In May 2025, Department of Energy (“DOE”) Secretary Chris Wright executed a policy memorandum titled “Ensuring Responsibility for Financial Assistance” that, among other things, established a Portfolio Review Process (PRP).

With one exception, the 284 terminated grants had a recipient location and/or at least one place of performance in a state that awarded its electoral votes to Kamala Harris in the 2024 election and has two Democratic-caucusing Senators (“Blue State” grants)

DOE accepts that the inclusion of grants in the October notice tranche was based solely on the political identity of the grant recipient’s state, i.e., whether the recipient’s location and/or place of performance was in a Blue State or a non-Blue State.

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.450653/gov.uscourts.cand.450653.211.6.pdf

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    because that’ll make them vote for you next time…

    i can’t believe we have a fucking incompetent racist rapist pedophile nazi moron potus. i stopped calling him a baby because that’s way beyond too insulting to babies

    i’m making it my own personal holiday when this sack of shit finally fucking croaks.

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        Maybe not in our lifetimes but there will for sure be a next time.

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      Should be the next national holiday. Close everything and go piss on your local copy of Donald’s grave.

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      Well, they literally just admitted to being capricious and prejudicial, which is kind of a slam dunk for getting a judge to grant an injunction against a federal action.

      Then again, our courts are absolutely fucked six ways from Sunday, so who the fuck even knows anymore.

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    Fidesz did it in Hungary, and was one of the reasons why it was extremely hard to get rid of those christofascists.