Federal Grants Were Canceled 'based solely' on if State Voted for Trump

Friday, July 24, 2026

In a little noticed and stunning court filing, federal officials said that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states "based solely" on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election.

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NEW: In a stunning admission, the Trump administration admitted in court documents that it canceled billions in energy grants to states "based solely" on politics -- and whether that state was represented by Democrats and backed Harris in 2024.
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-- tony romm (@tonyromm.bsky.social) 2:10 PM Â· Jul 24, 2026

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... The admission showed how President Trump has weaponized the provision of federal education, energy, health, housing and infrastructure aid in his second term.

Far from rooting out the sort of misspending that Mr. Trump sees as rife in Washington, the White House has instead sought to leverage the budget as a tool to assist its allies -- or as a cudgel to hurt the president's foes.

The saga illustrates the stakes as the Trump administration is completing a set of rules that would provide the president even greater control over more than $1 trillion in annual federal grants.

To critics, the new regulation would only make it easier for Mr. Trump to strike wider tranches of congressionally approved funding over political differences.
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#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-07-24 03:19 PM | Reply

federal officials said that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states "based solely" on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election.

This is what I voted for.
--Boaz

#2 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-07-24 03:20 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Trump and his MAGAts are following the blueprint Hitler laid out in the 1930s: carve out the existing bureaucracy, fill it with unqualified loyalists, and assign them the task of rooting out The Other, making sure to reward loyalty and punish a lack of zeal whenever and however they can. The result for Hitler was not the vaunted German efficiency of legend but an inefficient edifice that punished expertise in order to reward cronyism. Same here and now,

Thanks Republicans, this is your baby.

#3 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-07-24 03:27 PM | Reply

Trump and his MAGAts are following the blueprint Hitler laid out in the 1930s
#3 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis

This is what I voted for.
--Boaz

#4 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-07-24 03:30 PM | Reply

---- that fat ----.

#5 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-07-24 03:43 PM | Reply

That can't be right. I mean, consider the source.

#6 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-07-24 03:52 PM | Reply

This will make for some interesting legal precedent.
See ya in court.

#7 | Posted by morris at 2026-07-24 03:59 PM | Reply

Republicans, remember: You asked for this. Given the choice between a dozen solid conservatives and one Clinton-supporting con-artist and game-show host, you chose the con artist. You chose him freely. Nobody made you do it. Now we have a serial glorified interior decorator with a vengeance kink that likes to diddle teenagers.

#8 | Posted by lee_the_agent at 2026-07-24 04:11 PM | Reply

Least surprising news today.

Given the chance, DJT would cancel your Social Sec check, raise your taxes, and sic ICE on you based on for whom you voted.

Your healthcare? Fergetaboutit!

#9 | Posted by Corky at 2026-07-24 04:13 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

All those things are for losers, Corky. Winners don't need government "entitlements" or handouts. MAGA is for winners.

#10 | Posted by lee_the_agent at 2026-07-24 04:20 PM | Reply

---- that fat ----.

#5 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-07-24 03:43 PM

You need to leave Rcade out of this.

#11 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-07-24 04:44 PM | Reply

#11 | Posted by lfthndthrds

You need to explain why you voted for this, cultist!

#12 | Posted by rstybeach11 at 2026-07-24 04:59 PM | Reply

Lfthandturds would never vote for a Black Woman Democrat.

#13 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2026-07-24 05:20 PM | Reply

To be fair... a Black Woman Democrat would never give LHT the time of day.

#14 | Posted by Corky at 2026-07-24 05:46 PM | Reply

Lfthandturds would never vote for a Black Woman Democrat.

Or a decorated military veteran, white, male Democrat.

#15 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-07-24 06:03 PM | Reply

Meanwhile biden disproportionately targeted his spending in red states, in a futile hope to make nazis and klansmen rejoin the real world.

The way trump is punishing and prosecuting his opponents is exactly what biden should have done, instead of patting them on the head and offering them a hug. His moderate delusion is what doomed the country to this nightmare.

#16 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2026-07-24 06:11 PM | Reply

Or a decorated military veteran, white, male Democrat.

#15 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-07-24 06:03 PM | Reply | Flag:

I voted for John Kerry. Does that count?

#17 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-07-24 06:21 PM | Reply

BTW the article is behind a paywall, can't see what shenanigans NYT is up to.

#18 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-07-24 06:24 PM | Reply

BTW the article is behind a paywall, can't see what shenanigans NYT is up to.

#18 | Posted by lfthndthrds

From FOX Business:

Trump administration axes $1.5B in blue-state grants over reported waste and mismanagement concerns

www.foxbusiness.com

#19 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2026-07-24 06:43 PM | Reply

@#8 ... You chose him freely. Nobody made you do it. ...

Because of that choice, in the future such a free choice may be more difficult to attain.

Trump Only Needs Two Words To Explain The Biggest Threat To Democracy (October 2024)
www.rvmnews.com

... During a speech at the Detroit Economic Club on Thursday, former President Donald Trump delivered a fiery address, calling out what he referred to as the biggest threat to democracy: "stupid people." ...

[emphasis mine]

Well, at least he may have been correct about one thing in his life ...

#20 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-07-24 06:54 PM | Reply

#16 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2026-07-24 06:11 PM | Reply | Flag: Yup

[Joe Biden's] moderate delusion is what doomed the country to this nightmare.

The LA wildfires prevented Joe Biden from his last official trip to Rome to see the Italian PM and Pope Francis in mid Jan 2025.

Good that Biden didn't go. Pope Francis was in daily contact with the Catholic leadership in Gaza and the West Bank throughout Israel's pogrom and he was going to give "Genocide Joe" an earful.

#21 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-07-24 07:02 PM | Reply

THAT ALONE is cause for impeachment.

#22 | Posted by e1g1 at 2026-07-24 07:07 PM | Reply