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Nonilex<p>The inquiries concern the White House’s handling of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ForeignAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignAid</span></a>, such as money for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a>, along with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> investments, including funds for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/wind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wind</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>energy</span></a> &amp; clean school buses, acc/to internal documents from June viewed by NYT. The admin’s treatment of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/grants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>grants</span></a>, such as those for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> &amp; the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/childcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>childcare</span></a> program known as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HeadStart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HeadStart</span></a>, are also being investigated, the documents show.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExecutiveBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveBranch</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RussVought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RussVought</span></a></p>
California Politics Huddle<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@CA_Politics_Huddle" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>CA_Politics_Huddle</span></a></span> </p><p>CPH Daily Bulletin 7/11/2025</p><p>🧵 6/15</p><p>New Trump rule immediately bans undocumented immigrants from Head Start child care</p><p><a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-07-10/trump-administration-bars-undocumented-families-head-start-child-care" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">latimes.com/california/story/2</span><span class="invisible">025-07-10/trump-administration-bars-undocumented-families-head-start-child-care</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ImmigrantsRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ImmigrantsRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HeadStart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HeadStart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Childcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Childcare</span></a></p>
The USA Potato<p><strong>Connecticut Pilots a Better Way for Unhoused Kids and Caregivers to Access Homes</strong></p> <p>Connecticut’s “Head Start on Housing” program could serve as a blueprint for other states nationwide.</p> <p><a href="https://murica.website/2025/07/connecticut-pilots-a-better-way-for-unhoused-kids-and-caregivers-to-access-homes/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">murica.website/2025/07/connect</span><span class="invisible">icut-pilots-a-better-way-for-unhoused-kids-and-caregivers-to-access-homes/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Her order blocks the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin from finalizing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/layoffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>layoffs</span></a> announced in March or issuing any further firings. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> is directed to file a status report by July 11.</p><p>The ruling applies to terminated employees in 4 different divisions of HHS — the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a>; the Center for Tobacco Products within the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FDA</span></a>; the Office of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HeadStart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HeadStart</span></a> within the Administration for Children &amp; Families &amp; employees of regional offices who work on Head Start matters; &amp; the Office of the Asst Secretary for Planning &amp; Evaluation.</p>
Nonilex<p>The TX <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democrat</span></a> had given <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BillMoyers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BillMoyers</span></a> a summer job in his <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Senate</span></a> office in 1954 when Moyers was in college. [how most <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/lawyers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lawyers</span></a> get started—E.G., my (Nonilex) dad after his 2nd yr of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> school, worked for then-General <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Shriver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Shriver</span></a>’s nascent <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HeadStart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HeadStart</span></a> program].</p><p>Moyers arrived on Capitol Hill &amp;, w/o even unpacking his bags, worked through the night addressing 275k envelopes using a foot-operated “addressograph” machine. By the end of the summer, he was handling Johnson’s personal correspondence.</p>
Zzyzx/P<p>This is why billionaires do NOT belong in any <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a>. These <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/psychopaths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>psychopaths</span></a> will deny the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/underprivileged" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>underprivileged</span></a> any and all <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/avenues" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>avenues</span></a> to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/advance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>advance</span></a> in life. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Criminal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/felon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>felon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/POTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>POTUS</span></a> and the rest of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/corrupt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corrupt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/administration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>administration</span></a> belong in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/prison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prison</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HeadStart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HeadStart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/opposeGOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opposeGOP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TraitorGOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TraitorGOP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TraitorMAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TraitorMAGA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/impeach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>impeach</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>discrimination</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>children</span></a></p><p><a href="https://utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/05/19/the-real-world-costs-of-eliminating-head-start/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/05/1</span><span class="invisible">9/the-real-world-costs-of-eliminating-head-start/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The suit argues the cutbacks already enacted have jeopardized a range of congressionally mandated programs, including <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MentalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MentalHealth</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/addiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>addiction</span></a> services, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HeadStart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HeadStart</span></a> — the federal program that funds early childhood <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/poor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poor</span></a> students — <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Medicaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Medicaid</span></a> &amp; assistance for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LowIncome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LowIncome</span></a> households in paying heating &amp; cooling bills.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExecutiveOverreach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveOverreach</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a></p>
Chuck Darwin<p>CommUnify’s Head Start and Early Head Start programs have served 55,000+ children and families since our first campus opened in 1967, <br>and currently we operate 20 campuses, serving close to 600 children and their families annually. </p><p>But the new administration’s proposed federal budget would completely eliminate Head Start and Early Head Start.</p><p>The premise of Head Start is simple: <br>every child, regardless of circumstance at birth, has the ability to reach their full potential.</p><p>Eradicating Head Start and Early Head Start will have an impact on our local workforce: <br>without these programs many of the parents of these children will not be able to go to work because they will not have safe and affordable childcare.&nbsp;</p><p>Now is the time to stand up and make our voices heard.&nbsp;<br><a href="https://c.im/tags/SantaBarbara" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SantaBarbara</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/HeadStart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HeadStart</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.communifysb.org/save-head-start" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">communifysb.org/save-head-star</span><span class="invisible">t</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/1992918/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/1992918/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Trump budget proposal would eliminate Head Start funding <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/And" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>And</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Branch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Branch</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>congress</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Donald" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Donald</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EducationMethodologyAndInnovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EducationMethodologyAndInnovation</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Executive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Executive</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ExecutiveBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveBranch</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/family" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>family</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/fiscal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fiscal</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FiscalPolicyNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FiscalPolicyNews</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Government</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/head" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>head</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/HeadStart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HeadStart</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/house" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>house</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/innovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>innovation</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/methodology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>methodology</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Negative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Negative</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Overall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Overall</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/OverallNegative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OverallNegative</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/party" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>party</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>policy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/presidential" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>presidential</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RepublicanParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicanParty</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/residence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>residence</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/start" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>start</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Students" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Students</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/U" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>U</span></a>.S. <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/U" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>U</span></a>.S.Congress <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/White" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>White</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/WhiteHouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteHouse</span></a>(presidentialResidence)</p>
Kim Perales<p>“When RFK took an axe to <a href="https://toad.social/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a>, he didn't just cut scientific research &amp; major health initiatives.🚨He went after programs that provide critical intervention for poverty-stricken kids.</p><p>One former employee familiar w/ <a href="https://toad.social/tags/HeadStart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HeadStart</span></a> 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.”</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/ED" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ED</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/PublicSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicSafety</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-next-target-poverty-stricken-kids-hhs-head-start-early-childhood-child-care-education-programs-federal-cuts" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thebulwark.com/p/trump-next-ta</span><span class="invisible">rget-poverty-stricken-kids-hhs-head-start-early-childhood-child-care-education-programs-federal-cuts</span></a></p>
AI6YR Ben<p>KCLU: Thousands of families in the Tri-Counties impacted by cut to federally funded early childhood education program <br><a href="https://www.kclu.org/2025-04-04/thousands-of-families-in-the-tri-counties-impacted-by-cut-to-federally-funded-early-childhood-education-program" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">kclu.org/2025-04-04/thousands-</span><span class="invisible">of-families-in-the-tri-counties-impacted-by-cut-to-federally-funded-early-childhood-education-program</span></a></p><p><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/VenturaCounty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VenturaCounty</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/jobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jobs</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/layoff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>layoff</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/headstart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>headstart</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a></p>
Doug BostromFilling the jails of the future
Kim Perales<p>“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 &amp; cut the checks. At the very least, slows down$ getting out the door. PJ25 explicitly called for eliminating Head Start.”<br>-C Rampell</p><p>Defunding programs for young children, is an ongoing Republican battle, that primarily targets working women. </p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Childcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Childcare</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/HeadStart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HeadStart</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Women</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a></p>
Jason Beets<p>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. </p><p><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/medicaid-head-start-health-centers-trump-funding-freeze/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbsnews.com/news/medicaid-head</span><span class="invisible">-start-health-centers-trump-funding-freeze/</span></a></p><p>40/x </p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Chaos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chaos</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Medicaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Medicaid</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/HeadStart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HeadStart</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a></p>
Jonathan Kamens 86 47<p>Today's <a href="https://federate.social/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> outreach:<br>I was so busy today I couldn't make phone calls before offices closed. I did write a letter to <a href="https://federate.social/tags/Warren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Warren</span></a>, <a href="https://federate.social/tags/Markey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Markey</span></a>, and <a href="https://federate.social/tags/Pressley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pressley</span></a> demanding that they do something about <a href="https://federate.social/tags/HeadStart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HeadStart</span></a> 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:<br> <a href="https://resist.bot/petitions/PKGLRW" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">resist.bot/petitions/PKGLRW</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>Until we beat back the <a href="https://federate.social/tags/coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>coup</span></a>, you, too, should be calling and writing your electeds in Congress daily!<br><a href="https://federate.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/MAPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAPoli</span></a></p>
PrivacyDigest<p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/DDoSed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DDoSed</span></a> by Policy: Website <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Takedowns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Takedowns</span></a> and Keeping Information Alive </p><p>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 <a href="https://mas.to/tags/HeadStart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HeadStart</span></a>.<br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/cdc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cdc</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/va" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>va</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/eo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eo</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/executiveorder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>executiveorder</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/02/ddosed-policy-website-takedowns-and-keeping-information-alive" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eff.org/deeplinks/2025/02/ddos</span><span class="invisible">ed-policy-website-takedowns-and-keeping-information-alive</span></a></p>

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 systems🚨CRISIS."
-W Stancil

Trump-Musk: harming kids, adults... some will die: around the world.
#USPol wpr.org/news/half-wisconsin-he

WPR · Half of Wisconsin Head Start programs can’t access needed funds after federal freezeOne Head Start center in Waukesha closed last week, leaving more than 250 families without child care. Director Tim Nolan said the funding freeze hasn't just had ripple effects — it's been a "tsunami."
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"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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democracynow.org/2025/1/29/tru

Democracy Now! · “Complete Chaos”: Medicaid, Meals on Wheels & More on Chopping Block as Trump Freezes TrillionsBy Democracy 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
huffpost.com/entry/trump-admin

HuffPost · Trump Administration Payment Freeze May Delay Money For Critical Preschool ProgramBy Jonathan Cohn