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NEW: Federal funding for organizations that help students with hearing and vision loss across eight states will stop at the end of the month, according to letters sent by a top Education Dept. official and obtained by ProPublica.
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By @jodiscohen.bsky.social @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
Programs for Students With Hearing and Vision Loss Harmed by Trump’s Anti-Diversity Push
Citing concerns about DEI, the U.S. Department of Education has halted funding for programs that support students with combined hearing and vision loss in eight states. “How low can you go?” one advoc...
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September 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
NEW: Federal funding for organizations that help students with hearing and vision loss across eight states will stop at the end of the month, according to letters sent by a top Education Dept. official and obtained by ProPublica.
By @jodiscohen.bsky.social @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
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The U.S. Institute of Peace, a think tank funded by Congress, was the scene of a hostile takeover by the Department of Government Efficiency. DOGE has tried to install new leadership at the institute.
DOGE staff entered the U.S. Institute of Peace with D.C. police help
The U.S. Institute of Peace, a think tank funded by Congress, was the scene of a hostile takeover by the Department of Government Efficiency. DOGE has tried to install new leadership at the institute.
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March 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The U.S. Institute of Peace, a think tank funded by Congress, was the scene of a hostile takeover by the Department of Government Efficiency. DOGE has tried to install new leadership at the institute.
Giving the world to Russia and China while actively risking the lives of millions of children. As the leaders at Save the Children discussed, our investment in the world was small but our return on that investment, both in terms of lives saved and in global influence, was high. The felon is a fool.
In a memo posted to X on Monday morning, the secretary of state said 5,200 contracts had been canceled following a six-week review.
Rubio announces that 83% of USAID contracts will be canceled
In a memo posted to X on Monday morning, the secretary of state said 5,200 contracts had been canceled following a six-week review.
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March 10, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Giving the world to Russia and China while actively risking the lives of millions of children. As the leaders at Save the Children discussed, our investment in the world was small but our return on that investment, both in terms of lives saved and in global influence, was high. The felon is a fool.
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The lawsuit pushes back against a recent executive order from President Donald Trump that asks funding applicants to agree not to promote "gender ideology" in their work.
Arts groups sue NEA for new 'gender ideology'-related grant restrictions
The lawsuit pushes back against a recent executive order from President Donald Trump that asks funding applicants to agree not to promote "gender ideology" in their work.
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March 7, 2025 at 1:19 AM
The lawsuit pushes back against a recent executive order from President Donald Trump that asks funding applicants to agree not to promote "gender ideology" in their work.
Crossing the border without papers is a CIVIL offense, not CRIMINAL. Yet the Felon calls immigrants criminals. By doing so, he “justifies” using the military & prisons to detain/deport offenders. Why? When deportees cross the border again, they commit a crime. He turns seeking safety into a crime.
The Trump administration is developing plans to build immigration detention facilities on bases nationwide, a step that could significantly expand the military's role in immigration enforcement.
DHS memo lays out plans to detain migrants at Fort Bliss and other U.S. bases
The Trump administration is developing plans to build immigration detention facilities on bases nationwide, a step that could significantly expand the military's role in immigration enforcement.
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February 25, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Crossing the border without papers is a CIVIL offense, not CRIMINAL. Yet the Felon calls immigrants criminals. By doing so, he “justifies” using the military & prisons to detain/deport offenders. Why? When deportees cross the border again, they commit a crime. He turns seeking safety into a crime.
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Donald Trump and Elon Musk are messing with your Medicare benefits.
Democrats passed a law to finally let Medicare negotiate with Big Pharma for lower prices.
Now Trump and Musk laid off the negotiators.
That means higher drug costs for you. Nothing efficient about that.
Democrats passed a law to finally let Medicare negotiate with Big Pharma for lower prices.
Now Trump and Musk laid off the negotiators.
That means higher drug costs for you. Nothing efficient about that.
Health Workers Think DOGE Is About To Backfire, Big-Time
Mass layoffs have hit departments whose literal purpose is to save money or improve health outcomes.
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February 19, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Donald Trump and Elon Musk are messing with your Medicare benefits.
Democrats passed a law to finally let Medicare negotiate with Big Pharma for lower prices.
Now Trump and Musk laid off the negotiators.
That means higher drug costs for you. Nothing efficient about that.
Democrats passed a law to finally let Medicare negotiate with Big Pharma for lower prices.
Now Trump and Musk laid off the negotiators.
That means higher drug costs for you. Nothing efficient about that.
Oh, the unrepentant felon didn’t comply with the law after decades of people coddling his fragile ego and refusing to hold him accountable?!
Shocker.
Now use the full force of the law to punish him and his administration.
Shocker.
Now use the full force of the law to punish him and his administration.
The judge had issued a temporary restraining order against an administration plan to freeze payments for grants and other federal programs, but says the administration has not been fully complying.
Judge says Trump administration is not in full compliance with order on spending
The judge had issued a temporary restraining order against an administration plan to freeze payments for grants and other federal programs, but says the administration has not been fully complying.
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February 11, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Oh, the unrepentant felon didn’t comply with the law after decades of people coddling his fragile ego and refusing to hold him accountable?!
Shocker.
Now use the full force of the law to punish him and his administration.
Shocker.
Now use the full force of the law to punish him and his administration.
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Elon Musk is trying to shut down the CFPB, the agency that has forced big banks and corporations to return more than $21 BILLION to families they cheated.
February 11, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Elon Musk is trying to shut down the CFPB, the agency that has forced big banks and corporations to return more than $21 BILLION to families they cheated.
Just in case you thought it was about “protecting girls”…
Extremism experts say a now-familiar playbook to scapegoat transgender people in the wake of high-profile tragedies is part of a political strategy to sow division and expand authoritarian control.
Trump's anti-trans effort is an agenda cornerstone with echoes in history
Extremism experts say a now-familiar playbook to scapegoat transgender people in the wake of high-profile tragedies is part of a political strategy to sow division and expand authoritarian control.
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February 6, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Just in case you thought it was about “protecting girls”…
Before cheering the destruction of the department of education, learn what the department actually does! Children all over our country will suffer if this department is destroyed.
The department tracks student achievement, manages college financial aid and sends K-12 schools money to support students with disabilities and lower-income communities, among other things.
A guide to what the U.S. Education Department does (and doesn't) do
The department tracks student achievement, manages college financial aid and sends K-12 schools money to support students with disabilities and lower-income communities, among other things.
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February 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Before cheering the destruction of the department of education, learn what the department actually does! Children all over our country will suffer if this department is destroyed.
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Formed in 1961, the agency with a roughly $40 billion budget provides humanitarian assistance abroad and funds other projects to further U.S. interests.
What is USAID, the U.S. Agency for International Development?
Formed in 1961, the agency with a roughly $40 billion budget provides humanitarian assistance abroad and funds other projects to further U.S. interests.
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February 3, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Formed in 1961, the agency with a roughly $40 billion budget provides humanitarian assistance abroad and funds other projects to further U.S. interests.
Republicans have long complained about his work - not because he was bad at it but because he is GOOD at it! Look at the changes his office was able to fight for on our behalf and then tell me who would benefit from those changes being stripped away? All the oversight agencies are being destroyed…
JUST IN: Rohit Chopra had led the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau since 2021. Consumer groups praised his leadership, while Republicans have frequently attacked the agency.
Trump fires chief of the federal consumer watchdog agency
Rohit Chopra had led the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau since 2021. Consumer groups praised his leadership, while Republicans have frequently attacked the agency.
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February 1, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Republicans have long complained about his work - not because he was bad at it but because he is GOOD at it! Look at the changes his office was able to fight for on our behalf and then tell me who would benefit from those changes being stripped away? All the oversight agencies are being destroyed…
History and hate repeat themselves.
This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942.
I know. I was there in those camps.
I know. I was there in those camps.
January 31, 2025 at 10:08 PM
History and hate repeat themselves.
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BREAKING NEWS: Research and basic information on subjects ranging from tuberculosis surveillance to adolescent health disappeared from federal health agency websites.
Trump administration purges websites across federal health agencies
Research and basic information on subjects ranging from tuberculosis surveillance to adolescent health disappeared from federal health agency websites.
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January 31, 2025 at 9:58 PM
BREAKING NEWS: Research and basic information on subjects ranging from tuberculosis surveillance to adolescent health disappeared from federal health agency websites.
Seriously, what is wrong with this man?!
After a moment of silence, Trump started his remarks by saying that America is grieving for the lives lost.
"We are one family today and we are all heartbroken," he said. He then went on to say that diversity initiatives at the FAA compromised the standards for air traffic controllers.
"We are one family today and we are all heartbroken," he said. He then went on to say that diversity initiatives at the FAA compromised the standards for air traffic controllers.
Without evidence, Trump blames FAA diversity initiatives for the crash
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January 30, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Seriously, what is wrong with this man?!
The order, “claims the sexual identity of transgender service members “conflicts with a soldier’s commitment to an honorable, truthful, and disciplined lifestyle”
Excuse me?!?! Who among THIS administration is honorable, truthful, or disciplined in their lifestyle?!?!
apnews.com/article/tran...
Excuse me?!?! Who among THIS administration is honorable, truthful, or disciplined in their lifestyle?!?!
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Groups are ready to file the first lawsuit to challenge Trump's new order on transgender troops
Advocacy groups are preparing to file the first lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s executive order revising policy on transgender troops that likely sets the stage for their ban in the armed...
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January 28, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The order, “claims the sexual identity of transgender service members “conflicts with a soldier’s commitment to an honorable, truthful, and disciplined lifestyle”
Excuse me?!?! Who among THIS administration is honorable, truthful, or disciplined in their lifestyle?!?!
apnews.com/article/tran...
Excuse me?!?! Who among THIS administration is honorable, truthful, or disciplined in their lifestyle?!?!
apnews.com/article/tran...
May we all commit to fiercely defending the memory of those who survived the atrocities of Auschwitz and the Holocaust.
Monday's ceremony in Poland is regarded as the likely last major observance of Auschwitz's liberation that any notable number of survivors will be able to attend, due to their advanced ages.
Auschwitz survivors mark Holocaust Remembrance Day 80 years after liberation
Monday's ceremony in Poland is regarded as the likely last major observance of Auschwitz's liberation that any notable number of survivors will be able to attend, due to their advanced ages.
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January 27, 2025 at 8:33 PM
May we all commit to fiercely defending the memory of those who survived the atrocities of Auschwitz and the Holocaust.
Keep your voices loud - our collective action is more powerful than any bigoted administration.
BREAKING: After uproar, U.S. Air Force reinstates lessons on the Tuskegee Airmen #NOH8
January 27, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Keep your voices loud - our collective action is more powerful than any bigoted administration.
Apparently this change is so they can remove racial language from the program: If that were true, they would have had replacement language already drafted and ready to implement. Same old story.
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In policy reversal, Trump eliminates help for Black and Latino communities hit harder by pollution
President Trump is reversing his predecessor’s efforts to clean up areas hardest hit by pollution from heavy industry, ports and roadways.
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January 27, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Apparently this change is so they can remove racial language from the program: If that were true, they would have had replacement language already drafted and ready to implement. Same old story.
apnews.com/article/clim...
apnews.com/article/clim...