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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(129,278 posts)
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 01:48 PM 15 hrs ago

White House freezes funds for Democratic states in shutdown slap

By David Morgan, Bo Erickson, Nolan D. McCaskill and Richard Cowan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday froze $26 billion for Democratic-leaning states, following through on a threat to use the government shutdown to target Democratic priorities.

The targeted programs included $18 billion for transit projects in New York, home to Congress's top two Democrats, and $8 billion for green-energy projects in 16 Democratic-run states, including California and Illinois. Vice President JD Vance, meanwhile, warned that the administration might extend its purge of federal workers if the shutdown lasts more than a few days.

The moves made clear that Trump would carry out his threat to take advantage of the shutdown to punish his political opponents and extend his control over the $7 trillion federal budget, established by the U.S. Constitution as the domain of Congress.

The pressure tactics came as the 15th government shutdown since 1981 suspended scientific research, financial oversight, environmental cleanup efforts and a wide range of other activities.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/white-house-freezes-funds-democratic-193716186.html

Donny loves his little tantrums.

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White House freezes funds for Democratic states in shutdown slap (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 15 hrs ago OP
Confiscatory Deprivation of Taxpayer Services bucolic_frolic 14 hrs ago #1
Blue States should pause sending LyfeTimeDem 14 hrs ago #4
Democrat State Taxpayer Escrow - Agreed! /nt bucolic_frolic 14 hrs ago #5
I wish they could Dave says 12 hrs ago #11
well ....they find ways to pull there shit. LyfeTimeDem 12 hrs ago #12
No it would be up to us to withhold our taxes. choie 8 hrs ago #26
Just keep the money and don't send it. ananda 7 hrs ago #31
This has always been an incredibly silly idea, states don't pay taxes, individuals and businesses do. tritsofme 9 hrs ago #21
and so does the government LyfeTimeDem 7 hrs ago #29
If it is illegal, states can seek relief in court. tritsofme 7 hrs ago #30
and some are still shitting on Democrats LyfeTimeDem 7 hrs ago #32
States don't send Federal taxes. Mariana 7 hrs ago #28
Wildly illegal, mob-style acts of retribution for the Democratic refusal to be Accomplices in the ongoing destruction pat_k 14 hrs ago #2
You wrote: " This is about a LOT MORE than Health Care Affordability. It is about exposing how in2herbs 14 hrs ago #7
a gross usurpation of power, B.See 11 hrs ago #18
... by a grossly unfit wannabe dictator and his band of... pat_k 11 hrs ago #19
Exactly. B.See 9 hrs ago #20
Wildly unconstitutional - yellow dahlia 8 hrs ago #25
A Tyrant who doesn't care about his people. There are Republicans in those state's that use transit and electricity surfered 14 hrs ago #3
That's what Olivia Troy told him his first term Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 12 hrs ago #15
Schumer and Jeffries should just up their demands, if there are ever negotiations again. Sogo 14 hrs ago #6
Why isn't this a violation of "equal protection under the law "? Tanuki 14 hrs ago #8
Laws schmals. We don't need no stinkin' laws anymore. This is the wild, wild West now. OMGWTF 14 hrs ago #9
Yes. yellow dahlia 8 hrs ago #24
Malicious behavior would not be exempt from prosecution cpamomfromtexas 12 hrs ago #10
straight to court seeking a TRO RT Atlanta 12 hrs ago #13
What's a TRO? Sogo 12 hrs ago #14
temporary restraining order RT Atlanta 11 hrs ago #16
This motherfucker just loves rubbing salt in the wound, doesn't he? Initech 11 hrs ago #17
it's weird that he doesn't understand that harming blue states harms the entire country ecstatic 9 hrs ago #22
Taxation without representation. yellow dahlia 8 hrs ago #23
His little tantrumps: Dave Bowman 8 hrs ago #27

choie

(6,172 posts)
26. No it would be up to us to withhold our taxes.
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 08:15 PM
8 hrs ago

But unfortunately, most people have their taxes paid through their payroll.

tritsofme

(19,551 posts)
21. This has always been an incredibly silly idea, states don't pay taxes, individuals and businesses do.
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 06:59 PM
9 hrs ago

If even a state managed to steal tax dollars intended for the federal government, those individuals and businesses would still owe what they owe, only now plus interest and penalties.

tritsofme

(19,551 posts)
30. If it is illegal, states can seek relief in court.
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 09:34 PM
7 hrs ago

They can’t just steal federal tax dollars from individuals and businesses.

I think Democrats are using the tools we have the best we can right now.

LyfeTimeDem

(133 posts)
32. and some are still shitting on Democrats
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 09:48 PM
7 hrs ago

even now......as if they should be able to walk on water and perform miracles.....some who said "Kamala Harris was just not a good enough candidate"

And here we are

Mariana

(15,603 posts)
28. States don't send Federal taxes.
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 09:14 PM
7 hrs ago

If you have a job, you could change your W-4 so no Federal Income Tax is withheld, but they're still going to take out the FICA tax.

pat_k

(11,972 posts)
2. Wildly illegal, mob-style acts of retribution for the Democratic refusal to be Accomplices in the ongoing destruction
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 01:56 PM
14 hrs ago

He is destroying the nation with his wildly illegal firings and refusal to release funds appropriated by congress, Shutdown or not.

Democrats must continue to refuse to be ACCOMPLICES in the continued destruction.

This is about a LOT MORE than Health Care Affordability.

It is about exposing how utterly lawless this regime is.

in2herbs

(3,941 posts)
7. You wrote: " This is about a LOT MORE than Health Care Affordability. It is about exposing how
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 02:23 PM
14 hrs ago

utterly lawless this regime is."

IMO you are right, but IMO you are wrong in thinking that R voters can comprehend more than one topic at a time. For the time being stick to health care affordability. R voters will understand this because it affects them financially. 2027 will be the right time for Ds to speak on more than one topic.

It's called dumbing down to the lowest common denominator.

pat_k

(11,972 posts)
19. ... by a grossly unfit wannabe dictator and his band of...
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 05:49 PM
11 hrs ago

... unhinged Christian Nationalists and thieves.

Ultimately, it is all about the looting.

As Oliver Kornetzke points out in this article,

There’s no grand ideology. There’s only theft. Power is just a means to steal more...

...Trump, a failed businessman and serial conman, didn’t stumble into power because he had a vision. He stumbled into it like a raccoon into a jewelry store: overwhelmed, opportunistic, and desperate to grab everything shiny before the lights come on. He brought with him a gang of similarly hollow, self-serving goons—parasites in flag pins—who recognized that brute force and spectacle could serve as a perfect cover for mass-scale corruption. All they needed was enough boots, enough masks, and enough Americans too scared or too exhausted to resist.

That’s what ICE is now—a terror squad designed not just to punish the “other,” but to frighten the rest into submission. They don’t need to knock on your door. They just need you to see what happens when they knock on hers. They want you disoriented, enraged, heartbroken, and above all—silent.


And they are, of course, going further with their threats of "unleashing" active-duty American service men and women against Americans who object to the 47 regime's wildly unconstitutional acts and mass corruption and looting of our treasury.

B.See

(6,828 posts)
20. Exactly.
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 06:55 PM
9 hrs ago

Place no faith in what these fascists won't do, can't do, and won't TRY to do.

surfered

(9,523 posts)
3. A Tyrant who doesn't care about his people. There are Republicans in those state's that use transit and electricity
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 01:58 PM
14 hrs ago

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(129,278 posts)
15. That's what Olivia Troy told him his first term
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 04:48 PM
12 hrs ago

That's why he only hired yes men this go around.

OMGWTF

(4,912 posts)
9. Laws schmals. We don't need no stinkin' laws anymore. This is the wild, wild West now.
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 02:36 PM
14 hrs ago

RT Atlanta

(2,646 posts)
16. temporary restraining order
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 04:55 PM
11 hrs ago

available as an equitable remedy from courts in 'emergency situations' - usually when there is an immediate threat of injury if the action continues. E.g., without the funds available to the states, there are immediate damages of XYZ, etc.

ecstatic

(34,948 posts)
22. it's weird that he doesn't understand that harming blue states harms the entire country
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 07:11 PM
9 hrs ago

We're all connected. How does he not see that?

yellow dahlia

(3,245 posts)
23. Taxation without representation.
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 08:04 PM
8 hrs ago

Oh and blue states contribute more to the federal coffers...but take out less.

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