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#Trump admin freezes $2.1 billion in #Chicago transit projects
The US government has put $2.1 billion in Chicago #infrastructure projects on hold, #Project2025 / #OMB Director #RussVought said on Friday, in another jab at a #Democratic-led city during the government #shutdown.
#law #RevengePolitics
https://www.reuters.com/world/white-house-freezes-21-billion-chicago-projects-vought-says-2025-10-03/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement
#RussVought said $2.1 billion for major #Chicago #subway projects -- the Red Line Extension & the Red & Purple Modernization Project "have been put on hold to ensure funding is not flowing via race-based contracting."
On Wednesday, Vought said the administration of #Trump had frozen $18 billion for major transit projects in #NewYork, including the Hudson Tunnel & the Second Avenue Subway, citing the same issue.
The #Trump admin's #Energy Dept Wednesday said it would cancel nearly $8B for hundreds of energy projects in 16 #Democratic-led states, including #California & #NewYork.
The outgoing admin of President #Biden finalized a nearly $2B award in its final days to help extend the Red Line 5.5 miles to connect #Chicago Far #SouthSide to the L system. The Biden admin said the project would "address #inequalities in access & economic investment in predominantly #Black & disadvantaged neighborhoods."
#Illinois Governor #JBPritzker & the #Chicago Transit Authority [#CTA], which handles >300 million passengers yearly & is the third largest US transit agency, did not immediately comment.
#USDOT has previously threatened #transit #funding for #NewYork, Chicago & #Boston on a number of grounds. #Trump on Thursday vowed to cut "Democrat Agencies" [not a thing], as he looks to inflict pain on his political opposition.
#WhiteSupremacy #law #Project2025 #OrchestratedShutdown #RevengePolitics
#Trump has repeatedly vowed to send #NationalGuard #troops to police #Chicago. In recent days, there have been growing scenes of conflict involving federal #immigration agents in Chicago & its suburbs [because #ICE et al are violently committing #HumanRights violations].
https://masto.ai/@Nonilex/115305003382143511
#WhiteSupremacy #law #PosseComitatusAct #Project2025 #OrchestratedShutdown #RevengePolitics
Massive #immigration raid on #Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated' #DHS said federal agents with #CBP, the #FBI & the #ATF arrested 37 people in the raid. #Trump #law #US #MilitaryState #democracy #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #DueProcess #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #Gestapo #Sturmabteilung #coup #TrumpCoup2 https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/10/01/massive-immigration-raid-on-chicago-apartment-building-leaves-residents-reeling-i-feel-defeated
#RussVought cited a new rule from the #Transportation Dept that took effect Wednesday [after the #shutdown] to review whether any #SmallBusiness contractors are engaged in *improper* #diversity initiatives. This is one of a series of efforts intended to pressure #Democratic lawmakers in #Congress over the partial #GovernmentShutdown that began just after midnight Wednesday.
#Trump #OrchestratedShutdown #WhiteSupremacy #law #Project2025 #RevengePolitics
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