Trump administration attempts to impound appropriations under the responsibility of Congress.

The odd memo out of the White House and freezing access to Medicaid portals and threatened to shut down daycares is some pretty extreme overreach, but impounding already allocated funds of the federal government is part of the Project 2025 plan to consolidate power in the executive branch, much like monarchy. And we know the tycoons surrounding Trump want to transition to monarchy – possibly by doing shutdowns similar to covid shutdowns

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET WASHINGTON, D.C. 20503 THE DIRECTOR January 27, 2025 M-25-13 MEMORANDUM FOR HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES FROM: Matthew J. Vaeth, Acting Director, Office of Management and Budget SUBJECT: Temporary Pause of Agency Grant, Loan, and Other Financial Assistance Programs In the interim, to the extent permissible under applicable law, Federal agencies must temporarily pause all activities related to obligation or disbursement of all Federal financial assistance, and other relevant agency activities that may be implicated by the executive orders, including, but not limited to, financial assistance for foreign aid, nongovernmental organizations, DEI, woke gender ideology, and the green new deal. This temporary pause will provide the Administration time to review agency programs and determine the best uses of the funding for those programs consistent with the law and the President’s priorities. (…) Financial assistance should be dedicated to advancing Administration priorities, focusing taxpayer dollars to advance a stronger and safer America, eliminating the financial burden of inflation for citizens, unleashing American energy and manufacturing, ending “wokeness” and the weaponization of government, promoting efficiency in government, and Making America Healthy Again. The use of Federal resources to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer dollars that does not improve the day-to-day lives of those we serve.

I feel like Trump wrote this himself, or at least did the draft, because he’s the one who always uses scare quotes in odd inappropriate ways and uses extremely online qanon conspiracy talking points. And who else is always on about the green new deal as if it’s something to “overturn”? He seems to think it is a law that was passed when it was never even voted on. I think Jesse Dollemore is right, someone needs to keep singing Schoolhouse Rock “I’m Just a Bill” for Republicans.

Lawsuits have been filed and a federal court ordered a halt to the freeze, but it’s only temporary and Congress needs to assert Constitutionally appropriate power over appropriations.

My letter to my US Rep in Congress & my US Senators: 

The executive branch should not be allowed to do impounding of the budget appropriations that are allocated and promised by Congress. What are you doing to ensure that all these important federal operations appropriately continue going forward?

Please feel free to copy or repurpose the contents of my letter for your own letters to reps.