Summary
Donald Trump has ordered a freeze on domestic and foreign federal aid to align funding with his conservative agenda.
A memo from the Office of Management and Budget instructed federal agencies to pause aid related to foreign assistance, DEI initiatives, “woke” causes, and the Green New Deal while preserving Social Security, Medicare, and direct payments.
The freeze, which could affect billions in aid, sparked immediate backlash from Democratic leaders, who called it unconstitutional.
Trump framed the freeze as part of a swift rollback of Biden-era policies.
I’m fairly certain if this is allowed, that’s curtain call. He doesn’t control those pursestrings, as they were laws passed by Congress.
ie, this is illegal.
So was withholding the ATGMs for Ukraine in 2019
And so was Jan6. And here we are.
So, if it is illegal, what’s going to be done about it?
The republicans won’t turn on him, the Democrats don’t have the numbers to impeach, and the SCOTUS rule against him.There are other options than impeachment. Every time Biden had an EO it was immediately taken to the courts and put on hold until the courts could overrule it. Where are the law suits against trump’s EO’s?
Where are the law suits against trump’s EO’s?
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-lawsuits-list-executive-orders-doge-citizenship-2018514
Well, now I have my donation list for the next four years (everyone suing him). Those that accept them anyway.
They’re coming, they’re just not instantaneous. The question is, will the courts offer any real resistance? I am unsure.
“We will make it legal.”
-SCOTUS
Listen I hate Trump and basically everything he stands for. However, the executive has wide latitude in doling out, dividing up, and distributing funds. Congress writes a check and it’s up to the executive to implement the plan. The executive is a gigantic sprawling bureaucracy that exists as a necessity because Congress writes laws in “broad” strokes and leaves the minutiae up to the many executive agencies.
is this horrific? Yes. Is it unconstitutional? I have significant doubt
e: from another comment I made
Reading further, it seems I’m wrong:
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-funding-freeze-blatant-violation-constitution-federal-law/story?id=118183957If the president can just order all executive employees to do whatever the hell he wants them to then congress is basically irrelevant and we live in a dictatorship. This is extremely serious.
Of course I agree, but I said I wasn’t sure his actions were strictly unconstitutional.
Reading further, it seems I’m wrong:
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-funding-freeze-blatant-violation-constitution-federal-law/story?id=118183957Gotcha I realize I was kind of emotionally riffing there and didn’t really address what you were saying. Thanks for sharing the new link and correction.
This whole thing has made me pretty scared and angry to be honest.
Congress controls the budget. The executive gives a plan but Congress chooses how it is implemented. That’s why we got ACA instead of M4A. It’s why Congress voted on aid to Ukraine and Israel.
The executive does have control over some purse strings but not these direct budgets.
This is very very very bad.
It’s almost like the party that made attacking minorities their identity sucks at everything except attacking minorities.
Hm. I feel like I should be able to order a freeze on paying taxes.
This is madness. He could have tried to just selectively kill programs he didn’t like, but instead he shut down everything pending a review which cannot possibly happen in a timely manner. This throws everything into chaos and even if programs are reinstated that chaos in the meantime will be devastating. This is irresponsible and harmful at any length, but to try to make a move of this magnitude in a couple pages with poorly described exemptions adds a whole extra dimension.
It needs to be stayed (and the stay accepted by the administration) almost immediately to limit the harm.
I order a freeze on work. General strike, may 1st,be there or be stupid
May first?
Bruh Mar 1.
Fuck May 1st, TOMORROW.
We gotta organize, and get everyone on board. I would love it if it was tomorrow, but if we went tomorrow, we would be alone
Bet this doesn’t include Elon Cucks companies
This is going to affect his base disproportionately isn’t it?
Yes it will
I wish there was a return period for elections.
God I hope so
Froze PEPFAR with signs it won’t be reactivated. People rely on them for HIV meds
Future “useless eaters” to be culled
Remember when conservatives said this same thing about Obamacare?
“Oh you have AIDS? you shouldn’t have been gay and it’s your fault.” The Lord says you’re an abomination anyway… Die and make room in our country for real American patriots.
Except, of course, to Israel.
