The Trump administration is preparing to cancel a large swath of federal funding for California, an effort that could begin as soon as Friday, according to multiple sources.

Agencies are being told to start identifying grants the administration can withhold from California. Sources said the administration is specifically considering a full termination of federal grant funding for the University of California and California State University systems.

Singling out one state for massive cuts would be an unusual move, but Donald Trump has long made Democratic-led California a target.

  • DarkCloud@lemmy.world
    552·
    23 hours ago

    So Americans need to switch it off and on again. Gather up new founding fathers and mothers, write up a new constitution and declaration of independence - write up documents for a new federation between states…

    Create a back up United States. Declare the old one null and void. Stop interacting with the old one. Start interacting with the new one.

    Call all this something benign sounding. Try not to go to war about it. But yeah, you all need to switch this shit off and on again.

      • Nastybutler@lemmy.world
        10·
        16 hours ago

        Except that’s exactly what the Heritage Foundation has been wanting for decades so they can turn the US into an official Christofascist nation.

    • BlameThePeacock@lemmy.caEnglish
      142·
      23 hours ago

      Yup, by excluding the south east (Texas to Florida) they could easily reboot it in a much more progressive manner.

        • BreakerSwitch@lemm.ee
          2·
          2 hours ago

          Woah woah woah. Texas seceded from Mexico to preserve slavery until they joined the US so they could secede to preserve slavery. And a cuba libre is delicious, not nearly as watered down (underwater) as Florida is.