Today in Disgusting People: Next Targets

Betsy DeVos is another of Trump's cabinet whose goal is to dismantle the department she's supposed to head -- and in her case that goes hand in hand with furthering the "Christian"/fascist agenda of the right-wing religious extremists. First she and archbigot Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III rescinded the guidance protecting trans students. Now she's going after the disabled:

Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos early in October quietly rescinded 72 guidance documents, some in place for many years, that detailed the protections children with disabilities are supposed to receive. During her confirmation hearing DeVos refused to say children with disabilities deserve equal protection in schools, and in fact admitted she was "confused" by the federal laws.

And she's not even being above-board about it:

Rather than make an official announcement, the Education Dept.'s Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services said in a newsletter Friday – nearly three weeks after taking action – that "a total of 72 guidance documents ... have been rescinded due to being outdated, unnecessary, or ineffective - 63 from the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) and 9 from the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA)," according to The Chicago Tribune.

There's more detail at the Tribune link.

This really does start to call to mind Germany in the 1930s. Do remember that the "Christian" right is solidly behind Trump (as long as he keeps trashing their victims du jour), and that DeVos herself is one of them.

When fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.

Attrib. Sinclair Lewis

Actually, Snopes couldn't find that quote anywhere in Lewis' writings, but it does have an interesting discussion of Lewis' politics as revealed in his novel It Can't Happen Here:

Lewis painted a vivid counterfactual portrait of a United States of America sliding into dictatorship, one that is still cited as a cautionary tale to this day:

The main character, Buzz Windrip, appeals to voters with a mix of crass language and nativist ideology. Once elected, he solidifies his power by energizing his base against immigrants, people on welfare, and the liberal press. The novel has been called “frighteningly contemporary” in the wake of the Trump campaign and election.

As Time magazine noted on 16 November 2016, It Can’t Happen Here was completely sold out on Amazon.com and Books-A-Million within a week of the presidential election.

Trump and his backers are going to take the country apart in small ways, at first -- like chipping away at all the progress we've made toward fulfilling our stated ideals in the last century. That's been the "Christian" right's strategy since Roe v. Wade.