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The group is headed by Dominique Alexander, a stalwart Black Lives Matter and defund the police activist with a prior criminal history.
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Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 22 Aug. 2025
When the Democratic-majority Congress learned of the campaign, the Senate promptly passed an amendment to defund it, reasserting both its war-making prerogative and the power of the purse.
—Chris Lehmann, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
But the threat to subway funding comes amid months of federal efforts to defund the trains and a series of political fights.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 19 Aug. 2025
Cruz wanted to bring Congress to a standstill by engineering a government shutdown in a bid to defund Obamacare, aka the Affordable Care Act.
—David M. Drucker, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2025
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Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 22 Aug. 2025
When the Democratic-majority Congress learned of the campaign, the Senate promptly passed an amendment to defund it, reasserting both its war-making prerogative and the power of the purse.
—Chris Lehmann, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
But the threat to subway funding comes amid months of federal efforts to defund the trains and a series of political fights.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 19 Aug. 2025
Cruz wanted to bring Congress to a standstill by engineering a government shutdown in a bid to defund Obamacare, aka the Affordable Care Act.
—David M. Drucker, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2025
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“Defund.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/defund. Accessed 4 Sep. 2025.
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