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Posted on 10/04/2025 9:46:36 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
The White House has cut or paused billions in funding to Democratic-run cities and states since the federal government came to a halt.
President Trump has embarked on a legally dubious campaign to weaponize the federal budget during a contentious government shutdown, halting more than $27 billion in approved funding in a bid to punish Democratic-led cities and states.
Rather than broker a legislative truce or seek to ameliorate the fallout of a costly fiscal stalemate, the president has leveraged the crisis to exact revenge on rivals, slash federal spending and pressure Democrats into accepting his political demands.
Since the shutdown started on Wednesday, the Trump administration has canceled or delayed federal aid to 16 states, most of them run by Democrats. In the latest example, Russell T. Vought, the White House budget director, said on Friday that the administration would halt about $2.1 billion in approved funding for long-planned transit improvements in Chicago.
Mr. Vought claimed the pause was necessary to ensure that the city, which is led by a Democratic mayor in a state with a Democratic governor, had not engaged in “race-based contracting.”
The White House has also targeted New York, the home state of Democrats’ congressional leaders, and canceled nearly $7.6 billion in federal green-energy funding, predominantly in Democratic-led states. On Friday, the Trump administration said it could look to slash unspecified aid to Portland soon, after earlier stripping away some of Oregon’s infrastructure money.
“Without a doubt, blue states are on the front lines of the attacks,” said New York’s governor, Kathy Hochul, a Democrat. “They’re coming after us.”
Throughout the week, the president’s deputies maintained that they were not politicizing the shutdown and that they sought only to save money and prevent...
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"Liberals" hate it when you use their own tactics against them.
Yes please!
This is what happens when you lose.
Ah, the Old Gray Liar. I’m surprised there’s only one propagandist hack in the byline. It usually takes a crew of three or four to barf up this kind of crap.
The Demonrats unscrupulously weaponized everything their twisted little demonic minds could think of. Crush them and Never give them another chance!
I guess the Times thinks the Democrats would not do this?
Bfl
Keep trying, oh no longer respected NYT.
What went around has come around. You started it, and Trump is torturing your sorry-assed butts.
They handed it to him. They could stop the schumer shutdown if they really wanted to.
“legally dubious” it is the executive branch that makes decisions and calls the shots. Trump is the highest executive.
The New York Times says all this like it’s a bad thing. It’s not.
More! More! MORE!
FAFO
I voted for that!
May these evil scoundrels be stricken from history and their names never spoken again.
EXACTLY!
if you mess with the bull, you do get the horns. Maybe they shouldn’t have spent the last 4 years messing with T$?
“Republicans pounce!” The NYT is simply boring.
The Democrats have never done anything for political gain. Never. /SARCASM
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