BREAKING BAD NEWS: Trump is proposing eliminating Head Start: This is an abhorrent attack on children & families, ripping opportunities from our country’s youngest, damaging businesses & hurting our economy. Congress must hold the line & protect Head Start. #MomSky www.usatoday.com/story/news/e... - ThreadSky

rowefinkbeiner.bsky.social • 12 days ago

BREAKING BAD NEWS: Trump is proposing eliminating Head Start: This is an abhorrent attack on children & families, ripping opportunities from our country’s youngest, damaging businesses & hurting our economy. Congress must hold the line & protect Head Start. #MomSky

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2025/04/11/trump-proposal-eliminating-head-start/83045346007/

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newmexicoflyfisher.bsky.social•12 days ago

Sorry but this is what America voted for. We have glorified stupidity and ignorance for so long it has now taken over. Our future is bleak.

notjoeking.bsky.social•12 days ago

GOP: Pro-life until birth. Then fuck off.

missharpylady.bsky.social•12 days ago

Won’t be much left once they have their new regime https://medium.com/@aletheisthenes/on-april-20th-2025-the-united-states-will-cross-the-point-of-no-return-0aecac04cfc3

hannibabblealphab.bsky.social•4 days ago

📌

snowsh.bsky.social•12 days ago

He loves the uneducated.

cmrlk7.bsky.social•12 days ago

A few weeks ago a friend suggested that a primary goal of this administration is to push women out of the workforce and I keep thinking about that.

7746.bsky.social•12 days ago

He doesn’t want needy intelligent respectful family oriented children to have a chance at outsmarting wealthy lazy silver spooned dummies whose parents payed to get their brats through schools.

biobob.bsky.social•12 days ago

Shocked? Don't be. Republicans love might over right and social Darwinism.

revdocgrandma.bsky.social•12 days ago

Educated poor people will have opportunities to advance and also to advocate for themselves. And he can’t have that.

bighairshorttemper.bsky.social•12 days ago

He might to run into a buzzsaw of opposition from the business world on this one.

samm1955.bsky.social•12 days ago

Those taxbreaks for the wealthy don't happen without help.

somapsycheyogi.bsky.social•11 days ago

Because they’re not, nor have they ever been “pro family…”

logicalpineapple.bsky.social•11 days ago

If we taxed billionaires by just 1% there would be more than enough money to pay for these programs. With money leftover. Trump gave billionaires a 15% tax break and now wants to take food out of children’s mouths. WTF people he has to go.

wendytx.bsky.social•12 days ago

This will hurt rural voters.

the-goddess-speaks.bsky.social•12 days ago

This is NOT okay. All the studies show that Head Start works!

Please call you representatives: ☎️ 202-224-3121

sjdco-xblows.bsky.social•12 days ago

Saves lower to middle income people a lot of $ in childcare costs (anywhere from $1-2K per month PER KID) as well. They keep screwing over the little guy under the guise of culture wars to distract/deflect from what they are doing.

melissa0numbers.bsky.social•12 days ago

Every day will be take your child to work day.

sjdco-xblows.bsky.social•12 days ago

That’ll help productivity! 😂

the-goddess-speaks.bsky.social•12 days ago

Well, some states ARE lowering the minimum age for work, so get busy, kiddos!

sjdco-xblows.bsky.social•12 days ago

melissa0numbers.bsky.social•12 days ago

Indoctrinating them into the working world as soon as possible. They won’t know anything different.

youtwitface.bsky.social•11 days ago

THIS is the plan and George Carlin TOLD us this is the plan. NO ONE BELIEVED HIM! FRANK ZAPPA knew what was happening too. Everyone thought Zappa was a KOOK, but the man was really intelligent. Weird but very smart.

gnomeledy2.bsky.social•11 days ago

I was pretty sure he would get around to this kind of program.
I work in preK at an ISD. I work with kids on IEP's, genED, ASD kids daily. We need programs like this to continue!
I know Kennedy will put me out of a job in Sept with his cure for ASD, but until that day... I'll keep working.

jesrcerulean.bsky.social•12 days ago

Like 90% of his proposed cuts, this takes out a program which has proven worth in improving academic and economic outcomes. Can't have that, who will be too poor to disobey, then?

lpforrester.bsky.social•11 days ago

Of course. Trump and Republicans hate children.

chrischirp.bsky.social•12 days ago

📌

experimental22.bsky.social•12 days ago

Trump’s logic: Vlad Putin is providing financially for my grandchildren, screw the rest of them.

leonceg.bsky.social•12 days ago

Fascists thrive on ignorance

ceolawyermom.bsky.social•12 days ago

Terrible but unsurprising news.This is an incredibly important program.😢

cjenergy.bsky.social•12 days ago

Head Start is very popular with the American public. Over the years, GOP efforts to curtail or curb Head Start fell dead because the public strongly supports Head Start. We have to find a way to break through the right wing media machine to publicize this.

fuckcancer56.bsky.social•12 days ago

I was a Head Start Family Educator in West Virginia for 5 years. Had a caseload of 10 families; kids came to center 2x month, home visits every week. We did it all: medical & dental appointments for the family, rent, heat, food, and clothing resources; education including GEDs for parents.

fuckcancer56.bsky.social•12 days ago

I have no doubt that the West Virginians who voted for this tyrant thug are going to be hurt.

jeffow.bsky.social•12 days ago

where does it end? seriously

greyghost11.bsky.social•12 days ago

Instead of school he wants them working in factories. Answer to his manufacturing problem

wintersoldiershere.bsky.social•12 days ago

It's becoming Russia or China where the government holds all the money, everyone starves and lives in extreme poverty.

eichonic.bsky.social•12 days ago

Everything that gets the most outrage from Americans definitely gets cut. The cruelty is the point.

martindev4.bsky.social•12 days ago

What congress

mybizzness.bsky.social•12 days ago

As long as REPUBLICANS in Congress have the MAJORITY in both the HOUSE and SENATE, they ain’t gonna do SHIT to save this or anything else other than what benefits them, Trump, Elon, and their billionaire cronies!!! REPUBLICANS ARE COMPLICIT!!!!

sandyinrockville.bsky.social•12 days ago

Felon Swamp Scum loves the poorly educated. This is just one of many examples of how he intends to dumb down the country.

treefrogjohn.bsky.social•12 days ago

He doesn’t want those kids to get ahead. He wants them prepared to do nothing except fill the menial jobs the immigrant workforce has populated.

alcary23.bsky.social•12 days ago

robert148.bsky.social•12 days ago

tRump should propose eliminating head lice not Head Start.

heathermcbsn.bsky.social•12 days ago

The gOLdEn age tRump wants is rich get richer,and middle class or below will be street urchins again.Orphan trains,homeless children eating out of garbage cans,street sleeping, rats chewing their faces,children incarcerated in privatized prisons bc they stole an apple to feed their younger sibling,

chaoticrespite.bsky.social•12 days ago

😡😡😡😡😡

alexandra-gee.bsky.social•12 days ago

This is a perfect example of the evil orange monster’s policy and the will of his followers. When the poor are perceived as subhuman, it doesn’t matter what you do to them. It’s sad that the Repugnant lawmakers feel the same way.

pudgyprogressive.bsky.social•12 days ago

Based on available estimates, the total annual operating cost of luxury yachts owned by Americans exceeds, the annual budget of the U.S. Head Start program.

handi817.bsky.social•12 days ago

💙

guyinflint.bsky.social•12 days ago

That GDMFSOB

trish0116.bsky.social•12 days ago

I understood every single letter of that

anewhope10.bsky.social•12 days ago

Yup

orion64.bsky.social•12 days ago

Of course. An educated populace is dangerous to fascists.

dbeckjacobson.bsky.social•12 days ago

DT and Republicans must really hate children. Everything they are doing is impacting families and children.

krega3.bsky.social•12 days ago

Hold the line, Congress!

slleather.bsky.social•12 days ago

My first "real" job was in an anti-poverty agency. I managed quite a few of the programs including multi-county HeadStart. This would be a tragedy.

cfrock.bsky.social•12 days ago

It costs too much,

SPACEX gotta blow up more rockets.
#Bluecrew #Bluestorm #Resist

delta1984.bsky.social•10 days ago

@murray.senate.gov @abigailspanberger.com @governorwalz.mn.gov @govandybeshear.bsky.social @sanders.senate.gov

dktr.bsky.social•12 days ago

Trump is settled on pure cruelty and sadism. There's no argument to justify this kind of moral bankruptcy except his narcissism and the fact that he is perverse. The joy of damaging others is his lifeblood. The ultimate power is deciding life or death. Extra judicial killings are coming.

locatecate.bsky.social•12 days ago

He is repulsive.

maggiemck.bsky.social•12 days ago

Anti science, anti education, anti climate, anti human

vangoghsear69.bsky.social•12 days ago

🤬🤬🤬🤬

aliceinkeynes.bsky.social•12 days ago

But Harris laughed too much, and Gaza egg prices something something.

snowmein.bsky.social•12 days ago

The pro-life party once again proving that cruelty is the point.

operabunny.bsky.social•12 days ago

The Tories eliminated Sure Start in the UK and the effects have been horrendous.

provokethought.bsky.social•12 days ago

He does not want America to win. Why, why, why was he voted in as POTUS?!?!?!?

longislandwitch.bsky.social•12 days ago

This world is not child friendly. Take care of the kids already here. Love them and cherish them. Adopt through foster care.

churchlady320.bsky.social•12 days ago

As a former pre-school teacher, I know the value of Head Start. Eliminating this essential program is the most idiotic thing ever.

handi817.bsky.social•12 days ago

That's right! The Teachers gotta speak up!

Every parent who has or currently is depending on this important child assistance services. We need this!

When will he realize:
If you're not serving, you're dying!

sharidoesntcook.bsky.social•12 days ago

As a former Head Start student from the Fall River, Massachusetts cohort of 1964, I have to agree.

sharidoesntcook.bsky.social•12 days ago

I am too. My head start experience ( I still remember it) ignited a passion for learning that has yet to burn out.

churchlady320.bsky.social•12 days ago

Glad you had that experience!!!

j-waller55.bsky.social•12 days ago

It's not enough for Trump and his despicable band of MAGAnuts that many of America's youth, especially the children of the poor and working-class, can't adequately read, handle simple math problems, or think critically. Trump et al want to perpetuate the problem by eliminating Head Start! Pure evil!

docpsych.bsky.social•12 days ago

Head start may be the most successful program ever in the federal govts history,

littledabldoya.bsky.social•12 days ago

I don't think I'll vote for him in 28

26 is coming vote them all out

worldincommon.bsky.social•12 days ago

I was a participant as a kid. Great program.

nnoir226.bsky.social•12 days ago

Thanks a bunch you maga cult haters‼️😡 You really showed us! 🙄
Hopefully the pain you will feel for the next several years from your ignorance and hatefulness will allow you to learn something about what our government does to make your ungrateful lives livable here and around the world.

hollylilly22.bsky.social•12 days ago

There are so many worthy wonderful and necessary programs that have been crashed. We need to be loud and angry and engaged. Trump needs to be defeated

hotcatmana.bsky.social•12 days ago

You all had that opportunity last November you were made very aware. In a democracy is the voter that controls who gets elected.So the choices made if you voted for him or protest voted or stayed home. So now you will not be lucky if you have a democracy still to be able to vote again

hollylilly22.bsky.social•11 days ago

Voted straight blue last November. And I vote in local elections too. Unfortunately we can’t afford to not vote as too much is at stake

hiptrigger.bsky.social•12 days ago

baja-hacker.bsky.social•12 days ago

The party that keeps talking about wanting families to have more kids is doing everything in their power to ensure most of those kids grow up poor, hungry and illiterate.