• JonsJava@lemmy.worldM
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    All you rich people who think you can break any law you want, let this be a warning roadmap

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      And don’t be thinking you can just get away with it either.

      You will also be congratulated for doing so, and maybe even rewarded.

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    Not that I expected anything but this, but I’ll repeat what I said when Merchan announced the sentencing delay until after the election,

    Fucking pussies…

    He should resign, clearly he’s not fit for his position if he’ll allow himself to be intimidated into inaction.

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      Yeah it’s crazy. To me, respect for the presidency keeping it crime-free. People committing crimes in pursuit of the presidency or while in its office should be harshly prosecuted, not let off.

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    “A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.”

    • Alexander Hamilton

    Clown country

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    Let this be glaring proof to anyone who would otherwise deny it: Our democracy is broken and no longer functions for the benefit of the People. This is why revolutions happen. This is why we cannot trust our own government any longer. I’m officially done. Electoral politics has proven to be a gigantic joke, and I’m not playing anymore.

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      I know it’s decades too late, but it’s still cathartic to finally see a lot of people waking up to the neolib/Republican good cop/bad cop con job routine warring over social wedges as they rob us blind since Reagan.

      This country was dying before Reagan from our greed disease, and his administration killed any hope it had left. We need a new framework, this one is necrotic.

      Revolution! Pain for us means a future for our children they currently don’t have. Not a life worth living anyway.

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      Agreed. This is why I’m going to vote Democrats and downvote anyone who suggests third party candidates

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        Surely the Neoliberals next signature piece of legislation they won’t shut up about for decades as a “victory” won’t be a heritage foundation created plot to further enshrine for profit insurance leeches into healthcare! Hopefully!

        I wonder how they’ll move to the right next cycle. “OK ok, we now support the death camps, but God damn it, line in the sand, those death Camps will have Taco Tuesdays! Vote Blue no matter who!”

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    I get that there was basically no chance that a sitting president was going to jail. But it’s not like making him pay a fine would have caused a constitutional crisis.

    About the only good thing I can say about this is that it’s at least being honest about the complete lack of consequences.

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      If he had been fined, do you think he’d actually pay it? And what then? You can’t stick him in jail to make him pay it.

      I think this was the real reason behind the decision. Any governmental punishment is ultimately backed by a threat of jail/prison for non-compliance, but if you can’t do that to the president, then he can just ignore it anyway.

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      It could just be that the fine would have been disturbingly low, and by fining that amount it would actually be more embarrassing than waving their hands and saying no punishment for supreme leader.

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    We had a contest at my blog, predict the punishment Trump will get (not deserve). People guessed parole and fines and suspended sentences, and I’ve always predicted Trump would get no meaningful punishment, but I’ve never even heard of being “sentenced” to “unconditional discharge.” Basically, sentence to no sentence at all.

    Wow, it is sure good to be white and rich and connected in America.

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    Fuck off with this president bullshit is above the law. God our country is so fucked. Can’t believe we rebeled against England for this shit.

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    The only jobs that convicted criminals can get in the US are in the White House.