• KevonLooney@lemm.ee
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    11 months ago

    I like that this article starts with:

    As rumors swirl of a possible third indictment against the former president in Fulton County

    This old fatty has already been indicted a third time. This would be the fourth. He’s being indicted so many times they haven’t updated the article to match it.

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      The second indictment in Florida was a superseding indictment, It replaces the previous indictment to add in new charges. It has to reaffirm the previous charges as well.

      So it’s currently true that Trump currently has two indictments against him, even though he’s been indicted three times.

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          I forgot the state level indictment from New York… The fucking criminal has too many crimes to keep track of.

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          The president in particular is very much a figure head - he wields no real power whatsoever. He is apparently chosen by the government, but the qualities he is required to display are not those of leadership, but those of finely judged outrage. For this reason the President is always a fascinating character. On those criteria Donald Trump is one of the most successful presidents the US has ever had. He has already spent 4 of his 8 potential presidential years being investigated for fraud.

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            The president in particular is very much a figure head - he wields no real power whatsoever.

            Yeah, I used to think like that in high school.

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              It’s a modified quote from Hitchhiker’s Guide. I am being a little dramatic with keeping the quote so tight, but in many ways I view it as mostly analogous and true.

              The US, as well as most countries just seem to be a few corporations in a trench coat right now. The president or PMs largely do act as a figurehead and just giant distractions from the ineffectiveness/corruption of congress/parliaments and the corruption of corporations running things behind the scenes.

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    If the GQP somehow wins out in all of this and turns us into an autocratic monarchy, there will be jobs galore smashing the history eraser button.

    They’re already trying to expunge the two impeachments. Gonna be tough to globally eliminate a mugshot.

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      Makes you wonder how many times in the past the bad guys won and it’s just been framed as the good guys winning in history books.

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        Being a retired soldier my perspective is thus: the winners that are writing the history books aren’t necessarily the winners, but those who killed the most.

        Often those who deviate from the laws of war in order to cheat and win in horrific ways then get to write about the other side being the bad guys…

        Those cucumber farmers in Iraq sure didn’t seem like the Al-Qaeda/ isis that I was told they were. Afghanistan was similar. Nobody was the hero involved in that.

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        Probably significantly more times than anybody cares to admit. People aren’t exactly nice to each other today, but holy hell the known atrocities of ancient people. Who knows what got omitted or hero washed?

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          To a certain extent, but most those ancient societies didn’t exactly shy away from actively highlighting the atrocities they committed.

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        America still exists and writes its own history books, so (remember, good means us, not objectively more moral)

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      Ministry of Truth:

      The past was alterable. The past never had been altered. Oceania was at war with Eastasia. Oceania had always been at war with Eastasia.

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      Trump never got a mugshot from his first indictment, but his campaign actually created one themselves to put on merchandise for fundraising.

      These fucking clowns think committing crimes and acting persecuted is a viable campaign strategy.

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        It worked for Hitler, and the Republican Party seems to be taking straight from his playbook. (“Mein Kampf” means “my struggle” and was written in jail in ~1924 during his 5 years in prison for a failed coup attempt. Trump appears to be trying to speedrun the whole thing.)

        In order to stop Nazis you have to stop the ideology of fascism which is unfortunately sorta baked into America’s racist puritanical capitalist genocidal origins. Hitler even took notes from American Jim Crow policies and racist/poisonous border controls. We have to fight this colonialist abusive mindset at all levels, from uncles and stepdads and cops to CEOs, investors, and politicians.

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    This is the best summary I could come up with:


    “It doesn’t matter your status,” Fulton County sheriff Pat Labat, told reporters Tuesday, adding local law enforcement would be ready even if an "indictment came today.

    The comments come amid recent indications by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis that she was preparing to bring charges against the former president on allegations he sought to convince Georgia elections officials to “find” enough votes to flip the result there in Trump’s favor.

    And Monday, a last-ditch effort by Trump’s legal team to invalidate Willis’ investigation into his actions surrounding the 2020 election was rejected by Judge Robert C.I.

    Trump, McBurney wrote in his decision, would need to have “significant showing” to justify his request to the court, including a tangible conflict of interest or some form of forensic misconduct.

    Individual law enforcement agencies have broad discretion to produce mugshots of their detainees, says Neama Rehmani, a former prosecutor and trial attorney told Newsweek via email.


    I’m a bot and I’m open source!

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      He’s a terrorist, a real threat to free society. Let me know when he’s in Guantanamo, or better yet tired Into the sun.

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    The witch hunt is real…if you think Biden has done no crimes, you are dreaming

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      Even if what you’re saying is true, which there is currently no evidence for, what exactly is your point? Are you saying Trump should not be prosecuted for his many, many crimes because “Biden also committed crimes”? Honestly asking.

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      He’s a politician, so I’m sure Biden has done some shady deals. But what crimes has he committed?

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            Thing is a lot of us wouldn’t mind if they found stuff on Biden too! Take them all down! We don’t have a cult leader.

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              I’m with you, no one above the law. The only way they’re not pouncing all over Biden if they had anything is trying to muddy the waters in an October surprise after Trump had already been convicted of half a dozen felonies.

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      That’s not an argument defending Trump. In fact it admission that you believe Trump is a criminal.

      Biden should also be investigated, and indicted if evidence is found.

      I would argue most members of the three branches should be impeached. Mostly for insider trading.

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      Oh puh-lease stop and wake the fuck up. The man is a criminal and a wannabe dictator.

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      The difference being provable claims and speculation.

      For example, I speculate that Biden appointed the french ambassador because she may have bought Hunter Biden’s artwork.. But I can only speculate because I have no evidence to match my speculation.

      I don’t hate Trump, I even gave him the benefit of the doubt when he was first impeached. I sided with republicans and thought that was a bit out of character.

      That being said. More evidence came out. One point doesn’t draw a conclusion, but a bunch of dots start forming a line.

      When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.

      He did it, and I wish he hadn’t, but he did. No one that is innocent that is as rich as Donald Trump gets that close to prison without screwing up majorly.