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Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has been no friend to transgender students or other marginalized groups.

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has become the second Cabinet secretary to resign a day after a pro-Trump insurrection at the U.S. Capitol

Betsy DeVos, the West Michigan political force who rose to education secretary, late Thursday became the latest high-profile resignation among presidential appointees, saying President Donald Trump incited a mob that invaded the Capitol on Wednesday. "We should be highlighting and celebrating your Administrations many accomplishments on behalf of the American people," DeVos wrote in a letter to the president. "Instead we are left to clean up the mess caused by violent protesters overrunning...

Can Betsy DeVoss good work be saved from the Blob? Print this article Betsy DeVos has resigned after serving almost four years as Education Secretary. In doing so, she harshly criticized the president who appointed her. “We should be highlighting and celebrating your administrations many accomplishments on behalf of the American people,” she wrote in her resignation letter. "Instead, we are left to clean up the mess caused by violent protesters overrunning the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to...

Copy to Clipboard Betsy DeVos (Getty Images) On January 6, 2021, riots broke out on Capitol Hill as Donald Trump supporters stormed the government building to disrupt Congress proceedings, reiterating POTUS that the election was "stolen" by President-elect Joe Biden. Trump was accused of encouraging his supporters with his tweets. There were four fatalities at the riot along with the destruction of government property. Many condemned the pro-Trump supporters and expressed their outrage, and amo...

Environmental News For The Week Ending 20December 2019 This is a collection of interesting news articles about the environment and related topics published last week. This is usually a Tuesday evening regular post at GEI (but can be posted at other times). Please share this article - Go to very top of page, right hand side, for social media buttons. Note: Because of the high volume of news regarding the coronavirus outbreak, that news has been published separately: Some of the COVID-19 graphic...

While she led Michigan from 2003 until 2011, Granholm supported laws that encouraged energy efficiency. Campaign finance records show that her previous stances on energy and other policies have led, in part, to campaign funding from various businesses and their leaders, including DTE Energy. In 2008, she signed into law a package that would require more electricity to come from renewable sources and curtail competition among power companies, according to a local report at the time. Since her ti...

Copy URL Shortly after President-elect Joe Biden’s victory—amid the continued disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic—U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos decided to send schools a message. purporting to show that little coronavirus education relief had actually been spent, many months after it became available. She used the announcement to challenge states’ alacrity in responding to the virus and cast doubts on their calls for additional federal aid. “I hope parents, teachers, an...

Grand Rapids Business Journal Document outlines next steps in increasing visitor and business attraction in Grand Rapids. Photo by Michael Buck The economic development group Grand Action 2.0 recently unveiled the results of a commissioned Venue & Attraction study, bringing Grand Rapids one step closer to becoming a destination for more events and tourism. The Venue & Attraction Development for Grand Rapids Study, commissioned by Grand Action 2.0 and conducted by Convention, Sports and Leisur...

Server in the united states used by the trump organization. we can break it down like this. in the computer world its the equivalent of looking up someones phone number over and over again. sure, theres not necessarily proof of a phone call, but it usually indicates an intention to communicate. thats how several computer scientists put it to us. they obtained leaked internet records that were never supposed to be made public, they were puzzled as to why the russian bank was trying to do this. la...