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As I wrote on Facebook, I had a totally bizarre experience.  I posted a description of my article today about the MAGOP War on Education...and got a note from Facebook that it had been removed because "We don't allow people to use misleading links or content to trick people to visit, or stay on, a website."

I requested a review, but figured it was moot because I would just simply describe it again but in a benign way that would meet their lofty, noble standards.  Then, people could read the full article that supports what I wrote in my "removed" description with facts and history to back it up. But that got blocked, too!!

I tried a third time, and made it as benign as possible, and that finally seems to have made it through. 

But for those curious, this below is the first description that -- in this divisive political world of hate and racism and anti-Semitism and fascism -- got removed from Facebook.  I wrote --

As always, the MAGOP are again calling out to end the Department of Education (which is not newly "Woke," but was created in 1867).  But the party has had a War on Education for the past 70 years to keep its base ignorant. Here's more about it & its history.

Horrors.  Yes, I know.  And as I said, everything in this description was supported by facts and history.

The second version that also got removed was genteel, though I wanted to keep the direct point.  So, rewrote it to be less pointed --

The MAGOP are again calling to end the Department of Education (which was created in 1867).  The party has had a War on Education for the past 70 years. Here's more about it & its history.

But yes, even that got removed as misleading, trickery spam.

I wondered if perhaps a problem was the graphic that was attached to it -- the newspaper headline about the Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction ordering all teachers to show their classes the video of him praying for Trump.  I didn't think that was an issue -- since, after all, it was an actual newspaper headline, and 100% true.  But just to be safe, I got rid of the graphic and posted the following. Which -- huzzah! -- made it through.

Third try -- being as benign as possible:​In the past, Republican officials have called to end the Department of Education (which was created in 1867). They are doing it again. Here's more about it all.