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The deal also extended unusual tax protections to #Trump, his family & their businesses, shielding them from all past tax claims — an extremely lucrative benefit for Trump who has repeatedly complained about burdensome #IRS audits.
#SlushFund #TaxpayersMoney #fraud #law #ToddBlanche #DOJ #LegalEthics #MafiaState #AbuseOfPower #AbuseOfOffice
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The deal also extended unusual tax protections to #Trump, his family & their businesses, shielding them from all past tax claims — an extremely lucrative benefit for Trump who has repeatedly complained about burdensome #IRS audits.
#SlushFund #TaxpayersMoney #fraud #law #ToddBlanche #DOJ #LegalEthics #MafiaState #AbuseOfPower #AbuseOfOffice
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…At issue for both senators is the agreement #ToddBlanche & the #DOJ announced in the spring to resolve #Trump’s lawsuit against the #IRS over the leak of his personal tax returns.
The deal, which was NOT approved by a #court, would have created a nearly $1.8 billion taxpayer-funded pool of money to reward people who claim they were victims of politically motivated prosecutions.
#SlushFund #TaxpayersMoney #fraud #law #LegalEthics #MafiaState #AbuseOfPower #AbuseOfOffice -
…At issue for both senators is the agreement #ToddBlanche & the #DOJ announced in the spring to resolve #Trump’s lawsuit against the #IRS over the leak of his personal tax returns.
The deal, which was NOT approved by a #court, would have created a nearly $1.8 billion taxpayer-funded pool of money to reward people who claim they were victims of politically motivated prosecutions.
#SlushFund #TaxpayersMoney #fraud #law #LegalEthics #MafiaState #AbuseOfPower #AbuseOfOffice -
I have been wondering about the families of these criminal politicians and those that surround them; how do they justify their behavior? Is it all about money and temporary comfort the criminal provide or there's more to it? or their families are just a corrupt as them so it's "just the way it is" for them?
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Crap. Now #Trump is saying he’ll just wait until #JohnCornyn & #ThomTillis leave the #Senate, & then he’ll re-nominate #ToddBlanche.
Trump suggested Thursday that he could withdraw Blanche’s nomination to become attorney general until next year, as a standoff continues with the 2 Republican senators who are demanding concessions from the admin before supporting Blanche.
#SlushFund #TaxpayersMoney #fraud #law #DOJ #LegalEthics #MafiaState #AbuseOfPower #AbuseOfOffice
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/07/30/republicans-struggle-way-forward-blanche-ag-nomination/ -
Crap. Now #Trump is saying he’ll just wait until #JohnCornyn & #ThomTillis leave the #Senate, & then he’ll re-nominate #ToddBlanche.
Trump suggested Thursday that he could withdraw Blanche’s nomination to become attorney general until next year, as a standoff continues with the 2 Republican senators who are demanding concessions from the admin before supporting Blanche.
#SlushFund #TaxpayersMoney #fraud #law #DOJ #LegalEthics #MafiaState #AbuseOfPower #AbuseOfOffice
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/07/30/republicans-struggle-way-forward-blanche-ag-nomination/ -
#Trump said Thursday he may pull the nomination of #ToddBlanche for Attorney General, looking to avoid concessions to holdout #Republicans. Lawmakers on Wednesday scrapped a planned committee vote after key Republicans demanded more assurances about the “settlement” of Trump’s lawsuit against the #IRS.
That would give the Trump admin 3 AGs in less than 2 years.
#SlushFund #TaxpayersMoney #fraud #law #DOJ #LegalEthics #MafiaState #AbuseOfPower #AbuseOfOffice
https://apnews.com/live/trump-iran-news-updates-07-30-2026 -
#Trump said Thursday he may pull the nomination of #ToddBlanche for Attorney General, looking to avoid concessions to holdout #Republicans. Lawmakers on Wednesday scrapped a planned committee vote after key Republicans demanded more assurances about the “settlement” of Trump’s lawsuit against the #IRS.
That would give the Trump admin 3 AGs in less than 2 years.
#SlushFund #TaxpayersMoney #fraud #law #DOJ #LegalEthics #MafiaState #AbuseOfPower #AbuseOfOffice
https://apnews.com/live/trump-iran-news-updates-07-30-2026 -
The reasons for creating the #SlushFund, #ToddBlanche told lawmakers, “remain as important as they were before.”
[Cornyn & Thillis better stay strong & yovte against this confirming this corrupt lickspittle. More #Republicans should be against him!]
#TaxpayersMoney #Trump #criminal #fraud #law #DOJ #LegalEthics #MafiaState #AbuseOfPower #AbuseOfOffice
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The reasons for creating the #SlushFund, #ToddBlanche told lawmakers, “remain as important as they were before.”
[Cornyn & Thillis better stay strong & yovte against this confirming this corrupt lickspittle. More #Republicans should be against him!]
#TaxpayersMoney #Trump #criminal #fraud #law #DOJ #LegalEthics #MafiaState #AbuseOfPower #AbuseOfOffice
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“This answer is, at best, misleading &, at worst, disingenuous. The court was available to review any pleading by any party at any time during this lawsuit,” the judge wrote.
Another federal judge, Leonie M. Brinkema of the Eastern District of Virginia, has left alive a lawsuit seeking to dismantle the #SlushFund.
#TaxpayersMoney #Trump #ToddBlanche #fraud #law #LegalEthics #DOJ #MafiaState #AbuseOfPower #AbuseOfOffice
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“This answer is, at best, misleading &, at worst, disingenuous. The court was available to review any pleading by any party at any time during this lawsuit,” the judge wrote.
Another federal judge, Leonie M. Brinkema of the Eastern District of Virginia, has left alive a lawsuit seeking to dismantle the #SlushFund.
#TaxpayersMoney #Trump #ToddBlanche #fraud #law #LegalEthics #DOJ #MafiaState #AbuseOfPower #AbuseOfOffice
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Vaughn will receive a seven-figure settlement from the US government, his lawyers said, making him among those aligned with the #Trump admin who have received a payout by an alternative means.
…The continuing ability of the #DOJ to make such payouts with or without a formal fund structure is one of the sticking points between the Trump admin & Republican senators as they weigh the nomination of #ToddBlanche….
#SlushFund #TaxpayersMoney #law #LegalEthics #MafiaState #autocracy #AbuseOfPower
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Vaughn will receive a seven-figure settlement from the US government, his lawyers said, making him among those aligned with the #Trump admin who have received a payout by an alternative means.
…The continuing ability of the #DOJ to make such payouts with or without a formal fund structure is one of the sticking points between the Trump admin & Republican senators as they weigh the nomination of #ToddBlanche….
#SlushFund #TaxpayersMoney #law #LegalEthics #MafiaState #autocracy #AbuseOfPower
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As senators delayed a crucial vote on #ToddBlanche’s nomination to be attorney general over the so-called weaponization fund, a million-dollar payment the #DOJ made to an #AntiAbortion activist underscored how it could still funnel #TaxpayersMoney to people who claim to be victims of government persecution [& whose politics #Trump agrees with].
#SlushFund #law #LegalEthics #MafiaState #authoritarianism #autocracy #fascism #AbuseOfPower #AbuseOfOffice
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As senators delayed a crucial vote on #ToddBlanche’s nomination to be attorney general over the so-called weaponization fund, a million-dollar payment the #DOJ made to an #AntiAbortion activist underscored how it could still funnel #TaxpayersMoney to people who claim to be victims of government persecution [& whose politics #Trump agrees with].
#SlushFund #law #LegalEthics #MafiaState #authoritarianism #autocracy #fascism #AbuseOfPower #AbuseOfOffice
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The #MAGA #SlushFund is Still Active Despite Court Order Payouts to #Trump Allies Continue
A seven-figure “settlement” was announced hours before senators skeptical about the so-called weaponization fund delayed a crucial vote on #ToddBlanche’s nomination to be #US #AttorneyGeneral.
#TaxpayersMoney #law #LegalEthics #DOJ #MafiaState #authoritarianism #autocracy #fascism #AbuseOfPower #AbuseOfOffice
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/us/politics/todd-blanche-weaponization-payouts.html?unlocked_article_code=1.1lA.7CIC._WREIrthsuVO&smid=nytcore-ios-share -
The #MAGA #SlushFund is Still Active Despite Court Order Payouts to #Trump Allies Continue
A seven-figure “settlement” was announced hours before senators skeptical about the so-called weaponization fund delayed a crucial vote on #ToddBlanche’s nomination to be #US #AttorneyGeneral.
#TaxpayersMoney #law #LegalEthics #DOJ #MafiaState #authoritarianism #autocracy #fascism #AbuseOfPower #AbuseOfOffice
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/us/politics/todd-blanche-weaponization-payouts.html?unlocked_article_code=1.1lA.7CIC._WREIrthsuVO&smid=nytcore-ios-share -
That summary was sent to Air Force One, even as #Trump told Fox News that same day that he was “not going to get involved” in the case.
#SecretService agents tailed #JamesComey’s car from North Carolina to Virginia. The “# 3 guy at DOJ ‘wanted to ping’” Comey’s phone without a traditional #warrant, according to the filing, a request that’s typically used only when an emergency — a dangerous, fleeing suspect, for instance — requires immediate action.
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That summary was sent to Air Force One, even as #Trump told Fox News that same day that he was “not going to get involved” in the case.
#SecretService agents tailed #JamesComey’s car from North Carolina to Virginia. The “# 3 guy at DOJ ‘wanted to ping’” Comey’s phone without a traditional #warrant, according to the filing, a request that’s typically used only when an emergency — a dangerous, fleeing suspect, for instance — requires immediate action.
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Internal government documents turned over in the case provide one of the most glaring examples to date of the degree to which #Trump now directs federal law enforcement actions & uses agencies to target his perceived enemies.
The #SecretService questioned #JamesComey about the 2025 photograph of seashells he posted, & an agent received a “direct request” from Trump to forward him details from that interview, acc/to the documents.
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Internal government documents turned over in the case provide one of the most glaring examples to date of the degree to which #Trump now directs federal law enforcement actions & uses agencies to target his perceived enemies.
The #SecretService questioned #JamesComey about the 2025 photograph of seashells he posted, & an agent received a “direct request” from Trump to forward him details from that interview, acc/to the documents.
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#Trump Personally Demanded Details of Agents’ Interview of #Comey, New Court Filing Says
The request suggests the intense personal involvement of Trump in investigating one of his longtime critics, former #FBI director #JamesComey.
#law #LegalEthics #DOJ #independence #RevengePolitics #WeaponizationOfJustice #Retribution #EnemiesList #MafiaState #Authoritarianism #Autocracy #Fascism
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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/us/james-comey-seashells-trump-secret-service.html?unlocked_article_code=1.1VA.VC7l.QgYn0ICJuwN-&smid=nytcore-ios-share -
#Trump Personally Demanded Details of Agents’ Interview of #Comey, New Court Filing Says
The request suggests the intense personal involvement of Trump in investigating one of his longtime critics, former #FBI director #JamesComey.
#law #LegalEthics #DOJ #independence #RevengePolitics #WeaponizationOfJustice #Retribution #EnemiesList #MafiaState #Authoritarianism #Autocracy #Fascism
#GiftArticle
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/us/james-comey-seashells-trump-secret-service.html?unlocked_article_code=1.1VA.VC7l.QgYn0ICJuwN-&smid=nytcore-ios-share -
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#Trump invoked the #FifthAmendment nearly 450 times in the #NYAG’s civil probe of his fraudulent business practices (he was found liable).
Trump answered only one question, about his name, during the 4-hour deposition.
So all the #Republicans saying Dr. #Fauci is doing something wrong by exercising his Constitutional rights can shove it.
#COVID #ConspiracyTheories #RepublicanGoons #MafiaState #PublicHealth #science #medicine #USpol #law
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#Trump invoked the #FifthAmendment nearly 450 times in the #NYAG’s civil probe of his fraudulent business practices (he was found liable).
Trump answered only one question, about his name, during the 4-hour deposition.
So all the #Republicans saying Dr. #Fauci is doing something wrong by exercising his Constitutional rights can shove it.
#COVID #ConspiracyTheories #RepublicanGoons #MafiaState #PublicHealth #science #medicine #USpol #law
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On Tuesday, a group of >155 physicians, scientists & #PublicHealth advocates, organized by #AIDS activists who worked closely with Dr. #Fauci in the 1990s, issued a public letter defending him & condemning what they considered the #Trump admin’s relentless attacks on #science & scientists.
#COVID #ConspiracyTheories #medicine #RepublicanGoons #MafiaState #USpol #law
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On Tuesday, a group of >155 physicians, scientists & #PublicHealth advocates, organized by #AIDS activists who worked closely with Dr. #Fauci in the 1990s, issued a public letter defending him & condemning what they considered the #Trump admin’s relentless attacks on #science & scientists.
#COVID #ConspiracyTheories #medicine #RepublicanGoons #MafiaState #USpol #law
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Over the weekend, #RandPaul released >1,100 pages of Dr. #Fauci’s typewritten personal diary without saying how he got them. On Tuesday, “Health” Secy #RFKJr said he gave the documents to Paul & another [crazy] #Republican, Sen #RonJohnson of Wisconsin, “so they could see the light of day.”
#Trump #COVID #ConspiracyTheories #RepublicanGoons #MafiaState #PublicHealth #science #medicine #USpol #law
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Over the weekend, #RandPaul released >1,100 pages of Dr. #Fauci’s typewritten personal diary without saying how he got them. On Tuesday, “Health” Secy #RFKJr said he gave the documents to Paul & another [crazy] #Republican, Sen #RonJohnson of Wisconsin, “so they could see the light of day.”
#Trump #COVID #ConspiracyTheories #RepublicanGoons #MafiaState #PublicHealth #science #medicine #USpol #law
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“the only conclusion I can reach is that the sole reason he is calling me before this committee is to get me to say something that could vindicate his repeated public pledges that I end up, in his words, ‘behind bars,’”Dr. #Fauci said
Dr. Fauci told the panel that it pained him not to answer questions, but that he was doing so on the advice of his lawyers.
#Trump #RepublicanGoons #MafiaState #COVID #ConspiracyTheories #PublicHealth #science #medicine #USpol #law
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“the only conclusion I can reach is that the sole reason he is calling me before this committee is to get me to say something that could vindicate his repeated public pledges that I end up, in his words, ‘behind bars,’”Dr. #Fauci said
Dr. Fauci told the panel that it pained him not to answer questions, but that he was doing so on the advice of his lawyers.
#Trump #RepublicanGoons #MafiaState #COVID #ConspiracyTheories #PublicHealth #science #medicine #USpol #law
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Early in the hearing, #RandPaul warned that there would be “repercussions” for Dr. Fauci’s refusal to testify, & then ordered the REMOVAL of his lawyer‼️, David Schertler, when he tried to speak up on his client’s behalf. The hearing, unusual even by the #Senate’s recent hyperpartisan standards, also featured #ConspiracyTheories & personal attacks, with #Republicans taunting Dr. #Fauci as a megalomaniac & a liar.
#Trump #RepublicanGoons #MafiaState #COVID #PublicHealth #science #USpol #law
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Early in the hearing, #RandPaul warned that there would be “repercussions” for Dr. Fauci’s refusal to testify, & then ordered the REMOVAL of his lawyer‼️, David Schertler, when he tried to speak up on his client’s behalf. The hearing, unusual even by the #Senate’s recent hyperpartisan standards, also featured #ConspiracyTheories & personal attacks, with #Republicans taunting Dr. #Fauci as a megalomaniac & a liar.
#Trump #RepublicanGoons #MafiaState #COVID #PublicHealth #science #USpol #law
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Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, who spent nearly four decades as the government’s top #InfectiousDisease expert, refused on Wednesday to answer any questions from a #Senate committee investigating the origins of #Covid19. Dr. #Fauci accused the committee’s #Republican chairman, #RandPaul, of having an “unhinged obsession with me,” before repeatedly invoking his #FifthAmendment right not to incriminate himself.
#Trump #MafiaState #COVID #ConspiracyTheories #PublicHealth #science #medicine #USpol #law
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Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, who spent nearly four decades as the government’s top #InfectiousDisease expert, refused on Wednesday to answer any questions from a #Senate committee investigating the origins of #Covid19. Dr. #Fauci accused the committee’s #Republican chairman, #RandPaul, of having an “unhinged obsession with me,” before repeatedly invoking his #FifthAmendment right not to incriminate himself.
#Trump #MafiaState #COVID #ConspiracyTheories #PublicHealth #science #medicine #USpol #law
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Can you blame him? The man did his job. He did it well & under terrible circumstances. Now they’re trying to blame him for crazy shit.
#Fauci Repeatedly Refuses to Answer Senators’ Questions at Volatile #Senate Hearing
#Trump #RepublicanGoons #MafiaState #COVID #ConspiracyTheories #InfectiousDisease #PublicHealth #science #medicine #USpol #law
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/07/29/us/trump-news-fauci-hearing?unlocked_article_code=1.1VA.1LrC.gmre7FPUzryd&smid=nytcore-ios-share -
Can you blame him? The man did his job. He did it well & under terrible circumstances. Now they’re trying to blame him for crazy shit.
#Fauci Repeatedly Refuses to Answer Senators’ Questions at Volatile #Senate Hearing
#Trump #RepublicanGoons #MafiaState #COVID #ConspiracyTheories #InfectiousDisease #PublicHealth #science #medicine #USpol #law
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/07/29/us/trump-news-fauci-hearing?unlocked_article_code=1.1VA.1LrC.gmre7FPUzryd&smid=nytcore-ios-share -
In the past, #asylum seekers who entered
the #US legally or were never charged with an #immigration violation had the opportunity to apply for refuge in an office before a trained asylum officer. The officer could refer them to immigration court for removal proceedings if they were rejected, or allow them to continue proceedings & potentially get on a path to obtaining US citizenship.#law #DueProcess #WhiteSupremacy #WhiteChristianNationalism #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung #MafiaState #autocracy
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In the past, #asylum seekers who entered
the #US legally or were never charged with an #immigration violation had the opportunity to apply for refuge in an office before a trained asylum officer. The officer could refer them to immigration court for removal proceedings if they were rejected, or allow them to continue proceedings & potentially get on a path to obtaining US citizenship.#law #DueProcess #WhiteSupremacy #WhiteChristianNationalism #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung #MafiaState #autocracy
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#Asylum seekers could be sent directly to #deportation under new federal rule
The #Trump admin rule, which took effect immediately, could transfer nearly 450,000 cases to #immigration “judges” [immigration judges are part of the #DOJ not the #judiciary], who could dismiss the asylum petitions.#law #DueProcess #WhiteSupremacy #WhiteChristianNationalism #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung #MafiaState #AbuseOfPower #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2026/07/28/asylum-seekers-could-be-sent-directly-deportation-under-new-federal-rule/ -
#Asylum seekers could be sent directly to #deportation under new federal rule
The #Trump admin rule, which took effect immediately, could transfer nearly 450,000 cases to #immigration “judges” [immigration judges are part of the #DOJ not the #judiciary], who could dismiss the asylum petitions.#law #DueProcess #WhiteSupremacy #WhiteChristianNationalism #ICE #CBP #Sturmabteilung #MafiaState #AbuseOfPower #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2026/07/28/asylum-seekers-could-be-sent-directly-deportation-under-new-federal-rule/ -
Substance in #Houston #ICE #shooting van was NOT drugs, district attorney’s office says testing confirms
#Trump #law #immigration #Sturmabteilung #murder #ExtraJudicialKillings #DueProcess #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #CivilRights #HumanRights #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #AbuseOfPower #fascism #tyranny #MafiaState #WhiteSupremacy
https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/24/us/houston-ice-shooting-substance-testing?cid=ios_app -
Substance in #Houston #ICE #shooting van was NOT drugs, district attorney’s office says testing confirms
#Trump #law #immigration #Sturmabteilung #murder #ExtraJudicialKillings #DueProcess #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #CivilRights #HumanRights #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #AbuseOfPower #fascism #tyranny #MafiaState #WhiteSupremacy
https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/24/us/houston-ice-shooting-substance-testing?cid=ios_app -
In contrast, the admin left untouched hundreds of additional #energy #grants in #states that were represented by #Republicans & had backed #Trump in the last election, EVEN THOUGH the Energy Dept had recommended canceling them, the federal government confirmed in the July #court filing.
#MafiaState #law #democracy #UNITEDStates #RussVought #Project2025 #RevengePolitics
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In contrast, the admin left untouched hundreds of additional #energy #grants in #states that were represented by #Republicans & had backed #Trump in the last election, EVEN THOUGH the Energy Dept had recommended canceling them, the federal government confirmed in the July #court filing.
#MafiaState #law #democracy #UNITEDStates #RussVought #Project2025 #RevengePolitics
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But in Oct, the White House budget office, led by #Project2025’s #RussVought, terminated only 284 of those grants. In a social media post announcing the news, Vought pointed to the motivations: “Nearly $8 billion in Green New Scam funding to fuel the Left’s climate agenda is being canceled,” he claimed.
Months later, in #court filings, federal officials indicated there was little else that had informed the final decision about which #grants to cancel.
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But in Oct, the White House budget office, led by #Project2025’s #RussVought, terminated only 284 of those grants. In a social media post announcing the news, Vought pointed to the motivations: “Nearly $8 billion in Green New Scam funding to fuel the Left’s climate agenda is being canceled,” he claimed.
Months later, in #court filings, federal officials indicated there was little else that had informed the final decision about which #grants to cancel.
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The #Trump admin’s latest concession about the #grants came in a #lawsuit filed by a group of #California #researchers challenging various federal agencies that have canceled #Biden era #funding.
After reviewing its spending, the Trump #Energy Dept last fall created a list that recommended canceling >600 grants awarded by the Biden admin for a wide range of novel energy projects. That list included funding for projects in #states represented by both #Republicans & #Democrats.
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The #Trump admin’s latest concession about the #grants came in a #lawsuit filed by a group of #California #researchers challenging various federal agencies that have canceled #Biden era #funding.
After reviewing its spending, the Trump #Energy Dept last fall created a list that recommended canceling >600 grants awarded by the Biden admin for a wide range of novel energy projects. That list included funding for projects in #states represented by both #Republicans & #Democrats.
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“The risk that the #Trump administration is willing to go to extreme lengths to politicize #grant-making is not a hypothetical,” said Devin O’Connor, a senior fellow at the Center on #Budget & #Policy Priorities.…
“If they are willing to be that blatant about it,” O’Connor said of the #court filing, “then I think we should take seriously when they put forward a framework that would allow for the extreme #politicization of grant-making across all of the federal government.”
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“The risk that the #Trump administration is willing to go to extreme lengths to politicize #grant-making is not a hypothetical,” said Devin O’Connor, a senior fellow at the Center on #Budget & #Policy Priorities.…
“If they are willing to be that blatant about it,” O’Connor said of the #court filing, “then I think we should take seriously when they put forward a framework that would allow for the extreme #politicization of grant-making across all of the federal government.”
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The saga illustrates the stakes as the #Trump admin is completing a set of rules that would provide the president even GREATER CONTROL over more than $1 TRILLION in annual #federal #grants. To critics, the new #regulation would only make it easier for Trump to strike wider tranches of congressionally approved #funding over #political differences.
#MafiaState #law #democracy #UNITEDStates #RussVought #Project2025 #RevengePolitics
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The saga illustrates the stakes as the #Trump admin is completing a set of rules that would provide the president even GREATER CONTROL over more than $1 TRILLION in annual #federal #grants. To critics, the new #regulation would only make it easier for Trump to strike wider tranches of congressionally approved #funding over #political differences.
#MafiaState #law #democracy #UNITEDStates #RussVought #Project2025 #RevengePolitics
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The sadmission showed how #Trump has #weaponized the provision of federal #education, #energy, #health, #housing & #infrastructure #aid in his second term. Far from rooting out the sort of misspending that Trump sees as rife in Washington, the White House has instead sought to #leverage the budget as a tool to assist its allies — or as a cudgel to hurt Trump’s foes.
#MafiaState #law #democracy #UNITEDStates #RussVought #Project2025 #RevengePolitics
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The sadmission showed how #Trump has #weaponized the provision of federal #education, #energy, #health, #housing & #infrastructure #aid in his second term. Far from rooting out the sort of misspending that Trump sees as rife in Washington, the White House has instead sought to #leverage the budget as a tool to assist its allies — or as a cudgel to hurt Trump’s foes.
#MafiaState #law #democracy #UNITEDStates #RussVought #Project2025 #RevengePolitics
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I mean…
#Trump Admin Admits Canceling Grants to #States That Did Not Vote for Him
Federal officials said in #court documents that they halted billions of dollars in #funding for #energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed Trump in the 2024 election.
#MafiaState #law #democracy #UNITEDStates #RussVought #Project2025 #RevengePolitics
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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/business/trump-state-grants-canceled.html?unlocked_article_code=1.0FA.mOeN.GJmOAVRjp_oO&smid=nytcore-ios-share