Politics

Why did anyone ever give a fuck about this guy?

It's amazing what 25 years of propaganda will do to people.

Hey now. Calling him a game show host is diminishing his filmography significantly. He was also an extra in Home Alone 2.

The Apprentice did more to convince people he was a brilliant businessman than his work in business ever did.

Charging him is still a big milestone, and setting the precedent that a former president can be charged is still important. But, yeah, sentencing will be the even bigger milestone.

98% conviction rate. That's for all cases in general and not just the ones where the accused is on tape talking about the fact that he did the thing that's in question.

Half of me wants to celebrate the small victories, but the other half says "wake me up when he's behind bars and loses all of his appeals".

I'm oh so thankful Trump was both an incompetent criminal and an incompetent tyrant. Competence could have done unimaginable damage to the US and to the world.

Listening to Youtube, Beau of the Fifth Column, he says the Federal court he's in now in Florida has a 92-94% conviction rate.

This. Pretty much as soon as he starting running for president there has been talk about illegal operations and trials. But nothing has ever come of it. Even if there's a 98% chance, I'll only really care once a sentence is handed out.

yeah, this isn't just some promise to "look into it". he's been indicted on some extremely serious federal charges... something IS finally happening. AT FUCKING LAST. Also, the DOJ will likely be prosecuted in the South Florida District, which means it wall all transpire in Trump's back yard. He'll hate that.

This may finally be what we've all been waiting for.

I hate to say it, but I don't think that day will ever come. Even in death, his die-hards will be slinging conspiracy theories about how he was assassinated or how he was jesus and he'll ressurect soon to take on mega-hillary's doomsday army.

Hopefully we can at least confine it to its own section of the internet though.

They famously got Al Capone on tax evasion, and nobody thinks of him as "the tax cheat" first and foremost.

Besides, I suspect that this is a case where the floodgates are going to open up in terms of investigations and charges, once the first set sticks to him. There's also the NY state fraud charges already filed, and the GA state election tampering investigation that is widely expected to lead to charges.

I agree with this to a point. To me the biggest reasons to celebrate world be convictions for conspiracy and incitement of the January 6 insurrection, and election interference in Georgia (and possibly other states that fronted fake electors). Those actions were the most damaging to our democratic process.

However, these charges are also important because they serve as proof that no one in the United States is above the law. I have a glimmer of hope that accountability may help start to heal some of the damage our system has taken in recent years.

Can we try not to unnecessarily sexualize this? Too much of this and we'll end up a reddit/twitter clone where people are just aiming for quick/easy zingers

Yet we give them the ultimate power to pardon whoever they want. Who thought that shit was a good idea lol? Also how supreme court justices are put in power, this orange man chose how many? Like 3 supreme court justices who are currently in power, and now he's being indicted! LOL

that seems like the sad truth.

Butter emails!!