Summary

Trump has been forced to scale back his plan to shut down the Department of Education completely.

While signing an executive order to begin dismantling the agency, Trump conceded that it will continue operating key functions including student loans, Pell grants, and certain civil rights enforcement.

The White House Press Secretary clarified that the “department will be much smaller” while returning “the great responsibility of education…to the states.”

Democrats and rights activists have condemned the move, with Senator Tina Smith vowing to “fight your illegal behavior.”

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          At first the tribal part of my brain was upset but then I got kinda proud ngl. I know what I’d be doing during the tea party

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        I got banned from r/Missouri yesterday (by reddit admin not mods) for saying “remember ,snitches get stitches, we didn’t see nothing” in response to a post on Tesla fires.

        Fuckinh unreal.

        Never would have happened a year ago.

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          That absolutely is fucking unreal! Mine was also about Tesla fires… curious.

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        I got banned for posting pics on Luigi. Not the CEO killer (but that is what I meant), but the actual image from Mario Kart.

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        15 hours ago

        I know, right? It’s like stretching my legs here in first class being able to say how much I really hate that fucking guy.

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      Wouldn’t you guys just be getting that other fucking face instead, even more than now?

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        Sure but Vance doesn’t have a cult of personality meaning that it’d be a lot easier to work against him without risk of MAGA retribution. Worst case scenario things continue more or less as is, best case scenario the Conservatives eat each other alive and get set back permanently.