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Tuberville Gets Ripped A New One For Saying ‘Inner City’ Teachers May Not Be Able To ‘Read And Write’

Alabama Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville has long been known as a bigoted and idiotic piece of human waste, but comments he made during an appearance on Donald Trump Jr’s “Triggered” podcast are drawing almost universal criticism across the political spectrum.

During a discussion of education, Tuberville remarked, “The Covid really brought it out how bad our schools are and how bad our teachers are, in the inner city. Most of them in the inner city, I don’t know how they got degrees.”

He then added:

“I don’t know whether they can read and write. And they want a raise. They want less time to work, less time in school. It’s just, we’ve ruined work ethic in this country. We don’t work at it anymore. We push an easy life.”

Tuberville also let loose with this morsel of profound personal ignorance:

“If you can’t read and if you can’t write, you can’t live in a country like this and not have somebody help you make it through life, which is what a lot of this government wants.”

Keep in mind that before the state of Alabama elected him to the Senate, Tuberville was a college football coach. It’s safe to say he probably had some players who couldn’t read or write and needed help, too, but that’s OK because they had the athletic ability he needed to exploit in order to justify his salary, which was in the millions.

Oh, and it’s also instructive to know the following about the state of Alabama: It’s ranked 46th among the 50 states when it comes to its educational system. Kind of makes you wonder if more than a few of Tuberville’s constituents are also deficient when it comes to reading and writing skills.

One good thing did come from Tuberville’s bigoted remarks: The social media whupping he took.

 

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Boebert Says She’s Still Angry With Biden For Shutting Down Schools In 2020 – Before He Became POTUS

Bless her little ignorant heart, Congresswoman Lauren Boebert (R) just can’t help but humiliate herself on a regular basis because, quite simply, she’s an imbecile.

Boebert is lashing out (as she often does) at President Joe Biden for remarks he made during Tuesday’s State of the Union about how bad things were in the U.S. during the worst days of the COVID pandemic.

At one point, the president directly referenced, “When schools were closed,” adding, “Our schools were robbed of so much.”

That led the Boebert to accuse Biden of being the one who closed them, even though that would have been impossible because schools began closing in 2020 while failed one-term former president Donald Trump was still in office.

“When schools were closed.” – Biden Hey Joe, YOU CLOSED THEM!

Nope. Not even remotely true, as PolitiFact pointed out:

That is inaccurate. School closures began in spring 2020 when former President Donald Trump was still in office, and those decisions were made by state-level education officials and governors. 

“State leaders govern education in the U.S., and the federal government has very little say in what decisions governors or education chiefs make about schools,” said Christine M. T. Pitts, of the Center on Reinventing Public Education at Arizona State University.

Inaccurate. That could easily be Lauren Boebert’s middle name because when she isn’t losing grasp of recent history, she’s just flat-out making shit up and/or spreading conspiracy theories that have absolutely no basis in fact or reality.

Of course, Bobert’s middle name could also be Moron, because she certainly qualifies on that count, too. Hell, she makes Marjorie Taylor Greene look like damn particle physicist!

Twitter users quickly leveled out Bobo’s internet karma, making sure to let her know that the only difference between her and a 2-watt bulb is that the bulb is at least somewhat bright, especially in total darkness such as exists in the space between the congresswoman’s ears.

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WATCH: Texas Mom Doesn’t Want Kids Learning About Gandhi Because That Would Be ‘Critical Race Theory’

An angry Texas mother told the Texas State Board of Education on Tuesday that she doesn’t think it’s right for first graders to learn about the life and teachings of Mahatma Gandhi because that would be teaching “CRT” which is also known as Critical Race Theory.

The woman, who identified herself as “Jenna,” began her tirade:

“You refer to our flag, bonnets and mockingbirds as a significant symbol to a Texas community. No, these are emblems of identity and instill pride and connection with our home.”

It would inappropriate to teach children about “the importance of collaborating with various cultures” Jenna continued, because first they need to learn about their own culture:

“This revision wants to teach a first grader who is still putting notes to the tooth fairy under her pillow about following Gandhi’s lead to a peaceful protest. A first grader! CRT is already rampant and baked into our curriculum and we don’t want to be good little global citizens where are borders are considered a military zone.

“It’s a border and it’s good! Teach that. This is the land of the free, home of the brave. Be brave!”

State Board of Education Member Marisa B. Perez-Diaz countered Jenna by noting that she had failed to cite what Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) contain the standards that she was so enraged by:

“Be specific about what you’re talking about so that we understand that you actually have a legitimate concern or it’s not something you’re just hearing and reading and repeating. I guess I want to understand what on the history of how borders were created do you know about?”

That further angered the mother:

“I’m not an expert. I don’t appreciate your, um, belittling. I didn’t come here with a Ph.D. and I didn’t come up here as an educator or somebody on one of these work groups. I’m coming up here as a parent.”

Perez-Diaz reassured Jenna she wasn’t trying to belittle her in any manner:

“You just told our chair that you’d read it somewhere or you heard it, you don’t know. And that is not a belittling. I’m just acknowledging what you have yourself said.

“My point in asking you the question about borders is that is a clear example of why we need the standards the way that they have been written because this country did not always have borders. This country, we’re sitting on stolen land.”

After audience members in attendance applauded the board member’s remarks, she continued:

“That isn’t something that is in the standards. But what is in the standards is understanding our indigenous roots and understanding how indigenous communities have been impacted and those sorts of pieces of our history are very important.

“And so, again, I ask, what do you remember about learning about indigenous histories?”

Jenna was then forced to admit she didn’t learn much in history class when she was a student:

“I don’t remember very much about indigenous histories. I’m sorry I can’t answer your question about what I learned about indigenous communities and the border. I know our border is open right now and thousands are flooding over!”

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Trust Fund Brat Don Jr. Whines About Student Loan Relief And Gets Squashed Flat On Twitter

As you’d expect, a privileged douchebag who has been handed everything since he was born is absolutely apoplectic that President Joe Biden announced today that he would be forgiving up to $20,000 in student loan debt for millions of Americans.

The plan, according to The Washington Post, was a long time in coming but could make a dramatic difference:

More than 40 million Americans could see their student loan debt reduced — and in many cases eliminated — under the long-awaited forgiveness plan President Joe Biden announced Wednesday, a historic but politically divisive move in the run-up to the midterm elections.

Fulfilling a campaign promise, Biden is erasing $10,000 in federal student loan debt for those with incomes below $125,000 a year, or households that earn less than $250,000. He’s canceling an additional $10,000 for those who received federal Pell Grants to attend college.

That led Donald Trump Jr. to fire off two angry tweets:

Wow! Just wow.

How ironic is it that someone who had his education paid for by his daddy and has never actually worked a day in his life is complaining about people with less getting a break from the crippling load of debt they’re carrying because they wanted to better themselves?

Oh, and the line about “gender study degrees” is just complete bullshit, straight out of the talking points that are reiterated night after night on Fox News and Newsmax, both of which are little more than GOP propaganda networks. It’s red meat for the extreme right-wing, which thinks that if you don’t major in business or finance, you’re wasting your life.

Fortunately, Junior got a heavy dose of opprobrium from Twitter users who reminded him that he should have sat out this particular debate.

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Fox Host Pete Hegseth Pitches A Hissy Fit On-Air And Defaces His Harvard Diploma: ‘Return To Sender’

“Fox & Friends” co-host Pete Hegseth is a graduate of Harvard University, but he felt a need to prove that he didn’t learn a damn thing while a student at the Ivy League university, defacing his diploma live on-air and vowing to return it to his alma mater.

Mediaite reports that Hegseth said he was angry because Harvard teaches critical-race theory (CRT):

“I don’t want to elevate the prestige of Harvard considering what Harvard has become. The head chaplain at Harvard today, the president of the chaplains is an atheist. This was a university founded by John Harvard with the original motto of: for the glory of Christ. When you look at the ubiquitousness of critical theory, of Marxist thinking, of racist thinking, frankly, inside Harvard — why are we holding it up as the vanguard of what is the imprimatur of what makes someone credible?”

Hegseth at least stuck true to his word and pulled out his Master’s Degree in public policy, removing it from the frame and scribbling, “return to sender” across the front. He also crossed out “Harvard” and wrote in its place: “Critical Theory,” making it “Critical Theory University.” Hegseth signed it, as well as Campos-Duffy and fellow co-host Will Cain.

 

Of course, Hegseth’s stupid stunt doesn’t change the fact that he has a degree from Harvard. He always will, no matter how many diplomas he writes on or mails back to the university. He only did it for ratings.

Next time, Pete, if you really want to make a statement, take one of your Fox checks and refuse to accept it because you work for one of the most destructive forces on the face of the planet. But you won’t, because you’re a greedy, talentless prick like just about everyone who works at Faux News.