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The Trump administration has admitted in court documents that it canceled $7.6 billion in clean energy grants—targeting 16 states that voted for Kamala Harris—contradicting its earlier claims that cuts were based on economic viability or energy needs. Democrats and environmental groups are calling it political retaliation, framing it as weaponizing federal power to punish states for their votes and harm working families. Projects in California, New York, and other Blue States were disproportionately affected, while the White House labeled the moves part of a broader push against the “Left’s climate agenda.” Lawyers in the Thakur v. Trump case even acknowledged using keywords like “diversity” and “vaccine hesitancy” to filter out projects that didn’t align with administration priorities, prompting outrage from groups like the Sierra Club over job losses and environmental damage.

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