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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
New from 404 Media: here is the manual for ICE's electric shock gloves. ICE plans to spend tens of millions on gloves that give electric shocks to incapacitate people. But I found the user manual online, and it says the gloves can contribute to "sudden death" www.404media.co/heres-the-ma...
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Here's the Manual for ICE's Electric Shock Gloves
ICE plans to spends tens of millions of dollars on the gloves, which are supposed to incapacitate people. A manual 404 Media found says the gloves may even contribute to “sudden death.”
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404 Media @404media.co · 12/08/2026
ICE wants to spend tens of millions on electric shock gloves. The manual states the device should be deployed for 15 seconds. But a demo shows people falling to the ground almost immediately. @evystadium.bsky.social has more. Story by @josephcox.bsky.social: www.404media.co/heres-the-ma...
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
While you were over here trying to figure out how you were going to cover the rent and food—this guy was over there using $5.1 million in taxpayer money YOU paid into the system to cover these statues in 23 karat gold. Yeah, he did that.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
"Make America Healthy Again." @moreperfectunion.bsky.social
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NPR @npr.org · 27/06/2026
The U.S. population was already aging and tilting toward decline. After the Supreme Court confirmed Trump's power to deport hundreds of thousands of foreign migrants, population decline could accelerate.
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As Supreme Court expands Trump's immigration power, experts warn of steeper U.S. population decline
The U.S. population was already aging and tilting toward decline. After the Supreme Court confirmed Trump's power to deport hundreds of thousands of foreign migrants, population decline could accelerate.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 24/06/2026
‼️ USPS will not deliver mail ballots unless states hand over their voter lists to the Trump administration, according to Postmaster General David Steiner. “You are going to make a decision that people cannot vote by mail,” @peters.senate.gov said. “That’s unacceptable.” bit.ly/4gE3CFR
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 24/06/2026
NEW: If USPS moves forward with its proposal to withhold mail ballots from states that don't share private voter data, "it will destroy the Postal Service," one advocate warned. After the postmaster general defended the plan, critics fear the USPS could threaten the integrity of American elections.
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‘It will destroy the Postal Service’: USPS plan to crack down on mail voting spurs alarm
“It won’t just be tainted. Its whole brand will be destroyed," one leading Postal Service advocate told Democracy Docket.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 24/06/2026
NEW: The postmaster general told Congress that, under a new proposed rule, the USPS will not deliver mail ballots unless states hand over their voter lists to the Trump administration. The admission is evidence that the traditionally nonpartisan USPS is complying with Trump's mail voting attack.
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Postmaster general says USPS won't deliver mail ballots if states don’t give Trump admin voter rolls
“You are going to make a decision that people cannot vote by mail. That’s unacceptable," one senator told the postmaster general.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 24/06/2026
Postmaster General David Steiner's admission conflicted with a rule the USPS adopted under his watch last year. The rule said the agency “does not administer elections, establish the rules or deadlines that govern elections, or determine whether or how election jurisdictions utilize the mail.”
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Lee West @whodat35.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
🚨 Postmaster General Confirms Plan to Hold Back Mail Ballots Under Proposed Rule: The postmaster general, David Steiner, said on Wednesday that under a proposed rule, his agency would not deliver mail ballots in states that decline to hand over voter data. NY Times www.nytimes.com/2026/06/24/u...
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Postmaster General Confirms Plan to Hold Back Mail Ballots Under Proposed Rule
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 24/06/2026
Sen. Peters: "Yes or no, if a state refuses to turn their absentee voter list over to the federal government, will the Postal Service still mail their ballots under this proposed rule?" Postmaster General David Steiner: "Under our proposed regulation, no."
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 23/06/2026
Two pages. The same story. SNAP cuts: American children are losing food assistance and going hungry. USAID gutted: Children overseas are dying after humanitarian aid was cut. History won’t remember the excuses. It’ll remember who let children suffer. #RepublicansStarveChildren
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
"Since Trump entered the White House last year, at least 500 babies and toddlers have been held by ICE ICE has dramatically increased detentions of children aged 3 and under, holding 25 of them in custody on an average day between January 2025 and March 2026..." www.ms.now/news/trump-i...
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ICE has detained over 500 babies and toddlers under Trump
On an average day, ICE has 25 children aged 3 or younger in custody, according to joint research by MS NOW and The Marshall Project.
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Capital & Main @capitalandmain.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Police don’t respond to calls at ICE detention centers in this California town, citing agreement with private prison giant The GEO Group. Crimes go uninvestigated, say attorneys and alleged sexual abuse victim. capitalandmain.com/california-t...
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California Town Lets Private ICE Detention Centers Police Themselves
McFarland police don’t respond to calls at detention centers, citing agreement with GEO Group. Crimes go uninvestigated, say attorneys and alleged sexual abuse victim.
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
We love our Veterans! 🇺🇸 It was such an honor to see our New Mexico Honor Flight Veterans in DC and for our Team to welcome them home in ABQ! To all our Veterans we thank you every day for your service and to all the volunteers, family members, & others who make the honor flight possible—thank you!
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The Watchdog Coalition @thewatchdogco.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
The 25th Amendment requires Congress to create a panel of experts to determine if a President is unfit. Jamie Raskin’s new bill just makes it real! Mike Johnson will bury it unless we force him to act. Tell your Reps to pass this bill!
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Tell Congress: Pass Raskin’s Bill to Create 25th Amendment Commission
Contact Congress today!
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Female Navy officers say they have no future in uniformed service as long as Pete Hegseth or others like him are in charge. apnews.com/article/navy...
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Female Navy officers say they fear a career cap after Hegseth cuts women from promotions list
Several female Navy officers say they see Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's recent intervention in a promotions list as a sign their careers now have a ceiling.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Female Navy officers say they fear a career cap after Pete Hegseth cut women from a promotions list. Several female officers say they see the unusual intervention as a sign that their careers now have a ceiling and worry for the future generation of female military leaders.
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Female Navy officers say they fear a career cap after Hegseth cuts women from promotions list
Several female Navy officers say they see Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's recent intervention in a promotions list as a sign their careers now have a ceiling.
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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Kilmar Abrego Garcia fights deportation to Liberia after criminal charges dropped missouriindependent.com/2026/05/28/r...
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia fights deportation to Liberia after criminal charges dropped • Missouri Independent
WASHINGTON — Following a dismissal of criminal charges the Trump administration lodged against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the wrongly deported Maryland resident Thursday pressed a federal judge to prevent ...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 27/05/2026
NEW: Three U.S. senators have called for an overhaul of federal agents’ use of tear gas and pepper spray, citing a ProPublica investigation that found at least 79 children were hurt by these chemicals during Trump’s immigration crackdown.
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U.S. Lawmakers Demand Reforms to Immigration Officers’ Use of Tear Gas and Pepper Spray
A ProPublica investigation found that scores of children were hurt by these chemicals during President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. Lawmakers say the findings show more restrictions are neede...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 27/05/2026
Read our original investigation:
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Kids Are Being Harmed by Tear Gas, Pepper Spray Under Trump. There Could Be Long-Term Consequences.
In several cities, judges have chastised federal immigration officers, saying they used excessive force. One former DHS leader called ProPublica’s findings a “bright red flag.”
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Lisa Song @lisalsong.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
We interviewed a Civil Rights activist who was tear-gassed in 1965 when he marched for voting rights in Selma. Charles Mauldin was 17 then. “Having people like ICE treat people the way we were treated 61 years ago, it’s horrible,” he said. A DHS spokesperson called his comparison "disgusting."
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
A list of Ken Paxton scandals over the past 20 years. thebarbedwire.com/2026/02/17/k...
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Ken Paxton Is No Stranger to Controversy. Here’s a Timeline of Nearly 20 Years of Scandals & Headlines.
We’ve compiled every serious scandal the Texas Attorney General has faced during his political ascendancy.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
“.. four months after its establishment, the board’s financial fund set up by the World Bank has received no money from donors, according to four people familiar with the matter. ‘Zero dollars have been deposited,’ one said.” @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/5ba3...
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Eric Davis @newdemocracy.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
How is this man Acting Attorney-General of the United States? He is against our police and supports using American taxpayer dollars to fund convicted criminals who attacked law enforcement officers who were protecting the US Capitol from attempts to overthrow a fair and free presidential election
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Former NJ AG Matt Platkin: They’re indicting the SPLC for allegedly misusing donor funds to infiltrate and disrupt white supremacist networks by paying informants. Now they’re turning around and they’re going to take $1.8 billion of public money not to disrupt those networks, but to fund them.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
MacFarlane: The sales pitch the Trump administration undertook for this slush fund has been a clown show. The Senate was supposed to take up a reconciliation plan. The Senate peaced out and left town for two weeks because they were stuck in the mud on the $1.7 billion fund…
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
MacFarlane: This is like the least popular thing I've seen in congress, like getting carrot sticks on Halloween. This is not what anybody wants, and they don't even want to be talking about it. I can't find Republicans to even tacitly endorse this thing.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
MacFarlane: The critics of the January 6th prosecutions have alleged it was a Biden launched weaponization. It was Donald Trump's first term in which those prosecutions were launched.
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Ohio Hermit @liberalhermit.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
House GOP leaders abruptly canceled a vote Thursday on a resolution to limit President Donald Trump’s war powers in Iran just as Republicans were on the verge of losing the vote due to absences.
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GOP leaders abruptly cancel House vote on Iran war powers, shielding Trump from rebuke
(CNN) — House GOP leaders abruptly canceled a vote Thursday on a resolution to limit President Donald Trump’s war powers in Iran just as Republicans were on the verge of
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Rep. Jim McGovern @repmcgovern.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
🚨NEWS: Republicans just pulled a vote on an Iran War Powers Resolution because they knew they were going to lose. They don’t have the guts to end a war that’s costing BILLIONS of dollars and putting lives at risk while driving up the cost of gas & groceries.
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Billings Gazette @billingsgazette.com · 22/05/2026
House GOP leaders abruptly canceled a vote Thursday on a resolution to limit Trump’s war powers in Iran just as Republicans were on the verge of losing the vote.
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GOP leaders abruptly cancel House vote on Iran war powers, shielding Trump from rebuke
House GOP leaders abruptly canceled a vote Thursday on a resolution to limit Trump’s war powers in Iran just as Republicans were on the verge of losing the vote.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 21/05/2026
AOC: This is what drinking water in Georgia looks like after Meta began data center construction in the community.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
MacFarlane: I'm filling a notebook with misinformation spreading about January 6th today. The idea that these cases were wrongful, no case was overturned, not a one on appeal. And lots of people appealed. They had a 100% success rate for juries at trial.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Thomas Massie: “Today is the six month anniversary of the Epstein Transparency Act. We’ve taken out two dozen CEOs, an ambassador, a prince, a prime minister, a minister of culture, that was just six months. I’ve got seven months left in Congress.” video courtesy @acyn.bsky.social
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Trump did not reach a settlement with the government. There was no case to settle. He has not created a slush fund. He has colluded with Todd Blanche to steal money from the US Treasury. This is not a “deal.” This is a crime for which Trump & Blanche must be prosecuted. It ia a crime.
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Here are further thoughts on this: Prosecuting Trump is as key to addressing the real reasons for the affordability crisis as is ending the administration’s hugely damaging policies. So are massive structural reforms. My latest. open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...
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We Can't Fix America Unless We Hold Trump Accountable for His Crimes
Affordability, opportunity, democracy and victory for Democrats are all linked to ending elite impunity
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
The top lawyer at the Treasury Department stepped down in the wake of the creation of that $1.8 billion 'slush fund' that could soon be making payments to Trump's political allies — and reportedly even Jan. 6 insurrectionists, according to three people familiar with the move.
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Top Treasury Lawyer Resigns After Creation of ‘Anti-Weaponization’ Fund
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 19/05/2026
NEW: The top lawyer at the Treasury Department just resigned. Even though he clerked for Clarence Thomas, perhaps the $1.7B heist was probably too much. Also note the Times (right) and the WSJ (left) refer to it as a settlement. The judge found IT IS NOT A SETTLEMENT. 1/
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 19/05/2026
Anyone else remember that time Vance's home sold to a lobbyist and gov't contractor for $170,000 over the asking price?
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JD Vance’s Home Sold To Government Contractor And Lobbyist Who Was A Trump Appointee
The buyer, a Trump appointee during his first term, denies any political motive—calling the $1.9 million deal purely market-driven.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Trump orders end to all audits of his taxes... because he can. DOJ expands settlement in Trump-IRS leak suit to cover audits of all tax returns filed by Trump, family members, companies and trusts. Waiver of IRS' claims contained in addendum signed by Blanche that was not in agreement released Mon
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Justice Department expands Trump settlement to cover his tax audits
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche signed a broadly worded addendum that appears to end the president’s long-running disputes with the IRS.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Denis Goris
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
US begins its withdrawal from NATO. Trump will shrink forces available to NATO during crises, sources say. Trump will tell NATO allies this week that he will reduce US commitment to NATO in a major crisis, three sources familiar with the matter said. www.reuters.com/world/us-pla...
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Exclusive: US plans to shrink forces available to NATO during crises, sources say
The Trump administration is planning ​to tell NATO allies this week that it will shrink the pool of military capabilities that the U.S. would have available ‌to assist the alliance's European nations ...
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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 19/05/2026
This is the height of corruption. www.politico.com/news/2026/05...
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Even banana republic dictators would be embarrassed by how brazenly corrupt this is. www.politico.com/news/2026/05...
However, a one-page document posted on the DOJ website early Tuesday includes a sweeping release under which the IRS is “forever barred and precluded” from pursuing “examinations” of Trump, “related or affiliated individuals,” and related trusts and businesses.



The waiver specifically encompasses “tax returns filed before the effective date” of the settlement, which was Monday.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche signed the addendum, dated Tuesday. It does not bear the signature of any representative of the IRS or any current Trump lawyers. Metadata attached to the document indicates it was prepared or scanned at 7:50 a.m. Tuesday.

Blanche did not sign the original settlement agreement, which was signed by Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward, IRS CEO Frank Bisignano and Trump attorney Daniel Epstein.

The Justice Department did not immediately respond to requests for comment on why the waiver wasn’t included in the agreement released Monday and why it isn’t signed by the same people.

Press reports in advance of the settlement indicated that a potential deal might include an agreement by the government to drop all audits of Trump-related returns and perhaps even to refrain from future audits.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 18/05/2026
NEW: Tiny footprints. A blue blanket. The autopsy reports of babies who died after not receiving a vitamin K shot at birth included heartbreaking details about how small the babies were — and what items they had with them when they died.
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What I Can’t Forget About the Babies Who Died After Not Receiving a Vitamin K Shot
Babies have died after not receiving the vitamin K shot at birth. Their autopsy records underscore how preventable their deaths could have been.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 18/05/2026
Read @deldeib.bsky.social's original investigation here:
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Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth
A lifesaving injection given at birth to prevent severe bleeding has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
They had contracts for prison labor at these camps?? Before they even bought them? www.projectsaltbox.com/p/contracts-...
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Contracts Show ICE Planned Detainee Labor at Warehouse Sites Slated as Short-Term Facilities
Contracts signed before the government owned either warehouse described years of detention operations, and a program to put detainees to work
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 15/05/2026
An insane level of corruption—even for Trump. A $1.7 BILLION slush fund for Trump’s hand-picked stooges to hand money to January 6th insurrectionists and his political allies. Here’s the President’s priority as Americans sell their plasma to afford gas and groceries:
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Trump poised to drop IRS suit, launch $1.7B 'weaponization' fund for allies: Sources
President Trump is expected to drop his $10 billion IRS suit in exchange for the creation of a $1.7 billion fund for victims of governmental "weaponization," sources say.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 15/05/2026
I rarely say “major breaking” and rarely put out these video hits, but this is pretty major.
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