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1. The GOP War on Children ramps up - Seriously
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 01:10 PM
Apr 23


G.O.P. makes war on America's children
republicons like to pretend they are the "family values" party -- but that's just another of G.O.P.s systematic lies.

The Trump Administration’s War on Children - ProPublica - April 23, 2025

"The administration is quietly putting America’s children at risk by cutting funds and manpower for investigating child abuse, enforcing child support payments, providing child care and much more...

"...The administration has laid off thousands of workers from coast to coast who had supervised education, child care, child support and child protective services systems, and it has blocked or delayed billions of dollars in funding for things like school meals and school safety.

"These stark reductions have been centered in little-known children’s services offices housed within behemoth agencies such as the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Justice, offices with names like the Children’s Bureau, the Office of Family Assistance and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. In part because of their obscurity, the slashing has gone relatively overlooked..."

https://www.propublica.org/article/how-trump-budget-cuts-harm-kids-child-care-education-abuse

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