White House freezes funds for Democratic states in shutdown slap

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

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.

[bucolic_frolic]

1. Confiscatory Deprivation of Taxpayer Services

[LyfeTimeDem]

4. Blue States should pause sending

Federal Taxes ....until the Freeze ends ...checkmate!

[bucolic_frolic]

5. Democrat State Taxpayer Escrow - Agreed! /nt

[Dave says]

11. I wish they could

There is no easy way to do that.

[LyfeTimeDem]

12. well ....they find ways to pull there shit.

[choie]

26. No it would be up to us to withhold our taxes.

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

[ananda]

31. Just keep the money and don't send it.

...

[tritsofme]

21. This has always been an incredibly silly idea, states don't pay taxes, individuals and businesses do.

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.

[LyfeTimeDem]

29. and so does the government

Withholding funds from Blue States


Okay whats your plan?

[tritsofme]

30. If it is illegal, states can seek relief in court.

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]

32. and some are still shitting on Democrats

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]

28. States don't send Federal taxes.

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]

2. Wildly illegal, mob-style acts of retribution for the Democratic refusal to be Accomplices in the ongoing destruction

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]

7. You wrote: " This is about a LOT MORE than Health Care Affordability. It is about exposing how

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.

[B.See]

18. a gross usurpation of power,

... as it were.

[pat_k]

19. ... by a grossly unfit wannabe dictator and his band of...

... 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]

20. Exactly.

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

[yellow dahlia]

25. Wildly unconstitutional -

coming at us from every direction.

[surfered]

3. A Tyrant who doesn't care about his people. There are Republicans in those state's that use transit and electricity

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

15. That's what Olivia Troy told him his first term

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

[Sogo]

6. Schumer and Jeffries should just up their demands, if there are ever negotiations again.

nt

[Tanuki]

8. Why isn't this a violation of "equal protection under the law "?

[OMGWTF]

9. Laws schmals. We don't need no stinkin' laws anymore. This is the wild, wild West now.

[yellow dahlia]

24. Yes.

Wild wild west - I say it often.

[cpamomfromtexas]

10. Malicious behavior would not be exempt from prosecution

[RT Atlanta]

13. straight to court seeking a TRO

is what a 'blue' state AGs should be doing....

[Sogo]

14. What's a TRO?

[RT Atlanta]

16. temporary restraining order

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.

[Initech]

17. This motherfucker just loves rubbing salt in the wound, doesn't he?

[ecstatic]

22. it's weird that he doesn't understand that harming blue states harms the entire country

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

[yellow dahlia]

23. Taxation without representation.

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

[Dave Bowman]

27. His little tantrumps: