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Which they don’t have the power to do. Congress already appropriated the funds. Congress needs to do its effing job and stand up for their branch of government.

They have, I'm sure, no right to do this, but it's interesting that this is more nuanced than their making arbitrary cuts themselves, which I think has been their usual MO. Another sign that they're starting to give way to public pressure?

Oh boy, *more* means testing.

DOGE should be required to defend stopping payments not the other way around. This continues to be insane that they can just stop federal funding and say “tell us why you need this”

Well played 👍

Vile. Deport Elon.

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I’m old enough to remember when Republicans screeched constantly about unelected bureaucrats creating problems with unnecessary requirements and onerous red tape.

This same approach has been rolled out at multiple agencies/departments. Contracts are lapsing...the snowball is starting to roll down the hill and will only become bigger and bigger as time passes. This is how they can say "no we did not freeze any funds...we are just carefully reviewing all costs

New: Democrats are demanding answers on DOGE’s defend-the-spend. They also say DOGE’s new requests conflict with federal law on paying out obligated funds. “We demand that you immediately reverse this illegal action,” @neal.house.gov + Rep. Danny Davis write in letter shared with WaPo.