Mama Bears Assemble!Trump Intends to Defund HeadStart, AmeriCorps and Declare a Fake Autism Toxin.

My Mama Bear Spidey-senses are on fire for a bunch of reasons this week, but a few lesser-known issues were identified with little fanfare this week that deserve more attention.

I must say, if I oversaw ridding our government of waste and abuse, I would definitely start with three highly cost-effective and beloved programs: HeadStart, AmeriCorps and Ongoing Autism Research. That sounds smart, right?

Lost amidst the urgent and ongoing horror of vanishing people and deporting people illegally, was Trump’s decision to kill HeadStart, the highly effective preschool funding program primarily used in rural areas and low-income urban areas to provide quality preschool to families. I’m sure you would agree, it is always a great idea to defund education where it is needed most. Right?

Similarly, this administration decided to defund AmeriCorps, the wonderful program of young people volunteering and working to aid naturals disasters, at-risk middle and high school students and foodbanks. They tuto…