Sometimes The Fascism Is In The Fine Print: Russell Vought just rewrote the rules for $1.1 trillion in federal money

[Amaryllis]

https://saveamericamovement.substack.com/p/the-bridge-wont-get-built

Sometimes The Fascism Is In The Fine Print
Russell Vought just rewrote the rules for $1.1 trillion in federal money
The Save America Movement
Jun 23, 2026

Yes, Russell Vought is a nerd -- but he's an evil one.

That's why he's using his power as OMB Director to push a rule change that would block ANY federal grant that doesn't please Donald Trump. That means money that builds your bridges, funds your local health clinics and helps rebuild your communities after disasters can be dismissed by Donald and crew as "DEI" or "waste" and simply ... blocked.

We’re tracking a bureaucratic document moving through Washington right now called the OMB Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule. You probably haven’t heard about this at all, and it’s very important to understand how it will impact science funding – NIH grants, research dollars, academic institutions – but it goes far beyond science.

This rule governs every federal grant to every recipient across every federal agency. A combined $1.1 trillion goes to the basic infrastructure of American life. Roads. Schools. Hospitals. On average, 36 cents of every dollar a state spends.

Trump’s OMB Director, Russell Vought — the architect of Project 2025’s plan to dismantle the administrative state — just rewrote the rules for it all. Without a vote. Without an act of Congress. Effective October 1, 2026.
Here’s what Vought’s rule changes look like in practice:

See article for actions you can take!

Much more at link.

[rampartd]

1. congress appropriates a billion for medicaid but

trump thinks old women should be working, not laying about the nursing home so he can move the money to the proud boys or whatever?

[Kid Berwyn]

2. We must replace the unitary executive...

…with the urinary executive, a mausoleum-cum-lavatory for visitors to Trump’s own final hole.

[yellow dahlia]

3. Unrelenting evil.

[LymphocyteLover]

5. exactly-- this man has to be stopped ASAP

[yellow dahlia]

6. I know the definition is constrained, but I consider Vought to be a traitor.

[Cheezoholic]

4. Finally someones shining a light on this evil bastard. He's the centerpiece of this fascist takeover straight up

FatAss is the distraction.

[Seinan Sensei]

11. Vought's is the very face of evil

[Blue Full Moon]

7. Actually the description is a nazi

[progressoid]

8. k/r

[modrepub]

9. Good for The Gander

So if Trump is allowed to cut funding for people, businesses, states and cities he doesn’t like let the next democratic POTUS do the same to those entities he or she doesn’t like.

Can we impose the same rules on folks who screw us out of Supreme Court seats for once and see how they like it? Tired of always being the responsible sane person in the room.

[mopinko]

13. b like raygun when he wanted to reduce highway speed limits

want to go faster than 55? no highway money 4 u.

now do guns.

[GiqueCee]

10. Russell Vought...

... makes Rasputin look like a choirboy.
He's definitely on the mental-disorder spectrum where "PSYCHOPATH" broods and schemes in the shadows of the dark end.

[relogic]

12. Finding a sliver

of empathy and compassion in this soulless, evil character- well, you know the rest, like discovering cute, little pink ponies emerging from manure Santa dumped under your Christmas tree.

[hookaleft]

14. I don't think he has the right to distribute money that has been allocated by Congress.

We need some lawyers to chime in.

[Amaryllis]

17. I think there will be many challenges. There are 23 Dem state AGs working together on all kinds of chicanery

and they rarely lose. I am on my AGs email list for updates and am always impressed with how quickly and brilliantly they challenge these things.

[liberalgunwilltravel]

15. Pigshit Russell Vought

Has a daughter with cystic fibrosis and has benefited directly from the institutions he is actively destroying. He needs to pay dearly for all the harm he has caused when the Constitution and the rule of law are re-established.

[NJCher]

16. Please read the whole story

This is the important part:

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The comment period is open. It closes July 13, 2026.

Submit here: https://www.regulations.gov/document/OMB-2026-0034-0001

Say who you are. Describe the harm you believe this would inflict on our country. Tell them to withdraw it.
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Every single one of us needs to do this.

To find this section in the article, scroll down to under the youtube video.

[hookaleft]

18. I am not going to a government website and log my opinion

No fucking way. I like my peaceful life

[Amaryllis]

19. THanks for pointiing that out. I think i will post this again in a few days and highlight that part. I think you are

right that people may not read as far as the most important part!!