Trump will never stop trying to obstruct justice.
Can’t the judge find him in contempt for this? I can’t think of a better reason for contempt than trying to influence the investigations by withholding funding.
Sure. But that just proves she’s political!
(In reality not doing so is political. Like how not knocking in his door with a full fbi tactical raid the moment the documents were discovered missing is inherently political.)
Waiting 2 years to prosecute this dipshit was political. They should have brought charges sooner. Instead, they drag their feet into election year, making it appear intentional.
Our government is so fucking incompetent. Dude admits to a crime openly and they still manage to fuck it up.
Merrick Garland 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Is a coward 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Seriously, they should indicted him right when he took his first step out of the White House door.
That’s a real, real bad look.
That’s his skill really. He can make ethically correct decisions look corrupt
You had the Justice Department saying “look he committed crimes, but we can’t arrest him because he’s president - so either impeach him or vote him out, then we’ll do something.” So why the fuck did they do anything day 1 of him not being president? Dragging their feet made it a bad look. An immediate arrest would have made it look a thousand times better.
They should have indicted him right when he took his first step in to the White House door, for violating the Emoluments Clause. Fuckwad was a criminal from day 1, even ignoring the crimes committed before the election.
When you’ve racked up 91 federal charges like he has, what does he really have to lose at this point? He’s basically at the point of ‘Go for Broke’, there is no middle ground here. He’s either completely screwed or not at all.
A. B. T. Always be Trumpin’.
or…
Trump’s gonna Trump.
Favorite slogan?
He’ll have to stop trying to obstruct it once he’s convicted and imprisoned.
Shouldn’t this result in more charges for obstruction and another RICO case if any Representatives go along with it?
Should?
yes.
Will it?
LOL no
potentially
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What a pathetic creature. I hope he gets a jumpsuit as orange as his spray-on tan.
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Can you imagine him trying to keep up with the rhythm of the chain gang song? He’d get a pickaxe to the head just for that.
Not sure it comes in his size, but
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Then he’ll look naked. Ew.
Personally I wish he could be tortured to death and kept alive for as long as possible with various stimulants and machines to ensure a long, long, long process.
Others’ mileage may vary.
If I had meme skills I’d make a Simpsons “Don’t make me tap the sign” macro, and the sign would have the cruel and unusual punishments clause on it.
Some people deserve it. Of course if it were legal, many who didn’t would get it.
Though it being illegal doesn’t stop the cops from doing it. Just look up all the news about people showing up at the ER instead of booking when arrested, the literal torture warehouse uncovered recently, and the general fascistic nature of US cops… Not even talking about Guantanamo or the military.
If you want the constitution to be adhered to, you already have work to do.
Well yeah, duh. But that doesn’t mean we stop trying to do better. People are saying “do the right thing”, and you’re saying “people already fucked up though” like it’s some sort of, I don’t know, excuse to not care about doing the right thing this time. Maybe, just maybe, if we can prove even the highest level crooks go to jail, we can shake the idea that “In America that there’s no point in doing anything because it’s already shit.”.
I’m not saying let the fucker free. Lock him up til he dies. Prison rations. Solitary confinement. But if we torture, and excuse it because THIS TIME WE’RE SURE, and “it must be alright because the bad guys also tortured”, then we’ve only made a more torturous union.
Nah, you were saying don’t torture via tap the sign reference. I was simply saying that problem already exists, and it sure as hell isn’t toward cops. It’s from cops.
I was basically pointing out that if you’re against torture, you should really hate these fuckers.
Well okay, but nobody was saying cops should get a pass, or that we like cops. This thread isn’t about cops.
Yes, I’m speaking in the sub-context of explaining what kinds of cruelty already exists. This context stems from the “tap the sign” reference which was used to speak against cruelty towards horrible people who ostensibly actually deserve it.
If you’re against cruelty to people who ostensibly deserve it, cruelty to those who don’t should be a much higher priority. Yes, it is in effect a what-about-ism, but perspective is critical to having solid moral axioms.
If there’s one thing I want above all else taken away from him assuming he’s convicted, it’s luxury. Trump should be forced to live like he’s in an army barracks, or, well, a prison!
I hope he gets a jumpsuit for someone who is 6’3 and 215 lbs.
Personally I wish he could be tortured to death and kept alive for as long as possible with various stimulants and machines to ensure a long, long, long process.
Others’ mileage may vary.
All of these obstructionist assholes should be in prison.
Can donnie just flee the country already or something? So sick of this asshat.
I remember when he said he’d leave if he lost, still waiting I guess
He didn’t lose, remember? He totally won.
I doubt he’ll ever set foot in jail. But I would love it if he fled to Russia. There’d be no more denying his allegiances after that, and we can all move on from him. With any luck he dies by by big Mac long before any of that happens though. Thankfully he’s almost 80, and doesn’t take care of himself, so he won’t last another 10 years, but he has rich ex president doctors, so who knows.
There is already no denying his allegiance to Russia.
-Constantly brags about deals made with the Russian government -Openly, on television, called for Russia to hack Hilary Clinton’s emails -Praises Putin at the DROP of a hat -the Helsinki summit -openly disparages Zelenskyy and regurgitates Russian state propaganda
If this was the 60s, Trump would be crucified by the GOP. Doesn’t the GOP still hate capital C Communism? Russia is hardly a communist country, but the optics of it are completely antithetical to what conservatism in America has always stood for.
Modern conservatism stands for nothing except power for power’s sake. They want nothing except “their way”, what ever it happens to be this week. They’re simply enemies of democracy.
ModernFTFY. Conservatism has literally always been that.
Nahhh old conservatives at least pretended to have values they were protecting while being wannabe despots. They’re getting way, way more brash and open about being fascistic pieces of shit these days, and that is a very worrying development.
They’re no longer fascistic in effect. They’re becoming openly fascist. That is very bad.
You’re not wrong that they’ve been taking the mask off lately, but my point was that conservatism is an unbroken thread going back to monarchists. It’s never been about “tradition” or other BS like that; it’s always been about hierarchical power.
Yea, wholly agree on that part. They’re always “conserving” the worst parts of society.
“Russia if you’re listening…” should have been the start of cuffs being slapped on his wrists, instead it was laughed off as a joke.
“Russia if you’re listening…” was 2016’s “Proud Boys, Stand Back and Stand By…”
I repeat, it was a mistake to treat him seriously as a candidate, his behavior needed to be addressed and someone needed to pull him aside and ask him what the hell he thought he was doing.
Donald Trump in the presidential race needed to be treated not as a proper contender, but as a rampaging bull that had ran onto the track and started goring the jockeys.
“Russia, if you’re listening…” should have been the moment any idea of him as a legitimate candidate was dropped, and he was placed into Federal custody.
In future generations, when the Republican party is remembered in the same way that all fascist groups ultimately are… people will highlight the “aww shucks” response as an indication of the past’s naivety
Russia is hardly a communist country, but the optics of it are completely antithetical to what conservatism in America has always stood for.
Fascist kleptocratic Russia is 100.0000% fully aligned to micrometer precision with what conservatism in America has always stood for.
I keep dreaming to see a world where a fascist dictator attempts to run for president of the United States while exiled and hiding somewhere like North Korea or Russia.
…and still gets over 30% of the vote
Then there will be hang wringing about whether it’s allowed or not…
Yeah I don’t want to go to jail for overthrowing the government so let me go and sabotage the government to avoid just that…
Meanwhile, if I steal a bread and try to run I’ll get shot in the back.
Awesome difference
I’m reading this from a different stand point…
I think that he believes that there will be a shutdown anyways so that in his mind he can claim credit for the shutdown.
As in, I told them to shut it down and they did. Look how powerful I am.
I can imagine him saying that with his little hand flourish.
Nothing quite like the invisible accordion
Leaning on an over built podium designed to support a rhinosorous, but still creaks under his fat ass, talking like he’s divulging divine secrets or sumthing.
Reality, he’s batshit crazy and always has been
I’m not smart enough to know. If the gov shuts down, would that stall his trials as well? Or is that a separate entity?
No. The trials will go on.
Very good news.
No, the federal government will shut down, but Georgia and New York won’t. Also necessary functions of government like trials often continue. It’s like how when the country shut down for Covid some people still had to go to work
Oh yeah, it’s like how I convinced my nieces and nephews I control traffic lights. I see the timer on the crosswalk counting down and then I say “It’s turning green” or something like that and then it does. They were mystified until they turned like, 8.
If you’re familiar with the light cycles, it’s pretty easy to time it within a second or two just by paying attention to who currently has a green and who’s coming to a stop.
That should keep them impressed a few more years. Quite a few if they turn out to be a terrible driver!
He hates Qevin McCarthy. Imminent govt shutdown will be a lose-lose situation for Qevin: either face prolonged shutdown to appease the nut jobs or pass the budget with the help of Dems and get booted by FreeDumb cucks.
Trump is simply taking credit for of Kevin’s inevitable downfall and making it all about himself, as usual.
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Can they, though? The GOP is chained to the millstone of Trump. He’s still their frontrunner in the primary, for God’s sake. What a fucked party.
It’s fucked when you’re looking in from the outside. From the inside, they’re all convinced that they’re correct about everything and that Trump is their Messiah. It’s a cult.
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Yeah, you’re right. I did leave that part out. Thanks for pointing that out. sigh
The “Freedom Caucus” is politically aligned with trump, and they have a few dozen seats in Congress, which is a big part of the whole fucking problem.
I didn’t know they had that many seats. I thought it was 6ish.
Oh it’s a lot more than that. And actually, I underestimated their numbers before. As per this, 45 members of the House are members of the Freedom Caucus.
That is terrible. I really hope people vote them out.
About 30% of the country appears to be a lost cause. We need to show up and vote against them, because there are more of us than there are of them. This, incidentally, is why GOP voter suppression tactics are so serious and frightening - they’re trying to make it super hard for anyone who doesn’t share their ideology to cast a vote at all. They try to spread their ideology, sure, but at the end of the day, they know there’s a TON of stuff they want that’s incredibly unpopular and regressive. They’re trying to game the system to win in spite of modern demographic and societal shifts.
And yeah: I’m done beating around the bush. If you’re voting for Trump, you’re either racist, a religious fundamentalist, an imbecile, a wealthy psychopath, or some combination of the above.
There will always be regressive, psychotic assholes in any society who try to drag it backwards. It’s everyone else’s job to shame, humiliate, and yes, when required, physically suppress them and their attempts to organize into a political force. They will weaponize the tolerance of society against itself if we tolerate them in any way.
Here’s a longer story (shamelessly stolen from reddit, because fuck Reddit) to the same effect:
(transcribed from a series of tweets) - @iamragesparkle
I was at a shitty crustpunk bar once getting an after-work beer. One of those shitholes where the bartenders clearly hate you. So the bartender and I were ignoring one another when someone sits next to me and he immediately says, “no. get out.”
And the dude next to me says, “hey i’m not doing anything, i’m a paying customer.” and the bartender reaches under the counter for a bat or something and says, “out. now.” and the dude leaves, kind of yelling. And he was dressed in a punk uniform, I noticed
Anyway, I asked what that was about and the bartender was like, “you didn’t see his vest but it was all nazi shit. Iron crosses and stuff. You get to recognize them.”
And i was like, ohok and he continues.
"you have to nip it in the bud immediately. These guys come in and it’s always a nice, polite one. And you serve them because you don’t want to cause a scene. And then they become a regular and after awhile they bring a friend. And that dude is cool too.
And then THEY bring friends and the friends bring friends and they stop being cool and then you realize, oh shit, this is a Nazi bar now. And it’s too late because they’re entrenched and if you try to kick them out, they cause a PROBLEM. So you have to shut them down.
And i was like, ‘oh damn.’ and he said “yeah, you have to ignore their reasonable arguments because their end goal is to be terrible, awful people.”
And then he went back to ignoring me. But I haven’t forgotten that at all.
The entire punk music scene shut itself down because the Nazis were taking it over. It’s where the saying “Nazi punks, fuck off!” comes from.
One of mine is in the FC. He’s as bad as you would imagine. Sadly though where I live he’s never really in any danger of losing. It’s very frustrating, especially because I will be directly impacted by any potential shutdown. I imagine I’m not the only one in this area who would be, so maybe this will change some minds. I don’t know.
I had to look and the district next to mine is part of it. My representative still voted to decertify the election.
It makes primaries much harder for any semi-moderates left in the House, and just generally complicates an already extremely messy political situation.
Where’s all the evidence against Hillary and all the evid the My Pillow guy has and all the evidence of yada yada yada? When are they dropping these bombshells?
They’re going to do it tomorrow. Everyday they are going to do it tomorrow.
Tomorrow is so much closer than Trump’s Healthcare plan. That’s two weeks away.
True, we have to wait until the end of infrastructure week.
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MyLumpy Pillow guyAsshole
HOW DARE YOU SIR! WHO’S PAYING YOU? LUMPY… I’LL SHOW YOU LUMPY!" then proceeds to have a heart attack, a la Frank Reynolds in IASIP
I smell desperation. It smells like spray tan and meat sweat. Get fucked lil Donny
That’s not a wrench; dear god, these headlines.
Donald Trump demanded they use the opportunity to “defund” Special Counsel Jack Smith and his team.
That’s not how any of this works, lol. This idiocy will be denied like all similar gambits he’s flailed into under the advice of incompetent counsel.
It’s two hours since they hit the iceberg, and they’ve commandeered all available lifeboats. Many are taking on water. Some of them are bailing frantically, some are taking the opportunity to stick their hands up the skirts of women trying to bail water or vomiting over the side, and some are boring more holes or denying they’re in a lifeboat to begin with.
Meanwhile, though they can all see the rescue ship right in front of them, trump is facing the opposite way, demanding they row away from help because he knows better. McCarthy dressed as a woman to board the first lifeboat, but he’s been discovered and is trying desperately to explain why he should be there.
I’ve tortured this metaphor enough, but the ship has sunk and we’re witnessing the cutthroat mess as survivors begin fighting each other for space on the door. It’s sad and frightening in equal measure.
e: I’d love to see this scene as a Garrison-style comic. Seems like a thing AI could do.
This is hilarious! I’d love to see it as a skit.
McCarthy and company: “Look we’re going to have to negotiate with Democrats at some point and meet in the middle, we might as well --”
Trump: “CAN’T STOP DON’T STOP WON’T STOP”
that was a valiant effort to make that metaphor work
Why thank you. I aim to please.
Nothing to see here. Nothing to hide. They certainly have all the evidence that Trump is innocent. They’re sure to release it any day now. This only proves what he’s been saying all along.
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He needs to be in jail until the trial(s) and then prison.
