NEW—Dept of Ed staff received an email from Sec. McMahon tonight with the subject, “Our Department’s Final Mission.” McMahon writes that plan is, “to send education back to the states.” Notably doesn’t mention executive order like earlier draft, but some think it’s still coming. Full text:

They will say—and weaker Dems will say— "oh, this is just about protecting kids from actual pornography. They're not *really* going after LGBTQ+ content, or sex scenes in literature or sex education!" Forty days into this administration, I beg you to take them at their word: they want to and will.

"A jury found an Illinois landlord guilty of murder and hate-crime charges on Friday for a brutal 2023 attack on a Palestinian American family that killed a six-year-old." RIP Wadee Alfayoumi www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...