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JPhillips 03-30-2023 09:21 PM

Trump: Tiny D sucks and nobody should vote for him

DeSantis: I will do everything in my power to defend the great Donald J. Trump

I'm expecting it won't be long before DeSantis decides he has unfinished business in FL or needs to spend time with his young kids or something else that will explain away why he isn't running in 2024.

Thomkal 03-30-2023 09:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JPhillips (Post 3397342)
Trump: Tiny D sucks and nobody should vote for him

DeSantis: I will do everything in my power to defend the great Donald J. Trump

I'm expecting it won't be long before DeSantis decides he has unfinished business in FL or needs to spend time with his young kids or something else that will explain away why he isn't running in 2024.



But just in case, he repealed the Florida law today that states he has to give up his current office to run for any other office-and he did it today because the media would be talking about Trump.

RainMaker 03-30-2023 10:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thesloppy (Post 3397340)
"34 counts of falsification of business records" according to some talking head on CNN, which I am reading third-hand fwiw.


He paid Cohen back in installments. My guess is each payment is it's own crime.

CrimsonFox 03-30-2023 10:46 PM

Let the ketchup hit the walls... Let the ketchup hit the walls...
Let the ketchup hit the......WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PilotMan 03-30-2023 11:40 PM

trump has said that his indictment is "an attack on this country, the likes of which has never been seen before"

There you have it. trump being indicted is bigger than Pearl Harbor and 9/11. Bigger than the sinking of the Lusitania. Bigger than literally anything, ever in the history of the country.

Not that we're feeling hyperbolic or anything. It's REAL.

albionmoonlight 03-31-2023 05:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Thomkal (Post 3397344)
But just in case, he repealed the Florida law today that states he has to give up his current office to run for any other office-and he did it today because the media would be talking about Trump.


Do you have a cite for that?

Lathum 03-31-2023 06:33 AM

These MAGA idiots may have an actual argument for this case if they hadn't been chanting "lock her up" for 7 years.

JPhillips 03-31-2023 06:48 AM

Just stunning how many GOPers want to be rid of him but are still volunteering to dive onto the hand grenade to protect him.

Ksyrup 03-31-2023 06:49 AM

It's not stunning anymore, actually.

Lathum 03-31-2023 06:52 AM

I wonder how many would go back to the first impeachment and get rid of him when they had the chance?

I really is wild how he has destroyed the party. Go against him and lose your primary, go with him and lose the general. Other than through attrition I'm not sure how they get past that cycle.

CrimsonFox 03-31-2023 06:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Ksyrup (Post 3397371)
It's not stunning anymore, actually.


YOU are stunning tho

albionmoonlight 03-31-2023 07:01 AM

The GOP establishment knows how to get rid of politicians it actually wants to get rid of. See, e.g., Madison Cawthorn.

They like Trump. They agree with Trump. They want Trump in charge. If they didn't, he'd be out of the picture by now.

They just keep leaking to the media that they don't like him in order to try and keep moderate voters in their camp.

Lathum 03-31-2023 07:23 AM

We live in a world where a former president and the leading candidate of one of the two major parties is referencing a twitter poll from someone named Catturd. And people wonder why we are a laughing stock. Oh, and the thing about the Central Park Five! WTF. He is totally unhinged


Lathum 03-31-2023 07:38 AM

Lindsay Graham shamelessly shilling for trump literally begging people to send him money is something else.

JPhillips 03-31-2023 07:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by albionmoonlight (Post 3397375)
The GOP establishment knows how to get rid of politicians it actually wants to get rid of. See, e.g., Madison Cawthorn.

They like Trump. They agree with Trump. They want Trump in charge. If they didn't, he'd be out of the picture by now.

They just keep leaking to the media that they don't like him in order to try and keep moderate voters in their camp.


I think there are plenty of GOPer electeds that would love to be rid of Trump, DeSantis chief among them, but they all worry that being even slightly anti-Trump is a Cheney-like death sentence for their political careers.

None of them, though, can take over until they are rid of Trump.

Ksyrup 03-31-2023 08:06 AM

I think the reasoning has changed a bit, though. At first, I think they were scared he had so much influence over most of the party that to cross him meant certain political death from blowback. Now, I think the calculus is more likely that he still holds enough sway with a certain number of voters that they are afraid those voters won't turn out at all if they go against Trump. Most of the party is fine with someone else, but you've got this diehard Trump group who just won't show up to vote if you're a "trader."

Ksyrup 03-31-2023 08:09 AM

Speaking of Trumpers, I see that Lauren Boebert has said she's not going to "nitpick" the Bible about right and wrong after her 17 year old son got his GF pregnant. Funny how that works.

Lathum 03-31-2023 08:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Ksyrup (Post 3397384)
I think the reasoning has changed a bit, though. At first, I think they were scared he had so much influence over most of the party that to cross him meant certain political death from blowback. Now, I think the calculus is more likely that he still holds enough sway with a certain number of voters that they are afraid those voters won't turn out at all if they go against Trump. Most of the party is fine with someone else, but you've got this diehard Trump group who just won't show up to vote if you're a "trader."


I think it’s both. It will be interesting to see what happens if the nominee isn’t Trump.

sterlingice 03-31-2023 09:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Ksyrup (Post 3397385)
Speaking of Trumpers, I see that Lauren Boebert has said she's not going to "nitpick" the Bible about right and wrong after her 17 year old son got his GF pregnant. Funny how that works.


If you've got some GOP news you want no one to see, these are the two weeks to get it out there.

Speaking of which...

SI

sterlingice 03-31-2023 09:18 AM

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Originally Posted by albionmoonlight (Post 3397363)
Do you have a cite for that?


Looks like they haven't passed it but they're drafting it. And with his majority in Florida, it'll pass.

https://twitter.com/GeoRebekah/statu...rc=twsrc%5Etfw

Florida Lawmakers File Bill Draft that Could Repeal 'Resign to Run' · The Floridian

SI

Thomkal 03-31-2023 10:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by albionmoonlight (Post 3397363)
Do you have a cite for that?



I do not, saw some Florida based reporters? talking about in on Twitter

Thomkal 03-31-2023 10:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by albionmoonlight (Post 3397375)
The GOP establishment knows how to get rid of politicians it actually wants to get rid of. See, e.g., Madison Cawthorn.

They like Trump. They agree with Trump. They want Trump in charge. If they didn't, he'd be out of the picture by now.

They just keep leaking to the media that they don't like him in order to try and keep moderate voters in their camp.



Speaking of Cawthorn-I saw a tweet from him and guess where he's bought a home? Florida, so he no doubt claim residency there instead of NC when he tries to run for office again I'm sure

Ksyrup 03-31-2023 11:20 AM

WTF?


JPhillips 03-31-2023 12:19 PM

I would like to see a profile of the voter that wasn't going to vote for Trump in the general election but will now because he is soon to be indicted.

Lathum 03-31-2023 12:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JPhillips (Post 3397434)
I would like to see a profile of the voter that wasn't going to vote for Trump in the general election but will now because he is soon to be indicted.


Is there a block out there that will be convinced maybe he is being persecuted and be sympathetic to him?

Atocep 03-31-2023 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Lathum (Post 3397435)
Is there a block out there that will be convinced maybe he is being persecuted and be sympathetic to him?


Yeah it's called MAGA

This doesn't help him. It just gets his base riled up enough to send him more money.

Lathum 03-31-2023 12:44 PM

This dumb fuck is now attacking the judge on his social media platform. I swear he really is his own worse enemy.

sterlingice 03-31-2023 12:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JPhillips (Post 3397434)
I would like to see a profile of the voter that wasn't going to vote for Trump in the general election but will now because he is soon to be indicted.


I think the profile is more of "voter who would sit out 2024 vs one who won't if they think they could keep their savior out of jail".

SI

PilotMan 03-31-2023 01:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lathum (Post 3397435)
Is there a block out there that will be convinced maybe he is being persecuted and be sympathetic to him?


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Ghost Econ 03-31-2023 01:37 PM

I'm impressed DeSantis went straight to anti-Semitism in defending Trump since there's a sizeable Jewish population in Florida.

GrantDawg 03-31-2023 01:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sterlingice (Post 3397400)
Looks like they haven't passed it but they're drafting it. And with his majority in Florida, it'll pass.

https://twitter.com/GeoRebekah/statu...rc=twsrc%5Etfw

Florida Lawmakers File Bill Draft that Could Repeal 'Resign to Run' · The Floridian

SI

I was wondering why he hadn't announced. This explains it.

GrantDawg 03-31-2023 01:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sterlingice (Post 3397441)
I think the profile is more of "voter who would sit out 2024 vs one who won't if they think they could keep their savior out of jail".

SI

That is exactly it. And there are still low-interest voters that need a reason to show. They may not have just to beat Biden, but they will to save Orange Jesus.

JPhillips 03-31-2023 01:58 PM

See, I don't think there's much of anybody that wouldn't have voted Trump in 2024 that now will. The voter that is motivated by indictments is a voter already clearly in the MAGA box.

Now I get how this helps him in the primary, but felony indictment isn't a positive for the general.

Atocep 03-31-2023 02:05 PM

And it's not like very many stayed home in 2020. They had massive turnout.

Thomkal 03-31-2023 03:17 PM

Don't have a link yet but the judge in the Dominion vs Fox case basically threw out everything Fox wanted, sided with Dominion on Fox pushing false election results, and sent the "malice" part to Trial.

GrantDawg 03-31-2023 03:48 PM

It is a 130 page order, so there is a huge amount there. Looks like your summary is the gist. Fox did knowingly lie, now whether it was malice or not is all that is left to adjudicate.

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Edward64 03-31-2023 08:14 PM

Looking forward to hearing key Fox personalities testify (and squirm under oath). The lawsuit is for $1.6B in damages. Fox 2022 net income was $1.5B.

Judge sends Dominion lawsuit against Fox News to trial - POLITICO
Quote:

In recent court filings, Fox’s attorneys argued that the network wasn’t endorsing the claims leveled by Trump and allies like Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell, but was simply conveying newsworthy statements being issued by important public figures. The judge rejected those arguments.

“Fox dedicates little to its argument on falsity. It claims that ‘[t]he question is whether the press reported the “true” fact that the President made those allegations,’” Davis wrote. “However, falsity refers to the content of the statement, not the act of republishing it. Therefore, the question of falsity is whether the content of the allegations was true, not whether Fox truthfully republished the allegations.”

Davis also said Fox’s reports and interviews often aired the claims without rebuttal or context, further undercutting the network’s arguments.

thesloppy 03-31-2023 08:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Edward64 (Post 3397497)
Looking forward to hearing key Fox personalities testify (and squirm under oath). The lawsuit is for $1.6B in damages. Fox 2022 net income was $1.5B.

Judge sends Dominion lawsuit against Fox News to trial - POLITICO


I don't know shit about such law but I read it suggested by some rando that this lawsuit could also lead to punitive damages that could potentially multiply that judgment.

Edward64 03-31-2023 08:30 PM

That would be great.

My guess is Fox will be found guilty. I'm just not sure Dominion could show (or the jury would award) $1.6B in damages.

flere-imsaho 04-01-2023 06:55 PM

Get some of those dot com bros who convince VCs to give them hundreds of millions of dollars to gin up what Dominion could have made, and they could be looking at 12 figures in damages.

Lathum 04-02-2023 11:53 AM

They aren't even trying to hide it anymore

Just a moment...

albionmoonlight 04-02-2023 12:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lathum (Post 3397611)
They aren't even trying to hide it anymore

Just a moment...


No, they are not. But I do think that they've saved the least popular of their stuff for the Trump Indictment so that it sucks up all the political news oxygen.

Lathum 04-03-2023 09:42 AM

WaPo reporting that AFTER Trump received his subpoena he was seen on video going through the boxes of classified docs separating things out.

Lathum 04-03-2023 10:05 AM

Dola- apparently secret service agents are set to testify Friday in the docs case. Many of them are still loyal to Trump so not sure how that will go.

albionmoonlight 04-03-2023 12:12 PM

It won't happen, and it would be silly of him to do it.

But if Trump snuck into Russia right now for asylum, would that be the biggest political story in American history?

Atocep 04-03-2023 12:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by albionmoonlight (Post 3397729)
It won't happen, and it would be silly of him to do it.

But if Trump snuck into Russia right now for asylum, would that be the biggest political story in American history?


I agree, not gonna happen. But the documents case is pretty serious. Even Barr seems to think he's likely fucked on that one.

I can't imagine the hell his defense attorneys go through. Hannity threw him a softball question to lead Trump into defending himself and instead of taking it he admitted to the crime. Putting him on the stand to defend himself is completely off the table.

Atocep 04-03-2023 12:40 PM

Dola

His best defense in the documents case, after Pence and Biden had documents, was going go be that it's wrong but not outside the norm.

Trump is doing everything in his power to destroy that defense. He's doubled down on him having every right to those documents and admitted to Hannity that he purposely took them.

If they have video and testimony that he went through the documents after the subpoena to separate and hide what he wanted to keep then he has no defense other than trying to frame the Presidential Records Act as something that it is clearly not.

Lathum 04-03-2023 02:03 PM

Him having the documents isn't the story. It is him refusing to give them back. That is the difference between the Trump case and Biden/Pence. However his cult followers won't see it that way.

They will truly defend him no matter how obvious it is he committed the crime.

Lathum 04-03-2023 02:09 PM

dola- I still stand by the statement that nothing will happen to him. By the time any of these cases could actually go to trial he will likely be the party nominee for President and nothing will happen to him. I get the need for accuracy but at some point you also have to realize you're up against a clock. I don't get what is taking so long in Georgie especially. He said what he said, hasn't denied it. So either charge him or don't.

RainMaker 04-03-2023 02:38 PM

I still don't think Garland has the balls to charge him for anything.


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