Trump is Toast

[John Smith]

I fear that, if you weren't exactly right, Trump would be in jail already.

Tom

I'd like to think those in power are ensuring all their ducks are solidly in proper order and that all the t's and i's are crossed and dotted. I don't count on it. Trump has been quite expert at keeping his signature off things, and leaving little or no paper trail. It's possible a lot of lawyers do time, and he does not.

[Art Haberland]

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/23/judg...tion-case.html

[icyb]

where's the toast? my eggs are getting cold.

Did you see one of my ohio representative in the house,Traitor Tot Gym Jordan he's head of the Insurrection Protection Committee.

[hawkeye54]

I think they, the Authorities, should investigate and arrest the six year old who writes those posts for him.

It sure sounded like a petulant 3-year-old, on his way to a raging temper tantrum, to me.

[ron ll]

What an absolutely abominable human being. If he’s promoted to toast it would be an upgrade.

[Hallam]

Adam Parkhomenko on Twitter: "9 seconds. Watch, retweet and enjoy the coming week. https://t.co/D80S3cRxkn" / Twitter

[Hallam]

I think this has been mentioned here before?

Federal investigators examined Trump Media for possible money laundering, sources say | Donald Trump | The Guardian


Federal prosecutors in New York involved in the criminal investigation into Donald Trump’s social media company last year started examining whether it violated money laundering statutes in connection with the acceptance of $8m with suspected Russian ties, according to sources familiar with the matter.
The company – Trump Media, which owns Trump’s Truth Social platform – initially came under criminal investigation over its preparations for a potential merger with a blank check company called Digital World (DWAC) that was also the subject of an earlier investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Towards the end of last year, federal prosecutors started examining two loans totaling $8m wired to Trump Media, through the Caribbean, from two obscure entities that both appear to be controlled in part by the relation of an ally of Russian president Vladimir Putin, the sources said.

[Rich Jones]

Why do I get the horrible feeling that Bragg's case is circling the drain?

[Hallam]

What is happening is not normal. Trump has blurred the lines and distorted perceptions and the rule of law is scrambling to get a foothold. The pressure must st be extremely intense for anyone involved in the procedures moving towards holding Trump to account. They are at ground zero in the fight to regain stability and clarify the battleground as Trump continues to shatter the accepted norms of civil discourse. Trump is an extremely destabilising presence on the national stage and he is digging down to levels not ever encountered in the US system of Government. The flow on effects could well become a domino effect and I’m sure various contingencies are being game planned.
In the normal course of events it would be no big Beal for a case like the stormy daniels payment to be shelved but in the climate Trump has manufactured and continues to manipulate its a big deal as all hell will break loose and Trump will secure A propaganda foothold over the legal system.
All hell has already broken loose and the only way out is for Trump to be held accountable on all legal fronts.

[TomF]

Sad thing is, what Trump and the Trumpists are doing is very normal in the decline of democracies into authoritarian rule. It's textbook, actually.

The question is going to be whether enough Americans push back enough.

[David G]

Sad thing is, what Trump and the Trumpists are doing is very normal in the decline of democracies into authoritarian rule. It's textbook, actually.

The question is going to be whether enough Americans push back enough.

Ayup.

'A Republic. If you can keep it.'

[Hallam]

Alvin Braggs office has received an envelope with white powder and other anonymous threats. Because of such concerns the jurors in the E Jean Carroll law suit against Trump have been granted anonymity. This is usually only needed for trials involving heavy criminals like that of a mob boss.........and he said drain the swamp! I always thought his accusations speak more about himself than those he accuses.

[JayInOz]

They just need to stop treating rump as an ex president and deal with him as just another thieving lying lowlife scumbag traitor. JayInOz

[Hallam]

They just need to stop treating rump as an ex president and deal with him as just another thieving lying lowlife scumbag traitor. JayInOz

worth exploring is why this has not occurred up until now. One aspect is that the status quo regarding the application of the law and the benefits that come with being wealthy apply not just to rump far ass theif but to all the other wealthy families that play the system because they can afford the monetary cost. The dynamic trump is milking for all it’s worth he has been doing so for decades. The issue is now he has take. It to the level of head of state and because he is so enmeshed in that was of thinking as his god given right to exploit it is threatening the foundations of the republic. All the other wealthy individuals must be hesitant at the attention the obvious injustices are being exposed to……

[Dave Gray]

So the moron plans for his first (?) campaign rally at Waco. I hope it backfires biggly

https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/24/opini...mer/index.html

[Lew Barrett]

You must be watching Fox.

Newsmax, maybe OAN. Fox is taboo. Sorry I'm so late in responding. I'm......irregular!

[Rich Jones]

So the moron plans for his first (?) campaign rally at Waco. I hope it backfires biggly

https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/24/opini...mer/index.html

Trump fanning the flames of violence. That is what this man is. How can anyone follow him?

[Dave Gray]

Probably throwing sh!t at the wall to see if it sticks. If not on to plan B, or C or…

[LeeG]

Has this been mentioned?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...h-destruction/

Former president Donald Trump warned early Friday of “potential death & destruction” if he is charged in Manhattan in a criminal case related to alleged hush-money payments to adult-film actress Stormy Daniels to conceal an affair.
The posting after midnight on Truth Social, Trump’s social media platform, was his latest — and most explicit — allusion to violence that could follow an indictment stemming from an investigation led by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D), whom Trump called a “degenerate psychopath.”
Trump wrote: “What kind of person can charge another person, in this case a former President of the United States, who got more votes than any sitting President in history, and leading candidate (by far!) for the Republican Party nomination, with a Crime, when it is known by all that NO Crime has been committed, & also known that potential death & destruction in such a false charge could be catastrophic for our Country?”

[skuthorp]

The Civil War continues unabated………… amongst the American States

[Hallam]

^^.......beyond the pale! ........enough rope???

Time to put a cease and desist order or some such gag order on his public pronouncements.

Trump posts disturbing baseball bat photo with Alvin Bragg, threatens ‘death and destruction’ | AllSides

Former President Donald Trump sparked outrage by sharing images showing him holding a baseball bat next to Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s head — as he threatened “death and destruction” if he’s criminally charged
Trump, 76, shared the image — featured in a link to an article — on his Truth Social platform Thursday as he devoted his day to attacking the prosecutor for pursuing a case over the “hush money” payout to porn star Stormy Daniels.

[WX]

There are some very odd AI generated fake photos of Trump being arrested doing the rounds on social media.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65069316

[Durnik]

Then again, it could all be a setup for failure. That would be awkward. I don't particularly like the leaks and consider their occurrence beneath the importance of the case. It's really painful to watch. You'd hope for better.

it does seem the Democrats, and therefore the system, don't want the precedent of (legally) punishing a member of the executive set. if only the micky d's & cokes would do their g-damned job!

still, the u.s. has been rushing headlong into fascism.. since forever? remember -

"The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), also commonly known as the "Wobblies," was a radical labor union formed in 1905. The Wobblies wanted an alternative to the American Federation of Labor (AFL). Unlike the AFL, the IWW opened its membership to all workers, regardless of skills, race, or gender."

'radical'.. 'open to all'..

yep. radical then.. radical now..

and they were smashed down too.

[John Smith]

worth exploring is why this has not occurred up until now. One aspect is that the status quo regarding the application of the law and the benefits that come with being wealthy apply not just to rump far ass theif but to all the other wealthy families that play the system because they can afford the monetary cost. The dynamic trump is milking for all it’s worth he has been doing so for decades. The issue is now he has take. It to the level of head of state and because he is so enmeshed in that was of thinking as his god given right to exploit it is threatening the foundations of the republic. All the other wealthy individuals must be hesitant at the attention the obvious injustices are being exposed to……

Last jury duty I was called to I told the judge one of my dilemmas was the wealthy won't be coming to trial; only poor slobs. I gave him some examples. One example was the Ford Explorer roll overs that killed OVER 400 PEOPLE. Ford and Firestone, it turned out, both knew what the problem was but chose not to fix is. NO ONE GOT CHARGED OR ARRESTED, LET ALONE TRIED.

[John Smith]

Trump fanning the flames of violence. That is what this man is. How can anyone follow him?

It might be a date was 'set' but keeps moving back to discourage those who would protest. I can see a bunch of people all set for Tuesday. Then Wednesday, Then Friday, and getting discouraged, running out of cash, needing to go back to work, etc.....

[WI-Tom]

it does seem the Democrats, and therefore the system, don't want the precedent of (legally) punishing a member of the executive set. if only the micky d's & cokes would do their g-damned job!

still, the u.s. has been rushing headlong into fascism.. since forever? remember -

"The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), also commonly known as the "Wobblies," was a radical labor union formed in 1905. The Wobblies wanted an alternative to the American Federation of Labor (AFL). Unlike the AFL, the IWW opened its membership to all workers, regardless of skills, race, or gender."

'radical'.. 'open to all'..

yep. radical then.. radical now..

and they were smashed down too.

No, no--not "smashed down." They were simply asked (violently, it's true, but only because they proved so stubborn) to be patient and wait for their pie in the sky when they died.

Tom

[John Smith]

No, no--not "smashed down." They were simply asked (violently, it's true, but only because they proved so stubborn) to be patient and wait for their pie in the sky when they died.

Tom

I'll be quite disappointed if none of these cases ever land on Trump; he's never indicted for any of them. That said, he did his 'thing' in announcing he was going to be arrested last Tuesday. One of my thoughts here is that his words energized those who may well be prone to do violence on his behalf.

I envision the largest number of would be Trump instigated people would have made themselves available on that Tuesday. When Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, the weekend, etc. came with him not being arrested. I suspect however large the number on Tuesday may have been, it's been shrinking.

Maybe all the people involved in these various cases against him are coordinating and he'll get hit all at once, with little or no warning.

[Paul Pless]

is he done toasting yet? <yawn>

[John Smith]

is he done toasting yet? <yawn>

Don't wait up, it might be a few more days, or months, or years.......

[Hallam]

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[birlinn]

God, guns and Trump....
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-65078418

[Hallam]

I reckon a good percentage of Trump parafanalia are simply businesses using Trump to get access to a target market. When Trump phizzes they will move on to other marketing strategies. One obvious opportunist is an Australian who now calls himself a patriotic Alpha Male American. I picked it a mile away a year or so ago but notice there is an article about him on Crikey. He is a reral snake oil tosser if ever there was one.



Nick Adams: ex-councillors aren't surprised by Trump-like persona



..........and to top it all off wa add this to the list of merch!
New Grift Alert: Donald Trump Jr. Is Out Here Selling ‘American’ Bibles

New Grift Alert: Donald Trump Jr. Is Out Here Selling 'American' Bibles | The Mary Sue

The Bible is branded with “a vertical reversed American flag design that represents a country in distress,” with “We the People” in large letters at the bottom and “Holy Bible” stuck in the left corner in a much smaller font. It uses the King James translation, which the website claims “is ideal for the patriots who believe it is time to give America back to God, and features copies of America’s founding documents.”

Funny because:
1) you’re using a British translation of the Bible and
2) quite a few of those documents establish the separation of Church and State.

They’re also selling this Bible in “Patriot,” “Liberty,” and “Save America” bundles, which include items like a “Challenge Coin,” a bookmark, an American flag lapel pin, a T-shirt, and/or a hat with the same ugly black-on-gray logo as the Bible.

[icyb]

Manhattan may have indicted the first president.

[Nicholas Carey]

Manhattan may have indicted the first president.

George Washington? He did play fast and loose with his expense account during the Revolutionary War, but the statute of limitations on that expired a long time ago. And, since he's dead, it's moot.

[Hallam]

Great news. 47 pages and at last there is some real movement towards holding TFG accountable. The real rubber hits the road when he is indicted over Jan 6.

..........and we now have Toast is almost done and Trumo indicted! Trump indicted! Trump indicted to cover the breadth and depth of excitement at the news that the toaster has been plugged into the wall and the coil is glowing red hot!!