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Trump defends taxpayer-funded pro-Trump ads amid bipartisan backlashDHS confirmed to have funneled $1.5M–$20M into the ads
6 Sep 29 1:33 PM · 14d ago · 45 articles · 40 posts · 4 comments · 6 sources · development 6 of 9
Reporting reveals the Department of Homeland Security tapped millions of dollars, out of a $20 million allocation, to pay for campaign-style ads glorifying Trump; a former Bush ethics lawyer condemns the practice.
“sheer propaganda ... what authoritarian governments do to promote their leaders”
Richard Painter
Donald Trump President of the United StatesBrendan Carr FCC Chairman
Richard Painter Former Bush administration ethics lawyerDepartment of Homeland Security (DHS) Federal agency funding the adsNorm Eisen / Democracy Defenders Action Legal advocacy group
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What was reported 4 claims about this development
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first by Newser, 14d ago · also HuffPost, Yahoo, Orlando Sentinel, Mercury News, Baltimore Sun, Philadelphia Inquirer +2
1 more headline
- Homeland Security Taps $20M In Taxpayer Funds For Pro-Trump Ads HuffPost · 14d ago
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first by Wall Street Journal, 14d ago · also CBC, Independent UK, Japan Today
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- Trump administration using taxpayer funds for these election-style ads CBC · 14d ago
- Homeland Security tapped $20 million in taxpayer funds for pro-Trump ads Independent UK · 14d ago
- Homeland Security taps $20 mil in taxpayer funds for pro-Trump ads Japan Today · 14d ago
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first by Associated Press, 13d ago · also PBS
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first by ABC News, 14d ago
What people said 24 voices · verbatim
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Well at least everyone agrees about one thing. "Using taxpayer dollars to run ominous campaign ads of the President has been done before and is completely legal…in banana republics."
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The federal government has spent at least $1.7 million to air three different TV ads featuring President Trump in recent days, per ABC
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Why are we paying for this?? https://www. comicsands.com/trump-governmen t-funded-campaign-ad?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=infeed&utm_campaign=linkprogram
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The Department of Homeland Security has tapped $20 million to pay for the campaign-style ads glorifying President Donald Trump that have drawn widespread criticism from Republicans and Democrats as a misuse of taxpayer dollars that likely runs afoul of anti-propaganda law.
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Again, why are these people not in prison? WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Homeland Security has tapped $20 million to pay for the campaign-style ads glorifying President Donald Trump that have drawn widespread criticism from Republicans and Democrats as a blatant misuse of taxpayer dollars that likely runs afoul of anti-propaganda law…
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Im talkin about in general, these are two political parties who want power, you dont think the dems arent looking to gain any advantage they can, as well? The need for power is one hell of a drug
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🚨 TAXPAYERS SHOULD BE FURIOUS. Nearly $1.5M in taxpayer money funded pro-Trump ads weeks before the midterms. Former Bush ethics lawyer Richard Painter called them “sheer propaganda” and what “authoritarian governments do to promote their leaders.” #USDemocracy
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Leni Riefenstahl would be proud. https://www. cnn.com/2026/09/28/politics/tr ump-ads-taxpayer-funds # Fascism # Nazis
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It’s almost as if they habitually fuck up on purpose. Something something two sides, same coin
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2. What the president is doing is using tax dollars to air commercials created for his 2024 presidential campaign. With them, Donald Trump hopes to move voters against the Democrats in advance of the midterms. They are illegal. They use public money for partisan gain.
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# Crooksandliars # GOP https:// apnews.com/article/trump-ads-t axpayer-money-homeland-security-b869294503c8454db4109ae175ee9e5c
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This fat fuck is literally trying "National Security" to allow him to do anything.
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Taking money from you to remind you that he broke all his promises to you.
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“You watch all three [Trump] ads, they’re sheer propaganda. This is increasingly looking like what authoritarian governments do to promote their leaders.” -Richard Painter, former White House ethics czar under Republican President George W. Bush, 'Criticism grows of $1.5M in pro-Trump ads paid for by taxpayers' | AP News https://…
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When the state buys advertising for a political party using your tax money, we have abandoned democracy. This is what autocracies and 'shithole countries' do. @cnbc.com @garrettdowns.bsky.social
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Good reporting by WSJ here: Trump using DHS's massive pile of cash as a slush fund to pay $1.7M (so far) for his campaign commercials. But lordy, "The Trump ads have drawn public scrutiny" is SO insufficient. They're propaganda and government propaganda is illegal. www.wsj.com/politics/pol... RE…
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The level of criminal corruption here is just completely off the charts. People need to go to prison over this.
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Videos that promote Trump can’t be accused of meddling in the midterms, the White House argues, because "President Trump is not on the ballot." That's funny, because Trump has explicitly urged his supporters to "pretend I’m on the ballot."
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if the gop doesn't criticize it, is there really anything to object?
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"Like propaganda in other authoritarian countries, Trump’s videos defy reality." And they're also paid for by you. New from @wsaletan:
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The White House has spent days fiercely defending three taxpayer-funded advertisements that glorify President Trump and are nearing at least $1.5 million in public spending, calling them public service announcements like those used in past administrations.
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“Don’t worry, using taxpayer dollars to run ominous campaign ads of the President has been done before and is completely legal… in banana republics."
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A reminder that this type of coverage of blatantly criminal activity by @axios.com is why a clownish buffoon like Trump has brought the country to the edge of fascism -
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