EO pausing federal grants?

OMG... its worse.

• Trump OMB puts out 2 page memo freezing all grants
• Chaos, panic ensues
• OMB puts out 1.5 page Q&A trying to clarify.
• More confusion
• Congressional Republicans defend it / Dems attack it
• WH blames media for confusion
• OMB puts out one line memo rescinding freeze
• Then Press Secretary tweets the freeze is in place just the communication isnt.
• More confusion

 

How sensitive are you? Smile. Enjoy the wink emoji. Know that this EO was good. I get you want to win the political capital game on this one. But end of the day...this is a win for Trump. And good for the country!

 

More incompetence from the Trump WH.

 

Ya know, sometimes a newcomer to the Presidency has trouble figuring out how things work .... Oopsy my bad -- for a minute I forgot we've been here before.

This clown car administration and its MAGA fans were promoting $Trump 2.0 as a well-oiled machine. Riiiiggght.

 

https://www.theblaze.com/news/dems-rescind-freeze-memo-leavitt

 

who is willing to bet money that the review of these grants and aid programs will be favorable to those who are in agreement with MAGA and not so good for those that aren't?

is congress and the courts really going to stand by and let them subjectively pick and choose who gets funding based on who bends the knee?

'Worried and confused': GOP senators say their phones are blowing up over Trump freeze

WASHINGTON — Republicans confessed their own constituents are concerned after President Donald Trump issued atotal freeze across all government spending.

Raw Story spoke to Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) before the White House tried to retract its letter from the Office of Management and Budget announcing the freeze.She said her office phones were ringing too from Republican mayors and town supervisors, and she has watched as Republican Senators "huddle" over the matter.

Murkowski noted that the court decision "made things a little bit easier," referencing litigation that halted the freeze on Tuesday afternoon. The judge issued a restraining order to prevent the OMB pause from taking effect on Wednesday.

"I met first thing this morning with the Head Start folks from Alaska, and of course, Head Start was one of those to be not touched. Yesterday, no one was able to access the portal," Murkowski also said. "They basically think the whole thing crashed. Last evening, about 10 o'clock, two of them were able to get into the portal and get the funds released. So, they woke up this morning saying we're going to be able to make it. Now, their programs are going to be fine, but they're concerned about the families who access their programs and what that might mean."

 

Captain EO gives the following orders:
Ready…FIRE…aim…

 

Let’s see, so far:
Day 1 - Memo orders pause on all financial assistance
Day 2 - New memo says ‘we didn’t really mean it’ and lists a bunch of assistance that isn’t paused
Day 3 - Come to think of it, we’re rescinding the memo. Just forget the whole damn thing.
Still Day 3 - Actually, the order isn’t rescinded, just the memo.

no telling what Day 4 will bring

 

She should be even more entertaining with the daily softballs served up by President Dumbo.

 

The irony is that Trump 2.0 will be far worse than Trump 1.0. During his first term Trump actually appointed competent and well qualified subordinates and cabinet officers probably unintentionally. His second time around his most important criterion is absolute loyalty and if there is anything Trump learned from his first term it's how the federal government operates and the few limitations on the power of the presidency which will enable him to do considerably more damage than he did before.

 

Fortunately, this Trumppublican legislator has a wonderful plan to make sure kids are well taken care of.....


Republican congressman suggests some children receiving free school lunches should work at McDonald’s instead

Rep. Rich McCormick, R-Ga., on Tuesday defended the impacts of the White House's federal aid freeze on school lunch programs by suggesting that some children should be working instead of receiving free lunch.

"Before I was even 13 years old, I was picking berries in the field, before child labor laws that precluded that. I was a paper boy, and when I was in high school, I worked my entire way through," McCormick said. "You’re telling me that kids who stay at home instead of going to work at Burger King, McDonald’s, during the summer, should stay at home and get their free lunch instead of going to work? I think we need to have a top-down review."

Republican congressman suggests some children receiving free school lunches should work at McDonald’s instead

 

The EO was good? Stopping the funding stream for clinical trials and other medical research is good? Stopping the funding stream for infrastructure projects is good? Stopping the funding of Meals on Wheels programs that provide food to low income or disabled elderly persons is good? Stopping the funding of programs that provide dental care for low income persons is good? (I mentioned that because it's a service that you can somewhat relate to). Who would have thought?

 

Fear not. Those in need will be helped. And efficiency will be added. Will it be perfect? No. That is reality no matter what the situation. But will it be better? Almost certainly...

 

Fortunately no one lost anything because the stable genius and his OMB Director withdrew the EO. That being said it should have never been issued in the first place.

 

So much absolute faith in government

 

LOL! Definitely more faith than ever though!

 

So funny that comments on efficiency in government gets so much hate (“dislike”) from the left here…

Actions speak!

 

A big part of it is the funneling of taxpayer money to the NGOs that help illegals into the country and help them settle down throughout the country. The NGOs are funded by the federal government.

 

You’ve got to love The Blaze. See how they blame the Democrats for telling people the Medicaid system was down and causing a panic …. And then admitting, yeah, it was true. The system was really down.