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Journalist Reveals FBI Is Offering a “Bounty” for Reporting “Anti-Trump Thought”

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A leaked DOJ memo directs the FBI to review records from the past five years, says Ken Klippenstein.

cross-posted from: https://ibbit.at/post/127026

A leaked memo by U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi directs the Justice Department and FBI to compile a list of groups that may be labeled “domestic terrorism” organizations based on political views related to immigration, gender and U.S. policy. The memo was obtained by independent investigative journalist Ken Klippenstein, who joins us to discuss how it expands on President Donald Trump’s NSPM-7…
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Journalist Reveals FBI Is Offering a “Bounty” for Reporting “Anti-Trump Thought”

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I’ve got a lot of anti-Trump thoughts, how much are they paying for them?
- Time to cash in on that sweet sweet tariff money?

Trump is such a little removed
- You’d be in deep trouble if they knew how to read

This is harder to type than it probably should be. Back in 2015, because of the way I was raised in an extreme conservative evangelical household as a preacher’s kid, I was a Republican. I had already broken with that world in every meaningful way, but I had not actually sat down and examined what I believed. So there I was, still actively involved in politics. I helped campaign for Romney. I made more than three thousand phone calls, which I am pretty sure qualifies as a minor war crime. I was on the election staff of a representative who, for the record, had not been elected yet when I worked for her. I was a special elector. I was on the county central committee. I worked every election since 2011 with an R behind my name.
And then they picked the orange man. I wrote the Chairwoman a very long letter explaining, in polite terms, that this was not going to work for me. I switched my affiliation to Independent. Unfortunately, I still had not figured out where the world was heading, so I voted for Gary Johnson. The less said about that period of my life, the better.
When the Senate Election Committee decided to finance Roy Moore, I walked directly to the courthouse, changed my registration to Democrat, and started working elections for that party instead. There is a point where a person realizes the boat is not just sinking, it was built upside down to begin with.
Anyway, based on the tone of that old letter, I find myself hoping I ended up on a list somewhere for Pam Bondi. It would be nice to feel important for a moment. Besides, what a spectacular waste of resources it would be to track down one Army veteran who lives in an RV in the middle of nowhere.
- Out of the current "R" brand spread, Romney at least had some character. I wouldn't beat yourself up too bad about things you did many many years ago, reflection is hard, growing up is hard - you are a champion for being man enough and introspective enough to grow as a person. Also I enjoyed reading this, thank you for sharing.
- Good on you. It takes courage to admit to something like that and to move in a direction you believe is right despite your upbringing. I'm in a situation with some similarities to yours, and while im still coming to terms with things and not ready to talk about it yet I want you to know that you posting your story and owning your mistakes is inspiring
- I grew up in a strict evangelical Republican household and stayed in GOP politics for years without really questioning my beliefs. I campaigned, worked elections, and was deeply involved—until the party chose Trump. I left, became an Independent, briefly voted for Gary Johnson, then switched to Democrat when the GOP backed Roy Moore. At some point you realize the ship wasn’t just sinking—it was built wrong. Honestly, I kind of hope I made some list in Pam Bondi’s files; it’d be the first time an Army vet living in an RV felt important.
  There, easy to type.
  
  Thanks for the summary. Your version is definitely easier to type, but I still prefer the line I wrote earlier: “There is a point where a person realizes the boat is not just sinking, it was built upside down to begin with.”
  Still, I appreciate the reply.
  
  If you want to take all human and emotional connection out of it, sure. Take your chatgpt slop with you.

It's funny because in the early 00s I worked for a gay rights organization and was told pretty flat out, the FBI keeps at least a list with my name on it, if not my own file (holdover from the civil rights era when they did this to all progressive groups). And then Obama came along and we thought a new era was being ushered in. And now in 2025 I run a gay nonprofit and probably have an FBI file again. Oh well, means I'm doing something right, fuck 'em.
- got to admit, obama played us good. campaign of Hope and Change followed by 8 years of the same tired old playbook
  
  My favorite thing about Lemmy is people are willing to make accurate criticisms about Obama and his policies instead of simping for him because he's charasmatic and a Democrat.
  
  We did get the ACA, so it wasn't all for nothing.
  He also had the Republicans fighting so hard against him that they were torpedoing their own bills just because he agreed with them.
  Before Trump, the actual powers of the presidency were pretty limited as far as actual policy changes.
  
  Democrats have been getting played since Clinton.
  They literally never learn.
  
  Not me. When he took that stage in that stadium with his family after his election, to a cheering, adoring crowd, and the TV talking heads going on about Hope & Change, I knew he was going to be one more placeholder Democrat, who will last long enough for everyone to forget what shitheads Conservatives are, and allow them back in power to continue their rampage of destruction. That's all Carter, Clinton, and Biden were, too. There hasn't been an effective Democratic president since LBJ.
  But they're the lesser of two evils.
  
  Tired old playbook? The playbook has been rewritten and it's worse
- Thank you. Thanks for sharing this "seen that, didn't care then, didn't care now" attitude. This is the way you fight and dispell the stochastic terrorism behind this "leak."
  Dance, be freaky, don't let the man get in your head.
- and probably have an FBI file again.
  I doubt you've ever stopped having one.
- I got permabanned from Reddit during the February bloodbath, after 12 years and nearly a million Karma, all while ferociously attacking Republicans, MAGA, and especially Trump, who I always referred to as HitlerPig.
  I'm sure Spez turned over ALL the files to DOGE like a good little minion, so they've got a nice fat file of ThoughtCrimes® on me.
  I just saw that he's married to Serena Williams, so I now hate her, too.
  
  She is not married to Huffman. She is married to Ohanian.
- They are worried that you are trying to turn the FBI gay.
- Username checks out, 5/5
- Being a progressive activist is one of the most dangerous jobs in the world.

Federal Bureau of Idiots.
- I’m rewatching The X-Files at the moment, and it’s so weird to remember a time when people believed that government agencies were staffed by people smart enough to investigate or cover up alien conspiracies.
  It actually works as evidence against the theories that aliens have visited earth, because if it existed, Patel would have accidentally tweeted the Roswell autopsy video while eating his lunch on the toilet by now.
  
  Saved this from somewhere on Lemmy years ago during Trump's first term:
  
  Right? I laugh now about “how organized and responsive” governments are portrayed. Hurricane Katrina was also a giveaway; but the last 10 years (especially the last year)? Gong show!
  Edit: If aliens showed now, ICE would just make them disappear if they couldn’t be monetized. I miss Mulder and Scully.
  
  I personally suspect that if aliens actually did show up to earth, they wouldn't be content to remain in the shadows.
  Basically, the native life is the only thing that would be of interest. we (that is life,) are the only things that are actually unique to this particular system. If it's simple curiosity about things, they could study us from a distance, without ever revealing themselves to us (or the government.)
  Which leaves a few reasons for why they'd come here:
  Genocidal freaks who have some biological or cultural imperative to kill everything that's not them.
  Space Mormons coming to share their faith.
  Space evangelicals. They're like Space Mormons, except turn into the first group when you politely decline.
  Either way... we'd know they'd be here.

Now I'm going to anti-trump think even harder.
- Yeah, fuck that guy. Hope he falls into box of discarded needles.
  
  This reminded me of Saw.
- Rule number 1: Don't obey in advance. I know I'm preaching to the choir, but still, never lapse, even for a second.
  Fuck Trump, and you should also know it's incredibly illegal to say "I want to kill the president of the United States of America." It's one of the only sentences you're not allowed to say!
  
  Can I say "I want him to die in a horrible accident in the most painful way possible"?

Fox News host Tucker Carlson said in a text message after the 2020 election that he "passionately hated" Donald Trump, according to new court filings. - BBC
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitch McConnell said after the 2020 election that then-President Donald Trump was “stupid as well as being ill-tempered,” a “despicable human being” and a “narcissist,” according to excerpts from a new biography of the Senate Republican leader that will be released this month.
Donald Trump’s former chief strategist Steve Bannon has described the Trump Tower meeting between the president’s son and a group of Russians during the 2016 election campaign as “treasonous” and “unpatriotic”, according to an explosive new book seen by the Guardian.

“Pedophilia is bad.”
“Alright, straight to jail with you!”

Amerikkka, now with thoughtcrime.

Democrats really dropped when the ball when they voted for wet-noodle establishment candidates over progressives like Bernie Sanders.
But hey, at least they don't have to pay more in taxes!

Fuck off fascists. You gonna arrest 70% of this country??? Even your own "side" is turning on you. "My groceries are too high." <-- that is anti-PEDOnald. "I don't like child rapists." <--- that is anti-PEDOnald.

This pathetic POS needs to face the harshest punishment allowed for what he has not only done to little kids but to the entire world.
- He won't. He'll die of old age after the best medical care in the world exhausts all options to keep him alive.
  The best we can hope for is a stroke to give him locked in syndrome so he can experience a narcissist's hell for a few years first.
  
  This is the sad truth, even if the democrats and Republicans somehow united and said 'to hell with this jackass, let's arrest him and try him properly' he will probably die before even that trial is complete.
  
  Chin up, theres a non-zero chance he will die in his piss while hearing his sycophants squabble over his wasting body like Stalin.
- Donald Trump is such a disgusting criminal individual it isn't funny. Everything he accuses his enemies of he is guilty of himself, including the recent accusations of mortgage fraud.
  In his mind rules and laws aren't for allowing society to function, but as tools to get his enemies in trouble, and at the same none should apply to him.

Trump is a giant pedophile piece of felon shit!
Come get me, fuckers. I'm armed!
- Fuck that orange fascist.
  Ok, I'll report you, you report me, and then let's go get burritos.
  
  I'd rather have a TACO

Can I report myself? Is there a limit?
I feel like this could be a revival of the Reddit Area 51 fun run. “They can’t take all of us!”
- I heard about the Area 51 thing back when it was happening but didn't think much of it other than "edgelords being extra edgy". And I hadn't given it much more thought after that. Until that documentary came out recently on Netflix. I watched it and I was mostly shocked about how much the military/government were shitting their pants over it.
  The main thing I took away from that was how much power a large group of people would truly wield if they actually organized and worked together .
  That's the reason we're all being pitted against one another.

The largest untapped market in the country: people who dislike trump. It's genius

How much more anti-American can the USA get?
- They were always anti-American. The people that have been running this country since its inception are not actually indigenous to the Americas.
- The line must go up.

Gee I wonder who could've seen this coming since the post-9/11 bloodthirst...

A majority of the country disapproves of him. Good luck dumbshits.
- They might not get to "the rounding them up" stage yet. But, right off the bat, being on one of those lists could subject you to a tax audit, keep you from accessing benefits, leave you unemployed, etc. They did this under the Red Scare. Just because they're not going to come for you today doesn't mean they won't make your life miserable.
  
  Yes, we're already at the "rounding them up" stage. They just gotta pretend you're an illegal long enough for them to "oppsie" remove you from the country.

make up a bunch of false reports, flood their system.
- Better yet, automate it.
  
  Gotta use a vpn and switch up the IP addresses every now and then, or even between each report, otherwise they'd be able to block/filter them out pretty easily

Trump is the weakest snowflake in the world.
- STRAIGHT TO PRISON!

So, the "transgender ideology" is domestic extremism reportable to the FBI? Does that mean someone could collect on the bounty if they name transgender neighbors or family to the FBI? What happens to the named person? They sent to a ~~internment~~ deportation camp?
What if we just set up a ghetto for the undesirables to be relocated to?
- If you snitch on a transgender person you're admitting the existence of transgender people. To the camps with you!
  It's sickening how this regime is persecuting trans people.

Collect your bounty: I cannot wait to see Trump in prison once he gets impeached after the midterms.
- He's not going anywhere. I think the dems will get the house in 26 but it's not very likely to get the senate majority, and even if they do no fucking way 67 of those cowards would vote to convict on impeachment.
  Now I wouldn't mind if the house impeaches every fucking day just to make them constantly declare a no vote on a never ending litany of crimes. Plus tying up the government is better than taking time to pass whatever laws trickle down from the mad king's dementia farts.
- He was impeached twice before and here we are.
- JD Vance in the most unlikely scenario imaginable.
  "Guess I'll just pardon him?"
- Holy fuck you are delusional.

Pick me! pick me pick me. I fart in your general direction! I think trump is the anti-christ. Peter Teal told me so.

Oh lovely, we're at the "never question the leader" stage.
- At least Germany got a WW1 vet. We got a bloated real estate developer.
  
  At least Germany got a WW1 vet. We got a bloated ~~real estate developer.~~ con artist.
  Ftfy

So how do I cash in my anti Trump thoughts?
- Throw in some prayers while you're at it. I heard they're also valuable.

I have a social media identity I use to troll MAGA people. It’s a person’s first/last name but it’s also an anagram. If you rearrange the letters it spells “death to trump.” So whenever the MAGA people @me, they’re unwittingly wishing death upon their dear leader.
- Good ol' Murto Phettad
  (It's the best anagram I could come up with)

This is some fucked up shit right here. You have your own STASI now in the USA. Congrats on that, fucking morons. 🤣 HOW could you elect this dude TWICE?! You folks are nuttier than nuts.
- You're probably not going to reach a lot of trump supporters here. If you want to talk to the ones reasonable try twitter or Facebook.
  
  Bold to assume most of them are literate.
- It should put into perspective just how stupid the average American is.

If you can anonymously report anyone, what's to stop people from making bots to mass report the people closest to him? Hmmm

If Americans aren't scared yet with these kind of news, then they're doomed. Truly, the land of the free no more.
- Why would Americans be scared of this? Seems like a problem with just the USA and it's merely a part of whole American population of the continent.
  
  Can you elaborate? It seems to me you don't understand what's happening.

Just get Kash's girlfriend's friends drunk and the FBI would be busy with their Uber program.

Remember - the conservatives represent free speech maximalism and actual liberty and freedom. Also, they love the Constitution.
🤣

Have a friend working as an AUSA in Texas and he can confirm this letter went out a week ago.
It's very vaguely and broadly written. Doesn't do a great deal to identify who or what qualifies. Idk if officials are expected to hit some kind of Antifa Witchhunt quota or if raising a flag just brings a bunch of cheap reactionary heat down on the office itself.
My friend's Africa American, so he's not touching the request with a 10' pole if he can avoid it. Most of his caseload is just meth dealers crossing state lines and interstate wire fraud, so there's not a ton of Antifa to be found anyway.
- It’s very vaguely and broadly written. Doesn’t do a great deal to identify who or what qualifies.
  I.e. a blank check.
  You are free to consider _______________ as domestic terrorists.
  
  Sure, in theory. But then you get a glut of responses and have to pick which ones you'd actually care to prosecute.
  That's a bunch of annoying manual work that nobody in Trump's FBI / DOJ is willing (much less competent) to perform.

Hey FBI I'm over here and I'm so anti trump I think any living relatives he has should be held accountable somehow.
- not every living relative lol..... Hi niece Mary has very publicly been calling him out on being a piece of shit for quite a while

Zombie America about to start killing the actual living Americans soon.

What's the bounty? Meme coins? A "golden" trophy?
Trust me, the bounty for not being a worthless skinbag is better than supporting those fuckwitted asshats.
- Peace prize.
- Most likely nothing since Trump famously never pays anybody.

I'm actively planning the assassination of Donald J. TRUMP the so-called president of the United States of America.
That should do the trick.

I'm having one right now you losers.

Report all the douchiest MAGAts you know

How much to report myself? Fuck the fascist!

Reading only the post's title, my first thought was "hey, I have a truckload of anti-trump thought, where do I get my reward?"
- Send the invoice to Soros!

Finally! Jobs for americans. Trump is winning! /s

someone should take one for the team and form an alternative socialist government of the united states as a micronation. seriously!

Lol, Little Red Books are next. Soon, we'd be doing struggle sessions.

Terrorist, terrorist, terrorist...
Everyone they disagree with is a terrorist. They're turning the word meaningless.

Tell me again about how this is the "land of the free and the home of the brave"?
Empirical evidence seems to be trending in the other direction.
- It never was, but it's much less so now. Many Americans have believed the propaganda for a long time.

those damned gender-terrorists are at it again!

trump sucks. he’s a piece of shit. oops!

What a shithole country.

Damn, I've been giving them mine for free this whole time. I could have gotten paid‽

What the fuck

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