FBI, EPA, and Treasury told Citibank to freeze funds to claw back climate money

Post by Alupis » Fri, Mar 14, 2025, 10:39 PM UTC

MostlyStable wrote: post #28

Alupis wrote: post #20

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Your particular article lays out exactly how Congress is approving (ie. balancing) the Executive branch's actions. Which means yes, working as intended. You just happen to disapprove. Majority of the other things people are freaking out about were done via Executive Order, and therefore can be undone by Executive Order. Smart people have been warning about that for nearly two decades. Now that some people happen to n…

I'm honestly not sure how you can read that article and see it as Congress balancing the executive branch. Blocking future ability to do something is not the same thing as "approving" or "balancing" executive power. The fact that Republicans are claiming that this is a good balance of power doesn't mean it is. This was a vote by congress, to restrict congress's ability to act in the future. That is not the way the sy…

Post by tremon » Fri, Mar 14, 2025, 10:40 PM UTC

crypto_is_king wrote: post #23

Terr_ wrote: post #9

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> to try and revert something from under the previous administration More-importantly, it's nowhere close to "normal" try-to-reverts, where one President tries to replace an equally "soft" policy put in place by another President. Here the newly-installed crooks are trying to deny a hard "money shall be spent on X" law passed by Congress , which is an unconstitutional attempt to seize the "power of the purse". Same l…

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Post by londons_explore » Fri, Mar 14, 2025, 10:42 PM UTC

crypto_is_king wrote: post #24

9283409232 wrote: post #13

Some information from the linked document about the non-profits that are being targeted. > 2. Conflicts of Interest and Political Favoritism > A $2 billion grant was awarded to Power Forward Communities, a new nonprofit with ties to Stacey Abrams, despite reporting only $100 in total revenue in 2023 > Young, Gifted & Green was awarded $20 million, even though its CEO applied for funding while serving on the White Hou…

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Post by thaumasiotes » Fri, Mar 14, 2025, 10:42 PM UTC

wenwolf wrote: post #3

sharemywin wrote: post #2

“Can you proffer any evidence that [the grant] was illegal, or evidence of abuse or fraud or bribery — that any of that was improperly or unlawfully done, other than the fact that Mr. Zeldin doesn’t like it?” Judge Tanya Chutkan said. Judge Chutkan also ordered the Justice Department to provide the court with details about the alleged fraud, “because I don’t have the credible evidence that’s required.” This whole cal…

The minimum to cause change is judges expending more effort on imprisoning law enforcement agents for perjury.

Post by kelnos » Fri, Mar 14, 2025, 10:42 PM UTC

crypto_is_king wrote: post #24

9283409232 wrote: post #13

Some information from the linked document about the non-profits that are being targeted. > 2. Conflicts of Interest and Political Favoritism > A $2 billion grant was awarded to Power Forward Communities, a new nonprofit with ties to Stacey Abrams, despite reporting only $100 in total revenue in 2023 > Young, Gifted & Green was awarded $20 million, even though its CEO applied for funding while serving on the White Hou…

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