Republicans in both the House and Senate are quickly moving to stop the DOJ/IRS settlement with President Trump that establishes a $1.776 billion victim’s compensation fund for those targeted by corrupt government conduct.
The move in the Senate is particularly Machiavellian considering they recently established a $500,000 system of penalties for government conduct after they found out the Jack Smith investigation had subpoenaed their private phone records.
Buried on page 217 of the 2025 Senate Continuing Resolution Bill [TEXT HERE], Republican Senators inserted legislation to “retroactively” pay themselves $500,000 each for every line of communication, telephone record, email or other electronic communication, subpoenaed by the Jack Smith Special Counsel during the Arctic Frost investigation. The targeting of Republican senators was too much for the Republican Senators to bear.
Now consider:
WASHINGTON DC – Senate Republicans have canceled plans to begin voting this week on a budget reconciliation package that would provide approximately $70 billion to fund immigration enforcement operations through 2029 amid a furious disagreement within their conference over the Trump administration’s proposal to establish a $1.8 billion compensation fund for MAGA allies.
Senate Republicans emerging from a lengthy meeting with acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said they expect to leave Washington for the Memorial Day recess without voting on the budget reconciliation package that has stalled over disagreements among Republicans over how to put guardrails on the so-called anti-weaponization fund. (more)
A grandmother silently praying outside an abortion clinic encounters the full weight of the Dept of Justice and FBI costing her tens of thousands of dollars to defend herself. Hundreds of conservatives have been targeted by a politicized and weaponized IRS. Dozens of Trump officials were targeted, prosecuted and spent millions of dollars during their judicial defense – many going bankrupt. Thousands of people who peacefully attended the January 6, 2021, protest were targeted by the FBI and had to hire lawyers. Thousands more received ridiculous subpoenas and investigative inquiries that required them to pay lawyers who provided legal responses.
Yet, only when the weaponization targets a Republican Senator personally does the issue warrant compensation. Think about it.
Additionally, it was only just yesterday when President Trump pointed out to Fox News correspondent Jacqui Heinrich’s that her fiancé, Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), was at risk for attention from Trump after voting against Trump all MAGA policy in Congress. Trump warned Ms. Heinrich that typically “doesn’t work out well” for conservative lawmakers.
Fitzpatrick previously voted against Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” last year, making him one of only two GOP lawmakers to do so, along with Rep.Thomas Massie (R-KY). That’s who Trump seemed to be referencing Wednesday morning when he said it doesn’t go “well” for Republicans who oppose him.
Then today:
WASHINGTON DC – A bipartisan House effort is afoot to kill the $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund created by the Justice Department that could pay allies of President Donald Trump, according to three people granted anonymity to discuss the effort ahead of a formal announcement.
Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) and Tom Suozzi (D-N.Y.) have drafted text and are taking steps to unveil the legislation soon, the people said. (more)
The Republicans just unveiled the legislation {SEE HERE}.
This is why I have often said, “I fully support Donald Trump because the alternative is to support a republican.”
When the Tea Party surfaced in 2010, the grassroots voter base (unvoiced in DC) did not have a figurehead. So, the UniParty apparatus weaponized the DOJ, IRS and regulatory agencies to target, divide and destroy us.
When the Tea Party reassembled in 2016, the grassroots voter base (unvoiced in DC) now had Donald Trump. So, the same UniParty weaponized the DOJ, FBI and Intelligence Community to target, divide and destroy him first (Spygate, Russiagate, Impeachments etc.), until they could get back to targeting us (Arctic Frost).
The difference between the Tea Party targeting in 2010, and MAGA targeting 2016-through today, is the pesky impediment called Donald Trump.
Review the 15-year history and you will see these commonalities, including DC’s use of Main Justice and the FBI.
The McConnell-minded Republicans were happy to see the Tea Party targeted in 2011/2012. The same is true for the targeting of MAGA in later years.
This core reality is why I support President Trump; indeed, I actually cherish his fighting for us, because the alternative is reliance on our Republican abusers.
In my opinion, the strongest, most based and unflinching MAGA-minded America-First supporters, are the people who bear the visible scars from the extreme Tea Party targeting.
Those of us who went through the furnace of frustration are forged with a unique type of resolve that will never stop supporting Donald Trump.
We can see through the UniParty tricks, schemes and Machiavellian constructs, and we trust nothing.
The DC guards weaponized virtue as an attack strategy. They use our love of country against us. However, one glance at the scars and that approach doesn’t work any longer….
….. and they hate us even more because of that.
That outlook brings me to a place of thankfulness.
I think most of us here realize we have a few years with a political leader in our corner; that means advocacy for our specific interests is on a diminishing timeline.
If we, well, really, he, does not get that thing accomplished in the next three years, well, it’s unlikely to happen. That clock ticking raises the stakes for us and makes policy issues sensitive and urgent. This is an entirely understandable sentiment.
I fully support Donald Trump, because the alternative is dependency on a Republican.
Don’t forget to pray.
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The RINORAT UniParty is desperately moving to save THEIR. Deep State players in THEIR Swamp … REGARDLESS of what WeThePeople want and vote for.
No doubt about it now.
The RepubliCON GOPe Uniparty Cuck Resistance includes tanking the mid terms.
The Catch 22 in attempting to spoil their plans to throw the midterms, you have to get out the vote and vote for them. Damed if you do, damed if you don’t, even more damed if the democrats take it.
Need to run a MAGA-slate of candidates in 2028 in all of the reliable red-safe districts. Primary the RINOs away.
Utter insanity!
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They did that in 2018 to great effect.
However, Trump isn’t relying on Congress for much this time around. He is bull-rushing the establishment on all fronts. The Supreme Court has actually been giving favorable rulings as well.
Our man here in Texas, Ken Paxton, has been so targeted and defiled by the treacherous Bush Republicans it’s a damn tragedy. But still he fights on and will bring the fire to DC when we get Cornyn gone on Tuesday.
I am so far past mere anger or frustration. I’m full-on cold fury and ready to go HOT at the drop of a MAGA hat!!!
LFG!
Not expecting much from Paxton even if he wins. When was the last TX politician that was worth a sh*t? A: Never
I have higher hopes. When was the last time TX elected a MAGA senator? Never.
Paxton is a brawler. Thune beware.
Why does the Republican Party of South Dakota tolerate that traitor ??
It’s a machine.
Read an article where Thune expressed that he had to be convinced to stay in the Senate, as he was going to be put forth for Governor of South Dakota. Family wanted him back home, too.
It would be great if the people of SD regarded him as the traitor to his country that he is, and jinxed his “Retirement” plans!!!
ARROGANT MCCONNELL SYCOPHANT!!!
Meaning: He isn’t worried about being primaried! By staying in for his last election, he was doing a favor for HIS Leader – the Turtle, not President Trump!
That favor was to prevent President Trump from accomplishing everything he wanted to get done this term! It was payback for McConnell!
And he does not care at all how it affects this country or its citizens!
Trump isn’t just our candidate. He’s our murder weapon, and the GOP is our victim
..we good now?
This is soooo true. Trump is 37-0 in GOP primaries this year.
Urgency is driving the timeline for us. Little time for error, even though the opposition is more than fierce. The enemy is everywhere both hidden and visible. Republicans, Democrats and most of all the MSM.
Fight, Fight,Fight.
Thank you for this Sundance. Godspeed …
Recess appointments….yes?
The primary election results have torn down the veil behind which the RINOs have been hiding, and their war against the President is on center stage under bright lights.
Thune is the bold leader of the opposition, and his hubris is equally disgusting and dangerous.
I cannot recall a Senate majority leader so openly combative with and disrespectful of his president.
The RINOs, especially in the Senate, are in control of obstructing the MAGA legislative agenda. Killing the SAVE Act is the consumate expression of their determination to preserve the DS status quo, public opinion be damned.
Thune is the head of the snake, and plodding through a lengthy and very likely failed recall attempt or waiting two years to primary him are unacceptably slow methods of overcoming his inordinately great and powerfully negative influence.
Let no one pretend that the civil war within the GOP is not openly revealed, fully engaged, and destructively raging.
It would be historically catestrophic if the Republican Senate caucus paralyzes the remainder of the Trump presidency.
President Trump can work on a list of all the reliably safe red districts and Senate seats, and identify strong candidates to primary the RINOs in 2028. These should be safe districts and states that will never elect a DNC Marxist. Flush out even more of these toadies. There’s no reason the McConnells of the world should hold these safe seats for decades.
This would be a wonderful parting shot as he leaves office. The gift that keeps on giving.
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Congress doesn’t mean anything anymore. They do nothing but create problems and hold up any progress. They haven’t governed in a long time. It is a cesspool of corruption. Why is it still there?
There’s a special place for these Republican Senators that are never afraid to trade their morality and honor for gain.
Dante’s ninth circle of Hell, if you have read Dante’s Inferno.
Treachery —
https://search.brave.com/search?q=what+is+the+9th+circle+of+hell+in+Dante%27s+Inferno&source=desktop&summary=1&conversation=091d32db47e616711a41fc2cff5793cb9ab0
I read that as “gin!”
Steadfast.
And yet it is ok for congressmen and senators to pay hush money for their sexual improprieties out of a taxpayer funded cash pool. Get the pitchforks –€.
They can’t bring themselves to even say $1776, instead they’re saying things like “nearly $1.8 billion.” They want to deny any legitimacy to its patriotism.
Suozzi is my rep and he is the scum of the earth. He walks around this district pretending to be a moderate, but he votes with the commies every time. He barely won in 2024, and I’m hoping we can kick him to the curb in November. He does not reflect the wishes of this district, but he has a lot of people here fooled.
Well said Sundance.
Thank you!
Prayers work!!!
Apart from the outcome of congressional negotiations:
Oversight committees are also expected to demand documentation from the DOJ regarding the fund’s governance structure, criteria for disbursement, and any communications related to its establishment.
House Democrats have also filed a lawsuit to block payments of the fund in question.
.The legal challenge is likely to wind its way through the federal court system over years, with potentially hinging wether they have the legal right to sue in this context. Should the suit survive a standing challenge, however, the substantive constitutional questions it raises could set significant precedent for how future administrations manage funds derived from litigation settlements and case dismissals.
You know, President Trump obtained this settlement with the DOJ for himself, as payment for the merciless Lawfare committed against him. The complainers would have been unhappy if he had kept this well deserved award.
But, partly to tame their predictable hysteria, and partly because others who were unfairly targeted were in greater need than he was, financially, he graciously and generously offers to give away his settlement monies … and still they go nuts, he’s not even keeping the funds.
The anti-Trump forces complain no matter what he does. And most of them have spent five years lying about January 6, and they are desperate to try and continue the pretense about that day. This award by definition acknowledges that President Trump was wronged – and that they’ve been lying.
Extending the monies to others who have been wronged acknowledges how they were treated.
The lying mockingbird media must know that the truth about the fedsurrection set-up will be exposed and made known to the public someday; clearly they think they can postpone the moment of truth if they just keep lying earnestly enough.
Sounds like another “conspiracy” that is continuing to this day. The media need to be dragged into the spotlight on all of this as well.
the swamp hated J6 more than anything ever. we were onto something.
Exactly. That’s why I like to imagine that some way, some day, perhaps with the next generation of MAGA, the people will rebrand them from the Republican Party to the January Party.
In a nutshell:
As many as 25 Republican senators don’t want the weaponization fund.
Maybe Trump should just v continue his suit and put any funds that he receives into a charity fund to for those abused by weaponized government…
Or just fight it another day and get border and ICE funding passed now?
The Republican senate is a mess.
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𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐆𝐎𝐄𝐒 𝐇𝐎𝐌𝐄 𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐋 𝐉𝐔𝐍𝐄 — 𝐓𝐇𝐔𝐍𝐄 𝐁𝐋𝐎𝐖𝐒 𝐏𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐌𝐏’𝐒 𝐉𝐔𝐍𝐄 𝟏 𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐈𝐂𝐄 𝐅𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐔𝐍𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐒𝐇𝐄𝐃
“Maybe Trump should just v continue his suit”
A dismissal with prejudice permanently closes the door for a come back of the case:
Notice of voluntarily dismissal with prejudice to U.S District Court of Southern District of Florida (Miami Division) filed by Alejandro Brito on 5/18/26.
TrumpIRSSettle051826.PDF | DocumentCloud
Maybe we should meet them at their homes.
Long live Donald Trump!
Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.)
ahem, former FBI Agent Brian Fitzpatrick? Obviously he’s one of the honorable ones. 🙄
Always.
We cannot let thee republican uniparty defeat us by letting the democrats take control. Even if we have to return many of them it must be done. President Trump has fought for us and we need to fight for him even if the dirt is foul. Send replacements if we can and the best of the worst if we must but republicans must retain power if for no better reason than the slight power it gives President Trump/
Primary all the rinos! Do everything possible to retire Thune!!!!!
“Those of us who went through the furnace of frustration are forged with a unique type of resolve that will never stop supporting Donald Trump.
We can see through the UniParty tricks, schemes and Machiavellian constructs, and we trust nothing.”
As usual, our Congressional “representatives”, forget who got them elected and instead favor positions of K-Street donors who shower them with gifts, graft and money.
The Deep State is Evil!
WTF with friends like these who needs Enemas????
If we could just convince the Senators the $1.8 billion would somehow help Israel or Ukraine…
I’ve always said that you can believe the demo-commie-pinkos because they honest that they want complete control of our lives and that you can never completely believe Republicans because they tell you what you want to hear and then act like demo-commie-pinkos when they’re in the chamber.
The term “Uni-Party” isn’t just a conservative’s derisive term…it’s the absolute truth. Out of the 535 elected criminals in the capitol building, there’s maybe about 10 that are honest and dedicated to the American Way. The rest should be lined up.
Flush all of them. Trump needs to get up on his bully pulpet and thrash the Uniparty. Get the save America law pushed through. Sic the American public on the rats. Screw the GOPe.
Wow, Sundance’s citation of the Senate protecting and awarding themselves for any investigation or data gathered in the 2026 CR is not just on page 217 of the Bill, but goes on for 11 pages!
The Senators certainly know how to protect themselves and deny/strip any immunity to those government officials that might actually have the gall to investigate them. They even proscribe what the Judicial branch and a Grand Jury can and can not do! This includes not just when the Senators are performing their official duties, but also their personal time and lives!
All while being upset that PT would dare set up a fund with conditions and guardrails to compensate those private citizens, of any political party, that were wrongly prosecuted by weaponized government agencies and officials. And all this protection for themselves while allowing same surveillance and data gathering on PT, the American Citizens, and anyone or entity at all that they want!
What an egregious and contemptible action that goes against what our Declaration of Independence and Constitution stand for, especially on our 250th anniversary of The Declaration of Independence!
‘ Yet, only when the weaponization targets a Republican Senator personally does the issue warrant compensation. Think about it. ‘
Thinking that much of what is happening now is nudged from behind the veil, designed to generate outrage in addition to other goals of the hidden hand.
Keeping the populace in a state conducive to manipulation: Overstressed and weakened by the nonstop outrage about things we can’t do anything about, living in cognitive dissonance.
The modRNA bioweapon deployed by the US and aligned nations on their own people 2021-present also supporting this goal.
(Other nations including China and Russia did not do this to their own people. Are we catching on yet?)
AMEN and AMEN
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Sundance, your closing is my daily thought, Donald Trump stands alone between us and them.
Those of us who went through the furnace of frustration are forged with a unique type of resolve that will never stop supporting Donald Trump.
…Remember when “they” via WordPress deplatformed Sundance/CTH and IIRC gave him 14 days remaining on the platformed. Sundance was 10 steps ahead. He moved this entire operation to the current platform in IIRC in 10 days. Out manuevered them, (just like someone else we know). Did the same thing when they came after him for J6.
I too will always support President Trump. I don’t give a flip what he says or does. I’m always for it!!!
We vote republicans not because we like them but because we don’t want any democrat near the levers of governmental power. Consequently, we get trash like Fitzpatrick, Thune, McConnell, and Massie. Very dysfunctional dynamic, but the alternative is worse.
There are precedents. Obama set them.
President Obama established a compensation fund in response to the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The federal government created the Gulf Coast Claims Facility (GCCF) — initially administered by BP under an agreement with the Department of Justice and later overseen by Ken Feinberg after a separate claims process was set up — and the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund and other mechanisms were used to pay claims and cleanup costs. That response and the legal settlements (including BP’s multibillion‑dollar civil and criminal settlements) are often cited as a precedent for large, administered compensation programs after disasters.
The Obama administration used the Judgment Fund to create large settlement-based compensation programs (notably the Keepseagle Native American farmers settlement), which officials and commentators point to as precedent for later executive-created funds.
In Keepseagle and related USDA discrimination suits the government settled and placed hundreds of millions into a claims fund administered to compensate affected farmers; those settlements have been cited by DOJ as precedent for using the Judgment Fund and settlement structures to set up compensation programs.
Though this one is not from a lawsuit it is still a government compensation fund.
On December 18, 2015, President Obama signed into law the James Zadroga 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund Reauthorization Act (the “Reauthorized Zadroga Act”). The Act extends the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001 which provides compensation to any individual (or a personal representative of a deceased individual) who suffered physical harm or was killed as a result of the terrorist-related aircraft crashes of September 11, 2001, or the rescue and recovery efforts during the immediate aftermath of such crashes or the debris removal efforts that took place in the immediate aftermath of those crashes.
If the Democrats would win, that would put an end to reparations talk. That would be a compensation fund and set a precedent.
It’s a pity that you don’t want to recognize the differences of DOJ’s creation of the $ 1.776B “Anti‑Weaponization Fund” and the three matters you compared with:
I do rcogecognize the differences but I also recognize the similarities. Other than 911 the other two were set up by lawsuits. Yes BP admistered their settlement but it was still overseen by the US government.
God I hate those Republicans which is basically all of them. I hope Trump keeps rallying against them all until they’ve all been replaced. Literally sickening how “our” party who is supposed to represent our interest acts. Corrupt cowards all of them
President Trump should then take the whole $10 billion settlement and set up his own nonprofit compensation fund.
I posted this before but it is worth posting again. It explains why Trump won the lawsuit and how the amount was figured as a mathematical formula by the court. With facts and evidence.
As President Trump’ counsel Alejandro Brito filed a notice of voluntarily dismissal with prejudice to U.S District Court of Southern District of Florida (Miami Division) on 5/18/26, neither the suit’s merits were addressed in court nor the settlement was court stamped.
TrumpIRSSettle051826.PDF | DocumentCloud
Congress thinks the ballroom makes Trump look bad, but eventually it will become the symbol of Congressional incompetence. They can’t even figure out how to let the President build a ballroom at the White House. With private donations. After he was shot at. No clearer evidence that Republicans in Congress are sabotaging the Administration.
This is a long article well worth reading, but the main thing is he points out $1.8 billion is nowhere near enough money for just the J6 claims let alone everyone who was a victim of Biden.
A January 6 Attorney’s Assessment of the Anti-Weaponization Fund
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/05/january-6-attorneys-assessment-anti-weaponization-fund/
The Money Isn’t Enough
$1.776 billion is a significant sum. It is not sufficient for what has been described as the universe of eligible claimants.
Start with January 6 alone. There are approximately 1,600 defendants. How much are each of their claims worth? Senator Lindsey Graham alleged that his communications were improperly read by the government and demanded that Congress pass a law allowing him to sue for a claim that he valued at $500,000. If that’s worth half a million, consider a J6er who merely trespassed but was subjected to a battery of constitutional and human rights violations, including but not limited to: surveillance, predawn raids with guns pointed at their children, pretrial detention in solitary confinement in the D.C. gulag where food and water was denied for punitive reasons, coercion to take a plea or else face prolonged detention, additional charges, and longer sentences.
In the face of all the evidence of “Stop the Steal” voter fraud, which is now being acknowledged in public, instead of just floating under the surface like some erroneous jetsam for seven years.
Republicans should be ashamed of themselves for misrepresenting us..
That is the problem, establishment Republicans and RINOs have no shame. Anyone with a good conciescience would have a lot of shame in their position.
I wonder if we could manifest “An Old Hag” to sit on Thune’s chest some night soon?
Strange, i thought that money belongs to Trump. He won it in a law suite. I’m pretty sure he can do with it what he wants.
He may have to do it privately through a nonprofit.
Something seems amiss as Thune says the Senate will go into recess. Sundance, we need a list of potential recess appointments and the ones that may make a difference, but is this another back room deal? Or, is Thune throwing Trump a bone cause the Safe Act is not moving , among other things. Something just smells fishy.
Well, then the $10,000,000,000 lawsuit continues if the Congress blocks the settlement. With them rejecting the proposed settlement, that introduces “bad faith” negotiations, and the discovery phase will be brutal. Probably now the plaintiffs can ask for triple damages to go along with their initial claim.
Line up the RINO scum…..
Knock them down like dominos when the time comes…..
NO MERCY!