A DOJ announcement of a $1,776 billion slush fund to pay terrorists, cop assailants, and child sex predators is framed as a major political messaging opportunity. People seeking prosecutors to defeat fascism are portrayed as missing how the funding can be used for messaging. X is described as a far-right environment, yet it is presented as the venue where important political drama is unfolding. The Jan6er victimization industry is described as using X to solicit payouts through tactics such as lying about crimes, mischaracterizing prison privileges, blaming consequences of their own statements, or presenting themselves as authentic Trump-aligned participants. The timing of a legal gambit by Trump and Jan6er defense attorneys is presented as especially corrupt and consequential.
"But this week, in the aftermath of Tuesday's primaries (and Trump's endorsement of corrupt Ken Paxton over the more electable John Cornyn) and more importantly, DOJ's announcement of a $1,776 billion slush fund to pay terrorists, cop assailants, and child sex predators, it's worth a peek."
"People on Bluesky, still seeking to outsource beating fascism to prosecutors, seem to have no idea what a softball this slush fund is for political messaging (and as a result, many are simply checking out rather than exploiting the opportunity)."
"That's because the Jan6er victimization industry, largely composed of a bunch of grifters exploiting rubes who were already induced by Donald Trump to throw their lives away, has long used Xitter to pitch their campaign. Unsurprisingly, one after another Jan6er is making their case for a payout, using a variety of conflicting tactics: blatantly lying about the crimes they or a loved one committed on January 6 or, alternately, claiming that the privileges Jan6ers got during COVID lockdowns in prison were unprecedented rather than better than other pre-trial suspects in the same DC prison; complaining that their own boasts about their role in the attack led to adverse life consequences, including shaming; or choosing instead to declare that they are authentic Jan6ers who never denied allegiance to Trump."
"But Trump defense attorney Todd Blanche and Jan6er defense attorney Stan Woodward chose an inauspicious moment to attempt one of the most corrupt gambits in American history, and so even if these appeals fr"
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