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The Trump administration is preparing to cancel a large swath of federal funding to California, an effort which could begin as soon as Friday, according to multiple sources.

The Trump administration is preparing to cancel a large swath of federal funding for California, an effort that could begin as soon as Friday, according to multiple sources.

Agencies are being told to start identifying grants the administration can withhold from California. Sources said the administration is specifically considering a full termination of federal grant funding for the University of California and California State University systems.

Singling out one state for massive cuts would be an unusual move, but Donald Trump has long made Democratic-led California a target.

  • PattyMcB@lemmy.world
    24·
    11 days ago

    I’m pretty sure Texas is the only “legal” state allowed to secede, but I’m not a lawyer and my info may be woefully out of date

        • entwine413@lemm.ee
          2·
          11 days ago

          That’s irrelevant to whether or not a state has an established legal right to do a thing.

      • blitzen@lemmy.ca
        21·
        11 days ago

        The colonies weren’t “allowed” to leave England either, yet here we are.

        Would it cause a civil war? Yea. Would California win? Of course not.

    • Tower@lemmy.zip
      3·
      11 days ago

      No, Texas (nor any other state) can not secede from the Union.

      https://www.sll.texas.gov/faqs/can-texas-secede

      Can Texas secede? I heard it is one of the only states that can secede from the United States.

      It is a common misunderstanding that Texas has the right to leave the United States. The Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) addresses this on their page about Texas’s annexation:

      It is said of Texas (and, occasionally, Vermont) that it received a letter or document of permission to withdraw from the Federal Union if it so chose. […] In fact, Texas received no special terms in its admission to the Union. Once Texas had agreed to join the Union, she never had the legal option of leaving, either before or after the Civil War.