In a two-page memo, the Office of Management and Budget ordered all federal agencies to temporarily suspend payments.

[Celerity]

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/27/trump-freezes-federal-aid-omb-00200891

One week in, the Trump administration is broadening its assault on the functions of government and shifting control of the federal purse strings further away from members of Congress.

President Donald Trump’s budget office on Monday ordered a total freeze on “all federal financial assistance” that could be targeted under his previous executive orders that pausing funding for a wide range of priorities – from domestic infrastructure and energy projects to diversity-related programs and foreign aid.

In a two-page memo obtained by POLITICO, the Office of Management and Budget announced all federal agencies would be forced to temporarily suspend payments, while making clear that Social Security and Medicare would not be affected.

“The use of Federal resources to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer dollars that does not improve the day-to-day lives of those we serve,” according to the memo, which three people authenticated.

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[tulipsandroses]

1. Giving 500 billion to your broligarchs for AI is a waste of taxpayer money, China produced a superior product for

6 million dollars. Explain that.

[Bluethroughu]

2. Free taxpayer money for rich people again PPP.

[SickOfTheOnePct]

3. We're not giving

$500 billion to the oligarchs….the oligarchs are investing $500 billion.

[tulipsandroses]

5. Thanks for the correction

Still, they are the problem, not people getting SNAP

[Johonny]

25. Dont trust the Chinese companies outright

But also, don't trust the tech bros.

[orangecrush]

4. And silence

From our side.

[Arazi]

6. Exactly. This is a 5 alarm fire. Where the fuck are they tonight?

They should be going nuts.

Republican MOCs too tbh but they’re so far into the cult, I don’t expect them to react

[Alice B.]

9. I called Fetterman's office before I even knew what I wanted to say and babbled a message.

Then I followed up with resistbot. I was too exhausted to write my own email and let the AI do it for me. I can't go to bed without doing *something* even if it's basically collaborating with the tech that I lost a job to last year.

This is Kafkaesque.

[iemanja]

7. Grants are contracts

If the violate the terms of ongoing grants--money already formally committed--there are in breach of contract. Any lawyer here who can confirm or refute that?

[dobleremolque]

8. VA benefits are paid independent of Social Security or Medicare so

does this mean VA disability benefits, for example, will not be paid?

[underpants]

28. How about pending VA home loans too?

I couldn’t have afforded the down payment on our house without it. Is this hamming up home sales (for all parties involved)?

[Baron2024]

10. No One Voted For This

I guarantee you that there are many Trump voters who are affected by this. No one voted for this. We have already seen Trump voters on social media crying because their child care payments have been cut or they are afraid that their family members are going to be deported by ICE. We need a General Uprising. These Right Wing Tyrants should be overthrown.

[angrychair]

11. How is this legal?!?

That money was allocated by Congress and he does not have the Constitutional authority to stop the funds mandated by law.

[Justice matters.]

16. Oh, but it was a "perfect call" remember? AND "they" did not "remove" his felonious ass...

So? He's doing it again... surprise, surprise... this time on a much bigger scale, and we know "they" will not "remove" him again, no matter if he loots the Treasury for himself and his damn tech fascists.

Cowards... supposed to defend the constitution... yeah... that's less important than losing their seat and getting thousands of death threats a week.

[DallasNE]

12. How Is This Legal

Congress passed the appropriations bill and the President signed it into law. So how is this legal? Also, isn’t this really a partial government shutdown? Taking this amount of money suddenly out of the economy will threaten to throw the economy into recession. This knee jerk maneuver is beyond stupid.

[Walleye]

27. It's not legal, but there's nothing we can do about it. Law don't apply to this person.

[dalton99a]

13. Kick

[James48]

14. The intent

Is to make every dollar sent out - to be a “personal favor” to the King.

He’s going to require R party membership, and a cash kickback to get a cent.

[Baron2024]

15. Killing The Economy

Large parts of the economy depend on federal monies. For example, the salaries of Doctors and Social Workers who work in a health clinic may depend on Medicaid to fund their jobs. Not only are patients harmed, Doctors, Nurses and others will not get paid.

This is one of many examples of jobs that depend upon federal money. The right wing idiots are going to pole ax the economy. Frozen salaries for Doctors, Nurses, and Social Workers means that mortgages are not paid, car payments are missed, and so on. This is going to have a ripple effect on the economy.

Expect a widespread revolt. They are not just harming the sick, the elderly, and the disabled. They are harming all of the professionals that care for all of these people. Trump and his people are out of their damned minds. They are going to kill the economy.

[Karasu]

17. "Gave him a mandate?" To suspend and/or freeze every single fucking government service? Give me a fucking break.

[moonshinegnomie]

18. someone needs to go to court to block this

[Baron2024]

19. Shocked But Not Surprised

Shocked but not surprised is how I would state my general reaction to what Trump and his MAGA criminals are doing. It is going to get worse. We need a Revolution to stop these Fascist Criminals.

[MiKenMi33]

20. This has to go through Congress.

He can’t just do this because he wants to. He’s not a king. That agency shouldn’t be going along with this. What am I missing?

[barbtries]

22. nobody left but the sycophants,

Project 2025 purveyors, and billionaires.
don't ask me why but this song is what came to mind.

?si=ZIYmcPKvQJG66nev

[barbtries]

21. I think a tax revolt is in order.

fuck this.

[DFW]

23. If there were any justice

I would put the author(s) of this on death row (as it will cause a lot of death), and give them 48 hours to either face the needle, or else produce solid proof that federal money was being used to “advance Marxist equity,” and define specifically what that even means, or, as an option, go on prime time national television and admit they lied and made it up, and on whose orders.

Wanna bet some of them are so far gone that they would rather face the needle?

[underpants]

26. Jesus, they went straight to Marxist?

[DFW]

30. With such weird wording, I have to wonder if it was written by Artificial Stupidity

I have no other rational explanation.

[ratchiweenie]

24. So he's okay with all the people out there that get food stamps starving? My god, he's an animal.

[Doodley]

29. When are Democratic lawmakers going to stand together and say this is unacceptable?