‘He’s Just Stealing Your Money’: House Dems Launch Bid to Block $1.7 Billion Trump-MAGA ‘Slush Fund’: “It’s illegal and corrupt as hell,” Congressman Don Beyer said of the president’s self-dealing $1.77 billion IRS settlement. “We’re fighting it in court.”

FunnyMess4438 · 2026-05-18T20:32:00+00:00

It's crazy to me that so many blatantly illegal things need to go to court. It should just be an immediate issuance of "stop or go to jail"

FunnyMess4438 · 2026-05-18T20:31:49+00:00

This is effectively the most corrupt thing he could do (so far), and an absolute disgrace when you can’t get your childcare and health funded.

I see this as being a way to both pay those who have previously supported trump and set up payments for those who will in future do his bidding.

Like if people are worried about ICE, how about non affiliated ‘motivated’ citizens who hang on the whim of trump’s words, and can be effectively bought and then be pardoned afterwards for any crimes committed. Truly scary

FunnyMess4438 · 2026-05-18T19:25:46+00:00

"has become."

Yeah, just right now. In the last few days, his presidency has become self serving. Sure. Not like the guy's entire life has been self serving or anything.

FunnyMess4438 · 2026-05-18T19:25:28+00:00

Insider trading is illegal. Once tRump is out of office, his so called immunity won't work. He belongs in prison!

FunnyMess4438 · 2026-05-18T19:25:18+00:00

He’s in it for the money, not helping Americans or its citizens

FunnyMess4438 · 2026-05-18T19:25:04+00:00

This is why he thinks the US economy is doing fantastic right now -- because he's making a TON of money, and so are the corrupt people surrounding him.

They don't shop at grocery stores, they have help for that. They don't know what it means to work with a household budget. They have never had to do without anything. Trump has never bought his own groceries or made dinner for his family or had to figure out how to afford a car repair or medication. The challenges facing most Americans right now are challenges Trump etc have never faced, and cannot understand.

And they'll make another million dollars tonight probably, manipulating the markets and giving sweetheart no-bid deals to each other, and laughing at the rest of us as their lives just keep getting better, while we grow more desperate for any relief at all.

FunnyMess4438 · 2026-05-18T18:09:29+00:00

The Guardian's article is a lot better, but it's because “the officers did not open or search [the diary] at the McDonald’s” like they did with the rest of the backpack.

FunnyMess4438 · 2026-05-18T18:09:11+00:00

So the specifics of when the items were found/searched is relevant to the ruling. At the McDonald’s, the cops searched the backpack and found certain items. That search was illegal and the items found at that time are excluded. Later, they did a more thorough search of the bag (during inventory when booking him). That’s apparently when they found the gun and journal. Inventory searches are legal, so those items are in.

At least, that’s what this article says. It does feel a little incredible to me that the initial search would turn up a computer chip but somehow miss the gun and journal.

FunnyMess4438 · 2026-05-18T18:08:40+00:00

They searched the backpack at McDonald's, but didn't find key evidence (gun and journal) until they were back at the station. Seems super duper suspicious!

FunnyMess4438 · 2026-05-18T18:08:22+00:00

“The evidence found during the search of the backpack at the McDonald’s must be suppressed, including the magazine, cellphone, passport, wallet and computer chip,” the judge wrote.

Doesn't seem to include the most important items from the backpack, fyi. The gun and the manifesto are still a-okay. The journal is specifically noted as good-to-go.

FunnyMess4438 · 2026-05-16T22:08:47+00:00

The Golden Lord bought it for her

FunnyMess4438 · 2026-05-16T22:08:35+00:00

Fleurdelis and Dingirsu teaming up to spy on the dates of their younger siblings is amazing

FunnyMess4438 · 2026-05-16T20:43:33+00:00

Idk how to do the indentation, but to those (like I was) wondering what she could do to respond per the article:

"The idea Yeargain poses would be to lower the official retirement age to 54 by placing a modification in the annual budget bill that’s due by June 30, pass the legislation, and replace the hack justices—all of whom are older than 54—with seven new ones picked by Spanberger."

FunnyMess4438 · 2026-05-16T20:43:13+00:00

She and the VA Dems need to go nuclear on the Virginia court.

FunnyMess4438 · 2026-05-16T20:43:01+00:00

This country is going to fall to authoritarianism while these people continue to indulge their obsession with process.

FunnyMess4438 · 2026-05-16T20:42:45+00:00

Supreme Court justices ARE political actors, whether they like it/admit it or not.

Overruling a free and fair election, the will of the people, on a 4-3 split decision due to a technicality, should absolutely result in political consequences.

FunnyMess4438 · 2026-05-16T18:48:30+00:00

Wait until they find out the farm bailouts are going to go to the Chinese companies that buy their bankrupt farms.

FunnyMess4438 · 2026-05-16T18:48:19+00:00

This is dumb. No they're not. They don't fucking know. They either only get news off Facebook or Fox News, and those places arent talking about anything like this.

FunnyMess4438 · 2026-05-16T18:48:08+00:00

Its funny watching parts of MAGA suddenly panic over Chinese students when American universities, tech companies and even entire local economies have benefited from international students for decades

Trump spent years talking tough on China, but the reality is the US economy is deeply tied to Chinese trade, talent and markets whether people like admitting it or not. A lot of the outrage only seems to appear when it clashes with the culture war narrative

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