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.
Why do we think it’s okay to link to clickbait publications that don’t publish any sources?
The Independent is a real journalistic outlet, despite having some conflict-of-interest problems due to its oligarch ownership (Lebedev, Sultan Aub-l-Jadayel).
You want sources, read peer-reviewed research papers. Newspapers and online news sites often, of necessity, have to conceal their sources to protect them from retribution.
“Real journalistic outlets” do not not source their information.
WTF does that have to do with a White House press release?
WTF would The White House need or be entitled to protection?