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Jonathan Butcher talks changes at the Dept of Education and explains what the layoffs really mean.

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Jonathan Butcher talks changes at the Dept of Education and explains what the layoffs really mean.
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Education Expert Jonathan Butcher, author of the book Splintered: Critical Race Theory and the Progressive War on Truth, discusses the changes at the Federal Department of Education (DOE). What do the layoffs mean, and what are the next possible steps?

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