• UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml
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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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      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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    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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      The only thing rich people are afraid of is getting pinned for child sex crimes. Anything else, they care less.

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        No, they do that, too. Trump has done that. And the right falls all over themselves to minimize and refuse to investigate. As with climate change, if you don’t know, then nothing is your fault. Even if it’s your job to know.

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          Both Democrats and Republicans support each other as kiddie diddling. Epstein had both Clinton and Trump to his island. Raping kids is a bipartisan past time.

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      Not true. Their hands were tied. Same with the prosecutors. This was their best.

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        That’s fine. If they want to start a war over their snowflake feelings let them. Giving away our freedoms to avoid a fight just guarantees someone can take all of your freedoms.

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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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      I’m not making excuses for Judge Merchan, but it’s easy to say what you’re saying when you’re not personally dealing with a guy who can and will send an angry mob of violent nutjobs to your house. Something to keep in mind.

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        They addressed your point in the last sentence. If he’s too afraid to do his job, he should have recused himself.

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        Oh, I get it, and I’d be scared as hell too. However, I can still say he should have done his duty and has failed to show the integrity that role requires. He could just as easily be presiding over a mob case, knowing that to convict a crime boss would mean similar threats to his and his family’s safety. What if he doesn’t do his duty then for the same reason? If that’s the best excuse, I still argue that he’s not fit for the job.

        People shouldn’t get a pass just because they have power. All it takes for evil to win is for good men to do nothing.

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    Prosecutors had recommended the sentence, saying in court Friday, “we must be respectful of the office of the presidency” and Trump’s pending inauguration.

    What a fucking joke.

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      You respect the office by holding the criminal to account. This is quite the opposite. But hey, what else should we expect from Merrick Garland, that do nothin’, hand wringin’, Republican-lite son of a removed.

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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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        As it is he is now required as a felon in NY to submit a DNA sample, which I am very doubtful he will do. Aint no way they’re going to he able to get him to even give up spit. So yeah, no way he would have given up actual money.

        As a side note, if somehow he does submit a sample, imagine the chaos if the database got a hit on an open case. Absolute fantasy fodder, I know, but man would that be sweet.

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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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    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.