Since you have no timeframe for the powerball, Ill pick that one
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Until someone in our government decides to get a spine Iām not sure it matters how guilty he is or how obvious his guilt is. Iām not even sure it matters how serious the offense is.
In 2016 Trump said he could shoot someone in Times Square and get away with it and so far that seems correct. There are dozens of slam dunk Trump crimes out there. This is just the most recent one. He doesnāt get prosecuted because the prosecutors and politicians behind them know it would be a dangerous circus if they actually do indict/arrest/prosecute him for any of this. Iām not sure that calculus changes because of LOL DOCUMENTS.
Every other iteration had rats jumping off the ship. Barr is just one of this iterationās example. Expecting Merrick Garland who is a poster child EDem loser to pull the trigger here just isnāt backed up by any actual history or facts to this point.
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Also I have seen a lot of takes elsewhere that are something to the tune of āIf they dont prosecute him for this then that undermines the rule of law!ā
Those people honestly havenāt been paying attention because the rule of law here has basically never existed at least on anything resembling a level playing field. The biggest financial criminals in our society are the ultra rich. Thatās exactly the only way you get ultra rich in USA #1 at least in recent history. People like Elon Musk who is a perpetual fraudster. He has no chance of ever being prosecuted. Meanwhile we have poor people being prosecuted for bad checks and unpaid school lunches.
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I think they should prosecute in order to induce a violent reaction that changes the political discourse. The people in power who donāt want to prosecute agree with me on the outcome and are afraid.
Charging Trump is an accelerationist strategy, politically, that escalates polarization to a more confrontational stage and Iām all for it.
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Iām firmly in camp wait and see. If they never charge him itās a complete admission we donāt even pretend to live under the rule of law.
IIRC he didnāt say heād get away with it, he said he wouldnāt lose any votes
Your next post is spot on, so maybe itās time we start holding the elite accountable. I donāt see such an observation as being a good argument for having a defeatist attitude. Itās gotta start somewhere
Iām with you on this one.
I am guilty of having a defeatist attitude since about March 2020(Super Tuesday). Iād love to be proved wrong at some point that it isnāt the correct way to look at things. Also you are right about the Trump quote but that doesnāt change the fact itsās pretty obvious he sees himself as against the law. Probably butchering this one too but he openly said in 2016 that paying taxes was for morons and losers. No one even blinked an eye really.
If the system wonāt hold them accountable, how can we hold them accountable outside the system?
Really, that ship sailed when Muller laid out a case for obstruction of justice. All we can hope for now is that somehow we fade a Trump/DeSantis presidency and I donāt even know what the long-term solution looks like.
Well thereās that part about recovering top secret classified info, damage assessment, and keeping it away from any more bad actors
Sort of. Itās rule of law for some people.
Posting this without even reading the thread to see if it was already posted because we definitely got him!!
Canāt wait for all takes from journalists like āBoth Democrats and Republicans agree Trump is an obvious criminal who belongs in prisonā while nothing bad ever happens to him.
Hunter Bidenās laptop exonerated Trump from Russia collusion lmao
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lol ālong beforeā. It was 28 days. Donnie sounds a bit shook.
Why wasnāt America made great during the 4 years of Trump? Would it be great after one more Trump term or would we still need more years under Ivanka/Don Jr/Barron to finally achieve greatness?
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As important as it is to hold Trump accountable for his newest clown show, Iām honestly more concerned about the overturning of elections and what happens when they simply ignore the vote count and install whoever the fuck they want. When voting is no longer even a theoretical option to fight fascism I can only think of one way left and Iām pretty sure you know what it is
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