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CassandraWell this is appalling. <a href="https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/trumps-funding-freeze-puts-skagit-county-farms-on-slippery-slope/?utm_source=marketingcloud&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=TSA_030625180503+WA+farms+on+slippery+slope+from+Trump%27s+funding+freeze_3_6_2025&utm_term=Registered%20User" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/trumps-funding-freeze-puts-skagit-county-farms-on-slippery-slope/?utm_source=marketingcloud&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=TSA_030625180503+WA+farms+on+slippery+slope+from+Trump%27s+funding+freeze_3_6_2025&utm_term=Registered%20User</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FundingFreeze" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FundingFreeze</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/farms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#farms</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/farmers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#farmers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nonprofits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nonprofits</a>(I couldn’t tell if this is paywalled & didn’t see an option for a giftlink, so apologies if it’s not accessible.)

Europe Says<a href="https://www.europesays.com/1851893/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.europesays.com/1851893/</a> Trump Can’t Fire Hampton Dellinger, Appeals Court Rules — See Full List Of Trump Administration Lawsuits <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BirthrightCitizenship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BirthrightCitizenship</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CourtRulingAgainstTrumpOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CourtRulingAgainstTrumpOrder</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CourtRulings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CourtRulings</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DepartmentOfGovernmentEfficiency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DepartmentOfGovernmentEfficiency</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/doge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#doge</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DogeTreasuryRecords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DogeTreasuryRecords</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DonaldTrump</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FundingFreeze" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FundingFreeze</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Lawsuits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Lawsuits</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TransgenderRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TransgenderRights</a>

DoomsdaysCWAlso from the same story..."Advocates say federal government has a crucial role funding environmental projects"One group that's been waiting on funding is <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CollaborativeEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CollaborativeEarth</a>. The organization is helping <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativeAmerican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NativeAmerican</a> tribes in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oklahoma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Oklahoma</a> develop more <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/sustainable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sustainable</a> grazing practices and small <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/farmers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#farmers</a> in the southeast reforest waterways to prevent <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/flooding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#flooding</a> and store carbon pollution."'It's strange that the payment of an invoice could make you wonder about the future of a democracy, but that's exactly what it feels like,' says Aaron Hirsh, organization lead at Collaborative Earth."Unless payments restart, Hirsh says his group is weeks away from having to lay people off — and potentially having to shut down entirely."'I don't know when we're going to get started again on finding these kinds of solutions that can benefit local communities as well as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ecosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ecosystems</a>,' Hirsh says. 'This is the sort of funding that can support that kind of innovation. That's what it was supposed to do. And without it, I don't think we find those solutions.'"Like a lot of organizations, Collaborative Earth doesn't receive grant funding in big upfront payments. Instead, it's compensated by the government for past expenses, like paying workers and buying equipment. In other cases, organizations can withdraw federal funding to cover about a week's worth of expenses. Unless groups have large cash reserves, even a brief interruption in government funding can cause problems."'When these projects get frozen and you let all that staff go, you lose momentum, and you might lose the project permanently, because the people can't afford to sit and wait,' says Campaigne of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SouthernEnvironmentalLawCenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SouthernEnvironmentalLawCenter</a>. 'You're between a rock and a hard place of trying to stay committed to the work that you are dedicated to and feeding your family.' "<a href="https://www.southcarolinapublicradio.org/2025-02-12/trump-funding-freeze-could-leave-communities-on-their-own-as-climate-threats-grow" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.southcarolinapublicradio.org/2025-02-12/trump-funding-freeze-could-leave-communities-on-their-own-as-climate-threats-grow</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FundingFreeze" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FundingFreeze</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Infrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Infrastructure</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateThreats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateThreats</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Environment</a>

DoomsdaysCWI heard about this from a relative in the Southern US (NOT a Trump supporter).Trump funding freeze could leave communities on their own as climate threats grow By Michael Copley Published February 12, 2025 at 5:30 AM EST Excerpts: "The funding freeze is being felt across the U.S."A <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Missouri" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Missouri</a> school district couldn't pay for almost two dozen electric school buses it ordered to replace a fleet of diesel buses. In <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SpringfieldMassachusetts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SpringfieldMassachusetts</a>, officials didn't know if the city would get money it was promised to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/weatherize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#weatherize</a> homes, remove <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LeadPaint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LeadPaint</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RepairRoads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RepairRoads</a>. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oklahoma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Oklahoma</a> regulators warned $100 million in grant funding to plug abandoned <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OilAndGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OilAndGas</a> wells was in jeopardy. A <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NorthCarolina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NorthCarolina</a> official said the state risks losing out on more than $100 million in conservation projects that could protect communities from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/floods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#floods</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wildfires</a>. And in Kersey, Colo., officials had to hope the government would unfreeze money to remove an old grain elevator covered in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/asbestos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#asbestos</a>, a cancer-causing substance that's linked to the deaths of tens of thousands of Americans every year."'We wouldn't be able to move forward without it,' Susie Thielbert, a grant analyst for Kersey, told Colorado Public Radio about the grain-elevator project. 'We are a very small community.'" [...]"Parts of West Virginia 'have been left behind' for decades, Crowe says, but money had started flowing in from the Biden-era laws that Trump's now targeting. "'Their infrastructure is failing,' Crowe says. 'And without the federal government coming in to help support them, they're not going to be able to come up with that money on their own.'"Similar concerns are rippling through the region, says Dana Kuhnline, senior program director at ReImagine Appalachia, an advocacy group."Read more: <a href="https://www.southcarolinapublicradio.org/2025-02-12/trump-funding-freeze-could-leave-communities-on-their-own-as-climate-threats-grow" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.southcarolinapublicradio.org/2025-02-12/trump-funding-freeze-could-leave-communities-on-their-own-as-climate-threats-grow</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FundingFreeze" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FundingFreeze</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Infrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Infrastructure</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateThreats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateThreats</a>

Bytes EuropeUSAID freeze will impact 7,000 journalists from Iran to Belarus – World News <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/720473/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.byteseu.com/720473/</a> #$268Million <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Belarus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Belarus</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CivilSocietyGroups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CivilSocietyGroups</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FreeFlowOfInformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeFlowOfInformation</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FundingFreeze" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FundingFreeze</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GlobalMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GlobalMedia</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/IndependentMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IndependentMedia</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/InternationalJournalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InternationalJournalism</a>. <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/journalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#journalists</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MediaFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MediaFreedom</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MediaFunding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MediaFunding</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/newsrooms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#newsrooms</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PoliticalBacklash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PoliticalBacklash</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ReportersWithoutBorders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ReportersWithoutBorders</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RSF</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USAIDFreeze" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USAIDFreeze</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USAIDSupport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USAIDSupport</a>

Invest in Open InfrastructureLast week's grant freeze fiasco underscores the need for diversified revenue and community-owned solutions.Our latest blog post examines the $16.5M+ in federal grants awarded to open infrastructure projects over the past 5 years, highlighting the precariousness of the space right now.Read more: <a href="https://investinopen.org/blog/call-to-action-protect-vulnerable-infrastructure-and-research-independence/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://investinopen.org/blog/call-to-action-protect-vulnerable-infrastructure-and-research-independence/</a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/ResearchInfrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ResearchInfrastructure</a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/FundingFreeze" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FundingFreeze</a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/OpenScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenScience</a>

Freedom Baird"This Sunday night, February 2 at 8pm ET/5pm PT, you’re invited to join Indivisible, MoveOn, Working Families Party, and a coalition of other organizations for an action call. During the call, you will hear key movement leaders from across the country as they give us their best strategic guidance on how to take action against the Trump funding freezes!"<a href="https://mas.to/tags/Indivisible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Indivisible</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/MoveOn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MoveOn</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ActionCall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActionCall</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/FederalWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FederalWorkers</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/CivilServants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CivilServants</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Buyout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Buyout</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/FundingFreeze" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FundingFreeze</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Freeze" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Freeze</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/WeChooseToFight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WeChooseToFight</a><a href="https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/event/752072/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/event/752072/</a>

DrALJONESEdit: note that the Trump order has been recinded due to outcry & a lawsuit.Interview: “Complete Chaos: Medicaid, Meals on Wheels & More on Chopping Block as Trump Freezes Trillions""It’s just been complete chaos & completely illegal."The policy is an attempt to raise a challenge to Congress’s power of the purse & nullify all the limitations that have been placed on the president’s power.”~Sam Bagenstos<a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2025/1/29/trump_omb_funding_freeze" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.democracynow.org/2025/1/29/trump_omb_funding_freeze</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FundingFreeze" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FundingFreeze</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USCruelty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USCruelty</a> .

toussaintwell, well, well, hit dog holla trumps homies cant stomach this one. Probably cause $22B of the $45B <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Louisiana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Louisiana</a> state budget comes from federal grants and such<a href="https://newsie.social/tags/FundingFreeze" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FundingFreeze</a>

LegionIf you know a federal worker who is refusing to knuckle under to Hitler 2.0's tactics, please make the effort to thank them. They're kinda standing between us and complete disaster right now. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/federalworkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#federalworkers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fundingfreeze" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fundingfreeze</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/donttakethebuyout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#donttakethebuyout</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/buyout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#buyout</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dontquit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dontquit</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/classwar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#classwar</a>

William Lindsey :toad:"These questions are still on the table, even after a federal judge in Washington, D.C., temporarily halted a radical plan that President Trump announced Tuesday to freeze trillions of dollars in federal grants and loans, even though the money has already been appropriated by Congress."<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Medicaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Medicaid</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/FundingFreeze" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FundingFreeze</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MealsonWheels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MealsonWheels</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/DHHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DHHS</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/LIHEAP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LIHEAP</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SchoolLunchProgram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SchoolLunchProgram</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/HeadStart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HeadStart</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/LowIncomeFamilies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LowIncomeFamilies</a> /10

William Lindsey :toad:"Will low-income families be able to keep the heat on? Will seniors have access to another meal on wheels? Will Medicaid continue? Will low-income children get breakfasts or lunches at school? Will children be able to go to Head Start?"~ Amy Goodman<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Medicaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Medicaid</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/FundingFreeze" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FundingFreeze</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/MealsonWheels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MealsonWheels</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/DHHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DHHS</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/LIHEAP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LIHEAP</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/SchoolLunchProgram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SchoolLunchProgram</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/HeadStart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HeadStart</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/LowIncomeFamilies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LowIncomeFamilies</a> /9<a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2025/1/29/trump_omb_funding_freeze" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.democracynow.org/2025/1/29/trump_omb_funding_freeze</a>

MagpieblogTrump's regime has blinked. The funding freeze has been rescinded.Expect Trump to try another way of doing the same thing any time now.<a href="https://mas.to/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/FundingFreeze" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FundingFreeze</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#resistance</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/opposition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#opposition</a> <a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/01/29/federal-funding-freeze-memo-rescinded" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.axios.com/2025/01/29/federal-funding-freeze-memo-rescinded</a>

William Lindsey :toad:"It is hard to see who could possibly benefit from these heavy-handed moves to constrain and defund our most vital public health institutions. American medical research, patients and their families, as well as the medical profession more generally will suffer as a result of this stunt.Unless the courts permanently stop him, Trump’s power grab will leave the Constitution and our medical research programs in ruins."<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Medicaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Medicaid</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/FundingFreeze" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FundingFreeze</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NIH</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#healthcare</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#research</a> /9

William Lindsey :toad:"What are the human implications of this? When the most anti-science, conspiracy obsessed president and his gang of nihilists cut off federal funding from entities such as the National Institutes of Health (for travel, medical research reviews, grants to scientists, etc.), real people suffer—especially when combined with a 'pause' on any communications from the National Institutes of Health."~ Jennifer Rubin and Megan Houser<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Medicaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Medicaid</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/FundingFreeze" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FundingFreeze</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NIH</a> /8<a href="https://contrarian.substack.com/p/government-freeze-halts-vital-research" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://contrarian.substack.com/p/government-freeze-halts-vital-research</a>

William Lindsey :toad:We'd be foolish to imagine the judiciary will stand as a wall against dictatorship when we have the Supreme Court we now have. The point is, this episode needs to serve as a warning for a lot that is likely going to come now fast and furious, with no one stopping it — when Trump and his party control all three branches of government.<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Medicaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Medicaid</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/FundingFreeze" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FundingFreeze</a> /7

William Lindsey :toad:Some commentators are now suggesting that things aren't so bad, Medicaid will continue functioning, the judiciary will be a wall against Trump's dictatorial aspirations. I think we'd be very naive to imagine that the judiciary will permanently block dictatorial overreach of this sort, which has the potential to break government and hurt lots of people. <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Medicaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Medicaid</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/FundingFreeze" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FundingFreeze</a> /6

William Lindsey :toad:And, of course, Federal Judge Loren L. AliKhan placed a temporay stay on Trump's order for the funding freeze, due to lawsuits filed against it. <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Medicaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Medicaid</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/FundingFreeze" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FundingFreeze</a> /5<a href="https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/01/29/judge-alikhan-didnt-halt-trumps-funding-freeze-alone-democracy-forward-did-too/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/01/29/judge-alikhan-didnt-halt-trumps-funding-freeze-alone-democracy-forward-did-too/</a>

William Lindsey :toad:"The administration claimed that the shutdown of the Medicaid portal was a 'fluke' unrelated to the freeze—a lie so transparent it hurts to repeat it.~ Robert B. Hubbell<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Medicaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Medicaid</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/FundingFreeze" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FundingFreeze</a> /4<a href="https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/an-upwelling-of-outrage-spreads-across" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/an-upwelling-of-outrage-spreads-across</a>

William Lindsey :toad:"Several lawmakers took to social media on Tuesday afternoon to confirm that that their state’s Medicaid payment systems have been shut off."~ Bruce Gil<a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Medicaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Medicaid</a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/FundingFreeze" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FundingFreeze</a> /3<a href="https://qz.com/trump-medicaid-freeze-1851749684" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://qz.com/trump-medicaid-freeze-1851749684</a>

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