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pastaPersona, in The comments speak for themselves

Kinda understandable for articles from sites that pester you to disable adblocker or pay for a subscription (WSJ/Wired/Guardian type news sites etc).

NatakuNox, in He'll be the death of us all.
@NatakuNox@lemmy.world avatar

Lol pick a candidate that is likely going to be in prison come election time! Geniuses!

riodoro1, (edited )

There is almost no chance they are gonna lock him up. He could openly murder someone with his own hands, on stage, and he would still be able to run in the elections.

jballs,
@jballs@sh.itjust.works avatar

Unfortunately, I think you’re probably right. We keep seeing it over and over again. The judicial system continues to move slowly with as many delays and roadblocks as possible. When judgements are made, they are stayed during an appeal so they have no teeth. The farce of the Supreme Court will never let anything bad happen to their dear leader. They will delay, delay, delay until Trump is either reelected - in which case he’ll pardon himself. Or until a new president is elected in 2028. If it’s a Republican, they’ll pardon Trump on day 1. If it’s a Democrat, the Republicans in Congress will find some way to force a presidential pardon in order to keep the government funded or some other bullshit.

I think there’s a 0% chance Trump ever sees a single day in prison. Even if none of what I said above happens, he’d get a slap on the wrist at worst. I would LOVE to be proven wrong. But I’m not holding my breath.

Zoboomafoo,

I heard that mentioned on MSNBC, 30% of the people who caucused for him say that they would not vote for him if he was convicted.

DontRedditMyLemmy,

30% of the people who caucused for him are liars

LillyPip, (edited )

Haven’t you heard? He’s the second coming of Christ and his cross is the US legal system.

I really wish I was kidding.

e: link

eestileib,

Zero chance he is in prison by election day.

Buttons, (edited )
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At this point the only things between Trump and a jail cell are:

  1. The courts must rule in the coming days (probably this month, Jan 2024) that Presidents are subject to criminal prosecution. We know Presidents are not subject to civil prosecution, but the courts are deciding about criminal prosecution now. (Trump argues it would be “bedlam” if Presidents were subject to the law).
  2. A jury decision in mid 2024. If that jury says “guilty”, it’s over, Trump is a convicted felon.
Wogi,

Which means he can’t vote for himself.

Convicted felons can be president.

Anticorp,

Oh, you mean the court that trump himself stacked in favor of the GOP? The same court that has voted along party lines in like 98% of their rulings? Impartial my ass!

Buttons, (edited )
@Buttons@programming.dev avatar

The immunity appeal that I’m referring to in #1 has 3 judges, none of which were appointed by Trump. (nbcnews.com/…/appeals-court-weighs-trumps-immunit…)

The case I’m referring to in #2 has a judge that was not appointed by Trump. (Tanya Chutkan)

Case #1 might eventually be considered by the Supreme Court though, and your criticism would apply there.

Also, Trump’s trial over mishandling classified documents is overseen by Judge Cannon, who Trump appointed, which is a sham. Cannon should have recused herself.

Jordan_U, (edited )

Trump may or may not eventually end up in prison, but it’s naïve after the past 8 years to assume that there are only two ways this could all shake out, and that you can predict them.

A possibility that will almost certainly be less absurd than whatever actually happens:

Trump wins a second term, manages to get the FedSoc 6 to rule that a sitting president can’t be imprisoned because it would violate separation of powers. So multiple states are just waiting for his term to end so they can actually arrest him. (Feds can’t arrest him because he has pardoned himself for all past, present, and future crimes)

Then in the last month of his presidency he takes a diplomatic trip to Russia and just never comes back.

Buttons,
@Buttons@programming.dev avatar

I don’t mean there are 2 ways this can shake out. I mean there are 2 legal barriers in the way. Once the courts rule that Trump can be prosecuted, then the trial date is set for spring. The judge is motivated to hold to that trial date. The prosecutors have their evidence and arguments ready for the jury.

On the possibility of Trump pardoning himself, it’s not clear that a President can pardon himself and the supreme court would probably end up having to rule on that.

If Trump is a convicted felon, then he probably can’t get enough votes to win, but I don’t know, the cult is strong with this one.

undercrust,

A man’s gotta have a dream

OurToothbrush, (edited )

Trying to prosecute him for his real crimes is honestly damaging the election chances of Biden, lots of voters with a vicarious persecution complex through Trump.

Signtist,

Most of the people I know who plan to vote for him think of that as a good thing. It’s the whole “drain the swamp” thing that he’s been rallying people behind for years; they think bad actors in the government are trying to hold Trump down, and him being in jail is just another attempt to do that - from their perspective, electing him even while he’s imprisoned would be a big “fuck you” to those bad actors.

It’s sad that they can’t see that Trump himself is the bad actor, but to most of them, Trump is their last hope to hold on to their beloved world of racism and misogyny, free of any “woke bullshit.” They’ll overlook anything he says or does at this point, since they don’t see any other way forward than through Trump.

Anticorp,

Yeah right. If he wins, he’s free. Shame on the justice department for not completing a single trial in FOUR FUCKING YEARS. Have they even started any of them? No way any of them are wrapped up before the election. The wheels of justice turn slowly. Yeah, yadda yadda yadda. They’re barely turning at all against this fat fucking loser.

Mirshe,

His lawyers have run out pretty much every option to delay trials, although several judges have seemed pretty damn complicit as well. I get wanting to make sure the case is as airtight as possible, but…the people they’re worried about pissing off with a case that isn’t entirely formed, were just going to be pissed off anyway.

creamed_eels, (edited )

Judge Cannon seems pretty ok to impede any progress she possibly can.

FlashMobOfOne,
@FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world avatar

After decades of headlines like the one you just posted absolutely nothing has happened.

Trump is bulletproof and he knows it, and now, he doesn’t have to lie about how shitty his opponent in the race is.

Feathercrown, in The comments speak for themselves

I’ll do it again!

Oha, in Just here to celebrate my cake day! (4 years!)

4 years? Damn ur old

ff0000,
@ff0000@lemmy.ml avatar

I know right! Grandfather Lemmy! (and thank you!)

sem, in The comments speak for themselves
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I’m not sure that lemmy users are different in this from user of Reddit/HackerNews/Facebook/etc.

HowRu68,

It’s never been about reading the post/ articles. Mmm?!

danc4498,

I 100% did this on Reddit. And I do it here too. Most news websites are garbage and loaded with advertisements. Get halfway through the story and a full page ad pops up or a video starts playing. Honestly, does anybody stop reading to watch those videos???

Or, you go into the comments and see the summary, or the full article, or quotes of the most important parts with discussions. If I feel I have questions, only then will I open the website.

FrostyTrichs,

You must be the last person on Lemmy still looking at these sites the way they’re displayed by default. Firefox, adblock, no script, pi hole, etc makes all that go away pretty painlessly.

danc4498,

I use an app on my phone that just loads the website in a browser within the app.

M137,
@M137@lemmy.world avatar

Android or iOS? There are solutions on both. Adblockers are available and have been for years.

There’s nothing stopping you from fixing this other than your own ignorance.

danc4498,

iOS. I use Firefox normally, but the app just loads the in app web browser, which I doesn’t seem to block ads. Not sure if safari extensions would work with the in app browser… might try it.

lemmylommy, in Outlaw County Wooo

Rural noun, simple adjective

VikingHippie,

Warm night, cold beer, blue jeans, red pick-up

Facebones,

No shirt, no shoes, no jews you didn’t hear that

VikingHippie,

I walk and talk like a field hand But the boots I’m wearing cost three grand

blanketswithsmallpox,
VikingHippie,

That fucking amazing! 😮🤣 Gotta love Letterkenny 🥰

I was actually quoting Bo Burnham’s equally hilarious Country Song though 😁

Gregorech, in Just sayin

My friend owns three houses, the one he lives in and two he rents. He incorporated for tax purposes. Your saying he can’t own the rental property because he’s now taking advantage of the tax laws?

Bocky,

That’s one persons opinion, but yes that’s what they are saying

CosmicSploogeDrizzle,
@CosmicSploogeDrizzle@lemmy.world avatar

Limit it to corporations of a certain size then. It’s not people like your friend that are doing the bulk of the damage. It’s large corporations buying up entire neighborhoods to rent them forever.

ZombiFrancis,

You mean to say your friend incorporated for tax purposes because owning three houses would’ve been resulted in being taxed at a higher rate? That should be evidence enough.

Unrelated but related: shell companies for the purposes of evading taxes should also not be an acceptable practice.

Gregorech,

That and as a real estate agent in Southern California it helps with his tax burden when selling houses near 1M. If the commission goes to his corporate account pays himself a taxed salary it’s less than the taxes for the full amount. The rental is more of a long term investment than a profit from rent.

fl42v, (edited ) in Heartburn is not the only punishment you'll receive

Meatball document object model or something

bappity, in Just sayin
@bappity@lemmy.world avatar

I wish every corporation buying residential properties a very haven hills alabama

PP_BOY_, in Outlaw County Wooo
@PP_BOY_@lemmy.world avatar

Both of these types existed in the past and still exist today.

Glifted,

Conway Twitty?

Slovene,

He says knock it off, just right a damn joke!

cmbabul, (edited ) in Outlaw County Wooo

If Waylon were still with us he’d kick the ass of nearly everyone in Nashville

zelifcam,

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  • cmbabul,

    Love Sturgill, Jason Isbell is in the same league imo

    GoodbyeBlueMonday,

    I’d also humbly submit Sierra Ferrell: not exactly outlaw country, but definitely in the vein of old school country, and she has a voice that is absolutely hypnotizing.

    One of her most popular songs that is about love with a healthy dose of morbidity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2W8kCk1qnU

    An absolutely legendary display of what she’s capable of with her voice: www.youtube.com/watch?v=57Aha_GwFt4

    eestileib,

    “You’re saying country musicians didn’t always support wars of imperialism? Huh?”

    cmbabul,

    “Come on Willy let’s ride”

    LaunchesKayaks, in Just 1 more year for me
    @LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world avatar

    Being a functional adult every day seems a bit excessive imo

    jballs,
    @jballs@sh.itjust.works avatar

    That’s what makes adulting so hard!! It wouldn’t be bad if it was a day or two every once in a while. But it’s every day!

    LaunchesKayaks,
    @LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world avatar

    I didn’t realize growing up was so overrated when I was a kid.

    SirSmokeAlot,

    No one does unfortunatly.

    Raptor_007, in Just here to celebrate my cake day! (4 years!)

    Wow, happy cake day to you!

    ff0000,
    @ff0000@lemmy.ml avatar

    Thank you very much! :)

    bruhduh, in Just sayin
    @bruhduh@lemmy.world avatar

    B-but CoRpOrAtIoNs Is PeOpLe

    Neato,
    @Neato@ttrpg.network avatar

    I’ll believe corporations are people when Texas executes one.

    Weirdly enough new York is on track to do that with Trump’s company.

    CarbonatedPastaSauce, in Just here to celebrate my cake day! (4 years!)

    Relax! You keep up this frenetic posting and you might cross the threshold of 1 post per year!

    Congrats on being on Lemmy before the rest of the world knew it existed. 😁

    ff0000,
    @ff0000@lemmy.ml avatar

    😆 i’ll try and calm down, we don’t want me flooding the Fediverse with my insane posting schedule!

    And thank you! Those years have flown by indeed!

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