Flooded Classrooms, Drowned Communities: Ryan Walters, Texas, and the War on the Public

This isn’t just a bad week for red states — it’s a blueprint for how the GOP destroys lives and then calls it leadership.

In this extended reflection, we take on Ryan Walters, Oklahoma’s Secretary of Education, who just promised free school lunches — but with zero new funding. Districts are now being forced to choose between feeding children or firing teachers. We break down his dangerous, racist crusade against public education and explain why Walters is part of a larger white conservative agenda to suppress and control educated, empowered minority communities.

Then we head south to Texas, where over 120 people died and hundreds more are still missing after one of the worst floods in state history. But this wasn’t just a natural disaster — it was manufactured through years of deregulation, climate denial, and Trump-era federal cuts to emergency infrastructure. We name names: Greg Abbott, Kristi Noem, and Donald Trump. We demand federal investigations and even impeachment.

Two stories. One theme:
When public goods are treated like enemies, the people drown — in debt, in lies, and now, in literal floodwaters.

🎧 Featuring quotes from James Baldwin, Linda Darling-Hammond, Pedro Noguera, and real survivors on the ground.

📢 Action steps included. We’re done asking nicely. It’s time to organize, resist, and remove the people who are profiting off death.