“Hoax” in the degraded Trump idiolect of English means “fact I don’t like.”
Can this man just die in his sleep already?
In addition, board members will be investigated by FBI director Kash Patel for possible ties to the Chinese government.
Evidence of such ties may include a board member’s abnormal frequenting of Chinese restaurants, an unusual preoccupation with karaoke singing, or large amounts of made-in-China toys and appliances discovered through FBI search-and-seizure operations of board members’ homes.
“We will evaluate the evidence,” said Patel, “and never rush to judgment unless examples must be made.”
WTF, this is a direct threat to any board member. Everybody has “made in china” things at home.
So we could actually be charged with eating a succulent Chinese meal.
I believe that is the point…
Any school district not complying with the executive order will lose all federal funding
They’re going to lose that 10% or so under this administration anyway, might as well teach actual science.
and not be allowed to name any school after President Trump.
Don’t threaten me with a good time.
and not be allowed to name any school after President Trump.
You can’t make this shit up. I’ll show myself out.
The part where he is directing schools to change their text books. While scary, I thought he was getting rid of telling schools what to do and letting states decide their own education.
Pick a lane dickhead
This one is easy: states that voted for him and vote reliably conservative can teach whatever crazy fairy tales they want as that will line up with “owning the libs” and generally churning out more idiots that will vote Republican and agitate for xtian nationalism.
Blue states have to do what Donvict wants and if they are caught teaching reality, they will be punished.
The kids still matter.
most people modify their conclusions based on new information and evidence. these fascists throw away information and evidence that don’t align with their per-conceived conclusions. “oh, the ‘experts’ say vaccines are good and global warming is happening? DEMONIZE THE EXPERTS”
not only that, but https://truthout.org/articles/texas-gop-declares-no-more-teaching-of-critical-thinking-skills-in-texas-public-schools/
“No more teaching of critical thinking skills”?
I have to see how the admin phrases that.
“We oppose the teaching of Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) (values clarification), critical thinking skills and similar programs that are simply a relabeling of Outcome-Based Education (OBE) (mastery learning) which focus on behavior modification and have the purpose of challenging the student’s fixed beliefs and undermining parental authority.”
Yep, they said it. Unambiguously.
That was in 2012 btw.
yes, “believe what you’re told to believe, regardless of what’s happening in actual reality”
it’s the bullshit they were banking on when they tried to say renee good was a “terrorist”
there are people who actually fit this mold, literally watching footage from multiple angles showing CLEAR MURDER, and yet will still say the victim was in the wrong, and “deserved it”
that’s why they oppose people thinking for themselves–to get away with murder.
and of course it’s not enough for their own kids to be mindless obedient sheep, they need everyone else’s kids to be mindless obedient sheep too, otherwise these kids will figure out that the “parental authority” they’re being brought up in is bullshit compared to the rationality that their peers exhibit. so we demonize the experts, demonize the press, demonize fucking progress itself-- all of it specifically designed to keep the 99.999% enslaved
I don’t think the 0.001% are free either, but I get your point.
And yes, this grand project of cowing the masses has been going on for a long while, and especially in the US of NA. Just look at what Big Oil did, all through the past 100 years.
It’s doublethink.
thank you for using the correct term instead of “cognitive dissonance” that so many people seem to think it is
We’ve learned to expect a huge range of gibberish, but please tell me this is @theonion@mastodon.social
the onion, and anyone else, could never invent fictional satire that’s more fucking absurd than trump’s bullshit
Trump is constantly trying to outdo The Onion. I’m surprised they didn’t go out of business yet, that’s some tough competition.
