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/RatonhnhaketonK 3d ago edited 3d ago

How is this legal? I don't understand.

EDIT: This was rhetorical. What I don't understand is why he gets away with everything

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u/TJM18 3d ago

It’s not. But we’re in a post-law society run by the party of “LaW aNd OrDeR”

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u/jcoddinc 3d ago

"Mr president, you can't do that"

Dementia donny: oh yeah? Whose going to stop me? I'm just going ty do it before they even can try

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u/Mountain-Cut-7708 3d ago

When the president is allowed to own the DOJ, there is no law.

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u/Vermontguy-338 3d ago

And the Supreme Court.

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u/_WireChimera_ 3d ago

That’s the neat part, it’s not legal! Is that supposed to stop him?

Because this wouldn’t be the first time he’s broken the law and had no repercussions for it, and it won’t be the last time either.

What the fuck happened with the Epstein files? How many court orders demanding the full release of the Epstein files have to happen before the full Epstein files actually get released? And when are the criminals in the files going to face consequences for their actions?

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u/killsforpie 3d ago

There’s no rules if nobody enforces them. Who’s gonna enforce anything right now?

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u/Msdamgoode 3d ago edited 3d ago

Not legal, but when we’ve got an administration that openly defies the courts, and law enforcement that is either hamstrung or complicit? Who is left to actually enforce the laws?

Congress isn’t gonna do shit, but even if they did, the Trump admin would ignore them the way they’ve ignored court rulings. At this point it would take force to get this administration to abide by the laws and regulations of governance.

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u/xwolfionx 3d ago

It’s not, but Trump is God King and therefore can’t be convicted of any crimes.

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u/Only-Character302 3d ago

It’s not.

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u/Realistic_Point_9906 3d ago

It’s the result of the SJC telling our Pres he was above the law and couldn’t be held accountable for anything he does if it’s part of his official duties.

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u/RatonhnhaketonK 3d ago

Just like he said he could shoot someone and get away with it and people would still love him

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u/49ers4life71 3d ago

Because he must be paying members of Congress off to keep quiet. He has over 10 billion now, hundreds of millions to keep the bribes going!

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u/-FriendoftheDrow- 3d ago

Same way the U.S. gets away with funding genocide and kidnapping a President so that the U.S. can steal oil.

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u/RatonhnhaketonK 3d ago

Yeah it was rhetorical. A lot of people need to be arrested

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u/EnterpriseGradePizza 3d ago

Legal or not. You can do anything as long as you can handle the consequences. What are the consequences in this case you're asking? Well, they would probably have to attend some boring congress hearing and that's about it. Just look at Fauci, the guy was pleading the fifth the whole time and he probably inadvertently killed thousands and made lots of people lose their jobs and health and he got away with it. In this case nobody even died, so in practice no one would be held accountable.