Preston MacDougall<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@HamonWry" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>HamonWry</span></a></span> The <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/BananaRepublicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BananaRepublicans</span></a> in the <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/cult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cult</span></a> could've easily been removed after the <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/January6th" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>January6th</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/FailedCoupAttempt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FailedCoupAttempt</span></a> if voters in the <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> understood the concept of <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/StrategicVoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StrategicVoting</span></a> and executed a <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/PrimaryFromTheCenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrimaryFromTheCenter</span></a> movement. But <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> standardized test scores in <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/MATH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MATH</span></a> are among the lowest in developed countries. And they are lowest in 'red districts' of 'red states'. So here we are...🤷♂️ </p><p>High-quality <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> will <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/SaveAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaveAmerica</span></a>. <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>