State’s governor looks to thwart US president’s plan to divert money to allies, including January 6 rioters

California governor Gavin Newsom is looking to thwart Donald Trump’s $1.776bn “anti-weaponization fund” by imposing a 100% tax on any payout received by state residents.

In May, the Department of Justice (DoJ) announced a fund to compensate alleged “victims of lawfare and weaponization”. It’s unclear who qualifies under this category.

The fund was the product of a settlement reached between Trump and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) – the agency the president sued over his leaked tax returns.

Critics, including Newsom, have slammed the fund as a “boondoggle” designed to divert money to Trump’s allies. Speculation has swirled that its benefactors could include the individuals who were arrested in the 6 January 2021 siege of the US Capitol. The Trump administration has described the rioters as patriots and since pardoned many who were charged in relation to the attack.

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[–] 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

My neighbor Fox news told me coyotes Democrats keep eating stealing his outdoor cats tax breaks so I asked how many cats tax breaks he has and he said he just goes to the shelter Treasury and gets a new cat tax break afterwards so I said it sounds like he’s just feeding shelter cats tax breaks to coyotes Democrats and then his daughter president started crying

Edit: edited in a rush, need better words than tax break

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