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The Muckrake Political Podcast

Trump Can't Destroy The Dept. Of Education But He Will

The Muckrake Political Podcast

CLNS Media Network

News, Politics

4.6530 Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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This is a preview of the Patron-only Weekender episode. To gain full access to these episodes, as well as special post-event and live recordings, and to keep the show editorially independent and ad-free, head over to Patreon and become a subscriber today. Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman talk about Donald Trump's desire to kill the Department of Education, despite the law being crystal clear that only an act of Congress can do that. They go in depth on the Right's war on education as it aligns with their fascistic goals. They then discuss the tariffs Trump imposed but then paused on Canada and Mexico.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, everybody. Welcome to the Weekender Additional My Craig Podcast. I'm Jerry and Sexton. Nick, I don't have power.

0:07.5

Is that metaphorical or you don't really have more?

0:10.6

I have no power. I've got no juice.

0:13.4

Oh, no. I'm sorry to hear that. I'm staying warm.

0:16.7

It's, I'm staying warm. We'll talk more about, I, I watched the Netflix, um, mini series Zero Day, which was about a major cyber attack that shuts down power. And so in my head, I'm just like, is it ever coming back? Is this the end? I know. Well, that mean, why, imagine a world where you didn't have the internet, like nothing, you would cease to be. Oh, Nick. I know. Well, that means, imagine a world where you didn't have Internet. Like, nothing.

0:55.8

You would cease to be. Oh, Nick. I think constantly about a world without Internet. Don't threaten me with a good time, my friend. Okay. All right, everybody. We got a jam-pack show. My God, is there a lot going on? A reminder, go over to patreon.com slash Mike Craig Podcast. if you're listening to the free preview.

0:54.5

We know everybody listens to the free preview. Everybody. And we need

0:59.9

your help. We need your support. Independent media needs your support. Now more than ever,

1:04.8

Patreon.com slash my Greg podcast. Nick, we got we got some goings-ons that we have talked about a little bit.

1:12.3

We sort of saw this coming.

1:14.2

But reports are now coming out that Donald Trump is preparing to sign an executive order that will dissolve the Department of Education.

1:22.0

We've also seen this paired with, I can't believe I'm getting ready to say this, Secretary of Education,

1:28.5

Linda McMahon, who sent out a memo titled, quote, our department's final mission,

1:33.7

which singled out critical race theory, DEI, gender ideology, and what she called

1:39.0

anti-American radicalization, saying that parents are the primary decision makers called out once more

1:46.6

DEI and said the post-secondary education is a path to a well-paying career aligned with

1:51.8

workforce needs. Nick, it appears that one of the biggest major actions of the Trump

1:58.2

administration is probably imminent.

2:04.9

This is something the right has worked on now for decades, which we'll talk about more in a second.

2:05.5

But there is a very real possibility we will see the end of the Department of Education.

2:10.9

Before I forget, you're the guy to ask this question to, you know the guy that goes,

2:15.2

let's get ready to rumble?

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