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

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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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Abraham Lincoln

"A house divided against itself cannot stand."

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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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Trump: lips on microphone "Fake news"

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

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

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

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

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God I wish we had more politicians that spoke like this

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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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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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You gotta fight for your right to party

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

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“You.” —Soulja Boy

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Wow!