MJ Muse<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/TraitorTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TraitorTrump</span></a> efforts to shutter the U.S. Department of Education are in full swing.</p><p>On Thursday, he signed an executive action instructing U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon to "take all necessary steps to facilitate the closure of the Department of Education," and to do so "to the maximum extent appropriate and permitted by law."</p><p>The department announced it was shrinking its workforce by nearly half, with cuts to all divisions.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/FAFO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FAFO</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MAGAwarOnEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAGAwarOnEducation</span></a> <a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/03/21/nx-s1-5330917/trump-schools-education-department-cuts-low-income" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2025/03/21/nx-s1-53309</span><span class="invisible">17/trump-schools-education-department-cuts-low-income</span></a></p>