{"id":2575298,"date":"2026-03-02T16:44:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T21:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/15-months-ago-it-was-leftists-mecca-now-the-dept-of-education-just-unfurled-a-banner-featuring-the-lefts-most-hated-enemy-after-trump\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T16:47:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T21:47:56","slug":"15-months-ago-it-was-leftists-mecca-now-the-dept-of-education-just-unfurled-a-banner-featuring-the-lefts-most-hated-enemy-after-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/15-months-ago-it-was-leftists-mecca-now-the-dept-of-education-just-unfurled-a-banner-featuring-the-lefts-most-hated-enemy-after-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"15 Months Ago It Was Leftists&#8217; Mecca &#8211; Now the Dept. of Education Just Unfurled a Banner Featuring the Left&#8217;s Most-Hated Enemy After Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">48<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F15-months-ago-it-was-leftists-mecca-now-the-dept-of-education-just-unfurled-a-banner-featuring-the-lefts-most-hated-enemy-after-trump%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2575298&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article from The Western Journal portrays President Donald Trump as taking dramatic steps to overhaul the U.S. Department of Education in March 2025, effectively dismantling its functions and leaving only a shell of the agency. It links this action to conservative education critique and highlights a controversial moment in which the DOE building allegedly displayed a banner honoring Charlie Kirk, whose death is mentioned in the piece as having sparked partisan celebrations on the left.The story then focuses on a highly amplified reaction to the banner, including a viral tweet by journalist David Weigel and a stream of social-media posts from conservative voices praising Kirk and deriding the left.<\/p>\n<p>The piece emphasizes Kirk\u2019s influence against the customary education establishment, arguing that his campus presence and anti-college messaging resonate with supporters while provoking anger on the left. It portrays the left as engaging in loud, hostile response, including accusations and ridicule, and it ends with a provocative suggestion that, if such reforms continue, a future education system could bear Kirk\u2019s name. the piece presents a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-nominee-for-top-defense-post-attacked-gop-in-incendiary-tweets\/\" title=\"Biden Nominee for Top Defense ... Attacked GOP in Incendiary Tweets\">highly partisan<\/a>, pro-Kirk, pro-Trump perspective on education policy and political media reaction.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_3)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump has a special talent for driving liberals to (and beyond) the point of madness.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, in March 2025, by way of executive order, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-karoline-leavitt-lays-disturbing-facts-explain-trump-signed-department-education-death-sentence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a> decimated the U.S. Department of Education. Today, only a shell of that agency <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-admin-dismantles-department-education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">remains<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Now, according to journalist David Weigel of the news outlet Semafor, the Department of Education building &mdash; that monument to the unholy alliance of teachers&rsquo; unions, federal bureaucrats, and the Democratic Party &mdash; features a banner of slain conservative Christian icon Charlie Kirk, whose assassination on Sept. 10, 2025, set off <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/listen-demonic-laugh-spills-dem-congressional-candidate-revels-charlie-kirks-murder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gleeful celebrations<\/a> on the demonic left.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Walking along the Mall. First time I&rsquo;ve seen the Charlie Kirk banner on the Department of Education,&rdquo; Weigel wrote Sunday on the social media platform X.<\/p>\n<p>To put it mildly, Weigel&rsquo;s post garnered considerable attention. As of Monday afternoon, the post had more than 2.9 million views.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container=document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!container) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=\"https:\/\/player.anyclip.com\/anyclip-widget\/lre-widget\/prod\/v1\/src\/lre.js\"; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"pubname\", \"westernjournalcom\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"widgetname\", \"001w000001jULVcAAO_M12924\");  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ append inside the container so player shows in correct spot \t\t\t\t\t\tcontainer.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadAnyclip(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #anyclipvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#anyclipvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Walking along the Mall. First time I&rsquo;ve seen the Charlie Kirk banner on the Department of Education. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/m1j0iJMwfC\">pic.twitter.com\/m1j0iJMwfC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; David Weigel (@daveweigel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/daveweigel\/status\/2028127805620257150?\">March 1, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Happily, news of the Kirk banner sent leftists on X into fits of apoplexy.<\/p>\n<p>Comments included the usual drivel about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gop-politicians-vehicle-shot-home-targeted-leftists-continue-scream-false-charges-fascism-racism-nazism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nazis<\/a> and fascists. Shouldn&rsquo;t leftists have come up with new material by now?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It&rsquo;s giving Third Reich <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fkxBIezYuL\">pic.twitter.com\/fkxBIezYuL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Heidi N. Moore (@moorehn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/moorehn\/status\/2028139636720017573?\">March 1, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"qme\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7yldJ61EM0\">pic.twitter.com\/7yldJ61EM0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Hammond Cheese (@AndyWinston17) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndyWinston17\/status\/2028153127451722068?\">March 1, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Disgusting. Can&rsquo;t wait for these fascist freaks to be voted out.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Animal Lover &#129413;&#127482;&#127480; Fins Up! &#128044; (@AnimalsRockOn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnimalsRockOn\/status\/2028140278738190453?\">March 1, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It&rsquo;s just one more fascist symbol to remove once the orange despot is removed from office!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SpencerMagne (@SpencerMagne) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpencerMagne\/status\/2028143372544729178?\">March 1, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Predictably, one deranged leftist joked about defacing the banner by putting a hole in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/school-scrambling-teacher-goes-viral-mocking-charlie-kirks-death-no-kings-protest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kirk&rsquo;s<\/a> neck. Dozens of other demons &ldquo;loved&rdquo; the comment.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The person in this office has the chance to do the funniest thing possible <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/G5355V5830\">pic.twitter.com\/G5355V5830<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rooby (@st_louisville) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/st_louisville\/status\/2028141388668260804?\">March 1, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>What bothered online leftists most, however, was the fact that Kirk rejected their indoctrination camps and diploma factories.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It&rsquo;s weird how a Community College Dropout can get so much traction in the Education Game.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; MoeJoe (@MoeJLong) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MoeJLong\/status\/2028138732474286498?\">March 1, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Dude literally said college is a scam.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Oscar Gonzalez (@OGreporter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OGreporter\/status\/2028139567484682488?\">March 1, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Wait wait. The guy that wrote this ??? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GlsauehAY2\">pic.twitter.com\/GlsauehAY2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; sidney &#128405;&#127998;&#129482; (@zsid2026) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zsid2026\/status\/2028152896442048611?\">March 1, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">the made the guy who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/schumer-tees-up-blame-game-with-gop-over-government-funding-feud-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Schumer tees up blame game with GOP over government funding feud - Washington Examiner\">notoriously didn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t go to college the face of education?<\/p>\n<p>i&rsquo;m shocked they didn&rsquo;t go with high school drop-out <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Timcast?\">@Timcast<\/a> &#128580;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; f.&#8371;RT (@cNFTfART) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cNFTfART\/status\/2028146357140160539?\">March 1, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Bro they got the college dropout on the department of education<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jumofo (@JuMofool) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JuMofool\/status\/2028132694412902808?\">March 1, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/frozen-yogurt-store-near-spokane-gets-death-threats-touching-tribute-charlie-kirk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kirk<\/a> traveled to college campuses and warned college students about the college &ldquo;scam,&rdquo; and college students listened. By the thousands, they listened to him. That alone made Kirk an enemy of the left.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, any honest person who ever heard Kirk speak had to come away impressed by his erudition. Modern academics read books largely written by other academics. Kirk, on the other hand, read the works of philosophers, both Christian and political. Rarely, if ever, did he stumble in the face of superior knowledge.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/leftists-hate-christianity-kryptonite-marxism-filmmakers-say\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marxists<\/a>, of course, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >spent decades wresting control<\/a> of our institutions, especially our schools. In all that time, they never encountered a greater threat to their hegemony than Kirk.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, when Trump or whoever takes the next step and smashes America&rsquo;s public education system to smithereens, the new system, based on truth and merit, should bear Kirk&rsquo;s name.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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It cites a claim that, in March 2025, he used an executive order to seriously weaken the U.S. Department of Education, leaving it largely diminished. It also refers to journalist David Weigel of Semafor, who says the Education Department building displays a banner honoring conservative Christian figure Charlie Kirk; the claim continues that Kirk was allegedly assassinated on Sept. 10, 2025, an event that supposedly caused celebrations on the political left. Weigel is quoted as saying he saw the banner on the Mall and posted about it on X, with the post quickly gaining millions of views.<\/p>\n<p>The remainder of the text includes a block of JavaScript code related to loading a video widget and handling cookies, followed by a narrative of left-leaning reactions on social media. Critics mocked Kirk as a fascist symbol, while others criticized the left for recycling familiar insults. Some comments argued that Kirk\u2019s ability to engage with college students and his critiques of higher education stood out to many, contrasting him with many academics who rely on works by other scholars. The author suggests that Marxists have long controlled educational institutions and posits that Kirk represents a significant challenge to that dominance. The piece goes on to argue that if Trump (or another leader) dismantles public education, a new merit-based system should be named after Kirk. 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