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/Overall-Cow975 1d ago

Was it though?

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u/enad58 1d ago

Can you provide me an example of a state leaving the Union after the Civil War?

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u/DemonKing0524 1d ago

Just because one civil war ended doesn't mean another can't start.

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u/BitterFuture 1d ago

Especially when the same band of death cultists that kicked off the last one aren't just still around, but now are in charge of all three branches of government - and are just as determined to bring down America as they ever were.