- Marshall Cohen, Holmes Lybrand, and Donie O'Sullivan @ CNN: ‘This is long overdue’: Jan. 6 rioters and election deniers celebrate Trump’s $1.8 billion compensation fund
Supporters of President Donald Trump who tried to overturn the 2020 election are among those eager to potentially cash in from the $1.8 billion compensation fund for people the Trump administration believes were victims of government “weaponization and lawfare.”
- Media Matters: Enrique Tarrio: “Every J6er needs to be able to get some type of funds” from Trump's weaponization money
Tarrio: “The same government that fucked you over is the same government that's choosing, you know, to compensate you for it, which I'm thankful for. ... As long as the disbursements happen and they're, you know, considerable, I'm OK with it.”
- Curtis M. Wong @ HuffPost: Trump AG Says 'Americans Want Their Tax Dollars Spent' On President's Slush Fund
The acting U.S. attorney general shrugged off concerns that Jan. 6 rioters will be eligible for payouts: "People that hurt police get money all the time."
- Isaac Schorr @ Mediaite: ‘Sh*tshow’: Todd Blanche’s Meeting With Senate Republicans Did Not Go Well
Capitol Hill reporters all agree: Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s meeting with Senate Republicans on Thursday did not go well.
- Steve Benen @ The Maddow Blog: Americans witness the most corrupt week of Donald Trump’s political career
Over just three days, the country has confronted several presidency-defining scandals — and the week isn’t over yet.
- Candice Bernd @ Texas Observer: Bo French’s Blood-and-Oil Bid for Railroad Commissioner
The former Tarrant County GOP chair’s statewide campaign displaces blame for the fossil fuel industry’s ravages onto the far right’s favored scapegoats.
