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@ProPublica Happy 9/11 ... the value extractor private sector and creationist indoctrination system loses their favorite shield. trump doesnt seem to have the mesothelioma typical for a bystander at ground zero. #BeyondLeftist #Politics #Midterms2026 #NAGIZA

Fifty-three days, you fuckin blood-chanting shitweasels. We're coming with ballots, and we're bringing everybody. If I have to bring every fucking one of them myself. Gonna go cry in a corner now. Thank you.

https://thistleandmoss.com/p/bullets-bleachers-bullshit-smokestacks-dallas-chants-for-blood-while-the-epa-sells-your-lungs-to-the?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica

#Midterms2026 #GOTV #Trans #TransRights #LGBTQ #QueerNews #Politics #News #Journalism #HumanRights #Resist #Solidarity #Democracy #MutualAid #MutualAidRequest

Fifty-three days, you fuckin blood-chanting shitweasels. We're coming with ballots, and we're bringing everybody. If I have to bring every fucking one of them myself. Gonna go cry in a corner now. Thank you.

https://thistleandmoss.com/p/bullets-bleachers-bullshit-smokestacks-dallas-chants-for-blood-while-the-epa-sells-your-lungs-to-the?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica

#Midterms2026 #GOTV #Trans #TransRights #LGBTQ #QueerNews #Politics #News #Journalism #HumanRights #Resist #Solidarity #Democracy #MutualAid #MutualAidRequest

Fifty-three days, you fuckin blood-chanting shitweasels. We're coming with ballots, and we're bringing everybody. If I have to bring every fucking one of them myself. Gonna go cry in a corner now. Thank you.

https://thistleandmoss.com/p/bullets-bleachers-bullshit-smokestacks-dallas-chants-for-blood-while-the-epa-sells-your-lungs-to-the?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica

#Midterms2026 #GOTV #Trans #TransRights #LGBTQ #QueerNews #Politics #News #Journalism #HumanRights #Resist #Solidarity #Democracy #MutualAid #MutualAidRequest

Fifty-three days, you fuckin blood-chanting shitweasels. We're coming with ballots, and we're bringing everybody. If I have to bring every fucking one of them myself. Gonna go cry in a corner now. Thank you.

https://thistleandmoss.com/p/bullets-bleachers-bullshit-smokestacks-dallas-chants-for-blood-while-the-epa-sells-your-lungs-to-the?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica

#Midterms2026 #GOTV #Trans #TransRights #LGBTQ #QueerNews #Politics #News #Journalism #HumanRights #Resist #Solidarity #Democracy #MutualAid #MutualAidRequest

Fifty-three days, you fuckin blood-chanting shitweasels. We're coming with ballots, and we're bringing everybody. If I have to bring every fucking one of them myself. Gonna go cry in a corner now. Thank you.

https://thistleandmoss.com/p/bullets-bleachers-bullshit-smokestacks-dallas-chants-for-blood-while-the-epa-sells-your-lungs-to-the?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica

#Midterms2026 #GOTV #Trans #TransRights #LGBTQ #QueerNews #Politics #News #Journalism #HumanRights #Resist #Solidarity #Democracy #MutualAid #MutualAidRequest

I am fuckin pissed today. The angriest, most rage-driven I've been, and I cried probably 8 times writing this shit. I've had it up to FUCKING here (points above her head). How the fuck did we get here? Why are we here? Why do they want me dead

https://thistleandmoss.com/p/bullets-bleachers-bullshit-smokestacks-dallas-chants-for-blood-while-the-epa-sells-your-lungs-to-the?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica

#RNC #Midterms2026 #Trans #TransRights #LGBTQ #QueerNews #Politics #News #Journalism #HumanRights #Resist #Solidarity

https://www.europesays.com/fr/1179228/ Un an après l’assassinat de Charlie Kirk, les fissures du camp MAGA sont devenues des fractures #Actualités #Amériques #DonaldTrump #EtatsUnis #ÉtatsUnisD'Amérique #Midterms2026:LesélectionsDeMiMandatAuxEtatsUnis #News #Premium #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #US #USA

@JaneinNJ
Trump votes by mail, every time.

But it's somehow fraudulent if anyone else does it.
#USPol #TrumpHypocrisy #USPS #ElectionFraud #VoteByMail #SCOTUS #NYTimesEditorial #MidTerms2026

@JaneinNJ
Trump votes by mail, every time.

But it's somehow fraudulent if anyone else does it.
#USPol #TrumpHypocrisy #USPS #ElectionFraud #VoteByMail #SCOTUS #NYTimesEditorial #MidTerms2026

@JaneinNJ
Trump votes by mail, every time.

But it's somehow fraudulent if anyone else does it.
#USPol #TrumpHypocrisy #USPS #ElectionFraud #VoteByMail #SCOTUS #NYTimesEditorial #MidTerms2026

@JaneinNJ
Trump votes by mail, every time.

But it's somehow fraudulent if anyone else does it.
#USPol #TrumpHypocrisy #USPS #ElectionFraud #VoteByMail #SCOTUS #NYTimesEditorial #MidTerms2026

@JaneinNJ
Trump votes by mail, every time.

But it's somehow fraudulent if anyone else does it.
#USPol #TrumpHypocrisy #USPS #ElectionFraud #VoteByMail #SCOTUS #NYTimesEditorial #MidTerms2026

https://www.europesays.com/ch-fr/300288/ Déçus par Donald Trump, les jeunes hommes pourraient-ils faire basculer les élections de mi-mandat? #DonaldTrump #EtatsUnis #Genre #International #Midterms2026:LesélectionsDeMiMandatAuxEtatsUnis #Premium #World #WorldNews

🚨 TRUMP PROMISES AMERICANS A $5,000 “DIVIDEND” IF REPUBLICANS KEEP CONGRESS — BUT WHO PAYS FOR IT?

DALLAS — September 10, 2026 — President Donald Trump has made an extraordinary promise less than two months before the U.S. midterm elections:

If Republicans retain control of both the House and Senate on November 3, Trump says he wants to send **$5,000 to every adult American citizen**.

Trump unveiled the proposal Wednesday night at the Republican Party’s first-ever midterm convention in Dallas, calling the payment the:

**“Trump Dividend.”**

His condition was unmistakably political:

Republicans must keep control of Congress.

Trump also said the money would have to be **spent inside the United States**. But he gave no detailed explanation of where the enormous amount of money would come from or how the program would work.

## THE PRICE TAG: MORE THAN $1 TRILLION

This would not be a small stimulus program.

Reuters estimates that if approximately 270 million U.S. adults received $5,000 each, the total cost would reach roughly:

**$1.35 trillion.**

The actual figure could be lower depending on eligibility because Trump specifically referred to adult citizens, and Vice President JD Vance later suggested wealthy Americans might not receive the payment.

But even with exclusions, the cost would likely remain enormous.

For comparison, the United States is already running an annual federal budget deficit of nearly:

**$1.8 trillion.**

And the national debt recently passed:

**$40 trillion.**

Adding another trillion-dollar federal payment would therefore immediately raise questions about borrowing, inflation and the sustainability of government finances.

## TRUMP DIDN’T SAY WHERE THE MONEY WOULD COME FROM

Trump described the payment as a dividend generated by America’s economic success.

But he did not provide a financing plan.

Within an hour of Trump’s announcement, Vice President JD Vance suggested that **tariff revenues** could help fund the payments.

There is a major mathematical problem with that explanation.

According to the Associated Press, the amount required for the proposed dividends would **far exceed the tariff revenue collected by the federal government**.

So unless eligibility is dramatically restricted or another funding source is found, Congress would have to identify hundreds of billions — potentially more than $1 trillion — from somewhere else.

That could mean:

• higher government borrowing
• spending cuts elsewhere
• new taxes or revenue
• or some combination of all three

So far, no detailed legislation has been released.

## CAN TRUMP JUST SEND THE CHECKS HIMSELF?

No.

Despite Trump previously suggesting presidents may have broad authority over similar payments, the $5,000 program would require congressional authorization or congressional cooperation.

That is one reason the promise is tied so closely to Republicans maintaining control of both chambers.

Republican Senator Bernie Moreno has already said he intends to prepare legislation so the “Trump Dividend” could be passed immediately after the November election if Republicans win.

So voters should understand an important distinction:

**Trump has made a campaign promise.**

He has not created a $5,000 payment program.

No checks have been authorized.

No funding has been approved.

And no final eligibility rules currently exist.

## IS THIS LITERALLY “BUYING VOTES”?

Critics immediately described the promise as vote-buying.

Politically, it is easy to understand why.

Trump is effectively telling voters:

**Keep Republicans in power, and you could receive $5,000.**

But legally, the situation is more complicated.

An attorney consulted by the Associated Press said the proposal would not necessarily violate election laws because individual voters would not receive money in exchange for proving that they personally voted Republican.

The payment would instead be a government program available to qualifying Americans regardless of whether they voted Republican, Democratic, for another party — or did not vote at all.

That makes it fundamentally different from directly paying an individual for their vote.

Whether the eventual structure could face other legal challenges would depend on how Congress writes the legislation.

## THE TIMING IS IMPOSSIBLE TO IGNORE

Trump did not announce the proposal during a White House economic briefing.

He announced it at a **Republican midterm convention**, during an event specifically designed to help Republicans retain control of Congress.

Trump even urged voters to behave as though **he himself were on the ballot**.

Republicans currently face a difficult electoral environment.

Several GOP candidates in competitive races skipped the Dallas convention, while polling shows widespread dissatisfaction with the cost of living and the continuing war with Iran.

Trump’s approval ratings have also fallen sharply.

That makes the $5,000 announcement more than an economic proposal.

It is now part of the Republican Party’s strategy for winning the November midterms.

## AND THEN THERE’S THE INFLATION QUESTION

Sending enormous amounts of cash into the economy can boost consumer spending.

That is partly the point.

But if consumer demand increases faster than the economy’s ability to produce goods and services, prices can also rise.

The United States experienced a similar debate after the massive stimulus packages issued during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Those payments were introduced during an economic emergency.

Trump’s proposed dividend would arrive under very different circumstances — while the federal government is already running a huge deficit and carrying more than $40 trillion in debt.

That does not automatically mean a $5,000 payment would cause another inflation surge.

But a program potentially exceeding $1 trillion would be large enough that its economic consequences could not simply be ignored.

## THE “TRUMP DIVIDEND” HAS CHANGED BEFORE

Trump has previously floated the idea of returning government revenue directly to Americans.

Earlier in 2026, he proposed a smaller:

**$2,000 dividend.**

That proposal was never implemented.

Now the amount has jumped to:

**$5,000.**

And for the first time, Trump has explicitly linked the payment to Republicans winning an election.

That is what makes Wednesday’s announcement so politically unusual.

## CIVICOHUB FACT CHECK

**Has Trump promised $5,000 to every adult American citizen?**

YES.

Trump publicly announced the proposal at the Republican convention in Dallas.

**Will Americans definitely receive $5,000?**

NO.

There is currently no approved program, no enacted legislation and no detailed funding mechanism.

**Is receiving the money conditional on an individual voting Republican?**

NO.

Trump tied implementation of the program to Republicans controlling Congress, not to how an individual recipient personally votes.

**Would Congress have to approve it?**

YES.

Congressional action would be required to authorize such a massive federal payment.

**Can tariff revenue currently cover the entire proposal?**

NO.

Available tariff revenues are nowhere near enough to finance a universal $5,000 payment costing potentially more than $1 trillion.

**Could it add to the national debt?**

YES — unless Congress finds sufficient spending cuts or additional revenue to pay for it.

## THE BOTTOM LINE

This is not yet a government benefit.

It is an election promise.

And it is an extraordinary one.

Less than two months before Americans decide control of Congress, the president is telling voters that a Republican victory could produce a **$5,000 payment for every qualifying adult citizen**.

Potential price tag:

**More than $1 trillion.**

Current national debt:

**More than $40 trillion.**

Detailed funding plan:

**None announced.**

Congressional approval:

**Still required.**

Trump calls it a dividend from America’s economic success.

His critics will inevitably call it something else.

But before deciding what to call it, there is a simpler question voters deserve answered:

**Where does the $5,000 come from?**

Until the White House and Congress provide that answer, the “Trump Dividend” remains a campaign promise — not a check in the mail.

Sources: Reuters, Associated Press, NOS — September 9–10, 2026.

#news #Trump #TrumpDividend #USPolitics #Midterms2026 #Republicans #Congress #Economy #NationalDebt #Inflation #Tariffs #FactCheck #Election2026 #FollowTheMoney

🚨 TRUMP PROMISES AMERICANS A $5,000 “DIVIDEND” IF REPUBLICANS KEEP CONGRESS — BUT WHO PAYS FOR IT?

DALLAS — September 10, 2026 — President Donald Trump has made an extraordinary promise less than two months before the U.S. midterm elections:

If Republicans retain control of both the House and Senate on November 3, Trump says he wants to send **$5,000 to every adult American citizen**.

Trump unveiled the proposal Wednesday night at the Republican Party’s first-ever midterm convention in Dallas, calling the payment the:

**“Trump Dividend.”**

His condition was unmistakably political:

Republicans must keep control of Congress.

Trump also said the money would have to be **spent inside the United States**. But he gave no detailed explanation of where the enormous amount of money would come from or how the program would work.

## THE PRICE TAG: MORE THAN $1 TRILLION

This would not be a small stimulus program.

Reuters estimates that if approximately 270 million U.S. adults received $5,000 each, the total cost would reach roughly:

**$1.35 trillion.**

The actual figure could be lower depending on eligibility because Trump specifically referred to adult citizens, and Vice President JD Vance later suggested wealthy Americans might not receive the payment.

But even with exclusions, the cost would likely remain enormous.

For comparison, the United States is already running an annual federal budget deficit of nearly:

**$1.8 trillion.**

And the national debt recently passed:

**$40 trillion.**

Adding another trillion-dollar federal payment would therefore immediately raise questions about borrowing, inflation and the sustainability of government finances.

## TRUMP DIDN’T SAY WHERE THE MONEY WOULD COME FROM

Trump described the payment as a dividend generated by America’s economic success.

But he did not provide a financing plan.

Within an hour of Trump’s announcement, Vice President JD Vance suggested that **tariff revenues** could help fund the payments.

There is a major mathematical problem with that explanation.

According to the Associated Press, the amount required for the proposed dividends would **far exceed the tariff revenue collected by the federal government**.

So unless eligibility is dramatically restricted or another funding source is found, Congress would have to identify hundreds of billions — potentially more than $1 trillion — from somewhere else.

That could mean:

• higher government borrowing
• spending cuts elsewhere
• new taxes or revenue
• or some combination of all three

So far, no detailed legislation has been released.

## CAN TRUMP JUST SEND THE CHECKS HIMSELF?

No.

Despite Trump previously suggesting presidents may have broad authority over similar payments, the $5,000 program would require congressional authorization or congressional cooperation.

That is one reason the promise is tied so closely to Republicans maintaining control of both chambers.

Republican Senator Bernie Moreno has already said he intends to prepare legislation so the “Trump Dividend” could be passed immediately after the November election if Republicans win.

So voters should understand an important distinction:

**Trump has made a campaign promise.**

He has not created a $5,000 payment program.

No checks have been authorized.

No funding has been approved.

And no final eligibility rules currently exist.

## IS THIS LITERALLY “BUYING VOTES”?

Critics immediately described the promise as vote-buying.

Politically, it is easy to understand why.

Trump is effectively telling voters:

**Keep Republicans in power, and you could receive $5,000.**

But legally, the situation is more complicated.

An attorney consulted by the Associated Press said the proposal would not necessarily violate election laws because individual voters would not receive money in exchange for proving that they personally voted Republican.

The payment would instead be a government program available to qualifying Americans regardless of whether they voted Republican, Democratic, for another party — or did not vote at all.

That makes it fundamentally different from directly paying an individual for their vote.

Whether the eventual structure could face other legal challenges would depend on how Congress writes the legislation.

## THE TIMING IS IMPOSSIBLE TO IGNORE

Trump did not announce the proposal during a White House economic briefing.

He announced it at a **Republican midterm convention**, during an event specifically designed to help Republicans retain control of Congress.

Trump even urged voters to behave as though **he himself were on the ballot**.

Republicans currently face a difficult electoral environment.

Several GOP candidates in competitive races skipped the Dallas convention, while polling shows widespread dissatisfaction with the cost of living and the continuing war with Iran.

Trump’s approval ratings have also fallen sharply.

That makes the $5,000 announcement more than an economic proposal.

It is now part of the Republican Party’s strategy for winning the November midterms.

## AND THEN THERE’S THE INFLATION QUESTION

Sending enormous amounts of cash into the economy can boost consumer spending.

That is partly the point.

But if consumer demand increases faster than the economy’s ability to produce goods and services, prices can also rise.

The United States experienced a similar debate after the massive stimulus packages issued during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Those payments were introduced during an economic emergency.

Trump’s proposed dividend would arrive under very different circumstances — while the federal government is already running a huge deficit and carrying more than $40 trillion in debt.

That does not automatically mean a $5,000 payment would cause another inflation surge.

But a program potentially exceeding $1 trillion would be large enough that its economic consequences could not simply be ignored.

## THE “TRUMP DIVIDEND” HAS CHANGED BEFORE

Trump has previously floated the idea of returning government revenue directly to Americans.

Earlier in 2026, he proposed a smaller:

**$2,000 dividend.**

That proposal was never implemented.

Now the amount has jumped to:

**$5,000.**

And for the first time, Trump has explicitly linked the payment to Republicans winning an election.

That is what makes Wednesday’s announcement so politically unusual.

## CIVICOHUB FACT CHECK

**Has Trump promised $5,000 to every adult American citizen?**

YES.

Trump publicly announced the proposal at the Republican convention in Dallas.

**Will Americans definitely receive $5,000?**

NO.

There is currently no approved program, no enacted legislation and no detailed funding mechanism.

**Is receiving the money conditional on an individual voting Republican?**

NO.

Trump tied implementation of the program to Republicans controlling Congress, not to how an individual recipient personally votes.

**Would Congress have to approve it?**

YES.

Congressional action would be required to authorize such a massive federal payment.

**Can tariff revenue currently cover the entire proposal?**

NO.

Available tariff revenues are nowhere near enough to finance a universal $5,000 payment costing potentially more than $1 trillion.

**Could it add to the national debt?**

YES — unless Congress finds sufficient spending cuts or additional revenue to pay for it.

## THE BOTTOM LINE

This is not yet a government benefit.

It is an election promise.

And it is an extraordinary one.

Less than two months before Americans decide control of Congress, the president is telling voters that a Republican victory could produce a **$5,000 payment for every qualifying adult citizen**.

Potential price tag:

**More than $1 trillion.**

Current national debt:

**More than $40 trillion.**

Detailed funding plan:

**None announced.**

Congressional approval:

**Still required.**

Trump calls it a dividend from America’s economic success.

His critics will inevitably call it something else.

But before deciding what to call it, there is a simpler question voters deserve answered:

**Where does the $5,000 come from?**

Until the White House and Congress provide that answer, the “Trump Dividend” remains a campaign promise — not a check in the mail.

Sources: Reuters, Associated Press, NOS — September 9–10, 2026.

#news #Trump #TrumpDividend #USPolitics #Midterms2026 #Republicans #Congress #Economy #NationalDebt #Inflation #Tariffs #FactCheck #Election2026 #FollowTheMoney

🚨 FAFO, BITCHES ⚖️

> Today, a coalition of locally elected district attorneys and prosecutors from across the United States have officially put the Trump administration on notice: any federal agent who shows up at a polling place in violation of state or federal law will be investigated and prosecuted under the laws of the jurisdiction in which they act. And they will be jailed, if needed.

The announcement, made by the Project for the Fight Against Federal Overreach — “FAFO” — was first reported by Politico and comes a week after President Trump refused to rule out deploying ICE officers to polling locations during the November elections.

-- Miles Taylor, May 19, 2026

https://open.substack.com/pub/defiance/p/local-prosecutors-warn-trump-if-you

#midtermelections #midterms2026
#midtermelections2026
#votingrights #voting2026
#voting #ICE #votingpolls
#FAFO #novemberelections
#novemberrevolution #trump #NovemberMidterms #politico #novemberreckoning #defianceorg
#milestaylor #pollingstations
#pollingstationstargeted

🚨 FAFO, BITCHES ⚖️

> Today, a coalition of locally elected district attorneys and prosecutors from across the United States have officially put the Trump administration on notice: any federal agent who shows up at a polling place in violation of state or federal law will be investigated and prosecuted under the laws of the jurisdiction in which they act. And they will be jailed, if needed.

The announcement, made by the Project for the Fight Against Federal Overreach — “FAFO” — was first reported by Politico and comes a week after President Trump refused to rule out deploying ICE officers to polling locations during the November elections.

-- Miles Taylor, May 19, 2026

https://open.substack.com/pub/defiance/p/local-prosecutors-warn-trump-if-you

#midtermelections #midterms2026
#midtermelections2026
#votingrights #voting2026
#voting #ICE #votingpolls
#FAFO #novemberelections
#novemberrevolution #trump #NovemberMidterms #politico #novemberreckoning #defianceorg
#milestaylor #pollingstations
#pollingstationstargeted

People that go out of their way to denounce #hasanpiker rather than (*checks notes*) war on Iran, our lapdog like support of Israel, the kidnapping of Maduro, ICE kidnapping our neighbors, DOGE theft and pillaging, the destruction of USAID, our bombing of Ecuador and Nigeria, our sabre rattling at Cuba, et. al. should not only be expelled from politics, they should be shunned from society as pariahs.
#hasanabi #midterms2026 #thedemocratsarepathetic