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The Dept. of Education has pulled funding for programs in 8 states that support students with both hearing and vision loss. A staffer at one program says he was told the Trump admin. took issue with 2 words on the grant application: “transition" and “privilege": www.propublica.org/article/trum...

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I don’t understand what the Dept of Ed’s reasoning could be Are they just using AI in going through these requests? If so that’s thats a huge concern and really needs a whole lotta media attention on this

That’s what happens when the PotUS lets tech bros run Cabinet Departments. Transition & privilege each have more than one usage. We all transition at many times in our lives, e.g. from one school to another. Telling someone it was a privilege to know them is a universally accepted compliment.

Jesus fuck someone expresses gratitude for working with someone and now the program is getting it's funding pulled? This is what happens when you make someone that doesn't know the difference between A1 sauce and AI SecEd.

Well if they pull funding for the word transition then they are going to have a real problem with ALL sped funding because transition (to mainstream settings) is required to be addressed in every IEP (individual education plan).

Remember, the true purpose of this is to make life hell for those with disabilities. They don't fit into the "master race" plans Trump has. This is just the beginning of the purge that is yet to come. The groundwork is being laid, so we must remain vigilant.

I don’t have the words to express how bewildering and aggravating and exhausting it is to be alive in this godforsaken timeline. They’re slashing programs for kids with disabilities because of Illegal Words™ like “transition” and “privilege”. The absolute stupidest motherfuckers who’ve ever lived.

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The Dept. of Education has pulled funding for programs in 8 states that support students with both hearing and vision loss. A staffer at one program says he was told the Trump admin. took issue with 2 words on the grant application: “transition" and “privilege": www.propublica.org/article/trum...

‘Idiocracy’ lied to us, man. Sure, it predicted that the most incompetent morons imaginable would someday be in charge of everything, but a) it was supposed to happen in the far future, and b) it was supposed to be *funny*! This is all just horrific and enraging and depressing. I feel so cheated.

Unfortunately, I don't think it's stupidity. When you hear a Fox reporter openly say that the homeless should just be shot, and then stuff like this, you realize that this administration would like anyone who can't be a worker peon for the 1% to just die.

One of the best ways to fight it is to be sure to get out and vote for Democrats in the midterms next year. One of the biggest reasons he gets away with so much is that republicans are in the majority throughout government and they won’t stand up to him. We need to win at least one chamber back.

pick the most progressive candidate possible in primaries, so that the privileged and detached-from-society democratic party status quo cannot be maintained.

There was a great article in a local paper recently about how Democratic states are suing to get this kind of funding reinstated and frequently winning, so if you live in a blue state, ask your Reps, Senators and Governor to fight to get funding back! It seems to work

Typical of this uninformed, uneducated admin; don't bother taking the time to even know WTF "transition" means for students & the importance of addressing this vital part of their lives (& how many developmental transitions there are w youth) by *assuming* it has something to do w gender or sex. 😡😡😡

Canadian with a niece and nephew with congenital hearing loss: Just that much happier seeing this to live in a country that cares about its citizens. Both are thriving because of the support from our federal and provincial govts since they were babies.

Working in special education we had transitional programs for the ones 18 to 21. The program is to teach skills for employment in a sheltered workshop all the way up to a higher level marketable skill. But some can't understand that word being used for anything except transgender. They're too dumb!

“I never had the privilege of going to his island, and I did turn it down," Trump told reporters during a trip to Scotland. "In one of my very good moments, I turned it down." Donny Diapers So he knows what the word means contextually.

They have a whole list of words. And many of them, like “transition” and “privilege,” are common words in a variety of contexts. I think some of their lists include the word “diversity,” which is a pretty common word in scientific research.

tRump & Miller think it makes them seem strong to push ppl around who can't fight back. There's nothing strong about this. It's called cowardice. A more honest word is a$$hole. And BTW, the avg teenage girl would win a fight with either of these wimps.

They speak ignorance so we just don't understand each other, and further, there's no universal translator that can render speech to or from them in any intelligible way

If you you needed any more evidence that the people running the Dept of Education are unqualified and utterly incompetent lickspittle Trump lapdogs this is it.

Where’s the varsity squad? Seems like we’ve got third-string wannabes running the show. Stop the insanity. Fund the damn programs, imbeciles.

Big balls probably just ran it through a key word search and it went in the deny file. Of course because they are a bunch of idiots and nihilists, no one actually read it for context. And because they are such proud idiots, they won’t admit it was denied in error

It's what happens when you let a programmer with limited real world experience write a filter algorithm and parse a form using it. DOGE did a lot of that sort of stuff. Not very bright (well, not as bright as they thought they were).

The “Wrasslin’ Lady” ain’t smart enough to know that transitioning can mean many things. So they pulled money for deaf and blind kids. Man, when you hurt the handicapped, you are truly scum, Linda. Fuck you. 🖕😑🖕