President-elect Donald Trump has big plans for education in America. When asked about what the Republican has in mind, Trump-Vance transition spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt told Time, "The American people re-elected President Trump by a resounding margin, giving him a mandate to implement the promises he made on the campaign trail. He will deliver." If Trump delivers on his campaign promises and corresponding Agenda47 plan for education, then the Education Department as it now exists is toast, and most of its present responsibilities are likely headed back to the states. Extra to hollowing out the Education Department, Trump has also promised universal school choice; protections for prayer in public schools; a prioritization of reading, writing, and arithmetic and an ejection of leftist propaganda; a switch from tenure to merit pay for teachers; and a federal reinforcement of parental rights. In a September 2023 video outlining his ten principles for improving schools, Trump noted, "The United States spends more money on education than any other country in the world. And yet we get the worst outcomes. We are at the bottom of every list. In total, American society pours more than a trillion dollars a year into public education systems. But instead of being at the top of the list, we are literally right smack — guess what — at the bottom." According to the Education Data Initiative, K-12 public schools blow through around $857.2 billion annually, with the federal government covering at least 13.6% with taxpayer funds. Costs have grown rapidly over the years. The nationwide public K-12 annual spending per pupil in the 2011-2012 school year was $10,648. This year, the per-pupil cost for a substandard education was $17,280. Despite the U.S. ranking fourth among Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development members for spending on elementary education, the quality of education leaves much to be desired. Recent estimates from the National Literacy Institute indicated that roughly 40% of students across the nation cannot read at a basic level. The National Center for Education Statistics revealed that when compared to 80 other nations' education systems in 2022, the U.S. average math literacy score for 15-year-old students was lower than the average in 25 education systems. The NAEP also found that as of 2022, only 26% of eighth-grade public school students across the country were proficient in math. A Pew Research Center survey revealed earlier this year that 51% of American adults figure the public K-12 education system is headed in the wrong direction. A separate survey of public school teachers found that 82% of respondents figured the state of education has worsened over the past five years. 'You can't do worse.' "Rather than indoctrinating young people with inappropriate racial, sexual, and political material, which is what we're doing now, our schools must be totally refocused to prepare our children to succeed in the world of work, and in life and the world of keeping our country strong, so they can grow up to be happy, prosperous, and independent citizens," said Trump. The once and future president indicated that in order to optimize education and schools in America, it is necessary to: "respect the rights of parents to control the education of their children"; "empower parents and local school boards to hire and reward great principals and teachers, and also to fire the poor ones"; "ensure our classrooms are focused not on political indoctrination, but on teaching the knowledge and skills needed to succeed"; "teach students to love their country"; "support bringing back prayer to our schools"; institute "immediate expulsion for any student who harms a teacher or another student"; "ensure students have access to project-based learning experiences inside the classroom"; "strive to give all students access to internships and work experiences that can set them on a path to their first job"; and "ensure that all schools provide excellent jobs and career counseling." Trump also indicated that his administration would effectively "close" the Education Department, which has been a Cabinet-level agency since 1980, and send "all education and education work and needs back to the states." "We want [the states] to run the education of our children, because they'll do a much better job of it," said Trump. "You can't do worse. We spend more money per pupil, by three times, than any other nation. And yet we're absolutely at the bottom. We're one of the worst. So you can't do worse. We're going to end education coming out of Washington D.C. We're going to close it up — all those buildings all over the place and yet people that in many cases hate our children. We're going to send it all back to the states." 'I figure we'll have like one person plus a secretary.' Blaze News reached out to the Education Department but did not immediately receive a response. Ted Mitchell, president of the American Council on Education, told Time, "It is entirely feasible to close down the Department of Education, but the functions of the Department of Education will need to continue." With the Republican trifecta in Washington, D.C., Trump will likely be able to significantly reduce or possibly even cut funds for racist DEI and critical race theory programming. Virginia Rep. Ben Cline (R) recently told Fox Business that it would be possible to slash trillions of dollars in government spending as Elon Musk, the potentially oncoming Department of Government Efficiency head, has proposed. When asked where deep cuts could be made, Cline said, "Well, let's just look at the Department of Education and how billions of dollars stay in Washington, funding bureaucrats whose simple goal is to interfere in the decisions about educational choice at local and state levels." In October, Trump signaled at a campaign rally in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, what his ideal Education Department would look like after he's done with it: I figure we'll have, like, one person plus a secretary. You'll have a secretary to a secretary. We'll have one person plus a secretary, and all the person has to do is, "Are you teaching English? Are you teaching arithmetic? What are you doing? Reading, writing, and arithmetic. And are you not teaching woke?" "All they're going to do is see that the basics are taken care of," added Trump. Trump's proposal in some ways resembles the memorandum advanced in 1981 by President Ronald Reagan's Education Secretary Terrel H. Bell, which advocated for turning the department into a foundation tasked primarily with administering block grants, collecting information, and conducting research. Education Weekly reported at the time that Bell's unrealized proposal suggested that most of the department's activities would ultimately be "transferred, terminated, or modified as new Administration policies are implemented." For example, the functions for the department's Office for Civil Rights could be moved to the Justice Department. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Variety magazine defended celebrities and scolded the public in the wake of the devastating loss for Democrats, and many did not appreciate the advice. Music writer Chris Willman angrily denounced some in the media who blamed celebrity endorsements for the loss and, worse still, those who proclaimed that celebrity endorsements were meaningless. The idea that entertainers and artists’ involvement somehow leads to actual voter dissuasion is a fantasy — bull*** that is happily perpetrated by the “go woke, go broke” crowd, and picked up by columnists who think that picking on limousine liberals never goes out of style. (It really doesn’t.) It’s just disappointing to see this picked up by objective journalists and by some Democrats themselves, who imagine they have practical reasons to tell the entertainment world to shut up and sing.Willman went on to opine that celebrities had nothing to do with the loss but also argued that they did have an effect on voters and should be listened to, which appears at least somewhat contradictory. Many on social media lashed out against the reprimand. "She only lost because we didn't hear from MORE celebs," joked commentator Sean Medlock. "This is what I have been saying." "Celebrities don’t stress about whether to buy groceries or put gas in their cars. They’re not worried about getting assaulted, robbed or murdered at the hands of criminal illegals because they have their own security & lives behind gates. They are completely out of touch of just how dire it is," read one popular response. "I'll say it once again: we need to treat entertainers like the ancients did ‐ as the lowest rung on the social ladder & entirely useless at anything other than performing for our benefit," responded writer Mike Coté. "[Y]ou people are so ridiculously out of touch with reality that it's actually funny," replied author Raven O'Connor. "I value the opinion of rich Diddy diddlers about as much as the local homeless man telling me about a lucrative crypto opportunity," read another response. The Harris-Walz campaign has faced fierce criticism for raising an astounding $1 billion dollars in campaign donations, spending it all in a devastating loss, and reportedly ending up in debt. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

The Democrats know why Kamala Harris lost the presidential election in such decisive fashion to Donald Trump. They just don’t want to tell their most reliable and passionate voting bloc — black women. So the Democrats are playing a game of misdirection and deflection. They’re lying in public. Americans believe in free speech and reject government-backed racial discrimination. Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) blamed President Joe Biden for not exiting the race soon enough. Strategist James Carville blamed Kamala Harris for failing to answer a simple question on "The View" about how she would be different from her predecessor and boss. MSNBC host Joy Reid blamed white and Latino women for being jealous of black women. Reid’s colleague Rachel Maddow pointed her finger at voter suppression. CNN contributors David Axelrod and Van Jones blamed racism and sexism. Countless other Democrats politely argued that Harris was a bad candidate. It’s all a lie designed to avoid telling black women that their political party of choice is a satanic cult built on racist bullying and child sacrifice. Tuesday’s election was a long-overdue repudiation of the Democrats’ 60-year strategy of framing whiteness as inherently evil and abortion as inherently good. Democrats abandoned biblical morality in the 1960s, the American working class in the 1990s, defense of constitutional freedoms in the 2000s, and new ideas after the passing of the Affordable Care Act. The Democratic Party has been reduced to a brand. By aggressively smearing all non-Democrats as anti-black bigots, the party of donkeys offers its supporters racial reputation protection. That’s pretty much it. Beyond the “right” to murder a baby in the womb, reputation insurance is the Democrats' lone sales pitch in the post-Obama era. Name the idea that defined Kamala Harris’ campaign. I’ll wait. Take your time. There isn’t one. She ran on the exact same idea that President Biden and Hillary Clinton ran on in 2016 and 2020. The idea is: “I’m not Donald Trump, and Donald Trump is a racist.” Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter, rebranding it as X, and corralling the rigged algorithms that unfairly framed conservative and evangelical thought as racist disrupted the Democrat business model. Musk offered a superior form of reputation protection. He turned X into a wholesale store for free speech. He allowed conservatives and evangelicals to defend themselves, an act that was punished under Jack Dorsey’s rulership of Twitter. Now no one has to pretend that Derek Chauvin played a bigger role in George Floyd’s death than the massive amount of fentanyl Floyd swallowed. Or pretend Michael Brown was shot down with his hands up while helping an old lady cross the street. On X, the media and celebrities are openly ridiculed for suggesting police are randomly and indiscriminately killing black men over speeding tickets. Truth-tellers are free to call bulls**t. And that’s what happened to Kamala Harris and the Democratic Party. Thanks to Musk — and the COVID scamdemic — people abandoned their fear of being labeled racist, misogynistic, conspiracy theorists, homophobic, and transphobic. Disabused of fear, voters leaned into their convictions and values. Americans believe in free speech and reject government-backed racial discrimination. DEI and its enforcer – censorship – were on the ballot. We voted them down. During this election cycle, America’s ridiculous fixation on “making history” and “breaking glass ceilings” dissipated. Instead, we reckoned with the negative consequences and ramifications of Barack Obama’s history-making presidency. We thought eight years of Barack and Michelle would improve race relations. It had the reverse effect. Obama has revealed himself to be no different from Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, and Ben Crump. The former president amplified racial idolatry and weaponized it to usher in the LGBTQIA+ Alphabet Mafia agenda. The Democrats need a new trick, not a new candidate. White women voted for Trump because they have grown tired of co-signing the repugnant Democrat narrative that the sons they birth, nurture, and develop are mentally defective and inferior by skin color. They prioritize their own children above the right to use abortion as a contraceptive. They finally figured out that the argument that all white men are racist and evil and must be reprogrammed applies to their children. They’ve watched their kids befriend, date, marry, idolize, and socialize with black people and wondered what more they can do to disprove an outdated narrative. They stomached affirmative action standards that disadvantage their offspring. They’ve worked for black bosses. They voted for Barack Hussein Obama. Their reward for embracing left-wing tolerance and inclusion is accepting that their lack of melanin makes them evil. It’s not much of a reward. It’s amazing and dumbfounding that black elites and their worshippers can’t recognize what motivated white women and men. It’s the exact fuel that powered the civil rights movement. No one wants to be a second-class citizen in America based on skin color. The black puppets of the Democratic Party sit on cable news shows and cheer on illegal immigrants marching across our border. While living in predominantly white neighborhoods, black elites celebrate the “browning” of America and the end of so-called white supremacy. They’re shocked that legal Latino citizens voted for Donald Trump. Democrats can’t believe their racial idolatry mass psychosis failed to produce the same election results as the COVID pandemic. Why can’t they see it? Because the Democratic Party is secular. Secularism and secular people are unwise. They’re book-smart. They lack discernment and common sense. Their overreliance on “science” renders them foolish and blind. On MSNBC last week Joy Reid commented on Kamala Harris’ ability to attract secular voters. It’s the one demographic in which Harris outperformed President Biden: non-believers, particularly non-believers in Jesus Christ. Her push for child sacrifice through abortion netted her gains with people hostile to Christianity. Unbeknownst to the experts, the Democratic Party’s hostility to religious values has sparked a religious awakening. The attack on children — abortion, transgenderism, drag queens at schools — has made self-aware Americans rediscover the value in Christian culture. Calling white people racist has lost its power of persuasion. Calling black conservatives sellouts, Uncle Toms, and coons has lost its power of persuasion. Someone needs to break the news to black women, the puppets of the Democratic Party, the women who have convinced themselves that child-murder, anti-white racism, and LGBTQIA+ affirmation are the keys to saving America and justifiable actions within Christianity. They’re not saving America. They’re the descendants of the same group of women who died in the jungle with Jim Jones in a similar, hostile-to-Christianity cult.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director, received $15 million in taxpayer money to cover the cost of his private security detail after stepping away from his government position and returning to private citizenship, according to documents obtained by independent journalist Jordan Schachtel and Open the Books.The funds covered the cost of his 24/7 chauffeur, U.S. Marshals security detail, and their law enforcement equipment from January 2023 to September 2024, as stated in a memorandum of understanding between the U.S. Marshals Service and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services obtained via Freedom of Information Act requests, Open the Books reported. 'I get so many threats.'The document revealed that the contract was eligible for extension; it is unclear whether it has already been extended. The protection costs were distributed through HHS' fund, according to the nonprofit organization.The reported millions do not include costs associated with his personal security detail from April 2020 to December 2022, while he was still a government employee. Fauci retired in December 2022.Fauci's critics have slammed him for pushing draconian government restrictions in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. He was the highest-paid federal employee from 2019 to 2022, retiring with a record-breaking $480,654 annual salary. According to Open the Books, his pension is estimated at approximately $355,000 per year. Over his five and a half decades of government service, Fauci amassed a personal fortune of $11 million.Last year, Fauci claimed that the costs to cover his security detail were necessary, citing alleged threats from the "extreme, radical right.""I get so many threats. Some of them are credible threats of violence against me and my family that I have to be walking around with federal marshals protecting me, which is completely crazy," he told Newshub.He concluded the interview by issuing a warning about the dangers of what he referred to as "disinformation.""I don't want to make it seem so melodramatic, but it seems to erode the foundations of democracy because if you can't believe the truth," Fauci said. "If you look back historically on how governments have failed, and tyrannies ever have risen, it's when people essentially take control over information, a lot of which is untrue. That's a very scary situation."Open the Books reported that after his retirement, Fauci remained on the NIAID's staff list, apparently in a no-show job to ensure he continued to receive his taxpayer-funded security detail.Schachtel called the arrangement "unprecedented" and "clandestine." He noted that he "could find no other cases of a former federal employee receiving this level of protection."The U.S. Marshals Service, a subagency of the Department of Justice, confirmed to the Daily Caller it "provided a protective detail for Dr. Anthony S. Fauci from January 2023 to August 2024," one month short of Schachtel's reporting.HHS did not respond to the Daily Caller's request for comment.The reports about Fauci's extensive security detail come after news that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was repeatedly denied Secret Service protection, and at least nine of President-elect Donald Trump's requests for increased Secret Service protection were reportedly turned down.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

City-building games live or die on their economy. From Cities Skylines 2 to Manor Lords, to Banished, building is only half the game - the rest is managing what’s coming in and what’s going out. In colossal city builder The Wandering Village, the economy’s just as important as in its rivals, and it’s received a huge update in the latest patch for the game. Now there’s considerably more depth in how you’ll approach managing your meandering settlement, with new resources to harvest and different ways to spend them. Continue reading Unique city building game The Wandering Village just got even better MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best city building games, Best indie games, Best roguelike games

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