MAGA Voters: “Oh, stop fear mongering.” TODAY: “With more than half of the Education Department’s civil rights offices closed and the division reduced to a fraction of its former staff, families’ pleas for updates and action have gone unheard.” 1/12 🧵 www.propublica.org/article/educ... - ThreadSky

wilsoncruz.bsky.social • 5 days ago

MAGA Voters:

“Oh, stop fear mongering.”

TODAY:

“With more than half of the Education Department’s civil rights offices closed and the division reduced to a fraction of its former staff, families’ pleas for updates and action have gone unheard.”
1/12 🧵

https://www.propublica.org/article/education-department-civil-rights-donald-trump-discrimination

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jeroastra.bsky.social•5 days ago

This is sadly something we're going to have to expect until a new leader is elected. The problem is that even white CISHET allies won't be taken seriously and be labeled as "Demonrats" by the MAGA-heads.

jeroastra.bsky.social•5 days ago

We have to convince neutral parties to swing left and non-voters to get the hell out and vote next time. This country can't afford to be content anymore. Not now, not never.

wilsoncruz.bsky.social•5 days ago

“With more than half of the Education Department’s civil rights offices closed and the division reduced to a fraction of its former staff, families’ pleas for updates and action have gone unheard.” 2/12

wilsoncruz.bsky.social•5 days ago

“One OCR attorney, who asked not to be named for fear of retaliation, told ProPublica that her caseload went from 60 to 380 as she absorbed cases previously handled by employees who worked in offices that had been closed” 3/12

wilsoncruz.bsky.social•5 days ago

“OCR is the most useless it’s ever been, and it’s the most dangerous it’s ever been. And by useless, I mean unavailable. Unable to do the work,” said Michael Pillera, who until recently was an OCR attorney in Washington, D.C. He is now with the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.”
4/12

wilsoncruz.bsky.social•5 days ago

“Investigating cases that allege racism, discrimination based on sexual orientation or mistreatment of students with disabilities now requires permission from Trump appointees, according to a memo from OCR leadership. As a result, thousands of discrimination investigations are idled…” 5/12

wilsoncruz.bsky.social•5 days ago

“We were sort of the last bit of hope for them,” he said, “and now they’re calling and emailing and saying, ‘Hey, I thought you all were going to help me.’” 6/12

wilsoncruz.bsky.social•5 days ago

“The investigations have targeted schools with transgender athletes, gender-neutral bathrooms and initiatives that the administration views as discriminatory to white students. OCR attorneys told ProPublica they’ve been given prewritten letters, which they’ve reluctantly signed..” 7/12

kirikiri.me•5 days ago

We have so much to recover from once this man leaves office. Just terrible

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