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You can be like wonky but also casual.

Maybe that sounds like a contradiction.

But like, I listen to your show plenty, so I

definitely have the vibe that we're going for here. I may drift from that, but I know what the

goal is.

Hello and welcome to the 538 politics podcast. I'm Galen Drewk, and it's been a whirlwind week for the Trump administration after a federal funding fiasco of its own making. On Monday, Trump's Office of Management and Budget issued a two-page memo that seemed to pause large swaths of government funding. The memo's stated goal was bringing federal agencies into

alignment with Trump's executive orders, including those focused on gender identity and diversity

equity and inclusion programs. It ordered agencies to review their programs for anything that

might conflict with those actions. And in the meantime, quote, federal agencies must temporarily

pause all activities related to obligation or disbursement of all federal financial assistance

and other relevant agency activities that may be implicated by the executive orders. The memo added

that assistance given directly to Americans did not

fall under its instructions and specifically named Medicare and Social Security as unaffected.

By Tuesday morning, states, nonprofits, and prominent Democrats were asking, what about Medicaid?

And for that matter, what about lots of other programs? Meals on

wheels, senior centers, farm subsidies, veteran affairs programs, law enforcement and firefighters.

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