This one’s just plain #weird

The day after #SeanDuffy was confirmed as #Trump’s transportation secretary, he signed a memo dictating how federal #transportation funds should be allocated.

The list of new criteria included one directive that stood out: All of the department’s grant & loan programs should prioritize projects in “communities with marriage & birthrates higher than the national average,” to the extent allowed by #law.

[a buses for pregnant women policy?]
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/us/politics/trump-transportation-birth-rates.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare