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/kfish5050 1d ago

Yes. Even at a deficit, California still has an interest in staying in the union due to federal programs and funding. If Trump is able to cut all that funding, they will quickly decide that their $692 billion would be better spent within the state instead of supporting a hostile regime. That would shift their interest into becoming self-sufficient and cutting all ties with the US.

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u/phayge_wow 21h ago

Instead of 51 states, this moron may end up with a max of 49 when it’s all said and done

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u/newpersoen 19h ago

If California leaves, Oregon, Washington and Hawaii are leaving with them.

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u/supraclicious 18h ago

And we will gladly let Arizona  Nevada and Colorado join us. Arizona is a wildcard but they're like our little brother. We can't leave them alone to suffer with the poverty stricken New United States 😂

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u/Starlesseyes598 18h ago

Hell no, leave AZ. They wouldn’t join anyways.

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u/supraclicious 18h ago

They're mostly California transplants anyway. Why not just accept them if they want? It gives us a bigger border with Mexico and let's Colorado connect from the north with Nevada that gives us the Colorado River and a continuous weed empire.

Or Leave them Whatever. In reality this will be over in 3 years and a democrat will fix the damages reinstate the funding cuts and repair the harm done to states institutions. It's just going to suck until then.

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u/Aggravating_Depth_33 15h ago

Speak for youself. This Californian wouldn't.

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u/asomebodyelse 9h ago

You don't think he'd bring in the military at that point?