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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    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.

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      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.

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        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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      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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        Have you seen the French protest? I don’t say one man should go to there and burn it down, but I would expect big, violent protests there.

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          The French only have to protest in France. Imagine the French protesting in Moscow. That’s the distance from Utah to Florida. Utah isn’t even the furthest point from Florida. Tell some Frenchmen to go march on Russia and protest until they get their way. Now picture that playing out.

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          If they start shooting protesters things will escalate. That’s how civil wars start.