DHS Unveils New Scheme to Shuttle Illegals into U.S.

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DHS Unveils New Scheme to Shuttle Illegals into U.S.

(Mark Pellin, Headline USA) Already facing an unprecedented surge of illegal immigration at the U.S. southern border, the Biden regime has concocted yet another scheme to enable even more crossings into states already overwhelmed by the invasion.

In what critics called a capitulation to a problem that President Joe Biden deliberately created, his Department of Homeland Security last week announced it was implementing a program to prevent illegals from trying to sneak across the border by allowing nationals from four Central America countries to jump place in the green card line and enter earlier.

The new so-called parole program uses the cover of “family reunification” for nationals from Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras to skip ahead of all other green card-eligible immigrants who still must wait outside the U.S. either for a visa to become available or, as has become increasingly the case, smuggle themselves into the country.

The Family Reunification Parole Process builds off similar programs originated by the Bush and Obama administrations that were scuttled by the Trump administration. Biden’s rejuvenated FRP “intends to welcome as many as 100,000 individuals from Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador.”

The scheme will do little to actually address the immigration problem, critics contended, and instead of lowering the numbers flooding across the border, will simply make it easier for illegals to enter the country.

“Biden’s parole piñata just poured out more candy: ‘family reunification’ parole for Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras,” the Heritage Foundation’s Simon Hankinson tweeted in response to the DHS announcement. “Statutory per-country caps? Please – orderly lines are for chumps.”

The new program also provides the Biden administration with another tool for obfuscating border surge numbers, according to the Center for Immigration Studies. By providing a new entry scheme for illegals from countries that have comprised a large portion of border encounters, “the Biden administration will be able to further reduce the number of aliens apprehended between ports of entry DHS reports each month, while still allowing large numbers of inadmissible aliens to enter, remain, and work in the United States without a visa,” CIS reported.

“This administration seems intent to discriminate based on national origins in favor of some countries while ignoring green card waiting lists for other countries,” said Rosemary Jenks, vice president at NumbersUSA, an immigration-realist group. “This is not about deterring illegal immigration; this is about bringing additional people into the United States.”

DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas hailed the new program as a model of the administration’s “holistic migration management strategy” that provided “a lawful and timely alternative to irregular migration,” moving forward Biden’s immigration goals.

“These new processes promote family unity and provide lawful pathways consistent with our laws and our values,” Mayorkas said. “The Department has proven that the expansion of safe, orderly, and lawful pathways, combined with strong enforcement, is effective in reducing dangerous, irregular migration to the United States.”

‘Zuck Is a Cuck’: Musk Insult Triggers Leftist Hysteria

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‘Zuck Is a Cuck’: Musk Insult Triggers Leftist Hysteria

(Mark Pellin, Headline USA) Gearing up for a potential epic cage match brawl, the showdown between Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg entered uncharted and R-rated territory in the wake of Meta’s launch last week of Twitter-rival social media platform Threads, producing an insult that had leftists screeching hysterics about “right-wingers” and white supremacy.

“Zuck is a cuck,” Musk tweeted, responding to a Threads post that challenged Zuckerberg “to go into space just to really make [Musk] mad.” The SpaceX founder followed up the tweet by proposing “a literal dick measuring contest.”

While somehow managing to avoid the wrath of trans-terrorists for the sin of referencing actual biology, leftists instead attacked Musk as a racist who had adopted the white supremacist ways and lingo of all right-wingers.

“Over the years, cuck has become a dangerously amorphous term. While it isn’t inherently a white supremacist word, it has taken on racist and antisemitic connotations,” warned Guardian columnist Arwa Mahdawi. “For some people, it’s a reference to racist fetish pornography. It’s also, one linguist has argued, a coded way to talk about antisemitic ‘great replacement’ theories.”

Instead of accepting Musk’s insult as jab in the escalating business feud with Zuckerberg, the Guardian scolded the Chief Twit with nefarious undertones.

“So, was Musk joking when he called Zuck a cuck? Or was it something more sinister? I can’t say for certain. But the fact that one of the world’s richest and most influential men is proudly using far-right terms? That is not funny at all.”

Leftist activists and media have reason to root against Musk and cheerlead for Zuckerberg’s upstart Meta platform, which has already come under fire for censoring conservatives.

Attempts to follow Donald Trump Jr. on Threads delivered a warning that the account “repeatedly posted false information.” Popular conservative commentator and attorney Rogan O’Handley reported encountering the same treatment because he “posted once about wanting to expose Biden’s corrupt government.”

A Meta spokesperson said the messages were made in error and had been corrected, after they had already made social media rounds.

Musk has dismissed Threads, which reportedly launched with upwards of 30 million users and is tracking toward 100 million, as a Twitter knock-off that copied his platform and poached his staff.

Twitter last week threatened legal action against Meta for creating a “copycat” application, only hours after the Threads launch, reported Semafor. In a letter to Zuckerberg, a Twitter attorney accused Meta of engaging in “systematic, willful, and unlawful misappropriation of Twitter’s trade secrets and other intellectual property.”

“Twitter intends to strictly enforce its intellectual property rights, and demands that Meta take immediate steps to stop using any Twitter trade secrets or other highly confidential information,” attorney Alex Spiro wrote.

“No one on the Threads engineering team is a former Twitter employee — that’s just not a thing,” a Meta spokesman told Semafor.

Zuckerberg has reportedly not responded to Musk’s cuck jab or any measuring contests.

GOP Under Fire for Secretly Expanding Foreign Worker Visas

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GOP Under Fire for Secretly Expanding Foreign Worker Visas

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Republicans in the House Appropriations Committee came under fire following the release of a Breitbart report that accused them of increasing the number of foreign workers in the U.S. through a new Homeland Security spending bill.

“After markups and hearings, Republicans on the House Appropriations Committee approved the DHS spending bill which would blow the lid off blue-collar migration caps to the United States, spurring an influx of foreign visa workers in the labor market with whom working class Americans would have to compete for jobs,” Breitbart reported Monday.

The $91.5 billion funding proposal would loosen H-2 Visas, ultimately leading for agricultural entities to “import foreign workers,” according to Breitbart. The measure would also re-write current rules so that the visa program is not limited to seasonal workers. Massive fraud has mired H-2 visas in recent years, reported Breitbart.

The proposed legislation, which expands the H-2 visas already mired in abuse and fraud, has ignited a firestorm of criticism from prominent conservatives on Twitter. 

Ann Coulter, a political commentator, torched the proposed measure. “It’s gonna be a BIG DAY when American farmers learn about robots,” Coulter said on Tuesday via Twitter. “House Republicans approve bill allowing the agricultural sector to import MORE foreign workers and no longer requires the jobs to be seasonal.” 

Jeremy Beck, vice president of the NumbersUSA group, voiced his concerns in statements to Breitbart. “Who represents the working class? This bill suggests it’s not necessarily Republicans,” Beck said. 

The Republican-led House Appropriations Committee announced the appropriation bill on June 21, touting funding for a border wall and $496 million for the hiring of 22,000 Border Patrol agents, dubbed by the committee as “the highest level ever funded.” 

Documents from the Appropriations Committee obtained by Headline USA barely mention the amendment to the H-2 visa program. The committee merely said the bill includes “two provisions regarding visas for temporary workers.”

House Appropriation Chairwoman Kay Granger, R-Texas, similarly championed the appropriation in a press release on June 21. “I want to start by saying the work we did last week shows how we are able to reduce spending where we can and prioritize funding for our core responsibilities,” Granger said “That includes our national defense, veterans, and the bill before us: homeland security.”

Weiss Drops New Bombshell on Biden Bribery ‘Ongoing’ Investigation

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Weiss Drops New Bombshell on Biden Bribery ‘Ongoing’ Investigation

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) In a letter addressed to the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. District Attorney David Weiss of Delaware declined to answer questions regarding a potentially incriminating FD-1023 informant file, citing the ongoing investigation by the DOJ.

Weiss’s recent comments effectively refuted several claims made by certain Democrats, including Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., who falsely suggested that the criminal investigation into a $10-million bribery scheme involving then-Vice President Joe Biden in 2015 had been closed by the Trump-era DOJ.

“Your questions about allegations contained in FBI FD 1023 Form relate to an ongoing investigation. As such, I cannot comment on them at this time,” Weiss said in the letter dated July 10.

Critics have said Weiss—or others in the DOJ who may be directing his actions—are using the case’s open status not to actively investigate charges but to slow walk the allegations until such point as they are rendered moot by statute of limitations or a change in political trade-winds.

In keeping it hope, Weiss is effectively hindering a parallel investigation by the House Oversight Committee and interfering with their ability to subpoena key witnesses and documents, including the president’s son, Hunter Biden himself.

Nonetheless, in terms of political optics, it may break in the GOP’s favor.

Catherine Herridge, a correspondent for CBS News who initially reported on the letter, highlighted that Weiss’s letter “confirms FD 1023 not closed as some democrats suggested.”

Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., took to Twitter on Tuesday to announce the new revelations, stating, “Just as I said, Jamie Raskin LIED about the FBI briefing he & I had. The FBI told us the FD 1023 was part of an ongoing investigation. The media should take what Raskin says about the Biden investigation with a grain of salt.”

Former Attorney General William Barr also refuted the unfounded assertion that the Trump-era DOJ had closed the investigation. “It’s not true. It wasn’t closed down,” clarified Barr in an interview with the Federalist on June 7. He further explained that the troubling allegations outlined in the informant file had been referred to Delaware for “further investigation.”

Democrats had previously attempted, without success, to dismiss the FD-1023 file, claiming it was a partisan witch hunt orchestrated by former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani. However, federal government whistleblowers informed lawmakers that the informant was a “highly credible” individual who had been involved in several criminal investigations dating back to the Obama-era FBI.

On the other hand, Biden has dismissed the allegations, responding to reporters’ inquiries about the bribery claims on June 8 with a smirk, “Where’s the money?”

MSNBC Mocked for Linking Physical Fitness to ‘White Supremacy’

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MSNBC Mocked for Linking Physical Fitness to ‘White Supremacy’

(Abdul–Rahman Oladimeji Bello, Headline USA) A witless attempt by MSNBC to link physical fitness to neo-nazism recently backfired as social media users immediately called out the left-wing media on its malarkey.

On Monday, the leftist media retweeted a link to an article written last year by Cynthia Miller-Idriss, who proclaims herself to be an “expert on extremism.” In this article, the expert writer claimed, “white supremacists’ latest scheme to valorize violence and hypermasculinity has gone digital.” Moreso, she alleged that conservative America exploits physical fitness to ensnare recruits. 

In this article, Miller-Idriss wrote,  “Physical fitness has always been central to the far right,” adding that Hitler used it to “create an army of millions” with “aggressive spirit and impeccably trained bodies.”

She further stated, “With recruitment now moving from physical gyms to chat rooms, live streamed fights, tournaments, festivals, and even combat sports video games, we’re seeing extremist fighting culture being combined with an entertainment culture that already valorizes violence and hypermasculinity.”

MSNBC’s retweet of this year-old article sparked several reactions from social media users as they roasted that left-wing network for such ridiculous assertions.

Several big names on Twitter also schooled the leftist cable network on Twitter. These names included the likes of Tesla/SpaceX CEO and “Chief Twit” Elon Musk, who tweeted, “MSNBC thinks you’re a nazi if you work out lmaooo.”

Explaining MSNBC’s message, Dr. Shawn Baker tweeted, “You need to eat garbage, sit on your ass and be dependent upon pharmaceuticals to avoid being a Nazi.”

Famed podcaster Joe Rogan wrote in apparent disbelief and disgust, “Being healthy is ‘far right.’ Holy f**k.”

Similarly, Logan Hall concluded that “basically anything healthy, normal, or successful will be branded “far right.”

Calling the network out without mincing words, Champagne Joshi wrote, “You people at MSNBC are straight up idiots.”

Woke Robert Downey Jr. Thinks Planet Should Be Ruled by Women Because Men Start Wars

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Woke Robert Downey Jr. Thinks Planet Should Be Ruled by Women Because Men Start Wars

(Dmytro “Henry” Aleksandrov, Headline USA) Robert Downey Jr. said during one of his latest interviews for the movie Oppenheimer that the world “should be a matriarchy” because he thinks that only men start wars, despite the historical evidence that proves otherwise.

“I was curious if you took away any, like, commentary on patriarchy and war?” the interviewer from the Associated Press asked.

Downey Jr. enthusiastically responded to the baiting question by providing an “unpredictable” answer from a Hollywood actor.

“Men start wars and the entire planet should be a matriarchy. But I’ve never changed position on that,” he said, adding that participation in the filming of the movie became “just” his “triple confirmation” of his pro-feminist ideology.

Twitter users who are familiar with world history responded to nonsensical comments from Downey Jr.

“Women have started wars. War-mongering female leaders can be found throughout history and across the globe, from Boudicca to Catherine II of Russia to Ranavalona I, the ‘Mad Queen of Madagascar,'” one person wrote in response to another user’s comment.

Another person went as far as to say that women in power are actually worse than men, citing evidence from the past.

“Once they get power they will kill everything to keep it. What we’ve seen with the militant woke movement has been started and pushed by women mostly,” the person wrote.

Others pointed out that Downey Jr.’s comments are not based on historical reality.

“Dude needs to actually read history. Elizabeth I, Victoria, Catherine the Great, Maria Theresa, Wu Zetian, etc. These rulers are among the most famous female monarchs of all time and none had a reign that could be described as ‘peaceful,'” the user wrote.

Another Twitter user took a crack at a biological perspective.

“[At] lease once a month there would some kind of war… just saying,” the person wrote.

Biden’s $52M Staff Payroll Hits Historic High, Includes $260K for Monkeypox Czar

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Biden’s $52M Staff Payroll Hits Historic High, Includes $260K for Monkeypox Czar

(Jacob Bruns, Headline USA) President Joe Biden has continued to make a mockery of his once-venerable office, this time maxing out the White House payroll to historic high levels, Open the Books reported.

In its annual report to Congress on White House personnel, payroll data shows that the President dropped $158.8 in taxpayer dollars to staff the White House, the highest comparative total since at least 1971.

The administration reached such astronomical numbers by increasing the number of staffers to over 500 for the first time, beginning with 560 in fiscal year 2021, decreasing to 474 in 2022, but spiking back to to 524 in 2023.

By way of comparison, Biden employs 100 more staffers than former President Donald Trump, and 70 more than Barack Obama at the same points during each of their respective tenures.

But things look even worse for Biden when digging into the report.

For example, Biden’s highest paid staffer is Demetre C. Daskalakis, who makes $260,718. Daskalakis’ formal position is Deputy Coordinator for Monkeypox Response–a position created to address a disease that affects only a very small portion of the population.

The administration also shelled out $63,875 to Erica Loewe to function as the “Director of African American Media” and another $100,000 to Chad Maisel to be the “Director of Racial and Economic Justice.”

Despite the massive expenditures, the Biden administration has functioned particularly poorly since taking over in January of 2021.

Not to mention the disastrous withdrawal of American troops for Afghanistan or the bungling of the Russia-Ukraine situation, Biden has struggled the most in terms of protecting the basic liberties of Americans at home.

For example, while being forced to take Big Pharma COVID vaccines, middle- and lower-class Americans have been ravaged by inflation since Biden took office–a problem which the administration refuses to recognize while spending millions to address alleged racial injustices.

His FBI, meanwhile, has conducted numerous false flag operations in order to address what they see as the true threat to America: white supremacy, which can only be addressed by racial experts in the White House.

Al Sharpton’s Brother Jailed for Drugs, Tax Evasion

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Al Sharpton’s Brother Jailed for Drugs, Tax Evasion

(Jacob Bruns, Headline USA) Paster Kenneth Sharpton Glasgow, half-brother of famous race activist, Reverend Al Sharpton, received a 30-month prison sentence for drug trafficking, income tax evasion and lying to obtain Social Security benefits, the Daily Mail reported.

In an Alabama court, Glasgow pleaded guilty to embezzling $407,000 from two non-profit organizations that he founded, including The Ordinary People Society–a felon voting rights advocacy organization–and the Prodigal Child Project.

He also lied to the Social Security administration, collecting $376,000, which he has been ordered to repay, telling the administration that he could not drive because of severe physical difficulties.

Glasgow’s prison sentence, which his attorney Jim Parkman called “a fair sentence,” will begin Aug. 17.

But Glasgow’s legal woes are far from over. The criminal and pastor also pleaded guilty in another case to conspiring with Willie Frank Peterson to distribute cocaine. He is also in court for an alleged assault against a police officer, who had tried to remove illegal drugs from his mouth during a traffic stop.

On top of all of this, Glasgow was found in March 2018 with 26-year-old Jaime Townes after the body of 23-year-old Breunia Jennings was found in a wrecked car in Alabama.

Jennings had been shot in the head, and authorities believe that Townes murdered her.

Authorities said that “instead of him (Townes) notifying law enforcement, he took matters into his own hands and jumped in Mr. Glasgow’s vehicle to find Breunia Jennings.”

At the time, Glasgow said that he was not responsible for anything at all.

“I don’t know why I am facing capital murder charges,” Glasgow argued.

“I’m not responsible for what someone else does. He just asked me for a ride to take him to look for his car.”

Glasgow is the son of Al Sharpton Sr. and Al Sharpton’s half-sister, Tina Glasgow, making him both a half-brother and also half-uncle to Al Sharpton.

Another Bundy Standoff Looming? Anti-Government Activist Skips Trial

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Another Bundy Standoff Looming? Anti-Government Activist Skips Trial

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) A jury trial began this week to determine how much money anti-government activist Ammon Bundy must pay to one of Idaho’s largest hospitals—but Bundy wasn’t there.

Boise news station KTVB reported that Bundy—known for his family’s years-long battle with the federal government over the use of land that the Obama administration illegally sought to commandeer from them—is refusing to participate in what he views as an unjust legal proceeding.

Bundy’s latest legal dispute stems from a protest he organized at St. Luke’s Health System in March 2022, after a baby at the hospital was allegedly taken into custody by child protective services for health problems.

Bundy’s protest led St. Luke’s to go into lockdown, forcing the hospital to close to visitors and reroute their emergency services. St. Luke’s sued Bundy and his associate, Diego Rodriguez, in May 2022, alleging defamation, invasion of privacy, infliction of emotional distress and trespassing.

After the defendants declined to appear in court, a judge issued a default judgment against them in April.

Bundy reportedly told KTVB that he didn’t show up to the damages trial this week because he was unaware it was occurring.

“The courts have become a place where the rich and powerful justify hurting people. I don’t care to witness more than I already have,” he said in a text to the news station.

Later, Bundy posted an open letter to presiding Judge Nancy Baskin that further explained his reasoning for not attending court.

Bundy said he originally told the court last year that he wouldn’t attend the proceedings. At the time, he thought St. Luke’s was only seeking $50,000 from him, and he said he thought a quick default would solve the matter sooner.

However, a judge that had been presiding over the case, Judge Lynn Norton, left the case open for more than a year and assessed damages to be upwards of $7.5 million, according to Bundy.

In a message that could portend violence, Bundy told the current presiding judge, Baskin, that he “will not allow” any of his property to be seized over this lawsuit.

“This is not justice in any way and I will not allow my property to be taken by force as long as I am alive and free. God our Father will protect,” he said.

“I have offered many times to give St. Luke’s Executives everything I own for peace, they have rejected these offers of peace and therefore I will not permit them to take all that I have earned in my life by force, nor will I consent while this matter sets the example of what will happen to others if they speak against the government or a powerful institution.”

Bundy urged Baskin to undo what he argued were wrongdoings committed by the previous judge.

His trial is expected to last all week. What’s follows that is unclear.

According to KTVB, Gem County Sheriff Donnie Wunder has declined to serve Bundy with legal papers at his home because “Bundy was too dangerous to do so.”

But the sheriff has reportedly backtracked on that statement, saying that he’ll perform his statutory duties.

Ken Silva is a staff writer at Headline USA. Follow him at twitter.com/jd_cashless.

Biden Begins Shadow Loan Forgiveness Plan

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Biden Begins Shadow Loan Forgiveness Plan

(By Peter Jacobsen, FEE) Earlier this month, the Supreme Court ruled against the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness proposal which would have forgiven $10,000-$20,000 of student loans per borrower. But the fight for student loan forgiveness isn’t going anywhere.

In a previous article for FEE, I highlighted how student loan forgiveness has already been happening and started under president Trump due to the freeze on interest accumulation. Although this may not be as visible as a $10,000 lower balance, frozen interest means the real cost of taking a loan out became smaller than the initial terms suggested.

This highlights a simple truth about student loan forgiveness—the Biden administration has already and can continue to forgive student loans in spite of this ruling. In fact, they already have plans to do so.

Almost immediately after the Supreme Court decision was announced, the Biden administration announced their response.

Perhaps the most important announcement by the Department of Education was the introduction of a new student loan repayment plan—the SAVE plan.

The SAVE plan is a modification of the current REPAYE plan. Both of these plans are considered income-driven-repayment plans.

IDR plans are complicated, but essentially they limit the size of a borrowers monthly payment based on income. The payment calculations depend on the borrower’s income relative to the poverty line.

Under the new guidelines by the Department of Education, someone making 225% of he federal poverty rate will now have their income completely protected from payments according to Fox Business. That means borrowers earning $32,805 or a family of four with income of $67,500 will be required to make payments of $0.

Even borrowers who make more than those amounts who qualify for a SAVE plan will see lower payments.

But wait, won’t low or zero dollar payments mean the interest on these loans will grow out of control? Nope. The administration is capping interest rates to make sure loan balances don’t grow. So how much do we expect someone to pay on a student loan with a required payment of $0 and no interest accumulation? It’s not hard to see that this is just shadow forgiveness.

It doesn’t end here either. IDR plans already offered loan forgiveness to borrowers who made payments for 20-25 years. So borrowers who have a small payment under Biden’s new SAVE plan will see their balances disappear eventually based on already existing rules.

So, if a borrower qualifies for a $100 monthly payment, and they pay that over 20 years, that’s a total repayment of $24,000 (not even including the fact that the present value is lower). So if someone has a $50,000 student loan, that means they got forgiveness of $26,000. That dwarfs Biden’s $10,000 forgiveness promise struck down by courts.

Not only that, borrowers can get even more forgiveness if they take jobs in the government or non-profits. The Public Service Loan Forgiveness program grants forgiveness after just 10 years of payments to those who work for qualifying public and non-profit jobs. Using the previous example, that would increase forgiveness to $38,000 of the $50,000

The Cost of Our Student Loan System

It would be nice if the cost of this convoluted shadow forgiveness program was limited to the dollar value of the forgiveness (which ultimately is borne by taxpayers). But that isn’t the full cost.

Perhaps an even worse aspect of this system, is it distorts the incentives of future generations in making career decisions. The current system, exacerbated by the Biden Administration’s new plans encourages and rewards those who take out massive student loans to pursue jobs which consumers do not value highly.

Even more damaging, the new repayment program exacerbates the use of PSLF which encourages workers to avoid value creating private sector jobs, and, instead, pursue wealth-extracting public sector jobs.

What world-improving things would have been created had individuals been left to become educated at their own expense? Those forgone benefits will go largely unseen a la Bastiat.

On the other hand, many will experience direct benefits from these programs which are very visible, making the programs very hard to end.

So while some have celebrated the Supreme Court decision as defeating loan forgiveness once and for all, I’m not nearly so optimistic. So long as the Department of Education has administrative control over the country’s student loan system, loan forgiveness is just a few bureaucratic tweaks away.

At this point, the only way the Supreme Court would be able to do anything about it is if they declared the Department of Education itself unconstitutional. But I doubt this will ever happen. Unfortunately, the administrative state seems to always be forgiven.

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