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Amaryllis

(11,551 posts)
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 12:40 PM Tuesday

Sometimes The Fascism Is In The Fine Print: Russell Vought just rewrote the rules for $1.1 trillion in federal money

https://saveamericamovement.substack.com/p/the-bridge-wont-get-built

Sometimes The Fascism Is In The Fine Print
Russell Vought just rewrote the rules for $1.1 trillion in federal money
The Save America Movement
Jun 23, 2026

Yes, Russell Vought is a nerd -- but he's an evil one.

That's why he's using his power as OMB Director to push a rule change that would block ANY federal grant that doesn't please Donald Trump. That means money that builds your bridges, funds your local health clinics and helps rebuild your communities after disasters can be dismissed by Donald and crew as "DEI" or "waste" and simply ... blocked.

We’re tracking a bureaucratic document moving through Washington right now called the OMB Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule. You probably haven’t heard about this at all, and it’s very important to understand how it will impact science funding – NIH grants, research dollars, academic institutions – but it goes far beyond science.

This rule governs every federal grant to every recipient across every federal agency. A combined $1.1 trillion goes to the basic infrastructure of American life. Roads. Schools. Hospitals. On average, 36 cents of every dollar a state spends.

Trump’s OMB Director, Russell Vought — the architect of Project 2025’s plan to dismantle the administrative state — just rewrote the rules for it all. Without a vote. Without an act of Congress. Effective October 1, 2026.
Here’s what Vought’s rule changes look like in practice:

See article for actions you can take!

Much more at link.

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Sometimes The Fascism Is In The Fine Print: Russell Vought just rewrote the rules for $1.1 trillion in federal money (Original Post) Amaryllis Tuesday OP
congress appropriates a billion for medicaid but rampartd Tuesday #1
We must replace the unitary executive... Kid Berwyn Tuesday #2
Unrelenting evil. yellow dahlia Tuesday #3
exactly-- this man has to be stopped ASAP LymphocyteLover Tuesday #5
I know the definition is constrained, but I consider Vought to be a traitor. yellow dahlia Tuesday #6
certainly he's a traitor to the constitution, like Shitler LymphocyteLover Tuesday #20
Finally someones shining a light on this evil bastard. He's the centerpiece of this fascist takeover straight up Cheezoholic Tuesday #4
Vought's is the very face of evil Seinan Sensei Tuesday #11
Actually the description is a nazi Blue Full Moon Tuesday #7
k/r progressoid Tuesday #8
Good for The Gander modrepub Tuesday #9
b like raygun when he wanted to reduce highway speed limits mopinko Tuesday #13
Russell Vought... GiqueCee Tuesday #10
Finding a sliver relogic Tuesday #12
I don't think he has the right to distribute money that has been allocated by Congress. hookaleft Tuesday #14
I think there will be many challenges. There are 23 Dem state AGs working together on all kinds of chicanery Amaryllis Tuesday #17
Pigshit Russell Vought liberalgunwilltravel Tuesday #15
Please read the whole story NJCher Tuesday #16
I am not going to a government website and log my opinion hookaleft Tuesday #18
THanks for pointiing that out. I think i will post this again in a few days and highlight that part. I think you are Amaryllis Tuesday #19
Thank You! Martin Eden 20 hrs ago #21

rampartd

(5,471 posts)
1. congress appropriates a billion for medicaid but
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 12:46 PM
Tuesday

trump thinks old women should be working, not laying about the nursing home so he can move the money to the proud boys or whatever?

Kid Berwyn

(25,475 posts)
2. We must replace the unitary executive...
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 01:12 PM
Tuesday

…with the urinary executive, a mausoleum-cum-lavatory for visitors to Trump’s own final hole.

Cheezoholic

(4,102 posts)
4. Finally someones shining a light on this evil bastard. He's the centerpiece of this fascist takeover straight up
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 01:56 PM
Tuesday

FatAss is the distraction.

modrepub

(4,246 posts)
9. Good for The Gander
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 02:48 PM
Tuesday

So if Trump is allowed to cut funding for people, businesses, states and cities he doesn’t like let the next democratic POTUS do the same to those entities he or she doesn’t like.

Can we impose the same rules on folks who screw us out of Supreme Court seats for once and see how they like it? Tired of always being the responsible sane person in the room.

mopinko

(74,237 posts)
13. b like raygun when he wanted to reduce highway speed limits
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 03:05 PM
Tuesday

want to go faster than 55? no highway money 4 u.

now do guns.

GiqueCee

(5,045 posts)
10. Russell Vought...
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 02:49 PM
Tuesday

... makes Rasputin look like a choirboy.
He's definitely on the mental-disorder spectrum where "PSYCHOPATH" broods and schemes in the shadows of the dark end.

relogic

(373 posts)
12. Finding a sliver
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 02:51 PM
Tuesday

of empathy and compassion in this soulless, evil character- well, you know the rest, like discovering cute, little pink ponies emerging from manure Santa dumped under your Christmas tree.

hookaleft

(1,272 posts)
14. I don't think he has the right to distribute money that has been allocated by Congress.
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 03:06 PM
Tuesday

We need some lawyers to chime in.

Amaryllis

(11,551 posts)
17. I think there will be many challenges. There are 23 Dem state AGs working together on all kinds of chicanery
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 03:14 PM
Tuesday

and they rarely lose. I am on my AGs email list for updates and am always impressed with how quickly and brilliantly they challenge these things.

liberalgunwilltravel

(1,307 posts)
15. Pigshit Russell Vought
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 03:11 PM
Tuesday

Has a daughter with cystic fibrosis and has benefited directly from the institutions he is actively destroying. He needs to pay dearly for all the harm he has caused when the Constitution and the rule of law are re-established.

NJCher

(43,807 posts)
16. Please read the whole story
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 03:13 PM
Tuesday

This is the important part:

snip
The comment period is open. It closes July 13, 2026.

Submit here: https://www.regulations.gov/document/OMB-2026-0034-0001

Say who you are. Describe the harm you believe this would inflict on our country. Tell them to withdraw it.
snip

Every single one of us needs to do this.

To find this section in the article, scroll down to under the youtube video.

hookaleft

(1,272 posts)
18. I am not going to a government website and log my opinion
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 03:16 PM
Tuesday

No fucking way. I like my peaceful life

Amaryllis

(11,551 posts)
19. THanks for pointiing that out. I think i will post this again in a few days and highlight that part. I think you are
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 03:16 PM
Tuesday

right that people may not read as far as the most important part!!

Martin Eden

(16,040 posts)
21. Thank You!
Wed Jun 24, 2026, 08:44 AM
20 hrs ago

Last edited Wed Jun 24, 2026, 10:16 AM - Edit history (1)

Comment submitted:

I oppose this proposed regulation because of the harm it will do, and on Constitutional grounds. Congress, which represents all 50 states and every congressional district therein, has budgeted these funds to serve the entire country. Giving the OMB Director discretion to allocate or withold funds transfers immense power to the executive branch. The president can then reward those loyal to him, or punish cities and states governed by the opposition party. Given that the current president is using the FBI and the Dept of Justice as weapons to attack his political opponents, giving him complete control over grants and financial assistance to states imbues him with powers America's founders never intended. This proposed regulation subverts Constitutional checks & balances, and gives a vindictive authoritarian leverage to demand compliance or suffer harm through defunding. This must not be allowed to happen.

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