DoomsdaysCW<p>Well then. Let's see. Mucking about with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a>, and now <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> / <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> is crippling <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LIHEAP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LIHEAP</span></a> -- because, you don't have to pay social security to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/seniors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seniors</span></a> who have frozen to death! WAY TO SAVE MONEY, ASSHOLES!<br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpHatesSeniors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpHatesSeniors</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KillThePoor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KillThePoor</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpIsABully" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsABully</span></a></p>
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DoomsdaysCW<p>A list of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> offices across the US expected to close this year</p><p> By MEG KINNARD<br>Updated 12:59 PM EDT, March 19, 2025</p><p>WASHINGTON (AP) — "Dozens of Social Security Administration [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSA</span></a>] offices across the country are slated to close this year due to actions taken by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a>’s Department of Government Efficiency as part of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> administration’s unprecedented effort to shrink the size of government.</p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> has published a list of nearly 800 federal real estate leases that it is seeking to cancel. The Associated Press has obtained an internal planning document from the General Services Administration, which manages federal real estate, which shows when nearly two-thirds of those cancellations are expected to go into effect.</p><p>"The offices are closing despite a new requirement that tighter identity-proofing measures be put in place to prevent fraud and abuse. These steps will require millions of recipients and applicants to visit agency field offices rather than interact with agency employees over the phone.</p><p>"The AP also obtained more information about each lease on DOGE’s list through other publicly available datasets, including their addresses, the dates the leases had started and were originally expected to expire, and the landlords who own the properties."</p><p>Read more (includes a list of offices that will be closing):<br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/social-security-offices-closures-doge-trump-b2b1a5b2ba4fb968abc3379bf90715ff" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/social-secu</span><span class="invisible">rity-offices-closures-doge-trump-b2b1a5b2ba4fb968abc3379bf90715ff</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResistDOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ResistDOGE</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TakeToTheStreets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TakeToTheStreets</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KillThePoor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KillThePoor</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KillTheElderly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KillTheElderly</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HungerGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HungerGames</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DisabilityRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DisabilityRights</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ElderRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElderRights</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TakeCareOfThePoor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TakeCareOfThePoor</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SocialSecurityPayments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurityPayments</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SocialSecurityAdministration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurityAdministration</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> Admin Threatens to Stop <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> If <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> Can’t Have <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PersonalData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PersonalData</span></a> </p><p>Trump’s interim Social Security chief says he wants to turn off the program if Musk and DOGE can’t access Americans’ most sensitive data</p><p>by Andrew Perez, March 21, 2025</p><p>"Donald Trump’s interim Social Security chief suggested Thursday night he will effectively turn off the agency that manages the essential safety net program for seniors and the disabled, if Elon Musk and his so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) can’t access the non-anonymized sensitive personal information and data of hundreds of millions of Americans, based on a judge’s order.</p><p>"'My anti-fraud team would be DOGE affiliates. My IT staff would be DOGE affiliates,' said <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LeeDudek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LeeDudek</span></a>, acting Social Security Administration (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSA</span></a>) commissioner, arguing the order was too broad, according to Bloomberg News. 'As it stands, I will follow it exactly and terminate access by all SSA employees to our IT systems,' he said, adding: 'Really, I want to turn it off and let the courts figure out how they want to run a federal agency.'</p><p>"Dudek’s threat to block SSA employees from using the agency’s IT systems — a move that could halt <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SocialSecurityPayments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurityPayments</span></a> — came in response to a judge’s temporary restraining order in a case brought by the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AFLCIO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AFLCIO</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaborUnion</span></a>. The order bars Social Security Administration officials from allowing DOGE, including Musk, and the SSA’s DOGE team to access personally identifiable information. It also directs Musk and DOGE to delete from their possession all non-anonymized personal data, and bars them from having access to SSA computers or code. </p><p>"Judge Ellen Lipton Hollander wrote that the SSA had likely violated administrative and privacy laws when it gave DOGE 'unbridled access to the personal and private data of millions of Americans, including but not limited to Social Security numbers, medical records, mental health records, hospitalization records, drivers’ license numbers, bank and credit card information, tax information, income history, work history, birth and marriage certificates, and home and work addresses.' </p><p>"She added that the 'defendants, with so-called experts on the DOGE Team, never identified or articulated even a single reason for which the DOGE Team needs unlimited access to SSA’s entire record systems, thereby exposing personal, confidential, sensitive, and private information that millions of Americans entrusted to their government.'"</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-musk-stop-social-security-doge-data-1235300785/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rollingstone.com/politics/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics-news/trump-musk-stop-social-security-doge-data-1235300785/</span></a></p><p>Archived version:<br><a href="https://archive.ph/vvgMF" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/vvgMF</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResistDOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ResistDOGE</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TakeToTheStreets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TakeToTheStreets</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KillThePoor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KillThePoor</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KillTheElderly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KillTheElderly</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HungerGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HungerGames</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DisabilityRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DisabilityRights</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ElderRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElderRights</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TakeCareOfThePoor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TakeCareOfThePoor</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EPA</span></a>’s Next Move: Making It Harder to Sue for Getting Cancer from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Roundup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Roundup</span></a> </p><p>The corporation behind Roundup <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/herbicide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>herbicide</span></a> has paid out nearly $11 billion in lawsuits. Now it's backing an EPA rule that would stop the bleeding.</p><p>by Schuyler Mitchell, March 21 2025</p><p>"Last August, 11 industry-friendly red states, led by Nebraska and Iowa, submitted a 436-page petition asking the agency to amend its labeling rules under the Federal <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Insecticide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Insecticide</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Rodenticide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rodenticide</span></a>, and Fungicide Act, or <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FIFRA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FIFRA</span></a>. The proposed rule change would explicitly prohibit states from labeling <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pesticides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pesticides</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/herbicides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>herbicides</span></a> with warnings about cancer, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BirthDefects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BirthDefects</span></a>, and reproductive harm if those notices contradict the EPA’s risk assessment.</p><p>"The states made clear that their ultimate goal is to thwart future lawsuits against pesticide manufacturers. Their petition argued that recent court rulings have created a 'gap in FIFRA’s regulatory framework' that the proposed rule change would plug.</p><p>"In January, in a move initiated by the Biden administration, the EPA took a first step of accepting public comment on the rule-making petition, with a deadline of March 24 — though this step is exploratory and does not mean a new rule will be issued. Still, the EPA’s decision could have disastrous consequences if Donald Trump’s second administration is as friendly to the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChemicalIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChemicalIndustry</span></a> as it was in his first. </p><p>"'It’s telling of the lengths that pesticide manufacturers will go to make sure that nothing interferes with their profit margins,' said Brett Hartl, government affairs director at the Center for Biological Diversity. 'There’s a reality that the industry itself generates much of the data, and they say it’s safe, and then EPA approves that determination.”</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://theintercept.com/2025/03/21/trump-epa-monsanto-roundup-bayer-cancer-chemicals/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theintercept.com/2025/03/21/tr</span><span class="invisible">ump-epa-monsanto-roundup-bayer-cancer-chemicals/</span></a></p><p>Archived version:<br><a href="https://archive.ph/VsfWE" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/VsfWE</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Link for public comment:<br><a href="https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EPA-HQ-OPP-2024-0562" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">regulations.gov/docket/EPA-HQ-</span><span class="invisible">OPP-2024-0562</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KillThePoor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KillThePoor</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ecocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ecocide</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GlyphosateKills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlyphosateKills</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MonsantoKills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MonsantoKills</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LandIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LandIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pollution</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RunOff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RunOff</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cancer</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalPollution</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigChemical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigChemical</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigAg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigAg</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RoundupReady" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RoundupReady</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Microbiota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microbiota</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BeeKilling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BeeKilling</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BayerKills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BayerKills</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CenterForBiologicalDiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CenterForBiologicalDiversity</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USTaxpayer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USTaxpayer</span></a> Dollars spent on what?!!</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KristiNoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KristiNoem</span></a> Says $200 Million <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DHS</span></a> Ad Campaign Thanking <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> Was His Idea </p><p>Trump’s Homeland Security Secretary said he instructed her to make ads that “thank me for closing the border” </p><p>By Andrew Perez, Asawin Suebsaeng <br>February 21, 2025</p><p>"The ad campaign amounts to an extremely expensive taxpayer-funded propaganda blitz to scare off <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/migrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>migrants</span></a> and to flatter Trump on television. On Friday, Trump’s DHS secretary entertained the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CPAC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CPAC</span></a> high-roller audience with her account of how Trump orchestrated the whole thing." </p><p>Original article: <br><a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-kristi-noem-200-million-dhs-ad-campaign-thanks-president-1235276324/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rollingstone.com/politics/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics-features/trump-kristi-noem-200-million-dhs-ad-campaign-thanks-president-1235276324/</span></a></p><p>Archived version:<br><a href="https://archive.ph/wYe1Y" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/wYe1Y</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KingTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KingTrump</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KillThePoor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KillThePoor</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tyranny</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoMoreKings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoMoreKings</span></a>! <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DepartmentOfHomelandSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DepartmentOfHomelandSecurity</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>EXCLUSIVE: Memo details Trump plan to sabotage the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SocialSecurityAdministration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurityAdministration</span></a><br> <br>by Judd Legum, Mar 17, 2025</p><p>"An internal Social Security Administration (SSA) memo, sent on March 13 and obtained by Popular Information, details proposed changes to the claims process that would debilitate the agency, cause significant processing delays, and prevent many Americans from applying for or receiving benefits."</p><p><a href="https://popular.info/p/exclusive-memo-details-trump-plan" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">popular.info/p/exclusive-memo-</span><span class="invisible">details-trump-plan</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BadDOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BadDOGE</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSA</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KillThePoor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KillThePoor</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Not just <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a> -- all of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NewEngland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewEngland</span></a> is being targeted! And don't get me started about <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProBirth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProBirth</span></a> types! They don't give a SHIT about feeding children after they are born!!!</p><p>New England schools and food programs take ‘devastating’ hit after <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USDAFundingCuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USDAFundingCuts</span></a></p><p>The more than $1 billion in federal funding helped <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/schools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>schools</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChildCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChildCare</span></a> programs, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FoodPantries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FoodPantries</span></a> in 40 states to buy produce and other items from local farmers.</p><p>By Amanda Gokee and John Hilliard Globe Staff, Updated March 12, 2025, 3:03 p.m.</p><p>"In October, the USDA announced $1.7 billion for states and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/tribal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tribal</span></a> governments to purchase <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/locally" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>locally</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/regionally" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regionally</span></a> produced foods for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EmergencyFoodAssistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EmergencyFoodAssistance</span></a>, including free meals for schools and child-care programs.</p><p>"That funding included $1.2 billion to support local food purchases with schools, child-care facilities, food banks, and other institutions, according to the USDA. School meal programs would get $500 million to make food purchases, and states, territories, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TribalNations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TribalNations</span></a> would receive another $500 million. Child-care facilities were supposed to get $200 million, the USDA said.</p><p>"The money earmarked for food banks, schools, and child-care facilities was meant to help them meet the needs of their recipients and help ensure they had access to healthy foods, according to the USDA at the time."</p><p>Original article:<br><a href="https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/12/metro/new-england-food-program-usda-federal-funding-cut-ri-nh-ma-vt-me-ct/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bostonglobe.com/2025/03/12/met</span><span class="invisible">ro/new-england-food-program-usda-federal-funding-cut-ri-nh-ma-vt-me-ct/</span></a></p><p>Archived version:<br><a href="https://archive.ph/AvN3n#selection-2481.0-2499.213" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.ph/AvN3n#selection-248</span><span class="invisible">1.0-2499.213</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FundingCuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FundingCuts</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BadDOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BadDOGE</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hunger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hunger</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HungerGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HungerGames</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KillThePoor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KillThePoor</span></a></p>
S.L.R. Magazine<p>PHOTO GALLERY: Kill The Poor (Dead Kennedys Tribute Band) during Irish Festival at JD Allisons Bar and Grill in Upland, Ca on March 15th, 2025, by Louie Figueroa. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/killthepoor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>killthepoor</span></a></p><p><a href="https://slrmagazine.com/2025/03/17/photo-gallery-kill-the-poor-dead-kennedys-tribute-band-during-irish-festival-at-jd-allisons-bar-and-grill-in-upland-ca-on-march-15th-2025-by-louie-figueroa/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">slrmagazine.com/2025/03/17/pho</span><span class="invisible">to-gallery-kill-the-poor-dead-kennedys-tribute-band-during-irish-festival-at-jd-allisons-bar-and-grill-in-upland-ca-on-march-15th-2025-by-louie-figueroa/</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@iBlame" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>iBlame</span></a></span> SHIT! It looks like that passed.</p><p> Kentucky <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CrimeBill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CrimeBill</span></a> to become law after lawmakers vote to override Beshear veto</p><p> Marcus Green Apr 12, 2024</p><p>"Perhaps most controversially, the measure dubbed the “<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaferKentuckyAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaferKentuckyAct</span></a>” creates criminal penalties for street camping and makes repeat camping in public areas, such as beneath overpasses, a misdemeanor punishable by up to 90 days in jail."</p><p><a href="https://www.wdrb.com/in-depth/kentucky-crime-bill-to-become-law-after-lawmakers-vote-to-override-beshear-veto/article_9e392950-f843-11ee-9a8a-7b1d507b72dc.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wdrb.com/in-depth/kentucky-cri</span><span class="invisible">me-bill-to-become-law-after-lawmakers-vote-to-override-beshear-veto/article_9e392950-f843-11ee-9a8a-7b1d507b72dc.html</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KillThePoor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KillThePoor</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Unhoused" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Unhoused</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Homeless" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Homeless</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>NOT JUST MAINE! <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USDA</span></a> ending local purchasing programs for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FoodBanks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FoodBanks</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/schools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>schools</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MainePublic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MainePublic</span></a> | By Nicole Ogrysko<br>Published March 12, 2025</p><p>"The U.S. Department of Agriculture is ending two national programs that help food banks and schools in Maine — and around the country — purchase produce from local farmers.</p><p>"USDA told Maine officials and partners late last week that it has terminated the Local Food Purchase Assistance Program. It helped <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GoodShepherd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoodShepherd</span></a> Food Bank buy produce from about 100 Maine farmers, which is then distributed to local food banks around the state.</p><p>"'That program is incredibly important to the state of Maine, both in food today — food that we source and distribute today — and in food tomorrow, which is the economic viability for those 100 <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/farmers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>farmers</span></a> and for our partner agencies to experience fresh, nutritious produce," said Good Shepherd President Heather Paquette.</p><p>"At the same time, Paquette said the food bank recently learned that USDA will stop delivering about 1 million pounds of food through the Emergency Food Assistance Program to Maine. Those deliveries are on hold for Good Shepherd — and food banks around the country — through at least June.</p><p>"Paquette said the USDA delivery represented about 20% of food that Good Shepherd moves around the state.</p><p>"The cuts — both to government food deliveries and to funds that Good Shepherd used to buy local produce — are concerning, Paquette said, because more Mainers are experiencing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FoodInsecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FoodInsecurity</span></a>.</p><p>"Our need is up every year," she said. 'This year we distributed 10% more food cases than we distributed the year before that, and that year was 10% over the [prior] year. So we're experiencing double-digit need increase in the state of Maine.'</p><p>"A spokesperson for the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry said the state received about $1.3 million for the Local Food Purchase Assistance program.</p><p>"USDA has also terminated the Local Food for Schools program, which provided more than $720,000 last year to Maine schools. Schools used those funds to buy food directly from local farmers to serve in their cafeterias.</p><p>"The program provided a big boost to the state's farmers, because more than 100,000 students eat at Maine schools every day, said Anna Korsen of the food security non-profit Full Plates Full Potential.</p><p>"'That has a huge impact on local economies, on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SmallFarms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SmallFarms</span></a>, and it's just better for kids," she said. 'The food's healthier, they're getting fresh, local foods in the school cafeteria.'</p><p>"A spokesperson for Maine's Department of Education said the state was expected to receive nearly $2.8 million for the Local <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FoodForSchools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FoodForSchools</span></a> program over the next three years. The funding was supposed to be disbursed later this spring.</p><p>"Maine still has a statewide local food purchasing program for schools. But Korsen said the federal program provided more purchasing power for Maine schools. In 2023 before Maine received federal <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LFS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LFS</span></a> funding, schools in the Pine Tree State spent just more than $168,000 on local food, Korsen said.</p><p>"These USDA programmatic cuts are separate from those that the department is making at the University of Maine System [which were just reversed]. And unlike those impacting UMaine, the termination of USDA's local purchasing programs affects food banks and schools around the country." </p><p><a href="https://www.mainepublic.org/business-and-economy/2025-03-12/usda-ending-local-purchasing-programs-for-maine-food-banks-and-schools" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">mainepublic.org/business-and-e</span><span class="invisible">conomy/2025-03-12/usda-ending-local-purchasing-programs-for-maine-food-banks-and-schools</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KillThePoor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KillThePoor</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MadKingTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MadKingTrump</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RESIST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RESIST</span></a>! <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FoodIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FoodIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WorkingPoor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorkingPoor</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SNAP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SNAP</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaveTheFarms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaveTheFarms</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a>: Chancellor set to cut <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/welfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>welfare</span></a> spending by billions</p><p>Faisal Islam, March 5, 2025</p><p>"Steve Wright, Fire Brigades Union general secretary, said any welfare cuts 'would be an outrageous attack on the poorest and most vulnerable'."</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1lpjqg2mp5o" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1lpjq</span><span class="invisible">g2mp5o</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UKPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EatTheRich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EatTheRich</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HungerGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HungerGames</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KillThePoor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KillThePoor</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Eugenics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Eugenics</span></a> anyone?!! So much for so-called <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AmericanExceptionalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanExceptionalism</span></a>! smh</p><p>'We're not prepared': States brace for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>'s plans to dismantle the Education Department [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DepartmentOfEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DepartmentOfEducation</span></a>]</p><p>Trump has said he wants to leave school policy to the states, but state officials and lawmakers aren’t clear on what that would look like. </p><p>February 27, 2025, By Adam Edelman and Tyler Kingkade</p><p>Excerpt: "The largest questions revolve around who would pick up many of the agency’s most crucial responsibilities — among them, the disbursement and oversight of funding for schools with extra needs, including schools with large populations of impoverished students or schools with children with disabilities."</p><p><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/states-brace-trump-plan-dismantle-education-department-rcna192953?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nbcnews.com/politics/trump-adm</span><span class="invisible">inistration/states-brace-trump-plan-dismantle-education-department-rcna192953?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KillThePoor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KillThePoor</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Genocide</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a></p>
Punkrock History<p>44 years ago<br>"Kill the Poor" is a song by the Dead Kennedys, released in October 1980 as the band's third single, and re-recorded for the band's first album, Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables</p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/punk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>punk</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/punkrock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>punkrock</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/hardcorepunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hardcorepunk</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/deadkennedys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deadkennedys</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/killthepoor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>killthepoor</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/punkrockhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>punkrockhistory</span></a></p>
Duchess of Umbrage<p>Today in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KillThePoor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KillThePoor</span></a></p><p>Republicans Push To Legalize ‘Property Owners’ Killing Homeless People in Kentucky <a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/jg54mg/republicans-push-to-legalize-property-owners-killing-homeless-people-in-kentucky" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">vice.com/en/article/jg54mg/rep</span><span class="invisible">ublicans-push-to-legalize-property-owners-killing-homeless-people-in-kentucky</span></a></p>
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