The Trump administration has released solicitations for a grant program meant to stop gun violence in underserved communities. But this year, the non-profits the grant was built around are disqualified from applying, according to an application notice released by the Department of Justice (DoJ) in September.
The Community Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CVIPI), was created in 2022, to support groups working in rural and urban communities struggling to address violence and fund research studying the programs’ efficacy.
The pioneering program was born out of a recognition by the Biden administration that such community-centered programs were among the most successful tools in combating the US’ deep-rooted gun violence problem, and had played a crucial role in helping reduce homicides in major US cities.
Before Trump’s inauguration, community-based organizations, non-profits and local and state governments were eligible to apply for the grant. Now, only city, county and tribal governments are allowed. And the stated goal of the program has been changed from “comprehensive, community-based prevention” to “supports law enforcement efforts to reduce violent crime and improve police-community relations”.
Since 2022, the federal government has awarded more than $300m to over 120 non-profits, city and county governments and research institutions through the initiative, according to an archived list of grant recipients.
The department of justice, which oversees CVIPI, did not respond to a request for comment.
The changes at CVIPI are the latest in the Trump administration’s heel-turn from the Biden administration’s approach to gun violence prevention, which positioned Black and Latino-led groups working to address violence as legitimate solutions to crime in the nation’s hardest hit locales. Shortly after his inauguration, Trump dismantled the White House office of gun violence prevention, and in March his administration removed the former surgeon general Vivek Murthy’s advisory on gun violence as a public health issue from the US Department of Health and Human Services’ website.
— Abené Clayton in Gun violence prevention groups disqualified from grants built around their work
Good. Now they can go learn to code. Or flip burgers. Or fry fish.
Which is more productive and real work for a change.
My area they ended up on unemployment and SNAP…….lol keep going with the shutdown.
Cut all grants, foreign aid, and any and all government assistance for illegals. They’ve been using that money to create an illusion of widespread Democrat/left-wing support.
Well that and dead voters on the rolls
A lot of pearl clutching and crying by the Guardian article – all of that pearl clutching and crying about these programs not getting the money is 100% false left wing trash. Like this, for example …
“The next month, the justice department cut more than $800m in grants, including CVIPI, that were managed by the justice department’s office of justice programs (OJP), to organizations that prevent and respond to gun violence, sexual assault and hate crimes, support foster youth, and provide re-entry services. More than $150m of that was taken from programs primarily staffed by people from the neighborhoods where shootings, homicides and other forms of crime are concentrated.”
Ya know what ~60% of that money actually went for?
It was either – one – side tracked into non-related functions for funding ‘gender ideology’ causes or – two – paying ‘consultants’ who were actually friends or relatives of those running the programs and the ‘product’ of the ‘consultants’ was nothing.
The remainder of the money; For the “programs primarily staffed by people from the neighborhoods where shootings, homicides and other forms of crime are concentrated” – had overall zero effect because as much as they cry about how valuable they are in reality they are basically, overall, one big ‘self affirming back-patting social club’ doing a lot of nothing other than talking about it and photo ops to make it look like they are doing something or – went to paying the salaries of the people who run or staff these ‘self affirming back-patting social club’ programs.
I’m sure there are some people in those programs who actually care, but you do not solve a crime problem by coddling and excusing crime and criminals and talking to victims or making people feel ‘warm-n-fuzzy’ like these that care were doing. You solve a crime problem by suppressing it and with enforcement of law and having actual penalties, and keeping it from establishing as a norm – and that means law enforcement so Trump is putting the money back to where it will do the most good because it sure was not doing any good with where it was going.
And seriously, those groups need to get off this ‘gun violence’ kick – its always been a false premise. Guns do not commit criminal violence, people commit criminal violence, and you idiots run around screaming ‘gun violence’ and crime and doing all sorts of ‘buy backs’ and bans and laws and wanting money to never touch the actual problem which is the criminal. And now you get upset because Trump wants to do something about the very thing you have been getting money to do yet didn’t and the very thing you have been screaming about to get money for but Trump wants to address the actual problem which is the criminal (which you overall ignored and coddled and excused) and here you morons are crying about it.
The Biden presidency, the most failed president in American history, the least popular president in over 70 years, overseeing a major disease ‘infection’ of left wing ideology to enable a marx-ist soc-i-alist com-mu-nist overthrow of the country by creating an ana-cro tyra-nny of crime to drive the majority of people to rely more on government to keep them safe, then trying to make it look like ‘guns the reason’ to justify dim–inishing and taking away a constitutional right from millions of innocent American citizens to disarm them or/and render them more def–enseless while he further weaponized government against them. Yep, pretty much the Hit- ler and Mao playbooks the Democrats had going there – all that was missing was using the military against gun owners, which Biden actually wanted to do and was going to do by declaring a national emergency under ‘health’ laws thus the set up in the attempt with Caniglia v. Strom to have the ‘community caretaking’ exception to the 4th amendment warrant requirement include the ability to take guns under a pretense of ‘welfare check just cause they say so, and his surgeon general Vivek Murthy’s issue an advisory on gun violence as a public health issue.
“The pioneering program was born out of a recognition by the Biden administration that such community-centered programs were among the most successful tools in combating the US’ deep-rooted gun violence problem, and had played a crucial role in helping reduce homicides in major US cities.”
It was never true “that such community-centered programs were among the most successful tools in combating the US’ deep-rooted gun violence problem, and had played a crucial role in helping reduce homicides in major US cities.”
The U.S. does not have a “deep-rooted gun violence problem”. What the U.S. has is a ‘deep-rooted’ criminal problem excused and nurtured and coddled and pampered and facilitated and emboldened by Democrat politicians with ‘soft on crime’, ‘justice impacted individual’, ‘race baiting grift’, ‘society polarization’, racism, and outright lies ‘policy and programs’. For example, take a look at Chicago, a place that has received multiple millions of $$$ for such “community-centered programs” and its still the murder capital of the United States but when asked about a violent crime the left wing democrat mayor wants to suppress those questions and ‘move on’ because a crime of assault and rape was committed by an illegal alien enjoying the benefits of protection in their ‘sanctuary’ > Chicago Mayor on Illegal Alien Rapist: ‘Let’s Move On’ > https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2025/10/27/chicago-mayor-on-illegal-alien-rapist-lets-move-on-n4945314
If Illinois and Chicago “community-centered programs’ for crime worked, this would not be needed:
Nearly 3,000 arrests made in Chicago since start of Operation Midway Blitz: Border Patrol.
“Border Control Cmdr. Greg Bovino said on Monday that nearly 3,000 people have been arrested in the Chicago area since the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown began in September.
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Operation Midway Blitz was launched in early September, with the Department of Homeland Security announcing at the time, ‘DHS is launching Operation Midway Blitz in honor of Katie Abraham who was killed in a drunk driving hit-and-run car wreck caused by criminal illegal alien Julio Cucul-Bol in Illinois. This ICE operation will target the criminal illegal aliens who flocked to Chicago and Illinois because they knew Governor Pritzker and his sanctuary policies would protect them and allow them to roam free on American streets. …
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https://thepostmillennial.com/nearly-3000-arrests-made-in-chicago-since-start-of-operation-midway-blitz-border-patrol?utm_campaign=64470
BREAKING NEWS: DOJ Just Confirmed – Magazine Bans Are UNCONSTITUTIONAL!
“The Department of Justice just made a stunning reversal — declaring that Washington D.C.’s magazine ban is unconstitutional and moving to vacate a conviction under that law. This could have major implications for magazine bans in states like California, New York, and New Jersey.
In this episode, Jared breaks down the DOJ’s motion, what it means for your rights, and why this is one of the biggest 2A shifts in recent memory.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Uap6Zhr2Q8
DOJ is consistent: https://www.ammoland.com/2025/09/doj-tells-court-njs-ar-15-and-magazine-bans-violates-second-amendment/
Trump Reveals ‘We Now Know Everything’ About the 2020 Election
“President Trump took to Truth Social Sunday night with a post that has ignited fresh speculation about his administration’s findings regarding the 2020 presidential election.
‘What’s worse, the NBA Players cheating at cards, and probably much else, or the Democrats cheating on Elections,’ he asked. ‘The 2020 Presidential Election, being Rigged and Stolen, is a far bigger SCANDAL. Look what happened to our Country when a Crooked Moron became our ‘President!’ We now know everything,’
Think about that last line: ‘We now know everything.’
The line has fueled speculation that the Trump administration may have uncovered what it considers conclusive evidence tying together multiple irregularities in the 2020 election.
The evidence that there were shenanigans during the 2020 elections is pretty significant, yet sadly, much wasn’t allowed to be investigated, because the courts bizarrely claimed that the Trump campaign didn’t have standing. Courts across the country refused to even look at the claims, hiding behind the flimsy excuse that the Trump campaign ‘lacked standing.’ Meanwhile, in county after county, turnout numbers shattered historical norms—and in some cases, the vote totals somehow exceeded the number of registered voters, once you factor in the mysterious “late additions” and unverifiable registrations that conveniently appeared after Election Day.
And let’s not forget what happened next. Anyone who dared to question the legitimacy of the 2020 results was instantly silenced. Social media platforms censored posts, nuked accounts, and slapped “misinformation” labels on any hint of skepticism. The message was clear: you’re not allowed to ask questions.
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Yet somehow, the people who simply wanted transparency in 2020—the ones who noticed the obvious anomalies and inconsistencies—were branded as extremists, enemies of the state, and a threat to ‘our democracy.’ The hypocrisy is staggering. When Democrats lose, it’s ‘rigged.’ When Republicans dare to ask questions, it’s ‘sedition.’
Trump continued, ‘I hope the DOJ pursues this with as much ‘gusto’ as befitting the biggest SCANDAL in American history! If not, it will happen again, including the upcoming Midterms.’ The post underscores the president’s insistence that the Justice Department take aggressive action, a stance consistent with his longstanding claims that Democrats, local election officials, and big tech coordinated efforts to suppress accurate reporting of vote counts and election irregularities.
Trump’s post seems to suggest that the Trump administration knows something, has found some evidence that could prompt a massive Department of Justice investigation. If Trump’s claims are substantiated, it could mean that the pieces of the 2020 election puzzle—the anomalous vote counts, ballot handling irregularities, and other anomalies—have been finally connected, and something big is on the horizon.
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https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/10/27/trump-reveals-we-now-know-everything-about-the-2020-election-n4945308
considering Ashelys diary, the most horrifying Halloween pic of all…
https://media.townhall.com/cdn/hodl/2024/304/9eee0375-34d6-4a8b-ba31-74522e2415f8-1052×615.jpg
Good fo Trump! Nobody voter for those grabber outfits. They do’t rate public money.
I’m getting what I voted for.