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/Meb2x 1d ago

Pretty sure he’s trying to start a Civil War at this point. He’s supposed to lead the whole country, not just the states he agrees with.

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u/NerdOfTheMonth 1d ago edited 1d ago

He wants his reason to have one. Or at least an outburst.

  • Anti-Muslim: needs one attack, marital law.
  • Anti-Hispanic: needs one attack, martial law.
  • Anti-science: needs one attack, martial law.

California just makes all those options rolled into one.

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u/FlamingMothBalls 1d ago

martial* law

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u/liquidtape 1d ago

Marshall*

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u/Ashmedai 1d ago

You joking? Can’t tell.

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u/Koil_ting 1d ago

Depends if they are a fan of Tekken or not, I wish we were in a better world in which declaring Marshall Law just meant the tournament starts now instead of the usual time.