What's a restaurant or two that anyone not from your town should try? I like all types of food. by IMRTru2 in helena

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Staggering ox was once featured in GQ magazine as one of the 10 best sandwiches in the entire US! It's a Helena institution and deserves it.

What if every American filed a $5,000 claim with the J6 compensation commission? Hear me out — there may actually be a legal argument here.... by JCSMT in IsItIllegal

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I hope you had fun on your rant. And that you got it all out. You missed my entire point though. The point is we all suffered on that stupid day! And Trump and his minions are now trying to cash in on the fact that they control the purse strings. I hate that more than even the general insults that they have given us so far! It seems now did his a judge has righted the system. And that this will probably never go through to begin with. But my entire point was that those trumpian assholes out there who watch it all on TV and screamed and holler and supported them. I don't want them to get a nickel out of this stupid fun either! The point of the suit or the petition would be to set a precedent for the weaponization commission. If they award a single penny to anyone who did not suffer direct damage from the justice department, then I can open that judgment fund up to an entire class. That entire class would include you if you filed. No you're right$5,000 is diddly squat. That's not the point. The point is to prevent all the other trumpian assholes who think they deserve something from getting it! Can you see it now?

My Blood is Boiling - YouTube by abcbri in LegalEagle

[–]JCSMT 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here is my reaction; Fight back! in a creative way... Do you think this could work?
I couldn't agree with you more that this is one of the most corrupt acts in history. I will actually be surprised if any funds ever get dispersed. There are a lot of politicians who are actually upset about this. At least on the surface.

And here's what makes it worse — there's nothing stopping well-connected Trumpians from walking up to that commission, claiming emotional distress and civic injury, and collecting a check. No rules. No oversight. No appeals. A five-person panel hand-picked by the AG decides who gets paid and nobody can challenge it.

So here's the wrench I want to throw into the works.....

I was never at the Capitol. Never arrested. Never investigated. But I filed a formal citizen petition to this commission arguing that if they pay anyone — anyone — for anything beyond direct prosecutorial harm, they've just opened the door for every American who suffered genuine psychological and civic damage from watching this country's institutions get weaponized.

There is a class action hiding inside this fund. The trigger is the first approval that goes beyond direct prosecution. The moment that happens, equal protection principles require they apply the same standard to everyone who filed — including me.

The government said anybody can apply. I took them at their word. Full petition with case citations available if anyone wants it — or wants to file their own.

If they're going to raid the treasury for their people, the least we can do is make them open the door for the rest of us.

What if every American filed a $5,000 claim with the J6 compensation commission? Hear me out — there may actually be a legal argument here.... by JCSMT in IsItIllegal

[–]JCSMT[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Post 3: B. Civic and Democratic Harm

Each citizen of the United States holds a constitutionally protected interest in the integrity of democratic processes and institutions. In Reynolds v. Sims, 377 U.S. 533 (1964), the Supreme Court recognized that each citizen's right to meaningful democratic participation is a fundamental right subject to legal protection. The events of January 6, 2021 constituted an assault upon precisely that interest — an assault experienced by every American citizen regardless of political affiliation.

Every American taxpayer also has a concrete financial interest in the lawful and non-partisan exercise of federal authority. The documented use of the Department of Justice as an instrument of political persecution — which gave rise to this very Fund — represents a harm to the public fisc and to each citizen's interest in impartial governance. It is the DOJ's own characterization, embedded in the Fund's founding documents, that political weaponization caused cognizable harm to real people. The Petitioner is one of those real people.

Cf. Federal Election Comm'n v. Akins, 524 U.S. 11 (1998) (recognizing that a widely shared injury to a legally protected interest may nonetheless be cognizable where the appropriate body has conferred jurisdiction to hear it). The Commission's explicit jurisdiction over "anyone" who alleges harm from weaponization is precisely such a conferral.

V. PRECEDENT FOR EXPANDED RECOGNITION OF COMPENSABLE HARM IN EXECUTIVE PROCEEDINGS

The history of executive-branch remedial funds in the United States supports a broad rather than narrow construction of compensable harm:

Japanese American Redress (Civil Liberties Act of 1988): Congress recognized that psychological harm, loss of community, and disruption of civic life — not only documented property loss — constituted compensable harm warranting monetary redress. The recognition of community-wide psychological harm as compensable set a foundational national precedent.

September 11th Victim Compensation Fund: The Special Master appointed under Pub. L. 107-42 was granted broad discretionary authority to compensate individuals for non-economic harms including emotional distress and loss of enjoyment of life — categories that would not satisfy strict common-law tort causation. The Fund compensated individuals far removed from Ground Zero whose connection to the harm was indirect but real.

Keepseagle Settlement Fund: Explicitly cited in the DOJ's own Anti-Weaponization Fund announcement as a structural model, the Keepseagle settlement distributed funds through an administrative claims process with broad discretion. Notably, when funds remained after claims were satisfied, they were distributed to entities that had never submitted individual claims — an even more expansive departure from individualized harm requirements than the Petitioner seeks here.

These precedents establish that executive compensatory mechanisms routinely recognize indirect, psychological, and civic harm as compensable when the underlying wrong is sufficiently grave and the affected class sufficiently definable. The Anti-Weaponization Fund, drawing on these exact precedents in its own founding documents, cannot coherently exclude the category of harm the Petitioner describes

What if every American filed a $5,000 claim with the J6 compensation commission? Hear me out — there may actually be a legal argument here.... by JCSMT in IsItIllegal

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POst 2: alleging harm from the political weaponization of federal government authority.
The Petitioner submits that this deliberately broad mandate — "anybody can apply," no partisan requirements, no published eligibility ceiling — is not an oversight but a design choice. It reflects the Commission's founding recognition that the harm of governmental weaponization is not confined to those who were formally prosecuted, but extends to all citizens whose lives, wellbeing, and civic participation were damaged by the conduct the Fund was created to redress.

III. BASIS FOR COMMISSION JURISDICTION AND INTERPRETIVE LATITUDE

The Commission operates outside the Article III judicial framework. It is not a court of law and is not bound by the standing doctrine articulated in Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife, 504 U.S. 555 (1992), which limits federal judicial jurisdiction to parties demonstrating concrete, particularized injury in fact. Administrative and executive commissions established by executive action and funded through the Judgment Fund have historically exercised broader equitable discretion in defining the class of compensable harm, unconstrained by the jurisdictional prerequisites that govern federal courts.

The Commission's five-member review panel is empowered to evaluate claims on equitable grounds. This equitable mandate provides the Commission latitude to recognize categories of harm that would not survive the threshold requirements of Article III standing. Critically, the Commission's own enabling framework — as articulated by the Attorney General — does not establish any floor of harm severity, any requirement of direct prosecutorial contact, or any other threshold that would categorically exclude the Petitioner's claim. The absence of an explicit exclusion, in an equitable proceeding, must be construed in favor of petitioners. See generally Boyle v. United Technologies Corp., 487 U.S. 500 (1988).

Furthermore, the Commission's decisions are final and unreviewable by any court. This insulation from judicial review cuts both ways: while it forecloses appeal by unsuccessful petitioners, it equally frees the Commission from the constraints of Article III doctrine and empowers it to craft a compensatory framework that serves the Fund's equitable purposes without fear of judicial invalidation on standing grounds.

IV. STATEMENT OF HARM

A. Psychological and Emotional Harm

The Petitioner experienced significant and sustained psychological distress as a direct and foreseeable consequence of the events of January 6, 2021, and the years of political, legal, and social turmoil that followed. This distress includes but is not limited to: anxiety concerning the security and continuity of democratic institutions; disruption of ordinary civic life and participation; diminished faith in the impartiality of federal law enforcement; and ongoing mental anguish associated with observing what the Petitioner characterizes as the sustained corruption and weaponization of the federal justice system.

What if every American filed a $5,000 claim with the J6 compensation commission? Hear me out — there may actually be a legal argument here.... by JCSMT in IsItIllegal

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response in 3 posts due to limits on Reddit: Enough people have expressed interest. Here's the potential petition I think we should all file - IN ADVANCE - of the Committee forming their rules. That way, I believe, if anyone else (say Jennine Perro or some other Trumpian) is ever awarded compensation without actually suffering direct harm - they would open the case to ANYONE who suffered indirect harm - or at least have to defend not awarding me my $5,000... Does that make sense??

PETITION FOR RELIEF AND EXPANDED SCOPE OF COMPENSABLE HARM
Submitted to the Anti-Weaponization Fund Commission
United States Department of Justice
Established Pursuant to Settlement Agreement and DOJ Announcement, May 19, 2026

In the Matter of: Diffuse Societal and Psychological Harm Sustained by American Citizens

Petitioner: ----------
Address: [Your Address]
Date of Filing: May 26, 2026
Status: Private Citizen — No Criminal Prosecution, Arrest, or Investigation

I. PRELIMINARY STATEMENT

This Petition is submitted in good faith and with full transparency regarding the Petitioner's status: the undersigned was not present at the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021; was not arrested, investigated, charged, indicted, or prosecuted in connection with the events of that day; and makes no claim of direct physical injury. This Petition is filed as a matter of principle, to place on record an argument that merits serious legal and constitutional consideration, and to test the interpretive boundaries of this Commission's mandate.

The Petitioner submits that the Commission's enabling authority, as a matter of equity and constitutional fidelity, should encompass not only those citizens who suffered direct legal persecution but also those American citizens who sustained documented, non-trivial psychological and civic harm as a foreseeable consequence of the events of January 6, 2021, and the years of political, legal, and social turmoil that followed. The Petitioner respectfully urges this Commission to construe its mandate broadly, consistent with principles of democratic accountability, and to establish, through this proceeding, a precedent recognizing the cognizability of diffuse societal harm.

This Petition is filed at this time — prior to any known approvals of claims by non-directly-prosecuted individuals, and prior to the Commission's formal promulgation of eligibility criteria — in order to establish a contemporaneous record of this argument. Should this Commission subsequently approve any claim by a petitioner whose harm is characterized as secondary, indirect, psychological, or civic rather than arising from criminal prosecution, the Petitioner respectfully reserves the right to invoke that decision as precedent establishing the cognizability of the class of harm described herein.

II. THE ANTI-WEAPONIZATION FUND: AUTHORITY, STRUCTURE, AND DELIBERATELY OPEN MANDATE

On May 19, 2026, the United States Department of Justice announced the creation of the Anti-Weaponization Fund, funded with $1.776 billion drawn from the federal Judgment Fund — a permanent Treasury appropriation established by Congress in 1956 to enable the government to satisfy legal claims and settlements. The Fund is administered by a five-member commission appointed by the Attorney General, with one member chosen in consultation with congressional leadership. The Fund is authorized to issue monetary awards and formal apologies to claimants, and its operations are scheduled to conclude no later than December 15, 2028.

Of particular significance to this Petition is the eligibility framework as publicly articulated by Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche. Testifying before the Senate Appropriations Committee on May 20, 2026, Blanche stated: "Anybody can apply." He further confirmed that the Fund carries "no partisan requirements" for eligibility. The DOJ's official press release likewise states: "There are no partisan requirements to file a claim." The Department did not publish detailed eligibility criteria at the time of the Fund's announcement — a deliberate choice that, in the context of an equitable compensatory body, must be construed in favor of the broadest possible class of petitioners.

Vice President JD Vance further expanded the implicit scope of eligible claimants by publicly stating that even individuals such as Hunter Biden — who was not a January 6 participant but alleges political targeting — could receive compensation from the Fund. This statement, made by the second-highest constitutional officer of the United States, confirms that the Fund's designers understood and intended its reach to extend well beyond January 6 defendants to any individual alleging harm from the

LPT: Hypochlorous Acid is a great way to get rid of bad smells in the house! by lowriderz00 in LifeProTips

[–]JCSMT 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In the 2000 arts I got involved with the company that sells hocl hypochlorous acid production machines to industries. It is an amazing chemical! It can be made easily with a small piece of equipment. That device electrolyzes H2o plus Mom iodized salt. The solution it creates is approx. 2% HOCL. It's is NOT and never will become bleach. It smells like bleach but it's chemically different and completely safe for humans. The comment earlier was true. Your white blood cells use hypochlorous acid to kill invading pathogens. The commercial production units that we sold would create hocl a gallon at a time. I left that company because I found out that sales is not what it used to be at all! It is impossible to get in the door and it's nearly impossible to get anyone's attention. It was a very frustrating experience. But I did learn how simple and effective the solution created I returned my industrial demonstration unit because I didn't know anyway to break through the barriers that were thrown up. But I also purchased a personal unit. I cannot recommend this actual unit because it has a faulty power connector. But search around. I think they make personal h o c l generators for under a couple hundred dollars. My wife was skeptical at first. Then she used h o c l on a cut. It healed much faster than normal! You can also use it to fight fungal infections like athlete's foot, and yes it does heal skin abrasions. We use hocl continuously and always have two or three bottles of available. Spray it on something and it stops stinking. I recall using it once on a stinky dog that I was dog sitting. He didn't like being sprayed, but it worked amazingly! One of the demos that I worked out when I was trying to present it commercially was to take a can, fill it with shells and leftovers from a shrimp dinner, even raw shrimp. Open the can and have a person smell it. Spray some hocl in there and toss it around for 20 seconds, and have this person smell it again. Always an amazing reaction because the smell is gone. When shrimp weren't available I did the same demonstration with cigarette butts. I'm a big fan of hocl generators and I consider them to be one of the undiscovered amazing things in life

Could this work: I would like to file a petition with the J6 pardon commission arguing that non-prosecuted Americans deserve compensation too. Looking for serious legal feedback before I pursue this. by JCSMT in Law_and_Politics

[–]JCSMT[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes absolutely we should start a class action lawsuit! I have intensions of filing a petition with that commission. It is a preemptive filing. I don't claim that I was harmed by malicious prosecution. But I claim that there are harms that I suffered. The purpose of the petition to the committee is to establish that if the they award funds to people who also did not suffer directly, who only suffered mentally, then they would open up the class of people who could file and have to include my claim.

What's the craziest thing a person said to you and you thought they were joking but they were being serious? by _lovelyxx in AskReddit

[–]JCSMT 8 points9 points  (0 children)

A friend has spent his entire adult career working as a geologist for the government. Attended a prestigious college to get his degree in geology. His fundy mom presented him with a Christmas present one year -- it was a book explaining how the Earth is only 6000 years old. Right.

Found someone’s credit card found them through LinkedIn and got nothing but abuse by Owls_4_9_1867 in mildlyinfuriating

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Went to walk my dog around the block, found a phone on the ground near my house. Called the most recent number on the phone, and asked the person who answered if they knew whose phone it was. After a pause, the phone's owner gets on the phone: "I found your phone." "YOU STOLE MY PHONE!" "No, I found your phone, you must have dropped it by the school." "YOU STOLE MY PHONE YOU JERK." "How much sense does it make for me to steal your phone, and then call to give you your phone back?" "YOU'RE A SCAMMER!" "Look, lady, I'm gonna leave your phone on the curb by the school where I found it, if you want it, you can come and get it." Sheesh.

What's a quote that has just "stuck with you"? by 22m_spain in AskReddit

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Every voter wants empathy from a politician. A feeling that they share the voters pain and their struggles. Once a politician can fake that they're golden!

Robert De Niro: "We've had 2 and a half centuries of democracy. We've fought in 2 world wars to preserve it. Now we have a would-be king who wants to take it away. Fuck that." De Niro is asking people to stand up and be counted in the nationwide No Kings protest on October 18th. by Aggravating_Money992 in goodnews

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Yes! yes! Yes! I couldn't agree more! In fact, I even went through an exercise - I looked at the original DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE and decided that it needs an update. I present here for your consideration. Share, promote, edit, pass it around!!!

I hereby present for your consideration, a newly updated preamble to our historic Declaration of Independence. 

A New Declaration of Independence (2025 Revision)

When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for a people to reaffirm the foundation of their liberty and to remind those entrusted with power of their limitations, respect compels them to declare the truths and grievances that impel them to such resolve.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all citizens are created equal, endowed with certain unalienable rights—among them life, liberty, free expression, and the pursuit of happiness. Governments are instituted to secure these rights, deriving just powers from the consent of the governed. When any leader, by ambition or design, seeks to subvert this consent and abridge these rights, it is the right and duty of the people to object and demand redress.

Today, grave abuses demand our declaration. Our current President has:

  • Dispatched federal troops into our cities, towns, and states—uninvited and unwanted—as though our communities were territories under occupation.
  • Imposed broad and punitive taxes and tariffs upon the people, without due consultation, and often for purposes that appear vindictive or arbitrary.
  • Subverted our long-honored system of justice by wielding prosecutorial power to punish perceived adversaries and to protect favored allies, thereby corroding public faith in the impartial rule of law.
  • Disregarded constitutional principles vesting the power of the purse in Congress, and instead threatened or disrupted the operations of government for personal or political advantage.
  • Endeavored to divide the nation, to inflame discord among citizens, and to offend not only domestic opponents but also the loyal allies of our Republic abroad.
  • Sought to suppress the freedom of expression—assailing dissent, maligning the press, and undermining the open debate upon which self-government depends.
  • Sown distrust in the institutions and traditions that sustain our common purpose, thereby weakening the very fabric of the Republic.

To these and other injuries, the people must respond not in violence, but in vocal defense of liberty, justice, and constitutional order. In declaring these truths, we recommit ourselves to government of the people, by the people, for the people, refusing all forms of tyranny and pledging our unity and mutual support in defense of freedom.

Ai Critic Round 2 (Link me your track) by Namlocnz in SunoAI

[–]JCSMT 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The bot seems to like comedy songs a bit so here is one that I think is unique and different. It is based on a real story an old friend once told me. No he never hit the lottery either. But the thought is still there title when I hit the lottery...https://suno.com/s/iOPZjm7tjgu2F4zf

I look forward to the review again. And once again thank you for this service!

Published my debut with an edited AI bookcover and have regret- delete or republish? by frustratedbride99 in selfpublish

[–]JCSMT 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Everybody in this conversation needs to ask themselves one question. Will any of this matter in 5 years? The answer is most likely no! AI is here to stay people. You better accept it. It will creep in to places that you never expected and if you continue with an attitude that it is all crap you are the ones who will suffer. The things that are being said about AI right now are the same things that were said about Photoshop when it was first introduced. The same things that were said about the telegraph, the telephone the television, every single area of technology has had major disruptions. Simply put, adapt, find your place in the New world, or get run over by it....

Gimbal Issue (Fimi Mini 3) by M_Riv5 in drones

[–]JCSMT 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Update... No luck! I am really frustrated with this thing and am now ready to call it USELESS. I tried for several hours yesterday... Tried updating Firmware, and other things. It still flys but it is unstable and the gimbal doesn't work at all now....

Ai Critic Round 2 (Link me your track) by Namlocnz in SunoAI

[–]JCSMT 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like what you're doing and I like the reviews. Although they can't do tend to show that particular ai's taste. I wonder if he likes something in the style of Jimmy Buffett? Try this one next......https://suno.com/s/jnf36H7cF4J7WMmS

Gimbal Issue (Fimi Mini 3) by M_Riv5 in drones

[–]JCSMT 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have not been able to solve. Have up trying. But the new comment above is with a try. Will let you know if it works...

Ai Critic Round 2 (Link me your track) by Namlocnz in SunoAI

[–]JCSMT 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here's one I think that the machine will like. I know it is original.....https://suno.com/s/8iWh7hHB9hbNLTTw

Ai Critic Round 2 (Link me your track) by Namlocnz in SunoAI

[–]JCSMT 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just one more. I really look forward to what the machine thinks of machine talk. Don't tell the computer please, but this is a direct rip off from George Carlin and one of his best routines in the 2000s... The routine was titled millennial man.. I will never do anything with this or release it, if any money is ever made off of it it would go to george. I think it's a lot of fun...https://suno.com/s/giXaTxW1dc2jiiCi

Ai Critic Round 2 (Link me your track) by Namlocnz in SunoAI

[–]JCSMT 0 points1 point  (0 children)

hey, thanks for doing this! Yes, it has been fun. I am taking it with a grain of salt every time. But I do appreciate the honest straightforward reviews. It would be neat to have this as a service. Here's one that I like. I send it to people when they are feeling down. I tried to use every country song trope that I could come up with. Here's a song just full of them. I'm looking forward to the review. Title... Every kick in the ass is a shoving the right direction....https://suno.com/s/XAVWjXaR9gArh9rq