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Trump and Vance’s Oval Office announcement turned into a spectacle of barely contained rage
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MicroWave lemmy.world MicroWave@lemmy.world
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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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givesomefucks lemmy.world givesomefucks@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-30
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“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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FreshParsnip lemmy.ca FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2025-07-02
#3 · Quote Reply

Paid tattletales

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ThePowerOfGeek lemmy.world ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-11
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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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FreshParsnip lemmy.ca FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2025-07-02
#5 · Quote Reply

Is this to help them round up illegal immigrants?

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BrianTheeBiscuiteer lemmy.world BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-17
#6 · Quote Reply

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

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somethingsnappy lemmy.world somethingsnappy@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-07
#7 · Quote Reply

Paid tattletales

The sheer volume of reports of Dumps fraud will be hilarious.

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pelespirit sh.itjust.works pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-14
#8 · Quote Reply

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

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Jo Miran lemmy.ml JoMiran@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2023-06-29
#9 · Quote Reply

Oh good. Stasi techniques.

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BuckFutter timeyak.com BuckFutter@timeyak.com
Joined: 2026-08-08
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Holy Shit, what the fuck did I just read…these people are clinically insane.

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BuckFutter timeyak.com BuckFutter@timeyak.com
Joined: 2026-08-08
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This is for kickbacks or bribes. You won't be selected unless you know him personally.

They will take the tips and reneg on the payout, grifting 101

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zarathustrad lemmy.world zarathustrad@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-06-04
#12 · Quote Reply

Oh good. Stasi techniques.

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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humanamerican lemmy.zip humanamerican@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-08-04
#13 · Quote Reply

This is fascism. We are here

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NathanRanch lemmy.zip NathanRanch@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2026-07-30
#14 · Quote Reply

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

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humanamerican lemmy.zip humanamerican@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-08-04
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This is for kickbacks or bribes. You won't be selected unless you know him personally.

It will be used for that. But it may also be used to put me in a camp for typng this comment... eventually

And if not this proclamation, then the next.

We are here. This is fascism.

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ThePowerOfGeek lemmy.world ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-11
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“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 ...

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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🌞 Alexander Daychilde 🌞 lemmy.world daychilde@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-13
#17 · Quote Reply

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.

I'd… I'd like to be paid to unpack groceries and play mahjong in senior centers

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🌞 Alexander Daychilde 🌞 lemmy.world daychilde@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-13
#18 · Quote Reply

BUT MUH PARKIN TICKETS

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🌞 Alexander Daychilde 🌞 lemmy.world daychilde@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-13
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This is fascism. We are here

Been here, but yes.

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Triumph fedia.io Triumph@fedia.io
Joined: 2025-09-19
#20 · Quote Reply

This is what happens before the purges.

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cannedtuna lemmy.world cannedtuna@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-21
#21 · Quote Reply

Hi, yes, is this the White House? Yes, I’d like to report a convicted felon and fraudster who’s harboring an illegal alien wife. They receive insane sums in government support draining resources from real, hardworking Americans.

Where?

Yes, they’re actually in DC, the White House in fact.

…

Hello? Hello??

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FreshParsnip lemmy.ca FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2025-07-02
#22 · (edited) Quote Reply

This is fascism. We are here

The question is what the fuck will be done about it and how many innocents will be killed before it ends, if it ever ends?

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Jo Miran lemmy.ml JoMiran@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2023-06-29
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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.".

ZOMG!!! How can you write such things?!? You must be antisemitic.

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Radical_Socialist_t00t lemmy.ca Radical_Socialist_t00t@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2026-06-29
#24 · Quote Reply

Burn the whitehouse down. Seriously wtf

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Radical_Socialist_t00t lemmy.ca Radical_Socialist_t00t@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2026-06-29
#25 · Quote Reply

Is this to help them round up illegal immigrants?

You mean illegal citizen 😂

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Fondots lemmy.world Fondots@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-21
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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.

I feel like that's probably a huge misrepresentation of something legitimate.

Like maybe the found an activities coordinator or recreational therapist or something and asked them what they were doing that day and they answered "well right now I'm unpacking these groceries for a cooking class we're doing tomorrow, and then I'm gonna go get things ready for game night, and I'm gonna be teaching them how to play mahjong"

Or maybe they just found the kitchen staff playing mahjong on their lunch break after unpacking a bunch of groceries.

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finley lemmy.zip finley@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-12-15
#27 · Quote Reply

This man is alive only because you allow it

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A_Very_Big_Fan lemmy.world A_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-18
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I'd… I'd like to be paid to unpack groceries and play mahjong in senior centers

Fr, I'd work for cheap if that were the work

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voidsignal lemmy.world voidsignal@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-02-04
#29 · Quote Reply

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

maybe.

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radiofreebc lemmy.world radiofreebc@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-29
#30 · Quote Reply

He's going to throw so much chum in the midterm waters that Americans won't even see the ballot.

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radiofreebc lemmy.world radiofreebc@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-29
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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.

Mahjong is actually pretty cool once you know what's going on.

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artyom piefed.social artyom@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-06-08
#32 · (edited) Quote Reply

Why do we think it's okay to link to clickbait publications that don't publish any sources?

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zarathustrad lemmy.world zarathustrad@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-06-04
#33 · Quote Reply

ZOMG!!! How can you write such things?!? You must be antisemitic.

Don't tell my neighbors. They only hate state approved scapegoat citizens minorities, not True Americans like the non-citizen Israelis.

This double speak is getting cumbersome. Can someone ask the ministry of information to tighten up the propaganda?
What is this amateur hour?

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ikidd lemmy.dbzer0.com ikidd@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2026-04-23
#34 · Quote Reply

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.

They're eating the dogs, they're eating the cats.

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SinningStromgald lemmy.world SinningStromgald@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-18
#35 · Quote Reply

I'd… I'd like to be paid to unpack groceries and play mahjong in senior centers

I'd like to just find people to play mahjong with casually. Getting paid would be a bonus.

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Zachariah lemmy.world Zachariah@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-13
#36 · Quote Reply

Mahjong is actually pretty cool once you know what's going on.

Do I have to wait until I’m a senior?

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baldingpudenda lemmy.world baldingpudenda@lemmy.world
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#37 · Quote Reply

You mean illegal citizen 😂

Participation guarantees citizenship.

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CobraCommander quokk.au CobraCommander@quokk.au
Joined: 2025-06-09
#38 · Quote Reply

I feel like that's probably a huge misrepresentation of something legitimate. Like maybe the found an activities coordinator or recreational therapist or something and asked them what they were doing that day and they answered "well right now I'm unpacking these groceries for a cooking class we're doing tomorrow, and then I'm gonna go get things ready for game night, and I'm gonna be teaching t...

Or someone working in care helping with grocery shopping and socialising with clients.

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CharlesDarwin lemmy.world CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-22
#39 · Quote Reply

If there was any justice at all in the world, donnie and all of his accomplices would be frog-marched to prison to await their trials.

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CharlesDarwin lemmy.world CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-22
#40 · Quote Reply

He's going to throw so much chum in the midterm waters that Americans won't even see the ballot.

Many of us already have voted.

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lightnsfw reddthat.com lightnsfw@reddthat.com
Joined: 2023-08-15
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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.

Wouldn't that come with the job of caring for the people at a senior center? Like, the ladies at the daycare I went to as a kid had to stock the kitchen and played games with us, seems like kind of the same deal depending on how much help the seniors need. Should they not be compensated for that?

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inanimate_carbon_rod lemmy.zip inanimate_carbon_rod@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2026-03-15
#42 · Quote Reply

Hi, yes, is this the White House? Yes, I’d like to report a convicted felon and fraudster who’s harboring an illegal alien wife. They receive insane sums in government support draining resources from real, hardworking Americans. Where? Yes, they’re actually in DC, the White House in fact. … Hello? Hello??

I know a guy who spent millions of taxpayer dollars running political ads to stoke his own ego. Maybe I can report him and get a payout.

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DeafOnaList lemmy.world DeafOnaList@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-10-15
#43 · Quote Reply

Two things are all but guaranteed to happen:

  • Narcs will narc on fraud that doesn't really exist. Something, something, false flag fiesta.

  • Naive, well-meaning narcs will narc on real fraud that is actually state-sanctioned and will find themselves on a list (or worse). This signals the fraudsters to get even fraudier. Lots of gaslighting of the narc may follow. Might even throw them into the loonie bin for such lunacy. And loonie bins are great for taking out those deemed to be trash, those blithering dissenting pains in the ass.

Watch your backs out there, yo. And each others'.

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tacoplease lemmy.world tacoplease@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-03-25
#44 · Quote Reply

Two things are all but guaranteed to happen: Narcs will narc on fraud that doesn't really exist. Something, something, false flag fiesta. Naive, well-meaning narcs will narc on real fraud that is actually state-sanctioned and will find themselves on a list (or worse). This signals the fraudsters to get even fraudier. Lots of gaslighting of the narc may follow. Might even throw them into the loo...

Trump will just pocket the money for himself.

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Doomsider lemmy.world Doomsider@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-01
#45 · (edited) Quote Reply

Republican presidents always seem to start some neighborhood NARC program.

See George W Bush and the TIPS program for reference.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_TIPS

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Treczoks lemmy.world Treczoks@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-09
#46 · Quote Reply

Ah, the good old Nazi Germany "Blockwart". Yep, another tick off on the list.

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QueenHawlSera piefed.social QueenHawlSera@piefed.social
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#47 · Quote Reply

It's a Symphony of Toasted Pain!

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rbb36 lemmy.world rbb36@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-09-28
#48 · Quote Reply

How it happened...

  • Trump: We're not grifting enough.
  • Miller: We're grifting all the grift. Every scheme we know, in parallel.
  • Big Balls: We're not smart enough. AI SI is smarter. It can think of more.
  • Trump: I already asked the Google.
  • Big Balls: We need a fraud-specialized training dataset.
  • Miller: Say we'll pay them to tell us about fraud schemes.
  • Trump: I'm not paying them.
  • Miller: You never do. Just tell them you will.
  • Trump: Are you - a very bald and very short man - criticizing me?
  • Miller: No, sir. 'mirin'.
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bedwyr piefed.ca bedwyr@piefed.ca
Joined: 2026-03-23
#49 · Quote Reply

We need a word for people fabricating allegations. Snitch implies they are correct in their allegations.

This is not testilying, what is the word for fabricating scandals as such? Maybe we need to make a new word.

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bedwyr piefed.ca bedwyr@piefed.ca
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How it happened... Trump: We're not grifting enough. Miller: We're grifting all the grift. Every scheme we know, in parallel. Big Balls: We're not smart enough. AI SI is smarter. It can think of more. Trump: I already asked the Google. Big Balls: We need a fraud-specialized training dataset. Miller: Say we'll pay them to tell us about fraud schemes. Trump: I'm not paying them. Miller: You never...

Don't call Thiel's fucktoys groomed for doge by their own nicknames. Ball boy here the one in question.

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jordanlund Moderator jordanlund@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-30
#51 · Quote Reply

So a one stop shop to report Trump fraud? 🤔

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