Donald Trump cannot go low enough, as now National History Day, a contest that involves hundreds of thousands of students in a competition for the best history project, conducted annually in June, is no longer being financially supported by the federal government
This is part of the gutting of the long operating National Endowment for the Humanities and National Endowment For The Arts, first initiated 60 years ago as part of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society!
It is clear that nothing is too low for the Trump Administration in the mad dash to cut spending through Elon Musk and the Department Of Government Efficiency (DOGE), and allow massive tax cuts fot the wealthy to go through to law!
The 119th Congress, with a slim Republican majority, is on the road to destruction of much of federal government programs, without any regard for the damage that is being wrought!
I saw where Trump cancelled funding for children’s history contests. The budget funding was very small. Could you find that issue for me?
Thank you.
Jack, you can find the details about this on the websites of the NY Times, Washington Post, and CNN!
Some more cruelty by the Trump administration…
Children Seeking Cholera Care Die After U.S. Cuts Aid, Charity Says
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/world/africa/south-sudan-cholera-children-deaths.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-04.bmGw.QjX8z-5PPpYB&smid=bs-share
This is horrifying!
Trump budget proposal would fully eliminate Head Start.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2025/04/11/trump-proposal-eliminating-head-start/83045346007/
This is bizarre/cult-like…
White House moves Obama portrait for painting depicting Trump assassination attempt.
https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/5245400-trump-art-work-replaces-obama/
Trump administration advances effort to pull Maine’s federal K-12 funding over trans athletes.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/11/trump-administration-advances-effort-to-pull-maines-federal-k-12-funding-over-trans-athletes-00287077
So much for “states’ rights” – that was always total bulls*** by right wingers.
Top U.S. Prosecutor in New Jersey, a Trump Loyalist, Targets Governor
“Alina Habba said she was investigating Gov. Philip D. Murphy and the state’s attorney general over immigration policy. She called the inquiry a ‘warning for everybody.’”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/nyregion/trump-justice-department-habba-immigration.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-04.w8sH.PVx7SsIhCuBs&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Again, so much for “states’ rights.” Or rule of law.
The Trump administration has ordered State Department employees to report on any instances of coworkers displaying “anti-Christian bias” as part of its effort to implement a sweeping new executive order on supporting employees of Christian faith working in the federal government.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/11/state-report-anti-christian-bias-033535
It sounds like something from the ‘Handmaid’s Tale’.