Donald Trump wants to put Linda McMahon — the billionaire former chief executive of the W.W.E. professional wrestling empire — in charge of the United States Department of Education.

And Trump has repeatedly said the Department of Education should be eliminated altogether.

• So maybe he picked McMahon because he thinks she will body slam the entire department into submission.

• Or maybe because she has donated millions and millions to help get him elected.

• Or maybe because she is the chairperson of a MAGA entity called the America First Policy Institute, which published its own Project 2025-like manifesto that includes calls for using the Department of Education to prevent students from learning about institutionalized racism and expanding voucher programs that funnel public funds into private and religious schools.

Opposition to Trump’s extreme nominations makes a difference — public outrage and scrutiny just forced Matt Gaetz to withdraw from consideration for Attorney General!

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