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comment by am_Unition
am_Unition  ·  373 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Per Trump: Trump to be Arrested Tuesday, Calls for violent protests

More like "Trump sets Tuesday as date to see how much shit he can stir up outside of New York courthouse".

But it's too late, at this point. If Trump is indicted, he'll drag the legal process out until past the 2024 election. He'll campaign and fundraise on it. Already is. If he or another republican wins, he'll get a pardon, provided he's even charged and sentenced before then.

This is all so fucking pathetic. I have lost essentially all faith in the justice system. The "takes time to build an airtight case" excuse is garbage. Cohen served time for this.

Presidents are above the law. A very appropriate observation on the 20th anniversary of the war on Iraq.





kleinbl00  ·  373 days ago  ·  link  ·  

am_Unition  ·  373 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I wonder what percentage of actual Trump supporters would unironically propagate that. Probably a solid 4% or so.

kleinbl00  ·  373 days ago  ·  link  ·  

it really tickles the outsider art lover in me

am_Unition  ·  373 days ago  ·  link  ·  

"punches me right in the Poe's Law"

I've been watching some livestreams from Bragg's Manhattan courthouse. There's probably about as much media as supporters, maybe a couple hundred of each. They're probably already locked into some stupid feedback loop wherein random losers show up to get mic time and then more media show up to cover the growing crowd.

Jim Jordan & co. are wading into some dangerous territory today. And Kevin McCarthy made sure to assure people in a presser that Trump doesn't really want them to protest, physically, Trump probably just means, like, complain about things on twitter. Dude luckily we already solved inflation, all of the banking crises, and passed a bitchingly awesome budget so we can focus on the important stuff