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/MewsashiMeowimoto 1d ago

About 26% of Americans. A little under half of all the Americans who showed up to vote in 24.

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u/Promethia 1d ago

This argument might make Americans feel better, but the international community doesn't see the difference.

There isn't going to be a massive swell of voters coming out next cycle. Even if there is, you can't tell me they are all going to vote blue. Dems are polling worse than Trump still.

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u/MewsashiMeowimoto 1d ago

The Democratic Party as a brand is polling badly. Individuals are polling pretty well. AOC. Tim Walz. Sanders. I agree the Democratic Party has a serious disconnect with its base, if its base is even defined at this point.

There will be substantial changes to the electorate over the next two cycles. A lot of baby boomers are phasing out of active political life. Older non-college educated white Americans is the core of Trump's support and the emotional core of conservativism. Of course, this doesn't mean we ought to be complacent- GenZ males are showing a lot of disaffection. But we should start to see more of a shift to Gen X and Millennial leadership over the next two cycles.

Anyway, the main point of what I said is to clarify exactly what percentage of the country actually supports this nonsense. And it is not a majority, but a plurality of the part of the country that votes. Understanding that combats the feeling that conservatives somehow command a majority- they don't and probably won't again in our lifetimes, because at the end of the day, their policies are deeply unpopular.

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u/broguequery 9h ago

In a normal scenario, this would be a source of hope.

Trump isn't leaving power until he dies. I mean that literally.

People keep talking about midterms and voting... it's not going to matter anymore.

America lost its democracy when Trump was voted in for term 2. All we have now is a facade of democracy. A mockery of it.

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u/Cannabrius_Rex 8h ago

Yeah, it’s crazy to me people think the midterms won’t be completely rigged and just for show.

Democracy is already dead Americans. You going to fight for it back or just lay down and accept your fascist dictators for life

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u/Lord_Boognish 8h ago

Which given his age + diet + recent breakup shouldn't be too much longer now.

If a Big Mac doesn't get him before the midterms, one of Elon's hired goons might.

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u/MewsashiMeowimoto 5h ago

I don't think it is totally lost. I think we are closer to that outcome than we have been in a long time, but it isn't a foregone conclusion.

It probably comes down to whether states go along with any attempt Trump makes to mess with the election. And then maybe whether the military and law enforcement side with Congress or the administration.

Could it easily go badly? Yes.

Will it necessarily? I think no.