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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 “fraud” 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 “every available tool” to combat “waste, fraud and abuse” within state-run unemployment insurance programs, including “withholding administrative funds from states” 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.

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[–] Sunflier@lemmy.world 53 points 6 days ago (2 children)
[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 5 days ago

Jesus Christ, shut the fuck up already.

You really think suddenly taking millions of people off unemployment is just a distraction from something else?

This is life-ruining shit on a national scale.

Not everything is a "distraction" from the thing EVERYONE ALREADY FUCKING KNOWS ABOUT

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 16 points 6 days ago (3 children)

But by now, everyone either knows or refuses to acknowledge that the President is a notorious pedophile.

A sudden spike in unemployment followed by waves of debt default, foreclosure, and police actions on the unemployed would seem to be the more pressing issue.

This just feels like the Iran "Today's bombing a girl's school distracts from who the President was fucking in 1997" Epstein War bullshit.

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[–] Wispy2891@lemmy.world 34 points 6 days ago (2 children)

president’s nationwide campaign against “fraud” in government spending.

Projection much, huh?

[–] mojo_raisin@lemmy.world 15 points 6 days ago

Also privilege, Republicans see themselves as privileged, it's not fraud when they do it, they are allowed, it's fraud when others without sufficient privilege do it.

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[–] Xerxos@lemmy.ml 42 points 6 days ago (3 children)

What he wants:

  • desperate people who work for scraps
  • riots, so he can call in the military and call off the election

What he (hopefully) gets:

  • a revolution

Seriously, why aren't billionaire villas burning? Why is Mar-a-Lagos still standing? I'm surprised how much the American people are willing to endure.

[–] frostysauce@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago (4 children)

Oh, just book a trip to Florida and burn down Mar-a-Lago. Why hadn't I thought of that before?

[–] gdog05@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Surely no one will gun you down within 200 yards.

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[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Armed revolution results in U.S. military drone strikes on blue states. I am not joking. This is Pete Hegseth's handpicked military; they're waiting for a revolution to crush.

I'm not necessarily saying a revolution should or shouldn't happen, but you should absolutely be aware of the circumstances on topics like these. Plus, people have tried to attack the president. So many times that it's seemed for a while that these are selected shooters. They've all failed thus far.

[–] Phil_in_here@lemmy.ca 5 points 6 days ago (8 children)

I mean, Trump's war of choice in Iran was an unmitigated disaster. I can't imagine how poorly they would respond to domestic guerrilla warfare

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[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I’m surprised how much the American people are willing to endure.

At this point I'm convinced we're the weakest generation of Americans in American history. And the fact that our history really isn't very long doesn't help make that feel any better.

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[–] Microtonal_Banana@lemmy.zip 36 points 6 days ago (1 children)

"Lets do something fast and stupid so they stop talking about me starting and losing a war."

[–] BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 11 points 6 days ago

If they remember that, they remember I started the war to distract from my child prostitution ring.

[–] ChetManly@lemmy.world 23 points 6 days ago (1 children)

He's gotta do something to pay Iran 300b.

[–] BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago

If I were real honest, I'd say that I'm not sure this guy is good with money.

[–] A404@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 6 days ago (2 children)

pls no, this would make the crime rate skyrocket

[–] AngryRobot@lemmy.world 14 points 6 days ago (8 children)

That's what the federal cabal wants.

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[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 10 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

That's the idea. Make it so the poor have no choice but commit crimes and then lock them up for it

[–] nwtreeoctopus@sh.itjust.works 7 points 6 days ago

And then, per the 13th, legal slavery!

[–] relativestranger@feddit.nl 32 points 6 days ago (1 children)

the "fraud" starts and ends at the oval office. investigate that s.o.b. first.

[–] Poojabber@lemmy.world 17 points 6 days ago

Thats not true. My state governor is also a criminal and is grifting on a state level too...

[–] AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world 25 points 6 days ago (7 children)

Have to imagine this will disproportionately hurt red states and then they'll blame it on Obama or Biden or something. Really hoping some state will withhold federal taxes but I know our leaders are too spineless for that :[

[–] Haze@lemmy.world 16 points 6 days ago

California funds its own unemployment benefits, of course Trump is too stupid to know this.

[–] SippyCup@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago

Then, magically unemployment will go down and they'll call it a success. Even though all that's happened are fewer people qualifying for unemployment, and more than likely it will result in a net increase in unemployed people.

[–] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago

It says they will take funding from states that don't comply with their bullshit so I'm sure the red states will be fine

[–] dirthawker0@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

If you take the top 10 states by unemployment rate, half of them are red states. Top 20, almost 3/4.

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[–] MrSulu@lemmy.ml 13 points 6 days ago

Vote for him, places you in financial stress, he pisses the money away, takes more of your money for undefined reasons.

[–] Jaysyn@lemmy.world 17 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Jokes on them, it's basically impossible to get unemployment here to start with.

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[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 15 points 6 days ago

An actual traitor president and it looks like we're just gonna ride it out with our fingers crossed.

[–] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 17 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Check me if I’m wrong but the only thing he can cut is the administration funding. The actual benefits are funded by a type of insurance companies pay into. Trump can’t take that away.
All this will do is make processing claims a bitch.

He’s such a dick.

[–] Nonconfrontational@lemmy.ml 11 points 6 days ago

I dunno if you've noticed, but he can do anything he wants because there's no opposition.

[–] StrawberryPigtails@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 6 days ago (4 children)

Wait, do we actually have unemployment assistance in the US? I thought it was just a slush fund for boondoggles I was forced to pay into. Every time I've tried to apply for it over the last 20 years I was rejected.

[–] moseschrute@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Maybe it depends on what state you’re in, but I have used it between jobs after being laid off. I was actually very surprised how well it worked. This was durning Biden’s term.

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[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 10 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Beating the wife and the kids at home when he got his ass kicked at the pub.

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[–] Impractical_Island@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

And still the population will sit behind their screens with their keyboards and sgare a few memes and generally be pissed off and oh look its the next scandal and they population will sit behind their screens and generally be pissed off and oh look its the next scandal of the week...

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[–] fox2263@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago

Does that equal an amount intended for ballrooms or Iran?

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