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Dept. of Education quietly yanks Charlie Kirk banner after people notice it exists

Jason Weisberger
Mar 19, 2026
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For a brief and disgusting moment, the U.S. Department of Education decided that noted bigot, misogynist, and poor debater Charlie Kirk belonged on a banner alongside Martin Luther King Jr. and Booker T. Washington as part of a 250th anniversary display celebrating “heroes in American education.”

Then, just as quietly, the banner disappeared.

The inclusio…

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