Trump's Latest Executive Order Punishes Schools Mandating the COVID Shot

Katie Pavlich / Townhall Tipsheet

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday relinquishing funding from schools and universities still  preventing students and employees from attending classes in person if they don't take the COVID-19 shot. 

The executive order prevents "federal funds from being used to support or subsidize an educational service agency, state education agency, local education agency, elementary school, secondary school, or institution of higher education that requires students to have received a COVID-19 vaccination to attend in-person education programs.” 

The Department of Education and Health and Human Services will lead enforcement on the issue. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was confirmed as HHS secretary Thursday and Linda McMahon, Trump's pick to head the Education Department, is likely headed for a vote sometime next week.

The Latest Agency to Get Targeted By Trump Couldn't Be More Deserving

Matt Vespa / Townhall Tipsheet 

President Donald J. Trump isn’t wasting any time slashing the federal workforce. Around 75,000 workers have already opted out, taking the severance package that pays them through September after the president issued an executive order nixing their work-from-home arrangements. Recently, Trump administration officials met with the Office of Personnel Management, prepping for mass layoffs of government workers. Probationary workers who have yet to qualify for certain workplace protections are on the chopping block. That’s hundreds of thousands of workers facing potential termination. 

The latest target couldn’t be more deserving: the Internal Revenue Service. Thousands are expected to get the boot, which is bound to trigger a massive liberal meltdown in the coming days (via WaPo): 

The Trump administration is expected to begin laying off thousands of employees at the Internal Revenue Service, six people briefed on the matter said, as billionaire Elon Musk’s team begins to target tax collections. Read more here.