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Nonilex<p>More on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExecutiveOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExecutiveOrder</span></a> to freeze federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/grants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grants</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/loans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>loans</span></a> </p><p>"This order is a potential 5-alarm fire for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/nonprofit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nonprofit</span></a> organizations &amp; the people &amp; communities they serve. From pausing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> on cures for childhood <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cancer</span></a> to halting <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FoodAssistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FoodAssistance</span></a>, safety from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DomesticViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DomesticViolence</span></a>, &amp; closing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/suicide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>suicide</span></a> hotlines, the impact of even a short pause in funding could be devastating &amp; cost lives,” Diane Yentel, president &amp; CEO of the National Council of Nonprofits, said.</p><p><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-orders-pause-all-federal-grants-loans-2025-01-28/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/world/trump-orders</span><span class="invisible">-pause-all-federal-grants-loans-2025-01-28/</span></a></p>
Mike McCaffrey :pdx_badge:<p>Lovely how federal agencies (while still under the direction of the feckless Democrats) are spending their time punishing states for giving residents too much food. </p><p>So sorry that <a href="https://pdx.social/tags/Oregon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oregon</span></a> didn't properly check that people were completely destitute before giving them a snack.</p><p><a href="https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/politics/2024/12/26/oregon-incurs-15-million-dollar-federal-penalty-for-snap-error-rates/76925309007/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">statesmanjournal.com/story/new</span><span class="invisible">s/politics/2024/12/26/oregon-incurs-15-million-dollar-federal-penalty-for-snap-error-rates/76925309007/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://pdx.social/tags/SNAP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SNAP</span></a> <a href="https://pdx.social/tags/FoodAssistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FoodAssistance</span></a></p>