888 keeps insisting tax payers don't pay anything for National Parks. Lies are lies even when one doesn't realize one is doing it.
I made an error which I am happy to accept and acknowledge - something most won't do on here. And if anyone was to keep a score of the lies and the misinformation that is spammed on these boards, then one group of posters win by a land slide and it isn't the guys who don't like Trump.
I am on topic. Not using some whatabout making absurd suggestions about something that isn't relative to the topic. Don't blame me for your shortcomings. And now back to the topic at hand............
Police officers who defended US Capitol on January 6 sue to stop Trump’s ‘anti-weaponization’ fund
(CNN) — Law enforcement officers who protected the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, sued the Trump administration on Wednesday to block implementation of a newly created $1.8 billion fund for allies of President Donald Trump who say they were unfairly investigated by previous administrations.
The lawsuit brought in federal court by Harry Dunn, a former member of the US Capitol Police, and Daniel Hodges, a current member of the Washington, DC, Metropolitan Police Department, claims that the new fund runs afoul of the US Constitution and federal law.
The men say the fund will potentially be used to pay individuals who participated in the attack and finance various paramilitary organizations in the country.
“If allowed to begin making payments, the fund will directly finance the violent operations of rioters, paramilitaries, and their supporters who threatened plaintiffs’ lives that day, and continue to do so,” lawyers for Dunn and Hodges wrote in the 29-page suit.
“Militias like the Proud Boys will use money from the fund to arm and equip themselves. The fund will grant their pasts acts of violence legal imprimatur,” the lawsuit claims.
“And, most chillingly, the fund will signal to past and potential future perpetrators of violence against Dunn and Hodges that they need not fear prosecution; to the contrary, they should expect to be rewarded,” the lawsuit reads. “Dunn and Hodges did not back down on January 6. Instead, they held the line to defend democracy and the rule of law. They bring this case to do so once again.”
The lawsuit asks a federal judge in DC to declare the administration’s decision to set up the fund is unlawful and for an order blocking officials from taking steps to implement it and requiring any payments already made from it to be reversed.
The new fund, the men allege, violates a provision of the 14th Amendment that bars the government from paying debts “incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States.” They also say that officials violated federal rulemaking laws by creating the fund, which stemmed from a $10 billion lawsuit Trump, in his individual capacity, brought against the Internal Revenue Service earlier this year.
That law, the Administrative Procedure Act, allows individuals to challenge some government decision-making. Lawyers for Dunn and Hodges say that officials violated it by not following a different provision of federal law that says the government can only settle lawsuits after the attorney general agrees that such payment “is in the interest of the United States.”
“The payment of $1.776 billion into the Anti-Weaponization Fund to settle Trump v. IRS was patently not ‘in the interest of the United States,’” they wrote in the lawsuit. “Rather, it was a misappropriation of taxpayer funds orchestrated by the President to reward his allies and the rioters who committed violence in his name.”
The case comes a day after acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, who was once Trump’s personal attorney, in testimony to a Senate appropriations panel, declined to rule out the possibility whether those who assaulted law enforcement officers on January 6 would be eligible for a payout.
“I will definitely encourage the commissioners to take everything into account when determining who should get compensation,” Blanche said, referring to a five-member commission that will review claims submitted by people looking to be paid out of the fund.
While the attorney general’s office would appoint the five members, Trump would have the ultimate power, being allowed to fire them at any time.
“But why not this specific issue of (being) convicted of violent acts against police officers?” Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley asked. “You feel they should get compensation after being convicted of violent acts?”
Vice President JD Vance on Tuesday also declined to rule out the idea that those who assaulted police officers could get money from the fund.
“We do have people who were accused of attacking law enforcement officers,” Vance told reporters at the White House. “That doesn’t mean that we’re going to completely ignore some of the claims that they’re going to make.”
Hopefully this is a darkest before the dawn situation and this results in the whole political gravy train system toppling, but probably not.
Democrats (and privately Republicans, too) just upset he's doing blatantly what they do discretely, putting their"democracy" at risk.
I did read the end of that first sentence I quoted, but I don't see anything in this story that even remotely points to this type of corruption trending anywhere but up. 'Hopefully' is doing ALL (not even most) of the work in your sentence.
... and as for the second sentence... I never understood that line. So loud-and-proud corruption is somehow better because they're not trying to hide it? That makes zero sense by itself, and even less when you see how it seems to be normalizing the corruption as the population loses sensitivity to it.
We've reached the inevitable part in our interactions where your only defense is rolling on the floor. Enjoy the carpet burns. ...or are you more a pads and tile guy?
Anyways, I've got better things to do. It's been fun, but not that fun. Kind of annoying actually.
Not an inability to focus, I just like variety over saying the same wrong thing over and over as some seem to prefer.
It seems you have an inability to add something productive to a discussion or even respond to what's written instead of living in the voice in your head's distorted echo chamber.
It'd be nice if you could stay on topic instead of resorting to your usual personal attack chicanery while pretending your feelings didn't get hurt in another thread, where you tried to change both your and my side of the argument, and still ended up being wrong.
Tennessee Man Jailed Over Charlie Kirk Post Wins $835,000 Settlement
“I am pleased my First Amendment rights have been vindicated,” Larry Bushart said in a statement announcing the settlement Wednesday.
Tennessee officials will pay $835,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a man who was jailed for more than a month over a Facebook post he made about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
While many people across the U.S. lost their jobs over social media comments about Kirk’s death, Larry Bushart’s case stood out as a rare instance in which such online speech led to criminal prosecution. The 61-year-old retired police officer spent 37 days behind bars before authorities dropped the felony charge against him in October.
During his time in jail, Bushart lost his postretirement job and missed his wedding anniversary and the birth of his granddaughter, according to a federal lawsuit Bushart filed in December against Perry County, its sheriff and the investigator who obtained the arrest warrant.
“I am pleased my First Amendment rights have been vindicated,” Bushart said in a statement announcing the settlement Wednesday. “The people’s freedom to participate in civil discourse is crucial to a healthy democracy. I am looking forward to moving on and spending time with my family.”
Bushart was arrested in September after he refused to take down Facebook memes that joked about Kirk’s killing, which had prompted an outpouring of grief among conservatives, including in Perry County, which is near Bushart’s home and which held a candlelight vigil.
The meme Bushart posted that prompted his arrest read: “This seems relevant today...” and featured President Donald Trump and the words, “We have to get over it.” That quote, the meme explained, was said by Trump in 2024 after a school shooting at Iowa’s Perry High School.
Perry County Sheriff Nick Weems told news outlets that most of Bushart’s “hate memes” were lawful free speech, but residents were alarmed by the school shooting post, fearing Bushart was threatening a local school, also called Perry County High School, even though Weems said he knew the meme referred to a school in Iowa.
“Investigators believe Bushart was fully aware of the fear his post would cause and intentionally sought to create hysteria within the community,” Weems said in a statement to The Tennessean last year.
Bushart’s bail was set at $2 million before he was released as the case drew national attention.
“It’s in times of turmoil and heightened tensions that our national commitment to free speech is tested the most,” said Cary Davis, an attorney for the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, which helped represent Bushart. “When government officials fail that test, the Constitution exists to hold them accountable. Our hope is that Larry’s settlement sends a message to law enforcement across the country: Respect the First Amendment today, or be prepared to pay the price tomorrow.”
No disclosure who gets any money or how much they get. Rumor has it to qualify for any of these funds you will need to join the CFTC, Criminals For Trump Club first. Did you assault a police officer on Jan. 6th and get convicted for it? No problem. We already pardoned you for it and now we will gave you a cash reward for it! Are you a friend, business person or former member of the trump administration who has committed crimes? No worries! Now you will be paid for it! Just remember if you do crimes that trump would too or in support of him, all of your sins will be forgiven and we'll even put cash in your pockets!
Kenny made some puzzling moves, and it was too aggravating watching them blow a lead that size. Hardin was a liability on defense, missed shots, turnovers, despite keeping us in it. Raw game; fatigue was obvious. We win with better foul shooting.
"...leaked tax returns, as well as claims involving the 2022 search of Mar-a-Lago, his Florida home, and the Russian collusion scandal..."
What is an appropriate reconciliation for such blatant lawfare?
There was no "blatant lawfare". If you want to see what that looks like just watch the current administration. At what point will you ever hold them responsible for anything?
“This settlement is corruption in the plainest sight: forcing IRS to abandon every audit, past and present, into Trump, his family, and their businesses while steering $1.8 billion in taxpayer dollars toward his friends, cronies, and Trump-affiliated companies is self-dealing at its most grotesque,” the statement said.
“It’s a dark, dark day for our democracy.”
Hopefully this is a darkest before the dawn situation and this results in the whole political gravy train system toppling, but probably not.
Democrats (and privately Republicans, too) just upset he's doing blatantly what they do discretely, putting their"democracy" at risk.
A parish priest was being honored at a dinner on the twenty-fifth anniversary of his arrival in that parish.
A leading local politician, who was a member of the congregation, was chosen to make the presentation and give a little speech at the dinner, but he was delayed in traffic, so the priest decided to say his own few words while they waited.
“You will understand,” he said, “the seal of the confessional can never be broken. However, I got my first impressions of the parish from the first confession I heard here. I can only hint vaguely about this, but when I came here twenty-five years ago, I thought I had been assigned to a terrible place. The very first chap who entered my confessional told me how he had stolen a television set, and when stopped by the police, had almost murdered the officer. Further, he told me he had embezzled money from his place of business and…
Just as the priest finished his talk, the politician arrived full of apologies for being late. He immediately began to make the presentation and give his talk.
“I’ll never forget the first day our parish priest arrived in this parish,” said the politician. “In fact, I had the honor of being the first one to go to him in confession.”
“This settlement is corruption in the plainest sight: forcing IRS to abandon every audit, past and present, into Trump, his family, and their businesses while steering $1.8 billion in taxpayer dollars toward his friends, cronies, and Trump-affiliated companies is self-dealing at its most grotesque,” the statement said.
Justice Department agrees to drop any pending tax claims against Trump as part of IRS deal Ryan J. Reilly Updated Tue, May 19, 2026 at 9:30 PM GMT+1
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche signed an agreement Tuesday declaring the federal government will not seek any sort of audit or payment from the president, his family members and companies on pending tax claims as part of Donald Trump’s settlement agreement with the IRS.
In a sweeping one-page addendum to Monday’s settlement agreement establishing a nearly $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund, Blanche agreed that the U.S. is “FOREVER BARRED and PRECLUDED from prosecuting or pursuing, any and all claims,” including “monetary relief,” that “have been or could have been” asserted by the IRS against Trump, his family or his businesses.
The addendum comes a day after the Justice Department announced that Trump and his co-plaintiffs would drop their $10 billion suit against the IRS and the Treasury Department over leaked tax returns, as well as claims involving the 2022 search of Mar-a-Lago, his Florida home, and the Russian collusion scandal “in exchange” for creating the fund, which the Justice Department said set up a “systematic process to hear and redress claims of others who suffered weaponization and lawfare.”
The addendum blocks the U.S. from seeking damages that could have been asserted against the plaintiffs — Trump, his sons Donald Jr. and Eric and their company — as well as other family members and their companies in “any matters currently pending or that could be pending (including tax returns filed before the Effective Date) before Defendants or other agencies or departments.”
The “effective date” would be May 18, the date the settlement was signed. The addendum does not specify which other agencies or departments it is referring to.
A spokesperson for the Justice Department said the agreement is “only with respect to existing audits, not future.”
The settlement and addendum were agreed to before a court-ordered deadline for this week that would have required the administration answer questions about the president’s IRS lawsuit given his control over the Justice Department.
U.S. District Judge Kathleen M. Williams, who was presiding over the case, ordered the matter closed Monday after the Trumps moved to dismissed their suit.
Rep. Richard Neal of Massachusetts, the top Democrat on the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, said in a statement Tuesday that Trump has “turned the federal government into his personal protection racket.”
“This settlement is corruption in the plainest sight: forcing IRS to abandon every audit, past and present, into Trump, his family, and their businesses while steering $1.8 billion in taxpayer dollars toward his friends, cronies, and Trump-affiliated companies is self-dealing at its most grotesque,” the statement said.
Just clicking Sounds like a reasonable solution. Now things can be settled out of court much more smoothly. If any Dems were targeted by Garland and the IRS under Bidens direction, they can apply for settlements as well.
It is controlled by trump and we will not know where any of the money goes. There is no chance a penny goes to a democrat.
...Trump trying to "buy" a Democrat wouldn't surprise me.
