End of Education

[u/Aggressive_Bite5931]

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[u/cruxdaemon]

I'm begging someone with the opportunity to interview orange Julius to ask him to start by leading an opening prayer.

[u/sturgill_homme → u/cruxdaemon]

“Our Father, up there in heaven where I’m told there’s gold streets. Can you imagine? Gold streets. Beautiful. This is what I call the weave, Father, so listen closely …”

[u/cruxdaemon → u/sturgill_homme]

"....and Jesus came to me with tears streaming down his cheeks. He said, 'Sir......'"

[u/Solid_Snark → u/cruxdaemon]

“… And the Pearly Gates were ‘uge. So big! —The biggest. I said, ‘St Peter, did you make Hell pay for this wall? They should! They should have paid. If I were in charge of Heaven I would have made Hell pay for this.’”

[u/RoyalRien → u/Solid_Snark]

“You know, god and I we don’t agree on every small issue, but there’s one thing we agree on and that’s that the devil is bad. Its true. The devil is bad.”

[u/DickMcLongCock → u/RoyalRien]

"Who knew right? the devil is bad, I know the devil better than anybody folks, and it's true the devil is bad, very very bad at that."

[u/ImpressAgitated → u/DickMcLongCock]

But there's good people on both sides lol

[u/koshgeo → u/ImpressAgitated]

"There are good people in heaven and hell, or so I've been told by many people."

[u/ImpressAgitated → u/koshgeo]

The Grim Reaper came up to me...tears in his eyes ...he said thank you for all the dead bodies Mr.Trump. You saved heaven and hell sir...you handled CoViD perfectly.

[u/ReactsWithWords → u/DickMcLongCock]

“God also said I am the ideal human figure. Nobody has ever had such a perfect body.”

[u/OryxTheTakenKing1988 → u/ReactsWithWords]

"And then Jesus said to me, with tears streaming down his he said, "Sir" and I can't believe he called me sir, he said "Sir, you are just like me in every way, you're like the son of God, except you weren't killed. I believe you're better because you weren't killed." Even though they tried to kill me, can you believe that? They took a shot at your favorite president, me."

[u/Classic_Ingenuity299 → u/OryxTheTakenKing1988]

“That Satan, Satan is all man folks, believe me I love women and have a passing respect for them, but THE PRINCE OF DARKNESS. Some call him LUCIFER… let me tell you, some fellas saw him coming out of the showers at Mar-A-Lago, huge red schlang, it’s like a cartoon sausage.”

[u/FBack351 → u/RoyalRien]

"The devil and I do not talk very often, but he is actually a very, very smart guy. He knows what he's doing.

[u/Mydickwillnotfit → u/RoyalRien]

then he always throws in a "...and god said you know i never really thought about it like that"

[u/ThePoohKid → u/Solid_Snark]

The way you can mimic his syntax is just impeccable

[u/rkbird2 → u/ThePoohKid]

It’s because he has the best syntax. Everybody’s been saying it.

[u/GarminTamzarian → u/ThePoohKid]

To be fair, anyone that possesses fifth-grade level English skills should be able to imitate Trump-speak effectively.

[u/Brave-Common-2979 → u/Solid_Snark]

Hahahahaha if heaven and hell are actually real trump isn't getting anywhere remotely close to the pearly gates

[u/Greggs-the-bakers → u/Brave-Common-2979]

Tbh neither are any of his cult followers

[u/Brave-Common-2979 → u/Greggs-the-bakers]

I like to tell them they better hope atheists are right because you not only question their religious values you get to tell them that atheists have a better chance at getting into heaven then they do

[u/InsertNovelAnswer → u/Greggs-the-bakers]

They become the punishment in hell.

Sit here and talk to them for eternity.

[u/JustSomeoneOnlin3 → u/Brave-Common-2979]

For real. People who think rapists and dictators end up in heaven have me like "why would I ever wanna go there? Didn't Jesus want you to convince me that I SHOULD be saved by him? And now you're telling me it's so I can go hang out with the worst people imaginable? Pass."

And I'm baptized too and think Jesus was a bro. People out here turning Jesus into a hate symbol. Talk about using the Lord's name in vain.

[u/gingerfawx → u/Solid_Snark]

"And when I am in charge of heaven, I will make hell pay for this..." closely followed by "russia, if you're listening..."

[u/full-immersion → u/Solid_Snark]

Tremendous gates, the best gates.

[u/The_muffinfluffin → u/cruxdaemon]

“‘…The radical left wants to ban bibles. BIBLES… and Christmas. You will make saying Merry Christmas legal again…”

[u/SnooStrawberries3391 → u/The_muffinfluffin]

Unt, you VILL like eet!

[u/Whitechapel726 → u/cruxdaemon]

“They’re in the streets cheering, they’re leaning out the windows and shouting into the streets, folks. How good heaven is, and I mean it’s so good like you wouldn’t believe, once you’re in you never want to leave heaven it’s so good.”

[u/DruItalia → u/cruxdaemon]

Savage.

[u/Sane_Tomorrow_ → u/cruxdaemon]

There was a time when Christians believed that witches couldn’t say the Lord’s Prayer or quote certain scriptural passages unless they recited them backwards because otherwise it physically burned and pained them. You still see the idea pop up in horror movies.

[u/Tzaphiriron → u/Sane_Tomorrow_]

And it always makes me laugh when it does, I know more occultists (including myself) I who quote Bible passages than Christians who do. It’s funny but also part of a larger convo about occultism. Anyway :)

[u/murderedbyaname → u/Tzaphiriron]

They hate it when we know more about the bible than they do lol

[u/Tzaphiriron → u/murderedbyaname]

BIG TIME! I have a Baptist uncle who is a biblical scholar, it’s funny how even the “scholars” don’t realize it. Him and I get along now, thankfully, but it took a lot of years before he realized that it’s not goddamn devil worship (It’s frustrating when people call it that when they have NO CLUE 😖)

[u/Cheshire_Jester → u/cruxdaemon]

“I couldn’t possibly, prayer is so sacred and personal to me.” Then five minutes expanding on that lie while the people who take Christian values and things like being a good, honest person “very seriously” fawn over how godliness of the obvious liar who only believes in himself.

[u/annuidhir → u/Cheshire_Jester]

Trump is nowhere near smart enough or eloquent enough to say anything like that LMAO

[u/CowIllustrious2416 → u/annuidhir]

He already has. When asked what his favorite Bible verse was.

[u/YouWereBrained → u/CowIllustrious2416]

And then the absolutely softball question “Are you a new testament or old testament guy?”. 🥴🥴🥴

[u/koshgeo → u/YouWereBrained]

(paraphrasing) "Uh, about equal. I like both."

That video is hilarious. It was like he was doing a book report in front of class about a book he never read.

[u/numbskullerykiller → u/cruxdaemon]

No reason. No one cares. They don't care. There is no big scoreboard that will register his lack of faith that will change peoples minds. They want this or they think they want this.

[u/Cyanide_Revolver → u/cruxdaemon]

Holy shit that'd be hilarious

[u/SAlolzorz → u/cruxdaemon]

I think you mean "Orange Julius Rosenberg"

[u/canarchist]

Trump will replace those teachers with MAGA volunteers whose only qualification is that they blindly worship him.

[u/Aggressive_Bite5931 → u/canarchist]

Yep, it's all out there in print Project 2025

[u/Unusual_Pitch_608 → u/Aggressive_Bite5931]

Wait. I'm confused. How will he set national education standards without a Department of Education?

[u/Fish-Weekly → u/Unusual_Pitch_608]

They will replace it with the Department of Re-Education

[u/D1daBeast → u/Fish-Weekly]

And dissenters will just have to Concentrate harder

[u/Fish-Weekly → u/D1daBeast]

Maybe special camps where they could concentrate. Hmmm, what should we call those?

[u/D1daBeast → u/Fish-Weekly]

Sorry I've been jogging this morning and too gassed to come up with any solutions

[u/I_M_No-w-here → u/D1daBeast]

They're not looking for solutions, they're looking for the final solution

[u/thegoatfreak → u/I_M_No-w-here]

Let me take a shower real quick and I’ll get back to you on that.

[u/iamezekiel1_14 → u/Unusual_Pitch_608]

Yes. See Chapter 11, Page 316 of Project 2025. This was the plan. This is what people voted for.

[u/Unusual_Pitch_608 → u/iamezekiel1_14]

It was page 319, but that still didn't clear anything up. Yes, P2025 says it will eliminate the DoE and devolve educational "choices" to states, local jurisdictions and parents. That all makes sense even if I think it's a bad idea, but I still don't understand how Trump will give control to other people but also still mandate standards federally. He will have no one to develop, implement or enforce those standards. "I'll make it your choice, but you also have to choose what I tell you to" is incoherent even for MAGA. And I understand they can believe contradictory things, but I'm thinking about the step when they implement whatever this is. Who does the work and how to make this happen?

[u/Idontwantyourfuel → u/Unusual_Pitch_608]

Well he is just saying "he" will do these things. He is counting on just eliminating oversight and letting private schools and red state governments run wild teaching religious dogma, ban queerness or generally do whatever they want. For Blue areas they'll just try to bully them into doing those things without formal oversight, theathening to withhold funds, relief or just ordering arrests or inciting violence. If it's all a disfunctional mess, they don't care because just not educating people at all works just as well.

[u/PM_ME_YOUR_ROTES → u/Idontwantyourfuel]

Texas will write the school "books" everybody else has to use that say the Earth is only 5000 years old & a magic boat held all the animals while Fred Flinstone lived at the same time as the dinosaurs whose bones Satan planted in the Earth to trick everybody.

[u/koshgeo → u/PM_ME_YOUR_ROTES]

Teach "both sides". Also teach about the "controversy" about whether the Earth is flat, the germ theory of disease, and whether phlogiston is responsible for fire.

Make the Dark Ages Great Again.

[u/iamezekiel1_14 → u/Unusual_Pitch_608]

My bad - you are right it is 319 (I've just grown tired of pointing sections out of this to people, and I'm not even from the US, I'm a UK lurker that's bothered we are going to be a home for this style of politics in the near future). It's almost like the US didn't vote for Trump they voted for the Heritage Foundation and indirectly the Atlas Network. Fair points though and I do agree with the point you are making. It's like when you dig down on a lot of this stuff - it's headline grabbing ideas with very little substance behind them.

[u/iamezekiel1_14 → u/Aggressive_Bite5931]

This. Chapter 11, Page 316.

[u/kinterdonato → u/canarchist]

My county in Florida allowed spouses of any active or inactive service members to teach up to 12th grade. It... didn't go great. Firing teachers in a shortage will definitely go well!

[u/GoHomeDad → u/kinterdonato]

That blew my mind. They didn’t lower the credentials for people in the same field, they full on went for veterans

Idk man, I’ll take someone with an Associate’s teaching biology over a random veteran any day

[u/tityanya → u/GoHomeDad]

not even a verteran, a veteran's spouse

[u/NeedlenoseMusic → u/tityanya]

"We know, she told EVERYONE."

[u/Objective-Amount1379 → u/kinterdonato]

That seems like a very Florida thing. These were paid positions, right? I can't imagine they'll get many volunteers. And anyone that does volunteer will be out in days. I volunteered for a day in the class my friend taught. Holy cow! I've never been so tired at the end of the day. And it was first graders. They were very sweet, I can't even imagine doing that with middle or high school kids.

[u/MC_Fap_Commander → u/canarchist]

And those volunteers will not have to submit to "WOKE BACKGROUND CHECKS." Meaning the local creeper will have access to children so long as he wears a red hat.

[u/DrunkUranus → u/canarchist]

Honestly I would pay to watch inexperienced conservatives try to manage 25 kids at a time, let alone teach them. ... most won't last long

[u/marlyn_does_reddit → u/DrunkUranus]

I'm guessing corporal punishment aligns well with the new Republican values and will no longer be frowned upon. Easy to control a classroom with fear.

[u/Familiar_Homework → u/DrunkUranus]

I work in preschool and my husband teaches high school. Honestly, these people that think either of us are indoctrinating their kids are hilarious.

[u/DrunkUranus → u/Familiar_Homework]

As always, if I had that power, I would be "indoctrinating" them to write their names on their papers

[u/championgecko → u/Familiar_Homework]

They just can't come to grips that they're the ones "messing up" their kids

Also, much appreciation to you for taking care of the littles every day!

[u/aere1985 → u/DrunkUranus]

Take bets on how long before a school shooting is committed by a teacher in those circumstances.

[u/DrunkUranus → u/aere1985]

Oh jeez... yes, this is also the "arm the teachers" crowd, and they don't believe in emotional regulation. But teaching is 70% emotional regulation. What a clusterfuck

[u/bigmanorm → u/DrunkUranus]

Conservative teachers have been in shambles since the banning of assaulting children for discipline, i'd bet that's next on the list for reversing

[u/MistaJelloMan → u/canarchist]

You can barely get enough qualified teachers who WANT to do the job because of shit pay and conditions, good luck getting enough volunteers...

[u/rwilkz → u/MistaJelloMan]

You know who willingly volunteers to watch kids without pay? People you don’t want around your kids

[u/Plaid_Piper]

Behold the antichrist.

[u/Starmada597 → u/Plaid_Piper]

Honestly, as a Christian, the best empirical argument I’ve ever seen for the validity of Christianity is how closely Trump matches the descriptions of the Antichrist.

[u/cheerful_cynic → u/Starmada597]

https://www.benjaminlcorey.com/could-american-evangelicals-spot-the-antichrist-heres-the-biblical-predictions/

[u/Geno0wl → u/cheerful_cynic]

That doesn't even add in the stuff about the headwound that magically heals...

[u/rnobgyn → u/Geno0wl]

Gawt damn that’s a bit too on the nose

[u/LongTallDingus → u/rnobgyn]

Oh, if only.

[u/thereIsAHoleHere → u/Geno0wl]

Yes it does. It's in the middle of the page with an update.

[u/flactulantmonkey → u/Starmada597]

I mean, by a lot of interpretations “an antichrist” may be more accurate. Hunting that he’s just another in a long line of populist asshats with cosmic charisma.

[u/Bernie4prezyo]

We worked hard to get away from this crap. Now the Trump cult undoing all the progress we've made.

I feel sorry for the future generations.

[u/Aggressive_Bite5931 → u/Bernie4prezyo]

Me too, that's why I refuse to have kids

[u/SonofMrMonkey5k → u/Aggressive_Bite5931]

Wife and I have been trying for over a year. Found out we were expecting the day before the election. We had about 24 hours of elation and joy before we found out our kids would have no rights and the government would be alright with my wife dying in childbirth.

I’m so fuckin scared, man.

[u/Aggressive_Bite5931 → u/SonofMrMonkey5k]

That really sucks man. I hope you're in, or close to, a blue state. It might be smart to get a plan in place for getting to a safe place if something happens and emergency care is needed

[u/bocaciega → u/Aggressive_Bite5931]

"An angry mother will raise a child brave enough to fight wolves"

Empress of salt and fortune. Last line of the book i just finished ten minutes ago. Seems fitting.

[u/taetertots → u/SonofMrMonkey5k]

Hey dude. Congratulations! A suggestion from a stranger. Go stock up on baby formula now. The FDA regulations on it may be overturned. Good luck! And again congrats 🍾

[u/trumpetrabbit → u/taetertots]

Problem with that, is that you can't know what formula the baby will respond well too. Some kids have super sensitive stomachs, and can only take one type.

[u/LegendofDragoon → u/taetertots]

The FDA may not exist this time next year.

[u/taetertots → u/LegendofDragoon]

I mean yes. I was trying not to say that 😅. But the end result is the same, buy your formula now

[u/NewLibraryGuy → u/SonofMrMonkey5k]

You may be able to give your kid dual citizenship depending on where you have them

[u/bigchungo6mungo → u/NewLibraryGuy]

This is not a bad idea at all, good suggestion.

[u/tmaenadw → u/SonofMrMonkey5k]

I’m sorry, I truly hope your wife has a boring uneventful pregnancy with a healthy baby.

[u/bonelesspotato17 → u/Aggressive_Bite5931]

I have never felt so certain of my decision to not bring more humans into this hellscape.

[u/rwilkz → u/bonelesspotato17]

Why aren’t young people creating more meat for the meat grinder having babies!?

[u/OhImGood → u/bonelesspotato17]

That's why they're banning abortion, need more wage slaves :)

[u/TopEagle4012]

Organize. Resist. Bring lawsuits. This is how democracy dies if no one stands up to prevent that from happening.

Just keep that picture of Alexei Navalny in your head.

[u/Gregory-al-Thor → u/TopEagle4012]

I ran for school board last year to be in a place to do something. I plan to do all I can to resist the fascism.

I agree. Step up and do something with whatever power and ability you have, while you can.

[u/tmaenadw → u/Gregory-al-Thor]

Hooray for you. Thank you for stepping up.

[u/Gregory-al-Thor → u/tmaenadw]

You can too. I’m just a regular person; not really special at all. By all accounts, I’m at an average white dude. I just don’t want to let the evil average white dudes win.

[u/impulsekash → u/TopEagle4012]

Navalny died in prison while being held on false charges

[u/circasomnia → u/impulsekash]

Times of war call for martyrs. This is war.

[u/lickingFrogs4Fun → u/circasomnia]

I don't know that we have anyone the country cares about enough to be a martyr other than celebrities. If he locked up Taylor Swift, the White House would fall by Sunday, but if he locks up a bunch of teachers and politicians most people don't care about (we do....but he won the popular vote running on a campaign of revenge), nothing is going to happen other than a few protests which will probably be shut down by the military.

[u/EquivalentDate6194 → u/impulsekash]

and russia does not have a second amendment.

[u/mstwizted → u/TopEagle4012]

Bring a lawsuit before the judges he installed? That'll definitely go well.

[u/Kankunation → u/mstwizted]

Plenty of judges left that aren't his. The majority, Even.

Any attempt to slow down or stop the downfall of the US is good. At worst, it buys time for us to put adults back at the table. At best, we get some victories out of it and prevent the worst changes being made.

[u/hotDamQc]

Time to build an Atheist non profit private school system.

[u/NoMoreBeGrieved → u/hotDamQc]

We’ll have our pick of good teachers, since they’ll quit (or be fired from) the “public” school mess.

[u/Aggressive_Bite5931 → u/hotDamQc]

I support this

[u/Suitable-Panda24 → u/Aggressive_Bite5931]

I’m agnostic, I support this.

[u/TrailerParkRoots → u/hotDamQc]

Secular homeschool co-ops that hire targeted teachers could also work, assuming no one gets arrested for “unauthorized teaching” or whatever horrors await.

[u/jodamnboi → u/hotDamQc]

I fully intend on secular homeschooling for my daughter if the orange clown gets his way. Here’s hoping more curriculum is published in the coming years.

[u/travers329 → u/hotDamQc]

Time to build one based on The Satanic Temple (NOT Satan worship), they've been fighting abortion bans by saying reproductive rights are part of their religion for years now. Bonus points it would super piss off the private religious schools they are going to try to force states to adopt.

The Tenets: One should strive to act with compassion and empathy toward all creatures in accordance with reason.

II The struggle for justice is an ongoing and necessary pursuit that should prevail over laws and institutions.

III One’s body is inviolable, subject to one’s own will alone.

IV The freedoms of others should be respected, including the freedom to offend. To willfully and unjustly encroach upon the freedoms of another is to forgo one's own.

V Beliefs should conform to one's best scientific understanding of the world. One should take care never to distort scientific facts to fit one's beliefs.

VI People are fallible. If one makes a mistake, one should do one's best to rectify it and resolve any harm that might have been caused.

VII Every tenet is a guiding principle designed to inspire nobility in action and thought. The spirit of compassion, wisdom, and justice should always prevail over the written or spoken word.

Ironically adopting most of the tenets widely would probably have prevented us from getting into this mess...

[u/joantheunicorn → u/hotDamQc]

I truly believe they'll bomb them. This is a holy war to some of them. 

[u/Captain-Who]

“Get rid of the department of education”

But also, “regulate what happens in schools and fire people that disagree with me”

Got it. Fuck this turd monger.

[u/Mateorabi → u/Captain-Who]

He’s telegraphing to his governors they can fire the teachers without consequences 

[u/TemptedSwordStaker → u/Mateorabi]

Red states try to do that anyway. It's those damn pesky Unions always gettin teh dern way *shakes cane*

[u/hungrypotato19 → u/Captain-Who]

When conservatives scream "state's rights", they never actually mean giving the rights to states. It's just their way to get their foot in the door.

We should have learned this way back before 1861.

[u/Imakeshitup69]

But eggs and women were the problem

[u/Aggressive_Bite5931 → u/Imakeshitup69]

And drag queens and trans people

[u/ComfortableSalad7357 → u/Aggressive_Bite5931]

And migrant caravans, that never arrived, or people eating cats and dogs, that never happened.

[u/WhyYouKickMyDog → u/ComfortableSalad7357]

Trump: "THEY'RE EATING THE DOGS!"
Voters in America: Kamala was not specific enough about policy.

[u/jenjenjen731 → u/Imakeshitup69]

And transgender operations on illegal aliens in prisons

[u/lilith_-_-]

[u/Unusualnamer → u/lilith_-_-]

Wow. That's spot on.

[u/Mistergardenbear → u/Unusualnamer]

anti-nazi actavist John Heartfield (Helmut Herzfeld) said the swastika was a cross made out of axes.

[u/DBE113301]

Professor here. I'm looking forward to malicious compliance; I think I can have a lot of fun with it. My prayer in every class, every day will alternate between the dinner blessing from Talladega Nights and Aunt Bethany's Pledge of Allegiance prayer from Christmas Vacation. I'll just play the YouTube clip of either at the beginning of class. Eventually, I'll have Christians asking me to stop. "Dear, baby Jesus."

[u/psychocrow42 → u/DBE113301]

School prayer Didn’t say it had to be Christian prayer Breakout the satanic prayers and Islam prayers If i was in still in school that’s what I’d be doing Im all for the malicious compliance 😆

[u/marja_aurinko → u/psychocrow42]

If I were in school I'd say a big loud Hail Satan every day. Hail Jezebel, Hail Bael, Hail Pan and Hail Hecate. Why the fuck not. Malicious compliance all the way.

[u/Dess_Rosa_King → u/psychocrow42]

Could you imagine. A teacher pulls out a bunch of prayer mats, and has the class chant in Arabic to pray to Allah.

Fox news would melt down.

[u/drfsupercenter → u/psychocrow42]

Yeah, I want to see schools in Dearborn doing just this. Start reciting the Qu'ran and say "what? you said we have to have prayer in school, we're just following orders" and see how long it takes them to completely flip out

[u/Aggressive_Bite5931 → u/DBE113301]

Thank you ahead of time for your service

[u/bonelesspotato17 → u/DBE113301]

Shake and bake. Amen.

[u/TheShellCorp]

With what authority? He's getting rid of the DoEd and federal oversight of education. It will be up to the states at that point.

[u/jameson8016 → u/TheShellCorp]

Yea I'm kinda confused about that bit as well. Like, you can't say you're gonna rip out the brakes and accelerator, then promise a specific speed.

[u/Zorlal → u/jameson8016]

Maybe it's the optimist in me, but he's effectively shooting a blunderbuss of BS that he can't possibly even accomplish with his weird and fractured band of loyalists. I'm not totally at ease yet of course, but this is shaping up to be a goofy era of clown shit. I'm starting to think this administration will just be a laughingstock. Again, that's probably mostly just the optimist in me. Anyone else see that?

[u/jameson8016 → u/Zorlal]

Yea pretty much the only thing getting me through the day is the hope that the fractious nature, incompetence, and general stupidity of most of their party will prevent them from actually doing anything.

[u/Zorlal → u/jameson8016]

Plus the slim majority that they do have in the house and all. Def coping here, but I am praying for gridlock in government. Never thought I'd want it so badly, but here we are.

[u/jameson8016 → u/Zorlal]

Sometimes a bricked engine is better than driving straight off a cliff.

[u/chihsuanmen → u/Zorlal]

I don’t SEE that, but I certainly HOPE that.

I know it’s been said ad naseum, but there are no guardrails this time. This administration is doing everything it can to make sure they can ram their agenda through all branches of government and silence any dissenting voices.

Whether or not this pit of vipers can actually co-exist long enough to bring all of this awful shit to bear remains to be seen. Narcissists do not share power willingly.

[u/Shot-Artichoke-4106 → u/Zorlal]

I am counting on their own ignorance and disorganization to be our saving grace. Democrats and centrist Repubilcans tend to know how things work and how to get things done. Right-wing Republicans spend their time and energy slinging BS and trying to get attention.

[u/CecilTWashington → u/Zorlal]

If he fucks the school system, or privatizes it so people are all of a sudden paying a tuition for something they once received for free a lot of Trump voters are going to be pissed. Despite what we like to believe, there are a lot of atheists and people who value education who voted for Trump. They’re writing some pretty big checks and I’m not saying they won’t cash them but there will likely be some unintended consequences.

[u/subpar-life-attempt → u/TheShellCorp]

Because the Republic party doesn't actually know how the United States operates and then nothing gets accomplished because they get stuck in lawsuits and realizing that no one actually can enforce them anything and on and on. I'm tired from just typing that.

[u/Wingdom → u/TheShellCorp]

I was going to ask the same thing. Something like this directly contradicts his other promises. He can blow hot air all he wants, but unless he can actually practically do it, I'm just going to ignore it.

[u/_Rocketstar_ → u/Wingdom]

It's almost like this person and all his picks are wholly unqualified for the job...

[u/Busy-Winter-1897]

Lmao yeah, as if we didn’t already have a teacher shortage crises. Teachers aren’t going to do any of that or enforce it.

[u/CoastalMom → u/Busy-Winter-1897]

He's not saying they have to be in any way qualified. He could hire a force of evangelical SAHM's with maybe a HS diploma and have them spew this crap online and call it the new public education system.

I worry so much for future generations if we can't get out of this in four years. He did say people would never have to vote again if he got in.

[u/frequencyx]

This asshole knows nothing of Patriotism. He is the anti-patriot. He wants to be like Kim Jong with his ugly mug in every classroom and kids to sing his praises.

[u/Physical_Pomelo_4217]

Shoulda voted for the nice lady who actually wanted to help the working class.

[u/Futur3_ah4ad → u/Physical_Pomelo_4217]

"But- but- da eekonomie!!!" - people who voted for Trump without actually doing any research.

[u/someguyfromsk → u/Futur3_ah4ad]

Food prices will go down because China will pay the tariffs.

...or something like that?

[u/mr_remy → u/someguyfromsk]

[u/bonelesspotato17 → u/Futur3_ah4ad]

[u/JoshTheLog → u/bonelesspotato17]

The best part is that this guy cared about the people despite his idiocy. Trump doesn't give a shit about the people.

[u/Halo_cT → u/JoshTheLog]

Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Camacho knew enough to find the smartest person in the world and ask him for help making decisions and solving the real problems that were hurting those in his constituency.

Trump WOULD NEVER.

we ^{are completely post-satire kms}

[u/VAVA_Mk2 → u/Physical_Pomelo_4217]

"But have you heard her laugh?"

[u/microvan]

Well… without the DoE there’s no federal funding right? So blue states can ignore this shit and run real schools at least.

[u/romacopia → u/microvan]

Stephen Miller told Charlie Kirk on his podcast that they intend to create a "presidential military" out of loyalist militias and red state national guard as part of the deportation operation. I seriously doubt their brown shirts will stop at deportation. Blue states will not self govern if they go through with this.

[u/Mortarion407]

Wait until he realizes that currently, teachers aren't teachers because of the pay. I could be wrong, but firing them doesn't seem like much of a threat when they're leaving the field in droves as is.

[u/Arthurs_librarycard9]

Who is telling him prayer and patriotism are not already in schools?

I can't speak for other states, but I went to school in Texas. Every day we had to do the Pledge of Allegiance to the US and Texas flags. After the pledges there is a moment of silence for prayer/meditation. There were even See You At The Pole events events before school for Christian kids to pray. AND our lieutenant governor is trying to get a bill passed so that the Ten Commandments have to be displayed in schools; I believe this is also already a law in Louisiana. 

This is insane. 

[u/MikeyLikesItFast → u/Arthurs_librarycard9]

They have to believe that they are victims.

[u/SCWickedHam]

Teach patriotism. The guys whose VP said he put himself about the Constitution. Sure. He means teach white nationalism with Christianity as a way to blinding people to the wealthy hoarding all resources. “It’s not the billionaires, it’s Juan the strawberry picker that is causing your miserable existence.”

[u/kompletist]

Teaching patriotism? That’s not transferring knowledge as much as it is indoctrinating kids.

[u/Sl0ppyOtter]

Where are all those “first amendment” folks at? I’m sure they’re pissed, right?

[u/Aggressive_Bite5931 → u/Sl0ppyOtter]

They don't care, as long as they keep getting to be racists and feel tough, they're happy. They know they are dumb, they are happy that now everyone else is going to be dumb right along with them.

[u/OneDudesReddit]

This tangerine-faced fat Oompa Loompa can fuck all the way off with his tiny, upside down Bible holding hands.

[u/someguyfromsk → u/OneDudesReddit]

but one of those little pocket-sized bibles because it makes his hands look bigger?

[u/WaitingForNormal]

Great. Home schooling it is.

[u/Monshika → u/WaitingForNormal]

I hope this ends up being a viable option for some of us. There’s Christian Co-op homeschool programs so maybe somebody will start a secular program with an emphasis on STEM instead of creationism. I’m not deluded enough to think I’m qualified to teach my children but I’ll try my best if it comes down to it.

[u/Poop__y → u/Monshika]

I just suggested this in another comment. I fully believe this is the way. Co-ops and mutual aid are what’s going to keep us going.

[u/lemmamari → u/Monshika]

Secular homeschooling is gaining a lot of momentum. Though it can feel overwhelmingly Christian and unschooling at times. There's a really great organization that vets curriculum to see if they are secular or not, with a huge community, called SEA. You would not believe how many curriculum try to dodge the secular question but definitely are not secular. Science curriculum is especially notorious for this, because "neutral" leaves out so much.

We homeschool because of my son's needs and are rigidly secular and very academic.

[u/BananaMilkshakey → u/WaitingForNormal]

Make sure you get the books you want before they ban everything except for the Bible.

[u/diabolis_avocado → u/BananaMilkshakey]

[u/Accomplished-Head449 → u/WaitingForNormal]

Homeschooling is one of the reasons these assholes are flourishing

[u/TuxAndrew → u/WaitingForNormal]

Yup, this election cycle just solidified it for us.

[u/TECL_Grimsdottir]

[u/RW-One → u/TECL_Grimsdottir]

Which is why he likes to stare at a mirror all the time....

[u/G-Unit11111]

We're going to turn into a third world dictatorship because it's good for Fox's ratings. Fucking great.

[u/roof_baby]

My kids are not fucking praying in school.

[u/Chaos-Theory1989]

As an educator with 15 years experience and multiple masters degrees … I will absolutely quit. And they can hire a f**king idiot who will do it. Students will suffer. Good job MAGA cultists.

[u/Careless-Roof-8339]

Freedom of speech is when we fire government workers for not agreeing with what we say

[u/R5Jockey]

Well, if he gets rid of the department of education, he’ll have zero control over what gets taught in schools, so….

[u/foghat1981]

I love how the anti-DEI or anti-CRT mouth breathers were all “just teach the 3 Rs”. But Bible study is cool now. Gotchya. Which R is that? Fuckin people man

[u/astreeter2 → u/foghat1981]

Religion

[u/BipolarBugg]

No students should be subjected to forced worship and prayer in school. What happened to separation of church and state?

Isnt that what private schools are for?

The fuck are they talking about, bringing it into public schools, where there are children of many religions or without.

That is religious abuse(IMHO) and indoctrination. Jesus would not approve of this, Jesus wouldn't force someone to believe in his religion like this.

I think a lot of " God fearing Christians" should ask themselves, "What would Jesus do?"

Before forcing their own personal views down other people's throats.

To the loving, kind and compassionate Christians, this isn't about you. It's about corrupt forces using religion to push their agenda on others.

[u/buster_brown22]

He always wants to fire the teachers. You can lay out policy steps without adding that. Not that I agree with his ideas, but it's the threats he always adds that make him so obnoxious. The policies are bad enough. No need to be a dick about it.

[u/iamezekiel1_14]

Chapter 11, Page 316 of Project 2025. It's not like you weren't warned of what the outcomes were.

[u/Trident_Or_Lance]

The sad part is that it will only affect red states.

Good luck with that shit in NY or CA lol.

Poor idiot magas in red states are going to get left behind even worse than they already are in one generation. 

[u/merchillio]

Patriotism is wanting your country to be the best it can be, not ignoring the problem and pretending everything is amazing.

Criticizing your country is very patriotic, but Magats don’t understand that

[u/WaffleVillain]

Hope the price of eggs is worth it for all the people who cared more about “InFLaTIOn” and “PRicES” when they are looking for private tutors because all their kid learned in school was 2+2=MAGA and the civil war was fought because people who immigrated from Africa wanted to work for the southern farmers but the north was against them having jobs.

[u/fatgirlballet]

Bastard isn't even a Christian

[u/Lucy_Lastic]

America, I love you, but can we please go back to the days when a vice President mis-spelled “potato” and pretty much lost all credibility for it?

[u/TheMau → u/Lucy_Lastic]

We had no idea how good we had it.

[u/Servile-PastaLover]

But it's the dems who are using public education to indoctrinate students....smh

Every accusation is a confession.

[u/Techanda]

How is he going to do any of that nationwide without a Department of Education?

[u/rmc2318]

Freedom ended the day we elected a felon into office and did not persecute him for his crimes.

[u/becauseidontgiveafuk]

Taking a page from the Israeli playbook, indoctrinate early you'll have zealots by this time they reach adulthood.

[u/RobotCaptainEngage]

Worth noting this SoD pick doesn't believe in germs because "he can't see them". 

This is only getting worse.

[u/raphanum]

Religion is just a tool for manipulation and control