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.

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[–] 23 points 43 minutes ago* (last edited 34 minutes ago)

Dr. Mehmet Oz, who gave an incensed little speech about how people in California are being paid to unpack groceries and play mahjong in senior centers

I don't even know where to start with this. This sounds like an AI hallucination.

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  • [–] 7 points 27 minutes ago (1 child)

    Oh good. Stasi techniques.

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  • [–] 3 points 14 minutes ago

    Yes, but now your the Nazi for trying to stop a genocide, and your neighbors can rat you out for cash if you make anti-semitic comments like "Please stop killing brown people to build a Trump Tower on the Gaza Strip.".

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  • [–] 13 points 33 minutes ago (2 children)

    This is for kickbacks or bribes. You won't be selected unless you know him personally.

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  • [–] 10 points 36 minutes ago

    The Whitehouse ballroom? The reflecting pool? Trump accounts? Argentinian "beef"? Gimme muh money!!!

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  • [–] 5 points 23 minutes ago

    Holy Shit, what the fuck did I just read…these people are clinically insane.

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  • [–] 6 points 43 minutes ago

    Is this to help them round up illegal immigrants?

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  • [–] 8 points 52 minutes ago (1 child)

    “The president always loses, whatever the reason, the midterms,” said Trump. “Great presidents, lousy presidents. Oz,is there a reason you can think of, medically?” Oz laughed weakly at that, and the president continued: “I do say this: When I was on the ticket — when I ran, we won everything. When I don’t run, people don't show up to vote. If I could get my voters to get out to vote… we’d win in a landslide.”

    People are gonna show up and vote in midterms....

    Republicans tho...

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  • [–] 1 point 2 minutes ago

    Good grief, he IS on the fucking ticket! And that's why he's polling so badly.

    I guess one silver lining for him: at this rate he's going to get the record for the biggliest midterms loss in history. Given how much he likes holding records and having stuff named after him, this is an achievement of sorts.

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    Maybe it's time we did something about the president.

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  • [–] 2 points 13 minutes ago

    This is fascism. We are here

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