Post AypmxMC1llXSmUEwXg by PedestrianError@towns.gay
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 (DIR) Post #AyplyCmQ9VVfvG6So4 by Nonilex@masto.ai
       2025-10-03T13:56:32Z
       
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       🤬🤬🤬#Trump admin freezes $2.1 billion in #Chicago transit projectsThe US government has put $2.1 billion in Chicago #infrastructure projects on hold, #Project2025 / #OMB Director #RussVought said on Friday, in another jab at a #Democratic-led city during the government #shutdown.#law #RevengePolitics https://www.reuters.com/world/white-house-freezes-21-billion-chicago-projects-vought-says-2025-10-03/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement
       
 (DIR) Post #AypmH5VvOL6OtCOKAa by Nonilex@masto.ai
       2025-10-03T14:00:00Z
       
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       #RussVought said $2.1 billion for major #Chicago #subway projects -- the Red Line Extension & the Red & Purple Modernization Project "have been put on hold to ensure funding is not flowing via race-based contracting."On Wednesday, Vought said the administration of #Trump had frozen $18 billion for major transit projects in #NewYork, including the Hudson Tunnel & the Second Avenue Subway, citing the same issue.#WhiteSupremacy #law #RevengePolitics
       
 (DIR) Post #AypmxMC1llXSmUEwXg by PedestrianError@towns.gay
       2025-10-03T14:07:33Z
       
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       @Nonilex No more federal funding for any transportation project unless it's a highway expansion, doesn't accommodate walking, biking, or transit at all, and all the profits from the construction go to politically connected conservative white men. It's time to stop sending federal gas tax receipts to the federal government and let states administer what they take in. Donor (blue) states have long been subsidizing reckless highway expansion in recipient (red) states anyway.
       
 (DIR) Post #Aypn0MSnDjT2ULVxUu by Nonilex@masto.ai
       2025-10-03T14:08:09Z
       
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       The #Trump admin's #Energy Dept Wednesday said it would cancel nearly $8B for hundreds of energy projects in 16 #Democratic-led states, including #California & #NewYork.The outgoing admin of President #Biden finalized a nearly $2B award in its final days to help extend the Red Line 5.5 miles to connect #Chicago Far #SouthSide to the L system. The Biden admin said the project would "address #inequalities in access & economic investment in predominantly #Black & disadvantaged neighborhoods."
       
 (DIR) Post #AypnJIwUXGnH4QRFmS by Nonilex@masto.ai
       2025-10-03T14:11:35Z
       
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       #Illinois Governor #JBPritzker & the #Chicago Transit Authority [#CTA], which handles >300 million passengers yearly & is the third largest US transit agency, did not immediately comment.#USDOT has previously threatened #transit #funding for #NewYork, Chicago & #Boston on a number of grounds. #Trump on Thursday vowed to cut "Democrat Agencies" [not a thing], as he looks to inflict pain on his political opposition.#WhiteSupremacy #law #Project2025 #OrchestratedShutdown #RevengePolitics
       
 (DIR) Post #AypnV35tHksROOR2VE by Nonilex@masto.ai
       2025-10-03T14:13:43Z
       
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       #Trump has repeatedly vowed to send #NationalGuard #troops to police #Chicago. In recent days, there have been growing scenes of conflict involving federal #immigration agents in Chicago & its suburbs [because #ICE et al are violently committing #HumanRights violations].#WhiteSupremacy #law #PosseComitatusAct #Project2025 #OrchestratedShutdown #RevengePolitics
       
 (DIR) Post #Aypnqn7FN8v6CxR9lY by Nonilex@masto.ai
       2025-10-03T14:17:38Z
       
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       #RussVought cited a new rule from the #Transportation Dept that took effect Wednesday [after the #shutdown] to review whether any #SmallBusiness contractors are engaged in *improper* #diversity initiatives. This is one of a series of efforts intended to pressure #Democratic lawmakers in #Congress over the partial #GovernmentShutdown that began just after midnight Wednesday.#Trump #OrchestratedShutdown #WhiteSupremacy #law #Project2025 #RevengePolitics
       
 (DIR) Post #AyppsPdnp2SFtCZ7ku by shanie@mastodon.tails.ch
       2025-10-03T14:40:07Z
       
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       Attacking Transit is attacking the working class, full stop. Without the ability to move around a space, work cannot be done, things cannot be bought, and the economy he President pretends to care for suffers because of it.Saying this, America needs to step up on rapid deployment of transit - sitting on $2.1 billion for how many years while we reiterate a plan shows too much red tape; such that we lose the money to a President who hates the idea.Get work done, free the tape.@Nonilex
       
 (DIR) Post #Ayps2yLVqQ5aKTAp2u by lawyersgunsnmoney@mstdn.social
       2025-10-03T15:04:38Z
       
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       @Nonilex Damn - he’s going to dismantle the 8a program and the small business preferences. Every Federal agency awards contracts using those authorities. That is really putting the screws to small disadvantaged businesses.
       
 (DIR) Post #AypsqjBwSiUDo9QEvw by jwcph@helvede.net
       2025-10-03T15:13:37Z
       
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       @Nonilex So... to make sure it *is* flowing through race-based contracting, i.e. in favor of white people, specifically. Like, literally that's what he's saying when he says that; how else would they do this? Not that it helps but somebody should pro'lly confront these fucks about that.