Slush Fund Shutdown: Democratic AGs Melt Down Over Lost Climate Cash

In what’s now officially the millionth lawsuit filed against President Trump and his administration, Michigan Democratic Attorney General Dana Nessel and 19 of her ideological pals are fuming over the termination of a $3 billion “Environmental and Climate Justice Block Grant” slush fund.

Funded through the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act (aka the Everything BUT Inflation Act), the program was designed to shovel billions into so-called “disadvantaged communities” to fight climate change – with zero accountability, naturally.

But when the Trump administration pulled the plug on the cash machine, progressive attorneys general lost their minds. Nessel filed a friend-of-the-court brief supporting the lawsuit, claiming the administration’s move is unlawful and hurts low-income communities. In other words, they’re suing because they want the EPA forced to keep the money flowing – whether it works, is necessary, or even gets spent properly.

According to Nessel and friends, not handing out millions in taxpayer dollars for climate- themed community programs is a constitutional crisis. Never mind that the grants were used to hire activist staff, create resiliency hubs, and to try to replace evil gas stoves.

The brief whines that canceling the grants “inflicts serious, lasting harm” and erodes community trust. What it really does? Slams the brakes on politically motivated cash giveaways wrapped in green virtue-signaling and buzzwords.

From Michigan to California, these lawsuits aren’t really about clean air or climate change. They’re about Democrats throwing tantrums because their climate pork party got cut off. And now they want the courts to turn the tap back on.

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