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TheProle

(3,179 posts) Tue Nov 19, 2024, 05:58 PM Nov 19

Linda McMahon expected to be named Education secretary, sources say

Trump transition co-chair Linda McMahon is expected to be named as secretary of the Department of Education, four sources familiar with the matter told CNN.

The decision took shape after it became clear that McMahon would be passed over for Commerce secretary. President-elect Donald Trump named his other transition co-chair Howard Lutnick to lead the Commerce Department earlier Tuesday after the Cantor Fitzgerald CEO had thrown his name into the mix for Treasury secretary, sparking a battle with hedge fund manager Scott Bessent.

McMahon served as the administrator of the Small Business Administration during Trump’s first term. She was appointed in 2017 and resigned in 2019 to become the chair of America First Action, a pro-Trump super PAC.

She is the board chair of the America First Policy Institute, a pro-Trump think tank that was formed in 2021 by McMahon, Larry Kudlow and other advisers from the first Trump administration.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/19/politics/linda-mcmahon-education-secretary-trump/index.html

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Linda McMahon expected to be named Education secretary, sources say (Original Post) TheProle Nov 19 OP

We're getting a czar for a department that will be eliminated? City Lights Nov 19 #1

It's her job to dismantle it Prairie Gates Nov 19 #8

Oh ok. I thought maybe the Musk boy and his helper City Lights Nov 20 #17

bread and circuses..... that's what they're giving the peasants Bread and Circuses Nov 19 #2

panem et circenses TheProle Nov 19 #5

That is kinda cool jfz9580m Nov 20 #15

Thank you for the kind comment TheProle Nov 20 #19

It is a neat piece :) jfz9580m Nov 21 #20

Another perfect match!1 UTUSN Nov 19 #3

Better than say, Dennis Prager Johonny Nov 19 #4

He'll need him for the Supreme Court TheProle Nov 19 #6

More trolling BeyondGeography Nov 19 #7

She and her husband are garbage nt Bookreadingliberal53 Nov 19 #9

I wouldn't doubt him finding a place in his administration from Vince McMahon either. Elessar Zappa Nov 19 #10

DeVos redux Freethinker65 Nov 19 #11

Another person tied to child sex abuse? mzmolly Nov 19 #12

Ring Boy Sex Abuse Kid Berwyn Nov 20 #18

My phone texts say it all... carpetbagger Nov 19 #13

Again, Idiocrasy was not supposed to be a how-to guide sakabatou Nov 19 #14

The catch-22 being that most republicans are too idiotic to understand satire. Volaris Nov 20 #16

City Lights

(25,497 posts)

1. We're getting a czar for a department that will be eliminated?

Reply to TheProle (Original post)

Tue Nov 19, 2024, 06:00 PM

Nov 19

That seems wasteful. Maybe the Musk boy and his buddy can look into this.

Prairie Gates

(3,836 posts)

8. It's her job to dismantle it

Reply to City Lights (Reply #1)

Tue Nov 19, 2024, 06:13 PM

Nov 19

City Lights

(25,497 posts)

17. Oh ok. I thought maybe the Musk boy and his helper

Reply to Prairie Gates (Reply #8)

Wed Nov 20, 2024, 09:54 AM

Nov 20

would just eliminate it outright.

Bread and Circuses

(404 posts)

2. bread and circuses..... that's what they're giving the peasants

Reply to TheProle (Original post)

Tue Nov 19, 2024, 06:01 PM

Nov 19

TV personalities, TV doctors, and now wrestling elite.

Send in the clowns! 🤡

TheProle

(3,179 posts)

5. panem et circenses

Reply to Bread and Circuses (Reply #2)

Tue Nov 19, 2024, 06:06 PM

Nov 19

feed the belly
dazzle the eye

quell the anger
snuff the cry

make the people
forget they die

hide the truth
and spread the lie

take the land
and sell the sky

tell them how
but never why

feed the belly
dazzle the eye

jfz9580m

(15,584 posts)

15. That is kinda cool

Reply to TheProle (Reply #5)

Wed Nov 20, 2024, 02:41 AM

Nov 20

Where is that from?
Can’t find it. If it’s your own .

TheProle

(3,179 posts)

19. Thank you for the kind comment

Reply to jfz9580m (Reply #15)

Wed Nov 20, 2024, 11:35 AM

Nov 20

jfz9580m

(15,584 posts)

20. It is a neat piece :)

Reply to TheProle (Reply #19)

Thu Nov 21, 2024, 08:22 AM

Nov 21

I am taking a break from DU/net, but logged back on just to copy it to show it to someone who would appreciate it. It is very apt.

UTUSN

(73,111 posts)

3. Another perfect match!1

Reply to TheProle (Original post)

Tue Nov 19, 2024, 06:03 PM

Nov 19

Johonny

(22,601 posts)

4. Better than say, Dennis Prager

Reply to TheProle (Original post)

Tue Nov 19, 2024, 06:06 PM

Nov 19

TheProle

(3,179 posts)

6. He'll need him for the Supreme Court

Reply to Johonny (Reply #4)

Tue Nov 19, 2024, 06:07 PM

Nov 19

BeyondGeography

(40,136 posts)

7. More trolling

Reply to TheProle (Original post)

Tue Nov 19, 2024, 06:11 PM

Nov 19

What a card.

Bookreadingliberal53

(78 posts)

9. She and her husband are garbage nt

Reply to TheProle (Original post)

Tue Nov 19, 2024, 06:26 PM

Nov 19

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna176988

Elessar Zappa

(16,285 posts)

10. I wouldn't doubt him finding a place in his administration from Vince McMahon either.

Reply to TheProle (Original post)

Tue Nov 19, 2024, 06:30 PM

Nov 19

Freethinker65

(11,171 posts)

11. DeVos redux

Reply to TheProle (Original post)

Tue Nov 19, 2024, 06:33 PM

Nov 19

Thought Musk is axing the entire department anyway... or is the intent to steal the money and funnel it back into Trump's personal coffers...perhaps buying Trump Bibles for required curriculum and required uniforms designed and made in China by Ivanka?

mzmolly

(51,811 posts)

12. Another person tied to child sex abuse?

Reply to TheProle (Original post)

Tue Nov 19, 2024, 06:59 PM

Nov 19

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/vince-mcmahon-wwe-accused-allowing-rampant-sexual-exploitation-young-b-rcna176988

Kid Berwyn

(18,946 posts)

18. Ring Boy Sex Abuse

Reply to mzmolly (Reply #12)

Wed Nov 20, 2024, 10:03 AM

Nov 20

She shouldn’t be anywhere near a school.

carpetbagger

(5,035 posts)

13. My phone texts say it all...

Reply to TheProle (Original post)

Tue Nov 19, 2024, 08:32 PM

Nov 19

girlfriend, a public school teacher: "Are you serious? I thought the puppy killer was going to do that."
me: "The puppy killer will run Homeland Security."
girlfriend "Oh yeah, that's right"

Said girlfriend is a Baptist who said we're going to Canada if she has to teach Bible lessons in school.

sakabatou

(43,727 posts)

14. Again, Idiocrasy was not supposed to be a how-to guide

Reply to TheProle (Original post)

Tue Nov 19, 2024, 08:33 PM

Nov 19

Volaris

(10,722 posts)

16. The catch-22 being that most republicans are too idiotic to understand satire.

Reply to sakabatou (Reply #14)

Wed Nov 20, 2024, 08:15 AM

Nov 20

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