It's the pinnacle of corruption and absolutely unconstitutional. Section Four of the Fourteenth Amendment reads:
The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned. But neither the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or any claim for the loss or emancipation of any slave; but all such debts, obligations and claims shall be held illegal and void.
Illegal and void. Period.
This week, we were treated to the news that T**** settled with T**** and is dropping his $10 billion case against T**** in exchange for a $1.776 (how precious a number!) billion "Anti-Weaponization Fund," payable to T**** allies who were "wrongfully" pursued by Democrats for doing Very Bad Things.
Please read the document and CNN's annotations here.
Not only that, but the IRS was now and forever barred from auditing Agent Orange or his kiddos, according to this half-page memo from Todd Blanche.
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It's absolutely bonkers. There is so much wrong with the scheme it's hard to fathom that they had the balls to put it forth.
No oversight by anyone. No judicial ruling. No approval by Congress, who holds the goddamn purse strings by virtue of Article One of the United States Constitution. Nothing except a corrupt one-sided decision by the most corrupt clown to ever walk the face of the earth.
This whole fiasco begs the question: Do we even pay taxes? Why should we?
I've thought for a long time that there needs to be a massive, organized tax strike. We refuse to have money stolen from us. It's outrageous. No one should pay taxes until this corrupt fuck is no longer able to steal from us.
But that's for another day.
Right now, everyone is up in arms about this con job. Left and right, up and down, no one is standing for it. Including, surprisingly enough, Congressional Republicans.
For example, even Moribund Mitch somehow found ethics, maybe in the dirt caking his thick yellowed right baby toenail, and said this: "So the nation’s top law enforcement official is asking for a slush fund to pay people who assault cops? Utterly stupid, morally wrong – Take your pick."
Two police officers who were assaulted on January 6 are suing to block the fund.
There's an outright revolt in Congress. Will this be the thing that finally breaks them from the MAGA hold? Time will tell.
I'm hopeful that at least those who were up for reelection for whom the Angry Creamsicle has turned his back will be strong in their resistance. Folks like Sens. Cornyn (Texas) and Cassidy (La.) and Rep. Massie (Ky.) have nothing to lose.
On the other side, assholes are lining up to apply.
Although Blanche has declared that "anyone can apply" for funds from the slush fund, the money is only available to those who feel they were wronged by previous administrations, and the program will end when Cheeto Benito's term ends.
It seems the worst of the worst are falling over themselves to put in their applications.
Enrique Tarrio, leader of the Proud Boys, is one.
So is Mike Lindell.
Michael Cohen is one.
George Santos.
Many January 6 convicted-and-pardoned fart faces have moved to take our money.
Ronny Chieng of The Daily Show breaks down those who are applying for funds:
In preparation for a smooth transfer of funds, the DOJ is sanitizing its site. Information about insurrectionists is disappearing. Last night, the official DOJ website started removing press releases of January 6 insurrectionists and their crimes.
This is absolutely freaking nuts.
Here's one example:
Those people were not only evil for taking part in an insurrection and threatening the lives of our elected officials, once they were pardoned and released, many of them continued to crime.
At least 33 pardoned insurrectionists have been charged with more crimes, many of them the Pedo-in-Chief's favorite type of crime: sexual assaults against women and children.
It's all just sick.
Tax strike! Now!
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