Pre-Emptive Strike Time?

Halp, halp! Not only am I being oppressed & repressed, I'm being targeted!

Helena Bottemiller Evich / Politico:
Behind Trump's plan to target the federal safety net

The Trump administration and Republicans in Congress are hoping to make the most sweeping changes to federal safety net programs in a generation, using legislation and executive actions to target recipients of food stamps, Medicaid and housing benefits.

Discussion:

Daily Kos:   Republicans ratcheting up class war from above with attacks on Medicaid, Medicare, food aid and more

Sarah Lee / RedState:   Next Up: Welfare Reform

Bess Levin / Vanity Fair:/cite>   Trump Is Preparing to Royally Screw Trump Voters

Robert King / Washington Examiner:   House could be first up to tackle entitlement reform

Jason Easley / Politicus USA:   Trump Is Planning To Declare War On The Poor If Tax Cuts For The Rich Pass Congress

And I didn't even vote for the rancid bastard.

(NOT MUCH) LATER: First they fuck the children (Little bastards shouldn't have been born poor if they wanted to live long, amirite?)

Caitlin Owens / Axios:
Congress probably won't renew CHIP funding this year

Discussion:

Joan McCarter / Daily Kos:   How Orrin Hatch is enabling the destruction of the CHIP program he's so proud of creating

Amanda Michelle Gomez / ThinkProgress:   Another state to warn CHIP families that insurance might end because Congress failed to act

then they'll come for the other (my) end of the age spectrum.The Dictators - "No Tomorrow" (Live at The Ritz, NYC)