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Ark Aid, other organizations, sound alarm bells after losing millions in federal funds
Two federal government programs providing $6.8 million in funding to organizations supporting unhoused people in London dried up March 31.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/millions-dry-up-federal-funds-homeless-support-9.7151416?cmp=rss

Steve Dustcircle 🌹Sep 5, 2025

#Kentucky #publictelevision announces #layoffs in response to loss of #federalfunds

https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/kentucky-public-television-announces-layoffs-response-loss-federal-funds

DoomsdaysCW Aug 26, 2025

#Trump signs executive orders aimed at ending #CashlessBail in D.C. and across the country

The move is Trump's latest effort to reshape how the capital operates.

Aug. 25, 2025, 8:29 AM EDT / Updated Aug. 25, 2025, 11:04 AM EDT
By Yamiche Alcindor and Megan Lebowitz

WASHINGTON — "President Donald Trump signed executive orders Monday aimed at eliminating cashless bail for suspects arrested in #WashingtonDC, and in other jurisdictions around the country with similar policies, according to fact sheets describing the executive orders the White House provided to NBC News.

"The executive order on D.C. directs the administration to take certain actions if the city does not change its cashless bail policy, including '#FederalFunding decisions, services, or approvals,' according to the fact sheet. Attorney General #PamBondi, too, could get involved, though the fact sheet did not detail what actions she might take.

"The order on D.C., first reported by Axios, also asks law enforcement officials to work to ensure that people arrested in the city are taken into federal custody 'to the fullest extent permissible under applicable law,' the fact sheet said.

"In the federal custody system, eligible defendants can be released before trial if they meet certain requirements, which can include putting up collateral bonds or fulfilling certain nonfinancial requirements, like #PersonalRecognizance.

"The executive order aimed at other cities across the country directs the administration to find #FederalFunds that could be 'suspended or terminated' in jurisdictions that have cashless bail policies, the fact sheet said.

"A spokesperson for Mayor #MurielBowser’s office would not comment."

#PrivatePrisons #FascismInTheUSA #TrumpIsAFascist #USPol #ImprisonThePoor #TrumpIsABully

Trump signs executive orders aimed at ending cashless bail in D.C. and across the country

Trump plans to sign an executive order Monday aimed at eliminating cashless bail for arrested suspects in Washington, D.C., a senior White House official said.

NBC News

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DoomsdaysCW Apr 9, 2025

#S982: Potential penalties for #universities based on #protest policies

"Would make federal #accreditation of colleges and universities—and thus their access to #FederalFunds—contingent on the institution’s policies on responding to protests. Under the 'No Tax Dollars for #CollegeEncampments Act of 2024,' universities would have to regularly disclose how they respond to campus 'incidents of civil disturbance,' defined to include 'a demonstration, riot, or strike,' and their accreditation would be linked to such policies and practices. The bill sponsor cited #ProPalestine campus protests as motivation for the bill; he introduced the same bill in 2024."

Status: pending

Introduced 12 Mar 2025.

Issue(s): Campus Protests, Riot

Post by bill's sponsor, Senator #JimBanks (R-Ind.):
https://www.banks.senate.gov/press-releases/senator-banks-introduces-the-no-tax-dollars-for-encampments-act/

Full bill text:
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/982

#CriminalizingDissent #AntiProtestLaws #Authoritarianism #Fascism #Clampdown #StudentProtests #CampusProtests #CharacteristicsOfFascism

Senator Banks Introduces the No Tax Dollars for Encampments Act - Senator Jim Banks

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) introduced the No Tax Dollars for Encampments Act. The bill requires colleges and universities to disclose their policies for responding to incidents like demonstrations, riots, or strikes. It aims to increase transparency on how schools manage disruptions and ensure taxpayer dollars aren’t used to support environments where […]

Senator Jim Banks

Sojourner00 Mar 11, 2025

Life in an occupied country
Letter from a federal employee
Anne Applebaum
#coup
#dyingdemocracy
#federalworkforce
#complicit
#comply
#fear
#universities
#federalfunds

https://open.substack.com/pub/anneapplebaum/p/life-in-an-occupied-country?r=1if9uq&utm_medium=ios

Life in an Occupied Country

letter from a reader

Open Letters, from Anne Applebaum

Punk Metal n Bowie Feb 10, 2025

MyNorthwest: More than $300 million in #federalfunds frozen in #WashingtonState amidst political battle
https://mynorthwest.com/politics/300-million-funds-frozen/4042693

More than $300 million in federal funds frozen in Washington State amidst political battle

WA DNR said around $100 million of federal funding for wildfire response, reimbursment, prevention and grants to buy equipment has been halted.

MyNorthwest.com

Desert Trail Feb 8, 2025

Section 6 summary: #potus proposes #schools receiving #federalfunds must teach the #Constitution on #constitutionday - which in fact has been a rule since the #gwbush era (or #FDR era, depending on your perspective). Hilariously, #executiveorder directs Departments and programs which have already been/are about to be nuked by his own administration to “enforce” compliance. #education, #teaching #history https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/ending-radical-indoctrination-in-k-12-schooling/

Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose and

The White House

Pianozzino Feb 3, 2025

The kids in charge of your money. #elonmusk #coup #treasury #federalfunds #protest #senators #resist #revolt #socialsecurity #medicare #grants #salaries

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Steve Dustcircle 🌹Sep 6, 2024

Getting #federalfunds to #communities that need it most

https://islandpress.medium.com/getting-federal-funds-to-communities-that-need-it-most-80e9542644f4

Getting federal funds to communities that need it most

President Biden may have had Jonestown, Md., in mind when he created his landmark Justice40 initiative. Launched in 2021, Justice40 aims to deliver 40 percent of federal climate and clean energy…

Medium

Steve Dustcircle 🌹Sep 5, 2024

Court denies #Oklahoma request to reinstate #federalfunds in dispute over #abortion referrals

https://www.scotusblog.com/2024/09/court-denies-oklahoma-request-to-reinstate-federal-funds-in-dispute-over-abortion-referrals/

Court denies Oklahoma request to reinstate federal funds in dispute over abortion referrals - SCOTUSblog

The Supreme Court on Tuesday denied a request from Oklahoma to reinstate over $4 million in funding for family-planning projects while the state’s challenge to the termination of the grant by the federal Department of Health and Human Services continues in the lower courts. Federal law requires stat

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