Tag: budget cuts
Mike Johnson’s war on the vulnerable: proposed trillions in cuts to...
Stripping the safety net: how GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson's draconian proposals to cut Social Security and Medicare betray America's most vulnerable.
House GOP unveils budget with trillions in cuts to medicaid, food...
The Republican proposal would cut federal discretionary spending by nearly $5 trillion over the next decade.
Senate bill would cut social security operations again
As workloads and costs have grown — and budgets and staffing have shrunk — SSA’s service delivery has worsened.
Trump slashes $7 billion from children’s health program
The move is being called "despicable on every level."
Trump and Haley claim to have negotiated $285M cut in UN’s...
There’s nothing wrong with increasing efficiency and eliminating waste at the U.N., but it’s crucial that we don’t curtail the U.N.’s ability to save the lives of men, women and children worldwide.
Promises to coal country aside, Trump’s budget cuts will end an...
The Appalachian Regional Commission helps to create jobs and improve economic fortunes of “distressed counties” in West Virginia and Kentucky.
The cuts in Trump’s budget you haven’t heard about
While national outrage is focused on Public Broadcasting and the National Endowment for the Arts, tiny agencies helping communities that teeter on the edge of poverty would also disappear.
Trump’s budget cuts deliver financial blows to Native Americans
Empty words when the budget cuts the White House is proposing will only make life more difficult for millions of Americans.
Scott Walker Cuts Higher-Ed Budget, Funds Corporate Welfare
Scott Walker claims he wants to be America's next president. But with a track record of slashing funding for higher education, busting unions and going after welfare recipients, is this what America really needs?
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New study finds Smartwatch wristbands contain high levels of PFAS
Researchers found elevated level of PFAS in mostly fluorinated synthetic rubber wristbands.
Israelis invade Syria: Who will stop Israel?
Israel's latest land-grab in Syria, and the UN and the rest of the world's inability to stop Israel from ignoring and violating the UN Charter, the Geneva Conventions and the Genocide Convention.
Luigi Mangione and Daniel Penny display the scale of acceptance for vigilante violence
The contrast in how Penny and Mangione have been covered in the media and treated by the elite show that vigilante violence actually is acceptable in America when carried out against those with little to no agency.
Trump’s pick to lead federal housing agency has opposed efforts to aid the poor
Such views would seemingly place Turner at odds with the core work of HUD, a sprawling federal agency that serves as a backstop against homelessness for millions of the nation’s poor, elderly and disabled.
The world’s four legacy empires going down
In a future full of signs that the four empires that have long dominated our world are all crumbling.