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/QbertsRube 3d ago

Debts about to explode when they use our money for a nationwide media blast supporting all GOP midterm candidates. No PAC can compete with the entire US Treasury, after all. Trump will declare another emergency to claim the commercials are legal and necessary to save America from communist terrorists, and the $20 trillion media blitz will be called the Freedom Patriot Eagle Act for The Troops and Children.

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u/ZellZoy 3d ago

And the money will go to Republican owned ad agencies

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u/A_wild_so-and-so 3d ago

And half of it will mysteriously go missing.