Trump Shuts Down Fed Grants & Loans, Legal/Constitutional Questions, David Cay Johnston 1/28/25

The Trump administration is moving to assume more control of the federal purse strings. Yesterday, Trump’s budget office froze all federal financial assistance. From food stamps to foreign aid, it’s all on pause. The only exceptions are Social Security and Medicare. The reason given in the official order? It appears to be a move to counter so called “Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies.” We welcome Pulitzer Prize winning author and investigative journalist David Cay Johnston. Overnight, Deepseek became a big story. We’ll ask Jefferson Graham to weigh in on the rapid success of this company that is shaking up the tech world. The Mark Thompson Show 1/28/25 Patreon subscribers are the backbone of the show! If you’d like to help, here’s our Patreon Link: https://www.patreon.com/themarkthompsonshow Maybe you’re more into PayPal. https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=PVBS3R7KJXV24 And you’ll find everything on our website: https://www.themarkthompsonshow.com