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lots of spending exempted from normal review this year
All lip service
Sounds about right
lots of spending exempted from normal review this year
arbitrary and capricious government and impoundment are Trump signatures
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/...nding-43773351
this runs afoul of the Antideficiency Act, POTUS isn't supposed to be able to spend money all by himself, nor can he solicit private companies for money to go around Congress
https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...icopter-issue/Trump begins construction of unannounced White House helipad
The project, funded with a Lockheed Martin donation, is intended to resolve a years-long problem with the new Marine One helicopters: They run the risk of scorching the White House’s grass.
Trump 2.0 disdains public notice and comment of intended bureaucratic changes
arbitrary and capricious all the way
https://bsky.app/profile/gabrielmalo.../3mowe2kmjam27One of the corrupt features of this administration is that it could, if it wanted, make regulatory changes ... through the normal notice-and-comment process under the APA.
Partisan disaster relief, not for the first time
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/0...tates-00989418President Donald Trump denied disaster aid to four Democratic-led states in a move that is raising new questions about whether he’s injecting political motivations into emergency management decisions.
Trump on Friday rejected $227 million in aid requests from New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Rhode Island for help recovering from a major snowstorm in February. Two days earlier, Trump approved Federal Emergency Management Agency disaster aid for six Republican-led states, while extolling the political virtues of GOP politicians and candidates in the states.
Trump sics FBI on NYT for reporting he didn't like
The White House directed Kash Patel, the F.B.I. director, to oversee a leak investigation into reporting by The New York Times about security issues with the new Air Force One, leading to a flurry of subpoenas to several Times reporters Friday night, according to people with knowledge of the situation.
Mr. Patel scuttled a planned trip to Chicago and spent roughly eight hours at the White House on Friday, running the investigation from there rather than F.B.I. headquarters — a major departure from historical practice. Mr. Patel also briefed senior administration officials on the investigation, two people said. The people spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe sensitive internal discussions.
The White House’s deep involvement in the case came after officials said that President Trump was enraged about the coverage of the Qatari-donated plane, which The Times reported Thursday lacks the same defensive countermeasures of the previous Air Force One.https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/u...core-ios-shareMr. Patel’s role in the investigation, in close coordination with top administration officials, reflects a further dismantling of the wall that had separated the White House and the F.B.I. in previous administrations. The government’s effort to immediately seek information from journalists, when such cases are typically centered first on identifying potential internal wrongdoing by officials, comes as the Trump administration has intensified pressure on news organizations.
subtext: Trump is big mad he had to ditch his deluxe bribery jet
Mr. Trump has basked in the luxury of the new plane, which is more than a decade old but has the kind of opulent furnishings the president prefers. He has repeatedly described the Qatari jet as cost free to the United States. But in reality, hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars were spent to upgrade its security systems. Officials have said that he plans to take the plane with him as a donation to his presidential library when he leaves office.While Mr. Trump has said the Qatari plane was upgraded with the necessary security “bells and whistles,” The Times reported on Thursday that it lacks the defensive countermeasures that were security features of the old model, including its advanced antimissile capabilities.
Trump has gone from unlawful attempts to deny permission to wind energy projects, to heavy bribes with public money
Federal judge finds that Trump's IRS suit was improper because Trump controlled both sides of the litigation.
Judge Kathleen Williams also sanctions Trump's lawyers, issues monetary sanctions, and harshly criticizes DOJ's "untenable" conduct.
https://storage.courtlistener.com/re...6172.106.0.pdf
But perhaps the most startling misstatement advanced by Plaintiffs is their characterization of this case as “ordinary.” (DE 89 at 9). The Parties here are not private actors to a mine-run dispute, recounting their proficiency in the art of the deal they negotiated. Lead Plaintiff and Defendants are public servants—the pinnacle of the Executive Branch—sworn to uphold the law, faithfully perform the duties of their office, and protect the interests of the American public. The issue before the Court is whether, instead, they ignored ethical norms, court rules, and legal authority to manipulate the judicial process. The issue is whether they did so to gild their efforts to gain unprecedented access to the public fisc with the patina of legitimacy. There is nothing “ordinary” about this case; it is the very definition of sui generis.
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Trump tried to steal $2B from the USA
Trump and everyone who tried to help him do it should be impeached, removed and prosecuted
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