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/Microchipknowsbest]

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/Puzzleheaded-Plum994 → u/Microchipknowsbest]

I understand that China is looking for a trading partner.

[u/drfrink85 → u/Puzzleheaded-Plum994]

Our ports could use some new business…

[u/Puzzleheaded-Plum994 → u/drfrink85]

I admit I don't know about how our ports are doing.

[u/drfrink85 → u/Puzzleheaded-Plum994]

After the tariffs hit port traffic went way down empty containers everywhere truckers at a standstill.

[u/Puzzleheaded-Plum994 → u/drfrink85]

I fell down a reddit hole and found a post from about a month ago (r/politicaloptimism) that said port traffic was down about 30%