dailykos.com: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/5/18/800041010/community/1-776-billion-the-day-the-treasury-paid-off-the-presidents-friends/
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Somebody in the Trump Justice Department chose the number on purpose. The fund announced on Monday, May 18, 2026, is not a round $1.7 billion. It is $1.776 billion, and the administration’s own…
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