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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

DOGE has abruptly imposed new “defend the spend” rules before paying out federal health-care grants It’s forcing manual reviews of thousands of routine transactions Some organizations still waiting for $$ they expected days ago Scoop with @carolynyjohnson.bsky.social @hannahnatanson.bsky.social

washingtonpost.com

DOGE begins to freeze health-care payments for extra review

DOGE is putting new curbs on billions of dollars in federal grants, requiring officials to manually review and approve payments that were previously routine.

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Daytripper @daytripper72.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Which they don’t have the power to do. Congress already appropriated the funds. Congress needs to do its effing job and stand up for their branch of government.

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Evelyn D. R. "Dell" Adams @dell-adams.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

They have, I'm sure, no right to do this, but it's interesting that this is more nuanced than their making arbitrary cuts themselves, which I think has been their usual MO. Another sign that they're starting to give way to public pressure?

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WhisperingSage @whisperingsage.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Oh boy, *more* means testing.

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LaserjockAZ @laserjockaz.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

DOGE should be required to defend stopping payments not the other way around. This continues to be insane that they can just stop federal funding and say “tell us why you need this”

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SatelliteOfLove @satelllteoflove.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

"Meet the new red tape..."

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Gina Dalfonzo @ginadalfonzo.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

"Efficiency."

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Guy Smiley @swgeneralmills.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Vile. Deport Elon.

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justvisiting74.bsky.social @justvisiting74.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

"Some officials have been told that only Trump political appointees can sign requests to disburse funds"

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SDoH @sdoh.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

In the name of Efficiency...I'm sure.

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Mike the Mad Biologist and Trump's Press Corps Approver @mikethemadbiol.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

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MKSutherland @mktsutherland.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

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bluestatedon.bsky.social @bluestatedon.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

I’m old enough to remember when Republicans screeched constantly about unelected bureaucrats creating problems with unnecessary requirements and onerous red tape.

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shundy1978.bsky.social @shundy1978.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

This same approach has been rolled out at multiple agencies/departments. Contracts are lapsing...the snowball is starting to roll down the hill and will only become bigger and bigger as time passes. This is how they can say "no we did not freeze any funds...we are just carefully reviewing all costs

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PatriotsAGAINSTTrump @dreamchaser4ever.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

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PatriotsAGAINSTTrump @dreamchaser4ever.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

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PatriotsAGAINSTTrump @dreamchaser4ever.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

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Jennifer Petitt @jenniferpetitt.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Outrageous and exhausting.

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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

The chaotic rollout has created a backlog Organizations have been told payments are “in transit,” but officials say that isn’t true At NIH, payments aren’t going out - and aren’t expected to until next week

Federal officials also have been instructed to use a website run by DOGE to approve grant payments, according to an email sent by defendthespend@hhs.gov and obtained by The Washington Post.
NIH officials on Thursday were still determining who would approve grant payments at their agency and did not expect to finalize the process until next week, two NIH officials said.
Some outside organizations have been told their delayed payments are
"in transit," but several federal officials said that is not true. It is unclear whether all the federal health-care grants will be approved and when.
"All funding is on hold," an NIH official told colleagues at a meeting on Thursday, according to audio obtained by The Post. "The bottom line is no one is getting any money right now. But they don't know they're not getting any money because it just says that it's in transit."

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Elle @biknmusicmama.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Like there wasn’t an onerous grant application process to qualify for these funds

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