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#ToddBlanche like no good attorney ever, tells a Federal Judge "You're not the boss of me" and thus confirms the illegal "Anti-Weaponization Fund"/#Jan6 #SlushFund is a going concern if they would just turn off the spotlights so the conspirators can plot some more.
In Floyd v. Department of Justice (1:26-cv-01399) District Court, E.D. Virginia https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73383692/floyd-v-department-of-justice/ Doc 93 is a refusal of Todd Blanche + two others to swear under oath that the "Anti-Weaponization Fund" is 100% dead and never to be revived, which was the condition Judge Brinkema gave in the order (Doc 85) before the case could be called moot.
> to avoid any further litigation in this civil action, defendants Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward, Jr., and Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent FILE a declaration under the penalty of perjury that they will not take any action to create or operate the Anti-Weaponization Fund, and that the Anti-Weaponization Fund will not proceed in any manner, or under any name.
— Order of District Judge Brinkema, Doc 85, 2026/06/12Well, they didn't do it.
> the Court’s demands are unnecessary. And its presumption that mootness can arise only by compelling testimony from three senior government officials “implicate[s] separation of powers concerns”
I believe the Court's demands *are* necessary. And I think we need all three of them because two of them might be liars. What do you think?
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#ToddBlanche like no good attorney ever, tells a Federal Judge "You're not the boss of me" and thus confirms the illegal "Anti-Weaponization Fund"/#Jan6 #SlushFund is a going concern if they would just turn off the spotlights so the conspirators can plot some more.
In Floyd v. Department of Justice (1:26-cv-01399) District Court, E.D. Virginia https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73383692/floyd-v-department-of-justice/ Doc 93 is a refusal of Todd Blanche + two others to swear under oath that the "Anti-Weaponization Fund" is 100% dead and never to be revived, which was the condition Judge Brinkema gave in the order (Doc 85) before the case could be called moot.
> to avoid any further litigation in this civil action, defendants Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward, Jr., and Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent FILE a declaration under the penalty of perjury that they will not take any action to create or operate the Anti-Weaponization Fund, and that the Anti-Weaponization Fund will not proceed in any manner, or under any name.
— Order of District Judge Brinkema, Doc 85, 2026/06/12Well, they didn't do it.
> the Court’s demands are unnecessary. And its presumption that mootness can arise only by compelling testimony from three senior government officials “implicate[s] separation of powers concerns”
I believe the Court's demands *are* necessary. And I think we need all three of them because two of them might be liars. What do you think?
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“We have been receiving troubling reports that you may be using part of the budget of the FBI as a personal slush fund to make tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars in unlawful ‘bonus’ payments to loyalist MAGA henchmen who have engaged in misconduct,” says a letter from Rep. Jamie Raskin to Patel.
https://www.ms.now/news/kash-patel-may-have-a-personal-slush-fund-of-taxpayer-dollars-to-pay-loyalist-agents-says-raskin #KashPatel #FBI #SlushFund #corruption #JamieRaskin #HouseJudiciaryCommittee #HJC
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“We have been receiving troubling reports that you may be using part of the budget of the FBI as a personal slush fund to make tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars in unlawful ‘bonus’ payments to loyalist MAGA henchmen who have engaged in misconduct,” says a letter from Rep. Jamie Raskin to Patel.
https://www.ms.now/news/kash-patel-may-have-a-personal-slush-fund-of-taxpayer-dollars-to-pay-loyalist-agents-says-raskin #KashPatel #FBI #SlushFund #corruption #JamieRaskin #HouseJudiciaryCommittee #HJC
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Sometime in the last 100 minutes (actually hours now that I took the time to read it) the filing happened. So here it is, Doc 89 from #Trump v. #IRS and the #Jan6 #SlushFund fake #settlement by the #ToddBlanche #DOJ.
The motion title is preposterous as you only get so many bites at the apple.
The document is signed by Alejandro Brito and Daniel Z. Epstein Trump's run-of-the-mill Florida and D.C. lawyers. Also by Richard C. Klugh, Trump's muscle lawyer for criminal defense and appellate issues. I think I have an opinion as to who wrote most of this.
On the issues of #collusion / #trueAdversity
• The suit has merit (if you ignore the gap between requested relief and the statutory cap *and* the statute of limitations since the date Trump's own lawyer made public announcements about Littlejohn's leaks) (p. 18)
• The Biden IRS issued a press release saying *Trump's IRS* failed to prevent the leak and that security was improved , again on Biden's watch. (p. 18)
• It's really adverse since *some* of the plaintiffs (being Trump's family and business holdings) aren't even in government (p. 19)
• The claims, moreover, presented genuine legal complexity, so complex that the DOJ didn't bother to show up or argue (p. 19)
• Just because all parties agreed on one legal question, doesn't mean that there wasn't #trueAdversity, just no evidence of adversity. (pp. 19–20)
• Just because 35 retired judges and the present judge think there is every appearance of collusion doesn't mean you have evidence of collusion. Where's your evidence? (p. 20)
• They ignore that it has every appearance of a manufactured fake controversy and not a real one. -
Sometime in the last 100 minutes (actually hours now that I took the time to read it) the filing happened. So here it is, Doc 89 from #Trump v. #IRS and the #Jan6 #SlushFund fake #settlement by the #ToddBlanche #DOJ.
The motion title is preposterous as you only get so many bites at the apple.
The document is signed by Alejandro Brito and Daniel Z. Epstein Trump's run-of-the-mill Florida and D.C. lawyers. Also by Richard C. Klugh, Trump's muscle lawyer for criminal defense and appellate issues. I think I have an opinion as to who wrote most of this.
On the issues of #collusion / #trueAdversity
• The suit has merit (if you ignore the gap between requested relief and the statutory cap *and* the statute of limitations since the date Trump's own lawyer made public announcements about Littlejohn's leaks) (p. 18)
• The Biden IRS issued a press release saying *Trump's IRS* failed to prevent the leak and that security was improved , again on Biden's watch. (p. 18)
• It's really adverse since *some* of the plaintiffs (being Trump's family and business holdings) aren't even in government (p. 19)
• The claims, moreover, presented genuine legal complexity, so complex that the DOJ didn't bother to show up or argue (p. 19)
• Just because all parties agreed on one legal question, doesn't mean that there wasn't #trueAdversity, just no evidence of adversity. (pp. 19–20)
• Just because 35 retired judges and the present judge think there is every appearance of collusion doesn't mean you have evidence of collusion. Where's your evidence? (p. 20)
• They ignore that it has every appearance of a manufactured fake controversy and not a real one. -
Also for today:
In Trump v. Internal Revenue Service (26-cv-20609) District Court, S.D. Florida https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72207870/trump-v-internal-revenue-service/ we have the deadline for #Trump, the #DOJ, the #IRS to explain the #Jan6 #SlushFund fake #settlement
> Plaintiffs shall file a response to the Motion (DE 63) on or before June 12, 2026, detailing their position on the matters set forth in the Motion, including (1) the charges of collusion and whether the Parties are truly adverse; (2) the assertion that the dismissal in this case was premised on deception by the Parties; and (3) the question of whether the case should be reopened because the Court was the “victim of a fraud.”
— Doc 65, 2026/05/29
It says file, yet according to the docket they have only 3 hours left. Tick. Tock.
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Also for today:
In Trump v. Internal Revenue Service (26-cv-20609) District Court, S.D. Florida https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72207870/trump-v-internal-revenue-service/ we have the deadline for #Trump, the #DOJ, the #IRS to explain the #Jan6 #SlushFund fake #settlement
> Plaintiffs shall file a response to the Motion (DE 63) on or before June 12, 2026, detailing their position on the matters set forth in the Motion, including (1) the charges of collusion and whether the Parties are truly adverse; (2) the assertion that the dismissal in this case was premised on deception by the Parties; and (3) the question of whether the case should be reopened because the Court was the “victim of a fraud.”
— Doc 65, 2026/05/29
It says file, yet according to the docket they have only 3 hours left. Tick. Tock.
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Floyd v. Department of Justice (26-cv-01399) District Court, E.D. Virginia https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73383692/floyd-v-department-of-justice/ #DOJ #Trump #Jan6 #SlushFund doc 85 continues.
> ORDERED that if defendants have transferred or caused to be transferred any money to an account for the Anti-Weaponization Fund, they shall immediately reverse that transfer;
> ORDERED that defendants shall submit a status report within seven days of this Order updating the Court on compliance with this Order’s terms, including confirmation that no payments have been made from the Anti-Weaponization Fund, and that no funding has been transferred to an account for the Anti-Weaponization Fund, or if it has, that that transfer has been reversed.
Plus reports from the antics from the courtroom:
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rL2TKjPcOWU
• https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/06/12/federal-judge-indefinitely-blocks-trumps-18-billion-payout-fund/ -
Floyd v. Department of Justice (26-cv-01399) District Court, E.D. Virginia https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73383692/floyd-v-department-of-justice/ #DOJ #Trump #Jan6 #SlushFund doc 85 continues.
> ORDERED that if defendants have transferred or caused to be transferred any money to an account for the Anti-Weaponization Fund, they shall immediately reverse that transfer;
> ORDERED that defendants shall submit a status report within seven days of this Order updating the Court on compliance with this Order’s terms, including confirmation that no payments have been made from the Anti-Weaponization Fund, and that no funding has been transferred to an account for the Anti-Weaponization Fund, or if it has, that that transfer has been reversed.
Plus reports from the antics from the courtroom:
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rL2TKjPcOWU
• https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/06/12/federal-judge-indefinitely-blocks-trumps-18-billion-payout-fund/ -
Floyd v. Department of Justice (26-cv-01399) District Court, E.D. Virginia https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73383692/floyd-v-department-of-justice/ #DOJ #Trump #Jan6 #SlushFund
Update 2026/06/12 DOJ's lack of transparency means Judge #Brinkema not convinced they've abandoned attempts to pay off Trump's goon squad. All quotes from Doc 85.
> ORDERED that, to avoid any further litigation in this civil action, defendants Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward, Jr., and Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent FILE a declaration under the penalty of perjury that they will not take any action to create or operate the Anti-Weaponization Fund, and that the Anti-Weaponization Fund will not proceed in any manner, or under any name.
> ORDERED that to ensure the status quo, the following preliminary injunction be and is IMMEDIATELY ENTERED, effective today, until further Order from the Court. Specifically, defendants be and are ENJOINED from taking any action to create or operate the Anti-Weaponization Fund, including but not limited to transferring or causing to be transferred any money to the Anti-Weaponization Fund; processing any claim submitted to the Anti-Weaponization Fund; making any payment out of the Anti-Weaponization Fund; appointing any member to manage the Anti-Weaponization Fund; establishing any rules or procedures governing the Anti-Weaponization Fund; destroying any documents relating to the Anti-Weaponization Fund, its creation, its procedures, or claims submitted to the Anti-Weaponization Fund; reconstituting the Anti-Weaponization Fund under a different name; or taking any actions under the purported authority of the Anti-Weaponization Fund;
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Floyd v. Department of Justice (26-cv-01399) District Court, E.D. Virginia https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73383692/floyd-v-department-of-justice/ #DOJ #Trump #Jan6 #SlushFund
Update 2026/06/12 DOJ's lack of transparency means Judge #Brinkema not convinced they've abandoned attempts to pay off Trump's goon squad. All quotes from Doc 85.
> ORDERED that, to avoid any further litigation in this civil action, defendants Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward, Jr., and Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent FILE a declaration under the penalty of perjury that they will not take any action to create or operate the Anti-Weaponization Fund, and that the Anti-Weaponization Fund will not proceed in any manner, or under any name.
> ORDERED that to ensure the status quo, the following preliminary injunction be and is IMMEDIATELY ENTERED, effective today, until further Order from the Court. Specifically, defendants be and are ENJOINED from taking any action to create or operate the Anti-Weaponization Fund, including but not limited to transferring or causing to be transferred any money to the Anti-Weaponization Fund; processing any claim submitted to the Anti-Weaponization Fund; making any payment out of the Anti-Weaponization Fund; appointing any member to manage the Anti-Weaponization Fund; establishing any rules or procedures governing the Anti-Weaponization Fund; destroying any documents relating to the Anti-Weaponization Fund, its creation, its procedures, or claims submitted to the Anti-Weaponization Fund; reconstituting the Anti-Weaponization Fund under a different name; or taking any actions under the purported authority of the Anti-Weaponization Fund;
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"A federal judge slapped a preliminary injunction on Pres. Donald Trump’s so-called “Anti-Weaponization Fund” for Jan. 6 rioters on Friday. Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s Plan To Compensate #January6th Rioters":
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/judge-puts-stop-on-trump-slush-fund_n_6a2c20b9e4b0942fb777b586
#SlushFund #politics copy: @renewedresistance -
"A federal judge slapped a preliminary injunction on Pres. Donald Trump’s so-called “Anti-Weaponization Fund” for Jan. 6 rioters on Friday. Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s Plan To Compensate #January6th Rioters":
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/judge-puts-stop-on-trump-slush-fund_n_6a2c20b9e4b0942fb777b586
#SlushFund #politics copy: @renewedresistance -
…despite #DOJ officials claiming the effort is dead.…, US District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema issued a preliminary injunction blocking the fund…. She forcefully rejected the government’s arguments that the case was moot, citing #Trump’s praising of the idea & acting AG #ToddBlanche’s unwillingness to say under the penalty of perjury that the admin will not try to stand it up in the future.
#law #judiciary #criminal #fraud #theft #TaxpayersMoney #kleptocracy #MafiaState #Jan6 #SlushFund
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…despite #DOJ officials claiming the effort is dead.…, US District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema issued a preliminary injunction blocking the fund…. She forcefully rejected the government’s arguments that the case was moot, citing #Trump’s praising of the idea & acting AG #ToddBlanche’s unwillingness to say under the penalty of perjury that the admin will not try to stand it up in the future.
#law #judiciary #criminal #fraud #theft #TaxpayersMoney #kleptocracy #MafiaState #Jan6 #SlushFund
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Yes!
Federal judge indefinitely blocks Trump’s $1.8 billion payout #SlushFund
US District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema said the government has not provided “absolute certainty” it won’t try to resurrect the fund in the future.#Trump #law #judiciary #criminal #fraud #DOJ #JudicialProcess #theft #TaxpayersMoney #kleptocracy #MafiaState #Jan6 #militia #MAGASlushFund
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/06/12/federal-judge-indefinitely-blocks-trumps-18-billion-payout-fund/ -
Yes!
Federal judge indefinitely blocks Trump’s $1.8 billion payout #SlushFund
US District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema said the government has not provided “absolute certainty” it won’t try to resurrect the fund in the future.#Trump #law #judiciary #criminal #fraud #DOJ #JudicialProcess #theft #TaxpayersMoney #kleptocracy #MafiaState #Jan6 #militia #MAGASlushFund
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/06/12/federal-judge-indefinitely-blocks-trumps-18-billion-payout-fund/ -
Wo Trump gerade einen Slush Fund (deutsch Reptilienfond/schwarze Kasse) aufbauen will, wäre es nicht an der Zeit mal genauer bei AfD und ggf. auch der CSU nachzusehen.
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Wo Trump gerade einen Slush Fund (deutsch Reptilienfond/schwarze Kasse) aufbauen will, wäre es nicht an der Zeit mal genauer bei AfD und ggf. auch der CSU nachzusehen.
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#TheGremlinZoo #USPol #SlushFund #Jan6
From CBS News.com: Judge declines to halt "anti-weaponization fund" since Blanche says it's dead, but warns DOJ not to "play possum"
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-declines-halt-anti-weaponization-fund-blanche-trump-play-possum/
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#TheGremlinZoo #USPol #SlushFund #Jan6
From CBS News.com: Judge declines to halt "anti-weaponization fund" since Blanche says it's dead, but warns DOJ not to "play possum"
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-declines-halt-anti-weaponization-fund-blanche-trump-play-possum/
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Three full minutes of #TrumpVIrus #truth - on #Fox #disinformation #cult #media !
My my my.... 🕷️ 🪰
Seen on "X" @ https://x.com/allenanalysis/status/2064507020540088691?s=20
#JamieRaskin testifies on #emoluments #slushfund #Jan6 #felons, #corruption, #conspiracy contempt for #law #justice
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Three full minutes of #TrumpVIrus #truth - on #Fox #disinformation #cult #media !
My my my.... 🕷️ 🪰
Seen on "X" @ https://x.com/allenanalysis/status/2064507020540088691?s=20
#JamieRaskin testifies on #emoluments #slushfund #Jan6 #felons, #corruption, #conspiracy contempt for #law #justice
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#Trump nominated his fmr personal atty #ToddBlanche to serve as AG, elevating a loyal lickspittle who, as the acting AG, has shown a willingness to execute Trump’s outrageous demands. The announcement comes as scrutiny of Blanche intensifies over his role in a plan to create a $1.8 billion #SlushFund with #TaxpayersMoney to pay those claiming they were victims of government mistreatment, including #insurgents who attacked the Capitol on #Jan6, 2021.
#law #LegalEthics
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/08/us/politics/trump-todd-blanche-attorney-general.html?smid=url-share&smid=nytcore-ios-share&rsrc=cl-share -
#Trump nominated his fmr personal atty #ToddBlanche to serve as AG, elevating a loyal lickspittle who, as the acting AG, has shown a willingness to execute Trump’s outrageous demands. The announcement comes as scrutiny of Blanche intensifies over his role in a plan to create a $1.8 billion #SlushFund with #TaxpayersMoney to pay those claiming they were victims of government mistreatment, including #insurgents who attacked the Capitol on #Jan6, 2021.
#law #LegalEthics
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/08/us/politics/trump-todd-blanche-attorney-general.html?smid=url-share&smid=nytcore-ios-share&rsrc=cl-share -
#Trump sat for an interview with “#MeetThePress” moderator #KristenWelker Friday, discussing topics including the war with #Iran, #GasPrices & the “anti-weaponization” #SlushFund.
Throughout the interview, which aired Sunday, Trump made a series of false, misleading or exaggerated comments [#lies].
#NBC News reporters dug into some of Trump’s remarks. Here are the facts behind the claims.
#FreePress #trumpaganda #propaganda
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/fact-checking-trump-interview-meet-press-june-2026-rcna348518 -
#Trump sat for an interview with “#MeetThePress” moderator #KristenWelker Friday, discussing topics including the war with #Iran, #GasPrices & the “anti-weaponization” #SlushFund.
Throughout the interview, which aired Sunday, Trump made a series of false, misleading or exaggerated comments [#lies].
#NBC News reporters dug into some of Trump’s remarks. Here are the facts behind the claims.
#FreePress #trumpaganda #propaganda
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/fact-checking-trump-interview-meet-press-june-2026-rcna348518 -
#Trump abruptly ends #interview with NBC’s ‘#MeetThePress’
During the conversation Trump dismissed the idea that launching the #war with #Iran this year betrayed his campaign message of “No new wars.” At the end, #KristenWelker pressed Trump on the “#settlement” #SlushFund & his false claims about the #California #election.
#FreePress #FakeCheck #TrumpLies #trumpaganda #propaganda
https://apnews.com/article/trump-iran-war-settlement-fund-california-election-a0517d4d0f0d38abd8d403b42ef5da0e -
#Trump abruptly ends #interview with NBC’s ‘#MeetThePress’
During the conversation Trump dismissed the idea that launching the #war with #Iran this year betrayed his campaign message of “No new wars.” At the end, #KristenWelker pressed Trump on the “#settlement” #SlushFund & his false claims about the #California #election.
#FreePress #FakeCheck #TrumpLies #trumpaganda #propaganda
https://apnews.com/article/trump-iran-war-settlement-fund-california-election-a0517d4d0f0d38abd8d403b42ef5da0e -
RE: https://mastodon.social/@RonSupportsYou/116711102452261960
Pres. Donald Trump can he seen and heard saying these shocking things to Kristin Welker on #MeetThePress, as the message I previously boosted shows.
Trump also said: "If it was up to me, I'd pay them the money they deserve."
It is up to him: Trump is so rich that he could pay them with his own money, but he prefers to have American taxpayers pay them.
copy: @renewedresistance #politics #SlushFund #RewardingViolenceAgainstThePolice -
RE: https://mastodon.social/@RonSupportsYou/116711102452261960
Pres. Donald Trump can he seen and heard saying these shocking things to Kristin Welker on #MeetThePress, as the message I previously boosted shows.
Trump also said: "If it was up to me, I'd pay them the money they deserve."
It is up to him: Trump is so rich that he could pay them with his own money, but he prefers to have American taxpayers pay them.
copy: @renewedresistance #politics #SlushFund #RewardingViolenceAgainstThePolice -
Hmm. Just watched the MTP Welker interview of Trump. He's angry and bitter. But he clearly identified himself as the most victimized victim of the Biden government, for whom he insists the $1.8B "Anti-weaponization Fund" is meant to compensate. Did we miss the actual plan? Is most of that $1.8B taxpayer paid slush fund meant to compensate aggrieved "victim" Billionaire Donald Trump? Was this the plan all along?
The fund doesn't exempt Trump from giving himself our money. Right?
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Hmm. Just watched the MTP Welker interview of Trump. He's angry and bitter. But he clearly identified himself as the most victimized victim of the Biden government, for whom he insists the $1.8B "Anti-weaponization Fund" is meant to compensate. Did we miss the actual plan? Is most of that $1.8B taxpayer paid slush fund meant to compensate aggrieved "victim" Billionaire Donald Trump? Was this the plan all along?
The fund doesn't exempt Trump from giving himself our money. Right?
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Jesse Lee: "It is totally obscene that the Republican solution to people's outrage over Trump’s crooked slush fund was just kabuki theatre, where they let it through, but they vote for versions of amendments they know won’t pass. They weren’t angry about the corruption, just having to answer for it."
#RewardingViolenceAgainstThePolice #politics #SlushFund -
Jesse Lee: "It is totally obscene that the Republican solution to people's outrage over Trump’s crooked slush fund was just kabuki theatre, where they let it through, but they vote for versions of amendments they know won’t pass. They weren’t angry about the corruption, just having to answer for it."
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Trump vs GOP, $1.776B fund & more | Kaitlan behind the scenes
A day-by-day look behind the scenes as Kaitlan Collins covers the White House for CNN during the latter half of May. 0:00 Iran, the $1.776B fund and Thomas Massie 3:21 Explaining the 'anti-weaponization fund' 4:25 Trump vs GOP on the fund 5:11 Memorial Day, 2026 7:03 Mayor Mamdani on the Knicks 8:11 The $250 bill Watch more CNN here: #IranWar #SlushFund #News
https://fllics.com/en/video/trump-vs-gop-1-776b-fund-more-kaitlan-behind-the-scenes/
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Trump vs GOP, $1.776B fund & more | Kaitlan behind the scenes
A day-by-day look behind the scenes as Kaitlan Collins covers the White House for CNN during the latter half of May. 0:00 Iran, the $1.776B fund and Thomas Massie 3:21 Explaining the 'anti-weaponization fund' 4:25 Trump vs GOP on the fund 5:11 Memorial Day, 2026 7:03 Mayor Mamdani on the Knicks 8:11 The $250 bill Watch more CNN here: #IranWar #SlushFund #News
https://fllics.com/en/video/trump-vs-gop-1-776b-fund-more-kaitlan-behind-the-scenes/
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Sen. Susan Collins, an especially dishonest Republican, can vote against Trump, unless Trump needs her vote to win on an issue:
Matthew Yglesias: "A Collins classic here where she joins Democrats in the failed vote to block Trump’s slush fund so she can say she was against it, but when they needed her vote to get it over the top she was there for them."
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Sen. Susan Collins, an especially dishonest Republican, can vote against Trump, unless Trump needs her vote to win on an issue:
Matthew Yglesias: "A Collins classic here where she joins Democrats in the failed vote to block Trump’s slush fund so she can say she was against it, but when they needed her vote to get it over the top she was there for them."
#politics #dishonesty #SlushFund -
#TheGremlinZoo #USPol #Senate #ICE #SlushFund
From WTOP.com: Senate OKs $70B immigration bill after rejecting efforts to permanently ban Trump’s settlement fund
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#Trump Keeps #Immunity From #IRS, a Victory in a Long Feud
Even as they rebelled against a $1.8B #SlushFund for Trump’s allies, #Republicans looked the other way as his admin granted him lucrative #tax protections.
#Senate Republican anger about Trump’s $1.8B fund for people who claim to be victims of federal overreach was loud & apparent.
…Not so for sweeping protections from IRS audits that #ToddBlanche also ordered up for Trump, his family & his businesses.
#law
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/us/politics/trump-immunity-tax-audit.html?unlocked_article_code=1.n1A.gcSQ.hiZiiEEk4rpF&smid=nytcore-ios-share -
#Trump Keeps #Immunity From #IRS, a Victory in a Long Feud
Even as they rebelled against a $1.8B #SlushFund for Trump’s allies, #Republicans looked the other way as his admin granted him lucrative #tax protections.
#Senate Republican anger about Trump’s $1.8B fund for people who claim to be victims of federal overreach was loud & apparent.
…Not so for sweeping protections from IRS audits that #ToddBlanche also ordered up for Trump, his family & his businesses.
#law
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/us/politics/trump-immunity-tax-audit.html?unlocked_article_code=1.n1A.gcSQ.hiZiiEEk4rpF&smid=nytcore-ios-share -
Cassidy’s amendment to compensate the injured police officers was a pointed rebuke, as payouts from Trump’s #SlushFund could have potentially gone to Trump supporters who beat police & attacked the Capitol on #Jan6. Cassidy lost reelection last month after #Trump endorsed a primary opponent.
He said that, despite #ToddBlanche’s comments, the fund is still part of an active settlement and “absolutely can be used.”
#law #criminal #fraud #DOJ #theft #TaxpayersMoney #kleptocracy #MafiaState
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Cassidy’s amendment to compensate the injured police officers was a pointed rebuke, as payouts from Trump’s #SlushFund could have potentially gone to Trump supporters who beat police & attacked the Capitol on #Jan6. Cassidy lost reelection last month after #Trump endorsed a primary opponent.
He said that, despite #ToddBlanche’s comments, the fund is still part of an active settlement and “absolutely can be used.”
#law #criminal #fraud #DOJ #theft #TaxpayersMoney #kleptocracy #MafiaState
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#Republicans cleared the last major hurdle overnight when they defeated an amendment proposed by one of their own members, Louisiana Sen. #BillCassidy, that would have redirected payments from the settlement to members of law enforcement who were injured when a mob of #Trump supporters seeking to overturn his 2020 presidential election loss attacked the Capitol on #Jan6, 2021.
#law #judiciary #criminal #fraud #DOJ #theft #TaxpayersMoney #kleptocracy #MafiaState #MAGASlushFund #SlushFund
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#Republicans cleared the last major hurdle overnight when they defeated an amendment proposed by one of their own members, Louisiana Sen. #BillCassidy, that would have redirected payments from the settlement to members of law enforcement who were injured when a mob of #Trump supporters seeking to overturn his 2020 presidential election loss attacked the Capitol on #Jan6, 2021.
#law #judiciary #criminal #fraud #DOJ #theft #TaxpayersMoney #kleptocracy #MafiaState #MAGASlushFund #SlushFund
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Senators voted 52-47 to pass the $70B #legislation to fund #ICE & #CBP for the next 3 years, thru the end of Trump’s term, after #Democrats blocked the money for months. The bill now heads to the #House, which is expected to take it up next week.
The final vote came just before 5AM, after #Republicans narrowly defeated multiple attempts by members of both parties to add language to the bill that would permanently ban #Trump’s #SlushFund for allies who believe they’ve been politically persecuted. -
Senators voted 52-47 to pass the $70B #legislation to fund #ICE & #CBP for the next 3 years, thru the end of Trump’s term, after #Democrats blocked the money for months. The bill now heads to the #House, which is expected to take it up next week.
The final vote came just before 5AM, after #Republicans narrowly defeated multiple attempts by members of both parties to add language to the bill that would permanently ban #Trump’s #SlushFund for allies who believe they’ve been politically persecuted. -
#Impotent #Senate OKs $70B #immigration bill after rejecting efforts to permanently ban #Trump #SlushFund
The Senate passed legislation to fund Trump’s immigration enforcement agencies early Friday, after weeks of delays & fierce backlash to an unrelated $1.776 billion settlement fund that threatened to derail the bill.
#law #judiciary #criminal #fraud #DOJ #JudicialProcess #theft #TaxpayersMoney #kleptocracy #MafiaState #Jan6 #militia #MAGASlushFund
https://apnews.com/article/trump-settlement-fund-ice-border-patrol-vote-93b9f5b487997b629d87bf59a046d7ec -
#Impotent #Senate OKs $70B #immigration bill after rejecting efforts to permanently ban #Trump #SlushFund
The Senate passed legislation to fund Trump’s immigration enforcement agencies early Friday, after weeks of delays & fierce backlash to an unrelated $1.776 billion settlement fund that threatened to derail the bill.
#law #judiciary #criminal #fraud #DOJ #JudicialProcess #theft #TaxpayersMoney #kleptocracy #MafiaState #Jan6 #militia #MAGASlushFund
https://apnews.com/article/trump-settlement-fund-ice-border-patrol-vote-93b9f5b487997b629d87bf59a046d7ec -
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/04/senate-republicans-trump-ally-fund
#schumer took the hard line of only allowing the nearly $2bil steal from taxpayers if #trump didn’t use it for deportation.
Give me a break. This kind of cowardice, appeasement, failure to read the fucking room is a large portion of why we’re here.
At some point, you have to expect the predator and question the enabler. And if the enabler can’t see the predator for what it is, then that person needs external intervention.
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Senator #BillCassidy, who lost a primary challenge to a #Trump backed candidate last month, joined the majority of #Republicans in voting against #Democrats’ efforts to kill the $1.8 billion #SlushFund. Two other Republican senators who are up for reelection — Jon Husted of Ohio & Dan Sullivan of Alaska — voted ‘aye’ with Democrats, along with Susan Collins of Maine, who had already cast her vote.
Cassidy said he “just wanted to optimize chances for success” on a bar to the fund.