Chris Hayes

This seems where all the problems are going to be coming from in the next administration. Yeah. Put out a memo ending all grant making. They put a stop work order on all grants. This includes USAID and others. Among potentially the things affected by this is the program that helps women, infants, and children that need food, the WIC program. Thoughts?

Like that's the goal here. I was going back even further than that. I was thinking like spoil system.

Like that's the goal here. I was going back even further than that. I was thinking like spoil system.

Like that's the goal here. I was going back even further than that. I was thinking like spoil system.

And who was that that has the power of the purse? Is that the Trump family organization? That's Barron.

And who was that that has the power of the purse? Is that the Trump family organization? That's Barron.

And who was that that has the power of the purse? Is that the Trump family organization? That's Barron.

All right, good.

All right, good.

All right, good.

But that's what their contention is. And I think they'll probably have some friendly courts as to that effect. And we've seen some of this. It's interesting.

But that's what their contention is. And I think they'll probably have some friendly courts as to that effect. And we've seen some of this. It's interesting.

But that's what their contention is. And I think they'll probably have some friendly courts as to that effect. And we've seen some of this. It's interesting.

Yeah, it's interesting. I guess maybe I should have had your wife on for this question, but it's always kind of the inverse of the other conservative, like big legal win actually during the Biden years, which was the Chevron case, right? Which was like essentially like they were arguing that the agencies didn't have carte blanche to interpret ambiguous laws, right?

Yeah, it's interesting. I guess maybe I should have had your wife on for this question, but it's always kind of the inverse of the other conservative, like big legal win actually during the Biden years, which was the Chevron case, right? Which was like essentially like they were arguing that the agencies didn't have carte blanche to interpret ambiguous laws, right?

Yeah, it's interesting. I guess maybe I should have had your wife on for this question, but it's always kind of the inverse of the other conservative, like big legal win actually during the Biden years, which was the Chevron case, right? Which was like essentially like they were arguing that the agencies didn't have carte blanche to interpret ambiguous laws, right?

Like they didn't want the EPA going rogue and doing things that they didn't, that weren't specifically prescribed by Congress. But they're saying that the EPA can stop doing things that were specifically prescribed by Congress.

Like they didn't want the EPA going rogue and doing things that they didn't, that weren't specifically prescribed by Congress. But they're saying that the EPA can stop doing things that were specifically prescribed by Congress.

Like they didn't want the EPA going rogue and doing things that they didn't, that weren't specifically prescribed by Congress. But they're saying that the EPA can stop doing things that were specifically prescribed by Congress.

That takes us to the other news item that I wanted to cover. The acting attorney general moved on Monday to fire several Justice Department officials who worked on the federal criminal investigations into Donald Trump.