He reminds me of this bully in high school who used to put me in headlocks and lift me off the ground. He wouldn’t let me go until I said I was his bitch and then he would make me bow down to him afterwards. I remember the grin on his face looking down at my pathetic little body worshiping his power. I felt so impotent and he loved it. 😩
Trump’s $1.8 billion slush fund for January 6 insurrectionists is so toxic that it may have finally broken his death grip on the Republican Party. A rebellion among congressional Republicans that began on Thursday is picking up steam. It has cost him funding for his Billion Dollar Ballroom and may prevent further funding for ICE and Border Patrol in the current fiscal year. And it may have emboldened House Republicans to tip the scales on a War Powers Act resolution that would force an end to hostilities against Iran.
But more importantly, the American public is outraged. The corrupt scheme offends their sense of fairness and justice. As working Americans struggle to pay rent and buy groceries, January 6 insurrectionists (like Enrique Tarrio) are boasting of expected settlements in the $5 million range. See Investing.com, ’I’m not greedy’: January 6 rioters and Trump allies eye $1.8 billion ’weaponization’ fund.
Americans of every political persuasion are angry, and their protests are quickly gaining momentum. (See Pro-democracy protest photos, below.)
After the initial backlash, Trump could have walked away from the slush fund. Indeed, he initially claimed he was not involved in creating the fund. But on Friday, he bemoaned the fact that he “gave up” his IRS lawsuit so that others could recover against the federal government for alleged weaponization.
Trump said,
I gave up a lot of money in allowing the just announced Anti-Weaponization Fund to go forward. I could have settled my case, including the illegal release of my Tax Returns and the equally illegal BREAK IN of Mar-a-Lago, for an absolute fortune. Instead, I am helping others, who were so badly abused by an evil, corrupt, and weaponized Biden Administration, receive, at long last, JUSTICE! President DJT.
In other words, Trump’s fingerprints are all over the insurrectionists’ slush fund. Indeed, Trump has suggested that the fund “was peanuts” compared to the real losses suffered by people convicted of assaulting police officers and attacking the Capitol. Per the Investing.com article cited above,
Trump also suggested the fund may be too small. “You’re talking about peanuts,” he told reporters at Joint Base Andrews. “It destroyed the lives of many, many people.”
In short, Trump has dropped any pretense that he was not involved in the creation of the fund or that it is intended to benefit his militia of thugs who attacked the Capitol on January 6.
Likewise, the DOJ no longer denies that the fund is intended to benefit the January 6 defendants despite Todd Blanche’s evasive answers to Congress. In an exchange on social media Friday between a political commentator and the DOJ’s “rapid response team,” the DOJ said the quiet part out loud.
Meryl Kornfield posted on Twitter,
The Trump admin is quietly deleting info about the Capitol attack from the DOJ website as it prepares to give funds to J6ers. This week, DOJ deleted a press release about one man with an ongoing child solicitation case who came to the Capitol with bear spray.
An official DOJ account on Twitter, “DOJ Rapid Response,” wrote in reply:
Nothing “quiet” about it. We are proud to reverse the DOJ’s weaponization under the Biden administration. We will do everything in our power to make whole those who were persecuted for political purposes. This includes stripping the DOJ’s website of partisan propaganda.
The above exchange shows that the DOJ is preparing to “make whole” a man accused of soliciting a minor for sex who came to the Capitol on January 6 with a can of bear spray—for which there can be no innocent explanation.
Trump is signaling in every possible way that he will not back down from paying his thug army for invading the Capitol. Republicans in Congress are likely to join with Democrats in passing legislation to eliminate the fund or exclude January 6 defendants. Trump might veto such a bill, or not.
No matter what Trump does, he will weaken congressional Republicans on the ballot in November 2026 and anger working Americans who paid for the $1.8 billion slush fund with their tax dollars. If he agrees to eliminate or modify the fund, he will anger the substantial conspiracy theory cult among his base, as well as the January 6 insurrectionists who have been eagerly waiting for years to receive compensation that Trump apparently promised them long ago.
Odds are that the fund will be blocked or significantly modified. But the damage is done. And we must raise our voices to the rafters to ensure that every American understands that the insurrectionists’ slush fund is the most corrupt action by any president in American history.
Keep up the pressure, especially on congressional Republicans. They are already weak in the knees over the slush fund; they are testing the political winds to see how far they must go to address anger among their constituents. Help them make the right choice.
Concluding Thoughts
We arrived at our cabin late in the evening after a longer-than-expected drive (the traffic jam started at 10 a.m. for the holiday exodus from Los Angeles). After waking our cabin from its long winter slumber, I did not have time to cover the other significant stories on Friday. So, I offer recommended reading:
Lucian K. Truscott IV’s story on the dismissal of the Broadview Six case, Broadview Six case in Chicago dropped because Todd Blanche and Trump’s prosecutors are lying, whiny, law-breaking scumsuckers.
Politico’s article on the long-overdue awakening of NYTimes’ publisher AG Sulzberger on the threat of Trump to the free press. See Politico, NYT publisher calls out news outlets for ‘capitulation’ to Trump administration.
NPR’s story on the cynical, callous, cruel decision by the Trump administration requiring green card applicants to return to their home countries to complete their green card applications. See NPR, Trump administration to force foreigners to apply for a green card abroad.
The most important dynamic of the last week is that Trump has backed himself into two “no-win” battles—his war against Iran and his looting of the Treasury to pay his January 6 mercenaries. His timing could not have been more damaging for Republicans—or propitious for Democrats.
Just as we must remain disciplined and focused when things are not going our way, the same is true when Trump is taking a wrecking ball to the GOP. We cannot rely on Trump to lead Republicans to defeat; we must lead Democrats, Independents, and disaffected Republicans to victory for democracy. We can do that. We are doing that. We need only stay the course—and redouble our efforts as each new challenge presents itself.
Because of limited bandwidth, I will not host a Saturday livestream, but I pre-recorded a Saturday video message that will automatically publish at 9:00 a.m. Pacific / Noon Eastern on Saturday, May 23, 2026.
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