@tmasonelder.bsky.social
The Trump Administration continues to attack on AmeriCorps. This time OMB is withholding nearly $200 million in FY25 AmeriCorps funds - impacting 1000s of AmeriCorps members & AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers across the country.
Impounding funds is illegal, cruel & is harming communities.
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Impounding funds is illegal, cruel & is harming communities.
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July 9, 2025 at 1:26 AM
The Trump Administration continues to attack on AmeriCorps. This time OMB is withholding nearly $200 million in FY25 AmeriCorps funds - impacting 1000s of AmeriCorps members & AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers across the country.
Impounding funds is illegal, cruel & is harming communities.
🧵to follow
Impounding funds is illegal, cruel & is harming communities.
🧵to follow
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As DOGE takes aim at the Peace Corps, the sudden cancellation of the June departure of new volunteers to Kyrgyzstan “is particularly cruel and inefficient.”
Kyrgyzstan: Incoming Peace Corps Cohort Cancelled Last Minute
As DOGE takes aim at the Peace Corps, the sudden cancellation of the June departure of new volunteers to Kyrgyzstan “is particularly cruel and inefficient.”
buff.ly
May 24, 2025 at 9:36 AM
As DOGE takes aim at the Peace Corps, the sudden cancellation of the June departure of new volunteers to Kyrgyzstan “is particularly cruel and inefficient.”
The attack on AmeriCorps has grown exponentially in the past few days. $400M in grants were terminated. 32,000+ service members displaced. 1,000+ nonprofits impacted. And thousands more communities face the loss of critical services.
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For 30+ years, @AmeriCorps has shown up when America needed it - changing lives & communities. Sadly, like too many critical services, it is facing devastating cuts. @AmeriCorpsNCCC teams are being demobilized. Federal staff are being placed on admin leave.
🧵of the impacts.
🧵of the impacts.
April 29, 2025 at 9:31 PM
The attack on AmeriCorps has grown exponentially in the past few days. $400M in grants were terminated. 32,000+ service members displaced. 1,000+ nonprofits impacted. And thousands more communities face the loss of critical services.
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For 30+ years, @AmeriCorps has shown up when America needed it - changing lives & communities. Sadly, like too many critical services, it is facing devastating cuts. @AmeriCorpsNCCC teams are being demobilized. Federal staff are being placed on admin leave.
🧵of the impacts.
🧵of the impacts.
April 18, 2025 at 12:24 PM
For 30+ years, @AmeriCorps has shown up when America needed it - changing lives & communities. Sadly, like too many critical services, it is facing devastating cuts. @AmeriCorpsNCCC teams are being demobilized. Federal staff are being placed on admin leave.
🧵of the impacts.
🧵of the impacts.
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Exclusive: Over the years, Elon Musk and his businesses have received at least $38 billion in government contracts, loans, subsidies and tax credits, often at critical moments, a Post analysis has found, helping seed the growth that has made him the world’s richest person.
Elon Musk’s business empire is built on $38 billion in government funding
Government infusions at key moments helped Tesla and SpaceX flourish, boosting Musk’s wealth.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 26, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Exclusive: Over the years, Elon Musk and his businesses have received at least $38 billion in government contracts, loans, subsidies and tax credits, often at critical moments, a Post analysis has found, helping seed the growth that has made him the world’s richest person.
“To billionaires in the White House, it may seem like a game. But to anyone with a heart, it’s about children’s lives and our own security, and what’s unfolding is sickening.” - @NickKristof on Trump’s illegal actions to eliminate #USAID
Yes, USAID could use reform, but this is demolition. Trump braids together cruelty, ignorance and shortsightedness, and calls it policy, as the world's richest men go after the worlds poorest children. My column: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
Opinion | The World’s Richest Men Take On the World’s Poorest Children (Gift Article)
I’ve seen U.S.A.I.D. operate around the world, and it’s not woke — it’s lifesaving.
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2025 at 3:22 AM
“To billionaires in the White House, it may seem like a game. But to anyone with a heart, it’s about children’s lives and our own security, and what’s unfolding is sickening.” - @NickKristof on Trump’s illegal actions to eliminate #USAID
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The shutdown chaos is the full responsibility of Donald Trump and Elon Musk.
If a multibillionaire says jump, the GOP says "how high?"—and working people suffer.
As Democrats, let's remind the country that we're the ones fighting for a government that actually works for working people.
If a multibillionaire says jump, the GOP says "how high?"—and working people suffer.
As Democrats, let's remind the country that we're the ones fighting for a government that actually works for working people.
December 20, 2024 at 12:12 AM
The shutdown chaos is the full responsibility of Donald Trump and Elon Musk.
If a multibillionaire says jump, the GOP says "how high?"—and working people suffer.
As Democrats, let's remind the country that we're the ones fighting for a government that actually works for working people.
If a multibillionaire says jump, the GOP says "how high?"—and working people suffer.
As Democrats, let's remind the country that we're the ones fighting for a government that actually works for working people.