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Chris Hayes: Trump and Musk pluck $80M in funding authorized by Congress from NYC’s bank account

The federal government took funds from the city's bank account and called it a “clawback” of taxpayer money. A lot of other people would cal

There are so many Republican lies about immigration with most coming from Musk and Trump himself. Trump says undocumented migrants are being housed in NYC luxury hotels. Musk says NYC is paying double the going rate to house them there. Both are lies.

Federal funds were legally dispersed by Congress for emergency migrant housing, under a strict set of guidelines. The hotel is a closed dilapidated building that is undergoing refurbishment. NYC is spending twelve dollars and fifty cents per person to house these people in the dead of winter so they won’t be on the streets straining already taxed social services. $12.50 to keep someone alive in a frigid New York winter.

Trump/Musk/DOGE illegally used a government computer system to pull back the money already deposited in a city bank account. Not only was it illegal but they didn’t inform anyone in NYC they were doing it. City auditors and accountants went to work the next morning to find $80 million mysteriously missing and to also find the city liable for tens of thousands in overdraft fees. Once they traced it back to the federal government they contacted their bank who politely waived the overdraft fees when Trump’s illegal action was explained.

Once Congress authorizes money for something it is against the law to use it for other purposes or to withhold it from its intended purpose. NYC will have to join everyone else in federal court to get it back.

The richest man in the world and his orange billionaire puppet won’t spend $12.50 to keep a human being from freezing to death.

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DAMIT hat ja NIEMAND rechnen können ...

The end of American democracy.

um... the Trump Organization may just have gotten dissolved? if I'm understanding this correctly....

Holy fuck that Trump Zelensky meeting was an absolute embarrassment to the US. Might as well have been Putin.

Keep this in mind whenever you’re feeling overwhelmed by maga press and start to wonder if your vote means anything. Bet your ass (and Democracy) it does!