HISTORY'S MOST ANTI-EDUCATION US PRESIDENT
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: #democrats #education #elizabethwarren #headstart #uspol #uspolitics :
Rep. Jaime Raskin: "Trump’s war on higher education and public schools has expanded to an exciting new front: pre-K! Elon Musk and DOGE are shutting down a preschool near you. The richest government contractor in the world will stop those 3-year olds from defrauding our people":
https://apnews.com/article/head-start-funding-preschool-child-care-closures-1f92fa98f320c7c14db63e69b986d11d #HeadStart #politics
Head Start funding lags by nearly $1 billion this year, causing some preschool closuresAP News
https://www.europesays.com/1992918/ Trump budget proposal would eliminate Head Start funding #And #Branch #congress #Donald #DonaldTrump #education #EducationMethodologyAndInnovation #Executive #ExecutiveBranch #family #fiscal #FiscalPolicyNews #Government #head #HeadStart #house #innovation #methodology #Negative #News #Overall #OverallNegative #party #policy #Politics #presidential #Republican #RepublicanParty #residence #start #Students #trump #U.S. #U.S.Congress #White #WhiteHouse(presidentialResidence)
“When RFK took an axe to #HHS, he didn't just cut scientific research & major health initiatives.
He went after programs that provide critical intervention for poverty-stricken kids.
One former employee familiar w/ #HeadStart told me they knew of an open inquiry into a report of an instructor who struck a child. It’s not clear who’s going to manage that case going forward, the former employee -bc the one who’d been handling it lost their job.”
Trump’s Next Target: Poverty-Stricken KidsThe Bulwark
KCLU: Thousands of families in the Tri-Counties impacted by cut to federally funded early childhood education program
https://www.kclu.org/2025-04-04/thousands-of-families-in-the-tri-counties-impacted-by-cut-to-federally-funded-early-childhood-education-program
Thousands of families in the Tri-Counties impacted by cut to federally funded early childhood education programKCLU
“Rs have tried for years to cut$$ for these programs, have generally been unsuccessful. Head Start childcare funds are popular -may be a backdoor way of defunding: just fire all the people who process grant apps & cut the checks. At the very least, slows down$ getting out the door. PJ25 explicitly called for eliminating Head Start.”
-C Rampell
Defunding programs for young children, is an ongoing Republican battle, that primarily targets working women.
"Last week, #Trump pulled back the across-the-board 'freeze' on all federal grants and loans, but despite the alleged 'unfreezing,' reports are streaming in from various states that money for #HeadStart has disappeared, forcing some centers to close or lay off staff. This is likely the doing of #Musk, who has been interfering with the #Treasury Department systems that disperse funds." https://www.salon.com/2025/02/06/elon-musks-on-head-start-childhood-education-exposes-how-pro-natalists-are-really-anti-woman/
Elon Musk's war on Head Start is misogynisticSalon.com
"But the driving animus the right has long harbored against #HeadStart was never focused on #children, who benefit tremendously... increased likelihood to attend college and... improved self-esteem and self-discipline. No, the program has long been targeted by conservatives because it makes it easier for young mothers to have jobs or go to school, helping #women secure economic independence."
- @AmandaMarcotte
The spending freeze temporarily prevented state Medicaid agencies, Heart Start early education programs, and community health centers from accessing the Payment Management Services web portal run by the Department of Health and Human Services.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/medicaid-head-start-health-centers-trump-funding-freeze/
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#Trump #Chaos #Republicans #Medicaid #HeadStart #Health #HHS #US #Politics
Today's #Congress outreach:
I was so busy today I couldn't make phone calls before offices closed. I did write a letter to #Warren, #Markey, and #Pressley demanding that they do something about #HeadStart programs being denied access to funds. Maybe you'd like to join me in asking your electeds to act on this? If so, you can use my petition:
https://resist.bot/petitions/PKGLRW
Until we beat back the #coup, you, too, should be calling and writing your electeds in Congress daily!
#politics #USPol #MAPoli
Head Start needs help from Congress, urgentlyResistbot
#DDoSed by Policy: Website #Takedowns and Keeping Information Alive
As of February 2nd, thousands of web pages and datasets have been removed from the U.S. government agencies following a series of executive orders. The impacts span the Department of Veteran Affairs and the Center of Disease Control and Prevention, all the way to programs like #HeadStart.
#cdc #va #eo #executiveorder
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/02/ddosed-policy-website-takedowns-and-keeping-information-alive
DDoSed by Policy: Website Takedowns and Keeping Information AliveElectronic Frontier Foundation
#HeadStart childcare programs are still unable to access federal money after #Trump 's funding freeze https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/head-start-childcare-programs-are-still-unable-access-federal-money-tr-rcna190791
Head Start childcare programs are still unable to access federal money after Trump's funding freezeNBC News
Funding is shut off for some #HeadStart programs in WA/WI..
J Ryan with WA Head Start: "Programs aren't getting the$ -feels like a rolling blackout". A lot of programs are getting error mess.," when trying to access their funding/accts.
"Unclear if fed funds are frozen bc of a pol order from the admin, or bc Musk's 19-yr old toadies have completely borked the payment systemsCRISIS."
-W Stancil
Trump-Musk: harming kids, adults... some will die: around the world.
#USPol https://www.wpr.org/news/half-wisconsin-head-start-programs-cant-access-funds-federal-freeze-trump
Half of Wisconsin Head Start programs can’t access needed funds after federal freezeWPR
"accessing the #Treasury’s payment system could be a path to freezing government funding...#Musk could halt payments to programs like #Medicaid, #MealsonWheels, #HeadStart and more, maneuvering around the courts. Musk has already directed his engineers to find ways to turn off the flow of money to programs he and President Donald #Trump oppose. With the keys to the Treasury’s payment system, he can unilaterally cut off these funds...at the source." MSNBC https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/musk-doge-treasury-payment-system-rcna190222
#USPolitics
Why Elon Musk likely wants control of Treasury’s payment systemsMSNBC
Just a reminder Deferred #Resignation #Email to #FederalEmployees January 28, 2025 https://www.opm.gov/fork/ by #musk employees who hijacked the #OPM office of personnel management server and have repeatedly threatened civil service employees. who provide all of us with #Medicare #medicaid #socialSecurity #Unemployment #Insurance #SNAP #HeadStart #SSI #WIC #affordablecareact #ACA #CHIP #food #nutrition #education #security #poverty #healthcare #aviation #transportation #safety net life in America
Fork in the RoadU.S. Office of Personnel Management
Antwortete William Lindsey 
"These questions are still on the table, even after a federal judge in Washington, D.C., temporarily halted a radical plan that President Trump announced Tuesday to freeze trillions of dollars in federal grants and loans, even though the money has already been appropriated by Congress."
#Trump #Medicaid #FundingFreeze #MealsonWheels #DHHS #LIHEAP #SchoolLunchProgram #HeadStart #LowIncomeFamilies
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Antwortete William Lindsey
"Will low-income families be able to keep the heat on? Will seniors have access to another meal on wheels? Will Medicaid continue? Will low-income children get breakfasts or lunches at school? Will children be able to go to Head Start?"
~ Amy Goodman
#Trump #Medicaid #FundingFreeze #MealsonWheels #DHHS #LIHEAP #SchoolLunchProgram #HeadStart #LowIncomeFamilies
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https://www.democracynow.org/2025/1/29/trump_omb_funding_freeze
“Complete Chaos”: Medicaid, Meals on Wheels & More on Chopping Block as Trump Freezes TrillionsDemocracy Now!
Make Kids Poor Again!!!!
Head Start providers logging onto the online funding system this morning found a message warning of delays because of "potentially unallowable grant payments."
Trump Administration Payment Freeze May Delay Money For Critical Preschool Program
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-administration-delay-head-start-payments_n_6798f032e4b041a82d14726e
#TrumpDidThis #RepublicansDidThis #RepublicansOwnThis #GOPKakistocracy #GOPWeirdos #NoRepublicansEverAgain #HeadStart #USPol
Trump Administration Payment Freeze May Delay Money For Critical Preschool ProgramHuffPost
Mistodon: The oil paintings of Nick Lakowski played a big role in our revival over the past decade, playfully demonstrating that if the subject is a good fit, you can make incredible computer art without benefit of computers. Case in point: this still from a 1988/89 advertisement for Vendex's #HeadStart computers, starring pro wrestler #KingKongBundy. This piece was included in the MIST1121 artpack collection.
