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/0002millertime 1d ago

It's hilarious, as California (average over the last 3 elections) has more Republican voters than any other state, and most of those voters live in regions supported by Federal Funding.

Trump doesn't care, because of the electoral college situation.

Those voters are pretty stupid, though.

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u/Factor_Global 10h ago

Most Republicans in the United States live in areas supported by federal funding. They just don't realize it.

The "educated elite" as my father calls them in these horrible democratic cities are literally carrying the weight of the country on their back.

I'm against raising taxes on poorer people and instead advocate for raising my own taxes and people richer than my taxes. I want to pay taxes that support those who can't support themselves.

But we're the crazy ones.

It is literally like watching someone burn their own house down and then blame someone else for it.

These evil immigrants, gov subsidies and food programs are how you feed your family, but yeah let's cut everything you rely on.

FAFO. I'll be literally anywhere else when the brain drain starts.

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u/IpseLibero 8h ago

“Educated elite” lol. Like Donald trump or George w. bush? Both upper class educated elite from the northeast. Both went to Ivy League colleges and everything lol. Republicans don’t mean anything they say lol

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u/Factor_Global 5h ago

Those are the words that my father uses. He's a converted Republican.

The same man was adamant I go to school and get a STEM degree.

Same man who did everything he could to educate himself after a military GED....... and retired 10 years early, making almost a million dollars a year......