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The White House is withholding billions of dollars of funding for mass transit projects in Chicago as part of Trump’s government shutdown revenge campaign against Democrats. (www.thedailybeast.com)

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“$2.1 billion in Chicago infrastructure projects—specifically the Red Line Extension and the Red and Purple Modernization Project—have been put on hold to ensure funding is not flowing via race-based contracting,” budget director and Project 2025 architect Russell Vought wrote in a post on X.

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[–] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Chicagoans should send them pictures of badly decayed bridge supports to prove it is needed.

[–] RedMari@reddthat.com 9 points 4 days ago

What makes you think the ones in charge of this shutdown would care at all?

[–] sgtgig@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 days ago

They genuinely don't care. They don't care about solving and real world problems, just their fake made up ones while making billionaires richer.

[–] Albbi@lemmy.ca 6 points 4 days ago

General strike when?