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  "path": "/2026/05/18/trump-just-created-an-unconstitutional-1-776-billion-loyalty-rewards-program-for-maga/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-18T20:04:06.000Z",
  "site": "https://www.techdirt.com",
  "tags": [
    "1",
    "anti-weaponization fund",
    "congress",
    "corruption",
    "donald trump",
    "ed whelan",
    "insurrection",
    "irs",
    "jamie raskin",
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  "textContent": "We discussed the rumor of this on Friday, but it’s now real: Donald Trump has handed himself a $1.776 billion fund of taxpayer money — unappropriated by Congress — to dole out to friends in the MAGA movement who claim they were mistreated by the Biden administration, but with no judicial review over such claims. […]",
  "title": "Trump Just Created An Unconstitutional $1.776 Billion Loyalty Rewards Program For MAGA"
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