We live in dark times:
Members of a special team at the Education Department that had been investigating widespread abuses by for-profit colleges have been marginalized, reassigned or instructed to focus on other matters, according to current and former employees.
The unwinding of the team has effectively killed investigations into possibly fraudulent activities at several large for-profit colleges where top hires of Betsy DeVos, the education secretary, had previously worked.
There is very little light left.
The destruction is happening at the fastest speed possible! Breathtaking in its audacity!
And it would be happening all the same if Rubio, Jeb!, or Ted Cruz were president. The point being is that this is the GOP.
Truth. They probably wouldn’t have left the Iran deal but most of the domestic stuff would probably be the same, except with smarter people wrecking it instead of stupid people.
Cruz would be even worse than Trump.
More intelligent, more focused in his meanness.
AG
Agree that this all would be happening no matter who in the GOP won. This IS who/what the GOP is now. It’s NOT Trumpism. I hate that term. Let’s ’em all off the hook.
Nah: this is Republicanism. This is what Republicans are now, most especially the voters… and that means ALL GOP voters, not just the so-called “economically anxious” white men.
That said, no suprise that De Vos took her marching orders from Trump seriously and is letting for-profits off the hook. Let us not forget Trump “University,” one of the very worst offenders. No doubt Trump is positioning himself to take another stab at ripping off hapless goon deplorable bigots once he’s out of office. And why not? Trump’s “base” appears to LOVE being ripped off, conned and other otherwise screwed over by him.
See also, Trump making sure that Chinese workers don’t lose their jobs, while US jobs – especially good paying jobs – continue in steady decline. But Trump’s fanatics are praising their Lord and Master for his, uh, masterful ways in ensuring that Chinese citizens have jobs, not them.
Go figure.
In this case DeVos wasn’t taking marching orders, she was giving them. She personally is a major beneficiary of education fraud, and is acting to protect her own criminal activities.