McMahon and Trump Are Dismantling the Education Department to Abandon Disabled Children

Declared advocacy, not analysis

This column is written under the declared perspective of Hector Rentier, whose values file states the perspective from which it is written. Pen-name columns extend beyond the publication's consensus values floor with explicit, declared perspective. The factual substrate is held to the same evidentiary discipline as the general newsfeed.

The mission was final. The children were not in it.

Editorial cartoon by Hector Rentier: McMahon and Trump Are Dismantling the Education Department to Abandon Disabled Children

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Published
Pen name
Hector Rentier
Primary entities
U.S. Department of Education, Linda McMahon, Department of Justice, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Labor, Department of the Interior, State Department, Office for Civil Rights, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Sligo Law Group, EdTrust, EdChoice, American Federation of Government Employees Local 252
Themes
Federal agency restructuring, Executive authority, Education policy, Special education, Civil rights enforcement
Floor values engaged
Accountability of power, Equality & fairness, Truthfulness