#fundingfreeze — Public Fediverse posts
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Trump administration halts funds for projects in blue cities as Democrats refuse to reopen the government
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Trump administration halts funds for projects in blue cities as Democrats refuse to reopen the government
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Well this is appalling.
#USpol #FundingFreeze #farms #farmers #nonprofits
(I couldn’t tell if this is paywalled & didn’t see an option for a giftlink, so apologies if it’s not accessible.)
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Also from the same story...
"Advocates say federal government has a crucial role funding environmental projects
"One group that's been waiting on funding is #CollaborativeEarth. The organization is helping #NativeAmerican tribes in #Oklahoma develop more #sustainable grazing practices and small #farmers in the southeast reforest waterways to prevent #flooding and store carbon pollution.
"'It's strange that the payment of an invoice could make you wonder about the future of a democracy, but that's exactly what it feels like,' says Aaron Hirsh, organization lead at Collaborative Earth.
"Unless payments restart, Hirsh says his group is weeks away from having to lay people off — and potentially having to shut down entirely.
"'I don't know when we're going to get started again on finding these kinds of solutions that can benefit local communities as well as #ecosystems,' Hirsh says. 'This is the sort of funding that can support that kind of innovation. That's what it was supposed to do. And without it, I don't think we find those solutions.'
"Like a lot of organizations, Collaborative Earth doesn't receive grant funding in big upfront payments. Instead, it's compensated by the government for past expenses, like paying workers and buying equipment. In other cases, organizations can withdraw federal funding to cover about a week's worth of expenses. Unless groups have large cash reserves, even a brief interruption in government funding can cause problems.
"'When these projects get frozen and you let all that staff go, you lose momentum, and you might lose the project permanently, because the people can't afford to sit and wait,' says Campaigne of the #SouthernEnvironmentalLawCenter. 'You're between a rock and a hard place of trying to stay committed to the work that you are dedicated to and feeding your family.' "
https://www.southcarolinapublicradio.org/2025-02-12/trump-funding-freeze-could-leave-communities-on-their-own-as-climate-threats-grow
#USPol #FundingFreeze #ClimateChange #Infrastructure #ClimateThreats #Environment -
I heard about this from a relative in the Southern US (NOT a Trump supporter).
Trump funding freeze could leave communities on their own as climate threats grow
By Michael Copley
Published February 12, 2025 at 5:30 AM ESTExcerpts: "The funding freeze is being felt across the U.S.
"A #Missouri school district couldn't pay for almost two dozen electric school buses it ordered to replace a fleet of diesel buses. In #SpringfieldMassachusetts, officials didn't know if the city would get money it was promised to #weatherize homes, remove #LeadPaint and #RepairRoads. #Oklahoma regulators warned $100 million in grant funding to plug abandoned #OilAndGas wells was in jeopardy. A #NorthCarolina official said the state risks losing out on more than $100 million in conservation projects that could protect communities from #floods and #wildfires. And in Kersey, Colo., officials had to hope the government would unfreeze money to remove an old grain elevator covered in #asbestos, a cancer-causing substance that's linked to the deaths of tens of thousands of Americans every year.
"'We wouldn't be able to move forward without it,' Susie Thielbert, a grant analyst for Kersey, told Colorado Public Radio about the grain-elevator project. 'We are a very small community.'"
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"Parts of West Virginia 'have been left behind' for decades, Crowe says, but money had started flowing in from the Biden-era laws that Trump's now targeting.
"'Their infrastructure is failing,' Crowe says. 'And without the federal government coming in to help support them, they're not going to be able to come up with that money on their own.'
"Similar concerns are rippling through the region, says Dana Kuhnline, senior program director at ReImagine Appalachia, an advocacy group."
Read more:
https://www.southcarolinapublicradio.org/2025-02-12/trump-funding-freeze-could-leave-communities-on-their-own-as-climate-threats-grow
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DATE: February 11, 2025 at 07:30AM
SOURCE: BioWorld MedTechDirect article link at end of text block below.
Scientists warn @NIH cost-cutting will impair #research
#medtech #fundingfreeze #policy
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DATE: February 10, 2025 at 06:30PM
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Scientists warn @NIH cost-cutting will impair #research
#medtech #fundingfreeze #policy
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NBC News: #Judge finds #Trump administration #violated #courtorder halting #fundingfreeze
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/judge-finds-trump-administration-violated-court-order-halting-funding-rcna191528 -
Why the EU won’t stop the development aid decline https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/podcast/why-the-eu-wont-stop-the-development-aid-decline/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #developmentaid #EUdevelopmentaid #EUNGOs #fundingfreeze #NGOs
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The impact of the #fundingfreeze in practical terms: https://episcopalnewsservice.org/2025/02/04/trumps-foreign-aid-freeze-halts-episcopal-affiliated-humanitarian-aid-program-in-central-america/ Please note: the #Episcopal church and other organizations continue to support Cristosal.
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Last week's grant freeze fiasco underscores the need for diversified revenue and community-owned solutions.
Our latest blog post examines the $16.5M+ in federal grants awarded to open infrastructure projects over the past 5 years, highlighting the precariousness of the space right now.
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@NSF funded scientists are not being paid
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well, well, well, hit dog holla
trumps homies cant stomach this one. Probably cause $22B of the $45B #Louisiana state budget comes from federal grants and such -
If you know a federal worker who is refusing to knuckle under to Hitler 2.0's tactics, please make the effort to thank them. They're kinda standing between us and complete disaster right now. #federalworkers #fundingfreeze #donttakethebuyout #Trump #buyout #dontquit #classwar
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"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."
#Trump #Medicaid #FundingFreeze #MealsonWheels #DHHS #LIHEAP #SchoolLunchProgram #HeadStart #LowIncomeFamilies
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"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?"
~ Amy Goodman
#Trump #Medicaid #FundingFreeze #MealsonWheels #DHHS #LIHEAP #SchoolLunchProgram #HeadStart #LowIncomeFamilies
/9https://www.democracynow.org/2025/1/29/trump_omb_funding_freeze
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Trump's regime has blinked. The funding freeze has been rescinded.
Expect Trump to try another way of doing the same thing any time now.
#Trump #FundingFreeze #resistance #opposition
https://www.axios.com/2025/01/29/federal-funding-freeze-memo-rescinded
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"It is hard to see who could possibly benefit from these heavy-handed moves to constrain and defund our most vital public health institutions. American medical research, patients and their families, as well as the medical profession more generally will suffer as a result of this stunt.
Unless the courts permanently stop him, Trump’s power grab will leave the Constitution and our medical research programs in ruins."
#Trump #Medicaid #FundingFreeze #NIH #healthcare #research
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"What are the human implications of this? When the most anti-science, conspiracy obsessed president and his gang of nihilists cut off federal funding from entities such as the National Institutes of Health (for travel, medical research reviews, grants to scientists, etc.), real people suffer—especially when combined with a 'pause' on any communications from the National Institutes of Health."
~ Jennifer Rubin and Megan Houser
#Trump #Medicaid #FundingFreeze #NIH
/8https://contrarian.substack.com/p/government-freeze-halts-vital-research
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We'd be foolish to imagine the judiciary will stand as a wall against dictatorship when we have the Supreme Court we now have.
The point is, this episode needs to serve as a warning for a lot that is likely going to come now fast and furious, with no one stopping it — when Trump and his party control all three branches of government.
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Some commentators are now suggesting that things aren't so bad, Medicaid will continue functioning, the judiciary will be a wall against Trump's dictatorial aspirations. I think we'd be very naive to imagine that the judiciary will permanently block dictatorial overreach of this sort, which has the potential to break government and hurt lots of people.
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And, of course, Federal Judge Loren L. AliKhan placed a temporay stay on Trump's order for the funding freeze, due to lawsuits filed against it.
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"The administration claimed that the shutdown of the Medicaid portal was a 'fluke' unrelated to the freeze—a lie so transparent it hurts to repeat it.
~ Robert B. Hubbell
#Trump #Medicaid #FundingFreeze
/4https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/an-upwelling-of-outrage-spreads-across
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"Several lawmakers took to social media on Tuesday afternoon to confirm that that their state’s Medicaid payment systems have been shut off."
~ Bruce Gil
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"Nearly 'a fifth of all Americans' receive health insurance through Medicaid."
~ Judd Legum and Rebecca Crosby
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"My staff has confirmed reports that Medicaid portals are down in all 50 states following last night's federal funding freeze. This is a blatant attempt to rip away health care from millions of Americans overnight and will get people killed."
~ Senator Ron Wyden
On a federal judge's temporary block of Trump's funding freeze order, see /5 - /7 below.
#Trump #Medicaid #FundingFreeze
/1https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ydtsvzzsl6nlfkmnuooeqcmc/post/3lgt2ng5xms2o
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Medical research depends on government money.
Even a day's delay hurts science.