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The grift never ends with the guy. And unlike the article, I believe Trump will find a way to send out Trump checks (going to buy the election to keep power).
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President Donald Trump is fundraising off of checks from the government that he's unlikely to send.
In recent months, Trump's political operation has sent several fundraising emails that mention either the "DOGE Dividend" or tariff rebate checks, both of which theoretically involve sending checks to some Americans worth hundreds or even thousands of dollars.
In the case of DOGE checks, tax-paying Americans would receive checks of up to $5,000 based on purported savings from DOGE. With tariff rebate checks, some of the revenue from tariffs would be sent primarily to lower-income Americans.
While Trump has said publicly that he's considering pursuing both ideas, he has neither committed to nor made any concerted public push for either.
And even if he did, Trump would have to seek approval from Congress, where Republicans are overwhelmingly against both ideas.
That hasn't stopped the president's campaign from using both concepts — sometimes simultaneously — to solicit donations.
A fundraising email sent by his leadership PAC on Thursday included the subject line, "Do you want a DOGE check?"
But the body of the email included a "Rebate Check Poll."
A screenshot of the Trump fundraising email sent on Thursday. Never Surrender, Inc PAC
"Should bonus revenue from tariffs go back to the American People VIA CHECK SIGNED BY TRUMP?" asks the email. "My team tells me that gathering ONE MILLION RESPONSES TODAY is the best way to send these so-called "representatives" a message they won't be able to ignore."
Two large buttons in the body of the email — labeled "QUESTION #1" and "RESPOND TO TRUMP" — send recipients to a donation page.
Trump's political operation has sent at least two other emails about tariff rebate checks this month. One email sent on August 3 asks recipients: "SHOULD BONUS REVENUE FROM MY HISTORIC TRUMP TARIFFS GO BACK TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE VIA REBATE CHECK SIGNED BY TRUMP?"
Before Thursday, Trump had most recently mentioned DOGE dividends in an early June email, with the subject line: "I've got a $5,000 question for you."
"Would you take a DOGE dividend check signed by yours truly?," asks the email. "RESPOND IMMEDIATELY."
The White House did not respond to a request for comment.
Trump has not floated the DOGE checks idea since February, and DOGE has so far resulted in a much smaller cut to government spending than initially predicted.
Meanwhile, the president said on Wednesday that while there's a "concept" of tariff rebate checks, he "primarily" wants to put additional revenue from tariffs toward paying down the debt.
Trump is dangling the idea of government checks to get people to donate to his campaign
Trump is dangling the idea of government checks to get people to donate to his campaign
Trump hasn't actually committed to sending DOGE checks or tariff rebate checks to Americans. He's still mentioning them in fundraising emails.
www.businessinsider.com
President Donald Trump is fundraising off of checks from the government that he's unlikely to send.
In recent months, Trump's political operation has sent several fundraising emails that mention either the "DOGE Dividend" or tariff rebate checks, both of which theoretically involve sending checks to some Americans worth hundreds or even thousands of dollars.
In the case of DOGE checks, tax-paying Americans would receive checks of up to $5,000 based on purported savings from DOGE. With tariff rebate checks, some of the revenue from tariffs would be sent primarily to lower-income Americans.
While Trump has said publicly that he's considering pursuing both ideas, he has neither committed to nor made any concerted public push for either.
And even if he did, Trump would have to seek approval from Congress, where Republicans are overwhelmingly against both ideas.
That hasn't stopped the president's campaign from using both concepts — sometimes simultaneously — to solicit donations.
A fundraising email sent by his leadership PAC on Thursday included the subject line, "Do you want a DOGE check?"
But the body of the email included a "Rebate Check Poll."
A screenshot of the Trump fundraising email sent on Thursday. Never Surrender, Inc PAC
"Should bonus revenue from tariffs go back to the American People VIA CHECK SIGNED BY TRUMP?" asks the email. "My team tells me that gathering ONE MILLION RESPONSES TODAY is the best way to send these so-called "representatives" a message they won't be able to ignore."
Two large buttons in the body of the email — labeled "QUESTION #1" and "RESPOND TO TRUMP" — send recipients to a donation page.
Trump's political operation has sent at least two other emails about tariff rebate checks this month. One email sent on August 3 asks recipients: "SHOULD BONUS REVENUE FROM MY HISTORIC TRUMP TARIFFS GO BACK TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE VIA REBATE CHECK SIGNED BY TRUMP?"
Before Thursday, Trump had most recently mentioned DOGE dividends in an early June email, with the subject line: "I've got a $5,000 question for you."
"Would you take a DOGE dividend check signed by yours truly?," asks the email. "RESPOND IMMEDIATELY."
The White House did not respond to a request for comment.
Trump has not floated the DOGE checks idea since February, and DOGE has so far resulted in a much smaller cut to government spending than initially predicted.
Meanwhile, the president said on Wednesday that while there's a "concept" of tariff rebate checks, he "primarily" wants to put additional revenue from tariffs toward paying down the debt.
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How much money has been spent by Trump on the Guard and other needless things compared to how much has been cut with DOGE?The grift never ends with the guy. And unlike the article, I believe Trump will find a way to send out Trump checks (going to buy the election to keep power).
Trump is dangling the idea of government checks to get people to donate to his campaign
Trump is dangling the idea of government checks to get people to donate to his campaign
Trump hasn't actually committed to sending DOGE checks or tariff rebate checks to Americans. He's still mentioning them in fundraising emails.
President Donald Trump is fundraising off of checks from the government that he's unlikely to send.
In recent months, Trump's political operation has sent several fundraising emails that mention either the "DOGE Dividend" or tariff rebate checks, both of which theoretically involve sending checks to some Americans worth hundreds or even thousands of dollars.
In the case of DOGE checks, tax-paying Americans would receive checks of up to $5,000 based on purported savings from DOGE. With tariff rebate checks, some of the revenue from tariffs would be sent primarily to lower-income Americans.
While Trump has said publicly that he's considering pursuing both ideas, he has neither committed to nor made any concerted public push for either.
And even if he did, Trump would have to seek approval from Congress, where Republicans are overwhelmingly against both ideas.
That hasn't stopped the president's campaign from using both concepts — sometimes simultaneously — to solicit donations.
A fundraising email sent by his leadership PAC on Thursday included the subject line, "Do you want a DOGE check?"
But the body of the email included a "Rebate Check Poll."
A screenshot of the Trump fundraising email sent on Thursday. Never Surrender, Inc PAC
"Should bonus revenue from tariffs go back to the American People VIA CHECK SIGNED BY TRUMP?" asks the email. "My team tells me that gathering ONE MILLION RESPONSES TODAY is the best way to send these so-called "representatives" a message they won't be able to ignore."
Two large buttons in the body of the email — labeled "QUESTION #1" and "RESPOND TO TRUMP" — send recipients to a donation page.
Trump's political operation has sent at least two other emails about tariff rebate checks this month. One email sent on August 3 asks recipients: "SHOULD BONUS REVENUE FROM MY HISTORIC TRUMP TARIFFS GO BACK TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE VIA REBATE CHECK SIGNED BY TRUMP?"
Before Thursday, Trump had most recently mentioned DOGE dividends in an early June email, with the subject line: "I've got a $5,000 question for you."
"Would you take a DOGE dividend check signed by yours truly?," asks the email. "RESPOND IMMEDIATELY."
The White House did not respond to a request for comment.
Trump has not floated the DOGE checks idea since February, and DOGE has so far resulted in a much smaller cut to government spending than initially predicted.
Meanwhile, the president said on Wednesday that while there's a "concept" of tariff rebate checks, he "primarily" wants to put additional revenue from tariffs toward paying down the debt.
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Ah, the great American dream. You too can work in a factory for shit wages making cheap products for consumption by the scientists and technologists getting rich in China and Japan!
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I am out of gift links for WaPo for August, will post a gift link tomorrow if no one else posts one here first.
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campaign? so he is running for that third term.The grift never ends with the guy. And unlike the article, I believe Trump will find a way to send out Trump checks (going to buy the election to keep power).
Trump is dangling the idea of government checks to get people to donate to his campaign
Trump is dangling the idea of government checks to get people to donate to his campaign
Trump hasn't actually committed to sending DOGE checks or tariff rebate checks to Americans. He's still mentioning them in fundraising emails.
President Donald Trump is fundraising off of checks from the government that he's unlikely to send.
In recent months, Trump's political operation has sent several fundraising emails that mention either the "DOGE Dividend" or tariff rebate checks, both of which theoretically involve sending checks to some Americans worth hundreds or even thousands of dollars.
In the case of DOGE checks, tax-paying Americans would receive checks of up to $5,000 based on purported savings from DOGE. With tariff rebate checks, some of the revenue from tariffs would be sent primarily to lower-income Americans.
While Trump has said publicly that he's considering pursuing both ideas, he has neither committed to nor made any concerted public push for either.
And even if he did, Trump would have to seek approval from Congress, where Republicans are overwhelmingly against both ideas.
That hasn't stopped the president's campaign from using both concepts — sometimes simultaneously — to solicit donations.
A fundraising email sent by his leadership PAC on Thursday included the subject line, "Do you want a DOGE check?"
But the body of the email included a "Rebate Check Poll."
A screenshot of the Trump fundraising email sent on Thursday. Never Surrender, Inc PAC
"Should bonus revenue from tariffs go back to the American People VIA CHECK SIGNED BY TRUMP?" asks the email. "My team tells me that gathering ONE MILLION RESPONSES TODAY is the best way to send these so-called "representatives" a message they won't be able to ignore."
Two large buttons in the body of the email — labeled "QUESTION #1" and "RESPOND TO TRUMP" — send recipients to a donation page.
Trump's political operation has sent at least two other emails about tariff rebate checks this month. One email sent on August 3 asks recipients: "SHOULD BONUS REVENUE FROM MY HISTORIC TRUMP TARIFFS GO BACK TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE VIA REBATE CHECK SIGNED BY TRUMP?"
Before Thursday, Trump had most recently mentioned DOGE dividends in an early June email, with the subject line: "I've got a $5,000 question for you."
"Would you take a DOGE dividend check signed by yours truly?," asks the email. "RESPOND IMMEDIATELY."
The White House did not respond to a request for comment.
Trump has not floated the DOGE checks idea since February, and DOGE has so far resulted in a much smaller cut to government spending than initially predicted.
Meanwhile, the president said on Wednesday that while there's a "concept" of tariff rebate checks, he "primarily" wants to put additional revenue from tariffs toward paying down the debt.
and by running I mean just not stepping down.
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Labor Day gas prices are expected to average $3.15 per gallon this year— the cheapest since 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to GasBuddy. That’s down modestly from $3.29 last Labor Day.
Drivers in some parts of the country will find sub-$3 gas. As of Thursday, the average price is below $3 per gallon in 15 states, including Georgia, Texas, North Carolina and Iowa, according to AAA, the automotive and trip-planning group.…”
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Howdy and welcome to the board.Howdy
I blame Society
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Already Pardoned by Trump, Jan. 6 Rioters Push for Compensation
One of the rioters’ lawyers wants to create a panel that would decide on financial damages for what the rioters believe were unfair prosecutions.
Already Pardoned by Trump, Jan. 6 Rioters Push for Compensation
One of the rioters’ lawyers wants to create a panel that would decide on financial damages for what the rioters believe were unfair prosecutions.
“… On Thursday, one of the lawyers, Mark McCloskey, said during a public meeting on social media that he had recently met with top officials at the Justice Department and pitched them on a plan to create a special panel that would dole out financial damages to the rioters — much like the arrangement of a special master to award money to the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
… Mr. McCloskey said that he wanted the panel to be overseen by Jeanine Pirro, who runs the federal prosecutors’ office in Washington that took the lead in filing charges against nearly 1,600 rioters who joined in the Capitol attack.
“The only thing I can do as your lawyer,” he told the rioters who were at the online meeting, “is to turn your losses into dollar bills.”…”
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“… Mr. McCloskey, who rose to prominence five years ago after he pointed an AR-15-style rifle at social justice protesters outside his home in St. Louis, has been leading the efforts to secure restitution for the rioters since at least March, when he announced that he and another lawyer, Peter Ticktin, a former classmate and longtime ally of Mr. Trump’s, were planning to sue the government.…Already Pardoned by Trump, Jan. 6 Rioters Push for Compensation
One of the rioters’ lawyers wants to create a panel that would decide on financial damages for what the rioters believe were unfair prosecutions.
Already Pardoned by Trump, Jan. 6 Rioters Push for Compensation
One of the rioters’ lawyers wants to create a panel that would decide on financial damages for what the rioters believe were unfair prosecutions.www.nytimes.com
“… On Thursday, one of the lawyers, Mark McCloskey, said during a public meeting on social media that he had recently met with top officials at the Justice Department and pitched them on a plan to create a special panel that would dole out financial damages to the rioters — much like the arrangement of a special master to award money to the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
… Mr. McCloskey said that he wanted the panel to be overseen by Jeanine Pirro, who runs the federal prosecutors’ office in Washington that took the lead in filing charges against nearly 1,600 rioters who joined in the Capitol attack.
“The only thing I can do as your lawyer,” he told the rioters who were at the online meeting, “is to turn your losses into dollar bills.”…”
… [Despite many roadblocks to such damage claims,] Mr. McCloskey assured the rioters that they had allies inside Mr. Trump’s Justice Department. Chief among them, he said, was Ed Martin, who runs the so-called weaponization working group, a body that was created to investigate those who investigated Jan. 6 and other people whom Mr. Trump perceives to be his enemies.…”
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“…“… Mr. McCloskey, who rose to prominence five years ago after he pointed an AR-15-style rifle at social justice protesters outside his home in St. Louis, has been leading the efforts to secure restitution for the rioters since at least March, when he announced that he and another lawyer, Peter Ticktin, a former classmate and longtime ally of Mr. Trump’s, were planning to sue the government.…
… [Despite many roadblocks to such damage claims,] Mr. McCloskey assured the rioters that they had allies inside Mr. Trump’s Justice Department. Chief among them, he said, was Ed Martin, who runs the so-called weaponization working group, a body that was created to investigate those who investigated Jan. 6 and other people whom Mr. Trump perceives to be his enemies.…”
One rioter, Shane Jenkins, who was sentenced to 84 months in prison for assaulting an officer and shattering a window at the Capitol with a tomahawk on Jan. 6, spoke during the online meeting and captured the spirit of loss and disillusionment that many of the pardoned defendants seem to feel.
Mr. Jenkins compared the rioters to the biblical story of the Israelites who were enslaved and then released by God from bondage in Egypt, only to roam for decades through the desert.
“Through Trump, God pardoned us and set us free, right?” Mr. Jenkins said. “Well, then what did they do? They wandered around the desert for 40 years and I don’t think very many of them got to see the Promised Land.”
“I just feel,” he went on, “like that’s kind of where we’re at right now.”…”
I’m sure these Jan. 6 criminals favor reparations for descendants of slaves and Native Americans who were oppressed by the U.S.Already Pardoned by Trump, Jan. 6 Rioters Push for Compensation
One of the rioters’ lawyers wants to create a panel that would decide on financial damages for what the rioters believe were unfair prosecutions.
Already Pardoned by Trump, Jan. 6 Rioters Push for Compensation
One of the rioters’ lawyers wants to create a panel that would decide on financial damages for what the rioters believe were unfair prosecutions.
“… On Thursday, one of the lawyers, Mark McCloskey, said during a public meeting on social media that he had recently met with top officials at the Justice Department and pitched them on a plan to create a special panel that would dole out financial damages to the rioters — much like the arrangement of a special master to award money to the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
… Mr. McCloskey said that he wanted the panel to be overseen by Jeanine Pirro, who runs the federal prosecutors’ office in Washington that took the lead in filing charges against nearly 1,600 rioters who joined in the Capitol attack.
“The only thing I can do as your lawyer,” he told the rioters who were at the online meeting, “is to turn your losses into dollar bills.”…”