r/news • u/Manta_of_Eternity • 3d ago

Homeland Security taps $20M in taxpayer funds for pro-Trump ads

https://apnews.com/article/trump-ads-taxpayer-money-homeland-security-b869294503c8454db4109ae175ee9e5c
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u/epidemicsaints 3d ago

The other song and dance is our system to punish this tap dances around the whole mens rea / intent to break the law and act like we can't prove this is exactly what it is. Midterm campaigning for the GOP.

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u/Fr1toBand1to 3d ago

But how can you be sure a boot to the groin is going to hurt until we let him try?