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Black women "target" of Trump DEI purge

The president’s attack on diversity efforts has derailed the government careers of highly educated civil servants

Salon

Packed Pacs: how billionaires in the US are bankrolling Republicans at the state level

Republicans are relying on ‘nameless’ donors who want to push a rightwing agenda and gain long-term hegemony

The Guardian - US

President Trump Orders Expansion Of School Choice Initiatives

President Trump's executive order aims to expand school choice initiatives by repurposing federal funds.

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Trump looks to repurpose federal money to expand school choice programs

Private school vouchers and other school choice initiatives would expand under an order coming from President Donald Trump telling government agencies to repurpose federal dollars

The Independent UK

US secretary of education helps set national priorities in a system primarily funded and guided by local governments

The Department of Education has been a source of political controversy since its creation in 1980 during Jimmy Carter’s presidency. President Ronald Reagan, who was first elected that year, called for it to be disbanded.

The Conversation

Digested week: Trump’s Star Wars cantina cabinet and No Consequences for Old Men

Plus … Heartwarming: the worst person you know just had another bad thing happen to them

The Guardian - UK

How much does Trump education pick Linda McMahon actually know about education?

Trump stunned educators by unveiling Linda McMahon as his choice to run the Department of Education

The Independent UK

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Outcry over stalemate on Gaetz report; Bernie Sanders’ Senate vote on blocking some arms to Israel fails – as it happened

Democrat Susan Wild says committee chair Michael Guest mischaracterized meeting and committee will reconvene in December; US Senate to also vote on two resolutions on mortar rounds and a GPS guidance system for bombs

The Guardian - US

President-Elect Trump's Potential Cabinet Appointees Revealed

President-elect Trump considering Cabinet appointees like Ben Carson, Betsy DeVos, and Mike Pompeo. New contenders Doug Burgum and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. al...

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Betsy DeVos, who resigned Trump’s administration on January 6, pumps money into Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC

The former education secretary has poured $250,000 into Musk’s America PAC, according to FEC reports. Other members of her family also contributed

The Independent UK

Elon Musk Increases Contributions To Pro-Trump Super PAC

Elon Musk contributes .6 million to America PAC, supporting Trump's reelection.

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Michigan Senate Candidates Clash In Second Debate

Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin and Republican former Rep. Mike Rogers debate key issues and influences in Michigan Senate race.

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DeVos open to working for Trump again

The former secretary of Education resigned after the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol

Salon

Judge blocks Biden's Title IX rule in four states, dealing a blow to protections for LGBTQ+ students

The Biden administration’s new Title IX rule expanding protections for LGBTQ+ students has been temporarily blocked in four states after a federal judge in Louisiana found that it overstepped the Education Department’s authority

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Abbott’s Voucher Fight Isn’t About Kids. It’s About Money, Politics, and Religion.

The Senate passed its bill this week as the governor continues to pressure House members to compromise.

Texas Observer

Abbott Demands Vouchers—Or Else

The governor and the billionaires behind him are determined to defund public schools.

Al Jazeera

Why is the Biden administration forgiving student debt?

This week Joe Biden announced debt relief worth billions of dollars for struggling graduates.

The Independent UK

Man lauded as MeToo 'victim' by Trump administration accused of killing and dismembering girlfriend

Joseph Roberts, 42, has been accused of killing his girlfriend Rachel Elizabeth Imani Buckner

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The Guardian - US

California official who opposed #MeToo movement accused of killing fiancee

Maga darling Joseph C Roberts arrested after Rachel Elizabeth Imani Buckner’s remains found on San Francisco Bay shoreline

The Independent UK

NBA players union slams Orlando Magic for $50k donation to pro-DeSantis PAC

Former Trump administration education secretary Betsy DeVos is part of the family that owns the Magic

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NBA players' union says Orlando Magic donation to a DeSantis super PAC is 'alarming'

The team donated $50,000 to a super PAC that backs the Florida governor's presidential ambitions, The union said team donations should reflect the diversity of values of the players.

The Guardian - US

Orlando Magic NBA team donated $50,000 to Ron DeSantis Super Pac

Following reports of the donation, the National Basketball Players Association called the donation ‘alarming’

The Guardian - US

Jackson Bone: the Trump-linked US law firm engaged in anti-trans litigation

Former administration staffer Candice Jackson partnering with Lauren Adams Bone, legal director of ‘radical feminist’ group

Reason

Don't Be Fooled by Randi Weingarten's Rehabilitation Tour

The teachers union head honcho is trying to engage in some astonishing revisionism, claiming she actually wasn't opposed to school reopening.

Chicago Sun-Times

Johnson, Vallas weigh in on Trump, Arwady — and WBEZ weighs rivals’ facts on more familiar debate topics

The candidates exchanged barbs in the hour-long debate held by WBEZ’s Reset. There was little new in their remarks, except for their reaction to former President Donald Trump’s indictment and a question about Chicago’s Public Health Director, Dr. Allison Arwady.

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