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Wednesday, November 23, 2016 6:46:50 PM
An aside: 5 Points On The GOP Megadonor Trump Picked For Education Secretary
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i had this article to post after reading just enough to see deVos and was going to post it to one re vouchers .. then on reading
"The pressure came largely from one man present at that fundraiser: Richard "Dick" DeVos Jr. The 58-year
-old scion of the Amway Corporation, DeVos had arm-twisted Richardville repeatedly to support right-to-work."
in yours i thought .. Hey Betsy and Dick gotta be connected! .. well, turns out they, as you might guess, are man
and wife .. lol, anyway just now read a bit more of yours and would you believe the first link in this one is
in fact your post .. could be still sorta OT re your post .. not sure as i haven't read much of yours yet ..
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AP Photo / Carolyn Kaster
Tierney Sneed November 23, 2016, 3:56 PM EST 5052 views
President-elect Donald Trump's announcement Wednesday that he would nominate GOP megadonor Betsy DeVos to be secretary of education was welcomed by Republicans, particularly those passionate about charter schools and school vouchers, which DeVos has championed.
Progressives, meanwhile, warned that her selection was dangerous for public education and pointed to other controversial causes, including anti-LGBT initiatives and anti-abortion measures, that DeVos and her family have supported.
Here's what you need to know about Trump's pick to lead the Department of Education.
1. DeVos comes from a GOP mega-donor family based in Michigan
Betsy DeVos and her husband, Dick, have been compared to the Koch brothers for their financial involvement in Republican politics. According to a 2014 Mother Jones profile of the DeVos clan .. http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/01/devos-michigan-labor-politics-gop , the family has spent at least $200 million on conservative causes. Their contributions have gone out far and wide, in terms of the politicians they’ve backed and the issues they've championed. No family donated more in support of Republican candidates in 2015 than the DeVoses, according to an analysis by The Hill .. http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/264474-five-donors-youve-never-heard-of-who-could-shape-the-2016-campaign .
DeVos' father-in-law, Richard DeVos, co-founded Amway and owns the NBA team the Orlando Magic. The DeVos family’s business ventures and political beliefs often work in tandem, Mother Jones reported, noting that a free market think-tank is run out of the Amway headquarters. Dick DeVos, meanwhile, ran unsuccessfully for Michigan governor in 2006, a campaign on which the couple spent $35.4 million, according to the Washington Post .. https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2014/03/25/meet-the-family-thats-dropped-45-million-on-michigan-campaigns-since-2000/ .
Betsy DeVos herself has worked for a number of GOP campaign outfits, and now runs a political action committee along with her husband that has supported numerous Republican politicians.
“I know a little something about soft money, as my family is the largest single contributor of soft money to the national Republican Party,” DeVos wrote in a 1997 Roll Call guest column .. http://tinyurl.com/hy8bqtb , according to Jane Mayer’s book "Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right."
“I have decided, however, to stop taking offense at the suggestion that we are buying influence. Now I simply concede the point," DeVos wrote.
[headings only outed from here]
2. She is an ardent supporter of school vouchers and charter school expansion
3. She has family ties to the Family Research Council and Blackwater
4. Mainstream Republicans are welcoming her nomination
5. To the left, her nomination is a bellwether for privatization of public schools under Trump
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/fivepoints/trump-education-secretary-pick-betsy-devos
Ok .. back to yours.
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i had this article to post after reading just enough to see deVos and was going to post it to one re vouchers .. then on reading
"The pressure came largely from one man present at that fundraiser: Richard "Dick" DeVos Jr. The 58-year
-old scion of the Amway Corporation, DeVos had arm-twisted Richardville repeatedly to support right-to-work."
in yours i thought .. Hey Betsy and Dick gotta be connected! .. well, turns out they, as you might guess, are man
and wife .. lol, anyway just now read a bit more of yours and would you believe the first link in this one is
in fact your post .. could be still sorta OT re your post .. not sure as i haven't read much of yours yet ..
--
AP Photo / Carolyn Kaster
Tierney Sneed November 23, 2016, 3:56 PM EST 5052 views
President-elect Donald Trump's announcement Wednesday that he would nominate GOP megadonor Betsy DeVos to be secretary of education was welcomed by Republicans, particularly those passionate about charter schools and school vouchers, which DeVos has championed.
Progressives, meanwhile, warned that her selection was dangerous for public education and pointed to other controversial causes, including anti-LGBT initiatives and anti-abortion measures, that DeVos and her family have supported.
Here's what you need to know about Trump's pick to lead the Department of Education.
1. DeVos comes from a GOP mega-donor family based in Michigan
Betsy DeVos and her husband, Dick, have been compared to the Koch brothers for their financial involvement in Republican politics. According to a 2014 Mother Jones profile of the DeVos clan .. http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/01/devos-michigan-labor-politics-gop , the family has spent at least $200 million on conservative causes. Their contributions have gone out far and wide, in terms of the politicians they’ve backed and the issues they've championed. No family donated more in support of Republican candidates in 2015 than the DeVoses, according to an analysis by The Hill .. http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/264474-five-donors-youve-never-heard-of-who-could-shape-the-2016-campaign .
DeVos' father-in-law, Richard DeVos, co-founded Amway and owns the NBA team the Orlando Magic. The DeVos family’s business ventures and political beliefs often work in tandem, Mother Jones reported, noting that a free market think-tank is run out of the Amway headquarters. Dick DeVos, meanwhile, ran unsuccessfully for Michigan governor in 2006, a campaign on which the couple spent $35.4 million, according to the Washington Post .. https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2014/03/25/meet-the-family-thats-dropped-45-million-on-michigan-campaigns-since-2000/ .
Betsy DeVos herself has worked for a number of GOP campaign outfits, and now runs a political action committee along with her husband that has supported numerous Republican politicians.
“I know a little something about soft money, as my family is the largest single contributor of soft money to the national Republican Party,” DeVos wrote in a 1997 Roll Call guest column .. http://tinyurl.com/hy8bqtb , according to Jane Mayer’s book "Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right."
“I have decided, however, to stop taking offense at the suggestion that we are buying influence. Now I simply concede the point," DeVos wrote.
[headings only outed from here]
2. She is an ardent supporter of school vouchers and charter school expansion
3. She has family ties to the Family Research Council and Blackwater
4. Mainstream Republicans are welcoming her nomination
5. To the left, her nomination is a bellwether for privatization of public schools under Trump
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/fivepoints/trump-education-secretary-pick-betsy-devos
Ok .. back to yours.
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