The Trump administration is preparing to cancel a large swath of federal funding for California, an effort that could begin as soon as Friday, according to multiple sources.

Agencies are being told to start identifying grants the administration can withhold from California. Sources said the administration is specifically considering a full termination of federal grant funding for the University of California and California State University systems.

Singling out one state for massive cuts would be an unusual move, but Donald Trump has long made Democratic-led California a target.

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    19 hours ago

    In fact it might help the federal government cause people tend to be owed more refunds than unpaid tax.

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      19 hours ago

      Yeah that was my thinking as well, the idea that people stop filing their taxes doesn’t do much when the system to get the money from your paycheck to the government mostly doesn’t involve you