John Adams quote projected on DOJ building in protest of $1.8B fund

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Source: NBC News

May 19, 2026, 10:28 PM EDT


WASHINGTON — Opponents of a $1.776 billion taxpayer-backed “anti-weaponization” fund projected a quotation from one of the Founding Fathers onto the Justice Department building in protest. “A government of laws, not of men,” read the quotation from John Adams, the second president.

The quotation was shown over one of the large banners of President Donald Trump that were set up in February at the Justice Department headquarters, known as “Main Justice.” Stacey Young, a former Justice Department employee who founded the group Justice Connection, which projected the phrase onto the building, told NBC News that the “$1.8 billion slush fund” was “appalling.”

“We are standing up for department’s integrity and the rule of law,” Young said outside the building. The Justice Department is operating “as an arm of the White House” and doing Trump’s bidding by protecting his allies and going after his enemies, she said. “That is an extraordinary abuse of power, and it’s a sign that the rule of law is crumbling before our eyes,” Young said.

Justice Connection said the Trump administration “shifted the country away from a system of laws and toward an era of lawlessness,” citing the firing of prosecutors who worked on Jan. 6 cases and “cash payments” to Capitol riot defendants it expects the Trump administration to pay out.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/john-adams-quote-projected-doj-building-protest-18b-fund-rcna345934

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[Omnipresent]

1. I have to ask Magat's this question..

Was this part of your idea of “Draining the swamp”?
Because it looks like outright corruption, idiots!

[Wiz Imp]

3. I'm not a big fan of Alyssa Farrah Griffin on the View, but she did have a great quote the other day

“This is so extraordinary that he ran on draining the swamp, and this is the swampiest thing I can possibly imagine, is a slush fund for your allies!”

[GiqueCee]

2. The obscene idolatry...

... of Republicans for this evil creature from Hell can never, ever be forgotten or forgiven, and any Democratic politician that even hints at forgiveness had better update their resumé. Are you listening, Governor Polis? The same goes for Hagrid in a Hoodie.
These people are psychotic monsters fanatically intent on destroying anything and everything that is good about America, because they are rotten down to their DNA.
Speaking of rotten, Russell Vought had better have a go-bag packed and a visa to somewhere without an extradition treaty. Otherwise his fate is sealed, and the only toilet paper in his cell will be a copy of Project 2025.

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5. You bet your ass that we are a country of laws. wink wink