• PeripheralGhost@lemmy.world
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    16 hours ago

    Basically all I’ve seen from this administration is what they’re against (healthcare, education, diversity, environment/climate, science, equity, inclusion, regulations, etc.), but like, are they for anything besides the antithesis of those?

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    9 hours ago

    As outrageous as this is, it made me curious… for me, the Department of Education is just one of those things I’ve kind of always known about, but did you know that the current office and secretary was created in 1979? Under Jimmy Carter?

    🤯

    It’s amazing how… recent… a lot of these cabinet positions actually are:

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabinet_of_the_United_States

    Homeland Security - 2003 (that tracks)
    Veterans Affairs - 1989
    Education - 1979
    (Previously “Health, Education, and Welfare”) - 1953
    Energy - 1977
    Transportation - 1967
    Housing and Urban Development - 1966
    Health and Human Services - 1980
    (Previously “Health, Education, and Welfare”) - 1953
    Labor - 1913
    (Previously “Commerce and Labor”) - 1903
    Commerce - 1913
    (Previously “Commerce and Labor”) - 1903
    Agriculture - 1862
    Interior - 1849
    Attorney General - 1789
    Defense - 1947
    (Previously “Secretary of War”) - 1789
    (Previously “Secretary of the Navy”) - 1798
    (Previously “Secretary AT War”) - 1783
    Treasury - 1789
    (Previously “Superintendent of Finance”) - 1771
    State - 1789
    (Previously “Secretary of foreign affairs”) - 1781
    Vice President - 1789