Die Hard was actually appropriated from pagans
December 26, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Die Hard was actually appropriated from pagans
MURRAY: Will you allocate the $220m for literacy programs that Congress appropriated?
McMAHON: We're looking at the unallocated dollars to determine which of those programs we can best spend on
MURRAY: Those funds were appropriated. It looks to me like the dept is illegally impounding funding
McMAHON: We're looking at the unallocated dollars to determine which of those programs we can best spend on
MURRAY: Those funds were appropriated. It looks to me like the dept is illegally impounding funding
June 3, 2025 at 3:18 PM
MURRAY: Will you allocate the $220m for literacy programs that Congress appropriated?
McMAHON: We're looking at the unallocated dollars to determine which of those programs we can best spend on
MURRAY: Those funds were appropriated. It looks to me like the dept is illegally impounding funding
McMAHON: We're looking at the unallocated dollars to determine which of those programs we can best spend on
MURRAY: Those funds were appropriated. It looks to me like the dept is illegally impounding funding
DeLAURO: Are you planning to break the law by impounding appropriated funds?
RFK Jr: If you appropriate the funds, I'm going to spend them
D: We have! You're cutting the NIH by $18b. Congress appropriated those funds. How can you justify cutting billions from the biomedical research budget?
RFK Jr: If you appropriate the funds, I'm going to spend them
D: We have! You're cutting the NIH by $18b. Congress appropriated those funds. How can you justify cutting billions from the biomedical research budget?
May 14, 2025 at 2:20 PM
DeLAURO: Are you planning to break the law by impounding appropriated funds?
RFK Jr: If you appropriate the funds, I'm going to spend them
D: We have! You're cutting the NIH by $18b. Congress appropriated those funds. How can you justify cutting billions from the biomedical research budget?
RFK Jr: If you appropriate the funds, I'm going to spend them
D: We have! You're cutting the NIH by $18b. Congress appropriated those funds. How can you justify cutting billions from the biomedical research budget?
1/ It's not just that unilaterally paying TSA agents is illegal.
It's that Trump has now repeatedly undermined the core of the congressional power of the purse. He's not spending money that has been appropriated by law (impoundments) and he's spending money that has not been appropriated.
It's that Trump has now repeatedly undermined the core of the congressional power of the purse. He's not spending money that has been appropriated by law (impoundments) and he's spending money that has not been appropriated.
March 27, 2026 at 12:04 AM
1/ It's not just that unilaterally paying TSA agents is illegal.
It's that Trump has now repeatedly undermined the core of the congressional power of the purse. He's not spending money that has been appropriated by law (impoundments) and he's spending money that has not been appropriated.
It's that Trump has now repeatedly undermined the core of the congressional power of the purse. He's not spending money that has been appropriated by law (impoundments) and he's spending money that has not been appropriated.
worth saying again these these unilateral cuts are illegal. neither trump nor musk has the authority to unilaterally slash appropriated funds.
Hearing that the DOGE chaos hurricane is hitting HUD soon, and the plan is to devastate federal housing funding. Let's be clear: this would cause a cascade of catastrophic impacts nationwide, shutting down housing and dumping families into the street.
February 16, 2025 at 2:23 AM
worth saying again these these unilateral cuts are illegal. neither trump nor musk has the authority to unilaterally slash appropriated funds.
A judge ruled EPA termination of environmental justice grants was unlawful.
EPA cannot “thumb its nose at Congress” by refusing to spend appropriated funds, the judge wrote.
EPA cannot “thumb its nose at Congress” by refusing to spend appropriated funds, the judge wrote.
Judge rules EPA termination of environmental justice grants was unlawful
EPA cannot "thumb its nose at Congress" by refusing to spend appropriated funds, the judge wrote.
www.politico.com
June 18, 2025 at 4:59 PM
A judge ruled EPA termination of environmental justice grants was unlawful.
EPA cannot “thumb its nose at Congress” by refusing to spend appropriated funds, the judge wrote.
EPA cannot “thumb its nose at Congress” by refusing to spend appropriated funds, the judge wrote.
Hey, @housedemocrats.bsky.social :: If withholding appropriated funds from Ukraine in exchange for legal favors was an impeachable offense, surely withholding appropriated funds from Israel in exchange for legal favors is an impeachable offense. No?
June 28, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Hey, @housedemocrats.bsky.social :: If withholding appropriated funds from Ukraine in exchange for legal favors was an impeachable offense, surely withholding appropriated funds from Israel in exchange for legal favors is an impeachable offense. No?
Congress appropriated $257 million to renovate the Kennedy Center before Trump shut it down. Follow that money and see where it goes.
February 3, 2026 at 11:47 AM
Congress appropriated $257 million to renovate the Kennedy Center before Trump shut it down. Follow that money and see where it goes.
March 23, 2026 at 7:11 PM
It appears my countrymen have arrived in the Americas and culturally appropriated a statue of George Washington.
June 13, 2026 at 10:41 AM
It appears my countrymen have arrived in the Americas and culturally appropriated a statue of George Washington.
Appropriated, and exactly on point.
March 4, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Appropriated, and exactly on point.
Pope Leo quoting Tolkien in his encyclical on AI seems like a pointed reference for the tech oligarchs who have appropriated LOTR for their own ends.
One of the many sources cited in the new papal encyclical is... Gandalf
May 25, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Pope Leo quoting Tolkien in his encyclical on AI seems like a pointed reference for the tech oligarchs who have appropriated LOTR for their own ends.
Apple appropriated that extra 50 to buy Che t-shirts
April 4, 2024 at 2:11 PM
Apple appropriated that extra 50 to buy Che t-shirts
Murray: Those funds were appropriated by congress and your department was to allocate them and it looks like the department is illegally impounding funding…
June 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Murray: Those funds were appropriated by congress and your department was to allocate them and it looks like the department is illegally impounding funding…
I’m glad Biden got every penny appropriated to Ukraine out the door before the melon felon takes over. You know he’d impound that money if there were any left. 🇺🇦 🫶
December 31, 2024 at 2:57 AM
I’m glad Biden got every penny appropriated to Ukraine out the door before the melon felon takes over. You know he’d impound that money if there were any left. 🇺🇦 🫶
NEW: Appropriations democrats sound the alarm bells on the impoundment crisis trump created when he blocked congressionally appropriated money.
January 28, 2025 at 7:13 AM
NEW: Appropriations democrats sound the alarm bells on the impoundment crisis trump created when he blocked congressionally appropriated money.
Personalist regime in action: "I gave" him public funds for a Congressionally appropriated purpose
August 24, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Personalist regime in action: "I gave" him public funds for a Congressionally appropriated purpose
"We removed the incels but appropriated their culture!"
September 12, 2025 at 5:19 PM
"We removed the incels but appropriated their culture!"
where are they even getting the money? like how was it appropriated
September 27, 2026 at 4:42 PM
where are they even getting the money? like how was it appropriated
Wrt stripping appropriated funding, Musk is reneging on contracts. Without contracts you have no capitalism.
I live in MAGA country. When I talk about what Musk is doing to the federal programs he is stripping of funding and employees, I get the same response:
“He’s just pausing programs to find waste. No one will lose their job or grant or subsidy.”
FAFO.
“He’s just pausing programs to find waste. No one will lose their job or grant or subsidy.”
FAFO.
February 16, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Wrt stripping appropriated funding, Musk is reneging on contracts. Without contracts you have no capitalism.
They've appropriated all the funding earmarked for bread and used it to double down on circuses.
September 27, 2026 at 12:28 PM
They've appropriated all the funding earmarked for bread and used it to double down on circuses.
can’t explain it coherently but i feel culturally appropriated
somehow this is real
August 17, 2026 at 12:39 AM
can’t explain it coherently but i feel culturally appropriated
Trump: "I want to let you know that United States is going to make a contribution of $10 billion to the Board of Peace." (Congress has not appropriated this money!)
February 19, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Trump: "I want to let you know that United States is going to make a contribution of $10 billion to the Board of Peace." (Congress has not appropriated this money!)