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The ultimate smoking gun: Trump officials just copped to a $7.5B shakedown
The Federal Budget as a Red State Reward SystemA Rare ConfessionThe Trump administration has now done something unusually useful: it said the quiet part in court. According to the source reporting, federal officials acknowledged that $7.5 billion in clean-energy cuts were made selectively, “based solely” on whether states voted for Kamala Harris in 2024. That is not budget discipline. That is political punishment dressed up as governance.Who Actually Holds PowerThe power is not in the rhetoric about “waste” or “fraud.” It sits with the White House, the Office of Management and Budget, and the…
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