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Today in Politics, Bulletin 380.

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  Today in Politics, Bulletin 380. Ron Filipkowski May 15 ∙ … Trump’s DOJ is about to create a $1.7 billion slush fund to pay  J6 criminals   and his henchmen a fortune out of your tax dollars. ABC: “Trump is expected to drop his $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS in exchange for the creation of a $1.7 billion fund to compensate allies who claim they were wrongfully targeted by the Biden admin. … “The commission overseeing the compensation fund would have the total authority to hand out approximately $1.7 billion in taxpayer funds to settle claims brought by anyone who alleges they were harmed by the Biden admin’s ‘weaponization’ of the legal system, including the nearly 1,600 individuals charged in connection with the Jan. 6 Capitol attack as well as potentially entities associated with Trump himself.” … “The arrangement would be an unprecedented use of taxpayer dollars with little oversight. Under the terms of the potential settlement agreement, Trump would have the a...

Today in Politics, Bulletin 335. 3/26/26

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Today in Politics, Bulletin 335. 3/26/26 Ron Filipkowski Mar 26 ∙ … Trump held another marathon cabinet meeting today where he rambled incoherently, lied often, went off on tangents, said batshit crazy things, received effusive praise from his sycophants, and fell asleep again. On gas prices: “It’s not over, so maybe it’ll go up a little bit more. It’s all gonna come back down to where it was and probably lower. And my predictions have been right. Trump was right about everything - they have a new hat that says that.” … Sen.  Andy Kim  (D-NJ): “‘They have a new hat’ is not a real plan to bring your gas prices down.” On  Newsom ’s dyslexia: “You don't want to have a person with a mental disability being your president. And Gavin Newsom said he can't read a speech, he’s actually a very stupid person.” “A reporter said it’s terrible that I talked that way about somebody with mental disability. I said, I have no problem with it. But I don’t want a person with mental disabili...