Post AtepvgmQpExP1TR99M by Nonilex@masto.ai
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(DIR) Post #AtenKkwMCC8xInLBKK by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-05-01T17:29:33Z
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🤬The #Trump admin has halted $1B for #MentalHealth services for #children, saying that the programs funded by a bipartisan #law aimed at stemming #GunViolence in #schools were no longer in “the best interest of the federal government.” [‼️🤬]Lawmakers authorized the money in 2022 after a fmr student opened fire at an elementary school in #Uvalde, #Texas, killing 19 children & 2 teachers & injuring 17 others.https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/us/politics/trump-mental-health-grants.html?smid=url-share
(DIR) Post #AtenpmfBq5cPci6dge by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-05-01T17:34:01Z
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The measure, known as the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, broke a decades-long impasse between congressional #Republicans & #Democrats on addressing #GunViolence by focusing largely on improving #MentalHealth support for #students.But just as some of the mental health programs are starting, the *#Education* Dept canceled the #funding this week & informed grant recipients that they would have to reapply for the money because of potential violations of federal civil rights #law. [???]#Trump
(DIR) Post #Ateo5Q3TfDoE8dvDZg by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-05-01T17:37:49Z
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The dept did not specify a #CivilRights #law [there isn’t one] or provide the grant recipients with any evidence of violations….An *#Education* Dept spox confirmed that the #grants had been discontinued because of a particular focus on increasing the diversity of psychologists, counselors & other #MentalHealth workers. [nonsense]#Trump #GunViolence #schools #children #SchoolShootings
(DIR) Post #AteoJpbjSOoZRTogRk by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-05-01T17:40:29Z
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“Under the deeply flawed priorities of the #Biden administration, grant recipients used the funding to implement race-based actions like recruiting quotas in ways that have nothing to do with #MentalHealth & could hurt the very students the grants are supposed to help,” said Madi Biedermann, the dept’s dpty asst secy for communications.[ridiculous]#law #Trump #GunViolence #schools #children #SchoolShootings
(DIR) Post #AteocrgTxbkXNv78fw by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-05-01T17:44:01Z
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Biedermann declined to provide applications that the dept viewed as discriminatory, citing privacy laws. Instead, she offered examples of specific provisions pulled from lengthy applications.A provision in one application set a “diversity goal” of hiring 8 nonwhite counselors out of a total of 24. [that’s only ⅓ FFS]#law #Trump #GunViolence #schools #children #SchoolShootings #MentalHealth
(DIR) Post #Ateom4kojhUmWiXACu by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-05-01T17:45:41Z
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A line in an additional application Biedermann pointed to included training for #MentalHealth professionals that included helping counselors “recognize & challenge systemic injustices, antiracism & the pervasiveness of white supremacy to ethically support diverse communities.” [not for nothing, but a lot of the shooters turn out to be racists]#law #Trump #GunViolence #schools #children #SchoolShootings
(DIR) Post #Atep5a46XwI38dr8ca by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-05-01T17:49:13Z
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Another highlighted the importance of handling “racial stress & trauma” of students. One applicant’s training included understanding “the influences of racism & white privilege in education practice.” [like I said above]Sen Chris Murphy (D-CT) who helped negotiate the #legislation, said it was #illegal for any president to halt funding approved by #Congress & called on Republican supporters to stand up for the #law.#law #Trump #GunViolence #schools #children #SchoolShootings #MentalHealth
(DIR) Post #AtepKM1z0WrdxJuNUG by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-05-01T17:51:51Z
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3 #Republican senators, #JohnCornyn of TX, #SusanCollins of ME & #ThomTillis of NC, who wrote a column in support of the #law 3 years ago did not return calls seeking comment.…“What’s the point of being in #Congress & writing laws if the president can just ignore them? So, I’m angry that my Republican partners are not out there raising objections to what the president is doing,” Sen #ChrisMurphy said in an interview.#Trump #GunViolence #schools #children #SchoolShootings #MentalHealth
(DIR) Post #AtepSV7R6QHwSTLMbA by unfunnyryan@fosstodon.org
2025-05-01T17:53:19Z
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@Nonilex #ThomTillis is a spineless coward. Can't wait to vote him out in '26.
(DIR) Post #AtepmRBPRhsO2ihzOK by ChrisHolladay@mastodon.social
2025-05-01T17:56:53Z
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@Nonilex When a gunman shoots half of Congress , maybe they will rethink this bullshit🤔Oh snap, I forgot about Steve Scalise
(DIR) Post #AtepvgmQpExP1TR99M by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-05-01T17:58:37Z
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…Mary Wall, a fmr dpty asst secy for #education involved in setting up…the program under #Biden, said it was a “gross overstep” to equate #MentalHealth services w/ *radicalization* of #children.The application process favored programs that reflected the communities they served…. Programs aimed at training mental health professionals for predominantly minority communities, for example, received extra consideration if they could show how the training would be aimed at pros w/similar backgrounds.
(DIR) Post #Ateq4E1H7s9YQhRyEK by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-05-01T18:00:08Z
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Ms. Wall said this was “a common-sense practice” w/proven results.“One of the first questions after every single #SchoolShooting is whether the student had access to #MentalHealth support & services,” Ms. Wall said. “It is no stretch to say that taking away this support introduces the risk of harm to #school communities & #students.”#law #Trump #GunViolence #schools #children #SchoolShootings
(DIR) Post #AteqIQcx31AfaNqU88 by Dealiah@mastodon.sdf.org
2025-05-01T18:02:42Z
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@Nonilex Somehow they need to understand that if they're not going to do anything but let Trump do as he wishes, at some point Trump will simply announce he will disband Congress "as a cost cutting measure."