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Ocelot II

(122,382 posts) Tue Jan 28, 2025, 05:32 PM Tuesday

Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump administration freeze on federal grants and loans

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Source: AP

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked a push from President Donald Trump to pause federal funding while his administration conducts an across-the-board ideological review to uproot progressive initiatives.

The Trump administration plan plunged the U.S. government into panic and confusion and set the stage for a constitutional clash over control of taxpayer money.

The order from U.S. District Judge Loren L. AliKhan came minutes before the funding freeze was scheduled to go into effect. It lasts until Monday afternoon and applies only to existing programs.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-pause-federal-grants-aid-f9948b9996c0ca971f0065fac85737ce

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Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump administration freeze on federal grants and loans (Original Post) Ocelot II Tuesday OP

Nice! AZmikey Tuesday #1

This doesn't restore the NIH grant process or communications, though. yardwork Tuesday #2

And The Market Reaction to This? modrepub Tuesday #3

All they care about iemanja Tuesday #5

But Not That Sudden Economic Jolts modrepub Tuesday #6

This should be on the homepage. iemanja Tuesday #4

After an alert to the hosts, locking. Emile Tuesday #7

AZmikey

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1. Nice!

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Tue Jan 28, 2025, 05:41 PM

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Now let’s see our leadership hit the media circuit and make these assholes own this mess

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yardwork

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2. This doesn't restore the NIH grant process or communications, though.

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Tue Jan 28, 2025, 05:55 PM

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If Trump stops funding NIH projects, hundreds of thousands of scientists in labs at research universities will lose their jobs and their work will be abandoned. These researchers are finding cures and treatments for cancer, Parkinson's Disease, Alzheimer's Disease, and every other illness. These researchers work will stop.

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modrepub

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3. And The Market Reaction to This?

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Tue Jan 28, 2025, 05:57 PM

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Halting government funding does nothing to the market?!? Really?!? Just cut off billions of dollars in spending all at once and it won't have the slightest economic impact?!?

Maybe they figured the courts would step in and didn't go into panic mode but the folks on Wall Street seem oblivious to the damage Trump can and will do.