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Massive Layoffs at the Department of Education Erode Its Civil Rights Division

Only five of the agency’s civil rights offices remain nationwide. Those who are still with the department say it will now be “virtually impossible” to resolve discrimination complaints.
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With a mass email sharing what it called “difficult news,” the U.S. Department of Education has eroded one of its own key duties, abolishing more than half of the offices that investigate civil rights complaints from students and their families.

“This is devastating for American education and our students. This will strip students of equitable education, place our most vulnerable at great risk and set back educational success that for many will last their lifetimes,” said Katie Dullum, an OCR deputy director who resigned last Friday. “The impact will be felt well beyond this transitional period.”

Catherine Lhamon, who oversaw the OCR under former Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden said: “What you’ve got left is a shell that can’t function.”

Civil rights investigators who remain said it now will be “virtually impossible” to resolve discrimination complaints.

Since Trump took office, the focus has shifted. The office has opened an unusually high number of “directed investigations,” based on Trump’s priorities, that it began without receiving complaints. These relate to curbing antisemitism, ending participation of transgender athletes in women’s sports and combating alleged discrimination against white students.

Trump and his conservative allies have long wanted to shut the department, with Trump calling it a “big con job.” But the president hasn’t previously tried to do so, and officially closing the department would require congressional approval. Instead, Trump is significantly weakening the agency.
 
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www.propublica.org

Massive Layoffs at the Department of Education Erode Its Civil Rights Division

Only five of the agency’s civil rights offices remain nationwide. Those who are still with the department say it will now be “virtually impossible” to resolve discrimination complaints.
www.propublica.org www.propublica.org

With a mass email sharing what it called “difficult news,” the U.S. Department of Education has eroded one of its own key duties, abolishing more than half of the offices that investigate civil rights complaints from students and their families.

“This is devastating for American education and our students. This will strip students of equitable education, place our most vulnerable at great risk and set back educational success that for many will last their lifetimes,” said Katie Dullum, an OCR deputy director who resigned last Friday. “The impact will be felt well beyond this transitional period.”

Catherine Lhamon, who oversaw the OCR under former Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden said: “What you’ve got left is a shell that can’t function.”

Civil rights investigators who remain said it now will be “virtually impossible” to resolve discrimination complaints.

Since Trump took office, the focus has shifted. The office has opened an unusually high number of “directed investigations,” based on Trump’s priorities, that it began without receiving complaints. These relate to curbing antisemitism, ending participation of transgender athletes in women’s sports and combating alleged discrimination against white students.

Trump and his conservative allies have long wanted to shut the department, with Trump calling it a “big con job.” But the president hasn’t previously tried to do so, and officially closing the department would require congressional approval. Instead, Trump is significantly weakening the agency.
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That is great news!

There are half a dozen other agencies who duplicate that function. It is inexcusable to have that level of redundancy on the tax payer's dime.
 
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Mongoose said:
How many times have we seen this now. Very cultish behavior. Where do the democrats get these orders from? They all might as well be bots. They are completely owned by somebody.
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But Republicans believing Trump had the 2020 election stolen from him, and worse, having to never, ever, claim he did not win in 2020, in public, without being savaged by the Liar, and thrown to the MAGA wolves, that is somehow NOT cultish behavior.

In response to something nobody can possibly miss, Trump, so very obviously, for all the world to clearly see, trying to silence all dissenting voices in the United States, this is what Trump apologists come up with. A simple statement of Democratic unity. That simple statement becomes “cult like” to individuals ensconced in the MAGA cult.

Here’s how MAGA guys do it, buy up all the stations and order the anchors to lie….


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-4HOgULcd8&pp=ygUUU2luY2xhaXIgcmVwZWF0IHRhcGU%3D
 
Mongoose said:
How many times have we seen this now. Very cultish behavior. Where do the democrats get these orders from? They all might as well be bots. They are completely owned by somebody.


View: https://x.com/endwokeness/status/1900057190544638162?s=46&t=PfGBft52CF1a98VsjZzilw
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You are describing the lefties in this forum. By the example of repeated proclamations of "Dictatorship!" and "Fascism!" and "Oligarchy!" and "Children must be sexualized!" there is no end in sight.
 
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Just a few minutes ago. While sitting with the Secretary-General of NATO. He thinks of the world in terms of zones of influence, where the strongest nation can call the shots in their respective zones.
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I take it that you are not a fan of literally all of human history.
 
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Sardines said:
Agreed. Cruelty is a feature, not a bug. Absolutely no MAGA supporters care about this ****.
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Ya I mean I'm not looking at the maga posters posts but I'm extremely confident that not one of them made a post like "maybe the US shouldn't deport a 10 year old US citizen recovering from brain cancer".
I'm 99% certain.
 
fishonjazz said:
Ya I mean I'm not looking at the maga posters posts but I'm extremely confident that not one of them made a post like "maybe the US shouldn't deport a 10 year old US citizen recovering from brain cancer".
I'm 99% certain.
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I'm not looking at their posts either. I'm very proud of my self control lately, I have not been peeking at their posts.
 

However, the DOGE payments encountered a potential setback, as recent fiscal reports indicate that Musk's department's anticipated savings have not materialized.

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) reported a 5 percent increase in the federal deficit for February, driven by a 7 percent rise in spending compared to the same period last year.

The DOGE stimulus initiative proposes directing 20 percent of the department's savings to taxpayers and another 20 percent to reduce the national debt. It estimates DOGE could save $2 trillion in 18 months, allowing $400 billion to be distributed to about 79 million taxpayers, providing $5,000 checks each.

The latest CBO data casts doubt on the feasibility of these savings. The federal government borrowed $1.1 trillion in the first five months of Fiscal Year 2025, including $308 billion in February alone.

This borrowing trend raises questions about the effectiveness of DOGE's cost-cutting measures and the likelihood of achieving the projected savings needed to fund the stimulus checks.

Even with the potential savings of recent cuts, stimulus checks are an incredibly expensive endeavor for a government already deeply in debt and facing no pandemic-level emergency to undertake.
 
fishonjazz said:

However, the DOGE payments encountered a potential setback, as recent fiscal reports indicate that Musk's department's anticipated savings have not materialized.

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) reported a 5 percent increase in the federal deficit for February, driven by a 7 percent rise in spending compared to the same period last year.

The DOGE stimulus initiative proposes directing 20 percent of the department's savings to taxpayers and another 20 percent to reduce the national debt. It estimates DOGE could save $2 trillion in 18 months, allowing $400 billion to be distributed to about 79 million taxpayers, providing $5,000 checks each.

The latest CBO data casts doubt on the feasibility of these savings. The federal government borrowed $1.1 trillion in the first five months of Fiscal Year 2025, including $308 billion in February alone.

This borrowing trend raises questions about the effectiveness of DOGE's cost-cutting measures and the likelihood of achieving the projected savings needed to fund the stimulus checks.

Even with the potential savings of recent cuts, stimulus checks are an incredibly expensive endeavor for a government already deeply in debt and facing no pandemic-level emergency to undertake.
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Not to mention, how are they going to send out a stimulus if they ain't got nobody to sign the ****ing checks?
 
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