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Two court moves in 24 hours put a spotlight on a dangerous pattern. Steven Cash discusses Trump’s DOJ trying to erase January 6 convictions and Judge Williams reopening the closed Trump-IRS case behind a massive taxpayer-funded settlement.
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Steven Cash warns Trump’s proposed January 6 "settlement" resembles the kind of state-funded loyalty network or private militia support system often seen under rising authoritarian regimes overseas.
Lawyers, Guns & Money: Look at this and Rhodes dismissal case together: a coordinated effort to create a billion-dollar funding stream outside appropriations and oversight rewarding and sustain networks personally loyal to Trump, including those same organizations.
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Blurring the line between public office and private enrichment until the state becomes a family business.
What Rep. Dan Goldmen describes is not “detention.” It’s state-sanctioned abuse, and it’s what happens when human beings are disappeared into systems with no accountability.
In 1976, the Bicentennial felt like a national moment. In 2026, the Semiquincentennial is already being pulled into the gravity well of one man’s ego.
Lawyers, Guns & Money: Look at this and Rhodes dismissal case together: a coordinated effort to create a billion-dollar funding stream outside appropriations and oversight rewarding and sustain networks personally loyal to Trump, including those same organizations.