While Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension from ABC and the Project 2025-inspired government shutdown dominated the headlines and raised fears of new McCarthyism, an equally ominous story percolated underneath the radar. The U.S. Department of Education launched an Orwellian new program, “America 250 Civics Education Coalition.”

The fatal flaw with Education Secretary Linda McMahon’s new venture is that 20 of the organizations she’s partnering with to educate Americans are on the Project 2025 Advisory Board. Virtually all of these groups participated in, or strongly encouraged Donald Trump’s Big Lie, erroneously claiming that the 2020 presidential election was rigged. This disinformation culminated in the January 6, 2021, insurrection to stop the peaceful transfer of power.

How could the DOE credibly partner with organizations to impart lessons on democracy, that believe elections are only valid if their side wins?

One partner in DOE’s program is The Heritage Foundation. In July 2024, their president, Kevin Roberts, pronounced on Steve Bannon’s “War Room” podcast that the nation is “in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be.”

Is Roberts really the role model our children need to learn about how government works and how will he explain his seemingly violent remarks?

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