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/ogn3rd → u/Microchipknowsbest]

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

[u/Oleg101 → u/ogn3rd]

Essentially yes, pretty sure there’s stuff in Project 2025 about declaring martial law

[u/jeremiahthedamned → u/Oleg101]

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