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Chapter 1: What historic action did Trump take regarding the Department of Education?
After decades of failing grades, the Department of Education is being dismantled by the Trump administration.
Today we take a very historic action that was 45 years in the making.
Chapter 2: Who are the main hosts of Morning Wire?
I'm Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief John Bickley with Georgia Howe. It's Friday, March 21st, and this is Morning Wire. Attorney General Pam Bondi charges several suspects with domestic terrorism after targeting Tesla.
It's becoming clear that this is organized. They have a hashtag for it. There's actually a website, which I won't name because I don't want people to go to it.
And the IRS is slamming the brakes on major audits as the agency braces for radical change.
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President Trump on Thursday signed an executive order to disband the Department of Education.
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Chapter 3: What are the reasons behind dismantling the Department of Education?
Daily Wire senior editor Cabot Phillips is here to break down what comes next. Hey, Cabot. So Trump following through here on another campaign promise, and this one is a really big one. What did the nation just witness?
Yeah, at a ceremony yesterday at the White House, President Trump did what numerous Republican presidents have called for, but never done, eliminate the Department of Education. Speaking before a room of governors, educators, and students from around the country, President Trump struck a celebratory tone. Have a listen.
We're going to be returning education very simply back to the states where it belongs. And this is a very popular thing to do. But much more importantly, it's a common sense thing to do. And it's going to work.
Now, Republicans were quick to remind folks this week that the Education Department does not actually do any educating. They instead set education guidelines and policies, enforce education-related laws, and distribute billions of dollars in taxpayer funds to schools around the country.
Republicans argue that education should be controlled at the state level and that teachers and local school boards have a better idea of their students' needs than bureaucrats in Washington. We spoke with Tennessee Governor Bill Lee yesterday. Here he is making that case.
We can spend those dollars so much more efficiently and effectively than the federal government can. And certainly, you know, taxpayer money, Tennesseans send up to D.C. and then they send back to us. If it's filtered through a bureaucracy of thousands of employees, it siphons off a large part of that tax money to support that bureaucracy before it comes back to educate our kids.
You know, there's no real value add.
Now, for their part, the White House argues that since the Department of Education was created, education spending has gone through the roof, but outcomes and test scores have fallen. Here's White House Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt to that point yesterday.
The Department of Education was founded in the 1970s, and since then we have spent more than $3 trillion at this federal bureaucracy. What has been the return on that investment for the American taxpayer? Levels that are less than ideal.
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Chapter 4: How will the responsibilities of the Department of Education be reallocated?
Pell Grants, Title I funding, resources for children with disabilities and special needs will be preserved, fully preserved and redistributed to various other agencies and departments that will take very good care of them.
So again, a major shakeup in Washington that could have a generational impact on education. Absolutely.
Something that a lot of people didn't think they'd actually witness. And here it is. Right. Kevin, thanks so much for reporting. Anytime.
If you're going to touch a Tesla, go to a dealership, do anything, you better watch out because we're coming after you. And if you're funding this, we're coming after you. We're going to find out who you are.
That was Attorney General Pam Bondi announcing that her office is charging three suspects with domestic terrorism following a wave of violent attacks on Tesla properties. This comes as Tesla owners learned that their names and addresses may have been listed on a public website.
Here with more is Daily Wire culture reporter, Megan Basham. So Megan, every day there are more stories of arson, firebombing, gunfire, vandalism, all targeting Tesla. But it sounds like now the DOJ is cracking down. What do we know about these charges?
Yeah, so we don't have the names of the suspects yet, but we do know that these charges center on attacks on Tesla dealerships and charging stations. One suspect allegedly lobbed eight Molotov cocktails at a retailer in Oregon. And then another in Colorado is charged with attempting to light Teslas on fire, again with Molotov cocktails.
And then the third charge comes out of Charleston, South Carolina. where the suspect allegedly scrawled obscene graffiti about President Trump on Tesla property and lit charging stations on fire. Now, this violence is especially concerning as it's now putting ordinary citizens at risk.
A number of Tesla owners confirmed that their names and home addresses were published on an online map that had been decorated with a Molotov bomb. And the site also encouraged protesters to unleash their artistic flair by vandalizing Tesla vehicles. And it also recommended other, quote, creative expressions of protest.
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Chapter 5: What is the controversy surrounding attacks on Tesla?
Chapter 6: What major changes are expected at the IRS?
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President Trump on Thursday signed an executive order to disband the Department of Education.
Daily Wire senior editor Cabot Phillips is here to break down what comes next. Hey, Cabot. So Trump following through here on another campaign promise, and this one is a really big one. What did the nation just witness?
Yeah, at a ceremony yesterday at the White House, President Trump did what numerous Republican presidents have called for, but never done, eliminate the Department of Education. Speaking before a room of governors, educators, and students from around the country, President Trump struck a celebratory tone. Have a listen.
We're going to be returning education very simply back to the states where it belongs. And this is a very popular thing to do. But much more importantly, it's a common sense thing to do. And it's going to work.
Now, Republicans were quick to remind folks this week that the Education Department does not actually do any educating. They instead set education guidelines and policies, enforce education-related laws, and distribute billions of dollars in taxpayer funds to schools around the country.
Republicans argue that education should be controlled at the state level and that teachers and local school boards have a better idea of their students' needs than bureaucrats in Washington. We spoke with Tennessee Governor Bill Lee yesterday. Here he is making that case.
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