#impoundment — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #impoundment, aggregated by home.social.
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“The White House and Congress have been battling over federal spending since Day 1 of the Trump administration, setting up a constitutional crisis — a breakdown of the division of power among the three branches of the federal government, according to several legal scholars. “
“Now, in defying Congress on foreign aid that Trump himself agreed to spend, the administration is quietly escalating the battle.”
#usaid #impoundment #ruleoflaw #foreignaid #rubio #lewin #vought
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“The White House and Congress have been battling over federal spending since Day 1 of the Trump administration, setting up a constitutional crisis — a breakdown of the division of power among the three branches of the federal government, according to several legal scholars. “
“Now, in defying Congress on foreign aid that Trump himself agreed to spend, the administration is quietly escalating the battle.”
#usaid #impoundment #ruleoflaw #foreignaid #rubio #lewin #vought
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🦫 Could Beavers Help Tackle One Of Climate Change’s Fastest-Growing Challenges? [UK] 🦫
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https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/climate-change-beavers-hidden-battle-against-britains-rome-cook-frgve/ <-- shared technical article
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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx26r1gz1x8o <-- shared media article, “Beavers have helped reduce flood risk…”
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https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/saving-species/beavers <-- shared overview, beavers in the UK
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https://www.npr.org/2026/05/21/nx-s1-5738979/beavers-britain-climate-change-flooding <-- shared media article, “As floods get worse, Britain tries a new solution: beavers”
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https://www.rewildingbritain.org.uk/why-rewild/reintroductions-key-species/key-species/eurasian-beaver <-- shared reintroduction overview
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https://youtu.be/NXZjt1M6loY?si=pwjU0t1GXxGLfNnD <-- shared video, “Watch the moment wild beavers return to Cornwall” [UK]
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https://youtu.be/65HBgO33GDo?si=2qfBAa2Qaz23I81g <-- shared video, “First Beavers in Bedfordshire in over 400 years” [UK]
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https://scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/our-work/our-projects/scottish-beavers/ <-- shared overview, beaver reintroduction into Scotland
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https://youtu.be/vCjvCQHX7mQ?si=fJS9E1wi0LyDq5Fw <-- shared video, “Scotland Released 11 Beavers Into a Dead River — What They Did With Mud and Sticks Was [amazing]”
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H/T @RomeCook
“In [this] article, [the author] explore[s]:
🌿 How beaver-created wetlands support biodiversity
🦟 Their potential influence on mosquitoes and other insect pests
🕷️ The indirect role they may play in tick ecology
🦇 How dragonflies, bats, birds, amphibians and beneficial insects contribute to natural pest regulation
🚜 What this could mean for sustainable agriculture and agroforestry
🌍 Why this matters for biodiversity, farming, and human and animal health in a changing climate…
The beaver isn’t simply creating wetlands. It may be rebuilding the ecological balance that our landscapes have gradually lost….”
#Beavers #BeaverConference2026 #NatureBasedSolutions #Wetlands #Ecology #Biodiversity #Entomology #IntegratedPestManagement #BiologicalControl #Agroforestry #SustainableAgriculture #ClimateChange #OneHealth #EnvironmentalScience #Conservation #Research #ResearchCollaboration #Wildlife #EcosystemServices #bioviversity #conservation #restoration #landscaperecovery #trophiccascade #Rewilding #Nature #SpeciesReintroduction #Environment #EcosystemEngineers #nature #restoration #floodmanagement #FloodMitigation #flood #flooding #floodrisk #sustainability #wetlands #hydrography #hydrology #dams #impoundment #deadwood #waterresources #landscapeengineer # agriculture #benefits #agroforestry #vegetation #waterquality #ecology #ecosystem #restoration #riversystemsstabilisation #climatechange -
🦫 Could Beavers Help Tackle One Of Climate Change’s Fastest-Growing Challenges? [UK] 🦫
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https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/climate-change-beavers-hidden-battle-against-britains-rome-cook-frgve/ <-- shared technical article
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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx26r1gz1x8o <-- shared media article, “Beavers have helped reduce flood risk…”
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https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/saving-species/beavers <-- shared overview, beavers in the UK
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https://www.npr.org/2026/05/21/nx-s1-5738979/beavers-britain-climate-change-flooding <-- shared media article, “As floods get worse, Britain tries a new solution: beavers”
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https://www.rewildingbritain.org.uk/why-rewild/reintroductions-key-species/key-species/eurasian-beaver <-- shared reintroduction overview
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https://youtu.be/NXZjt1M6loY?si=pwjU0t1GXxGLfNnD <-- shared video, “Watch the moment wild beavers return to Cornwall” [UK]
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https://youtu.be/65HBgO33GDo?si=2qfBAa2Qaz23I81g <-- shared video, “First Beavers in Bedfordshire in over 400 years” [UK]
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https://scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/our-work/our-projects/scottish-beavers/ <-- shared overview, beaver reintroduction into Scotland
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https://youtu.be/vCjvCQHX7mQ?si=fJS9E1wi0LyDq5Fw <-- shared video, “Scotland Released 11 Beavers Into a Dead River — What They Did With Mud and Sticks Was [amazing]”
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H/T @RomeCook
“In [this] article, [the author] explore[s]:
🌿 How beaver-created wetlands support biodiversity
🦟 Their potential influence on mosquitoes and other insect pests
🕷️ The indirect role they may play in tick ecology
🦇 How dragonflies, bats, birds, amphibians and beneficial insects contribute to natural pest regulation
🚜 What this could mean for sustainable agriculture and agroforestry
🌍 Why this matters for biodiversity, farming, and human and animal health in a changing climate…
The beaver isn’t simply creating wetlands. It may be rebuilding the ecological balance that our landscapes have gradually lost….”
#Beavers #BeaverConference2026 #NatureBasedSolutions #Wetlands #Ecology #Biodiversity #Entomology #IntegratedPestManagement #BiologicalControl #Agroforestry #SustainableAgriculture #ClimateChange #OneHealth #EnvironmentalScience #Conservation #Research #ResearchCollaboration #Wildlife #EcosystemServices #bioviversity #conservation #restoration #landscaperecovery #trophiccascade #Rewilding #Nature #SpeciesReintroduction #Environment #EcosystemEngineers #nature #restoration #floodmanagement #FloodMitigation #flood #flooding #floodrisk #sustainability #wetlands #hydrography #hydrology #dams #impoundment #deadwood #waterresources #landscapeengineer # agriculture #benefits #agroforestry #vegetation #waterquality #ecology #ecosystem #restoration #riversystemsstabilisation #climatechange -
Remote Sensing And The New Global River Science
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s44221-026-00665-2 <-- shared paper
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“Rivers impact the well-being of humans and the environment. As they increasingly face planetary-scale stressors, it is critically important to monitor and understand rivers at the global scale. As the only synoptic resource for global primary data on rivers, satellite remote sensing has recently begun to provide unprecedented opportunities for the monitoring, understanding, and prediction of global river behaviour. Despite these advances, the role of satellite remote sensing in global river science has still not been fully explored. New satellite systems and algorithms will enable substantial improvements in river measurements, provide new answers to long-standing or newly emerging scientific questions, and eventually update basic knowledge of rivers to advance global river science. In this [paper they] explore how remote sensing has been used to study the world’s rivers, examine challenges and opportunities for further advancing our understanding of rivers using existing and upcoming sensors, and identify possible solutions and future research directions…”
#GIS #spatial #mapping #water #hydrology #satellite #remotsesensing #earthobservation #hydrography #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #physicalgeography #change #river #global #model #modeling #research #hydrogeomorphology #geomorphometry #riverine #humanimpacts #waterquality #waterresources #watermanagement #infrastructure #lake #reservoir #dam #impoundment #canals #avulsion #overbank #flood #flooding #erosion #sedimentation #morphology #network #downstream -
Remote Sensing And The New Global River Science
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s44221-026-00665-2 <-- shared paper
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“Rivers impact the well-being of humans and the environment. As they increasingly face planetary-scale stressors, it is critically important to monitor and understand rivers at the global scale. As the only synoptic resource for global primary data on rivers, satellite remote sensing has recently begun to provide unprecedented opportunities for the monitoring, understanding, and prediction of global river behaviour. Despite these advances, the role of satellite remote sensing in global river science has still not been fully explored. New satellite systems and algorithms will enable substantial improvements in river measurements, provide new answers to long-standing or newly emerging scientific questions, and eventually update basic knowledge of rivers to advance global river science. In this [paper they] explore how remote sensing has been used to study the world’s rivers, examine challenges and opportunities for further advancing our understanding of rivers using existing and upcoming sensors, and identify possible solutions and future research directions…”
#GIS #spatial #mapping #water #hydrology #satellite #remotsesensing #earthobservation #hydrography #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #physicalgeography #change #river #global #model #modeling #research #hydrogeomorphology #geomorphometry #riverine #humanimpacts #waterquality #waterresources #watermanagement #infrastructure #lake #reservoir #dam #impoundment #canals #avulsion #overbank #flood #flooding #erosion #sedimentation #morphology #network #downstream -
Mornington's Mad Monday
#ausnews #vicnews #police #vkc #vicpol #drinkdriving #impoundment #charges #probationary -
Detecting Land Use And Land Cover Changes And Quantifying Soil Erosion And Sediment Export Using GIS And Remote Sensing In The GERD Catchment, Ethiopia
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iswcr.2026.100657 <-- shared paper
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https://infonile.org/en/2023/05/battling-for-survival-along-the-warming-source-of-the-blue-nile/ <-- shared technical media article
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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-65241-7_4 <-- shared technical book chapter
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https://doi.org/10.3390/rs8121020 <-- shared 2016 paper
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#landuse #landcover #RUSLE #model #soil #erosion #sedimentation #GERD #catchment #NorthAfrica #Ethiopia #AbbayBasin #sustainability #landmanagement #agriculture #farmland #foodsecurity #water #hydrogology #reservior #watermanagement #watersecurity #waterresources #catchment #GrandEthiopianRenaissanceDam #BlueNile #hydrography #impoundment #GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #earthobservation #thematic #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #landsat #elevation #DEM #CHIRPS #rainfall #precipitation #LULC #AI #forest #grazing #grassland #field #crops #cropland #waterbodies #urban #biophysical #risk #hazard #mitigation #soilquality -
Detecting Land Use And Land Cover Changes And Quantifying Soil Erosion And Sediment Export Using GIS And Remote Sensing In The GERD Catchment, Ethiopia
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iswcr.2026.100657 <-- shared paper
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https://infonile.org/en/2023/05/battling-for-survival-along-the-warming-source-of-the-blue-nile/ <-- shared technical media article
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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-65241-7_4 <-- shared technical book chapter
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https://doi.org/10.3390/rs8121020 <-- shared 2016 paper
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#landuse #landcover #RUSLE #model #soil #erosion #sedimentation #GERD #catchment #NorthAfrica #Ethiopia #AbbayBasin #sustainability #landmanagement #agriculture #farmland #foodsecurity #water #hydrogology #reservior #watermanagement #watersecurity #waterresources #catchment #GrandEthiopianRenaissanceDam #BlueNile #hydrography #impoundment #GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #earthobservation #thematic #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #landsat #elevation #DEM #CHIRPS #rainfall #precipitation #LULC #AI #forest #grazing #grassland #field #crops #cropland #waterbodies #urban #biophysical #risk #hazard #mitigation #soilquality -
Beavers Must Be Backed, As Stirling [University] Study Shows Biodiversity Boost Animals Bring To Wetlands [UK/Finland] - Beavers Can Have A Major Impact In The Fight Against Biodiversity Loss.
(Research has shown that beaver-created wetlands had 19% more species than other types of wetland)
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https://www.stir.ac.uk/news/2026/march-2026-news/beavers-must-be-backed-as-stirling-study-shows-biodiversity-boost-animals-bring-to-wetlands/ <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-026-02303-4 <-- shared paper
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#beavers #benefits #natural #biodiversity #species #wetlands #habitats #Evo #Finland #Europe #ecology #ecosystems #environment #water #hydrology #waterresources #hydrography #planning #management #reintroduction #waterflow #restoration #dams #waterbodies #impoundment
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Beavers Must Be Backed, As Stirling [University] Study Shows Biodiversity Boost Animals Bring To Wetlands [UK/Finland] - Beavers Can Have A Major Impact In The Fight Against Biodiversity Loss.
(Research has shown that beaver-created wetlands had 19% more species than other types of wetland)
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https://www.stir.ac.uk/news/2026/march-2026-news/beavers-must-be-backed-as-stirling-study-shows-biodiversity-boost-animals-bring-to-wetlands/ <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-026-02303-4 <-- shared paper
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#beavers #benefits #natural #biodiversity #species #wetlands #habitats #Evo #Finland #Europe #ecology #ecosystems #environment #water #hydrology #waterresources #hydrography #planning #management #reintroduction #waterflow #restoration #dams #waterbodies #impoundment
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Aquatic Habitat Response To Small Dam Removal Demonstrates Recovery In Three Years
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https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.70323
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#water #hydrology #fish #migration #fisheries #waterquality #restoration #dam #removal #reconnecting #dams #species #aquatic #environment #protection #forested #watershed #recreation #education #fisheries #wildlife #biodiversity #barrier #species #mobility #habitat #aquatic #natural #river #stream #connectivity #fishpassage #ecology #geomorphology #geomorphometry #monitoring #stakeholders #ShappPondDam #WappingerCreek #DutchessCounty #recovery #HudsonRiverEstuary #NewYorkState #USA #impoundment #downstream #upstream #sediment #sedimentation #macroinvertebrate #impact #assessment -
Aquatic Habitat Response To Small Dam Removal Demonstrates Recovery In Three Years
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https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.70323
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#water #hydrology #fish #migration #fisheries #waterquality #restoration #dam #removal #reconnecting #dams #species #aquatic #environment #protection #forested #watershed #recreation #education #fisheries #wildlife #biodiversity #barrier #species #mobility #habitat #aquatic #natural #river #stream #connectivity #fishpassage #ecology #geomorphology #geomorphometry #monitoring #stakeholders #ShappPondDam #WappingerCreek #DutchessCounty #recovery #HudsonRiverEstuary #NewYorkState #USA #impoundment #downstream #upstream #sediment #sedimentation #macroinvertebrate #impact #assessment -
But by a 2-to-1 vote, the appeals court panel ruled that under the #Impoundment Control Act of 1974, only the Government Accountability Office [#USGAO], which serves as #Congress's independent #watchdog, could challenge #Trump’s efforts to withhold #ForeignAid funding. The panel found that groups that receive government #funding — in this instance, a number of #global #health nonprofits — do not have cause to challenge Trump’s funding cuts.
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But by a 2-to-1 vote, the appeals court panel ruled that under the #Impoundment Control Act of 1974, only the Government Accountability Office [#USGAO], which serves as #Congress's independent #watchdog, could challenge #Trump’s efforts to withhold #ForeignAid funding. The panel found that groups that receive government #funding — in this instance, a number of #global #health nonprofits — do not have cause to challenge Trump’s funding cuts.
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Since taking office, #Trump & his advisers have consistently claimed expansive #authority to freeze federal dollars allocated for projects they have endeavored to snuff out — an action known as #impoundment that legal scholars & #aid groups had considered to be strictly limited under federal #law.
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Since taking office, #Trump & his advisers have consistently claimed expansive #authority to freeze federal dollars allocated for projects they have endeavored to snuff out — an action known as #impoundment that legal scholars & #aid groups had considered to be strictly limited under federal #law.
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Unreal
#Trump Can Withhold Billions in #Aid, #AppealsCourt Rules
In a 2-to-1 vote, a federal appeals court panel ruled that #ForeignAid groups who sued to recover funds that #Trump froze lacked the legal right to bring the challenge.
The decision, which centered on Trump’s authority to withhold #funding already appropriated by #Congress, handed the White House a significant victory.
#impoundment #law #AbuseOfPower
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/us/politics/foreign-aid-trump-appeals-ruling.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare -
Unreal
#Trump Can Withhold Billions in #Aid, #AppealsCourt Rules
In a 2-to-1 vote, a federal appeals court panel ruled that #ForeignAid groups who sued to recover funds that #Trump froze lacked the legal right to bring the challenge.
The decision, which centered on Trump’s authority to withhold #funding already appropriated by #Congress, handed the White House a significant victory.
#impoundment #law #AbuseOfPower
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/us/politics/foreign-aid-trump-appeals-ruling.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare -
Since returning to office, #RussVought has argued that the federal #law limiting #Trump’s spending powers is unconstitutional. And Dodaro has acknowledged that the admin has “not been cooperative” in the investigations.
The WH disabled a website this spring that had helped #oversight ofcls track #federal #spending, claiming it revealed sensitive info. The #GAO described the move in April as disruptive & potentially #illegal, w/“implications” for “congressional oversight,” incl’g on #impoundment. -
Since returning to office, #RussVought has argued that the federal #law limiting #Trump’s spending powers is unconstitutional. And Dodaro has acknowledged that the admin has “not been cooperative” in the investigations.
The WH disabled a website this spring that had helped #oversight ofcls track #federal #spending, claiming it revealed sensitive info. The #GAO described the move in April as disruptive & potentially #illegal, w/“implications” for “congressional oversight,” incl’g on #impoundment. -
The next month, #Paoletta told a federal agency directly that it should “pay no heed whatsoever to GAO’s conclusions, as they are incorrect” on the matter of #impoundment. Paoletta said the #GAO took an overly broad view of the #law, & #Trump could legally withhold money temporarily “to determine the most appropriate use of the funds” [nope].
#law #ExecutiveBranch #AbuseOfPower #Project2025 #RussVought
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The next month, #Paoletta told a federal agency directly that it should “pay no heed whatsoever to GAO’s conclusions, as they are incorrect” on the matter of #impoundment. Paoletta said the #GAO took an overly broad view of the #law, & #Trump could legally withhold money temporarily “to determine the most appropriate use of the funds” [nope].
#law #ExecutiveBranch #AbuseOfPower #Project2025 #RussVought
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The scrutiny has enraged a WH focused on *cutting spending* that does not align w/Trump’s political views & priorities.
In a May letter to the #GAO, Mark #Paoletta, #OMB general counsel, described GAO’s requests as “voluminous, burdensome & inappropriately invasive.” He said the #Trump admin would stop cooperating in #impoundment investigations, claiming that its frequent requests for docs “undermine agency efforts to faithfully *implement* [subvert] the #law & the president’s priorities.”
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The scrutiny has enraged a WH focused on *cutting spending* that does not align w/Trump’s political views & priorities.
In a May letter to the #GAO, Mark #Paoletta, #OMB general counsel, described GAO’s requests as “voluminous, burdensome & inappropriately invasive.” He said the #Trump admin would stop cooperating in #impoundment investigations, claiming that its frequent requests for docs “undermine agency efforts to faithfully *implement* [subvert] the #law & the president’s priorities.”
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But the GAO’s recent work on #impoundment has proved more politically contentious, & under #Trump, it has been met w/fierce #Republican opposition.
In May, the #watchdog found that the admin wrongly blocked funds under a $5B program to build #EV charging stations, a component of the #Biden-era #bipartisan infrastructure #law that Trump sees as *wasteful*. In June, the #GAO determined the admin mishandled funding for #libraries & #museums, after Trump curtailed the agency overseeing the money.
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But the GAO’s recent work on #impoundment has proved more politically contentious, & under #Trump, it has been met w/fierce #Republican opposition.
In May, the #watchdog found that the admin wrongly blocked funds under a $5B program to build #EV charging stations, a component of the #Biden-era #bipartisan infrastructure #law that Trump sees as *wasteful*. In June, the #GAO determined the admin mishandled funding for #libraries & #museums, after Trump curtailed the agency overseeing the money.
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The #GAO has twice determined in recent months that Trump’s actions violated rules that prohibit him from unilaterally canceling #funding, a move known as #impoundment. The office has 46 open investigations into other allegations that #Trump illegally withheld funds, the agency confirmed this week.
#law #ExecutiveBranch #AbuseOfPower #Project2025 #RussVought
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The #GAO has twice determined in recent months that Trump’s actions violated rules that prohibit him from unilaterally canceling #funding, a move known as #impoundment. The office has 46 open investigations into other allegations that #Trump illegally withheld funds, the agency confirmed this week.
#law #ExecutiveBranch #AbuseOfPower #Project2025 #RussVought
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#Trump & #RussellVought lead on #Project2025 alum, plan to #impound federal #spending in direct violation of 1974 #Impoundment Control Act. This would prompt legal fight very likely decided by #SCOTUS & threaten separation of powers outlined in #Constitution.Trump Drafts Plans to Take Over #Congress Spending Powers. Donald Trump plans to make massive cuts to spending after Congress decides on the #budget..taking a wrecking ball to our democracy, nothing is stopping him https://newrepublic.com/post/192733/trump-plans-spending-cuts-congress-shutdown
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#Trump & #RussellVought lead on #Project2025 alum, plan to #impound federal #spending in direct violation of 1974 #Impoundment Control Act. This would prompt legal fight very likely decided by #SCOTUS & threaten separation of powers outlined in #Constitution.Trump Drafts Plans to Take Over #Congress Spending Powers. Donald Trump plans to make massive cuts to spending after Congress decides on the #budget..taking a wrecking ball to our democracy, nothing is stopping him https://newrepublic.com/post/192733/trump-plans-spending-cuts-congress-shutdown
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Trump and Musk are building a new spoils system
When ideological targeting becomes cronyism
https://donmoynihan.substack.com/p/trump-and-musk-are-building-a-new"Trump, via #Musk, is engaged in #impoundment, which is #illegal & #unconstitutional. It also vastly weakens #Congress. & yet, the #Trump pitch to get Congress to pass appropriations is that he will ignore what they actually pass! Impoundment is a feature, not a bug, in their model for governing."
#ElonMusk #DonaldTrump #Coup #Corruption #GOP #USPol #USPolitics #Politics #News
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Trump and Musk are building a new spoils system
When ideological targeting becomes cronyism
https://donmoynihan.substack.com/p/trump-and-musk-are-building-a-new"Trump, via #Musk, is engaged in #impoundment, which is #illegal & #unconstitutional. It also vastly weakens #Congress. & yet, the #Trump pitch to get Congress to pass appropriations is that he will ignore what they actually pass! Impoundment is a feature, not a bug, in their model for governing."
#ElonMusk #DonaldTrump #Coup #Corruption #GOP #USPol #USPolitics #Politics #News
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Threat for Today #CR #Budget Vote - "#Trump and #WhiteHouse officials have been telling #GOP #Congress holdouts who want more spending cuts that the administration will pursue #impoundment — that is, holding back federal funding already appropriated by Congress — according to two #Republicans who were in a recent meeting with the #president and spoke to Meredith Lee Hill. #MAGA #GOP #Republicans #legislative relinquish all #power #authority #responsibility #ruleoflaw https://www.politico.com/newsletters/inside-congress/2025/03/11/johnsons-spending-holdouts-00223195
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Threat for Today #CR #Budget Vote - "#Trump and #WhiteHouse officials have been telling #GOP #Congress holdouts who want more spending cuts that the administration will pursue #impoundment — that is, holding back federal funding already appropriated by Congress — according to two #Republicans who were in a recent meeting with the #president and spoke to Meredith Lee Hill. #MAGA #GOP #Republicans #legislative relinquish all #power #authority #responsibility #ruleoflaw https://www.politico.com/newsletters/inside-congress/2025/03/11/johnsons-spending-holdouts-00223195
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Mr. #Tillis_ I’m heartened by the news of the #SupremeCourt that #POTUSINO must unfreeze congressional allocations for foreign aid. I hope you are. It was a partial acceptance of the #impoundment, however, if I understand things correctly. 1/10
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Can the president override Congress on spending? It depends on #impoundment
Listen or read three minutes at #NPR: https://www.npr.org/2025/02/27/nx-s1-5308583/can-the-president-override-congress-on-spending-it-depends-on-impoundment 🧵
#paymentSystem #default #Treasury #bankruptcy #sovereignty #money #currency #DOGE #economy #debt #USA #governance #compliance #responsibility #techCulture #techBros #manliness #masculinity #spending #expenditures #ruleOfLaw #Constitution #MMT #Constitution #USPol #USPolitics
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Can the president override Congress on spending? It depends on #impoundment
Listen or read three minutes at #NPR: https://www.npr.org/2025/02/27/nx-s1-5308583/can-the-president-override-congress-on-spending-it-depends-on-impoundment 🧵
#paymentSystem #default #Treasury #bankruptcy #sovereignty #money #currency #DOGE #economy #debt #USA #governance #compliance #responsibility #techCulture #techBros #manliness #masculinity #spending #expenditures #ruleOfLaw #Constitution #MMT #Constitution #USPol #USPolitics
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The Trump regime is doubling down on its illegal firings of federal workers.
How do we know the firings are illegal?
Under the Constitution, only Congress has the power to fund the federal government, and once it authorizes money for a particular purpose, the president has has to spend that money.
1/n
#Trump #impoundment #FederalWorkers #IllegalFirings #fascism #intimidation
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The Trump regime is doubling down on its illegal firings of federal workers.
How do we know the firings are illegal?
Under the Constitution, only Congress has the power to fund the federal government, and once it authorizes money for a particular purpose, the president has has to spend that money.
1/n
#Trump #impoundment #FederalWorkers #IllegalFirings #fascism #intimidation
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"I finally got what's bugged me about all these stories on the crippling of the US govt: all of them speak of "cuts" when, in fact, only Congress can 'cut' funding, and it has done nothing of the sort. The story describes illegal & unconstitutional impoundment, BUT SAYS NOT ONE WORD ABOUT IT"
Preach! #impoundment is a crime. It should be met with #impeachment
#Via: https://bsky.app/profile/kjephd.bsky.social/post/3livf7iif622l
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"I finally got what's bugged me about all these stories on the crippling of the US govt: all of them speak of "cuts" when, in fact, only Congress can 'cut' funding, and it has done nothing of the sort. The story describes illegal & unconstitutional impoundment, BUT SAYS NOT ONE WORD ABOUT IT"
Preach! #impoundment is a crime. It should be met with #impeachment
#Via: https://bsky.app/profile/kjephd.bsky.social/post/3livf7iif622l
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The Dangers of Presidential #Impoundment - Foreign Policy
#Nixon tried what #Trump is planning—and it caused a #constitutional crisis.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/16/presidential-impoundment-trump-nixon-history/
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The Dangers of Presidential #Impoundment - Foreign Policy
#Nixon tried what #Trump is planning—and it caused a #constitutional crisis.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/16/presidential-impoundment-trump-nixon-history/
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This unprecedented and illegal power grab abrogates Congressional authority over federal spending and violates the Impoundment Control Act.
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#Trump #Republicans #Government #Impoundment #Congress #Spending
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This unprecedented and illegal power grab abrogates Congressional authority over federal spending and violates the Impoundment Control Act.
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#Trump #Republicans #Government #Impoundment #Congress #Spending
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Well, here we go: how do you enforce a court order that the executive refuses to comply with? Better question: what makes you think you can defy it in the first place? #tyranny #impoundment #epa
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/04/epa-spending-freeze-court-orders-00202253
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"Key architects of Project 2025 propose another dangerous tool to weaken the constitutional authorities of Congress and seize control over the federal budget: presidential impoundment. This power refers to the executive branch’s refusal to spend appropriated monies per Congress’ directives. Congress erected the important statutory guardrails that ban presidential impoundment . . . "
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/project-2025-would-destroy-the-u-s-system-of-checks-and-balances-and-create-an-imperial-presidency/ #Impoundment #Project2025 #USPol -
"Key architects of Project 2025 propose another dangerous tool to weaken the constitutional authorities of Congress and seize control over the federal budget: presidential impoundment. This power refers to the executive branch’s refusal to spend appropriated monies per Congress’ directives. Congress erected the important statutory guardrails that ban presidential impoundment . . . "
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/project-2025-would-destroy-the-u-s-system-of-checks-and-balances-and-create-an-imperial-presidency/ #Impoundment #Project2025 #USPol -
#Politics #Impoundment #Fascism #joycevance
The outcome of that hearing will turn on whether the plaintiff groups challenging the Trump administration’s plans can show that they will be irremediably harmed by the measure.That leaves us with the question, can a president unilaterally substitute their own funding decisions for those of Congress? The answer is, they can’t The only way Trump can proceed with impoundment is if the Act is unconstitutional and Train is reversed
https://open.substack.com/pub/joycevance/p/impoundment?r=ymxmu&utm_medium=ios -
#Politics #Impoundment #Fascism #joycevance
The outcome of that hearing will turn on whether the plaintiff groups challenging the Trump administration’s plans can show that they will be irremediably harmed by the measure.That leaves us with the question, can a president unilaterally substitute their own funding decisions for those of Congress? The answer is, they can’t The only way Trump can proceed with impoundment is if the Act is unconstitutional and Train is reversed
https://open.substack.com/pub/joycevance/p/impoundment?r=ymxmu&utm_medium=ios -
#DonaldTrump is entering his second term with vows to cut a vast array of #government services and a radical plan to do so. Rather than relying on his party’s control of #Congress to trim the budget, #Trump and his advisers intend to test an obscure legal theory holding that presidents have sweeping power to withhold funding from programs they dislike.
