Oh great. Put #RFKJr in charge of #SpecialEducation and the #InjusticeDepartment in charge of #CivilRights in Education. That should go well...

#TrumpSucks ramps up #EducationDepartment’s dismantling with changes on special education and civil rights

By ANNIE MA
Updated 5:42 PM EDT, June 16, 2026

WASHINGTON (AP) — "President Donald Trump’s administration on Tuesday accelerated its dismantling of the Education Department, delegating much of its work to protect the nation’s at-risk students in a move that carves away the vast majority of its functions for other agencies to handle.

"The Department of Justice will take on enforcement of civil rights in education, while the Department of Health and Human Services will oversee special education, administration officials announced.

"The two agencies involved — the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services and the Office for Civil Rights — defend the rights of children with #disabilities and those who experience #discrimination based on race, sex or religion. Advocates worry the change could mean lapses in communication for families and school officials who need help.

"Trump, a Republican, campaigned on shutting down the Education Department, saying he would 'move education back to the states where it belongs.' While only Congress can close the department, Trump’s education secretary, #LindaMcMahon, a billionaire and former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment [#WWE], has formed agreements with other federal agencies to handle much of her department’s work."

Read more:
https://apnews.com/article/trump-civil-rights-special-education-3483478a51ea8001fcc70e8a77d08d9a

#USPol

What Pro Wrestling Taught Linda McMahon About Politics

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/political-scene/what-pro-wrestling-taught-linda-mcmahon-about-politics

[Via NPR: A former pro-wrestling executive, McMahon is now the education secretary Trump tasked with abolishing the agency. New Yorker writer Zach Helfand explains how her WWE experience led her to this role.

https://m.ai6yr.org/@npr_bot/116449070602198571]

Here's something else to know about Linda McMahon:

"For years, WWE employees lured underaged boys—known as “Ring Boys”—to assist with WWE’s wrestling events. These boys, many from vulnerable backgrounds, were groomed, exploited, and sexually abused by WWE’s ringside announcer, Melvin Phillips Jr., and another WWE executive.

The abuse occurred not only at wrestling venues, but also in hotels used in connection with WWE’s events, often in plain sight of WWE executives and wrestlers. Despite widespread knowledge of Phillips’s predatory behavior, WWE leadership—including Vince and Linda McMahon—failed to properly intervene or prevent the abuse, which allowed it to continue."

https://dicellolevitt.com/wwe-ring-boys-sexual-abuse-case-moves-to-discovery/

#LindaMcMahon #WWE #RingBoys

Washington Post: Education secretary used fake photo in post about Black history icon. This article has been syndicated to MSN and does not have a paywall. “Education Secretary Linda McMahon lauded civil rights activist and journalist Ida B. Wells on Truth Social on Friday, part of a series of posts praising celebrated women in American history. But the photo attached to the post wasn’t of […]

Maryland lawmakers advance broad school protections, including for trans students

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/politics/states/maryland-transgender-student-protections

Democrats push back against Trump anti-DEI funding cuts for minority-serving colleges

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://missouriindependent.com/2026/02/27/repub/democrats-push-back-against-trump-anti-dei-funding-cuts-for-minority-serving-colleges/

Cabinet Apocalypse

A News Review in an Imagined Conversation

Timothy #Snyder Feb 26, 2026

#Trump. “I like it. No long speeches. No Union. Steal what we can and burn the rest. Or burn first and then steal? Works either way. ... .” [fictional!]

https://snyder.substack.com/p/cabinet-apocalypse

#TimothySnyder #ThinkingAbout
#USA #America #Fascism
#LindaMcMahon #RussVought
#ScottBessent #HowardLutnick
#PamBondi #RFKjr #DougBurgum
#LeeZeldin #MarcoRubio #TulsiGabbard #KristiNoem #PeteHegseth