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Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him (www.nytimes.com)

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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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[-] phoenixarise@lemmy.world 23 points 18 hours ago

And what’s going to be done about it? Fuck and all.

[-] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 6 points 10 hours ago

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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