With the Senate confirmation hearing for Betsy DeVos, Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Education, set to begin tomorrow, the folks at Politico just released a 2001 recording in which the Amway billionaire explains that her work to defund public education has been done in order to “advance God’s kingdom.” Her comments, according to Politico, were […]
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Secretary of Education pick Betsy DeVos caught on tape, talking about defunding public education in order to “advance God’s kingdom”
Posted in Education, Politics, Religious Extremism, Uncategorized Also tagged Betsy DeVos, Dick DeVos, dismantling of public education, for-profit charter schools, Gretchen Whitmer, Jim Fouts, public education, racism, religious extremism, religious sabotage, separation of church and state, The Gathering, threats to public education, virtual charters, Warren 69 Comments
Demand that Mitch McConnell respect Senate procedure and vet all prospective Cabinet members
Remember how I was telling you yesterday that Republicans in Congress were rushing to get Trump’s Cabinet nominees through their confirmation hearings without subjecting them to the standard vetting process by the Office of Government Ethics? Well, I just received a note from my aunt in Washington, D.C., who wanted to share the following with […]
Posted in History, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged call to action, Chuck Schumer, confirmation hearings, Donald Trump, Harry Reid, hypocrisy, hypocrisy watch, Kentucky, Michele Woodard, Mitch McConnell, vetting 7 Comments
Betsy DeVos likely to be confirmed Secretary of Education this Wednesday without vetting, in violation of Senate protocol… Call your Senators today!
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, eduction reform, hypocrisy, hypocrisy watch, Mitch McConnell, Secretary of Education, Senate Committee on Health Education Labor and Pensions, vetting 9 Comments