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To be fair, I don't think the gag order included attacking the judge

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[–] [email protected] 166 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Why even issue a gag order that will obviously never be followed if there is no intent to follow through?

[–] [email protected] 128 points 1 year ago (2 children)

They just gotta keep up the illusion of consequences for Trump. Fines (which will never be collected). Gag orders (which will never be enforced). Bans from business and finance dealings (which will be reversed). But hey we're doing something!

[–] [email protected] 88 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's infuriating. He gets treated with so much deference and kid gloves, and he's still acting like he's being persecuted. And the worst part is that his base eats it all up.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Someone should sprinkle some drugs on him. Worst case, he has to deal with Eric sniffing him for a day.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

We have a rule against cruel and unusual punishment.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

I'm surprised they don't just declare that he paid the fine successfully rather than go through all that trouble to lower it.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's embarrassing at this point. "Don't make your Trumpanzees send death threats to my clerks." Donald makes his Trumpanzees send death threats to the clerks. "Oh, okay, you can post a much smaller bond and have some more time to get the money."

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

“Ope, jeepers gosh, looks like you’re still having trouble with it, we can setcha up with a ~~zero~~ negative-interest payment plan there so once yer done makin’ those payments, you’ll get a li’l reward to getcha back on yer feet”

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The gag orders lately have been leaving out the judge, prosecutors, and their families. Wouldn't want an appearance of bias. What's a few death threats between friends?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I guess if nothing else, it's a paper trail and another thing that can be added to a list.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

They might be waiting for the people to finally do something about it. The government is infiltrated with members who put the well beings of very few over the majority of the people. We are improperly raging against the machine

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[–] [email protected] 158 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Won't someone rid me of this meddlesome ex-president?

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago (3 children)

His mom should have swallowed instead.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Given the history of the Trumps, I really don't think Fred gave her much choice in the matter.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He’s proof of why abortion should be free and available to all.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

And sameday.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You know I’ve decided to like trump. I think I’d like him on the wall best.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Better reinforce it first.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Oh it’s okay, I’d just like to hang the top. The rest can probably go in the bin.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

You! Foot warrior. Have these two revoked.

[–] [email protected] 105 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (4 children)

You miss spelled "Execute".

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fuck everybody downvoting you. Eat the rich

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

He's broke though?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I've been saying it's time to lynch this traitor for years.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I feel I should caution you about something that can be misread as a plan to incite homicide or harm against a current or former president of a war-like nation. The American FBI has taken people from other countries, for a long time, and for less justification. Especially people living within 100mi of their northern or southern border are at added risk of a misunderstood heckling jab being interpreted as any kind of threat.

#freeSpeech and all, but we also don't draw cartoons of a certain deity for fear of a fiery doom.

Good? Carry on.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Soooo remain intimidated and subservient?

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[–] [email protected] 52 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'd be ok if he went to jail

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Why is this "innocent" man constantly attacking the children of the court staff? Why the children??? Hes pretty consistent about it too which is also strange and extremely dangerous.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

Isn't he fantasies about dating his own daughter or something like that?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Because children can't defend themselves or fight back legally, whereas the judge can. Trump knows the judge has to maintain his veneer of impartiality so he doesn't open Trump to an easy appeal, so he'll threaten and attack the people around him instead. It's the old mob trick of "well gee, if Bobby ain't getting off, well..."

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

Me reading Trump news

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 year ago

He says as he hasn't been thrown in a hole for doing exactly this, repeatedly.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If Trump went after my daughter and I were the judge on his case, he'd immediately go to jail and be fined to the maximum extent.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago

Agreed. I admit I may be looking for a reason to justifiably put him on ice for a bit, but I'm astounded at the restraint of a judge when a figure with a history of weaponizing hillbillies targets someone uninvolved in the current case. Even mafia didn't target the innocent relatives of doomed wiseguys.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

There's literally a law for this and he's one of it's proponents, dude cried for years when people even mentioned barons martian looking ass. For real dude looks like a grey in a skin suit and that's coming from a fellow tall lanky white dude.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Jesus Fuck, his Writing really Grates on Me.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

I see What you Did there

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I tried to read this, but it looks like it's paywalled.

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