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Betsy DeVos likely to be confirmed Secretary of Education this Wednesday without vetting, in violation of Senate protocol… Call your Senators today!

By Mark | January 8, 2017

As I understand it, the confirmation hearing for Amway billionaire Betsy DeVos, Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Education, will likely begin in the Senate this Wednesday, in spite of the fact that the bipartisan Office of Government Ethics, which is responsible for vetting Cabinet nominees, has yet to conduct a thorough investigation into her finances. […]

Posted in Education, Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Amway, Betsy DeVos, confirmation hearings, dismantling of public education, hypocrisy, hypocrisy watch, Mitch McConnell, Office of Government Ethics, Secretary of Education, Senate Committee on Health Education Labor and Pensions, vetting | 9 Comments

What we should be doing instead of slashing federal spending via Super Committee

By Mark | August 16, 2011

It pains me admit it, but sometimes the readers of this site do a better job of expressing what I’d like to say that I do. In those instances, I feel obligated to share what they’ve written here, on the front page. At other times, I just post their ramblings up here because I’d rather […]