Some of my previous posts this should be paired with:
And this post is perfect for her ending argument about educational and financial reasoning for an abortion:
The first 4-minutes is Glenn Beck discussing and reading from 20 USC 3403: Relationship with States. After the first 4-minutes are some examples of how this idea is violated.
I hate to break it to Mr. Brooks, this is the counterreaction.
Here is the statute (JUMP TO APPENDIX)
Partial Transcript:
Via GLENN BECK
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GLENN: Listen to this.
It is the intention. This is the founding document passed by Congress. It is the intention of Congress in the establishment of the Department of Education to protect the rights of state and local governments, and public and private educational institutions.
STU: Wow.
GLENN: Just that! Are they operating within the law, that was set by Congress?
STU: Because I think you could convince me, that that was a good idea. Right? That sounds great.
GLENN: Right. So let me read that again.
The intention of Congress, in the establishment of the Department of Education, to protect the rights of state and local governments, and public and private educational institutions, in the area, of educational policies, and administration of programs. And to strengthen and improve the control of such governments and institutions, over their own educational programs and policies.
Did you hear the second half of that?
To strengthen and improve the local and state administration, and — and the control of their own educational programs and policies.
That is not what the DOD is doing. Not even. Listen to the next line!
The establishment of the Department of Education, shall not, increase the authority of the federal government over education. Or finish the responsibility for education, which is reserved to the states. And the local school systems, and other instrumentalities of the states!
Wait.
This is not what the Department of Education is. At all.
So when they say, well, he can’t accomplish the department of he had. No. They abolished the Department of Ed.
The Department of Ed isn’t that! Because like you just said, I wouldn’t have necessarily a problem with that!
STU: I would have some questions.
GLENN: Yeah, I wouldn’t want it.
STU: As a direction, protecting local rights over education, is exactly kind of what I want.
GLENN: Yeah. Exactly right.
B, no provision of a program, administered by the Secretary or any other officer of the Department, shall be construed to authorize the Secretary or any such officer to exercise any direction, supervision, or control, over the local curriculum.
Any program of instruction or administration, or personnel of any educational institution, school, or school system over any accrediting agency or association, or over the selection and content of library resources, textbooks, or other instructional materials. By any educational institution or school system.
Except to the extent authorized by this law.
STU: Hmm. I mean, it seems there’s all sorts of limitations on it.
GLENN: Yeah. I mean, if you just go back to this: If he just reset it to this, do you know how many problems would go away?
STU: I know. This is really common too. But we mentioned the same thing with the Patriot Act.
GLENN: Yeah.
STU: The guy who wrote the Patriot Act. There’s a bunch of these things about to go.
I can’t believe the Patriot Act would do this. I wrote it. It’s not supposed to do that.
GLENN: Right. Right.
STU: That’s not what it’s supposed to do at all.
It always grows. It always evades. And the initial — the limiting principles put on it, by the law itself.
LOUDER w/CROWDER
President Donald Trump has kicked out 50% of the Department of Education. Good. And before you accuse us of hating teachers, it’s not teachers who are getting cut. It’s administrators. Keep cutting. Let’s see if we can get rid of the whole thing. (Click for this shows resources)
REDACTED NEWS:
now for the statute:
APPENDIX
20 USC 3403: Relationship with States
Text contains those laws in effect on March 21, 2025
From Title 20-EDUCATION
CHAPTER 48-DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
SUBCHAPTER I-GENERAL PROVISIONS
(a) Rights of local governments and educational institutions
It is the intention of the Congress in the establishment of the Department to protect the rights of State and local governments and public and private educational institutions in the areas of educational policies and administration of programs and to strengthen and improve the control of such governments and institutions over their own educational programs and policies. The establishment of the Department of Education shall not increase the authority of the Federal Government over education or diminish the responsibility for education which is reserved to the States and the local school systems and other instrumentalities of the States.
(b) Curriculum, administration, and personnel; library resources
No provision of a program administered by the Secretary or by any other officer of the Department shall be construed to authorize the Secretary or any such officer to exercise any direction, supervision, or control over the curriculum, program of instruction, administration, or personnel of any educational institution, school, or school system, over any accrediting agency or association, or over the selection or content of library resources, textbooks, or other instructional materials by any educational institution or school system, except to the extent authorized by law.
(c) Funding under pre-existing programs
The Secretary shall not, during the period within eight months after May 4, 1980, take any action to withhold, suspend, or terminate funds under any program transferred by this chapter by reason of the failure of any State to comply with any applicable law requiring the administration of such a program through a single organizational unit.
( Pub. L. 96–88, title I, §103, Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 670 )
Part 6 of 7 from a prison in Mississippi. Paul Washer shares seven messages that take you through the Gospel of Jesus Christ. One message of the series, “Freedom In The Gospel”, will be released every week starting Friday, January 24th, only on our YouTube channel and website.
The JFK Assassination files dropped. There wasn’t much new information in them. We go over the latest claims and why this might not be the bombshell people thought it would be.
The Political Left will get more and more violent.
My other thoughts for here is something I have said for quite a while now: “leftism” eats itself. It always has. We have seen socialist groups fight for their agenda to be paramount (thinking of Russian and German historical hegemony that led to many deaths to accomplish this goal… before the end result of the power structure and well-known leaders took power — which caused even more deaths).
Because of the flag issue, already there is talk of the Jefferson Memorial (the founder of the party running around from activist issue-to-issue ~ they do this because they replace the God shaped vacuum with politics)… banning Gone with the Wind (even though a black woman [the first time in our history] won “Best Supporting Actress)… etc.
The hubris of the left can be seen as well in thinking that they [politicians] can control weather (the sun) by legislation. Or changing gender by the stroke of a pen. Pride predates the fall.
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ALL THAT BEING SAID… there is a dangerous aspect to this. As the left eats itself, they have historically looked for scapegoats. Jews and Christians are typically the fall-guy… especially in the 20th and 21st Century.
The left “KNOWS” its goals are well meaning, and so find acknowledgment that they are true and society “NEEDS” them ~ again, based on the “well meaningful’ness.”
“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience. They may be more likely to go to Heaven yet at the same time likelier to make a Hell of earth. Their very kindness stings with intolerable insult. To be ‘cured’ against one’s will and cured of states which we may not regard as disease is to be put on a level of those who have not yet reached the age of reason or those who never will; to be classed with infants, imbeciles, and domestic animals. But to be punished, however severely, because we have deserved it, because ‘ought to have known better,’ is to be treated as a human persons in God’s image.”
C.S. Lewis, God in the Dock (Grand Rapids, MI: W.B. Eerdmans, 2002), 292 (Full text).
So, in the West as these “well-meaning” ideals works themselves out, expect more legal, cultural, and violent expression against those who hold to a historical, conserving theology and expressing this in public life…
Combine moral zealotry with increasingly blurred lines between political speech and violence long enough, and the outcome is predictable.
TRANSCRIPT:
Deny, Defend, Depose: The Murder of Brian Thompson and the Rise of Political Violence
United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot dead on a New York City sidewalk. Inscribed on three bullets found at the scene: “Deny,” “Defend,” “Depose.” The suspected killer, Luigi Mangione, has since gained a fervent online fanbase. Comedians like Jimmy Kimmel and Bill Burr joked about his looks, while social media influencers hailed him as a symbol of rage against a broken healthcare system.
What fueled this reaction? Mangione, a former valedictorian with a bright future, suffered a devastating back injury and, allegedly, was denied treatment. His manifesto blamed the insurance industry, echoing the themes of Deny, Defend, Depose, a book exposing insurer practices. Many saw his actions as a twisted form of justice, and prominent figures, including former Washington Post and New York Times reporter Taylor Lorenz, justified the public’s lack of empathy for Thompson.
A Growing Divide on Political Violence
Polling reveals a disturbing trend: 41% of Americans under 30 say Thompson’s killing was “acceptable.” More young people view Mangione favorably than unfavorably. Yet, paradoxically, most Americans—particularly those under 30—report being satisfied with their own healthcare. So why has Mangione become a folk hero?
The answer lies in shifting cultural norms around speech and violence. For years, activists have argued that harmful speech is itself a form of violence. Now, the logic extends to institutions: If denying healthcare is violence, then retaliation—even murder—is justified.
This philosophy traces back to the 1960s and Herbert Marcuse’s concept of “repressive tolerance.” Today, it manifests in widespread acceptance of censorship, deplatforming, and even political violence. Nearly half of college students believe it’s acceptable to block or shout down controversial speakers, while a third say violence is a justified response to offensive ideas.
The Truth About Brian Thompson and Luigi Mangione
Lost in the rhetoric is the reality that neither Thompson nor Mangione fit neatly into the roles of hero or villain. Thompson, a father of two, was a self-made executive who oversaw billions in emergency healthcare funding during the pandemic. Mangione, the privileged son of wealthy parents, spent his final months before the murder vacationing in Hawaii. There’s no evidence he was ever denied treatment by United Healthcare; in fact, he received back surgery and advised others online on how to get insurers to cover it.
Despite growing sympathy for political violence, the majority of Americans still reject it. But history shows that a radicalized minority can wreak havoc if left unchecked. The 2020 riots, justified under similar moral arguments, proved how dangerous this mindset can become. Now, some politicians, like Rep. Seth Moulton, are distancing themselves from the activist wing of their party, recognizing that extremism is a losing strategy.
The celebration of Brian Thompson’s murder is a warning sign. If we continue blurring the lines between speech and violence, more tragedies will follow. Political change requires debate—not bullets.
Matt Walsh details the mind blowing systemic racism of the DEI hiring practices of the FAA. (Hat-Tip to The Renegade Institute for Liberty at Bakersfield College – FB Page)
Part 5 of 7 from a prison in Mississippi. Paul Washer shares seven messages that take you through the Gospel of Jesus Christ. One message of the series, “Freedom In The Gospel”, will be released every week starting Friday, January 24th, only on our YouTube channel and website.
ARMSTRONG and GETTY read from this article by, Kimberley A. Strassel
Trump’s School Choice:
The Department of Education needs to be abolished to get kids learning again.
(WSJ)
President Trump is reported to be mulling an executive order to begin dissolving the Education Department. Let’s hope, as that’s the game-changer necessary to halt decades of education decline and an overdue Trump embrace of one of the boldest conservative movements already under way.
Never has a department been more deceptively titled. To listen to this week’s wailing, the federal Education Department is the beating heart of our nation’s schools, its demise a straight line to an illiterate nation. The reality: Our federal education bureaucracy takes no part in the daily, hard-fought grind of teaching. It doesn’t step in classrooms, interview teachers, or debate pedagogy. It doesn’t meet with parents, coach sports or set bus schedules.
The department’s only job is to act as the keeper of the education treats. Every year these federal masters get some $80 billion to dispense on “good” behavior. They hive off a dollop for their own salaries, while the rest they dispense as if rewarding a pet. Good state puppies—those that roll, fetch and fill out paperwork in triplicate—get grants called IDEA funds. Bad puppies lose their school lunch money.
Thus today’s inane system, in which kids from Taos to Tallahassee are held hostage to a counterproductive maze of federal rules that dictate dollars yet waste resources and stymie local innovation. Schools stage bingo nights when staff coach parents to minimize their salaries on forms so that a school qualifies for Title I (low-income) funding. Parents fight to get their kids labeled “special needs” to score an individualized education plan and extra federal resources. (IDEA stands for Individuals With Disabilities in Education Act.) In recent years, the threat of losing federal funds also sent districts scurrying to comply with Joe Biden’s transgender directives.
Need extra bucks? Concoct a need for teacher development (Title II), tot up non-English speakers (Title III), bulk up on shop classes (Perkins V grants), show a plan for “well-rounded education” and “safe and healthy students” (Title IV, Part A). Money will flow, though only after studies, evaluations, assessments, surveys, training, certifications, complete exhaustion and total submission to a one-size-fits-all federal formula for success. That formula has sent $1 trillion to schools since 1979, producing a perfect inverse correlation of plummeting education scores.
Yet note what these federal funds have in common. The money, ostensibly for “the children,” all goes to the adults—to hire more counselors and special-ed teachers for those IEPs, more administrators to run programs, legions of staff to input data. And guess what? Most of those adults belong to a union local of the National Education Association or the American Federation of Teachers. Because the keeper of the treats was, is, and always will be Jimmy Carter’s thank you for teachers union endorsements. Randi Weingarten controls the clicker.
A head-scratcher of this hard-charging administration has been the afterthought nature of education so far. Yes, Mr. Trump has taken action to eradicate critical race theory and transgender ideology from the classroom and sports fields, and in January he issued an executive order directing the Education Department to favor school-choice programs in grant programs, a huge shift in direction.
But he didn’t mention school choice in his address to Congress this week, and has yet to devote major time to the topic. For a president who in his first term called school choice “the civil rights issue of our time,” that failure to elevate education reform is a bizarre missed opportunity—on both practical and political grounds.
Republicans are already on offense—and winning. School choice is exploding across the states, those laboratories of democracy innovating on scholarships, vouchers, savings accounts, charters. A new generation of conservative leaders are embracing next steps—accountability in standards, merit pay for teachers, reviving vocational education. This is proving a potent issue for parents, newly re-engaged after the Covid pandemic, keen on voting for reformers. The parents movement played a big role in recent Republican electoral successes.
Yet the wins are fledgling, and as the nation’s dismal report card proves, there are miles to go. Claiming this is a state issue is a joke: states haven’t controlled their education destinies for decades—thanks to the feds. Hammering the message that the Education Department is the source of decline—a giant bar to states truly innovating and competing for education gains—is a huge first step. And while congressional action is needed to abolish the department, lawmakers need presidential leadership to turn it into a movement-wide objective.
Short of that goal, Mr. Trump has a unique opportunity to work in lockstep with reform-minded governors to devolve as much education power as possible back to where it belongs—local, local, local. It’s past time to acknowledge that Washington’s stomp into education has been a massive failure—a union perk at the sacrifice of our kids—and needs to end.
Democrat Fundraising ACCUSED OF FRAUD
ActBlue COLLAPSES, Democrats In Shambles
HAT-TIP to The Renegade Institute for Liberty at Bakersfield College
TWITCHY has a response to the above via BASTE RECORDS X that says:
Yep.
PJ-MEDIA notes that the timing of ACT BLUE’s “woes” couldn’t be more suspicious… why? Because the spigots are being shut off via US AID and other avenues that seem to be signs of a giant money laundering system to get Democrats money to run or maybe pay off cronies.
It looks like the left’s golden goose lays rotten eggs. ActBlue, the Democratic Party’s preferred fundraising platform that has funneled over $16 billion to progressive causes since 2004, is experiencing what we can only describe as a total meltdown. And the timing couldn’t be more suspicious.
In just three weeks, at least seven senior officials have jumped from the sinking ship. We’re not talking about low-level staffers here — these are heavy hitters, including their top legal officer, chief revenue officer, and veterans who’ve been with the organization for over a decade. When people like this are running for the hills, something big is happening.
The mass exodus kicked off last month when both the customer service and partnerships directors — each with more than ten years at ActBlue — bailed. Former VP for customer service Alyssa Twomey tried spinning her departure as simply needing “rest” after 14 years, but she’s not fooling anyone.
Congressional Republicans and 19 state attorneys general started investigating ActBlue for potential fraud, foreign donations, and suspicious contribution patterns, and the organization’s last remaining lawyer got locked out of his email after posting about whistleblower policies. Coincidence? Please.
This is not garden-variety turnover. In fact, according to the New York Times, “The exodus has set off deep concerns about ActBlue’s future.”
Last week, two unions representing the group’s workers sent a blistering letter to ActBlue’s board of directors that listed the seven officials who had left. The letter described an “alarming pattern” of departures that was “eroding our confidence in the stability of the organization.””
Even ActBlue’s own unions are sounding the alarm, sending desperate letters to the board about “eroding confidence” in the organization’s stability. They’re demanding an independent investigation and questioning CEO Regina Wallace-Jones’ leadership. When your own progressive workforce starts questioning your progressive leadership, you know things are bad.
But here’s where things get really interesting. The timing of the departures is already suspicious, but if you need more proof that something big is going on, read this:
As these people left, Zain Ahmad, who was the last remaining lawyer in the ActBlue general counsel’s office, wrote in an internal Slack message on Feb. 26 that his access to email and other internal platforms had been cut off and that other messages he had posted in Slack had been deleted, according to a screenshot obtained by The New York Times. Mr. Ahmad is now on leave from ActBlue, according to a person briefed on the group’s staffing.
“Please be advised that we have Anti-Retaliation and Whistleblower Policies for a reason,” Mr. Ahmad wrote.
So here we have the Democrats’ most successful fundraising platform, which has been under a dark cloud of scandal for years over suspicious and illegal donations, suffering a mass exodus of key people, and now, apparently, there’s a whistleblower problem? Yikes.
This may well be the most devastating news for the Democratic Party since Trump’s victory in November or the demise of USAID. Its most successful fundraising platform may be going under, which would severely damage its ability to launder straw donations into its campaign coffers.
SEE ALSO:
JAMES O’KEEFE has some great work on the issue at hand:
Texas Woman Denies Thousands of ActBlue Donations: “There’s No Way I Made All Those;” TX Sheriff’s Office RESPONDS
JUST IN ON ACT BLUE MONEY LAUNDERING: “No, there’s no way I had made all those,” says Barbara Staples of Spring, Texas, shocked to learn ActBlue (@actblue) listed… pic.twitter.com/y4ynQlxZQv
— James O’Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) August 7, 2024
To be clear, I think Biden did sign more than one document… but the signatures that appear real are far and away different than the one’s suspected of being auto-penned. In fact, some look like maybe staff signed them as well. On that note, I am adding this to my previous updated post, “The Real Lie of the Year | The “Shadow Presidency”
Here is Grant Stinchfield’s 11-minute segment on it.
PJ-MEDIA covered this as well:
What makes this revelation particularly damning is that the only document confirmed to have Biden’s actual signature was his letter announcing his withdrawal from the 2024 presidential race. Let that sink in for a moment.
Remember when House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) revealed his discussion with Biden when Biden couldn’t recall signing the executive order halting LNG exports? Now we know why — he probably didn’t. The real question is: Who did? Who was running the country while Biden was not all there?
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Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is demanding that the Department of Justice investigate whether Biden’s obvious cognitive decline allowed unelected bureaucrats to essentially run the government without presidential oversight. If this is true — and let’s be honest, all signs point to yes — every executive order, every pardon, and every official action taken under Biden’s name could be constitutionally void.
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The evidence is overwhelming. We know that Biden’s handlers desperately tried to prevent anyone from meeting with him one-on-one. Even Democratic insiders admit the truth. DNC fundraiser Lindy Li recently spilled the beans and acknowledged that Biden wasn’t running the show; his staff, his wife, and Hunter were.
Thanks to the Heritage Foundation’s investigation, we now have proof that Biden’s signature was automated throughout his presidency — which raises serious questions about whether he was aware of what was being signed in his name at all. The Oversight Project rightfully points out that since Biden revoked Trump’s executive privilege, we can easily determine who controlled the autopen and what safeguards, if any, were in place.
The implications are staggering. We essentially had a presidency by proxy, with unelected staffers wielding presidential power while the man himself was barely cognizant enough to read a teleprompter. This isn’t just a scandal; it’s potentially the biggest constitutional crisis in American history. …..
The hosts from @lfs6b discuss an investigation into whether everything signed by Joe Biden was signed by him. “The signature does not look like the rest of them!”
Part 4 of 7 from a prison in Mississippi. Paul Washer shares seven messages that take you through the Gospel of Jesus Christ. One message of the series, “Freedom In The Gospel”, will be released every week starting Friday, January 24th, only on our YouTube channel and website.
This short South Park clip will set the tone for the Richard Dawkins censoring himself in the face of Islamo-Fascism (via KNOW YOUR MEME):
I was listening to the Rubin Report at work yesterday, and had to post this video of atheists leaders bowing to Islam.
Dave Rubin of “The Rubin Report” shares a DM clip of Richard Dawkins’ chilling appearance on “Piers Morgan Uncensored” which revealed how successful the Muslim’s world’s threats have been to any public figure critical of Islam when Dawkins refuses to comment on the case of the “ISIS bride.”
And a FLASHBACK to an old post [just days before coming over here to my .com] over at my BLOGSPOT:
After Comedy Central cut a portion of a South Park episode following a death threat from a radical Muslim group, Seattle cartoonist Molly Norris wanted to counter the fear. She has declared May 20th “Everybody Draw Mohammed Day.”
Norris told KIRO Radio’s Dave Ross that cartoonists are meant to challenge the lines of political correctness. “That’s a cartoonist’s job, to be non-PC.”
Producers of South Park said Thursday that Comedy Central removed a speech about intimidation and fear from their show after a radical Muslim group warned that they could be killed for insulting the Prophet Muhammad.
The group said it wasn’t threatening South Park producers Trey Parker and Matt Stone, but it included a gruesome picture of Theo Van Gogh, a Dutch filmmaker killed by a Muslim extremist in 2004, and said the producers could meet the same fate. The website posted the addresses of Comedy Central’s New York office and the California production studio where South Park is made.
“As a cartoonist I just felt so much passion about what had happened I wanted to kind of counter Comedy Central’s message they sent about feeling afraid,” Norris said.
Norris has asked other artists to submit drawings of any religious figure to be posted as part of Citizens Against Citizens Against Humor (CACAH) on May 20th.
On her website Norris explains this is not meant to disrespect any religion, but rather meant to protect people’s right to express themselves.
Some more “violence” against a world religion:
And mine:
Click to enlarge (also see my old Sunday School adult class handout):
