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Trump pauses $2.1B for Chicago infrastructure projects, leveraging shutdown to pressure Democrats (apnews.com)

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Donald Trump’s administration will withhold $2.1 billion for Chicago infrastructure projects, the White House budget director said Friday, expanding funding fights that have targeted Democratic areas during the government shutdown.

The administration is pausing a planned extension of the Red Line L train to “ensure funding is not flowing via race-based contracting,” budget director Russ Vought wrote on social media. The move throws immediate uncertainty into a project that had promised to connect some of the region’s most disadvantaged and predominantly Black neighborhoods.

Vought made a similar announcement earlier this week involving New York, where he said $18 billion for infrastructure would be paused, including funding for a new rail tunnel under the Hudson River.

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[-] sbbq@lemmy.zip 50 points 3 days ago

Sounds like it's time for Chicago to stop sending federal taxes.

[-] TheMadCodger@piefed.social 26 points 3 days ago

Sounds like time for all the Blue states to stop funding the red states from dragging us back to the dark ages.

[-] AlreadyDefederated@midwest.social 1 points 2 days ago

Christopher Armitage has some good ideas of how the Blue states can fight back against capricious federal government and irresponsible red moocher states.

https://cmarmitage.substack.com/p/trump-cut-funding-to-16-dem-states

and...

https://cmarmitage.substack.com/p/we-need-to-talk-about-soft-secession

[-] criss_cross@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

I wish there was a way to individually opt out of taxes. I don’t want a dime of my tax dollars going to this administration

[-] ryper@lemmy.ca 36 points 3 days ago

The Democrats need to be reminding everyone that budget talks are pointless when Trump can do this shit.

[-] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 22 points 3 days ago

Who the hell invited that jackass to make decisions for the country?

[-] MajorasTerribleFate@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 days ago

Like 77.3 million American voters, sadly.

[-] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 21 points 3 days ago

Rape enthusiasts and other morons.

[-] Smokeless7048@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago

Don't forget supporters of pedophiles and friends of Epstein

[-] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Bad headline.

...As he could have done this anyway? Like, what does the shutdown have to do with it other than optics and literal vengance?

[-] HubertManne@piefed.social 10 points 3 days ago

I want dems to add each of these things to the requirements to vote to end the shutdown. Now besides the obama subsidies all appropriated funds have to be distributed and all fired federal personelle since january have to be given the option to be reinstated. Im good with the shutdown going years.

[-] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 days ago

That's embezzlement

[-] Poach@lemmy.world 27 points 3 days ago

No, it's extortion

[-] Quexotic@infosec.pub 1 points 2 days ago

Depends on what he's doing with the money. ¿Porque no los dos?

[-] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

It's just another Friday really.

[-] Inucune@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Shithole greedy state meets shithole greedy president. This will be interesting.

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