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.

  • entwine413@lemm.ee
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    21 hours ago

    That’s irrelevant to whether or not a state has an established legal right to do a thing.

    • Zaktor@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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      7 hours ago

      When it gets to the level of a component piece of a country leaving said country, it doesn’t really matter what the law is. The South isn’t part of the US because it was decided that secession was illegal, they’re there because they got their ass beaten.