Trump says use of 1619 project in schools will be investigated.

(CNN)President Donald Trump is continuing to wage battle against interpretations of history which he claims are un-American.

In a Sunday morning tweet, the President said the US Department of Education would investigate whether California schools are using the New York Times' "1619 Project" in public school curriculum. The Pulitzer-Prize winning collection reframes American history around the date of August 1619, when the first slave ship arrived on America's shores.
"Department of Education is looking at this. If so, they will not be funded!" he wrote on Twitter, citing a message from an unverified account saying it was being taught in schools there.
The message came after the President on Friday night banned federal agencies from conducting racial sensitivity training related to "white privilege" and "critical race theory."

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https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/06/politics/trump-education-department-1619-project/index.html

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Trump says use of 1619 project in schools will be investigated. (Original post)	Farmgirl1961	Sep 2020	OP
I believe that Trump has zero authority	PoindexterOglethorpe	Sep 2020	#1
Yup, another empty threat from Needy Amin	gratuitous	Sep 2020	#8
Though I wouldn't be too surprised if he find a way to get in a shot to inflict whatever damage	Nexus2	Sep 2020	#13
Fascism controls educational content...our Texas board of education engages in it to an extent.	Karadeniz	Sep 2020	#2
I guess it's too nuanced for fatheads to consider	Dark n Stormy Knight	Sep 2020	#4
every effing day he has to stoke it...	stillcool	Sep 2020	#3
And THIS is why dems should run for every single School Board seat that ever opens up,	BComplex	Sep 2020	#5
I'm starting to really really	Chili	Sep 2020	#6
well...he's going all in for the racist vote...	dhill926	Sep 2020	#7
One would hope.	GeorgeGist	Sep 2020	#10
Let the law suits begin. Trump has zero authority to hold back school funding.	yellowcanine	Sep 2020	#9
Stephen Miller must have been given the tweet phone for the weekend	rurallib	Sep 2020	#11
Investigated for what exactly?	Nexus2	Sep 2020	#12

Response to Farmgirl1961 (Original post)

Sun Sep 6, 2020, 02:49 PM

PoindexterOglethorpe (24,546 posts)

1. I believe that Trump has zero authority

to withhold funding from schools.

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Response to PoindexterOglethorpe (Reply #1)

Sun Sep 6, 2020, 03:28 PM

gratuitous (81,173 posts)

8. Yup, another empty threat from Needy Amin

Not sure why he's wasting so much bluster and energy trying to win over the bigot vote; he's got those assholes locked up. And he's welcome to them.

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Response to gratuitous (Reply #8)

Sun Sep 6, 2020, 05:37 PM

Nexus2 (1,261 posts)

13. Though I wouldn't be too surprised if he find a way to get in a shot to inflict whatever damage

he can, not matter how petty. His pack of Minions are good at that and our government seems to driven by the notion of honor and a sense of shame at times.

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Response to Farmgirl1961 (Original post)

Sun Sep 6, 2020, 02:51 PM

Karadeniz (20,237 posts)

2. Fascism controls educational content...our Texas board of education engages in it to an extent.

Book publishers had to only refer to the US as a republic, not as a democracy...you can figure that one out! I'd have to look up all the changes that were made.

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Response to Karadeniz (Reply #2)

Sun Sep 6, 2020, 02:57 PM

Dark n Stormy Knight (9,647 posts)