A
Anonymous10/02/25, 02:02No.1443978White House freezes funds for Democratic states in shutdown slap
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-government-begins-shut-down-most-operations-after-congress-fails-advance-2025-10-01/
WASHINGTON, Oct 1 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday froze $26 billion for Democratic-leaning states, following through on a threat to use the government shutdown to target Democratic priorities.
The targeted programs included $18 billion for transit projects in New York, home to Congress's top two Democrats, and $8 billion for green-energy projects in 16 Democratic-run states, including California and Illinois. Vice President JD Vance, meanwhile, warned that the administration might extend its purge of federal workers if the shutdown lasts more than a few days.
The moves made clear that Trump would carry out his threat to take advantage of the shutdown to punish his political opponents and extend his control over the $7 trillion federal budget, established by the U.S. Constitution as the domain of Congress.
The government shutdown, the 15th since 1981, suspended scientific research, financial oversight, environmental cleanup efforts and a wide range of other activities.
Some 750,000 federal workers were ordered not to work, while others, such as troops and Border Patrol agents, began to work without pay. The Department of Veterans Affairs said it would provide burials at national cemeteries, but would not erect headstones or mow the grass.
Vance said at a White House briefing that the administration would be forced to resort to layoffs if the shutdown lasts more than a few days, adding to the 300,000 who will be pushed out by December. Previous shutdowns have not resulted in permanent layoffs.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office said it would lay off 1% of its 14,000 employees, according to an internal letter seen by Reuters
284
Replies
A
Anon10/02/25, 02:02No.1443979
SCHUMER ALLEGES SHUTDOWN 'BLACKMAIL'Hakeem Jeffries, the top Democrat in the House of Representatives, said the funding freeze for subway and harbor projects in his home of New York would throw thousands out of work.Top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer, also from New York, said Trump was targeting regular Americans for partisan aims."He is using the American people as pawns, threatening pain on the country as blackmail," Schumer said.Republican Senator Thom Tillis said he was concerned that the freezing of infrastructure funds for New York could make it harder for Congress to exit the shutdown."They need to be really careful with that, because they can create a toxic environment here," Tillis said. "So hopefully they're working with the leader, and the leader with them, on not creating more work to get us out of this posture."Republican Senate Leader John Thune dismissed concerns that the spending freeze amounted to hostage-taking."Well, vote to open up the government and that issue goes away, right? I mean, it's pretty straightforward," he said at a press conference.
A
Anon10/02/25, 02:04No.1443980
Jeffries said he had not had any contact with the White House since a meeting with Trump earlier in the week."We haven't heard from the White House since the White House meeting on Monday," he said in an CNN interview. "Clearly, they wanted to shut the government down."DIFFERENT DAY, DIFFERENT VOTE, SAME RESULTSMeanwhile, the Senate again rejected efforts to keep the government functioning as both a Republican proposal that would fund the government through November 21 and a Democratic vote that would pair funding with additional health benefits failed in floor votes.Trump's Republicans hold a 53-47 Senate majority, but they need the support of at least seven of Schumer's Democrats to meet the chamber's 60-vote threshold for spending bills.At issue on the government funding front is $1.7 trillion for agency operations, which amounts to roughly one-quarter of annual spending. Much of the remainder goes to health and retirement programs and interest payments on the growing $37.5 trillion debt.A bipartisan group of senators huddled on the floor during the vote, trying to find a path forward."I want to see that a deal is a deal, and I would like to see the Republicans make a commitment to work with us on health care," said Senator Tim Kaine, a Virginia Democrat who represents many federal workers near the nation's capital. "But I've never said that has to be all I's dotted and T's crossed because that could be complicated."Democrats are also seeking guarantees that Trump will not be able to ignore spending bills he signs into law, as he has repeatedly done since returning to office.Both sides sought to pin the blame on the other, looking for advantage ahead of the 2026 midterm elections that will determine control of Congress.Democrats said Republicans were responsible for the disruption, as they control the levers of power in Washington.
A
Anon10/02/25, 02:05No.1443981
Republicans said Democrats were surrendering to partisan pressures to oppose Trump, even though they have routinely backed spending bills in the past. They also repeated a false claim that the Democratic proposal would extend health coverage to people who are in the country illegally.According to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, the Democratic plan would only restore coverage to certain categories of immigrants who are in the country legally, such as asylum seekers and people on work visas.Several government agencies posted notices on their websites blaming the "radical left" for the shutdown - a possible violation of a law known as the Hatch Act meant to insulate nuts-and-bolts government services from partisan politics.The longest U.S. government shutdown, which stretched over 35 days in 2018-2019 during Trump's first term, ended in part after flight delays caused by air traffic controllers calling in sick.
___
A
Anon10/02/25, 02:08No.1443982
Maybe they’ll think twice for being Gay…?
A
Anon10/02/25, 02:11No.1443983
Hey remember when even fucking Biden didn't pull this shit on red states?Yeah, Trump isn't making it past 2026 without getting impeached. Even Republicans are starting to realize he's giving Dems way too much ability to swing the pendulum back next election. That's not even getting into the utter disaster for red states should the blue states he's fucking over decide "hm, I think I'm not gonna put in more to the fed than I get out of it anymore".
A
Anon10/02/25, 02:40No.1443987
>Republicans shut down government
>Trump punishes Democrats for it
Yeah, that sounds about right.
A
Anon10/02/25, 02:46No.1443988
>S. President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday froze $26 billion for Democratic-leaning states
Maybe they shouldn't fucking shut down the government
A
Anon10/02/25, 03:12No.1444015
Schoolyard bully Trump steals wimps Schumer and Jeffrey's lunch money again. Respected teacher AOC Will give the bully a good dressing down in 2028
A
Anon10/02/25, 04:45No.1444038
If Democrat senators are voting not to fund the government and are making it shut down, why should they not have their funding frozen until they start doing their fucking job and stop doing everything in their power to keep the government shut downThey again voted today to block a spending bill from Congress that would reopen the government
A
Anon10/02/25, 06:11No.1444047
There is nothing outlandish about senators voting against a bill they disagree with.
There IS something outlandish about one side of congress outright refusing to negotiate with the other, because negotiation and compromise is how congress fucking works.
And it's fucking outrageous for the president to actively punish states for that. That's fucking insane, completely out of line, and demonstrates perfectly the authoritarian takeover we're experiencing. If you go against Trump, he will hurt you and the people you represent.
A
Anon10/02/25, 10:33No.1444066
Esl shill is trying to play his anger off
A
Anon10/02/25, 12:55No.1444083
Government is closed?
Woo-hoo!
A
Anon10/02/25, 13:13No.1444086
That fucking homo Trump is also making petty threats against Bad Bunny. How very Umbridge of Trump. Trump is the angry geezer altering out. Get off my lawn! Reality though he is deranged and losing it faster. Just hope some good soldier or WH aid knows when it is just humane to put the old dog down.
A
Anon10/02/25, 14:41No.1444100
>Trump acts like an elderly child and makes the average citizen pay for his stupidity
>gets praised
A
Anon10/02/25, 15:36No.1444109
Time for all the Blue states to stop paying in, and start working together.
A
Anon10/02/25, 16:00No.1444115
>shill is fuming because their shillbux aren't coming in because of the shutdown
>keeps trying to pretend democrats are responsible
lmao, keep crying chuddie
A
Anon10/02/25, 16:24No.1444125
>democrat states: we're footing the bill for red states
>non-partisan president: *withdraws subsidy to democrat states*
>democrat states: nooooo
lol
A
Anon10/02/25, 18:42No.1444199
Related news
>White House cancels nearly $8B in clean energy projects in blue states
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/white-house-cancels-nearly-8b-in-clean-energy-projects-in-blue-states
A
Anon10/02/25, 20:48No.1444301
We would prefer to work out the details before 3/4 of a trillion dollars on something in a fucking CR.
A
Anon10/02/25, 21:02No.1444314
>50 million visa applicants and 20+ million illegals enter the country, soak up public resources
>democrats don't understand why healthcare is getting expensive
We really are becoming like the UK
A
Anon10/02/25, 21:03No.1444315
More money to send to Argentina!
A
Anon10/02/25, 21:59No.1444371
>Meaningless word-slinging and meaningless foot-shuffling to help folks stay riled up about this and that
>>ITT elsewhere: meta-progression forces dueling bots, maintenance of some odd parallel of infighting on a board known only for meaningless infighting, on a site known partially for meaningless infighting.
Ok, so if anybody's not getting paid to hang out yapping finger-bone-dust about flat distractions, post again. If not, dead thread, seems fine?
Since things tend to get muddy when there's all this nonsense flying around, this means that all further posts in this thread are by genuine humans, interacting in a public forum as friends and equals.
A
Anon10/02/25, 23:39No.1444449
good good fuck new yorkers
A
Anon10/03/25, 11:13No.1444542
killing all democrats and democrat voters would literally solve all our countries problems, i dont understand what we are waiting for
A
Anon10/03/25, 14:59No.1444551
I‘m really shocked that Trump alone has so much power as President, it seems he can do whatever he wants. Why this was never possible before with other US Presidents? I remember that Republicans always had an easy way to block everything that a Democratic President and Party did or wanted to do. I somehow don‘t hear much from the Democrats recently, except maybe from Bernie Sanders and this guy is not even a member of the Democratic Party.
Seriously, what‘s going on there in the USA and why does it look as if the whole country is in coma instead of giving Trump a hard Opposition.
A
Anon10/03/25, 17:36No.1444563
i didn't know esl shill was underage too. go figure
A
Anon10/03/25, 19:49No.1444596
esl shill is begging for his safe space