Alan Lewis<p>LIHEAP</p><p>SICK-LOOKING, SICK-SOUNDING SECRETARY OF - HEALTH - AND HUMAN SERVICES FOUND A NOVEL WAY TO DODGE ANSWERING A DIRECT QUESTION<br>Mastodon Post</p><p>Sorry, I lost the link and Web searches are not finding this video. In congressional testimony, RFK Jr. was asked why he cut Liheap funding. He started to give a mini-speech rather than answer the question. When asked to simply answer the question being asked, he reported that his time was up. He was then told, so was his credibility.</p><p>Eightysix47</p><p>: <a href="https://c.im/tags/bigviciousbill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bigviciousbill</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democrats</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/donaldtrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>donaldtrump</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/eightysix47" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eightysix47</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/liheap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>liheap</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/rfkjr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rfkjr</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspolitics</span></a> :</p>
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Chuck Darwin<p>On the first day of his second term in 2025, Trump declared a national energy emergency by executive order, saying that <br>“high energy prices … devastate Americans, particularly those living on low- and fixed incomes.”</p><p>Secretary of Energy Christopher Wright raised concerns about utility disconnections and outlined a mission to “shrink that number, with the target of zero.”</p><p>🆘Yet, the administration’s 2026 budget proposal zeros out funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, or <a href="https://c.im/tags/LIHEAP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LIHEAP</span></a>, <br>the federal program that administers funding to help low-income households pay their utility bills. </p><p>🔥And on April 1, 2025, the administration laid off the entire staff of the LIHEAP office.<br>Gutting the federal office responsible for administering energy bill assistance will make it even harder for Americans to make ends meet.<br><a href="https://theconversation.com/trump-moves-to-gut-low-income-energy-assistance-as-summer-heat-descends-and-electricity-prices-rise-256194" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/trump-move</span><span class="invisible">s-to-gut-low-income-energy-assistance-as-summer-heat-descends-and-electricity-prices-rise-256194</span></a></p>
A Guy Named Brian (he/him)<p>“The Trump White House said LIHEAP is ‘unnecessary’ and that the administration would ‘support low-income individuals through energy dominance, lower prices, and an America First economic platform.’” 🙄</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Energy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LIHEAP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LIHEAP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LIHEAPInJeopardy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LIHEAPInJeopardy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LowIncomeHomeEnergyAssistanceProgramLIHEAP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LowIncomeHomeEnergyAssistanceProgramLIHEAP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BudgetCuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BudgetCuts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrumpIsANationalDisgrace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsANationalDisgrace</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FederalWorkforcePurges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FederalWorkforcePurges</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://grist.org/energy/trump-calls-low-income-energy-program-unnecessary/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">grist.org/energy/trump-calls-l</span><span class="invisible">ow-income-energy-program-unnecessary/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s budget proposes to eliminate entirely a $4.1 billion program that helps <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LowIncome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LowIncome</span></a> Americans pay their <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/heating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>heating</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cooling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cooling</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bills</span></a>. The proposal says that the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LIHEAP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LIHEAP</span></a>] is “unnecessary” because Trump is planning to increase domestic <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/oil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oil</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/gas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gas</span></a> production & reduce <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>energy</span></a> prices. Last month, the admin fired everyone working in the program’s office, which currently helps 6.2 million Americans nationwide offset high <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UtilityBills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UtilityBills</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a></p>
StanceOfMind<p>RFK Jr. fired the entire staff of a program that helps 6 million low-income Americans pay for heating and cooling.</p><p><a href="https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/trump-rfk-jr-hhs-layoffs-low-income-energy-assistance-program/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">motherjones.com/politics/2025/</span><span class="invisible">04/trump-rfk-jr-hhs-layoffs-low-income-energy-assistance-program/</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/RFKjr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RFKjr</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/TrumpAdministration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpAdministration</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Poverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poverty</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/LIHEAP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LIHEAP</span></a></p>
Josh<p>I am not exaggerating when I say this: this move will fucking kill people on fixed incomes and low income families this coming winter. I have multiple customers that literally *CANNOT* afford heat without their LIHEAP disbursements. </p><p>This motherfucker tanks the economy on purpose *and* takes away people's necessary support. The cruelty of it all. Of everything he does. Fuck </p><p><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/trump-admin-fires-staff-liheap-agency-utilities-assistance-program-rcna199177" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nbcnews.com/business/business-</span><span class="invisible">news/trump-admin-fires-staff-liheap-agency-utilities-assistance-program-rcna199177</span></a></p><p><a href="https://jawns.club/tags/LIHEAP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LIHEAP</span></a> <a href="https://jawns.club/tags/USPOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPOL</span></a> <a href="https://jawns.club/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Well then. Let's see. Mucking about with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a>, and now <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> / <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> is crippling <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LIHEAP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" 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" 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" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpHatesSeniors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpHatesSeniors</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KillThePoor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KillThePoor</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpIsABully" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsABully</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"These questions are still on the table, even after a federal judge in Washington, D.C., temporarily halted a radical plan that President Trump announced Tuesday to freeze trillions of dollars in federal grants and loans, even though the money has already been appropriated by Congress."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Medicaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Medicaid</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/FundingFreeze" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FundingFreeze</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MealsonWheels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MealsonWheels</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/DHHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DHHS</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/LIHEAP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LIHEAP</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SchoolLunchProgram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SchoolLunchProgram</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/HeadStart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HeadStart</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/LowIncomeFamilies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LowIncomeFamilies</span></a><br>/10</p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"Will low-income families be able to keep the heat on? Will seniors have access to another meal on wheels? Will Medicaid continue? Will low-income children get breakfasts or lunches at school? Will children be able to go to Head Start?"</p><p>~ Amy Goodman</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Medicaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Medicaid</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/FundingFreeze" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FundingFreeze</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MealsonWheels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MealsonWheels</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/DHHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DHHS</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/LIHEAP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LIHEAP</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SchoolLunchProgram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SchoolLunchProgram</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/HeadStart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HeadStart</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/LowIncomeFamilies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LowIncomeFamilies</span></a><br>/9</p><p><a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2025/1/29/trump_omb_funding_freeze" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">democracynow.org/2025/1/29/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp_omb_funding_freeze</span></a></p>
Rob Carlson :ally: :BLM:<p>If you are having difficulty <a href="https://epistolary.org/tags/heating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>heating</span></a> your home this <a href="https://epistolary.org/tags/winter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>winter</span></a>, please consider applying for <a href="https://epistolary.org/tags/liheap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>liheap</span></a>. This program can help you keep your home safe and warm through direct payments to your utility company. If you are in danger of losing access to consistent heat, you may also be eligible for a crisis grant through this program. <a href="https://epistolary.org/tags/Pennsylvania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pennsylvania</span></a> <a href="https://epistolary.org/tags/MontCoPa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MontCoPa</span></a> <a href="https://epistolary.org/tags/Assistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Assistance</span></a> <a href="https://epistolary.org/tags/Energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Energy</span></a> <a href="https://epistolary.org/tags/Bills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bills</span></a><br> <br>Apply online at <a href="https://dhs.pa.gov/LIHEAP" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">dhs.pa.gov/LIHEAP</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>h/t State Rep. Steve Malagari</p>
Rob Carlson :ally: :BLM:<p>The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) is a federal program that provides financial heating assistance to qualified households in the form of a CASH or CRISIS grant. The assistance is available to help customers that are at/below 150% of the federal poverty income guidelines and demonstrate a heating burden. <a href="https://www.peco.com/my-account/customer-support/assistance-programs/liheap" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">peco.com/my-account/customer-s</span><span class="invisible">upport/assistance-programs/liheap</span></a> <a href="https://epistolary.org/tags/LIHEAP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LIHEAP</span></a> <a href="https://epistolary.org/tags/Poverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poverty</span></a> <a href="https://epistolary.org/tags/Utilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Utilities</span></a> <a href="https://epistolary.org/tags/Assistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Assistance</span></a> <a href="https://epistolary.org/tags/Pennsylvania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pennsylvania</span></a></p>
Rep. Shontel Brown<p>Do you or someone you know need help paying home heating bills? <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LIHEAP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LIHEAP</span></a> benefits are available and my office can help you apply. For more information visit energyhelp.us </p><p><a href="https://shontelbrown.house.gov/media/press-releases/congresswoman-brown-announces-153-million-home-energy-funding-ohioans" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">shontelbrown.house.gov/media/p</span><span class="invisible">ress-releases/congresswoman-brown-announces-153-million-home-energy-funding-ohioans</span></a></p>
CelloMom On Cars<p>"The poorest <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Americans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Americans</span></a> and minority communities already live in hotter neighborhoods and they are more likely to live in older, less insulated and drafty homes.</p><p>Many states don’t even offer the assistance [of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, or <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LIHEAP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LIHEAP</span></a>] for summer months, and those that do often run out of funds before the hottest days roll around. The program has been slow to adapt to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a>’s hotter summers."</p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/heat-wave-air-conditioning-biden-federal-assistance-ce8a434e8fdd65a21b1426d0b731e289" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/heat-wave-a</span><span class="invisible">ir-conditioning-biden-federal-assistance-ce8a434e8fdd65a21b1426d0b731e289</span></a></p>
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