Trump's $3T grant freeze sparks outrage. States are suing to stop it.

[Wicked Blue]

Source: NJ.com

By

Susan K. Livio | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

Nearly two dozen states including New Jersey on Tuesday sued the Trump administration for freezing $3 trillion in grant funding, a move that affects nonprofit and public programs serving infants to senior citizens, and even disaster relief for California recovering from rampant wildfires.

President Trump’s decision violates the constitution and the separation of powers between the executive and legislative branches of government, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin said in a virtual press conference with his colleagues in New York, California, Illinois and other states.

“We’re not talking about nibbling at the edges of the President’s authority. We’re talking about ignoring the entirety of the United States constitution, throwing duly enacted statutes out the window simply because the president doesn’t like it,” Platkin said.

Matthew Vaeth, the acting director of the Office of Management and Budget, wrote in a memo released late Monday the halting of funds was required to ensure money is spent in keeping with Trump’s agenda.

Read more: https://www.nj.com/politics/2025/01/trumps-3t-grant-freeze-sparks-outrage-states-are-suing-to-stop-it.html

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As of Tuesday afternoon 22 states and the District of Columbia have joined in the lawsuit.

[DBoon]

1. Contact your state AG and urge them to support this

Even if your state is Texas!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

2. Democrats: 'Insane' Trump power grab on federal grants 'blatantly disobeys the law'

Federal grants finance much of modern American life. If Team Trump simply stops the money from flowing, the consequences are difficult to measure.
https://bsky.app/profile/actiontogethernj.bsky.social/post/3lgsmt42wns2y

Democrats: 'Insane' Trump power grab on federal grants ‘blatantly disobeys the law’
Federal grants finance much of modern American life. If Team Trump simply stops the money from flowing, the consequences are difficult to measure.

Link to tweet

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/democrats-insane-trump-power-grab-federal-grants-blatantly-disobeys-la-rcna189562

The consequences of the Trump administration’s decision to halt almost all foreign aid continue to reverberate. The New York Times reported last week that the freeze is affecting international programs “aimed at alleviating hunger, disease and wartime suffering around the globe, as well as ones that help nations with economic development.”

It’s against this backdrop that the White House is apparently halting domestic grants, too. NBC News reported:

President Donald Trump has ordered a freeze to domestic and foreign federal aid in a sweeping effort to stop government funding for causes that don’t fit with his agenda. A memo sent out Monday night from Matthew J. Vaeth, acting director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, said the changes would go into effect Tuesday at 5 p.m. ET and relate to a string of executive orders Trump has signed since taking office last week.

The existence of the memo was first reported by Marisa Kabas, a New York-based journalist who published the document on Bluesky......

It is not a secret that Trump and his team, after running on an authoritarian-style campaign platform, want to wrestle control over the power of the purse, shifting authority from Congress to the White House, despite the framework of our constitutional system of government. It’s precisely why there’s been so much discussion of late about the Impoundment Control Act.

We’re now starting to see what those ambitions look like when pursued as a matter of government policy.,,,

What’s more, Schumer’s statement, referring to administration officials, added, “They say this is only temporary, but no one should believe that.”

As for the potential political impact, a Politico report noted that in the coming days, “we’re going to discover the full range of programs, projects and initiatives whose funds have suddenly been blocked. And given the sweeping scale of the order, it seems unlikely these will all be glowingly liberal, woke-tastic DEI projects in coastal America. This order is going to affect communities the length and breadth of the country.

“Be careful what you wish for, Mr. President.”

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3. It's the REVENGE tour. The point is to cause pain. It isn't about govening. They don't know how!

I'm just so happy a significant portion of the pain
is falling on the mental defectives who voted them
and Prop 2025 in.

[bluestarone]

4. Isn't THIS big enoughto go

Straight to the Supreme Court?