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Federal Judge Reveals 'undisputed evidence' Trump is Sabotaging Blue States

A federal judge ruled today that the Trump administration, including U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, violated his court order to unfreeze Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) relief to at least 19 states. The judge says the administration appears to be making a "covert" effort to punish states who oppose Trump's oppressive immigration practices.

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U.S. District Judge John McConnell issued an injunction in March on behalf of 23 states suing the White House after the administration moved to pause FEMA aid to states.

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This ruling plus others will demonstrate the Trump administrations refusal to honor court rulings. Since the court has no enforcement power, we have our constitutional crisis. The only way it can be resolved is if congress changes hands next year and dems will surely cite these refusals as evidence of abuse of power. Maybe by then, there will be enough republicans in the senate to go along with dems to convict him and kick him out of office. I suspect that the country, especially red states, will be in such turmoil by then that hopefully there will be very little political support to keep him in office.

#1 | Posted by FedUpWithPols at 2025-04-05 07:28 AM

The American Government is an honor system, Republicans have no honor.

#2 | Posted by TFDNihilist at 2025-04-05 07:34 AM

hopefully there will be very little political support to keep him (Trump)in office.

#1 | Posted by FedUpWithPols

I see that as a very large possibility, given current events.

We SAW what the man did the last time he was cast from power.

We may have to depend upon the loyalty of the Armed Forces to keep our country and Constitution.

Saying that makes me realize how far we have fallen.

#3 | Posted by Zed at 2025-04-05 08:49 AM

Blue states should withhold payroll taxes from the federal government, putting that money in their own emergency management funds. It's what Maine threatened to do when the orange diaper dumper threatened to withhold federal funds over their refusal to follow his illegal trasgender athlete EO. Also the courts need to start holding Drumpf regime officials deemed responsible for violating these court orders in criminal contempt and locking them and the DOJ lawyers up.

#4 | Posted by _Gunslinger_ at 2025-04-05 03:23 PM

If Putin were dictating all of this...

...What would Trump be doing differently?

#5 | Posted by Danforth at 2025-04-05 03:31 PM

Burn Florida to the ground and piss on the ashes.

#6 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-04-05 05:21 PM

Trump Is Deliberately Sabotaging States That Produce 70% of US GDP.

#7 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-04-05 05:28 PM

The American Government is an honor system, Republicans have no honor.

#2 | Posted by TFDNihilist

Yup. This administration is proving that good faith participation was the only thing that made our Constitutional system worked.

All of the safeguards are proving to be toothless in the face of someone who gives the Constitution the finger and says "try me."

#8 | Posted by jpw at 2025-04-06 03:07 AM

Shocking I tell ya just shocking.

"I'm shocked " shocked " to find that gambling is going on in here!" Rains deadpans.

A croupier then hands him a wad of cash. "Your winnings, sir."

#9 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-04-06 01:07 PM

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#8 | Posted by jpw at 2025-04-06 03:07 AM | Reply | Flag:

You two ------- fighting over the first place position?

January 28, 2015 12:46 AM CSTUpdated 10 years ago
www.reuters.com

WASHINGTON, Jan 28 (Reuters) - As Washington has tightened its belt in recent years, the budget cuts have sliced most deeply in states where President Obama is unpopular, according to an analysis of federal spending by Reuters.
Between the 2009 and 2013 fiscal years, funding for a wide swath of discretionary grant programs, from Head Start preschool education to anti drug initiatives, fell by an average of 40 percent in Republican-leaning states like Texas and Mississippi.

By contrast, funding to Democratic-leaning states such as California and politically competitive swing states like Ohio dropped by 25 percent.
Though Congress sets overall spending levels, the Obama administration determines where much of that money ends up. Lawmakers also have curtailed their ability to direct money to their home states when they adopted a ban on spending in 2011 known as "earmarks."
That has given administration officials more power to steer money to places that might return the favor with votes, said John Hudak, an expert on federal spending at the centrist Brookings Institution who worked with Reuters on the analysis.

#10 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-04-06 01:43 PM

"That has given administration officials more power to steer money to places that might return the favor with votes, said John Hudak, an expert on federal spending at the centrist Brookings Institution who worked with Reuters on the analysis."

Right, that's what DOGE is doing, but not to return the favor with votes, to punish DEI and Woke.

#11 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-04-06 01:45 PM

Is there a single figure in the current administration that is not a complete dirtbag???

#12 | Posted by Angrydad at 2025-04-06 03:35 PM

#12: Is there a single figure in the current administration that is not a complete dirtbag???

#13 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-04-06 03:43 PM

In a 5-4 decision nine days after the request, the Supremes sided with the Trump administration's emergency request to stay the court order by judge Myong J. Joun of the federal District of Massachusetts - who had ordered the Trump administration to "immediately restore" the "pre-existing status quo prior to the termination."

According to the ruling - which is likely to narrow the ability of district courts to halt agency actions involving grant function, Joun lacked authority to order the Trump admin to restore the funding.

lacked authority

#14 | Posted by itchyp at 2025-04-06 04:50 PM

#14 | Posted by itchyp

Nucking Fidiot quoting Zero Hedge. www.zerohedge.com

Unfortunately for Zero Hedge and the Idiot there is no language in the SC's per curium opinion that "Joun lacked authority." www.documentcloud.org

#15 | Posted by et_al at 2025-04-06 05:45 PM

Nucking Fidiot quoting Zero Hedge.

^
They can't think for themselves.
They never learned how.
You may not agree with my opinions, but at least they're mine!

#16 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-04-06 06:16 PM

as the Government is likely
to succeed in showing the District Court lacked jurisdiction to order the payment of money under the APA

lacked jurisdiction
vs
lacked authority

big difference there! thanks for pointing that out! /s

#17 | Posted by itchyp at 2025-04-06 06:39 PM

the point is, this ruling may affect the authority of leftist activist judges at district level from preempting executive branch prerogatives in other instances.

don't preach to me about sources; most of the sources amplified on this board trace back to hearsay.

#18 | Posted by itchyp at 2025-04-06 06:50 PM

#18 | Posted by itchyp

I preach as I choose. This ruling is likely to have zero affect on any other judge. It's a non-precedential stay ruling not a "merits" ruling.

#19 | Posted by et_al at 2025-04-06 07:07 PM

"most of the sources amplified on this board trace back to hearsay."

Most of your sources on this site trace back to Russia.

#20 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-04-06 07:12 PM

'undisputed evidence' Trump is deliberately sabotaging blue states

-not in the ruling, guaranteed.

#21 | Posted by itchyp at 2025-04-06 07:25 PM

#19 | Posted by et_al
sure whatever.

looks like it's working, though. gravy trains derailed everywhere!

#22 | Posted by itchyp at 2025-04-06 07:28 PM

Look Jeff, we all know you're a ball-gargling idiot. You don't need to prove it daily.

#23 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-04-06 08:48 PM

looks like it's working, though. America derailed everywhere!
#22 | POSTED BY *ITCHYP

Hooray?

#24 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-04-06 09:08 PM

#22 | Posted by itchyp

I'm having trouble finding everywhere out of one. Help a brother out.

Or just stick to s**t you know something about which certainly isn't law.

Nucking Fidiot.

#25 | Posted by et_al at 2025-04-06 10:02 PM

#25

USAID -huge gravy train derailed
USIP -low level slush fund gravy train derailed
FEMA BRIC program - bricked
APA case / dei training boondoggle - derailed, challenged by leftinista judge, supreme courted

Help a brother out.
-Really? People here say that?
OK whatcha need? Bout tree fitty?

#26 | Posted by itchyp at 2025-04-07 12:39 AM

#26 | Posted by itchyp

All unrelated to the case cited at 15 that occurred 2 days ago and all for reasons other than that case.

Again, you're obviously not good at this law s**t. I suggest you stop digging.

Nucking Fidiot.

#27 | Posted by et_al at 2025-04-07 01:14 AM

#26 | POSTED BY *ITCHYP

You're such a stupid peon.

#28 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-04-07 01:16 AM

We actually need to start locking these criminal judges up. Not administration officials doing their jobs.

#29 | Posted by THEBULL at 2025-04-07 08:09 AM

#26 | POSTED BY *ITCHYP

You're such a stupid peon.

#28 | Posted by ClownShack

Who peed on him?

#30 | Posted by Zed at 2025-04-07 08:23 AM

# 29 We actually need to start locking these criminal judges up. Not administration officials doing their jobs.

The three branches of government (You may have heard of this)

If you can find "criminal judges" you can actually provide evidence of criminality. Yes, indite, convict and remove...

But NOT for just making rulings that offend your master and commander.

Which Administration officials doing their jobs have been locked up?

Be specific.

#31 | Posted by randomcanyon at 2025-04-07 10:12 AM

Never forget. Democrats typically love the criminals and criminality and the foreign illegals that rape, rob and plunder citizens.

The oligarchs and oligopoly are dominated too by a cabal of mostly power hungry Democrat liberals within an entertainment industry they've come to oddly dominate with special laws and their billions in perpetual residuals being a huge example.

These Dems buy islands like the little poor people might rent Section 8.

factfunfiesta.com

#32 | Posted by Robson at 2025-04-07 10:27 AM

The orange rapist was Epstein's best friend.

#33 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-04-07 10:30 AM

Not administration officials doing their jobs.

#29 | POSTED BY THEBULL

New Rulz:

We now just fire "administration officials" who are caught actually doing their jobs.

#34 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-04-07 11:13 AM

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