Monthly episodes discussing this topic, 2022-08 to 2026-06.
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Philip DeFranco questions the feasibility of the administration's stated plan to dismantle the Department of Education.
“it's very unclear what exactly McMahon can actually do. the Education Department was created by Congress, so only Congress can fully dismantle the”
Philip DeFranco · Mar 2025 · 2 episodes · 2.1M views on this topicSteven Crowder believes the Department of Education should be completely defunded and eliminated.
“We're going to be talking about defunding, killing, if you will, Department of Education. Yes, I'm pro that.”
StevenCrowder · Feb 2025 · 2 episodes · 1.0M views on this topicThe push to dismantle the Department of Education is an attempt to erode federal oversight and enable states to enact discriminatory policies.
“So, what you're seeing here with the destruction of the Department of Education is the attempt to send back to the states power over schools and the ability of states to discriminate in the states against different categories that one state or another in the legislature might not like.”
Heather Cox Richardson · Jun 2026 · 2 episodes · 687K views on this topicThe Department of Education is an ineffective bureaucracy that should be abolished to improve the quality of education in America.
“it's what many conservatives like myself have been calling for since forever and I hope Trump actually does it”
Matt Walsh · Sep 2024 · 3 episodes · 361K views on this topicThe Department of Education should be eliminated because it functions as an inefficient, ideologically driven bureaucratic agency that pushes left-wing values and wastes taxpayer funds.
“There is no bigger Boon doggle no greater hose of federal taxpayer money pointed at ideological allies than the Department of Education which is why they are screaming bloody murder over all of this”
The Ben Shapiro Show · Feb 2025 · 1 episode · 360K views on this topicThe Department of Education operates as a left-wing patronage machine that uses public funds to push radical ideologies, such as critical race theory, into public schools.
“This is an institution that spends billions of dollars every year and it fun functions in essence as a left-wing patronage machine”
The Ben Shapiro Show · Feb 2025 · 1 episode · 360K views on this topicThe Department of Education serves necessary functions such as filling gaps for students with disabilities and addressing discrimination in schools.
“Where the federal government comes in, where the Department of Education comes in, is to fill the gaps in areas that the states can't do. oftent times dealing with students who are disabled students and helping them. Addressing discrimination in schools”
MeidasTouch · Nov 2025 · 1 episode · 339K views on this topicDemocrats should argue that the administration is gutting public education specifically to fund tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy.
“Democrats should talk about this, which is Elon Musk and Donald Trump are shutting down the Department of Education and gutting public education to pay for tax cuts for billionaires.”
Pod Save America · Mar 2025 · 1 episode · 149K views on this topicPositions are extracted from transcripts by a model and may misattribute who said what. Every quote links to the episode it came from.
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