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David Klein @dtkleinks.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Again, reading comprehension. I posted in response to the claim local control of education is best. I did not and do not advocate for compete Soviet-style control of education. I explained my experiences with local school boards informed my opinion regarding pervasive local bias and prejudice.

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David Klein @dtkleinks.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Texas is outside my area of experience. But what does it mean in practice that local Bubba knows the local student? Does living in a small Texas town give any particular expertise in developing education policy and practices that somehow better prepares students than reliance on expertise?

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David Klein @dtkleinks.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Actually, I am retired. I am glad you describe teaching as a profession. But I fear American education will worsen dramatically for a number of reasons, including the destruction of the Department of Education.

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David Klein @dtkleinks.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

You're the one who claimed, "You think that having *Donald Trump* in control of national curriculums is fine." My response is far from a non sequitur. Republicans have pushed the local control is best claim for decades. Republicans cheer as Linda McMahon dismantles the Department of Education.

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David Klein @dtkleinks.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Try reading for comprehension. I do not posit centralized control of every aspect of education is either desirable or feasible. But insisting local dimwits always knows best is bleeding moronic. The unthinking idealization of local control allows Trump to shatter the American educational system.

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David Klein @dtkleinks.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

You presume my position favors full centralized control of every aspect of educational policy. It is not. The problem is the conservative position presumes local control is inherently desirable makes no sense. Reliance on expertise is the important variable, not location.

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David Klein @dtkleinks.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Trump is trying to destroy centralized public education, with Linda McMahon an exemplar of the death of expertise. Trump and his minions are pursuing a purely ideological assault on education, with local control a rallying cry for the MAGA cultists who want "parental rights" for the right parents.

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David Klein @dtkleinks.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

In my experience, school boards have not consulted educational literature or experts. My objection has been the idealized claim local control is desirable, with a mythical ability to understand the educational needs of students. Local control of public schools often produces the Death of Expertise.

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David Klein @dtkleinks.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

If you want to control your child's curriculum, send her (or him) to the private school of your choice. But your bias and your neighbor's bigotry should not dictate what is taught in public schools. We actually have a good idea what works (small class sizes and well-trained teachers, for instance.

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David Klein @dtkleinks.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

This is precisely the absurdity of the idealization of local control. A former student who barely passed remedial American history was voted to the local school board. Bubba (not his real name) knows the local people but not a bloody thing about education.

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David Klein @dtkleinks.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

You presume my position is national control is inherently better. My experience with local school boards has been that expert opinion is often neither solicited nor desired. Of course, a system run by Trump minions' sucks whether nationally or locally. But idealizing local control is silly.

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David Klein @dtkleinks.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

My experience. Do you have a different one?

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David Klein @dtkleinks.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Christ on crutches, you miss the point. I commended based on experience with local school boards meddling with curriculum decisions, conceding othes have differing experiences. And I never said national was inherently better, McMahon disproves that thesis. But a default local is better is moronic.

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David Klein @dtkleinks.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

A centralized system might use technology to monitor multiple herds more efficiently than a local one. I am neither a biologist nor experienced in monitoring herds. I would seek expert advice before making a conclusion. But I do have experience with local school boards to inform my opinion.

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David Klein @dtkleinks.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I have previously qualified my statement that my experience has been local school has informed my opinion. Others may have other experiences. And a halfwit would ignore that I conceded in the herd example, a biologist could be the better choice. Context matters, obnoxious one.

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David Klein @dtkleinks.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

A biologist at the location is likely preferable to monitor a local herd, although distant might be more efficient with technology. That is a different context than local control of schools and curriculum, as many school boards do not consist of an equivalent to the local biologist in your example.

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David Klein @dtkleinks.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

How many small towns actually hire experts? My experience teaching, including in a small town, is that local school board dictate to local prejudices. But your experience may vary.

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David Klein @dtkleinks.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

For someone who wrote about the death of expertise, this is a disappointing position. Why does local Bubba on the school board have a better grasp of educational needs tan, say, experts? A Trump neanderthal is not the only alternative to local control.

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David Klein @dtkleinks.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

All the more reason for "sane" Republicans to find a spine and start fulfilling their constitutional duties

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David Klein @dtkleinks.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Perhaps local politicians would have an incentive to reach out for student voters if polling places were located on campus. And ignorance as a disqualifying factor would certainly extend far beyond college students.

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David Klein @dtkleinks.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Students are generally more directly impacted by the decisions of politicians representing their campus communities than hometown politicos. They should have a vote regarding who sets their labor, housing, and various other regulations.

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David Klein @dtkleinks.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

The same is true of every Republican who accepts campaign contributions from white nationalist Elon Musk,

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David Klein @dtkleinks.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Every cabinet secretary should volunteer to live within 10 miles of a data center. And build a couple next to Mar-a-Lago.

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David Klein @dtkleinks.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Marjorie Taylor Greene probably stole a Jewish Space Laser from George Soros.

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David Klein @dtkleinks.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

This would have been more effective had four of the MAGA Justices swallowed their bigotry and concurred with the decision. They could have satisfied their desire to punch down just by kicking transgender girls in the teeth. The 5-4 decision on the 14th Amendment really exposed the Court radicalism.

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David Klein @dtkleinks.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Democrat political miscalculation and Republican ideology are the reasons marginal tax rates are still 37 percent. Many Democrats are terrified of being labeled "tax and spend" socialists, while the only remaining unifying Republican ideology is that cutting taxes is always good.

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David Klein @dtkleinks.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

You know labeling this "Israel's war" will incite antisemitism. You can condemn Netanyahu (and MBS) for the war without absolving Trump of culpability.

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David Klein @dtkleinks.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

You could include Mohammed bin Salman, who the NYT also indicated nudged Trump along.

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David Klein @dtkleinks.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Or perhaps the Roberts could have ruled a little less in favor of Republicans in gutting the Voting Rights Act.

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David Klein @dtkleinks.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

It works both ways. Conservatives from rural America with no experience arguing with liberals through high school are shocked the diversity of opinion at a liberal college.

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David Klein @dtkleinks.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Probably a bad idea for many high schools to stop teaching civics as a required course. And using social studies as the place to dump unqualified coaches needing a teaching assignment.

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David Klein @dtkleinks.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

As with the Nazi leadership, few Trumpers actually meet the criteria for their bigoted "heritage" ideology.

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David Klein @dtkleinks.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

MAGA would have labeled as RINOs every Republican president not named Trump.

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David Klein @dtkleinks.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

At what point did Hitler become a fascist, by your reasoning? Was he a fascist when appointed chancellor in January or perhaps upon passage of the Enabling Act in March 1933? Or did fascism in Germany arise only with the Night of the Long Knives in 1934?

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David Klein @dtkleinks.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Republicans were skeptical of the costs of Kennedy's moon mission when announced. Nixon certainly used the success as president to further American soft power interests.

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David Klein @dtkleinks.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Trump making a corrupt bargain with RFK Jr. for his endorsement is more responsible than the two-party system. An actually competitive multiparty system would require constitutional changes, realistically too many structural impediments to a viable third or multi party system.

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David Klein @dtkleinks.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

An all-white jury convicted former heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali of felony draft evasion charges #TDIH in 1967. By the time the Supreme Court overturned the conviction in 1971, the public perceived shifted to embrace Ali as fighting an injustice. Boston Globe, June 30, 1971. #history #OTD

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David Klein @dtkleinks.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

An all-white jury convicted former heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali of felony draft evasion charges #TDIH in 1967. The Supreme Court overturned the conviction in 1971 in ruling that the DOJ had provided Selective Service with flawed reasoning. Des Moines Register, July 5, 1971. #history #OTD

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David Klein @dtkleinks.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

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David Klein @dtkleinks.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

An all-white jury convicted former heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali of felony draft evasion charges #TDIH in 1967. District Court Judge Joe Ingraham sentenced Ali to 5 years in prison, a $10,000 fine, and a 3-year boxing ban. Philadelphia Daily News, June 22, 1967. #histry #OTD

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David Klein @dtkleinks.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

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David Klein @dtkleinks.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

An all-white jury convicted former heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali of felony draft evasion charges #TDIH in 1967. Informed by racial and religious bigotry, boxing authorities almost immediately stripped Ali of the heavyweight title. Indianapolis News, May 10, 1967. #history #OTD

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David Klein @dtkleinks.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

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David Klein @dtkleinks.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

An all-white jury convicted former heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali of felony draft evasion charges #TDIH in 1967. The American press and public overwhelmingly viewed Ali as a "draft dodger", hostile to his membership in the Nation of Islam. Pittsburgh Post Gazette, May 10, 1967. #history

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David Klein @dtkleinks.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

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David Klein @dtkleinks.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

An all-white jury convicted former heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali of felony draft evasion charges #TDIH in 1967. Ali refused induction into military service in April as a conscientious objector based on his religious beliefs. Fort Worth Star Telegram, April 30, 1967. #history #OTD

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David Klein @dtkleinks.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

An all-white jury convicted former heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali of felony draft evasion charges #TDIH in 1967. Ali refused induction into military service in April as a conscientious objector based on his religious beliefs. Louisville Courier Journal, April 19, 1967. #history #OTD

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David Klein @dtkleinks.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

District Court Judge Joe Ingraham sentenced former heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali to 5 years in prison, a $10,000 fine, and 3-year ban from boxing #TDIH in 1967. The all-white jury took just 21 minutes to reach a guilty verdict, unanimously overturned by the Supreme Court in 1971. #history

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David Klein @dtkleinks.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Celebrity businessman Donald Trump announced his candidacy for the presidency #TDIH in 2015. Despite early widespread denunciations as a demagogic racist and shameless fraud, Trump secured the Republican nomination and ultimately the presidency in 2016. Tampa Bay Times, November 10, 2016. #history

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