August 1, 2024 • 50 mins
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In this episode, I discuss the unexpected withdrawal of President Joe Biden from the presidential race and his endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris. The conversation shifts to the controversial Project 2025, focusing primarily on its potentially devastating effects on the U.S. education system, including eliminating Title One funding and the resulting teacher shortages. The episode concludes with a call to action to stay informed and emphasize the importance of voting in the upcoming elections.
00:00 Biden Drops Out: A Historic Decision
03:24 Kamala Harris Endorsement: A New Hope
25:38 Project 2025: What You Need to Know
48:34 Final Thoughts and Call to Action
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Stephan (00:00):
You know this past week, I was like, man, what
exciting new things is going tohappen in the political
atmosphere?
And then.
President Joe Biden drops out.
Of the race, which.
Before we even continue, I wantto give him just a round of
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applausE.
Microphone (MAONO AU-AM200) (00:32):
Now you have to admit for any
political figure.
It's very hard for them to.
Step down.
Right.
It's very hard for them.
To give up power, especially forwhite man.
But.
You know, throughout the day.
People were just giving so muchpraise and love and respect and
(00:57):
calling him a Patriot and calledhim a true, like he like a true
country person.
Or country, man, I would say.
And.
I personally, and I don't wantthis going on for a thousand
years.
I personally think it wasprobably one of the toughest
decisions that anyone can make,especially because he spent his
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entire career, his entirecareer.
To get to that oval office andjust to give it up.
It after four years, you know,and he says it all the time and
he's like, there's still somuch.
I wish that I could do.
But now, you know, he has topass the torch.
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And it all stems from.
The debate.
Now, go ahead and add thatdebate.
As I said, in the last episode,what's terrible.
It was the worst.
Presidential debate that I'veever witnessed.
But I felt as though Democratsshould have.
Rallied behind him.
(01:59):
They should have ran to himinstead of running away from
him.
And I think that's why.
There was a lot of.
That's why the country didn'tbelieve in him.
Like the party didn't believe inhim, but.
And that was the issue that Ihad.
It was like, why are you runningfrom him?
(02:19):
Obviously he needs help,obviously.
We should have been running tohim and figure out, all right,
who's on his campaign staff,who's doing like, who's prepping
them.
There should have been so manydifferent questions, so many
different avenues to try andapproach.
The before his second debate.
You know, we, we all mess up.
We're not, we're not perfect.
And I feel like they, maybe theyover prepped him to where they
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didn't give him enough time.
He is old.
You know, enough time to absorbit.
They should have been given themlike bits and pieces, you know,
debate up maybe a half a daythis day and maybe another half
a day this day.
I think he was probablyover-prepared.
Either way.
It was terrible.
And I think they, hiscolleagues, his party, the
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democratic party should have ranto him.
Instead of running away from himbeing like, yeah, it was
terrible.
We're scared.
I think you should step down.
Like.
We kind of asked for it.
But.
That wasn't.
That even though that washistoric because historic
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moment.
Is when the QI.
Gave his endorsement to vicepresident Camila.
Eris.
Like, let me tell you theinternet went wild.
Now.
I'm literally driving my bus.
And I'm finding out, you know, Iget, I get updates from CNN on
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my phone and it's like, Bidendrops out.
I'm like, fuck, no.
And then by the endorses KamalaHarris, I'm like, oh, yes, This
is something we've been wantingfor.
And let me tell you the.
Excitement that's coming fromthe democratic party.
Is amazing.
Like even I am excited.
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Like at first, I mean, I wasstill excited with Biden.
Like I was still on a vote forhim.
I was still all in forum.
Like I said, he's still had aterrible debate, but no, one's
perfect.
He's 81 years old.
You can't expect much from, fromhim to be.
Spot on.
Perfect.
Like he's not.
Young.
But when he gave the endorsementfor vice president Harris, I
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just got so excited.
I was like, it's about time,right?
We, and even the coming days,they were on take top beam.
Like if you're going to pass atorch, pass it to her.
And I feel like it was amazing.
You know, the, the excitementthat's there, the young people
from 18 to 34, it's there in theblack, the black community.
Is there the Hispanic, is thereeveryone, any type of minority
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is there because they are readyfor change.
They were going to vote forBiden, but Harris just makes it
easier.
Right?
Nikki Haley, even though I donot like her anymore.
She is fake in my book.
She said.
The first person who gets rid oftheir old guy is going to win
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the election.
And I think she's eating thosewords right now, because I
believe.
In my whole heart, that Harriswill win by a landslide.
I feel like this is what.
The country needed.
I feel like this is what thedemocratic peep.
This is what the democraticparty needs.
And I feel like she's going tobe able to reach those avenues
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that maybe.
Trump can't reach.
Right?
One thing that I'm seeing a lotis that they're starting to
attack Harris.
Not only for being black, butbeing a woman they're attacking
her laugh and something.
I was discussion discussing withmy best friend, JD.
Was that.
The more you attack women, themore they're going to not vote
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Republican and they want to votefor a Harris.
Because.
Why.
Like you're attacking becauseshe's black, you're attacking
because she's a woman.
Like you're just pushing allthose people.
You're trying to attract.
Right into Harris's bankaccount.
Szczecin votes, right.
Especially trying to get thoseindependent women, all those
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suburban women.
So this is exciting.
It's so exciting to watch.
It's, it's going to be amazing.
But.
One thing that Republicans arealways doing, they love to point
out that Biden was old.
But.
(06:35):
What about Mitch McConnell?
He's pretty old, actually.
Take a look at this clip.
And you tell me.
If he's not old.
Thoughts about what?
Running for reelection in 2026.
Did you hear the question,Senator?
(06:59):
Running for reelection in 2026.
All right.
I'm sorry.
You are.
We're gonna need a minute.
Any okay.
Somebody else have a question?
Please speak up.
The man looks like a goldfish.
(07:20):
Like he's just there, like.
I don't mean to make fun of him.
But I do it.
So then we all understand whatyou can't sit here and be like,
Biden's old.
He needs to.
You know, Not, you know, if hecan't run a re-election
campaign, he shouldn't, heshould just step down.
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And it's like, you have MitchMcConnell over here.
Freezing.
Like he's a goldfish staringoutside of the bowl.
But then you guys.
Th you guys aren't telling himto step down, but you're telling
like, come on.
They're kind of likedouble-edged store.
Like they want, they want onething, but then they can't admit
their own faults.
Right.
So today's show it's going to beamazing.
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It might be a little long, butwe'll see.
We're going to talk about thatthe Republicans have called
vice-president Harris is a D E Ihire.
We're going to talk about DEI.
And how that is important.
And then we're actually going tostart talking about project.
2025.
I've seen a lot of informationon it, but I'm specifically in
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this show going to talk abouthow it's going to affect our
education system.
Especially for those schoolsthat are rated D or F schools
that are in poor communities.
And we're going to dive intoeducation.
We'll also dive into otherthings on project 2025.
But in this show, we're going totalk specifically about
education.
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Stay right here because.
It's going to be a good show.
Promise you that.
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Thanks for watching!
Microphone (MAONO AU-AM200) (09:18):
So we knew that.
When vice-president Harrisannounced that she was going to
run for president, we knew theattacks, right?
She's black.
She's she's a woman.
And all the other things thatyou could think of that goes
along with it.
Oh.
And also the new insult that JDVance believes is an insult.
(09:40):
Is that she's childless, which.
I didn't think if you were astep-parent you're really
childless anyways.
So.
The Republicans.
I've already started coming outwith it.
So take a listen to this.
Of what one Republican has saidso far.
About vice-president Harris.
Being a D E I hire.
CNN (10:01):
First off, he said he's going to hire a, a black female
for vice president.
When you go down that route,you, you you take mediocrity and
that's what they have right nowas a vice president.
He's suggesting she's, she was aDEI hire?
100%.
She was a DEI hire.
Republican Congressman TimBurchette of Tennessee
complaining about Vice PresidentKamala Harris being put on DEI.
(10:24):
Is it 1951?
Is it 1951?
1951.
1951.
Was he about to go into, like, acountry club in, like, rural
Tennessee there, like, in 1951?
Is he serious?
If you are a black woman, thenyou're a D.
E.
I.
hire?
She was Attorney General ofCalifornia.
United States Senator fromCalifornia.
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Where does he get off sayingthis?
Again, just because she's ablack woman.
Stephan (10:52):
So I'm not the only one who is questioning why all of a
sudden.
We're thrown out, DEI out there.
Because it's not bad.
To be honest.
The entire United States is DEI.
Now you're probably like, well,Stefan, what does DEI even mean?
(11:12):
I'm glad you asked.
Here's what DEI means D meansdiversity.
It is embracing the differences.
Everyone brings to the table,whether it's someone's race.
Age.
Ethnicity, religion, gendersexual orientation is
gullibility or other aspects ofsocial identity.
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Now equality.
Or equity, whichever one youwant to say is treating everyone
fairly and providing equalopportunities.
Inclusion, which is I isrespecting everyone's voice and
creating a culture where peoplefrom all backgrounds feel
encouraged to express theirideas and perspectives.
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Now you're probably like, well,that doesn't sound.
That sounds good.
Yes.
It to me and probably most ofother Americans.
Yeah, it probably does sound.
Amazing.
But to Republicans, they don'tlike D IDI means we have to work
together.
That means they're going to haveto listen to other people who
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are not white.
So.
They're using this as.
A insult when essentiallythey're just pushing more
minorities away from theRepublican vote because you want
the, you want people who lookdifferent from different.
Black backgrounds to be able tocome to a table at their job or
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wherever.
And be able to contribute towhatever the meetings going
with.
So next, we're going to skipdown to how does the DEI look at
work?
Every job is completelydifferent of how DEI work.
Some will say it in theirpolicy.
Others, it's more just thelanguage that they use about it.
(13:01):
And so.
This study here says thataccording to a pew.
Research center in 2023.
61% of us adults say theirworkplace has policies that
focus on fairness.
In hiring promotions and pay.
And 56% of us adults say thatfocusing on increasing diversity
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equality inclusion at work ismainly.
That thing.
Kelly Baker and executive vicepresident and chief human
resource officer.
At trivalent, I'm probablysaying that completely wrong an
organization that providesfinancial advice.
So the DEI in the workplace canbe a mix of employee training,
resource, net words, andrecruiting practices.
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Now as you know, we've hadseveral Republican states that
have.
Not allowed that they literallyhave told companies.
You don't have to worry aboutthe, I don't include it.
And as I've reported before thatTexas and Alabama took it out of
colleges and universities.
They're not going to be the onlyred states that do that, but.
It'll go into the article aboutthat part.
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So they also say that hercompany, for example, has
resource groups for women inleadership, young professional,
black employees, Hispanicemployees, and military veterans
among others.
The company's D E I trainingteaches employees how to
understand and bridge culturaldifferences in the workplace.
The company also seeks jobcandidates with diversity in
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their race.
Geographically.
Gender industry background bakerhad said, experts say that many
corporations tie DEI.
To their business in thestrategies.
They go on to say that diversityis related to our business
growth strategy.
Baker said.
It's paramount and essential andcrucial for us to ensure that
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our client base reflects theworld that we are in and the
world that we are going to bein.
As I said, they're, they're, youknow, very blunt about it.
There's other companies thathonestly follow the same
policies.
Or the same track.
You know, making sure thateveryone's voice is heard may
ensure that there's equal pay.
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Hiring.
And this is, and this is kind oflike a rabbit hole, but.
I know when.
Black.
Academy students are looking forcertain precincts or certain.
Jobs, I would say in the lawenforcement field, diversity is
a huge factor.
Because you want people thatlook like you who will be
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training you or just be in thatdepartment.
Because.
You know, it's, it's, it's goodto feel welcome.
And it's good to see someoneelse who looks like you.
Who might have had the sameexperiences so they can better
explain things to you as well.
Now DEI in education.
Is where a lot of problems standfor.
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As I said, Texas and Alabama,there was also other states that
took out the I out of theircollege and universities.
And it.
It just creates this tensionbecause we have so many
different backgrounds.
We have so many different, youknow, Cultural differences that
this would be essential.
For colleges and universities.
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So you can learn about someonewho is from Morocco or someone
who is from India, or maybe youwant to know your black friend
more better.
You know, you have all thesedifferent holidays are
celebrated that.
You know There are celebrated.
And the college wants to makesure that everyone feels.
Accepted or everyone feelsincluded.
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Right.
So colleges.
Campuses have also been a groundzero for the AI debate in state
lawmakers across the countrylaunch efforts to hold or limit
DEI programs in public schoolsand universities.
Earlier this year, university ofFlorida eliminated the office of
its chief diversity officer tocomply with regulations of the
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Florida board of governors thatprohibit spending state funds on
a DEI program.
Ella Washington, professor ofpractice at Georgetown
university's.
McDowell school of business saidthat she is concerned that
efforts to ban DEI on collegecampuses will prevent students
from being prepared for the realworld.
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She goes on to say that I thinka lot of it is shortsighted and
politically motivated.
It's hard for me to believe thatall these lawmakers want
exclusion to be taught and toerase all of the history.
Washington said that while DEIlooks different on every college
campus, many schools focus onefforts on recruitment and
administration.
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Krillick gum.
And special programs forunderrepresented students.
Georgetown office of students,equality and inclusion oversees
several DEI center programs,including the disability culture
center women's center, the LGBTQresource center and the center
for multicultural.
Equality and access.
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According to its website.
Washington said that there isalso a program for
first-generation collegestudents, where they have chance
to build a community.
Prioritizing and embracing adiverse student body allowed
students to interact with peersfrom different walks of life and
learn new perspective.
Even outside the classroom.
She goes on to say, Colleges.
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Are certainly a.
Micro organism of the world.
So having an experience whereequality is centered Is
considered inclusion is at theforefront of people's minds.
Those are things that we areteaching the next generation
about how they should be runningthe world.
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So you heard it there.
That.
One, these politicians, redones, Republicans are
shortsighted.
Being that.
In college, this is how.
And even in school, like if youtake it from college and you put
it in K through 12 schools,right.
You teach in school.
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You're teaching schools.
You know, teaching students howto interact with people who
don't look like them.
Right because there's certainthere's there's.
Certain households that willteach.
Kids to look.
And act around certain groups ofpeople.
I'm not saying that all of it'snegative, but I am saying that
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it affects the child.
So if we start K through 12, Andthen we put it in the colleges
as well.
That means when they go out intothe real world.
They know, oh, you know how tobe respectful to someone, not
saying something insulting, butthat's just how this country
wants this country is built onDEI.
If you, if, if you want to takeit from just a small aspect to
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much larger.
DEI is the United States have anhour, but we are a country full
of immigrants.
The only people who've been hereare native Americans and we
treat them like shit to.
So if the country is founded onDEI, You know, it's embedded in
there, no matter how much youtry and get rid of it.
It's not going.
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It's just not going to be thatbig of effect the way that
Republicans want it to be.
To be honest, I mean, if you'rethinking about it, it's like,
they kind of just want everyoneto hate each other for having a
different skin color or having adifferent sexual orientation or
being a woman.
Or discriminating againstsomeone who may have a
disability, whether it's slurredspeech or they might be in a
wheelchair who knows, but that'sthe.
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That's the, the mold that be.
Republicans are creating.
And in some aspects it isworking and in some aspects it's
not.
So it, we need more people we'repull DEI.
To keep preaching.
To keep spreading the word of,this is what we need.
This is the only way our countrymoves forward, because if we
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don't have the EEI, we're movingbackwards and we're creating a
world hate.
We're creating a world of morejudgments.
We're creating a world that ourkids will grow up in.
And they won't want to interactwith someone who is a different
race or whatever the case maybe.
So let's move on.
Cause I can.
I wrote a whole paper over it.
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So what's the next in the fightover DEI.
So in April, 2022, Florida,governor Ron DeSantis signed HB.
known as stop woke bill intolaw.
Texas North Dakota, NorthCarolina, Tennessee, and Utah
also have at least one anti DEIbill that has been signed into
law.
According to the Chronicles ofhigher education.
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And the brassica Republicanstate Senator Dave Mirman
proposed the bill in Januarythat would prohibit state
colleges and universities.
From dedicating public money.
And staff time to DEI efforts.
The bill is currently in theNebraska legislation education
committee, which will decidewhether to move it forward to a
full legislation vote.
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Merman's office did not respondto her quests from CNN.
Nebraska Democrat.
State Senate, Danielle Conrad.
Told CNN she opposes the bill inpart because the broader effects
to band DEI.
Has been decisive.
She also said it distracts fromthe real issues.
Colleges are facing such asfamilies who can't afford
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tuition.
DEI she said is valuable tocolleges and universities.
She goes on to say.
We absolutely know from commonsense and research that when we
have more diverse perspectivesand discussions or as part of
our education, it helps us havea more thoughtful results.
Conrad set.
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It helps us to be morewell-rounded active and engaged
citizens.
As I say, if you take the EEIfrom just colleges and
universities and you relate itto everyday life, we're working
with people who don't look likeus every day.
We're talking to people whodon't look like us.
DEI is a global theme that helpsour country keep moving forward.
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And the moment you get rid ofthe I is the moment you were
saying, Who gives a flying fuck.
About diversity who gives aflying fuck about equality, who
gives a flying fuck aboutinclusion?
Right.
Those are things that everysingle person you, you listening
to this podcast.
You want your job to make surethat you feel included.
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You want your job to make surethat you feel equal, right?
You want to make sure you'rewhen your job is how I am hiring
a diverse.
Workforce.
Everyone brings something to thetable.
We all have a resume.
So we all have differentexperiences.
I have a way differentexperience than some of these
other drivers who work forGreyhound.
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Which means.
I see things differently thanthey do, or they see things
differently than I do.
But when it comes to.
DEI.
They're trying to make it.
I say, Republicans are trying tomake it seem like you don't want
this.
This is terrible when it'sessentially not.
It makes you feel like you'reincluded, as I said, In that in
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the diversity, let's go back upto it really quick.
In the diversity, it saysembracing the differences of
everyone that brings to thetable.
Whether their age, race,ethnicity, religion, gender,
sexual orientation, physicalability, and or other aspects of
social identity.
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That's everyone.
Right.
You're a woman, white woman, youfit in diversity.
If you're a Mormon, you fit inthere with the religion.
No matter, even if you're awhite Mormon, you fit in that.
So DEI is very important.
We need it.
And every aspect and I.
I would even go as far asstarting it from K through 12,
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we need to start teaching thesekids.
Y D E I is important.
I'm not saying shove it downtheir throat.
But it definitely should belike, Everyone needs to feel
included.
You know, I'm black, he's white,let's Brit let's bridge the gap.
You know, let's oh, this is, youknow, this is what we cook for
Thanksgiving.
What do you cook forThanksgiving?
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Or, you know, whatever the casemay be.
It's about feeling.
Included.
It's about feeling equal.
You can share that everyone hasthe same opportunity to go for
that promotion.
Right.
That's enough on DEI.
I can, I can go on forever.
The next thing that we want totalk about and move on to is
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project 2025.
Now I've seen.
People say it.
I've heard people say it, but Iwant to go into a specific.
Area.
About project 2025.
I specifically want to focus on.
Education education is whatmakes this world go round.
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Would you agree?
So let's focus on education.
And what project 2025 wants to.
Due to the education system.
And it's not good.
We'll be right back.
Microphone (MAONO AU-AM200) (26:19):
All right.
So I want to share a clip ofwhat's in the pages of this
project, 2025, which is 900pages long.
But I want to read just.
Some of the policies.
That I, that are pretty bold.
And the 2025 Packet of doom.
(26:40):
So.
We're going to go down this listand then I want you to listen to
this video.
So if you know, who gets electedthe whole thing, oh, please,
please.
God.
These are some of the policiesthat they are going to propose.
First one is gives employers thechoice to no longer pay overtime
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to hourly workers.
Why the fuck do I go to workthen?
Overturning the 25th amendmentto no longer limit presence to
two terms.
So I would.
I would think that he wants tobe like, Ooh, And be able to do.
You know, Three terms or five orhowever many are staying there
as long as he wants.
I wind up allowing the presidentto enforce the death penalty
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where appropriate and actual.
Creating a civilians state tomonitor pregnancies and give the
government the power toprosecute those who have
miscarriages.
Increase the national maternalmortality rate by undoing a
policy that requires hospitalsto offer abortions and medical
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emergencies.
And protections for preexistingconditions for healthcare
coverage and when employers denycoverage of birth control.
And I UDS.
Eliminating red flag laws andmake it easier for dangerous
individuals to purchase guns andammunition.
I'm eliminating the Medicare'sability to negotiate lower
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prescription drug costs.
And the$35 insulin price cap.
Then the shipping of pills usedfor medication abortions and the
medical equipment doctors usedperform the abortions.
Effectively and in the procedureof nationwide.
Increasing the amount of workingfamilies pay in federal taxes
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each year while allowing thewealthy to pay even less.
Slashing the budgets for lowincome schools and getting rid
of head start programs.
Programs like Medicare.
And eliminating more than 50,000government jobs in the favor of
a new system that would go asfar as the department of
justice.
Make the workplace less fair byreversing regulations that
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prohibit discrimination based onsexual orientation.
Gender identity, transgenderstatus and sex characteristics.
And the last one says creatingpolicies hostile to green energy
by withdrawing from the Parisclimate Accords.
Rolling back greenhouse gas,regulations and laws around fuel
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efficiency and auto mobiles andmaking it more challenging for
solar and other renewable energysources to be added to national
power grid.
Are you scared yet?
I'm scared, like.
Like ending pre-existingconditions.
(29:31):
Light.
Aye.
Yeah.
So I'm going to let you listento this video.
And it's it's about education,but it's about making.
You take a military exam.
Just, just listen to this.
Joy Ann Reid (29:49):
Far more sinister is what's buried deep within
project 2025, which any personwho sends their child to public
school should care about.
They want to mandate that allstudents in schools receiving
federal funding must completethe armed services, vocational
aptitude battery in plainEnglish, that's a military
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entrance exam.
If you flip to page 134 of the900 page project, 2025
manifesto, you'll read thisproposal and I quote to improve
military recruiters access tosecondary schools and require
the completion of the armedservices and vocational aptitude
battery, the military entranceexamination by all students in
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schools that receive federalfunding.
And guess who would be exemptfrom that requirement since they
don't get federal funds.
Private school kids.
You feel me now?
Stephan (30:45):
Now, if that didn't scare you.
Taking a military exam.
Who, what.
Not even.
So that's the video I wanted youguys to watch.
So let's go into a little more.
Depth.
With education.
So first off.
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Congress past.
The department of educationorganization act in 1979, which
established the agency asdefined by its core.
It says this to strengthen thefederal commitment, to ensure
access to equal educationalopportunities for every
individual.
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Project 2025.
Would dismantle that entirething.
This is how it would dismantle.
It proposes dismantling the keyrole of the federal government
to increase access and close theeducational opportunity gap.
Essentially.
Or especially in communitieswith lower property values.
Since a large proportion of thecountry's K through 12 schools
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is funded by local propertytaxes in doing so.
The playbook creates anintentional harm on today's
children and generations tocome.
One of the projects 2025 mostextreme plans include abolishing
the U S department of education.
The only federal agency that ismandated to ensure equal
opportunity.
And accountability and to fundstates and school districts for
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elementary and secondaryeducation.
Now we know.
If you haven't figured this out,and this is before project 2025.
If you live in a poorneighborhood, that school.
It's, it's not going to have thefunding to have like laptops and
new school supplies.
That's why, why these schools,like, if they have a football
team, they're always trying togo out and sell candy bars.
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They're doing something becausethe school doesn't have that
money for that.
Activity.
And project 2025 with.
Pretty much eliminate all thoseschools.
Those schools would have todepend on.
Something.
Or at least it would depend onthe property taxes, but it
wouldn't get any money from thestate or from federal.
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So here's what also, it goesinto.
So.
They recommend that the next barrate administration redirect
taxpayer dollars, including Kthrough 12 public education to
fund.
Listen to this.
Private and religious schools orthe wealthy.
So school, so people who arebuilding rich.
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That's would taxpayer dollarswould go it wouldn't go through
it.
Wouldn't go to that small littleschool and pine Hills in
Orlando.
I can't remember the name of it.
Wouldn't go there.
It would only go to private andwealthy schools.
It would also roll back titlenine, which prohibits
discrimination based on sex.
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It would also eliminateheadstart.
It would block student debtcancellation programs and
increased monthly payments forstudent loan borrowers.
Remember they just blocked the,they just blocked the previous
bill because the red state.
We're like, Hey, we're notmaking the taxes off.
These student loan repayments.
So we're on a block program.
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It would sensor anti-racist.
Studies that teach tolerance inschools.
And it will eliminate schoolnutrition programs, particularly
for children experiencing foodinsecurities during the summer
when they lack the access toschool meals.
Moreover project 2025 proposesdisinvestment in programs that
support states in meetingacademic needs of the nation's
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most vulnerable students,including students with
disabilities.
Served by the individuals withdisabilities, education act and
low income students at title oneeligible schools.
Now.
Not only would this affect.
Schools, but this would, thishas a real effect on the
students itself.
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So in title one part a of the,every student succeeds act or E
S S a obligate supplementalfund, federal funding to states
ensure that all.
Children.
Regardless of their incomereceives a fair.
Equitable high quality educationtitle.
One was created in response tothe civil rights act.
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The 1964.
On the elementary and secondaryeducation act.
Of 1965 was signed into law bythem present.
Lyndon B Johnson.
And an acting title.
One Congress recognize thatstudents in high poverty schools
have greater education needs,which continues to be reality.
And states lack the resources tocontinue that divide.
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Therefore federal aid wasrequired to provide the academic
services and opportunities forthose students.
Private 2025 with what?
Eliminate all that.
More than half nations, publicschools serve a high
concentration of low-incomestudents with 63% of the
traditional public schools and62% of public charter schools in
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20 21, 20 22 school yearidentified in title one
eligible.
Title one has been a criticalprogram to address Chronic
funding and opportunity gapsbetween students experiencing
high poverty.
And the more efficient peers.
Now.
Teachers.
For all my teachers out there.
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I love teachers.
I I've had some amazing teachersin my Cape and 12.
I'm learning.
But teachers have had shortage.
I don't know if you know, butthere.
Especially for.
Poor schools.
It's hard to attract teachers.
Most schools have to do like abonus or they have to do some
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type of incentive.
To get.
Teachers to work there.
And some schools even offerhigher paid.
Like they offer the, pay youmore than like, let's say that
the teacher wanted to go to a Bschool, right?
That D school is offering themmore than the B school, because
these school obviously needsteachers.
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So title one.
Is critical to hiring andretaining well-prepared teachers
in schools during 2023 and 2024school year.
Every state in the countryreported a teacher shortage.
One or more subject area.
But high poverty schools are ata double disadvantage when it
comes to teacher shortage.
Recent research show theturnover rate.
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At our higher at high povertyschools, 29% in schools with
lower.
With lower poverty rate, 19%indeed.
Teachers are leaving high highpoverty schools at alarming high
rates due to poor workingconditions and unmanageable
workloads.
You also have to take in thefact that teachers are buying
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their own supplies, which couldcost two,$300.
And remember these students arepoor, right?
So you're, you're not expectingthem to bring that entire long
list.
Of school supplies and it seemslike every year they're just
getting.
Higher and higher, like they'readding more and more clap.
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Because the teacher is comingout of their own pockets of, to.
For most of it.
You know, and.
It's just, it's so sad.
And that's when they do, youknow, back to school drives
where, you know, they're havingother people donate that packs
or donate crayons, or it'sessentially just.
Community has to take care ofits community in order for it to
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keep.
Staying just a float.
So it also says in order toclose the achievement gap
between high poverty andwealthier schools, districts
need more funds, financial orfederal aid through title one
and other programs to supportearly career teachers.
And retain outstanding teacherswho make up the irreplaceable
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due to the high performance andsuccess.
Now.
If 2025.
Would go into effect.
It would also worse than theteacher shortage that we are
already facing right now.
So project 2025.
Would eliminate more than 180teacher positions.
And negligent and negatively.
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Negative tealy.
If I can speak.
Affects the academic outcome of2.8 million students.
Across the country.
Loss of 180,000 teacherpositions represents 5.4% of
teacher workforce.
Nationally.
Which is roughly 3.2 millionpublic school teachers.
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Title one illustrates the lossof teacher positions and affects
students in every state.
As a result of phasing out,title one funding.
At least 5% of teacher positionsin 32 out of the 50 states would
be lost.
If federal title one aid wereeliminated.
And some states such as Alabamaand Arizona, Mississippi,
Nevada, Florida.
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Nearly 10% of the teacher's jobswould be lost Louisiana.
We experienced the greatestimpact more than 12% of the
teacher positions eliminated.
So you're getting the trend,that title one, literally funds
how we keep teachers.
Even though we have a teachershortage is how we keep.
The ones that we have, and ifproject 20, 25 goes into effect
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people, if it goes into effect.
180,000 teacher positions wouldbe gone.
They're not funding title oneanymore.
So those schools that are beinglike, Hey, give us the money so
we can keep paying theseseizures.
No more.
Nearly 2.8.
Million.
Of our kids.
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Wouldn't be able to get an equaleducation at all.
So project 2025 would phase outtitle one.
Reverses a national effort toretain teachers, including
legislation to increase teacherpay.
A contributing factor toretention today.
The average teacher salary inmajority of states is below the
minimum living wage and teachersare being paid 5% less than what
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they were a decade ago.
When adjusted for inflation.
Now.
If you eliminate K through 12education funding.
This is how much money.
The state has received in money.
Would be gone.
The teacher positions would belost.
And the students that would beaffected.
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There was all the states onhere, but I'm really gonna just
read two of them.
I'm going to read Arizona.
The state that I currentlyreside in now in Florida, we'll
also do Illinois too, becauseyou know, Got it.
Got it.
Got to give it to the hometown.
Home state.
So Arizona.
Last year in 2023.
Received 356.
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Million$281,409 from the federalgovernment.
Right.
Now that would eliminate.
If they D if they took all thatfunding out, it would eliminate
4,000, 295 teachers.
That's an 8% loss.
And it was effect over 97,931 ofour kids.
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Let's go onto the next one.
Let's go down to Florida.
Loretto received.
This.
One.
You already.
One.
Billion.
This is in late Trump.
He the beauty now Floridareceived$1,037,800,442 from
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title one.
If title one is eliminated.
That would affect 13,330teachers, which is an 8% loss of
teachers, but you know how manystudents, it would affect
243,931.
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Can you believe that?
Let's go down to Illinois.
Illinois.
Got$766,835,954 from the federalgovernment.
If title one.
Is eliminated that would affect6,979 teachers.
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It's a 5% loss of teachers.
But it would also affect 95,600.
Content students.
But you know, who received.
The most.
Funds from the educationdepartment.
I'll give you a second to guess.
Dude, dude, dude, dude, dude.
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Time's up.
California.
California.
Got.
Too.
Billion.
108.
Million.
516.
Thousand$114.
Receive from the educationdepartment.
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If title one.
Is eliminated that would affect15,897.
Teachers.
It's about a 6% loss.
In jobs.
But it would affect over346,500.
53 students.
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So you can see.
How with project 2025.
Goes into effect.
Education is done.
All those teachers out of jobs,all those students are affected
what you means.
What does that mean?
Our teacher to student where yousee.
Ratio increases.
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From that.
You thought maybe having 25students in the classroom was a
lot.
Five 30.
I 40 students to one teacher.
If they revert all of the money.
To private schools.
Which means you're going to haveto put your child in a private
school.
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How much has that.
A lot.
10 10 grand is I think whatAmber told me.
Because she wants to put her sonin private school, but it's
about 10 grand a semester.
Yeah.
So let's wrap this up.
Okay.
So title one funding directlybenefits teachers and students
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in the suburban roar and urbanschools across the country.
Districts use this funding toprovide direct student support
services and to hire and retainteachers.
Project 2025 proposal toeliminate title one funding.
The lead to a loss of teacherpositions, high teacher to
student ratios, and a lack ofschool-based programs in quality
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instruction.
This would be devastating tolocal schools, students,
families, and communities.
Teaching is the only professionthat prepares workers for every
industry.
Teachers and students that youserve must receive adequate
support.
In preparation to enter theworkforce.
Supporting the social andemotional development of future
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generations.
And be informed citizens.
Our democracy can rely on.
You may not.
Like.
The Biden administration.
You may not like all theirpolicies.
But let me tell you one thing.
If you elect.
True.
(46:27):
Again, This is all reality.
This, this can be put.
In reality very quickly.
I even heard him talk abouteducation in one of his rallies
of how he wants to get rid ofit.
Education.
There's also talks where he saidhe doesn't want to get rid of
the whole education, but hewants to slash it.
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And return it to the states.
Now you thought project 2025 wasextreme.
We turned it to some of theseRepublican states.
There is nothing we can do.
They could literally go buythis.
Letter.
We have to start taking thisstuff seriously.
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You know, people are like, oh,project 20, 25, but let's start
diving in specifically to theerrors it's really going to
affect us.
Education is one of them.
Our kids.
You true generations.
Hell even now.
You have to be informed.
I know they're always like wokehis bed.
(47:29):
Walk.
It's bad, but you need to bewoke.
Right now.
Right now in today's age, youneed to be woke.
Because shit is about to getreal.
And if we're not at that pole,making sure that orange slice
does not get reelected.
That is the goal for November.
Okay.
I'm not telling you to agreewith all the, all the BioMAT
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policies.
And now it's the Harris, youknow, we'll see what she wants
to do.
Not telling you to agree withall the policies, but I'm
telling you.
Look at the alternative.
Especially if what I readpreviously.
You know, we talked about givingemployees, employers of choice,
even pay over time.
You know, a lot of us likeworking overtime, especially
(48:11):
when we have a vacation or abirthday.
Gone.
Gone.
Look at this.
I said, you don't have to agreewith every policy.
But look at the alternative andwe are going to be living in a
very dark age.
For the country.
When we come back, we'll betalking about final thoughts and
(48:32):
we'll wrap it up.
I'll see you guys in a few.
Microphone (MAONO AU-AM200) (48:34):
So we talked about a lot in that
show.
We talk about DEI and why it's aform.
And we talked about product 20,25 specifically about education.
It's a lot.
It's a lot to absorb.
But essentially.
What it boils down to is voting.
You know, we can all have ourown opinion about different
things, but voting is honestlyworth coming down to.
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And in this election, We needit.
Vice-president Harris has beenhitting that campaign trail.
And let me tell you.
It's changed something in thedemocratic party.
I feel more excited.
To be able to just.
Have her on the ticket.
But to wrap it up.
Share this episode, share with afriend.
(49:20):
Sure with a family member sharedwith anyone who's going to
listen about project 2025.
It's a dangerous project.
That if it goes into effect, setus back.
Decades.
And as I said, now that the pollchoice has been returned to the
states.
It has opened the door to prettymuch anything else.
(49:43):
Reproductive health wise women.
Whether that be.
Abortion, whether it be birthcontrol, who knows what else
that they can target.
Babe open that Pandora's box.
But I love you all.
Thank you for watching.
I want to thank all my othercountries for watching UK.
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We have Ireland.
We have India.
We have all these amazingcountries listening because
they're very intrigued on what'sgoing to happen.
So be safe, be kind, bedifferent, treat everyone the
way that you want to be treated.
Remember.
D E I is not dangerous.
DEI is honestly how we keep acountry.
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As amazing.
As it is now.
But if project 2025 happens.
I'll see you guys in the nextepisode.
You know this past week, I was like, man, what
exciting new things is going tohappen in the political
atmosphere?
And then.
President Joe Biden drops out.
Of the race, which.
Before we even continue, I wantto give him just a round of
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applausE.
Microphone (MAONO AU-AM200) (00:32):
Now you have to admit for any
political figure.
It's very hard for them to.
Step down.
Right.
It's very hard for them.
To give up power, especially forwhite man.
But.
You know, throughout the day.
People were just giving so muchpraise and love and respect and
(00:57):
calling him a Patriot and calledhim a true, like he like a true
country person.
Or country, man, I would say.
And.
I personally, and I don't wantthis going on for a thousand
years.
I personally think it wasprobably one of the toughest
decisions that anyone can make,especially because he spent his
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entire career, his entirecareer.
To get to that oval office andjust to give it up.
It after four years, you know,and he says it all the time and
he's like, there's still somuch.
I wish that I could do.
But now, you know, he has topass the torch.
(01:39):
And it all stems from.
The debate.
Now, go ahead and add thatdebate.
As I said, in the last episode,what's terrible.
It was the worst.
Presidential debate that I'veever witnessed.
But I felt as though Democratsshould have.
Rallied behind him.
(01:59):
They should have ran to himinstead of running away from
him.
And I think that's why.
There was a lot of.
That's why the country didn'tbelieve in him.
Like the party didn't believe inhim, but.
And that was the issue that Ihad.
It was like, why are you runningfrom him?
(02:19):
Obviously he needs help,obviously.
We should have been running tohim and figure out, all right,
who's on his campaign staff,who's doing like, who's prepping
them.
There should have been so manydifferent questions, so many
different avenues to try andapproach.
The before his second debate.
You know, we, we all mess up.
We're not, we're not perfect.
And I feel like they, maybe theyover prepped him to where they
(02:41):
didn't give him enough time.
He is old.
You know, enough time to absorbit.
They should have been given themlike bits and pieces, you know,
debate up maybe a half a daythis day and maybe another half
a day this day.
I think he was probablyover-prepared.
Either way.
It was terrible.
And I think they, hiscolleagues, his party, the
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democratic party should have ranto him.
Instead of running away from himbeing like, yeah, it was
terrible.
We're scared.
I think you should step down.
Like.
We kind of asked for it.
But.
That wasn't.
That even though that washistoric because historic
(03:23):
moment.
Is when the QI.
Gave his endorsement to vicepresident Camila.
Eris.
Like, let me tell you theinternet went wild.
Now.
I'm literally driving my bus.
And I'm finding out, you know, Iget, I get updates from CNN on
(03:43):
my phone and it's like, Bidendrops out.
I'm like, fuck, no.
And then by the endorses KamalaHarris, I'm like, oh, yes, This
is something we've been wantingfor.
And let me tell you the.
Excitement that's coming fromthe democratic party.
Is amazing.
Like even I am excited.
(04:03):
Like at first, I mean, I wasstill excited with Biden.
Like I was still on a vote forhim.
I was still all in forum.
Like I said, he's still had aterrible debate, but no, one's
perfect.
He's 81 years old.
You can't expect much from, fromhim to be.
Spot on.
Perfect.
Like he's not.
Young.
But when he gave the endorsementfor vice president Harris, I
(04:27):
just got so excited.
I was like, it's about time,right?
We, and even the coming days,they were on take top beam.
Like if you're going to pass atorch, pass it to her.
And I feel like it was amazing.
You know, the, the excitementthat's there, the young people
from 18 to 34, it's there in theblack, the black community.
Is there the Hispanic, is thereeveryone, any type of minority
(04:50):
is there because they are readyfor change.
They were going to vote forBiden, but Harris just makes it
easier.
Right?
Nikki Haley, even though I donot like her anymore.
She is fake in my book.
She said.
The first person who gets rid oftheir old guy is going to win
(05:11):
the election.
And I think she's eating thosewords right now, because I
believe.
In my whole heart, that Harriswill win by a landslide.
I feel like this is what.
The country needed.
I feel like this is what thedemocratic peep.
This is what the democraticparty needs.
And I feel like she's going tobe able to reach those avenues
(05:32):
that maybe.
Trump can't reach.
Right?
One thing that I'm seeing a lotis that they're starting to
attack Harris.
Not only for being black, butbeing a woman they're attacking
her laugh and something.
I was discussion discussing withmy best friend, JD.
Was that.
The more you attack women, themore they're going to not vote
(05:54):
Republican and they want to votefor a Harris.
Because.
Why.
Like you're attacking becauseshe's black, you're attacking
because she's a woman.
Like you're just pushing allthose people.
You're trying to attract.
Right into Harris's bankaccount.
Szczecin votes, right.
Especially trying to get thoseindependent women, all those
(06:14):
suburban women.
So this is exciting.
It's so exciting to watch.
It's, it's going to be amazing.
But.
One thing that Republicans arealways doing, they love to point
out that Biden was old.
But.
(06:35):
What about Mitch McConnell?
He's pretty old, actually.
Take a look at this clip.
And you tell me.
If he's not old.
Thoughts about what?
Running for reelection in 2026.
Did you hear the question,Senator?
(06:59):
Running for reelection in 2026.
All right.
I'm sorry.
You are.
We're gonna need a minute.
Any okay.
Somebody else have a question?
Please speak up.
The man looks like a goldfish.
(07:20):
Like he's just there, like.
I don't mean to make fun of him.
But I do it.
So then we all understand whatyou can't sit here and be like,
Biden's old.
He needs to.
You know, Not, you know, if hecan't run a re-election
campaign, he shouldn't, heshould just step down.
(07:41):
And it's like, you have MitchMcConnell over here.
Freezing.
Like he's a goldfish staringoutside of the bowl.
But then you guys.
Th you guys aren't telling himto step down, but you're telling
like, come on.
They're kind of likedouble-edged store.
Like they want, they want onething, but then they can't admit
their own faults.
Right.
So today's show it's going to beamazing.
(08:04):
It might be a little long, butwe'll see.
We're going to talk about thatthe Republicans have called
vice-president Harris is a D E Ihire.
We're going to talk about DEI.
And how that is important.
And then we're actually going tostart talking about project.
2025.
I've seen a lot of informationon it, but I'm specifically in
(08:28):
this show going to talk abouthow it's going to affect our
education system.
Especially for those schoolsthat are rated D or F schools
that are in poor communities.
And we're going to dive intoeducation.
We'll also dive into otherthings on project 2025.
But in this show, we're going totalk specifically about
education.
(08:49):
Stay right here because.
It's going to be a good show.
Promise you that.
(09:10):
Thanks for watching!
Microphone (MAONO AU-AM200) (09:18):
So we knew that.
When vice-president Harrisannounced that she was going to
run for president, we knew theattacks, right?
She's black.
She's she's a woman.
And all the other things thatyou could think of that goes
along with it.
Oh.
And also the new insult that JDVance believes is an insult.
(09:40):
Is that she's childless, which.
I didn't think if you were astep-parent you're really
childless anyways.
So.
The Republicans.
I've already started coming outwith it.
So take a listen to this.
Of what one Republican has saidso far.
About vice-president Harris.
Being a D E I hire.
CNN (10:01):
First off, he said he's going to hire a, a black female
for vice president.
When you go down that route,you, you you take mediocrity and
that's what they have right nowas a vice president.
He's suggesting she's, she was aDEI hire?
100%.
She was a DEI hire.
Republican Congressman TimBurchette of Tennessee
complaining about Vice PresidentKamala Harris being put on DEI.
(10:24):
Is it 1951?
Is it 1951?
1951.
1951.
Was he about to go into, like, acountry club in, like, rural
Tennessee there, like, in 1951?
Is he serious?
If you are a black woman, thenyou're a D.
E.
I.
hire?
She was Attorney General ofCalifornia.
United States Senator fromCalifornia.
(10:46):
Where does he get off sayingthis?
Again, just because she's ablack woman.
Stephan (10:52):
So I'm not the only one who is questioning why all of a
sudden.
We're thrown out, DEI out there.
Because it's not bad.
To be honest.
The entire United States is DEI.
Now you're probably like, well,Stefan, what does DEI even mean?
(11:12):
I'm glad you asked.
Here's what DEI means D meansdiversity.
It is embracing the differences.
Everyone brings to the table,whether it's someone's race.
Age.
Ethnicity, religion, gendersexual orientation is
gullibility or other aspects ofsocial identity.
(11:35):
Now equality.
Or equity, whichever one youwant to say is treating everyone
fairly and providing equalopportunities.
Inclusion, which is I isrespecting everyone's voice and
creating a culture where peoplefrom all backgrounds feel
encouraged to express theirideas and perspectives.
(11:56):
Now you're probably like, well,that doesn't sound.
That sounds good.
Yes.
It to me and probably most ofother Americans.
Yeah, it probably does sound.
Amazing.
But to Republicans, they don'tlike D IDI means we have to work
together.
That means they're going to haveto listen to other people who
(12:17):
are not white.
So.
They're using this as.
A insult when essentiallythey're just pushing more
minorities away from theRepublican vote because you want
the, you want people who lookdifferent from different.
Black backgrounds to be able tocome to a table at their job or
(12:40):
wherever.
And be able to contribute towhatever the meetings going
with.
So next, we're going to skipdown to how does the DEI look at
work?
Every job is completelydifferent of how DEI work.
Some will say it in theirpolicy.
Others, it's more just thelanguage that they use about it.
(13:01):
And so.
This study here says thataccording to a pew.
Research center in 2023.
61% of us adults say theirworkplace has policies that
focus on fairness.
In hiring promotions and pay.
And 56% of us adults say thatfocusing on increasing diversity
(13:23):
equality inclusion at work ismainly.
That thing.
Kelly Baker and executive vicepresident and chief human
resource officer.
At trivalent, I'm probablysaying that completely wrong an
organization that providesfinancial advice.
So the DEI in the workplace canbe a mix of employee training,
resource, net words, andrecruiting practices.
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Now as you know, we've hadseveral Republican states that
have.
Not allowed that they literallyhave told companies.
You don't have to worry aboutthe, I don't include it.
And as I've reported before thatTexas and Alabama took it out of
colleges and universities.
They're not going to be the onlyred states that do that, but.
It'll go into the article aboutthat part.
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So they also say that hercompany, for example, has
resource groups for women inleadership, young professional,
black employees, Hispanicemployees, and military veterans
among others.
The company's D E I trainingteaches employees how to
understand and bridge culturaldifferences in the workplace.
The company also seeks jobcandidates with diversity in
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their race.
Geographically.
Gender industry background bakerhad said, experts say that many
corporations tie DEI.
To their business in thestrategies.
They go on to say that diversityis related to our business
growth strategy.
Baker said.
It's paramount and essential andcrucial for us to ensure that
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our client base reflects theworld that we are in and the
world that we are going to bein.
As I said, they're, they're, youknow, very blunt about it.
There's other companies thathonestly follow the same
policies.
Or the same track.
You know, making sure thateveryone's voice is heard may
ensure that there's equal pay.
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Hiring.
And this is, and this is kind oflike a rabbit hole, but.
I know when.
Black.
Academy students are looking forcertain precincts or certain.
Jobs, I would say in the lawenforcement field, diversity is
a huge factor.
Because you want people thatlook like you who will be
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training you or just be in thatdepartment.
Because.
You know, it's, it's, it's goodto feel welcome.
And it's good to see someoneelse who looks like you.
Who might have had the sameexperiences so they can better
explain things to you as well.
Now DEI in education.
Is where a lot of problems standfor.
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As I said, Texas and Alabama,there was also other states that
took out the I out of theircollege and universities.
And it.
It just creates this tensionbecause we have so many
different backgrounds.
We have so many different, youknow, Cultural differences that
this would be essential.
For colleges and universities.
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So you can learn about someonewho is from Morocco or someone
who is from India, or maybe youwant to know your black friend
more better.
You know, you have all thesedifferent holidays are
celebrated that.
You know There are celebrated.
And the college wants to makesure that everyone feels.
Accepted or everyone feelsincluded.
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Right.
So colleges.
Campuses have also been a groundzero for the AI debate in state
lawmakers across the countrylaunch efforts to hold or limit
DEI programs in public schoolsand universities.
Earlier this year, university ofFlorida eliminated the office of
its chief diversity officer tocomply with regulations of the
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Florida board of governors thatprohibit spending state funds on
a DEI program.
Ella Washington, professor ofpractice at Georgetown
university's.
McDowell school of business saidthat she is concerned that
efforts to ban DEI on collegecampuses will prevent students
from being prepared for the realworld.
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She goes on to say that I thinka lot of it is shortsighted and
politically motivated.
It's hard for me to believe thatall these lawmakers want
exclusion to be taught and toerase all of the history.
Washington said that while DEIlooks different on every college
campus, many schools focus onefforts on recruitment and
administration.
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Krillick gum.
And special programs forunderrepresented students.
Georgetown office of students,equality and inclusion oversees
several DEI center programs,including the disability culture
center women's center, the LGBTQresource center and the center
for multicultural.
Equality and access.
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According to its website.
Washington said that there isalso a program for
first-generation collegestudents, where they have chance
to build a community.
Prioritizing and embracing adiverse student body allowed
students to interact with peersfrom different walks of life and
learn new perspective.
Even outside the classroom.
She goes on to say, Colleges.
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Are certainly a.
Micro organism of the world.
So having an experience whereequality is centered Is
considered inclusion is at theforefront of people's minds.
Those are things that we areteaching the next generation
about how they should be runningthe world.
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So you heard it there.
That.
One, these politicians, redones, Republicans are
shortsighted.
Being that.
In college, this is how.
And even in school, like if youtake it from college and you put
it in K through 12 schools,right.
You teach in school.
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You're teaching schools.
You know, teaching students howto interact with people who
don't look like them.
Right because there's certainthere's there's.
Certain households that willteach.
Kids to look.
And act around certain groups ofpeople.
I'm not saying that all of it'snegative, but I am saying that
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it affects the child.
So if we start K through 12, Andthen we put it in the colleges
as well.
That means when they go out intothe real world.
They know, oh, you know how tobe respectful to someone, not
saying something insulting, butthat's just how this country
wants this country is built onDEI.
If you, if, if you want to takeit from just a small aspect to
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much larger.
DEI is the United States have anhour, but we are a country full
of immigrants.
The only people who've been hereare native Americans and we
treat them like shit to.
So if the country is founded onDEI, You know, it's embedded in
there, no matter how much youtry and get rid of it.
It's not going.
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It's just not going to be thatbig of effect the way that
Republicans want it to be.
To be honest, I mean, if you'rethinking about it, it's like,
they kind of just want everyoneto hate each other for having a
different skin color or having adifferent sexual orientation or
being a woman.
Or discriminating againstsomeone who may have a
disability, whether it's slurredspeech or they might be in a
wheelchair who knows, but that'sthe.
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That's the, the mold that be.
Republicans are creating.
And in some aspects it isworking and in some aspects it's
not.
So it, we need more people we'repull DEI.
To keep preaching.
To keep spreading the word of,this is what we need.
This is the only way our countrymoves forward, because if we
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don't have the EEI, we're movingbackwards and we're creating a
world hate.
We're creating a world of morejudgments.
We're creating a world that ourkids will grow up in.
And they won't want to interactwith someone who is a different
race or whatever the case maybe.
So let's move on.
Cause I can.
I wrote a whole paper over it.
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So what's the next in the fightover DEI.
So in April, 2022, Florida,governor Ron DeSantis signed HB.
known as stop woke bill intolaw.
Texas North Dakota, NorthCarolina, Tennessee, and Utah
also have at least one anti DEIbill that has been signed into
law.
According to the Chronicles ofhigher education.
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And the brassica Republicanstate Senator Dave Mirman
proposed the bill in Januarythat would prohibit state
colleges and universities.
From dedicating public money.
And staff time to DEI efforts.
The bill is currently in theNebraska legislation education
committee, which will decidewhether to move it forward to a
full legislation vote.
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Merman's office did not respondto her quests from CNN.
Nebraska Democrat.
State Senate, Danielle Conrad.
Told CNN she opposes the bill inpart because the broader effects
to band DEI.
Has been decisive.
She also said it distracts fromthe real issues.
Colleges are facing such asfamilies who can't afford
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tuition.
DEI she said is valuable tocolleges and universities.
She goes on to say.
We absolutely know from commonsense and research that when we
have more diverse perspectivesand discussions or as part of
our education, it helps us havea more thoughtful results.
Conrad set.
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It helps us to be morewell-rounded active and engaged
citizens.
As I say, if you take the EEIfrom just colleges and
universities and you relate itto everyday life, we're working
with people who don't look likeus every day.
We're talking to people whodon't look like us.
DEI is a global theme that helpsour country keep moving forward.
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And the moment you get rid ofthe I is the moment you were
saying, Who gives a flying fuck.
About diversity who gives aflying fuck about equality, who
gives a flying fuck aboutinclusion?
Right.
Those are things that everysingle person you, you listening
to this podcast.
You want your job to make surethat you feel included.
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You want your job to make surethat you feel equal, right?
You want to make sure you'rewhen your job is how I am hiring
a diverse.
Workforce.
Everyone brings something to thetable.
We all have a resume.
So we all have differentexperiences.
I have a way differentexperience than some of these
other drivers who work forGreyhound.
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Which means.
I see things differently thanthey do, or they see things
differently than I do.
But when it comes to.
DEI.
They're trying to make it.
I say, Republicans are trying tomake it seem like you don't want
this.
This is terrible when it'sessentially not.
It makes you feel like you'reincluded, as I said, In that in
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the diversity, let's go back upto it really quick.
In the diversity, it saysembracing the differences of
everyone that brings to thetable.
Whether their age, race,ethnicity, religion, gender,
sexual orientation, physicalability, and or other aspects of
social identity.
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That's everyone.
Right.
You're a woman, white woman, youfit in diversity.
If you're a Mormon, you fit inthere with the religion.
No matter, even if you're awhite Mormon, you fit in that.
So DEI is very important.
We need it.
And every aspect and I.
I would even go as far asstarting it from K through 12,
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we need to start teaching thesekids.
Y D E I is important.
I'm not saying shove it downtheir throat.
But it definitely should belike, Everyone needs to feel
included.
You know, I'm black, he's white,let's Brit let's bridge the gap.
You know, let's oh, this is, youknow, this is what we cook for
Thanksgiving.
What do you cook forThanksgiving?
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Or, you know, whatever the casemay be.
It's about feeling.
Included.
It's about feeling equal.
You can share that everyone hasthe same opportunity to go for
that promotion.
Right.
That's enough on DEI.
I can, I can go on forever.
The next thing that we want totalk about and move on to is
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project 2025.
Now I've seen.
People say it.
I've heard people say it, but Iwant to go into a specific.
Area.
About project 2025.
I specifically want to focus on.
Education education is whatmakes this world go round.
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Would you agree?
So let's focus on education.
And what project 2025 wants to.
Due to the education system.
And it's not good.
We'll be right back.
Microphone (MAONO AU-AM200) (26:19):
All right.
So I want to share a clip ofwhat's in the pages of this
project, 2025, which is 900pages long.
But I want to read just.
Some of the policies.
That I, that are pretty bold.
And the 2025 Packet of doom.
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So.
We're going to go down this listand then I want you to listen to
this video.
So if you know, who gets electedthe whole thing, oh, please,
please.
God.
These are some of the policiesthat they are going to propose.
First one is gives employers thechoice to no longer pay overtime
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to hourly workers.
Why the fuck do I go to workthen?
Overturning the 25th amendmentto no longer limit presence to
two terms.
So I would.
I would think that he wants tobe like, Ooh, And be able to do.
You know, Three terms or five orhowever many are staying there
as long as he wants.
I wind up allowing the presidentto enforce the death penalty
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where appropriate and actual.
Creating a civilians state tomonitor pregnancies and give the
government the power toprosecute those who have
miscarriages.
Increase the national maternalmortality rate by undoing a
policy that requires hospitalsto offer abortions and medical
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emergencies.
And protections for preexistingconditions for healthcare
coverage and when employers denycoverage of birth control.
And I UDS.
Eliminating red flag laws andmake it easier for dangerous
individuals to purchase guns andammunition.
I'm eliminating the Medicare'sability to negotiate lower
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prescription drug costs.
And the$35 insulin price cap.
Then the shipping of pills usedfor medication abortions and the
medical equipment doctors usedperform the abortions.
Effectively and in the procedureof nationwide.
Increasing the amount of workingfamilies pay in federal taxes
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each year while allowing thewealthy to pay even less.
Slashing the budgets for lowincome schools and getting rid
of head start programs.
Programs like Medicare.
And eliminating more than 50,000government jobs in the favor of
a new system that would go asfar as the department of
justice.
Make the workplace less fair byreversing regulations that
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prohibit discrimination based onsexual orientation.
Gender identity, transgenderstatus and sex characteristics.
And the last one says creatingpolicies hostile to green energy
by withdrawing from the Parisclimate Accords.
Rolling back greenhouse gas,regulations and laws around fuel
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efficiency and auto mobiles andmaking it more challenging for
solar and other renewable energysources to be added to national
power grid.
Are you scared yet?
I'm scared, like.
Like ending pre-existingconditions.
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Light.
Aye.
Yeah.
So I'm going to let you listento this video.
And it's it's about education,but it's about making.
You take a military exam.
Just, just listen to this.
Joy Ann Reid (29:49):
Far more sinister is what's buried deep within
project 2025, which any personwho sends their child to public
school should care about.
They want to mandate that allstudents in schools receiving
federal funding must completethe armed services, vocational
aptitude battery in plainEnglish, that's a military
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entrance exam.
If you flip to page 134 of the900 page project, 2025
manifesto, you'll read thisproposal and I quote to improve
military recruiters access tosecondary schools and require
the completion of the armedservices and vocational aptitude
battery, the military entranceexamination by all students in
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schools that receive federalfunding.
And guess who would be exemptfrom that requirement since they
don't get federal funds.
Private school kids.
You feel me now?
Stephan (30:45):
Now, if that didn't scare you.
Taking a military exam.
Who, what.
Not even.
So that's the video I wanted youguys to watch.
So let's go into a little more.
Depth.
With education.
So first off.
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Congress past.
The department of educationorganization act in 1979, which
established the agency asdefined by its core.
It says this to strengthen thefederal commitment, to ensure
access to equal educationalopportunities for every
individual.
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Project 2025.
Would dismantle that entirething.
This is how it would dismantle.
It proposes dismantling the keyrole of the federal government
to increase access and close theeducational opportunity gap.
Essentially.
Or especially in communitieswith lower property values.
Since a large proportion of thecountry's K through 12 schools
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is funded by local propertytaxes in doing so.
The playbook creates anintentional harm on today's
children and generations tocome.
One of the projects 2025 mostextreme plans include abolishing
the U S department of education.
The only federal agency that ismandated to ensure equal
opportunity.
And accountability and to fundstates and school districts for
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elementary and secondaryeducation.
Now we know.
If you haven't figured this out,and this is before project 2025.
If you live in a poorneighborhood, that school.
It's, it's not going to have thefunding to have like laptops and
new school supplies.
That's why, why these schools,like, if they have a football
team, they're always trying togo out and sell candy bars.
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They're doing something becausethe school doesn't have that
money for that.
Activity.
And project 2025 with.
Pretty much eliminate all thoseschools.
Those schools would have todepend on.
Something.
Or at least it would depend onthe property taxes, but it
wouldn't get any money from thestate or from federal.
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So here's what also, it goesinto.
So.
They recommend that the next barrate administration redirect
taxpayer dollars, including Kthrough 12 public education to
fund.
Listen to this.
Private and religious schools orthe wealthy.
So school, so people who arebuilding rich.
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That's would taxpayer dollarswould go it wouldn't go through
it.
Wouldn't go to that small littleschool and pine Hills in
Orlando.
I can't remember the name of it.
Wouldn't go there.
It would only go to private andwealthy schools.
It would also roll back titlenine, which prohibits
discrimination based on sex.
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It would also eliminateheadstart.
It would block student debtcancellation programs and
increased monthly payments forstudent loan borrowers.
Remember they just blocked the,they just blocked the previous
bill because the red state.
We're like, Hey, we're notmaking the taxes off.
These student loan repayments.
So we're on a block program.
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It would sensor anti-racist.
Studies that teach tolerance inschools.
And it will eliminate schoolnutrition programs, particularly
for children experiencing foodinsecurities during the summer
when they lack the access toschool meals.
Moreover project 2025 proposesdisinvestment in programs that
support states in meetingacademic needs of the nation's
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most vulnerable students,including students with
disabilities.
Served by the individuals withdisabilities, education act and
low income students at title oneeligible schools.
Now.
Not only would this affect.
Schools, but this would, thishas a real effect on the
students itself.
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So in title one part a of the,every student succeeds act or E
S S a obligate supplementalfund, federal funding to states
ensure that all.
Children.
Regardless of their incomereceives a fair.
Equitable high quality educationtitle.
One was created in response tothe civil rights act.
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The 1964.
On the elementary and secondaryeducation act.
Of 1965 was signed into law bythem present.
Lyndon B Johnson.
And an acting title.
One Congress recognize thatstudents in high poverty schools
have greater education needs,which continues to be reality.
And states lack the resources tocontinue that divide.
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Therefore federal aid wasrequired to provide the academic
services and opportunities forthose students.
Private 2025 with what?
Eliminate all that.
More than half nations, publicschools serve a high
concentration of low-incomestudents with 63% of the
traditional public schools and62% of public charter schools in
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20 21, 20 22 school yearidentified in title one
eligible.
Title one has been a criticalprogram to address Chronic
funding and opportunity gapsbetween students experiencing
high poverty.
And the more efficient peers.
Now.
Teachers.
For all my teachers out there.
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I love teachers.
I I've had some amazing teachersin my Cape and 12.
I'm learning.
But teachers have had shortage.
I don't know if you know, butthere.
Especially for.
Poor schools.
It's hard to attract teachers.
Most schools have to do like abonus or they have to do some
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type of incentive.
To get.
Teachers to work there.
And some schools even offerhigher paid.
Like they offer the, pay youmore than like, let's say that
the teacher wanted to go to a Bschool, right?
That D school is offering themmore than the B school, because
these school obviously needsteachers.
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So title one.
Is critical to hiring andretaining well-prepared teachers
in schools during 2023 and 2024school year.
Every state in the countryreported a teacher shortage.
One or more subject area.
But high poverty schools are ata double disadvantage when it
comes to teacher shortage.
Recent research show theturnover rate.
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At our higher at high povertyschools, 29% in schools with
lower.
With lower poverty rate, 19%indeed.
Teachers are leaving high highpoverty schools at alarming high
rates due to poor workingconditions and unmanageable
workloads.
You also have to take in thefact that teachers are buying
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their own supplies, which couldcost two,$300.
And remember these students arepoor, right?
So you're, you're not expectingthem to bring that entire long
list.
Of school supplies and it seemslike every year they're just
getting.
Higher and higher, like they'readding more and more clap.
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Because the teacher is comingout of their own pockets of, to.
For most of it.
You know, and.
It's just, it's so sad.
And that's when they do, youknow, back to school drives
where, you know, they're havingother people donate that packs
or donate crayons, or it'sessentially just.
Community has to take care ofits community in order for it to
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keep.
Staying just a float.
So it also says in order toclose the achievement gap
between high poverty andwealthier schools, districts
need more funds, financial orfederal aid through title one
and other programs to supportearly career teachers.
And retain outstanding teacherswho make up the irreplaceable
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due to the high performance andsuccess.
Now.
If 2025.
Would go into effect.
It would also worse than theteacher shortage that we are
already facing right now.
So project 2025.
Would eliminate more than 180teacher positions.
And negligent and negatively.
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Negative tealy.
If I can speak.
Affects the academic outcome of2.8 million students.
Across the country.
Loss of 180,000 teacherpositions represents 5.4% of
teacher workforce.
Nationally.
Which is roughly 3.2 millionpublic school teachers.
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Title one illustrates the lossof teacher positions and affects
students in every state.
As a result of phasing out,title one funding.
At least 5% of teacher positionsin 32 out of the 50 states would
be lost.
If federal title one aid wereeliminated.
And some states such as Alabamaand Arizona, Mississippi,
Nevada, Florida.
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Nearly 10% of the teacher's jobswould be lost Louisiana.
We experienced the greatestimpact more than 12% of the
teacher positions eliminated.
So you're getting the trend,that title one, literally funds
how we keep teachers.
Even though we have a teachershortage is how we keep.
The ones that we have, and ifproject 20, 25 goes into effect
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people, if it goes into effect.
180,000 teacher positions wouldbe gone.
They're not funding title oneanymore.
So those schools that are beinglike, Hey, give us the money so
we can keep paying theseseizures.
No more.
Nearly 2.8.
Million.
Of our kids.
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Wouldn't be able to get an equaleducation at all.
So project 2025 would phase outtitle one.
Reverses a national effort toretain teachers, including
legislation to increase teacherpay.
A contributing factor toretention today.
The average teacher salary inmajority of states is below the
minimum living wage and teachersare being paid 5% less than what
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they were a decade ago.
When adjusted for inflation.
Now.
If you eliminate K through 12education funding.
This is how much money.
The state has received in money.
Would be gone.
The teacher positions would belost.
And the students that would beaffected.
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There was all the states onhere, but I'm really gonna just
read two of them.
I'm going to read Arizona.
The state that I currentlyreside in now in Florida, we'll
also do Illinois too, becauseyou know, Got it.
Got it.
Got to give it to the hometown.
Home state.
So Arizona.
Last year in 2023.
Received 356.
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Million$281,409 from the federalgovernment.
Right.
Now that would eliminate.
If they D if they took all thatfunding out, it would eliminate
4,000, 295 teachers.
That's an 8% loss.
And it was effect over 97,931 ofour kids.
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Let's go onto the next one.
Let's go down to Florida.
Loretto received.
This.
One.
You already.
One.
Billion.
This is in late Trump.
He the beauty now Floridareceived$1,037,800,442 from
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title one.
If title one is eliminated.
That would affect 13,330teachers, which is an 8% loss of
teachers, but you know how manystudents, it would affect
243,931.
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Can you believe that?
Let's go down to Illinois.
Illinois.
Got$766,835,954 from the federalgovernment.
If title one.
Is eliminated that would affect6,979 teachers.
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It's a 5% loss of teachers.
But it would also affect 95,600.
Content students.
But you know, who received.
The most.
Funds from the educationdepartment.
I'll give you a second to guess.
Dude, dude, dude, dude, dude.
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Time's up.
California.
California.
Got.
Too.
Billion.
108.
Million.
516.
Thousand$114.
Receive from the educationdepartment.
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If title one.
Is eliminated that would affect15,897.
Teachers.
It's about a 6% loss.
In jobs.
But it would affect over346,500.
53 students.
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So you can see.
How with project 2025.
Goes into effect.
Education is done.
All those teachers out of jobs,all those students are affected
what you means.
What does that mean?
Our teacher to student where yousee.
Ratio increases.
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From that.
You thought maybe having 25students in the classroom was a
lot.
Five 30.
I 40 students to one teacher.
If they revert all of the money.
To private schools.
Which means you're going to haveto put your child in a private
school.
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How much has that.
A lot.
10 10 grand is I think whatAmber told me.
Because she wants to put her sonin private school, but it's
about 10 grand a semester.
Yeah.
So let's wrap this up.
Okay.
So title one funding directlybenefits teachers and students
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in the suburban roar and urbanschools across the country.
Districts use this funding toprovide direct student support
services and to hire and retainteachers.
Project 2025 proposal toeliminate title one funding.
The lead to a loss of teacherpositions, high teacher to
student ratios, and a lack ofschool-based programs in quality
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instruction.
This would be devastating tolocal schools, students,
families, and communities.
Teaching is the only professionthat prepares workers for every
industry.
Teachers and students that youserve must receive adequate
support.
In preparation to enter theworkforce.
Supporting the social andemotional development of future
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generations.
And be informed citizens.
Our democracy can rely on.
You may not.
Like.
The Biden administration.
You may not like all theirpolicies.
But let me tell you one thing.
If you elect.
True.
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Again, This is all reality.
This, this can be put.
In reality very quickly.
I even heard him talk abouteducation in one of his rallies
of how he wants to get rid ofit.
Education.
There's also talks where he saidhe doesn't want to get rid of
the whole education, but hewants to slash it.
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And return it to the states.
Now you thought project 2025 wasextreme.
We turned it to some of theseRepublican states.
There is nothing we can do.
They could literally go buythis.
Letter.
We have to start taking thisstuff seriously.
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You know, people are like, oh,project 20, 25, but let's start
diving in specifically to theerrors it's really going to
affect us.
Education is one of them.
Our kids.
You true generations.
Hell even now.
You have to be informed.
I know they're always like wokehis bed.
(47:29):
Walk.
It's bad, but you need to bewoke.
Right now.
Right now in today's age, youneed to be woke.
Because shit is about to getreal.
And if we're not at that pole,making sure that orange slice
does not get reelected.
That is the goal for November.
Okay.
I'm not telling you to agreewith all the, all the BioMAT
(47:51):
policies.
And now it's the Harris, youknow, we'll see what she wants
to do.
Not telling you to agree withall the policies, but I'm
telling you.
Look at the alternative.
Especially if what I readpreviously.
You know, we talked about givingemployees, employers of choice,
even pay over time.
You know, a lot of us likeworking overtime, especially
(48:11):
when we have a vacation or abirthday.
Gone.
Gone.
Look at this.
I said, you don't have to agreewith every policy.
But look at the alternative andwe are going to be living in a
very dark age.
For the country.
When we come back, we'll betalking about final thoughts and
(48:32):
we'll wrap it up.
I'll see you guys in a few.
Microphone (MAONO AU-AM200) (48:34):
So we talked about a lot in that
show.
We talk about DEI and why it's aform.
And we talked about product 20,25 specifically about education.
It's a lot.
It's a lot to absorb.
But essentially.
What it boils down to is voting.
You know, we can all have ourown opinion about different
things, but voting is honestlyworth coming down to.
(48:57):
And in this election, We needit.
Vice-president Harris has beenhitting that campaign trail.
And let me tell you.
It's changed something in thedemocratic party.
I feel more excited.
To be able to just.
Have her on the ticket.
But to wrap it up.
Share this episode, share with afriend.
(49:20):
Sure with a family member sharedwith anyone who's going to
listen about project 2025.
It's a dangerous project.
That if it goes into effect, setus back.
Decades.
And as I said, now that the pollchoice has been returned to the
states.
It has opened the door to prettymuch anything else.
(49:43):
Reproductive health wise women.
Whether that be.
Abortion, whether it be birthcontrol, who knows what else
that they can target.
Babe open that Pandora's box.
But I love you all.
Thank you for watching.
I want to thank all my othercountries for watching UK.
(50:04):
We have Ireland.
We have India.
We have all these amazingcountries listening because
they're very intrigued on what'sgoing to happen.
So be safe, be kind, bedifferent, treat everyone the
way that you want to be treated.
Remember.
D E I is not dangerous.
DEI is honestly how we keep acountry.
(50:25):
As amazing.
As it is now.
But if project 2025 happens.
I'll see you guys in the nextepisode.
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