Education Department Exposed & NIL Guidance Changes | Afternoon Update | 2.14.25
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How is the Education Department using taxpayer dollars?
Journalist Christopher Ruffo joined the Ben Shapiro show today to unveil a trove of exclusive footage and documents that show the Department of Education's troubling use of taxpayer dollars. As Ruffo told Shapiro, part of the department's spending has been used to pay millions to so-called equity assistance centers.
What are equity assistance centers and their controversies?
These centers advise thousands of schools, but Ruffo explains they've been hijacked by left-wing ideology. Here's an example of a presentation from one of these centers legitimizing sex work to minors.
in this mini presentation is understanding the importance of sex work in the LGBT plus community and in LGBT youth survival, because especially for queer and trans people of color and most emphatically black trans women, this often is a means of income. And by not talking about it and avoiding talking about that, we're actually making that worse and making it easier for people to be stigmatized. who need support.
Rufo stressed that taxpayers are being forced to foot the bill for pushing these kinds of radical ideas. So every taxi driver, line cook, and electrician around the country that's working hard to feed their family is actually chipping in for this idea that we should destigmatize sex work for children. It is so outrageous that it's almost hard to believe it's true.
What are the criticisms of adultism in education?
In another example, educators from these centers suggest it's important to raise awareness about supposed discrimination through adultism. That's the idea that only adults have the ability to make adult decisions. Here's some of that.
Where adultism meets homophobia and transphobia is the notion that as a young LGBT person, you are not in charge of yourself, you are not in charge of your body, you're not in charge of your medical care. And by denying or trying to control LGBT young people's ability to express themselves as who they truly are, this often leads to things like people running away from home.
Shapiro made the point that trying to contend that parents shouldn't parent their own children is a losing argument politically.
This is exactly the sort of issue that lost Terry McAuliffe, his gubernatorial race in Virginia against Glenn Youngkin, this sort of anti-parental movement. And also the bizarre, sick and perverse idea that children are capable of making lifelong decisions about important matters.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams is calling for change, specifically to the city's sanctuary city laws. Adams is pushing for more police cooperation with ICE and immigration enforcement. The mayor made the remarks alongside President Trump's border czar, Tom Homan, on Fox & Friends this morning.
Why is Eric Adams advocating for changes to sanctuary city laws?
When Tom and I are in a room, we're both saying one thing. No matter who you are, if you're hurting innocent people in this city and in this country, you don't have a right to be in our country.
Adams has also agreed to sign an executive order to open an ICE office on Rikers Island. Here's Holman on that.
Getting back on Rikers Island is a game changer. Not only do we get the bad guys before they hit the street, the intelligence of how the TDA operates, where they're operating, all this intelligence together at Rikers Island, we'll have access to.
What changes are proposed for ICE cooperation in New York City?
The move being considered would reverse existing laws that only allow ICE collaboration for violent felonies. While Adams still defends New York City's sanctuary city status, City Hall says current laws go too far in restricting law enforcement.
A federal judge temporarily blocked Trump's executive order cutting funding to hospitals that provide transgender medical treatments to minors. The lawsuit brought by trans activist groups argues that withholding funds violates equal protection rights. The Trump administration contends the orders protect young people from making dangerous, irreversible medical decisions.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
How is the Education Department using taxpayer dollars?
0:30–0:47
2
What are equity assistance centers and their controversies?
0:47–1:54
3
What are the criticisms of adultism in education?
1:54–3:07
4
Why is Eric Adams advocating for changes to sanctuary city laws?
3:07–3:37
5
What changes are proposed for ICE cooperation in New York City?
3:37–7:47
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