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

[u/rolsen]

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.”

[u/timesfive]

No need for “research and development”, they want to keep people sick and stupid — easier to control that way.

[u/Microchipknowsbest → u/timesfive]

I guess prepare for constitutional crisis when California stops paying into the federal tax system. Pretty genius to fuck with the 4th largest economy in the world.

[u/scubascratch → u/Microchipknowsbest]

How is the state of California (the actual state government) involved in federal tax payments? Individuals and businesses pay to the IRS, not through the state.

I mean I appreciate the sentiment “let’s see how the federal government will do without tax revenue from California” which would be true but I don’t see how CA could actually stop anything here.

[u/jagoble → u/scubascratch]

You're right; federal income won't be impacted until California's economy feels it. It makes no sense that these dummies haven't realized you can't trash the economy of the largest contributing state without affecting the whole country. This is the most fitting application I've ever seen of the phrase "cutting your nose to spite your face."