We normally provide a bit of context to our Jen Psaki stories (which, readers evidently love), but for today, we are simply going to get the hell out of the way. Because this time, Psaki went after Senator Tom Cotton (through a reporter’s question). Cotton is as arrogant a being in the U.S. Senate as exists, excluding those who visited Cancun this year.

We will say one thing. Any time one hears “Un-American ideas” with respect to education, look TFO, because that’s the entry-door to indoctrination and reeducation camps we’ve seen in other fascist nations throughout history. Since the GOP is increasingly fascist itself, it’s best to remember that we’re not immune to fascis. From 1900 to 1930, Germany was the single most sophisticated country on earth and it wasn’t even that close. In science, Plank, Einstein, Heisenberg, Schrodinger, in Medicine Wernicke and students near invented modern neurology, music, the arts, engineering, no other country was close. And we all know what happened in just 12-15 years.

Sen. Cotton uses the word “un-American ideas,” be careful.

Hit it, Jen:

Q Yes. Senator Tom Cotton says the nation’s wealthiest colleges are indoctrinating young people with what he calls “un-American ideas.” He’s proposing a new tax targeting the largest private endowments. He says it would raise $2 million a year.

I wonder: Does the President believe that our largest — our wealthiest schools are indoctrinating our youth with un-American ideas? And would he support such a tax? Is it a good idea?

MS. PSAKI: Now you’ve intrigued me. What are the un-American ideas that are indoctrinating our youth?

** Like a cat that plays with a half dead mouse, “Now you’re intrigued me…”

Q The legislation doesn’t lay out the precise —

MS. PSAKI: Oh, he’s not specific about the indoctrination by leaders from universities?

Q Well, he’s been critical, for example, of the 1619 Project. He’s been critical and spoken about critical race theory. He’s — he’s claimed that there’s a liberal bias on campus that targets conservatives — I think would be a way to put it.

MS. PSAKI: What’s he going to do with the money?

Q He wants to use it for programs for — my mind — I’m having a hard time coming up with the word — when you have job training, those sorts of things.

MS. PSAKI: Well, without much detail of where he thinks our youth are being indoctrinated, it sounds very mysterious and dangerous, but — although I don’t think that — I don’t think we would think — we believe that educating the youth and next — the leaders of the — future leaders of the country on systemic racism is indoctrination. That’s actually responsible.

But, I would say, if he’s trying to raise money for something, then our view is there’s lots of ways to do that. We know that a number of corporations hugely benefited financially during the pandemic. They could pay more taxes. We think the highest 1 percent of Americans can pay more taxes. And if he wants to have a conversation about worker training, we’d love to have him over and have that conversation.

Having dispatched with Tom Cotton’s ridiculous idea, Cotton couldn’t help but protest being beat-up by a girl and tweeted out:

There's nothing responsible or accurate about critical race theory, which teaches that people are defined by their race. https://t.co/QBsh3V8Oh3

— Tom Cotton (@TomCottonAR) May 14, 2021

Well, critical race theory doesn’t teach people are defined by their race but since police sure seem to define their victims by race, maybe it’s something that ought to be reviewed? Or is it just that white guys now have it too hard in America?

Psaki is wrong.

Pushing toxic critical race theory on kids is indoctrination.

And the Biden administration is doing it from the White House. https://t.co/QtdL757EK4

— Tom Cotton (@TomCottonAR) May 13, 2021

One can read through Cotton’s thread but it doesn’t make any more sense than what’s included above.

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Peace, y’all
Jason
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