presented by a reputable org. And then what? How do we move forward when every branch of gov’t. is in his pocket?
I’ve seen all of these websites and videos. I’m still not convinced anything will change. When the AP reports it then I might have some hope. I feel like I need to be realistic. Nothing seems to stop him.
Yes, but you know they will massage that to mean something else. He has never been held accountable for his smoking guns. He hasn’t even been held accountable when convicted.
Nah, it'll happen. When someone screams, "it's stolen!" they have to bring the evidence. So all the names I mentioned and Harris is working on a plan to get rid of Trump.
Screaming "It's stolen!" with no evidence to bring against the Trump administration would make anyone look like fucking fools.
I have been a longtime Harris supporter, and I am interested to see where and how she lands, but I must admit my disappointment that she is not currently a visible fighter in our Resistance.
Katie Porter is running for Governor of California.
I said that when they switched to standardized testing as the primary measurement. Lip service to IEPs, kids wait years to get any assistance. We have some thoughts in common.
...a reflection of where we are as a society has always been reflected in our political choices historically...in this case as society, we need a hard look in the mirror.
I am not convinced he did because I feel like that'd be giving voters too much credit, I do actually believe that many voters are simply stupid assholes.
LOUD people are "..." I've discovered how many LOUD people actually don't get around to the voting part. I was shocked at first, but they kept accumulating. SMH
FauxNoys and the propaganda media have brainwashed the masses. It’s a cult of oppression, that has corporate influence and corruption controlling the government. We The People are the only thing that can save democracy. It’s now or never.
He’s allowed to think he holds the cards.
But as even Elon’s kid says, he’s a useful idiot for the Project 2024 types, oligarchs and
eugenicists. (Not there isn’t overlap). They, and Putin, know exactly which buttons to push.
Well proof positive it is easier to get uneducated people to fall for the MAGA cult even though all those poor white trailer living racist republicans are living on SSDI, SNAP & receiving benefits of government programs all of which Democrats support & Republicans do not. Proof positive ignorant.
I just published a book about hiding American history by replacing it with the heroic narrative of the cowboy apocalypse—all over our media all the time.
Also, look into the connection to 30 years of failed reading instruction in this country (Podcast: Sold a Story). I think what we're dealing with is also fallout from that.
What we're dealing with now is the result of an entire generation being conditioned to view the liberal arts as a waste of time and money and focus only on STEM. Computer literate but can't read for context or identify propaganda.
That is why we are screwed 75 million people admitted they were idiots by voting for Cheeto. The find out part of FAFO will bitch slap a little reality in em
Ding, ding, ding - we have a winner. This is 100% correct. The whole goal is the create a class structure here that people can’t move upwards from, and dismantling education is pivotal
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My opinion as German, we didn´t/don´t ban history books about the #Nazi regime or other crimes that happened here in Germany and worldwide.
https://youtu.be/0fUU_IbMxw8?si=3vmpo4wcir34Pw1p
We have the dumbest population ever in the history of this country …
They know the more intelligent person is, the less likely they are to vote for stupidity, I mean, conservative values…
Trump already spoke about 500 billion for a data center.
Balaji was a rising star with OpenAI. He quit and did an interview with the New York Times. He thought they were going to violate copyright laws and use it to harm society.
He is dead.
What happened to him?
Mom and Dad don't believe it.
More investigations.
I believe this kind of investigation is right up your respective alleys. And I'm not buying suicide either! Think you can ferret out some truth on the matter?
We know our current DOJ/FBI won't touch it....
My Magic 8 Ball says there's going to be some kind of major national emergency in early November 2026. He doesn't need much of an excuse if he can't lose.
I'm thinking late summer...
Firstly, no remotely educated person would say anything like it. Secondly, what would he be WITHOUT the poorly educated?
Public is not what 47 wants, sadly, just look at the education levels of MAGA.
Republicans attacked science, universities, public education, while their right wing billionaire allies bought up news media and social networks, to push lies and propaganda.
It “took a Village” of Rich evil people to accomplish.
-djt
Not that either of them would've been able to drum up the votes, of course.
Like I said, you’re all delusional. Be angry at the 10 Dems who are fucking up not the ones cutting fucking child poverty in half. But you people never give credit.. wonder why some people lost faith and noone vote.
Nice language BTW. I bet it gets your point across well.
Except it doesn’t. You’re rambling without specifics.
Walz has been awesome for Minnesota, but he had no national visibility before the moment he uttered the word “weird” on national television.
A thousand times over, this.
Make your voting base as uneducated as possible so that they do not develop good critical thinking skills and the ability to think independently.
The GOP has been trying to defund education for decades, now they are tearing down the whole department!
AOC for the Senate to primary Chuck Schumer.
I can’t see that far ahead right now, when the situation changes from one day to the next. I do know Schumer has to go. Who do you suggest for 2028?
Apparently that means everything to some people.
She's Vince McMahon's wife.
Nobody will know if WE don't tell them. The RICH (them) rip us off
Adding :if you screw normal education- you can get PutinRussia only.
What the hell are you talking about ?
Keep ‘em stupid
Keep ‘em in the dark
But, most of keep lying to ‘em, they’ll believe anything you say because they’re uneducated.
What happened to him
He represents so much of what makes a genuinely great American a genuinely great American.
I get that from Harris but it isn’t to the same degree.
In the US an educated and informed people are a detriment to their buy anything we tell you plan.
People who want to enslave everyone else are actually slaves themselves… interesting…
Keep 'em poor,
Keep 'em begging evermore.
We have a population right now that knows what's happening and yet they still vote for fascists and rapacious corporate shills!
And it sucks that I've been using that quote so much since Trump's first election that I can type it from memory.
I'd even be fine if they ran H-W (or W-H?!) back w/the benefit of more time & this crystal-clear contrast to the current chaos.
-Election Truth Alliance said it's stolen.
-SMARTElection said it's stolen.
-Greg Palast said it's stolen.
-Hell, Anonymous came out today and said it's stolen
At some point Harris has to come back and be sworn in as our president soon enough.
That's one hell of a smoking gun.
Bottom line - President Harris is coming.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLc1HmXrGEU
https://www.youtube.com/@DireTalks
https://www.youtube.com/@smartelections5693
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-WATaCy51k
It is to weep.
Screaming "It's stolen!" with no evidence to bring against the Trump administration would make anyone look like fucking fools.
Katie Porter is running for Governor of California.
Gavin Newsome is chatting up fascists?!
Walz 2028?
Undereducated people have poorer job prospects, making them exploitation victims by corporate Merika.
Take away unions, workers’ rights, benefits, healthcare cover (or just very expensive as it is) and voila, a workforce desperate for their jobs.
The US is an economy not a society.
Thirty states enacted restrictive laws 2022-24. Vigilante actions, such as the removal of ballot drop-off boxes in Black neighborhoods, ran amok
https://www.gregpalast.com/trump-lost-vote-suppression-won/
Bronze Bozo is STILL going on about how 2020 election was stolen.
He somehow wins in 2024, but I’m convinced the muskrat helped him.
But as even Elon’s kid says, he’s a useful idiot for the Project 2024 types, oligarchs and
eugenicists. (Not there isn’t overlap). They, and Putin, know exactly which buttons to push.
This claim is true, according to a review of the U.S. education system that was conducted in September 2020. Let's explore.
https://www.snopes.com/news/2022/08/02/us-literacy-rate/