Tag Archives: Department of Education

Did Betsy DeVos roll back Title IX regulations dealing with the reporting of sexual assaults on campus at the request of MSU?

By Mark | February 12, 2018

The above photo of Trump administration Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos chatting with former Michigan State University President Lou Anna Simon was taken on September 20, 2017. Two days later, on the 22nd, DeVos would announce that the Department of Education would be rolling back Title IX regulations dealing with the reporting of sexual assaults […]

Posted in Education, Michigan, Uncategorized | Also tagged Betsy DeVos, child abuse, FOIA, higher education, Larry Nassar, Lou Anna Simon, Michigan State University, MSU, Rachael Denhollander, sexism, sexual abuse, sexual assault, sexual misconduct, sexual predator, Title IX | 18 Comments

Pruitt names high school graduate Cathy Stepp to head the EPA’s Great Lakes Region, where she’ll be responsible for 85% of our nation’s fresh water reserves

By Mark | December 26, 2017

Kakistocracy is defined as “a system of government which is run by the worst, least qualified, or most unscrupulous citizens.” Above is a photo of Cathy Stepp. Until deciding to run for elected office in Wisconsin back in the early 2000s, she ran a residential construction company with her husband. She has no scientific credentials. […]

Posted in Environment, Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged administrative state, anti-environment, Betsy DeVos, Cathy Stepp, clean air, clean water, Department of Energy, DNR, Donald Trump, Enbridge Line 5, environmental catastrophe, environmental protection, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Flint, global climate change, global warming denial, Great Lakes, Illinois, Indiana, Kakistocracy, Kerry Schumann, League of Conservation Voters, Michigan, Minnesota, natural resources, Ohio, pollution, public health, Rick Perry, Scott Pruitt, Scott Walker, Steve Bannon, water quality, Wisconsin | 6 Comments

DeVos, promising to do more to protect the rights on those accused of committing crimes against women on campus, says, “If everything is harassment, then nothing is”

By Mark | September 7, 2017

There was an interesting article in the New York Times just after the election about the 53% of white women, and 42% of women across the board, who cast their votes for Donald Trump in 2016. [note: A whopping 64% of non-college educated white women voted for Trump.] Well, I was reminded of the piece […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Education, Uncategorized | Also tagged Betsy DeVos, Candice Jackson, college, date rape, false accusation, higher education, rape, Scott Pruitt, sexual harassment, Steve Bannon, title nine, white victimhood, white victimization | 11 Comments

DeVos’s choice to run the Department of Education’s Civil Rights Office once claimed discrimination for being white

By Mark | April 16, 2017

A few days ago, right before the Easter holiday, when no one was paying attention, Betsy DeVos, our public education hating Secretary of Education, announced that she’d be bringing on a 39-year-old attorney by the name of Candice Jackson to be her deputy assistant secretary in the Office for Civil Rights. Here, if you’re unfamiliar […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Education | Also tagged administrative state, affirmative action, Betsy DeVos, Candice Jackson, civil rights denier, feminism, Hillary Clinton, racism, Scott Pruitt, Steve Bannon, Their Lives Foundation, white nationalism, white power | 6 Comments

Evidence emerges that Blackwater’s Erik Prince managed a backchannel communications link with Putin for the Trump campaign

By Mark | April 3, 2017

And here I thought that maybe Amway heiress Betsy DeVos got the job as Secretary of Education because, she offered to supply Trump properties with light bulbs and laundry detergent. Yeah, according to the Washington Post, it looks as though Betsy DeVos’s brother, Erik Prince, the founder of the covert private military entity Blackwater, and […]