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Most people seem to think the 1.8B slush fund Trump wants is for rewarding Jan 6 defendants who participated in the insurrection. I think it is for something w

Most people seem to think the 1.8B slush fund Trump wants is for rewarding Jan 6 defendants who participated in the insurrection. I think it is for something worse: it is for rewarding those who participate in the next insurrection. If you look at how dictators such as Kim Jong Un operate, a wannabe dictator needs two things. (1) A compliant military that is willing to punish people who oppose the dictator, and (2) a slush fund for rewarding people who support the dictator. For (1): The gathering of generals and top military leaders on September 30, 2025 was to make it clear to them what is expected of them (be willing to attack democrat-controlled cities when called to, and quit if they aren't willing to do that). For (2): that's what the 1.8B slush fund is for.

anonymousiam 4mo ago
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- pineaux 4mo ago
  Nah, its not that they were trespassing. Its that they were trespassing while shouting that they were going to hang pence. It was because they were part of a group that attacked police officers. The goal of the trespassing counts.
  - anonymousiam 4mo ago
    There are different narratives describing J6. Not everyone who entered the capitol was calling for a Pence hanging. Some who never entered the Capitol were later arrested for somehow trespassing on the surrounding grounds (because of unannounced security protocols). The number of undercover FBI agents present among the J6 protestors has never been revealed, and the FBI has a history of inciting terror to obtain convictions. https://www.reuters.com/legal/capitol-riot-defendants-face-upheld-trespassing-charges-us-court-2024-10-22 https://www.reuters.com/legal/capitol-riot-defendants-face-u... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_FBI_controversies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_FBI_controversies
    - threecheese 4mo ago
      Not everyone was calling for the murder of a VP, but everyone who did is walking free - with everyone who attacked the police. Which narrative is that? I’d hope, as I think you do, that those only guilty of association would find themselves exonerated.
WickyNilliams 4mo ago
Could be both? Pay off the previous cohort and it signals to the next that they will get remunerated for their "assistance"

anonymousiam 4mo ago

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pineaux 4mo ago
Nah, its not that they were trespassing. Its that they were trespassing while shouting that they were going to hang pence. It was because they were part of a group that attacked police officers. The goal of the trespassing counts.
- anonymousiam 4mo ago
  There are different narratives describing J6. Not everyone who entered the capitol was calling for a Pence hanging. Some who never entered the Capitol were later arrested for somehow trespassing on the surrounding grounds (because of unannounced security protocols). The number of undercover FBI agents present among the J6 protestors has never been revealed, and the FBI has a history of inciting terror to obtain convictions. https://www.reuters.com/legal/capitol-riot-defendants-face-upheld-trespassing-charges-us-court-2024-10-22 https://www.reuters.com/legal/capitol-riot-defendants-face-u... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_FBI_controversies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_FBI_controversies
  - threecheese 4mo ago
    Not everyone was calling for the murder of a VP, but everyone who did is walking free - with everyone who attacked the police. Which narrative is that? I’d hope, as I think you do, that those only guilty of association would find themselves exonerated.

WickyNilliams 4mo ago

Could be both? Pay off the previous cohort and it signals to the next that they will get remunerated for their "assistance"