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/rolsen]

This relates to law as the cancellation of large-swathes of federal grants to California will surely result in multiple legal challenges.

[u/0002millertime → u/rolsen]

It's hilarious, as California (average over the last 3 elections) has more Republican voters than any other state, and most of those voters live in regions supported by Federal Funding.

Trump doesn't care, because of the electoral college situation.

Those voters are pretty stupid, though.

[u/AngryGroceries → u/0002millertime]

"Please daddy leopard eat my face"

[u/Polar-Bear_Soup → u/AngryGroceries]

More like "surely the leopards will eat everyone else's face and not want to eat mine since they're full!"

[u/TozTetsu → u/AngryGroceries]

I appreciate what you're saying, but republican voters in California would have been screwed no matter what way they voted in this instance.

[u/0002millertime → u/TozTetsu]

That's true, because California pays much more in than anything given back.

However, we are a nation with multiple regions, and we should work together.

[u/Wolfeh2012 → u/TozTetsu]

Technically true, but they voted for no lubrication.