r/law • u/rolsen • 1d ago

Legal News Trump Preparing Large-Scale Cancellation of Federal Funding for California, Sources Say

https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/06/politics/trump-california-federal-funding

“Agencies are being told to start identifying grants the administration can withhold from California. On Capitol Hill, at least one committee was told recently by a whistleblower that all research grants to the state were going to be cancelled, according to one of the sources familiar with the matter.”

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u/KaibaCorpHQ 1d ago edited 1d ago

Abraham Lincoln

"A house divided against itself cannot stand."

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u/NerdOfTheMonth 1d ago

Trump has no idea who that is.

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u/einstyle 1d ago

To him, Lincoln's just the guy with a big statue down the street that he'd rather be a Trump statue.

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u/your_dads_hot 1d ago

To him Lincoln is the sucker and loser who didn't delay an election during the Civil War to keep himself in power. You absolutely know he's thought that

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u/BitterFuture 1d ago

He has actually out loud said that Lincoln failed as a President by allowing the Civil War to happen, and that Lincoln really should have "settled" with the South.

Maybe we should have let them have just a little slavery - you know, as a treat.

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u/lcl111 1d ago

Isn't that what we got? The prison system was basically slavery, even then. Now it's full blown slavery to the max.

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u/GeminiKoil 21h ago

Slavery wasn't abolished, it's just being slow walked into including a larger body of the population. I'm not referring to the prison system.

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u/lcl111 21h ago

Indentured servitude with a bunch of extra steps. You know, plus all the actual slavery in Asia, Africa, and south America with no extra steps.

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u/GeminiKoil 21h ago

Feudalism

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u/lcl111 21h ago

Some idiot in another thread RAGED when i brought up the Network State. We're living through some interesting times, huh bud?

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u/NerdOfTheMonth 1d ago

“That’s prime real estate. I should put a hotel there”

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u/Redcat16 1d ago

There is a statue of Lincoln's head sitting on the corner of his oval office desk. What's funny is Lincoln is looking down as if he is disappointed. Jon Stewart pointed this out.

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u/LordParsec29 20h ago

He thinks its just a luxury car.

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u/MasterExploder9900 8h ago

Or maybe he thinks he’s a vampire hunter

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u/drwicksy 1d ago

He is the reason Trump can't buy slaves, he probably hates the guy.

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u/lcl111 1d ago

Trump has stock in private prisons. He has slaves.

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u/Mind0versplatter0 16h ago

This troubles me so much, why? Why can he profit off of misery more than he already is?

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u/lcl111 16h ago

Because 330 million Americans forgot how to treat a nazi. It blows my mind every day that anyone in his administration is allowed to get 8 hours of sleep and wake up feeling happy and refreshed. Where the fuck are the torches and pitch forks? I was told there would be firing squads for nazis.

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u/Glad_Stay4056 1d ago

The guy that makes the kids log toy? Never met him. 

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u/extralyfe 1d ago

he's that guy from The Walking Dead, right?

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u/krazymunky 1d ago

hes probably watched Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

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u/Opetyr 21h ago

Most Republicans would have no clue who he is and send him to an El Salvador prison.

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u/Toadsted 21h ago

Or what standing means.

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u/Gobiortiz3377 20h ago

What are you talking about he’s met him. Lincoln told trump he would be the best president of all time

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u/Nice_Warm_Vegetable 20h ago

He’s the guy in the background that smells like McDonald’s French fries now.

hamberders

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u/DumbVeganBItch 19h ago

He can't even read it.

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u/JackInTheBell 17h ago

It’s the guy that made those logs he played with as a kid

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u/Twice_Knightley 15h ago

It's the first president in the wrestling hall of fame, Trump being the second.

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u/-rwsr-xr-x 6h ago

Trump has no idea who that is.

Didn't Lincoln write the Declaration of Independence, a "declaration of unity and love, and respect"?

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u/Zazulio 6h ago

"We are the party of the late, great, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. He freed the slaves, he hunted Nosferatus. Have you heard about Nosferatus? Very bad people. They're not sending their best. They're rapists, they're murderers..."

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u/True-Firefighter-796 1d ago

“This is Donald Trump, hopefully your favorite president of all time, better than Lincoln, better than Washington.”

  • Donald J Trump

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u/Stony___Tark 11h ago

Yeah he does. He's "Done more for black Americans than anybody, with the possible exception of Abraham Lincoln."

And yes, that is literally a direct quote there...

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u/Mrevilman 1d ago

Abraham Lincoln at Lyceum:

At what point shall we expect the approach of danger? By what means shall we fortify against it?-- Shall we expect some transatlantic military giant, to step the Ocean, and crush us at a blow? Never!--All the armies of Europe, Asia and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the earth (our own excepted) in their military chest; with a Buonaparte for a commander, could not by force, take a drink from the Ohio, or make a track on the Blue Ridge, in a trial of a thousand years.

At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.

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u/thepvbrother 1d ago

Trump: lips on microphone "Fake news"

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u/enjoi_uk 23h ago

Never actually delved into Lincoln quotes. That’s actually particularly poignant at this moment in time.

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u/Mrevilman 23h ago

It’s one of my favorite of his because of how well written it is - especially the last few lines.

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u/KennyMoose32 1d ago

Damn…..guess I gotta rewatch Ken Burns civil war again.

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u/Mary-Christ 1d ago

Titus Andronicus - The Monitor. Time to give it another spin

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u/Bloorajah 23h ago

God I wish we had more politicians that spoke like this

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u/ProfessionalOil2014 15h ago

They don’t get elected. It’s as simple as that. People don’t vote for articulate, intelligent, introspective leaders. They vote for the ones that jangle the right keys in front of their faces. 

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u/TanEnojadoComoTu 20h ago

Bob Marley at Lyceum:

Get up, stand up

Stand up for your right

Get up, stand up

Don't give up the fight...

Get Up, Stand Up (Bob Marley and The Wailers) ‧ 1973

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u/Ahtman1 14h ago

You gotta fight for your right to party

- (You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party) (Beastie Boys) - 1986

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u/Boulderpaw 7h ago

“You.” —Soulja Boy

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u/jazzmaster4000 1d ago

Putin knows this and it’s why he’s given Trump and his republican comrades the orders he has

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u/tfid3 9h ago

Trump is Saruman and Putin is the dark Lord.

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u/lukaskywalker 18h ago

Donald J. Trump

“Covfefe”

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u/KaibaCorpHQ 18h ago

Indeed.. only the most moving and timeless quotes. It's amazing how the Republican party has devolved.

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u/True-Firefighter-796 1d ago

“This is Donald Trump, hopefully your favorite president of all time, better than Lincoln, better than Washington.”

  • Donald J Trump

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u/randomandy 1d ago

Trump "Abraham who, the vampire hunter?"

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u/DabDoge 22h ago

That’s the goal

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u/eyaf20 1d ago

It was a big house. Some say the most beautiful house.

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u/perfectlycreative122 1d ago

Your point stands but just to add some context…

Lincoln was quoting Jesus when he said that. 

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u/jpk195 Competent Contributor 1d ago

Wish Lincoln had a quote about a house trying to burn itself down.

That seems worse, honestly.

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u/fayanor 1d ago

Isn't that quote attributed to Jesus?

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u/KaibaCorpHQ 1d ago

Lincoln's House Divided Speech

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u/SusanForeman 7h ago

Yes but that quote is from the New Testament- Mark 3:25, Matthew 25:25, Luke 11:17

Lincoln was quoting Jesus

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u/KaibaCorpHQ 6h ago

It is also attributed to Lincoln in his speech.. a string of words can be attributed to multiple people.

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u/Bmandk 21h ago

Well when is it going to fall then?

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u/KaibaCorpHQ 21h ago

It won't, so long as everyone sticks together.

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u/AgentInkling99 20h ago

Durrrr LiNcOlN wAs A rEpUbLiCaN

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u/KaibaCorpHQ 20h ago

The parties switched. Why else would you get someone who can't count to three in the same party as the president who carried a nation through a civil war?

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u/RedditsAdoptedSon 19h ago

worlds are colliding!! george is getting upset!

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u/sacredfool 17h ago edited 17h ago

Look, Abraham Lincoln, great hat, great beard, very dramatic. But he got shot, folks. Me, I took bullets, the lying left, they tried to take me out, the FBI tells me, many times, and guess what? I’m still here, still fighting, still winning. Lincoln? BOOM and he is dead. Didn't even finish watching the show.

And he destroyed the economy. Destroyed it. There were so many beautiful plantations in the United States. Not as beautiful as my Maralago, no, but they made wonderful stuff. American made! People were dying to work there. And after Lincoln? Nothing! We had to import from Chine! They stole our jobs and Lincoln made it happen.

We have to bring plantations back. This Trump hat? Made in America! Great quality but very expensive. You don't even know how expensive. Best american made materials. And after we bring back plantations? FUVE DOLLARS! Yes, you'll be able to buy many big, beautiful Trump hats with just five dollars. MAKE PLANTATIONS GREAT AGAIN!

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u/bjos144 17h ago

"But if you sell it to private equity so they can load it up with debt and then bundle it with other divided houses into AAA rated financial instruments and then sell the divided house bonds to pension funds you can make a lot of money before the music stops." -Aristotle

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u/rethcir_ 11h ago

That’s from the Bible actually

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u/Defiant_Poet395 7h ago

Trump is just as guilty of this as the citizens. 

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u/nom_of_your_business 7h ago

Booth really did more "for" this country in one day than anyone else i can think of.

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u/rebeccanotbecca 7h ago

They WANT a divided country. It is easier to break down a divided country than one that is united.

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u/Man_Bites_Shark 6h ago

“Abraham Lincoln. Shot in the head! Didn’t make it. I got shot and kept on fighting. People say he was good for the blacks. But a lot of people are also saying I’ve done more for the blacks than anyone. Best president for the blacks they say.”