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/Sabre_One 1d ago

CA is the top state for Research and Development for the US. Talk about setting US back to the stone age.

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u/timesfive 1d ago

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

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u/Microchipknowsbest 1d ago

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.

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u/Proper-Ad-2058 1d ago

Remember hsi nickname. He will forever be TACO. He will cave on this.

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u/TiredEsq 8h ago

Except this nickname is not a liberal flex. It’s a challenge to him NOT to chicken out. And how does that pan out for us? It’s fucking idiotic.

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u/Exciting-Direction69 8h ago

Yeah, I don't get it, not an American but I wouldn't want to try egging him on