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

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.
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b ... [image or embed]
-- tony romm (@tonyromm.bsky.social) 2:10 PM Â· Jul 24, 2026

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Those fallen Servicemembers are casualties of Operation AIPAC FURY.

They were not in CONUS, not in Germany, Japan, or South Korea.

If these four Soldier were receiving combat pay (tax-exempt status) they are in the warzone and are casualties, whether their HUMMV overturned in an accident in Kuwait, were struck by small arms fire in northern Iraq, their ship hit a mine in the Hormuz Strait, or a drone caught them in Qatar.

By their logic, a Soldier wounded during a cease-fire in the combat zone doesn't merit a Purple Heart.

A cease-fire is meaningless, ask the Ukranians who endured Russian attacks during so-called cease-fires over several Christmases.

This is pure nonsense from the Trumpf junta and an attempt to keep the casualty count low.

#1 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-07-24 06:30 AM | Reply

This is COVID mentality.

Just stop counting and it will go away.

#2 | Posted by Zed at 2026-07-24 08:40 AM | Reply

More from the cited article ...

... 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.
...

#3 | 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

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

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.

#5 | 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

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

---- that fat ----.

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

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

#8 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-07-24 03:52 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

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

#9 | 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.

#10 | 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!

#11 | 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.

#12 | 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.

#13 | 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!

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

Lfthandturds would never vote for a Black Woman Democrat.

#15 | 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.

#16 | 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.

#17 | 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.

#18 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2026-07-24 06:11 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 4

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?

#19 | 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.

#20 | 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

#21 | 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 ...

#22 | 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.

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

THAT ALONE is cause for impeachment.

#24 | Posted by e1g1 at 2026-07-24 07:07 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

over reported waste and mismanagement concerns
www.foxbusiness.com

#19 | POSTED BY AMERICANUNITY

*checks headline*

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

So which is it?

#25 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-07-24 08:32 PM | Reply

You raetards want to change the narrative. fraud was addressed, and now the NYT claims it's because oF bLuE sTaTeS!!! STFU dummy

#26 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-07-24 10:19 PM | Reply

Hello, dumbass... You still there?

#27 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-07-24 11:14 PM | Reply

Sometimes you can bypass paywalls: archive.ph

#28 | Posted by californiasteve at 2026-07-25 04:20 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

"Federal Grants Were Canceled 'based solely' on if State Voted for Trump"
So which is it?
#23 | Posted by lfthndthrds

The "reported waste and mismanagement concerns" were only concerns in Blue states,
Can't you connect those dots by yourself?

From the Fox link, the very next sentence:
"Office of Management and Budget targets California, Colorado, Illinois and Minnesota projects at DOT and CDC"

Seriously.
Can't you connect those dots by yourself?
You might want to come to terms with the fact that you're just not as smart as you think you are.

#29 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-07-25 11:34 AM | Reply

Can't you connect those dots by yourself?
#27 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-07-25 11:34 AM | Reply | Flag:

That's the problem, NYT wants you to draw conclusions based on "connecting the dots", not evidence.

#30 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-07-25 12:32 PM | Reply

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

#18 | POSTED BY LFTHNDTHRDS

So you are talking about something that you have no clue about?

Sounds about right.

Here is the documentary evidence you asked for.

storage.courtlistener.com

The link was in the article.

The article can be read for free via "archive". If you have enough functional neurons to figure out how.

#31 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-07-25 12:43 PM | Reply

Posting a readable link would prove a bit of intelligence.

#32 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2026-07-25 02:04 PM | Reply

This is from Project 2025's blueprint for executive impoundment power

#33 | Posted by northlimadawg at 2026-07-25 04:41 PM | Reply

Posting a readable link would prove a bit of intelligence.

#32 | POSTED BY LFTHNDTHRDS AT 2026-07-25 02:04 PM | FLAG:

Man, you just don't want to know. CaliforniaSteve told you how to get the article.

Here, I've done the work for you. archive.ph

#34 | Posted by cbob at 2026-07-25 05:52 PM | Reply

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