'Giving the middle finger to service': Trump is 'without authority' to unilaterally dismantle AmeriCorps, lawsuit says (1 Viewer)

[ColdHardTruth]

'Giving the middle finger to service': Trump is 'without authority' to unilaterally dismantle AmeriCorps, lawsuit says​

A coalition of 24 states and Washington, D.C., is suing the Trump administration, claiming that it unlawfully dismantled the AmeriCorps grant program, an independent federal agency that funds volunteer efforts throughout the United States. The lawsuit came in response to billionaire Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) cutting the agency’s funding by $400 million and terminating about 85% of its workforce as part of the administration’s ongoing efforts to gut the federal bureaucracy.

Another lawsuit that dumpytits will lose.

MSN

 

[Peacenik]

Good grief. That photo of Donald shows the contrast of brown make up to no make up.

Looks like turd blew up in his face.

 

[Peacenik]

Felon and Elon did something unlawful? What's news? And who is to stand up to them. They see power, they take power. They think it's theirs to take. They are out of control and nobody is standing in their way.

What was the problem with helping the needy?

What? Was it making greedy selfish billionaires who don't give to charity look bad?

It's all about image with Donald.

 

[dmpi]

400 million dollars spent so people can 'volunteer'?!

 

[Questerr]

400 million dollars spent so people can 'volunteer'?!

Congressionally authorized spending. The President has no authority to stop it.

If you don’t like it, have the Republicans in Congress remove the funding.

 

[aociswundumho]

Americorps is nothing but taxpayer-funded virtue-signaling. It's basically a giant slushfund - they have failed eight audits in a row:

Audit of AmeriCorps’ Fiscal Year 2024 Consolidated Financial Statements

Independent auditors have declined to issue an opinion on AmeriCorps’ financial statements for the eighth year. They issued a disclaimer of opinion reporting 11 material weaknesses and two significant deficiencies and added three new recommendations. The auditors, however, verified that...

www.americorpsoig.gov

 

[Simon W. Moon]

Americorps is nothing but taxpayer-funded virtue-signaling. It's basically a giant slushfund - they have failed eight audits in a row:

Audit of AmeriCorps’ Fiscal Year 2024 Consolidated Financial Statements

Independent auditors have declined to issue an opinion on AmeriCorps’ financial statements for the eighth year. They issued a disclaimer of opinion reporting 11 material weaknesses and two significant deficiencies and added three new recommendations. The auditors, however, verified that...

www.americorpsoig.gov

moot tho

neither here nor there in re the charges in the lawsuit about usurping Congressional powers

 

[Greenbeard]

'Giving the middle finger to service': Trump is 'without authority' to unilaterally dismantle AmeriCorps, lawsuit says​

A coalition of 24 states and Washington, D.C., is suing the Trump administration, claiming that it unlawfully dismantled the AmeriCorps grant program, an independent federal agency that funds volunteer efforts throughout the United States. The lawsuit came in response to billionaire Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) cutting the agency’s funding by $400 million and terminating about 85% of its workforce as part of the administration’s ongoing efforts to gut the federal bureaucracy.

Another lawsuit that dumpytits will lose.

MSN

Red America getting what it voted for.

DOGE hits Trump country

The cuts are hitting home in the reddest parts of the country, and Republican elected officials are starting to push back.

Abrupt cuts at AmeriCorps this week have landed hard in deep red states with high poverty rates like West Virginia, Mississippi and Alabama, where national service programs have long-filled gaps in education, disaster response and job training.

They are grants to build homes, respond to disasters and support veterans — the type of work that tends to win bipartisan support.

“All those services are so well used in Louisiana,” said Billy Nungesser, the Republican Lt. Gov of Louisiana, where 13 AmeriCorps programs were cut, hitting 330 volunteers, including around three dozen veterans placed in universities and community college campuses to help other veterans transition back to civilian life.

“I’m hoping that the president can look at it again. If they need to make cuts, let us decide what programs are worthy. It’s hard for them to see from Washington what impact these programs have,” Nungesser said.

West Virginia’s second largest AmeriCorps program — known as High Rocks — lost both of its grants on Tuesday. The organization provides workforce development training for lower-income youth. “We’re trying so hard to hold on and support our members that just got axed in an incredibly cruel way,” said Sarah Riley, High Rocks’ executive director.

 

[Questerr]

Americorps is nothing but taxpayer-funded virtue-signaling. It's basically a giant slushfund - they have failed eight audits in a row:

Audit of AmeriCorps’ Fiscal Year 2024 Consolidated Financial Statements

Independent auditors have declined to issue an opinion on AmeriCorps’ financial statements for the eighth year. They issued a disclaimer of opinion reporting 11 material weaknesses and two significant deficiencies and added three new recommendations. The auditors, however, verified that...

www.americorpsoig.gov

Then get Congress to strip their funding.