Donald Trump’s administration is threatening to withdraw federal funding for unemployment assistance in all 50 states as part of the president’s nationwide campaign against ā€œfraudā€ in government spending.

In a letter to the governors of 53 states and territories, acting Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling warned that the federal government would use ā€œevery available toolā€ to combat ā€œwaste, fraud and abuseā€ within state-run unemployment insurance programs, including ā€œwithholding administrative funds from statesā€ for the first time in history.

There is no single national program for unemployment support, though the federal government partners with state agencies to support temporary financial assistance to out-of-work Americans. Nearly 2 million people are currently receiving those benefits, while roughly 229,000 people are filing initial jobless claims every week, according to the Labor Department.

  • mojofrododojo@lemmy.world
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    yuuup. so fucking gross - hey we’re getting the fascist back in the white house, let’s make a list of horrors he can execute!

    and the idiots ignored it. the media shrugged. Everyone I know was screaming about it but that tells you a lot about my peers - otherwise, the country just kinda shrugged and said ā€œYeah but harris slept her way to the top so-ā€

    like, dude, if KH had such a magic vagina that the concept was even conceivable, even then, fuck you, she’s way more competent and they are WAY FEWER FASCIST PLAYBOOKS WAITING FOR HER you goddamned dolts

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      Amen to all that. Also, I forgot about all the ā€œHeels Up Harrisā€ nonsense…a certain type of individual will do almost anything not to vote for a woman, though.

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        yup. or POC. it’s amazing the gymnastics they’ll go through to justify voting for their grifting cult leader