Devos

[Manonthestreet]

is in. Amazing quiet so far
Senate committee approves DeVos nomination

 

[Valerie]

not so fast. ms devious still has to face the full senate vote.

 

[Doc1]

not so fast. ms devious still has to face the full senate vote.

Where the Dems made it a simple majority vote

 

[Manonthestreet]

libs only can afford so many battles.....too much losing not good for optics...........others have bigger negatives than her

 

[Valerie]

optics shmoptics. ms devious is being vehemently opposed, as she should be...

 

[Valerie]

How Betsy DeVos Used God and Amway to Take Over Michigan Politics

 

[Valerie]

Betsy DeVos: Education Reform Can "Advance God's Kingdom"

Betsy DeVos wants to use America's schools to build "God's kingdom." She's about to get her chance.

 

[Valerie]

^ public money for religious schools, brought to you by the same chuckleheads who refuse to allow one penny of public money to go toward health insurance premiums that cover standard contraception coverage...

 

[miketx]

Oh another baby killer.

 

[Manonthestreet]

Didl they ask the obligatory ARe you or have you ever been a denier

 

[Valerie]

Oh another baby killer.

how many babies did you leave in your sock this morning, jerk off?

 

[Valerie]

"seen as a controversial choice because of the family's history of heavy spending on right-wing causes—at least $200 million since the 1970s to think tanks, media outlets, political committees, and advocacy groups. And then there's the DeVoses' long support of vouchers for private, religious schools; conservative Christian groups like the Foundation for Traditional Values, which has pushed to soften the separation of church and state; and organizations like Michigan's Mackinac Center for Public Policy, which has championed the privatization of the education system."

 

[Valerie]

The DeVos Dynasty: A Family of Extremists
The DeVos Dynasty: A Family of Extremists – Center for American Progress

 

[Manonthestreet]

Bigotry on parade spending on leftwing causes is a plus...spending on any other badddd very badddd

 

[Doc1]

The DeVos Dynasty: A Family of Extremists
The DeVos Dynasty: A Family of Extremists – Center for American Progress

You going to cry when she is confirmed?

 

[Valerie]

Betsy’s husband, Dick DeVos, for instance, has pushed for creationism to be taught in schools. Her late father, Edgar Prince, helped start the fundamentalist Family Research Council, a known anti-LGBT, or lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender, hate group. And her mother Elsa Prince, also an extreme fundamentalist, was once called a “portrait of Christian hate” by the Daily Kos.

 

[Valerie]

The DeVos family’s radicalism goes back more than a century. DeVos’s father, Edgar Prince, made his fortune in manufacturing and soon began using his profits to fund far-right organizations. Most notably, Edgar Prince was a founder of the Family Research Council, which argues that homosexuality is a type of perversion. In 1999, an FRC staffer wrote, “Gaining access to children has been a long-term goal of the homosexual movement.” The comment helped put the group on the Southern Poverty Law Center’s hate group watch list.

Betsy’s mother, Elsa Prince, has shown the same dedication to far-right extremism. She has been one of the biggest contributors to campaigns to ban same-sex marriage in the country, working against the civil rights issue in California and Michigan.

What’s more, both Edgar and Elsa Prince advanced their right-wing cause using backhanded tactics. For instance, the Prince’s family foundation tried to evade lobbying restrictions by reclassifying their lobbying efforts as “prayer warrior” networks. In other words, the Princes claimed that they asked politicians to “pray” for particular policies as opposed to actually lobbying policymakers for the policies.

The family’s extremism doesn’t stop there. Erik Prince, Betsy DeVos’s brother, is also deeply steeped in far-right militancy. As the founder of Blackwater USA, now Academi, a private military company, Prince headed the organization when it infamously massacred 17 Iraqi civilians in 2007. (In attempt to escape blame and litigation, Prince fled the USA and resettled in Abu Dhabi.)

Today, Erik Prince continues to supply mercenaries for right-wing autocrats as well as espouse bizarre, far-right political views. Just days before the election, for instance, Erik Prince appeared on Breitbart Radio to allege that Hillary and Bill Clinton laundered money and frequented a “sex island” that was home to “underage sex slaves.” Although there is not a smidgen of evidence for this outlandish theory, Prince argued that the Clintons were using intimidation to bury these stories.

Which brings us back to Dick DeVos—Betsy DeVos’s husband. The heir to the Amway fortune, DeVos ran for governor of Michigan on an extremist platform. During his campaign, he pushed for teaching creationism in schools and for voucher programs that would allow parents to send their children to religious schools with taxpayer dollars. With these views, it’s not surprising that Dick DeVos lost the governor’s race, despite having invested the most money ever spent on a gubernatorial seat in the state.

With these sorts of views, one might think that Betsy DeVos might distance herself from her family. But she’s done the opposite, often pushing views even more extreme than those of her relatives. She’s argued that public schools are a “dead end.” And DeVos once contended that she aims reform schools in order “to advance God’s Kingdom.”

 

[peabody]

Maybe she'll make changes so kids don't have so much homework. 3 to 5 hours per night is too much for a 6th grader. They don't even have enough time to go outside and play

 

[Manonthestreet]

Maybe she'll make changes so kids don't have so much homework. 3 to 5 hours per night is too much for a 6th grader. They don't even have enough time to go outside and play

where would this be

 

[Doc1]

The DeVos family’s radicalism goes back more than a century. DeVos’s father, Edgar Prince, made his fortune in manufacturing and soon began using his profits to fund far-right organizations. Most notably, Edgar Prince was a founder of the Family Research Council, which argues that homosexuality is a type of perversion. In 1999, an FRC staffer wrote, “Gaining access to children has been a long-term goal of the homosexual movement.” The comment helped put the group on the Southern Poverty Law Center’s hate group watch list.

Betsy’s mother, Elsa Prince, has shown the same dedication to far-right extremism. She has been one of the biggest contributors to campaigns to ban same-sex marriage in the country, working against the civil rights issue in California and Michigan.

What’s more, both Edgar and Elsa Prince advanced their right-wing cause using backhanded tactics. For instance, the Prince’s family foundation tried to evade lobbying restrictions by reclassifying their lobbying efforts as “prayer warrior” networks. In other words, the Princes claimed that they asked politicians to “pray” for particular policies as opposed to actually lobbying policymakers for the policies.

The family’s extremism doesn’t stop there. Erik Prince, Betsy DeVos’s brother, is also deeply steeped in far-right militancy. As the founder of Blackwater USA, now Academi, a private military company, Prince headed the organization when it infamously massacred 17 Iraqi civilians in 2007. (In attempt to escape blame and litigation, Prince fled the USA and resettled in Abu Dhabi.)

Today, Erik Prince continues to supply mercenaries for right-wing autocrats as well as espouse bizarre, far-right political views. Just days before the election, for instance, Erik Prince appeared on Breitbart Radio to allege that Hillary and Bill Clinton laundered money and frequented a “sex island” that was home to “underage sex slaves.” Although there is not a smidgen of evidence for this outlandish theory, Prince argued that the Clintons were using intimidation to bury these stories.

Which brings us back to Dick DeVos—Betsy DeVos’s husband. The heir to the Amway fortune, DeVos ran for governor of Michigan on an extremist platform. During his campaign, he pushed for teaching creationism in schools and for voucher programs that would allow parents to send their children to religious schools with taxpayer dollars. With these views, it’s not surprising that Dick DeVos lost the governor’s race, despite having invested the most money ever spent on a gubernatorial seat in the state.

With these sorts of views, one might think that Betsy DeVos might distance herself from her family. But she’s done the opposite, often pushing views even more extreme than those of her relatives. She’s argued that public schools are a “dead end.” And DeVos once contended that she aims reform schools in order “to advance God’s Kingdom.”

You going to cry when she is confirmed?