Umbrae Soulsbane
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Umbrae Soulsbane
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Dragon, Wizard, Gamer (nontoxic), Hopeful Writer, Technologist, Mostly Fictional Being: Confirm nothing; Deny Everything... -==(UDIC)==- / -=={GC}==-
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Kind of goes without saying but it’s crystal clear now that Trump’s pardons are communicating that you can break any law as long as he personally benefits in some way from the crime.
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I'm not fond of performative impeachment filings--bc they diminish the groundwork you'll eventually need if you do want to impeach.

But this pardon might be worth it. Add in all the Jan6 pardons and Santos and all the other people whom Trump paid and make it 300 pages long and read it all.
Here's the kind of sanctions avoidance Changpeng Zhao facilitated, from his sentencing memo.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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JUST IN: The ENTIRE East Wing of the White House has officially been DEMOLISHED, per AP.
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"When Democrats or liberals question the morals of Trump voters, the press treats it as a major scandal. But Trump expresses a desire to cover protestors with feces — essentially saying that anyone who disagrees with him is shit — the media is barely willing to talk about it. Why?"
Trump shits on America. Why doesn’t the media care?
For many news orgs, Trump’s fascist coalition is uniquely legitimate.
www.publicnotice.co
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Good: Jamie Raskin tells me he's formally demanding any/all internal communications between WH and DOJ on Trump's $230 million payoff.

More Dems should talk this way about Trump's criming. He's turning the presidency into a massive Bribe Delivery System.

New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2021...
Trump’s Vile New $230 Million Shakedown of DOJ Just Got Even Worse
It’s bad enough that Trump wants—and DOJ will likely fork over—this tribute payment. Now, get this: It can probably be done at first without even being revealed publicly.
newrepublic.com
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Trump is turning the presidency into a massive Bribe Delivery System, or BDS. He's creating many new avenues for media companies, law firms, universities, etc to channel tribute payments as he directs. Feeding the BDS is the cost of doing business in Trump's America.

newrepublic.com/article/2021...
Geez, I wonder why a newsroom that has publicly paid tons of money in bribes to the administration it is supposed to cover would be losing money?
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Cost of the Argentina bailout Trump is trying to finance: $40B.

That same amount could fund almost two years of extended ACA subsidies, or two years of full SNAP benefits, or nearly all of the annual Medicare cuts from Trump's Big Ugly Bill.

Priorities.
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🚨Trump’s team is plotting to declare a fake "national emergency" to hijack elections.

One operative says they can “take steps without Congress” and mandate state election rules.

Independent, state-run elections are the last firewall between democracy and authoritarian rule.
If only people appreciated all the money I am making off the extreme taxes I placed on them.
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It doesn't matter how many times you vote for him, how often you praise him, how much money you give him, or how well you support him

... EVERYBODY but Donald goes under the Trump bus.
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SNAP benefits are about to lapse for 42 million people, because nothing says “save the children” like starving them.
Remember when the US government used to brag and post pictures of drug seizures. You know the stuff that proves you are actually catching drug dealers? Funny how we don't get that anymore.
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look, one reason workplaces started making us all go to HR's "be polite to others" class is because you alienate people when you're a bigoted asshole, and that can lose you both talent and business www.ft.com/content/8e6d...
Sequoia COO quit over Shaun Maguire’s comments about Islamism
Sumaiya Balbale left the venture firm after it decided not to discipline outspoken investor for posts about Zohran Mamdani
www.ft.com
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Yup. It's really the perfect metaphor for all his crimes:

Abuse of process
Open corruption
Destruction of the notion of "public"
Bad taste

All during a government shutdown necessitated by tax cut for some of the zillionaires who paid for the ball room.
Trump has done many many many many many things that are worse than this, but I bet this is one of the things that turns people.
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Chris Murphy: "There's a lot of history that has taken place in the East Wing & it was just destroyed without any conversation in the public, without any consent of Congress. It's absolutely illegal. That visual is powerful b/c you're watching destruction of the rule of law as those walls come down"
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After the FBI denied "children were zip-tied or hit with rubber bullets" in a raid in Wilder, Idaho, the FBI said no "young" children were.

The updated statement came after KIVI-TV sent FBI photo reportedly showing 14-year-old U.S. citizen in zip ties.
FBI backtracks on denying children were zip tied in Idaho raid, saying instead no ‘young’ kids were • Idaho Capital Sun
After the FBI denied "children were zip-tied or hit with rubber bullets" in raid in Wilder, Idaho, FBI says no "young" children were.
idahocapitalsun.com