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    … they could face federal anti-racketeering charges that were designed to bust up organized crime.

    Not even the Onion could come up with something this bat-shit silly.

    It’s now a crime for hurting baby Donnie’s feelings. Oh, poor baby Donnie. Do you need a lollipop baby boy?

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      He’s still in a vulnerable, sensitive, emotional state after the fisting that Putin gave him at their last meeting.

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    What a completely stupid waste of resources and degradation of the meaning of law & justice. If the words and application are made up, the whole thing loses meaning. Never mind a sane prosecutor knowing there’s little chance in court.

    People called you a shitty name. Aren’t you supposed to “be a man” and just get over it? Isn’t this just snowflake behavior? /s

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      Trump is (and has always been) “Mr. waste of resources and degradation of the meaning of law & justice.”

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      The point is to waste the other persons resources. Even if / when it’s dismissed it may bankrupt them.

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    "I mean, they were just shouting, basically, in his vicinity,” she said.

    “Repeat what you just said. I mean, honestly. So you’re asking whether there was damage done by four individuals screaming and yelling at the president of our United States while he’s trying to have dinner. That can’t be a serious question,” Blanche fired back.

    Jesus Christ…

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      “Repeat what you just said. I mean, honestly. So you’re asking whether there was damage done by four individuals screaming and yelling at the president of our United States while he’s trying to have dinner. That can’t be a serious question,” Blanche fired back

      On first reading, I legitimately thought this was driving home the point that no legally actionable harm was done but no, she he (oops) is actually saying their sock-puppet’s fee-fees might have been hurt? Massive LOL

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      To be fair, she’s right that asking her to defend her 🤡 position can’t be a serious question.

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    Turns out they WILL let him get away with a shooting on 5th Ave in broad daylight. He shot the social contract right in the face 🤷

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      He didin’t just shoot it, he shot it, raped it, threw money at it, and told it to get an abortion.

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    Lets see if they can get a grand jury to indict them. They’ve gotten a bunch of no bills already so one more will be fitting.

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    “Could” face RICO charges but WILL not. Because nothing the protesters did was a violation of any part of the RICO act.

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      Sadly what I’ve seen from the judicial system whenever trump starts to throw laws around hasn’t been a stellar response, so while I’d like to have full faith in said system, I don’t.

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        A grand jury would have to indict them, and DC grand juries are hostile to Trump’s bullshit. Faith has nothing to do with it.

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      True. But Rico sounds scary since it’s always used against gangs and the mob. So they will keep saying it to make it sound scary

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        And it gives their followers something to latch onto, and repeat over and over. It gets traction with their own people. If you were to ask them how their protesting is a RICO issue, they’ll go blank.

        It’s like back when a few podcasters talked about FISA warrants for a few minutes, and suddenly every MAGA thought they had doctorate level expertise on FISA warrants. Now they like to randomly toss that buzzword into a discussion, and get all arrogant when you don’t instantly understand the connection to FISA warrants, because it isn’t relevant at all.

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      Greenpeace just got hit with a bogus private Rico lawsuit in North Dakota brought by the oil companies. They did all of these mailers as well to all the perspective jurors.

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      The DOJ is controlled by Trump. The Supreme Court majority is corrupt. At the federal level, there is no law, only arbitrary use of force, backed by bullshit excuses.

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      Oh that’s nothing did you see that reporter ask him an actual question?! Oh! He sued Australia for Eleventy Quadrapillion dollars over that.

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    Well good thing we have a Constitution to protect us, right everyone? I think we should all be making sure we have hard copies for the future or it too will be destroyed like Wikipedia probably will be.

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        Since when has China been a dictatorship? They are socialists. And their restrictions on speech are designed to STOP shit like what’s happening here. Why, might you ask? Because the US has been trying to overthrow their government since the 50s using the same tactics they use everywhere else. China just doesn’t fuck around like that. It seems you have swallowed the liberal pill regarding your stance on China. Considering you probably used the Google AI, which was verbatim what you said, nothing you know is valid. Google controls the information you know about US global policies

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          小狗狗乖乖听话,告诉你的主人习总去吃屎

          Lmao 10 hours account trying to lecture me. Guess what, fuck the one child policy, they tried to terminate me but failed LOL, I’m still alive, can’t even enforce your beloved authoritarian policies. Me being alive is pissing like on the CCP’s emblem.

          My direct experience is not a “liberal pill” LOL.

          Sure go ahead and make more spam with your 10 hour account. Its the “Antiyanks” again 🤣

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            I literally just learned of this app yesterday. That has nothing to do with what either of us are talking about. You do realize there are other sources, don’t you? lol, you really are just an American, regardless of your history. Ignorant as fuck.