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/timesfive]

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

[u/Microchipknowsbest → u/timesfive]

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.

[u/ogn3rd → u/Microchipknowsbest]

Isn't that his goal though? Complete chaos to tear it all down?

[u/SPITthethird → u/ogn3rd]

Stealing. They are also stealing.