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Questions to Consider Before We Pack the Kids Up For School: COVID-19
Wednesday , 15, July 2020 COVID_19, Section 16 Leave a commentThese are the tough questions Betsy “Cruella” DeVos or Donald “Dick Cheney Finger Puppet” Trump never considered when making threats to open the schools or the kids get no money. The following is a copy-paste with permission to share as much as possible. If a teacher tests positive for COVID-19 are they required to quarantine […]
Voters Not Politicians Files Motion to Intervene in Response to Republican Lawsuit Designed to Undermine the Will of the People of Michigan
Monday , 12, August 2019 Elections Leave a commentRepublicans made another last-ditch effort to override the will of Michigan voters on July 30, 2019, when they filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging the Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission based on the claim the law infringed on their 1st and 14th constitutional rights. On Monday, August 13, 2019, Voters Not Politicians, the non-profit organization […]
OOPS All Grift! Taxpayers Pay $19 Million for Betsy DeVos’s Superfluous Armed Security
Friday , 16, November 2018 Sad! Leave a commentTrump promised to drain the swamp when he went to Washington. So far, the swamp has been relocated to his cabinet and gradually draining back into their civilian jobs. The most recent kicked to the curb was Attorney General Jeff “Keebler lost an elf” Sessions. Currently, scrutiny over Ryan Zinke’s undocumented meetings on company time […]
Speaking at the SXSWEDU Policy Forum explaining how government schools are bad. Just look at this outdated classroom! Does this look familiar? Students lined up in rows. A teacher in front of a blackboard. Sit down; don’t talk; eyes up front. Wait for the bell. Walk to the next class. Everything about our lives has moved […]
Let’s All Enjoy a Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos Moment
Friday , 20, October 2017 Religious Fundamentalism, Sad!, Section 16, Trumpenreich Leave a commentAlright everyone, play some relaxing meditative music, maybe light a few candles to set the mood. Find a comfy chair to relax in and close your eyes as you begin to visualize what it’s like to be a billionaire who bought her way into a cabinet seat in the United States Federal Government. You’re sitting […]
Only one short week ago, Gary Naeyaert, self-proclaimed warrior for Team Jesus and aldius of billionaire Betsy DeVos, vented his frustration at the Michigan State School Board because Natasha Baker who refused to roll over and do everything Gary Naeyaert Betsy DeVos wanted: Eradicate Detroit Public Schools and replace the district with for-profit cancer schools […]
@BetsyDeVosED: Yes She Really Said That About Historically Black Colleges Because She Really is That Willfully Dense
Tuesday , 28, February 2017 Religious Fundamentalism, Section 16 1 CommentIgnorant, insulting, and underhanded are words that best describe Betsy DeVos’s press release about historically black colleges and universities on February 27, 2017. You really have to read the whole thing to get the full impact: “It sure was nice black folks had the option of attending schools for black people because schools for white […]
Smoke and Mirrors: Betsy DeVos Never Wanted the Job Anyway
Thursday , 9, February 2017 Section 16 Leave a commentSo while everyone was watching Mike Pence break a tie in the Senate and allowing turbo checkbook writer Betsy DeVos buy herself an entire government agency, Congressman Thomas Massey of Kentucky introduced this bill into the house: The seven co-sponsors of this bill include Michigan’s Justin Amash (no kidding), Andy Biggs of Arizona, Jason Chafetz […]
Betsy and the Rest of the DeVos Crime Family are Monsters
Tuesday , 7, February 2017 Section 16 Leave a commentThe results of today’s senate vote on Betsy DeVos were extremely disappointing, but not surprising. This woman owns as many politicians as she can without shame or remorse as she takes her must destroy public education show nationwide. She’s been laying the ground work for this for a long time. Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette […]
An Open Letter to the Senators Betsy DeVos Bought With Her Money
Monday , 6, February 2017 Section 16 2 CommentsTo the Republican Senators who intend to vote for Betsy Devos’s confirmation as Secretary of Education because she bought the office in the 2016 election: “I have decided to stop taking offense at the suggestion that we are buying influence,” she wrote. “Now I simply concede the point. They are right. We do expect something in […]