Saturday, October 18, 2025

Trump Diverts Anti-terror Funds from Democratic States to Republican States

The Trump administration plans to shift terrorism prevention funding from Democratic-led states toward those led by Republicans, government records show, as it overhauls a $1 billion program created after the 9/11 attacks.

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Trump diverts anti-terror funds from Democratic strongholds to Republican states reut.rs/4q9fD8N

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-- Reuters (@reuters.com) Oct 16, 2025 at 7:15 AM

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... The Trump administration released estimates in late summer for how much money each state should expect to receive from the program.

But it later changed the totals, according to notices the states received in late September from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Wisconsin, North Carolina and Ohio, which Trump won in 2024, saw the biggest percentage increase among states, according to federal records reviewed by Reuters. ...



#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-10-17 01:16 AM

So, the Trump administration seems to be choosing MAGA adulation, instead of the reality of threats to national security in its allocation of anti-terror funds?

This makes the Country more safe ... how?

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-10-17 01:18 AM

This makes the Country more safe ... how?

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at

It doesn't, of course. Trump no more cares if the country is safe than if it is prosperous.

We're going to get hit. We're going to get hit badly.

#3 | Posted by Zed at 2025-10-17 07:52 AM

Trump wants to Wage War, on Americans.

Some Americans are saying...

"I'm Your Huckleberry"...

This won't end well....

For Trump.

#4 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2025-10-17 01:32 PM

More unconstitutional actions by a rogue administration.

Still crickets from the "constitutional conservatives."

#5 | Posted by jpw at 2025-10-17 01:45 PM

Is it possible that Trump wants that massive terrorist attack against the US as his reason for martial law?

#6 | Posted by Zed at 2025-10-17 05:52 PM

Still crickets from the "constitutional conservatives."

They don't exist.

#7 | Posted by rstybeach11 at 2025-10-18 03:50 PM

Sounds like taxation without representation, a hallmark of FDT's America.

Our blue State tax dollars can stop flowing to the feds, if that's what you MAGAdiots want to see ... you won't like how that works out for you...

#8 | Posted by chuffy at 2025-10-19 02:58 PM

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