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Donald Trump’s administration is threatening to withdraw federal funding for unemployment assistance in all 50 states as part of the president’s nationwide campaign against “fraud” in government spending.

In a letter to the governors of 53 states and territories, acting Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling warned that the federal government would use “every available tool” to combat “waste, fraud and abuse” within state-run unemployment insurance programs, including “withholding administrative funds from states” for the first time in history.

There is no single national program for unemployment support, though the federal government partners with state agencies to support temporary financial assistance to out-of-work Americans. Nearly 2 million people are currently receiving those benefits, while roughly 229,000 people are filing initial jobless claims every week, according to the Labor Department.

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[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 25 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

they even published a fucking playbook called project 2025.

dumbfucks

[–] DokPsy@lemmy.world 13 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

But they super promised they never even heard of it or was going to use it. Then installed its writers in key positions. Purely by happenstance.

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 1 points 21 minutes ago

oops did a bunch of fascism. whoopsie.

the question is in november, how much pain can they put on all the fucks that made this happen? I want to see dems showing up with receipts, blowtorches and pliers

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

One of the things I hated so much about the 2024 election was all the fucking gaslighting about it, too. There were plenty saying "isn't that just a liberal conspiracy theory" and bullshit about "blue maga" (lol, whatever) and lots of the corporate media doing that sort of collective shrug about a documented plan.

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 1 points 23 minutes ago

yuuup. so fucking gross - hey we're getting the fascist back in the white house, let's make a list of horrors he can execute!

and the idiots ignored it. the media shrugged. Everyone I know was screaming about it but that tells you a lot about my peers - otherwise, the country just kinda shrugged and said "Yeah but harris slept her way to the top so-"

like, dude, if KH had such a magic vagina that the concept was even conceivable, even then, fuck you, she's way more competent and they are WAY FEWER FASCIST PLAYBOOKS WAITING FOR HER you goddamned dolts