Post by @MicroWave@lemmy.world

2026-10-20 23:13 UTC

Trump and Vance’s Oval Office announcement turned into a spectacle of barely contained rage Donald Trump has found a new way to make America great again: paying people to become professional snitches. On Tuesday, the president and JD Vance unveiled a $25 million fraud whistleblower fund, under which Americans who provide tips leading to successful prosecutions would receive large financial rewards. Basically, you can rat on your enemies to the government for cash now — and, Trump added, he will be the personal arbiter on whether the fraud is real and how much money you get. Just think of it as a big reality TV show, like when Oprah gives out the cars except it’s that guy at work you once fell out with and you get to send him to jail.

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@CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 2026-10-21 04:41

If there was any justice at all in the world, donnie and all of his accomplices would be frog-marched to prison to await their trials.

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@radiofreebc@lemmy.world 2026-10-21 01:38

He’s going to throw so much chum in the midterm waters that Americans won’t even see the ballot.

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@ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 2026-10-20 23:28

Dr. Mehmet Oz, who gave an incensed little speech about how people in California are being paid to unpack groceries and play mahjong in senior centers I don’t even know where to start with this. This sounds like an AI hallucination.

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@cannedtuna@lemmy.world 2026-10-21 00:32

Hi, yes, is this the White House? Yes, I’d like to report a convicted felon and fraudster who’s harboring an illegal alien wife. They receive insane sums in government support draining resources from real, hardworking Americans. Where? Yes, they’re actually in DC, the White House in fact. … Hello? Hello??

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@DeafOnaList@lemmy.world 2026-10-21 05:08

Two things are all but guaranteed to happen: Narcs will narc on fraud that doesn’t really exist. Something, something, false flag fiesta. Naive, well-meaning narcs will narc on real fraud that is actually state-sanctioned and will find themselves on a list (or worse). This signals the fraudsters to get even fraudier. Lots of gaslighting of the narc may follow. Might even throw them into the loonie bin for such lunacy. And loonie bins are great for taking out those deemed to be trash, those blithering dissenting pains in the ass. Watch your backs out there, yo. And each others’.

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@Doomsider@lemmy.world 2026-10-21 05:37

Republican presidents always seem to starts some neighborhood NARC program. See George W Bush and the TIPS program for reference. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_TIPS

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@Treczoks@lemmy.world 2026-10-21 06:06

Ah, the good old Nazi Germany “Blockwart”. Yep, another tick off on the list.

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