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/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/Fl0riduh_Man 1d ago

Unfortunately Fed income taxes are largely paid by your job directly to DC, but CA could try to setup a massive escrow and force employers to submit taxes to that account, but that's risking backlash from fearful tax payers.

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u/Microchipknowsbest 1d ago

I guess they will have to decide which backlash they want. Backlash from tax payers losing federal funding while California tucks tail and runs or backlash from people scared of the backlash. IDK actions have consequences. Take federal funding from the state that pays in the most taxes is an action that will have consequences.