OMB freezes all disbursements / USAID shutdown / GOP begs for exceptions for their states

[BlooVooDoo]

“You’ll regret this, and you may regret this a lot sooner than you think.”

- Mitch McConnell

 

[ChileG]

Oklahoma Governor Wants Trump to Back Off

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) is calling on President Trump to let tax credits and contracted federal dollars under the Inflation Reduction Act to proceed as promised to businesses, Politico reports. He also urged Trump

politicalwire.com

When our well-meaning Trump supporters on this website ask, “how can you be against what Trump and Musk are doing when it comes to cutting waste and fraud,” this is one example of why. And certainly not the only example. And it isn’t a small thing.
So, stop asking that question. You may think it is still worth doing, but you have to understand that many people will not agree that chaos and anarchy are good ways to conduct government business (not to mention the constitutional crisis it is creating).

 

[nycfan]

If they start specifically protecting red states at the expense of blue states, that will cause states to secede and they will have the moral authority to do so. There is no way California and New York, who both contribute significantly to the federal government, would stand by and let that happen.

If that happens the only thing we ask of the US military is to back off.

That is part of why Impoundment is Unconstitutional.

 

[superrific]

To accept impoundment as legal isn't simply to overturn Supreme Court rulings. It's overturning the American Revolution and the fundamental premise of the constitution.