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**GOP unified behind Trump on Russia investigation – but it’s fragile – perception that Trump supports the GoP agenda is critical**
Chait 6/7 – (Jonathan, Trump Can Commit All the High Crimes He Wants. Republicans Aren’t Going to Impeach Him. June 7, 2017, http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/06/republicans-wont-impeach-trump-no-matter-what-his-crimes.html)//a-berg// // Since the beginning of Donald Trump’s presidency, or even before, Democrats have been waiting for the moment when the Republican Party ’s indulgence would snap. In every incremental advance of the Russia story...and... // Trump repeatedly demanded loyalty from the FBI director, asked that he halt his investigation into the Russia scandal, instructed other intelligence officials to pressure him to end the investigation

**Republicans hate any federal involvement in education**
Vance’14 (Laurence M. Vance, 9-9-2014, "Why Libertarians Despise Public Schools," LewRockwell, https://www.lewrockwell.com/2014/09/laurence-m-vance/why-libertarians-despise-public-schools/)JH Liberals love public education. And especially when it promotes an agenda of diversity, environmentalism, political correctness, inclusivism, socialism, relativism, interventionism, statism, gun control, and LGBT causes. But like libertarians, most conservatives regularly criticize public education. Conservatives cite the drop in SAT scores. They talk about the dumbing down of our kids. They vehemently express their opposition to Common Core. They talk about high schools graduating functional illiterates. They bewail the decline in discipline and standards. They bemoan the violence that occurs in schools. They are aghast at the increasing number of teachers caught having sexual relationships with students. They expose the anti-Christian bias that exists in many public schools. They express their opposition to the employment of gay teachers. They criticize the teaching of evolution as an established fact. They lament the elimination of prayer and Bible reading in schools. They denounce the power of the teachers’ unions. They condemn school-based “health clinics” for being pro-abortion. They complain about the public schools pushing a liberal agenda. They denounce the.

**Only support from the Republican base is saving Trump from impeachment.**
Easley 2/22/17 Senior White House and Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA, Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements http://www.politicususa.com/2017/02/22/poll-shows-perfect-storm-building-trump-impeachment.html Unpopularity alone does not justify impeachment. Trump’s character and how he is viewed by the American people is the //dry brush// that is //one lit match away// from becoming //a forest fire//. Here are the numbers on Trump’s character: 55 – 40 percent that he is not honest; 55 – 42 percent that he does not have good leadership skills; 53 – 44 percent that he does not care about average Americans; 63 – 33 percent that he is not level-headed; 64 – 32 percent that he is a strong person; 58 – 38 percent that he is intelligent; 60 – 37 percent that he does not share their values. Sixty-one percent of Americans don’t think that they can trust Trump to do what is right. The one element that is missing from the impeachment equation is a scandal with a smoking gun. Congress is getting more and more interested in the question of Trump’s potential collusion with Russia. However, there is no direct evidence to prove that Trump colluded with Russia. If evidence surfaces, Trump’s bad poll numbers could plunge even more and reach impeachment territory. //The only thing//saving Trump is his popularity with Republicans. Because he is //popular with the base//, Republican members of Congress are unlikely to do a serious investigation of the President. If Democrats win back all or part of Congress in 2018, Trump’s firewall vanishes. No president has been //this close to impeachment// this early in his term in the history of polling. Trump’s character combined with the mood of the country is setting up a //perfect storm// for an //epic political scandal// that could result in impeachment. One presidential political scandal is //all it would take to set the nation ablaze// with talk of impeachment.

**Impeachment crisis causes Trump to strike North Korea – it goes nuclear**
Krassenstein 5/21 - (Brian, editor and chief and co-founder of IR.net, as well as a graduate of Rutgers, Why Trump May Risk Nuclear War With North Korea to Thwart Impeachment Proceedings, MAY 21, 2017, [])//a-berg// // Well, this pattern doesn’t seem to have changed much since January’s inauguration. The only difference is there are actual repercussions to his actions. Despite his total lack of respect for the media, he does understand how to manipulate it. If details begin to emerge showing collusion with Russia, pressure will likely continue to build for Republicans to begin considering impeachment over the next several months. This likely will causethe President to look for a major way to// deflect attention //away from his possible removal from office onto something else. Unlike during the election when he’d just call someone a name or blast a religious group, that won’t work this time. T he President will need to find something much big ger and much more dangerous to// deflect// and //deflate//with. Let’s fast forward to the end of the year, and let’s pretend that enough leaks have emerged, or perhaps the various investigations are finally showing that it is very likely that Trump had colluded in some way with the Russians to win the 2016 election. Meanwhile, North Korea continues to test this president by increasing its rate of missile tests, pushing his buttons a //s..//

Trump is moving away from federal control of education now
SA Miller, Washington Times Http, 4-26- 2017 , Donald Trump to pull feds out of K-12 education," Washington Times, http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/apr/26/donald-trump-pull-feds-out-k-12-education/, Accessed: 7-2-2017, /Kent Denver-MB President Trumpsigned an executive order Wednesday to start pulling the federal government out of K-12 education, f ollowing through on a campaign promise to return school control to state and local officials . The order, dubbed the “Education Federalism Executive Order,” will launch a 300-day review of Obama-era regulations and guidance for school districts and directs Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to //modify or repeal measures// //she deems an overreach by the federal government//. “ For too long the government has imposed its will on state and local governments. The result has been education that spends more and achieves far, far, far less ,” Mr. Trump said. “ My administration has been working to //reverse this federal power grab// and give power back to families, cities [and] states — give power back to localities. ” He said that previous administrations had increasingly forced schools to comply with “whims and dictates” from Washington, but his administration would break the trend. “We know local communities know it best and do it best ,” said Mr. Trump, who was joined by several Republican governors for the signing. “ The time has come to empower teachers and parents to make the decisions that help their students achieve success .”

**That’s key to federalism**
Kevin D. Roberts, Ph.D., is a longtime educator who is Executive Vice President of the Texas Public Policy Foundation in Austin., 2-7- 2017, States, Not the Feds, Should Lead Education Reform," No Publication, http://www.realcleareducation.com/articles/2017/02/07/states_not_the_feds_should_lead_education_reform__110115.html, Accessed: 7-2-2017, /Kent Denver-MB The era of Donald Trumpoffers conservative reformers opportunities they have not seen since the 1980s. //The most significant are in education// , where the federal government has aggrandized its power , rendering states impotent . Furthermore , the civic health of our American Republic —in particular, the long-standing view that states , not the feds, wouldlead—hangs in the balance.

The plan decks federalism
Frederick M. Hess OPINION CONTRIBUTOR Frederick M. Hess is director of education policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute and author of the new book, “Letters to a Young Education Reformer” (Harvard Education Press). And Andrew Kelly CONTRIBUTOR Andrew P. Kelly is a resident scholar and director of the Center on Higher Education Reform at the American Entrprise Institute., 9-15- 2015, More Than a Slogan," US News & World Report, https://www.usnews.com/opinion/knowledge-bank/2015/09/15/5-reasons-federalism-in-education-matters, Accessed: 7-2-2017, /Kent Denver-MB The response to these concerns should not be shallow sloganeering around the virtues of limited government, but a competing vision of how to order our community affairs and an explanation of why, at least in the American system, //the federal government// //just isn't well suited to govern education// . Anything less makes it all too easy for liberals, and even well-intentioned moderates, to dismiss federalism as an inconvenient obstacle to be overcome rather than an asset to be embraced. //Federalism matters for at least five reasons.// It's a matter of size. Education advocates suffer from severe bouts of Finland and Singapore envy. They tend to ignore that most of these nations have populations of 5 million or so, or about the population of Maryland or Massachusetts. Trying to make rules for schools in a nation that's as largeand diverse as the U.S. is //simply a different challenge//. It aligns responsibility and accountability with authority. One problem with tackling education reform from Washington is that it's not members of Congress or federal bureaucrats who are charged with making things work or who are held accountable when they don't. Instead, responsibility and blame fall on state leaders and on the leaders in those schools, districts and colleges who do the actual work. The more authority moves up the ladder in education, the more this divide worsens. It steers decisions towards the practical. No Child Left Behind promised that 100 percent of students would be proficient in reading and math by 2014. President Barack Obama wants to ensure that all students can attend community college for "free" – though most of the funds would come from states. It's easy for D.C. politicians to make grand promises and leave the consequences to someone else. State leaders must balance the budget and are answerable to voters for what happens in schools and colleges; this tends to make them more pragmatic in pursuing reform. When policymakers are embedded in a community, as mayors and state legislators are, there is also more trust and opportunity for compromise. That kind of practicality might disappoint firebrands eager for national solutions, but it's a better bet for students than the wish lists and airy promises of Beltway pols. It leaves room for varied approaches to problem-solving. One of the perils of trying to "solve" things from Washington is that we wind up with one-size-fits-all solutions. No Child Left Behind emerged from a wave of state-based efforts to devise testing and accountability systems. Those state efforts were immensely uneven, but they allowed a variety of approaches to emerge, yielding the opportunity to learn, refine and reinvent. That's much more difficult when Washington is seeking something that can be applied across 50 states. It ensures that reform efforts actually have local roots. The Obama administration's Race to the Top program convinced lots of states to promise to do lots of things. The results have been predictably disappointing. Rushing to adopt teacher evaluation systems on a political timeline, states have largely made a hash of the exercise. Free college proposals make the same mistake; they depend on states and colleges promising to spend more money and adopt federally sanctioned reforms, an approach that seems destined to frustrate policymakers' best-laid plans. To be sure, local control has its downsides. Local school politics tend to be dominated by interests like teachers unions. School boards are often parochial and shortsighted. And the federal government is uniquely positioned to do some jobs that states can't, like providing a national bully pulpit to spotlight problems, funding research and promoting interstate transparency. The feds also have opportunities to take on the dominance of entrenched local interests by playing a "trust-busting" role. Federal recognition of alternative approaches like charter schools, nontraditional teacher licensure programs and innovative postsecondary programs can challenge incumbents' privileged market position. Federal funding is another trust-busting lever; wherever possible, reformers should ensure that public dollars flow to students and families and empower them to choose. Rather than write prescriptive rules that all schools must obey, trust-busting gives local problem-solvers an opportunity to change politics and policy from the bottom up. But //the feds are not well equipped// //to fix schools//. More to the point, //getting Washington involved undermines the many benefits of state-driven reform in our// //federal system//. Limiting the federal government's role in education isn't a slogan, //it's a way to ensure that// //American education is both accountable to the public and dynamic enough to meet today's challenges//

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====**The affirmative’s focus on reforming the public-school system is bound to fail. Current education systems teach students the status quo ideology of neoliberalism and free-market capitalism. The affirmative’s reform is just an attempt to sustain these systems.**==== Wilson 2006 (Faith Agostinone __Wilson__**,** Professor at Aurora University, 20__06__, "Downsized Discourse: Classroom Management, Neoliberalism, and the Shaping of Correct Workplace Attitude," [])
 * __Brosio__** (2000) **__describes__** the dominant, if not **__hegemonic, ideologies of U.S. schools__** — **__idealism and realism__** -- **__as stemming from__** **__“the historical quest for certainty” which has been translated into various systems of elite power__** (p. 61). **__This quest has meant that high stakes testing and standardized curriculum must appear neutral__**, or “as an immutable reality” (Lipman, 2004, para. 30). ).

**The impact to voting affirmative is planetary extinction. Capitalism has caused multiple wars, famine, and climate change.**
Naidu 98 (MV, PhD Poli Sci, Peace Research 30.2 (May 1998): 1. proquest) All the above __arguments present globalization as the positive__, the constructive and the beneficial __evolution of the modern age__ being shaped by the forces of industrialization, technologicalization and internationalization. In other words, globalization is being considered as a process that is __providing____solutions to serious problems of world wars, ecological disasters, transportation__ restrictions, cultural misunderstandings, bad use of world resources, high unemployment, Third World __poverty____,__ imbalances in international trade, __and economic crises__ resulting out of poor investments, high interest rates and high inflation. But __the question that should be raised is--__ what caused these problems? Otherwise we end up with the logic of the tragedies caused by drunk driving. More policing, more fines, more restrictions on licensing or more punishment, while selling more alcohol, can't end the problem of drunk driving; at best, these steps can help as first aid. Only prohibiting alcohol consumption by drivers can eliminate drunk driving. In other words, __rooting out the causes, not the treatment of the symptoms, can avoid diseases__. __Globalized military action can__, at best, stop or __limit war, but can't eliminate war__. __What causes have led to the world wars__ of the modern age, should be the question. Answer? Modern weapons and their enormous destructive capabilities.(f.6) And __modern weapons of war are very much the products of modern industry and technology__ .(f.7) Modern __militarization__ and weaponry of mass destruction