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#Trump budget office orders review of funds to Democratic-controlled #states
Trump said his admin would cut off federal resources to “#SanctuaryCities” on Feb 1.#law #WhiteSupremacy #RevengePolitics #RussVought #OMB #Project2025 #WeaponizationOfGovernment #LegalEthics #StatesRights #dissent #Authoritarianism #Dictatorship #Autocracy #Tyranny #Despotism #Fascism #MafiaState
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/01/22/democratic-states-federal-funding-review/ -
#Trump budget office orders review of funds to Democratic-controlled #states
Trump said his admin would cut off federal resources to “#SanctuaryCities” on Feb 1.#law #WhiteSupremacy #RevengePolitics #RussVought #OMB #Project2025 #WeaponizationOfGovernment #LegalEthics #StatesRights #dissent #Authoritarianism #Dictatorship #Autocracy #Tyranny #Despotism #Fascism #MafiaState
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/01/22/democratic-states-federal-funding-review/ -
#Trump budget office orders review of funds to Democratic-controlled #states
Trump said his admin would cut off federal resources to “#SanctuaryCities” on Feb 1.#law #WhiteSupremacy #RevengePolitics #RussVought #OMB #Project2025 #WeaponizationOfGovernment #LegalEthics #StatesRights #dissent #Authoritarianism #Dictatorship #Autocracy #Tyranny #Despotism #Fascism #MafiaState
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/01/22/democratic-states-federal-funding-review/ -
#Trump budget office orders review of funds to Democratic-controlled #states
Trump said his admin would cut off federal resources to “#SanctuaryCities” on Feb 1.#law #WhiteSupremacy #RevengePolitics #RussVought #OMB #Project2025 #WeaponizationOfGovernment #LegalEthics #StatesRights #dissent #Authoritarianism #Dictatorship #Autocracy #Tyranny #Despotism #Fascism #MafiaState
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/01/22/democratic-states-federal-funding-review/ -
#Trump budget office orders review of funds to Democratic-controlled #states
Trump said his admin would cut off federal resources to “#SanctuaryCities” on Feb 1.#law #WhiteSupremacy #RevengePolitics #RussVought #OMB #Project2025 #WeaponizationOfGovernment #LegalEthics #StatesRights #dissent #Authoritarianism #Dictatorship #Autocracy #Tyranny #Despotism #Fascism #MafiaState
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“The American people will have no patience” for any museum that is “uncomfortable conveying a *positive view of American history*,” wrote Domestic Policy Council director Vince Haley & White House budget director [#Project2025 architect] #RussVought.
#Trump #extortion #law #art #history #Smithsonian #museums #Constitution #FirstAmendment #democracy #censorship #Revisionism #whitewashing #dictatorship #SevenMountainMandate
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The #Trump admin said it was breaking up one of the world’s preeminent #earth & #atmospheric #research institutions over concerns about “#climate alarmism”—a move Democratic ofcls & scientists called an assault on #science & #education.
“The National Science Foundation will be breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research (#NCAR)…,” posted #OMB dir #RussVought. “This facility is one of the largest sources of climate alarmism in the country.”#disinformation
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/12/16/trump-dismantle-national-center-atmospheric-research-climate/87798771007/ -
The #Trump admin said it was breaking up one of the world’s preeminent #earth & #atmospheric #research institutions over concerns about “#climate alarmism”—a move Democratic ofcls & scientists called an assault on #science & #education.
“The National Science Foundation will be breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research (#NCAR)…,” posted #OMB dir #RussVought. “This facility is one of the largest sources of climate alarmism in the country.”#disinformation
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/12/16/trump-dismantle-national-center-atmospheric-research-climate/87798771007/ -
The #Trump admin said it was breaking up one of the world’s preeminent #earth & #atmospheric #research institutions over concerns about “#climate alarmism”—a move Democratic ofcls & scientists called an assault on #science & #education.
“The National Science Foundation will be breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research (#NCAR)…,” posted #OMB dir #RussVought. “This facility is one of the largest sources of climate alarmism in the country.”#disinformation
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/12/16/trump-dismantle-national-center-atmospheric-research-climate/87798771007/ -
The #Trump admin said it was breaking up one of the world’s preeminent #earth & #atmospheric #research institutions over concerns about “#climate alarmism”—a move Democratic ofcls & scientists called an assault on #science & #education.
“The National Science Foundation will be breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research (#NCAR)…,” posted #OMB dir #RussVought. “This facility is one of the largest sources of climate alarmism in the country.”#disinformation
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/12/16/trump-dismantle-national-center-atmospheric-research-climate/87798771007/ -
The #Trump admin said it was breaking up one of the world’s preeminent #earth & #atmospheric #research institutions over concerns about “#climate alarmism”—a move Democratic ofcls & scientists called an assault on #science & #education.
“The National Science Foundation will be breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research (#NCAR)…,” posted #OMB dir #RussVought. “This facility is one of the largest sources of climate alarmism in the country.”#disinformation
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/12/16/trump-dismantle-national-center-atmospheric-research-climate/87798771007/ -
#Trump admin to dismantle key #climate #research center
#Project2025 architect #RussVought, who directs the White House Office of Management and Budget [#OMB], announced plans to split up the National Center for Atmospheric Research [#NCAR] in Boulder, Colorado, citing concerns about “climate alarmism.”#ClimateDenial #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #PublicHealth #wildlife #plantlife #ecosystems #science #conservation
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/12/17/trump-national-center-atmospheric-research-climate/ -
#Trump admin to dismantle key #climate #research center
#Project2025 architect #RussVought, who directs the White House Office of Management and Budget [#OMB], announced plans to split up the National Center for Atmospheric Research [#NCAR] in Boulder, Colorado, citing concerns about “climate alarmism.”#ClimateDenial #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #PublicHealth #wildlife #plantlife #ecosystems #science #conservation
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/12/17/trump-national-center-atmospheric-research-climate/ -
#Trump admin to dismantle key #climate #research center
#Project2025 architect #RussVought, who directs the White House Office of Management and Budget [#OMB], announced plans to split up the National Center for Atmospheric Research [#NCAR] in Boulder, Colorado, citing concerns about “climate alarmism.”#ClimateDenial #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #PublicHealth #wildlife #plantlife #ecosystems #science #conservation
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/12/17/trump-national-center-atmospheric-research-climate/ -
#Trump admin to dismantle key #climate #research center
#Project2025 architect #RussVought, who directs the White House Office of Management and Budget [#OMB], announced plans to split up the National Center for Atmospheric Research [#NCAR] in Boulder, Colorado, citing concerns about “climate alarmism.”#ClimateDenial #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #PublicHealth #wildlife #plantlife #ecosystems #science #conservation
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/12/17/trump-national-center-atmospheric-research-climate/ -
#Trump admin to dismantle key #climate #research center
#Project2025 architect #RussVought, who directs the White House Office of Management and Budget [#OMB], announced plans to split up the National Center for Atmospheric Research [#NCAR] in Boulder, Colorado, citing concerns about “climate alarmism.”#ClimateDenial #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #PublicHealth #wildlife #plantlife #ecosystems #science #conservation
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/12/17/trump-national-center-atmospheric-research-climate/ -
…Because exams are confidential, they can identify — &, ideally, stop — small issues that could otherwise mushroom. The #CFPB’s examiners have forced #banks & other #lenders to return hundreds of millions of dollars to #consumers for improper fees & worthless services, & helped uncover high-profile issues like #WellsFargo’s sham accounts scandal.
#law #corruption #government #oversight #Project2025 #RussVought #Trump
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And #RussVought has refused to request money for the #CFPB from the #FederalReserve, which funds its operations. The bureau warned in court filings that it would run out of operating cash early next year.
The #Trump admin is pursuing a variety of changes to give it greater sway over how #independent #financial regulators, including the Fed, oversee #WallStreet. Trump’s appointees have slashed supervision staffing & curtailed the scope of agencies’ #bank exams.
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The new pledge is, for now, mostly symbolic. #RussVought halted nearly all work at the #CFPB shortly after his arrival in February, & #bank examinations have not resumed. The agency’s hundreds of examiners have been told to spend their time closing out all open matters; they are currently barred from initiating new ones.
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“Is this fan fiction I’m reading?” Cat Farman, a bureau employee & the president of the staff union, wrote. She added, “Instead of traumatizing #CFPB workers with his role-play fantasies, Vought should resign so we can finally do our jobs protecting Americans from #WallStreet #fraud again.”
#law #corruption #government #oversight #Project2025 #RussVought #Trump
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In a notice announcing the change, the #CFPB described its own supervision department as “the weaponized arm” of the agency under its #Biden-era director & said its exams had been carried out with “thuggery.”
On Monday, the consumer bureau’s staff #union fired back with a statement denouncing the pledge as “creepy” & “disrespectful.”
#law #corruption #government #oversight #Project2025 #RussVought #Trump
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On Friday, the #CFPB said it would now require its #financial examiners to recite a “humility pledge” to companies before beginning a review.
“The upcoming supervision examination cycle is going to be fundamentally different from the prior ones,” the pledge begins. It then details a set of changes, including a more limited review scope & an agency commitment to “work collaboratively” with the businesses it oversees.
#law #corruption #government #oversight #Project2025 #RussVought #Trump
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This is a super freaking weird way of undermining #corporate #accountability.
#Banking is one of the US’ most tightly regulated industries, & confidential bank examinations carried out by independent federal regulators are a core guardrail for protecting the safety & soundness of the financial system.
#RussVought, #Trump #OMB director, is not a fan of how the #CFPB, where he is acting director, has carried out those exams.
#law #corruption #oversight #Project2025
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/business/consumer-bureau-humility-pledge.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share -
This is a super freaking weird way of undermining #corporate #accountability.
#Banking is one of the US’ most tightly regulated industries, & confidential bank examinations carried out by independent federal regulators are a core guardrail for protecting the safety & soundness of the financial system.
#RussVought, #Trump #OMB director, is not a fan of how the #CFPB, where he is acting director, has carried out those exams.
#law #corruption #oversight #Project2025
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/business/consumer-bureau-humility-pledge.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share -
This is a super freaking weird way of undermining #corporate #accountability.
#Banking is one of the US’ most tightly regulated industries, & confidential bank examinations carried out by independent federal regulators are a core guardrail for protecting the safety & soundness of the financial system.
#RussVought, #Trump #OMB director, is not a fan of how the #CFPB, where he is acting director, has carried out those exams.
#law #corruption #oversight #Project2025
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/business/consumer-bureau-humility-pledge.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share -
Trump teases shutdown consequences for Democrats: 'A little taste of their own medicine'
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Trump teases shutdown consequences for Democrats: 'A little taste of their own medicine'
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#LiarInChief #Trump no longer distancing himself from #Project2025 as he uses #shutdown to further pursue its goals
By JILL COLVIN
Updated 12:00 AM EDT, October 3, 2025NEW YORK (AP) — "President Donald Trump is openly embracing the conservative blueprint he desperately tried to distance himself from during the 2024 campaign, as one of its architects works to use the government shutdown to accelerate his goals of slashing the size of the federal workforce and punishing Democratic states.
"In a post on his Truth Social site Thursday morning, Trump announced he would be meeting with his budget chief, '#RussVought, he of PROJECT 2025 Fame, to determine which of the many Democrat Agencies, most of which are a political SCAM, he recommends to be cut, and whether or not those cuts will be temporary or permanent.'
"The comments represented a dramatic about-face for Trump, who spent much of last year denouncing Project 2025, The Heritage Foundation’s massive proposed overhaul of the federal government, which was drafted by many of his longtime allies and current and former administration officials.
"Both of Trump’s Democratic rivals, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, made the far-right wish list a centerpiece of their campaigns, and a giant replica of the book featured prominently onstage at the Democratic National Convention.
" 'Donald Trump and his stooges lied through their teeth about Project 2025, and now he’s running the country straight into it,' said Ammar Moussa, a former spokesperson for both campaigns. 'There’s no comfort in being right — just anger that we’re stuck with the consequences of his lies.'
"Shalanda Young, director of the Office of Management and Budget under Biden, said the administration had clearly been following the project’s blueprint all along.
" 'I guess Democrats were right, but that doesn’t make me feel better,' she said. 'I’m angry that this is happening after being told that this document was not going to be the centerpiece of this administration.' "
#USPol #DoublePlusUngood #Authoritarianism #ChristoFascism #CharacteristicsOfFascism
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#Trump #Project2025 #RussVought #OAN #DOGE #shutdown
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) on MSNBC: “It is not lost on anyone that shutting the govt down allows them not to swear in our new colleague Adelita Grijalva who would be the 218th signature to discharge the Epstein files. So it’s convenient for them to shut the govt down.”
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The #RussVought #Project2025 #OMB told #FederalAgencies late Wednesday to use the opportunity of a potential shutdown “to consider Reduction in Force” [#RIF] notices to lay off federal employees. The #WhiteHouse also told agency leaders to focus on eliminating positions where #funding had expired, or could not be sourced under other laws, & had been deemed to be “not consistent” with #Trump’s political agenda.
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“They don’t want any #accountability,” said Representative Rosa DeLauro, the Connecticut Democrat who leads her party on the chamber’s Appropriations Committee. “They’re annoyed the #GAO found the White House is stealing funds from taxpayers. That is the only plausible explanation for this.”
#Trump #law #ExecutiveBranch #AbuseOfPower #Project2025 #RussVought
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The #House bill would also block the #accountability office from suing the government to force the release of frozen funds, unless Dodaro & his successors obtain congressional support. That could make it harder for the office to conduct #oversight of #Trump, though #Senate #Republicans have not targeted the #GAO as part of their own appropriations bill for 2026. A spox for Valadao did not respond to a request for comment.
#law #ExecutiveBranch #AbuseOfPower #Project2025 #RussVought
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The #House measure, if passed, could force the #accountability office to reduce its staff by at least 2,200 people, acc/to an estimate that the #GAO furnished to lawmakers in June. The office warned that the cut would leave it unable to do work sought by both parties to uncover federal waste.
“It would have, if that were to happen, grave & pervasive effects on our services to #Congress,” Dodaro said in an interview.
#Trump #law #ExecutiveBranch #AbuseOfPower #Project2025 #RussVought
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In contrast, #House #Republicans in June proposed to strike nearly $400 million from the #GAO’s budget as part of a larger *spending* measure for next fiscal year. Its author, Rep David Valadao (R-CA), framed it in June as part of a broader crackdown on “unnecessary spending” in the legislative branch. But #RussVought appeared to offer another explanation on social media, writing: “Maybe GAO shouldn’t be partisan.”
#Trump #law #ExecutiveBranch #AbuseOfPower #Project2025 #RussVought
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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 feud dates back to Trump’s 1st term, when the office found that the admin wrongly withheld #military #aid to #Ukraine in an inquiry that set the stage for #Democrats to #impeach #Trump.
#RussVought & Paoletta, who held the same roles at the time, denied the charges. In a 2021 letter to #Congress, the 2 men faulted the #GAO for taking an “over-expansive & incorrect view of Congress’s #power of the purse, which infringes upon the president’s own constitutional authorities.”
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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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Dodaro also stressed that his team had a “well-established tradition of #nonpartisanship, despite allegations to the contrary,” as a defender of congressional interests.
“The #ExecutiveBranch & the #Trump administration have a very expansive view of the president’s authority,” he said. “We have a #statutory responsibility to protect the prerogative of #Congress & the #power of the purse.”
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"The Order targets #NPR & #PBS expressly because, in the President's view, their news & other content is not 'fair, accurate, or unbiased.'"
The “wolf”line was drawn from a 1988 dissent by the late #SCOTUS Justice Antonin Scalia.
The suit says the admin is usurping #Congress' right to direct how federal money will be spent & to pass laws. It names #Trump, OMB dir #RussVought, Treasury Secy #ScottBessent & #MariaRosarioJackson, the chair of the #NEA, as defendants.
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Goals for Phase 3 are listed in brief bullet points in the #DOGE document.
“#RIF the Phase 1 offices in their entirety,” one bullet point reads, referring to offices dedicated to #DEI. That process is already underway: The [#RussVought of #Project2025] #OPM last month directed agencies to submit written plans for firing all DEI office workers & encouraged agencies to begin issuing #termination notices immediately.
#law #USpol #CivilRights #TrumpCoup #Autocracy #WhiteSupremacy #MaleSupremacy -
#Trump’s nominee for White House budget director, #RussVought [#Project2025], who has not yet been confirmed by the #Senate, headed a think tank that has argued that #Congress can authorize a president to spend money but can't require him to do so.
#law #AbuseOfPower #OMB #Constitution #PresidentialPowers #education #healthcare #housing #DisasterRelief
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#RussVought’s role in #Project2025 was to oversee executive orders & other #unilateral actions that #Trump could take during his first 6 months in office, w/the goal of tearing down & rebuilding #ExecutiveBranch institutions in a way that would enhance presidential #power.
In an interview with The NYT in 2023, Vought laid out an agenda of eliminating the #independence of certain #regulatory agencies that operate outside the direct control of the WH, such as the #FCC & the #SEC.
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#RussVought has helped craft proposals for Trump to deploy the #military to quash #CivilUnrest, seize more #control over the #DOJ & assert the power to withhold congressional appropriations —& that’s just on Trump’s 1st day…
Since #Trump left office, Vought has led the Center for Renewing America, part of a network of #conservative advocacy groups staffed by fmr & potentially future Trump admin ofcls.
#PresidentialPowers #postConstitutional #law #ConstitutionalLaw #authoritarianism #democracy
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#Trump loyalist pushes ‘#postConstitutional’ vision for 2nd term
#RussVought is laying the groundwork for a broad expansion of #PresidentialPowers. A DC bureaucrat & self-described #ChristianNationalist is drawing up detailed plans for a sweeping expansion of presidential #power in a 2nd Trump admin. Vought who served as Trump’s budget chief calls his #political strategy for razing long-standing #guardrails “#radical constitutionalism.”
#law #constitution
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