#USDA cancels programs providing funds to #schools & #food banks to purchase from local #farms & #ranchers. The programs aimed to support local #agriculture & build a more resilient #FoodSupply chain, will result in over $1 billion in #FederalSpending being halted.
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#USDA cancels programs providing funds to #schools & #food banks to purchase from local #farms & #ranchers. The programs aimed to support local #agriculture & build a more resilient #FoodSupply chain, will result in over $1 billion in #FederalSpending being halted.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/10/usda-cancels-local-food-purchasing-for-schools-food-banks-00222796
Elon Musk, who likes to call beneficiaries of federal spending the "parasite class", runs corporations that have pocketed $38 billion in taxpayer-funded subsidies, loans, and contracts.
https://www.europesays.com/1866685/ Congress, not POTUS, decides on government spending — how ‘power of the purse’ works #congress #DonaldTrump #FederalSpending #Government #GovernmentWorkers #POTUS #PresidentDonaldTrump #PresidentOfTheUnitedStates #PresidentTrump #TheConversation #trump #U.S.Constitution #U.S.Treasury
#TheGremlinZoo #USPol #FederalSpending
Judge finds Trump administration hasn’t fully followed his order to unfreeze federal spending https://wtop.com/government/2025/02/judge-finds-trump-administration-hasnt-fully-followed-his-order-to-unfreeze-federal-spending/
WTOP News · Judge finds Trump administration hasn’t fully followed his order to unfreeze federal spending
Very cool thread — "Post the amazing things you have done with federal funding"
https://bsky.app/profile/alexwild.bsky.social/post/3lgtdgz4w3s2c
[Was part of a project to rank & classify nuclear threats around the world. Still in use last time I checked.
More speculative, but also helped identify & quantify impact of cancer around the world, esp. in developing countries; as a result, the WHO — that one — shifted some attention to & began raising more funds for chronic disease management over NCDs.]
h/t @alexwild
#FederalSpending
Bluesky Social · Alex Wild (@alexwild.bsky.social)Post the amazing science things you have done with federal funding.
Federal share of state revenue (article from Sept. 2024, FY22 data)
https://pew.org/3WEbFYB via Pew
#economics #US #UnitedStates #FederalSpending