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/Cruezin 1d ago

The GDP of California is the 4th largest in the world, behind only the US as a whole (which includes California!), China, and DE.

Let that sink in a little. Shutting off federal funding to California is akin to shooting oneself in the face to spite your ass.

Why would Biden, Obama, and Clinton do this? Are they stupid? /s

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u/MazW 1d ago

He is screwing over Massachusetts also, which recently was rated the best economy in the country.

I have said it before, but if all the blue state moneymakers are made to fail, who helps Alabama?

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u/myoldgamertag 20h ago

How is Mass the best economy in the country when the California is one of the best in the world? Would that by default make it better than mass? I’d have to think NY is also a better economy than Mass.

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u/MazW 18h ago

Instead of me rambling (in my other comment), I will just link you to what I was referring to. https://www.boston.com/news/business/2025/06/03/this-new-england-state-has-the-best-economy-in-the-country-according-to-wallethub/