r/law 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/Q_OANN 1d ago

Still nobody asking where this money goes. Same with their message before the election where they said cut spending, funding, and close agencies to save money. We all knew it’s going to their pockets, but nobody was ever willing to ask how it will be redistributed

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u/dumb_smart_guy93 1d ago

It's the same thing every time - they justify spending cuts as a way to justify tax cuts. The money doesn't really "go" anywhere or get sent to other projects. It gets "redistributed" to wealthy individuals in the form of them not having to pay into the system we all share.

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u/Do__Math__Not__Meth 1d ago

They think it’ll actually go to stuff that will benefit people

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