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Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russ Vought announced on X earlier that the Trump administration was withholding $18 billion in New York City infrastructure projects due to "unconstitutional DEI principles". This comes as President Trump has stated his administration has more power during the shutdown to slash and burn spending that funds the Democratic Party machine.

Vought wrote on X, "Roughly $18 billion in New York City infrastructure projects have been put on hold to ensure funding is not flowing based on unconstitutional DEI principles. More info to come soon from."

Roughly $18 billion in New York City infrastructure projects have been put on hold to ensure funding is not flowing based on unconstitutional DEI principles. More info to come soon from https://twitter.com/USDOT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

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— Russ Vought (@russvought) https://twitter.com/russvought/status/1973386129320665329?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

"Specifically, the Hudson Tunnel Project and the Second Ave Subway," Vought added in a second post.

Specifically, the Hudson Tunnel Project and the Second Ave Subway. https://t.co/pR3W4JWmh2

— Russ Vought (@russvought) https://twitter.com/russvought/status/1973388530215735570?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

A source familiar with the situation told https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/white-house-freezes-18-billion-new-york-city-infrastructure-funding-rcna234928

that the Trump administration "has concerns that the contracts awarded are inconsistent with civil rights laws and the U.S. Constitution because they were given based on racists DEI," adding, "Thus, a review of contracts awarded under the Biden administration is required. The person noted that the "review is also paused because of the shutdown."

On Tuesday, the president warned that he could "get rid of a lot of things" that would heavily impact the Democratic Party, adding, "We can eliminate many things we didn't want ... and they'd be Democrat things."

President Trump on "A lot of good can come down from shutdowns. We can get rid of a lot of things that we didn't want." https://t.co/8VoDQ2cdq8

— CSPAN (@cspan) https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1973124610578133306?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

At a press conference earlier, left-wing New York Governor Kathy Hochul responded to Vought's X post: "You know as I stand here, the bad news just keeps coming."

Hochul pointed out that the administration is using culture wars as a pretext for its actions: "Culture wars, over the tens of thousands of jobs that we've created, with these infrastructure projects that were literally talked about for decades, that we finally could get moving, create jobs and opportunity and take care of infrastructure challenges that others were too timid to take on in the past."

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Perhaps the Democrats overplayed their hand, and this shutdown gives Trump cover to dismantle the bloated federal government, with a reduction-in-force plan that could extend beyond standard furloughs. Trump's effort to crush the Deep State earlier this year was met with roadblock after roadblock by radical leftist activist judges.

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Panic mode sets in for Democrats in the far-left state of Maryland.

🚨 JUST IN: Nationwide, Democrats are in full-blown panic mode upon hearing that Russ Vought is being unleashed to fire federal workers during the Schumer Shutdown.

"It is deeply offensive that the president is threatening to FIRE workers!"https://t.co/D0CRlrfdpA

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) https://twitter.com/EricLDaugh/status/1973388798483374412?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

And it begins. DOGE this.

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Joy Reid Says Earning Money And Leaving It To Your Kids Is "Dangerous"

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Crazed Trump hater Joy Reid took a break from ranting into her iPhone from her couch to appear on on Black Entertainment Television’s The Breakfast Club, where she claimed that working hard to earn more money and leave it to your own children is a major part of some sort of evil racist MAGA plot.

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Reid took shots at conservative economic policies, in particular “Project Esther,” an obscure Heritage Foundation initiative which leftist conspiracists have decided is the big new nefarious scheme, framing it as a desire to revert to pre-20th-century America—a time before progressive reforms like the federal income tax, widespread business regulations, and estate taxes.

“If you go back before the 20th century, there were no income taxes, there were no regulations on business, you could earn as much money as you want, leave 100 percent of it to your children with no taxes, that’s the world they want back,” Reid declared.

Joy Reid on the fascist agenda:

"They want to take us back to no income tax, no regulations, earn what you want, family inherits everything" https://t.co/pb1574eEBh

— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) https://twitter.com/EndWokeness/status/1972887827492082123?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Here’s a version with more of what she said (if you can stomach it):

“Well, what we always have to remember is that when they say they want women back home, they don’t mean us, because they do want us in the home cooking for the white family.”

“They want back the kind of world in the 1950s, where the only time you saw a Black woman, she had a maid’s uniform on, and she was taking care of your children. And the only time they saw a Black man was when he was their butler or their driver.”

“They really miss the hierarchical past that we tried to leave behind, but that’s not that old — we’re talking about the 1950s.”

“They desperately want that world back, if not the ’40s, ’30s, or the 1890s. So, the goal of trying to force the country backwards to that late 19th century or early 20th century — they’re very serious about it.”

Completely unhinged.

She further argued that these policies would dismantle modern societal safeguards, leading to greater inequality and requiring a “less modern” population to sustain them.

“And to get it back, they need society to change. They need people to be less modern. They need people to want fewer things.”

…how is any of this a bad thing?

This is exactly what I want!

— Matt Van Swol (@matt_vanswol) https://twitter.com/matt_vanswol/status/1973017938275013072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Oh how awful, earning as much money as you want and leaving all of it to your own family.

How dare we want to make money and leave it to our kids!

— Mr Reagan 🇺🇸 (@MrReaganUSA) https://twitter.com/MrReaganUSA/status/1973034379858616384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

She’s basically admitting she hates the American dream.

I never knew wanting to leave an inheritance to your family is fascist behavior. Thanks, Joy!

— I’m Ron Burgundy? (@comfort_eagle56) https://twitter.com/comfort_eagle56/status/1972891475005620563?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Joy Reid is basically saying she wants communism.

— Paul A. Szypula 🇺🇸 (@Bubblebathgirl) https://twitter.com/Bubblebathgirl/status/1973001121032815062?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Also, read between the lines…

By “less modern” she means self sufficient

— Chris Jenkins (@ChrisJe40906141) https://twitter.com/ChrisJe40906141/status/1973047691723657664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Yes this is the left

— Jeremy Matthews (@Sarcasm_Sells) https://twitter.com/Sarcasm_Sells/status/1973242493690118477?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Democrats should definitely run on this.

Lol. Yes, fight the normalcy. DEMS your new platform.

— Rural Mind (@Rural_Mind) https://twitter.com/Rural_Mind/status/1972893450912821272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Yes! May Democrats continue being open about their real agenda.

Please put more Joy Reids and Jasmine Crocketts out there. Run more Zohran Mamdanis.

— Stephen Spurling Is… @Drangula (@Drangula) https://twitter.com/Drangula/status/1973015721459290598?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Seems like a good time to enjoy this nugget of Joy again…

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ANTIFA By Night, NGOs By Day: Left-Wing Political Machine Runs 24/7 Outside Portland ICE Facility

Real America's Voice correspondent Ben Bergquam visited the ICE facility in South Portland, exposing how the left-wing political machine operates, from Antifa attacks on the building at night to dark-money–funded NGOs providing support to illegal aliens by day. Together, this paints the picture of how the left's machine works to subvert the nation, and in extension, national security.

Let's begin with Bergquam's late-night reporting outside the ICE facility in Portland that shows the federal government personnel countering Antifa warriors who attempted to undermine the Trump administration's deportation program of criminal illegals.

At the Portland ICE facility. This is what happens when let the Devil take over your city! It’s time for the righteous to rise up and cast out these demons in Jesus name! God Bless https://twitter.com/hashtag/ICE?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

— Ben Bergquam - Real America’s Voice (RAV-TV) News (@BenBergquam) https://twitter.com/BenBergquam/status/1973082287135682738?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Breaking: from Portland ICE facility as protesters are arrested for impeding law enforcement officials. https://twitter.com/hashtag/FAFO?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

… God Bless ICE!

Law & Border https://twitter.com/RealAmVoice?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

— Ben Bergquam - Real America’s Voice (RAV-TV) News (@BenBergquam) https://twitter.com/BenBergquam/status/1973221984206237929?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

More arrests, Portland ICE facility.

God Bless ICE! Deport Every Illegal and to hell with the traitors!

Law & Border https://twitter.com/RealAmVoice?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

— Ben Bergquam - Real America’s Voice (RAV-TV) News (@BenBergquam) https://twitter.com/BenBergquam/status/1973285214341489061?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

By early morning, Antifa cells scatter like ants, only to be replaced by workers from leftist NGOs, according to Bergquam, who spoke with Steve Bannon. He noted that these NGO workers are "aiding and abetting illegal aliens" outside the courthouse in Portland.

Bergquam added, "These leftist NGOs are also part of the networks of telling these illegals when ICE is coming to their communities - it's all a coordinated effort."

WATCH: Leftist NGOs aiding and abetting illegal aliens outside courthouse in Portland, Oregon.https://twitter.com/BenBergquam?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

— Bannon’s WarRoom (@Bannons_WarRoom) https://twitter.com/Bannons_WarRoom/status/1973406575575363824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

To simplify for readers, Bergquam is merely presenting Antifa and leftist NGOs as two arms of the same left-wing machine - one uses color revolution-style street tactics, the other institutional support, all in an effort with one goal: to obstruct President Trump's deportations of criminal illegal aliens.