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The Dipsticks at the Department of Education

Donald Trump and his administration are disproving the theory that there can be no such thing as a funny trainwreck, for trainwreck is the quintessential term to describe Trump and his Cabinet, and for as sad as it may sound, they've unintentionally kept me laughing uproariously along the way. The latest such step centers around Betsy DeVos and the Education Department. DeVos, an individual with less experience in education than Danny DeVito has in professional basketball, is the new Secretary of Education, and let's just say she and the rest of the department are off to a rocky start. In attempting to celebrate Black History Month, the Department of Education tweeted this about NAACP co-founder W.E.B. Du Bois: "Education must not simply teach work - it must teach life. - W.E.B. DeBois" That's right; the Department of Education misspelled W.E.B. Du Bois' name. After being on the receiving end of the inevitable backlash, the Department of Education tweete...