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So is this the DEI I keep hearing the Right complain about?

Putting utterly unqualified people into some of the most powerful and important positions in the country based on the sole criterion of “complete and total loyalty to Dear Leader,” vs ensuring that qualified people of color are at least considered for a variety of positions? Hmmm…it’s evil to put potential unqualified people into such roles, but when they’re Trump loyalists….
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On 6/8/2024 at 1:06 PM, Brisketexan said:


Putting utterly unqualified people into some of the most powerful and important positions in the country based on the sole criterion of “complete and total loyalty to Dear Leader,” vs ensuring that qualified people of color are at least considered for a variety of positions? Hmmm…it’s evil to put potential unqualified people into such roles, but when they’re Trump loyalists….
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I was watching a video on German reunification and the term the West used to describe East German officials was "politicized incompetence" - and this has been used to describe Trump's followers in government positions.

In short, it means that loyalty to the political party (or to an individual) is more important than actually being able to do the job. East Germany was littered with useless idiots whose only qualification was loyalty to the East German state. 

The GOP is going down the same path and it will not end well for them or for constituents who put these clowns in power.

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Oh, that should work out just fine for Trump.  He'll try to run over the probation officer (because female) and unlike most media members, I doubt she'll oblige.

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And then he’ll whine how no one has ever been treated as unfairly. And call out his probation officer by name.

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23 minutes ago, GenXer said:

And then he’ll whine how no one has ever been treated as unfairly. And call out his probation officer by name.

Just to mess with him, they should have hired someone that looks really close to Ivanka. 

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8 minutes ago, Gatorubet said:
3 hours ago, The Dog said:
 

“Mr. Trump….are the sharks in the room with you right now?”

I’m on an electric boat and it’s sinking. 

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3 hours ago, YChang said:

Just to mess with him, they should have hired someone that looks really close to Ivanka. 

Is there a zoom filter for that? Would be allsome.

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That actual reporting reads like it was written by AI. But Dems in the senate should be quietly investigating her finances given how corrupt most federalist society judges are.

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16 minutes ago, wildcat09 said:

That actual reporting reads like it was written by AI. But Dems in the senate should be quietly investigating her finances given how corrupt most federalist society judges are.

"CACLUBINDIA?"

Come on yall. 

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10 minutes ago, Neonmoon said:

It’s amazing how corrupt this country is right now 

Yup. I’m trying to decide whether it’s always been this corrupt but now it’s out in the open due to the internet, or it truly has degraded. I believe the corruption is way worse and it’s sad. 

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28 minutes ago, Dbeasy said:

Yup. I’m trying to decide whether it’s always been this corrupt but now it’s out in the open due to the internet, or it truly has degraded. I believe the corruption is way worse and it’s sad. 

It certainly hasn't helped that the print media has pretty much died, they used to do the bulk of investigative journalism, in particular in local matters.  That more or less doesn't exist anymore, and in that vacuum, corruption at the local level has exploded.  On the national level, investigative journalism has been more or less cast aside in favor of the far more profitable infotainment business model.  The real problem is that until American's decide to choose to make that sort of journalism profitable (which there is no sign of happening), no one is going to do it.  If you look right now at any "news" network (left, right, whatever) it isn't news, it's someone giving an opinion pretty much 90% of the time, if not higher.  

What's the solution for this?  I have no realistic idea, but therein lies a big problem.  The 4th estate right now is pretty much in absolute tatters.  As a result, we aren't getting independent news, we are getting infotainment from people with agendas.  

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A bigger problem is if anyone on the right is accused or even convicted of something every republican simply doesn’t believe it 99% of the time.   It takes something outlandishly over the top like George Santos, and even then 30% still won’t believe it 

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10 minutes ago, Ted Lange said:

A bigger problem is if anyone on the right is accused or even convicted of something every republican simply doesn’t believe it 99% of the time.   It takes something outlandishly over the top like George Santos, and even then 30% still won’t believe it 

 "And the Democrats are worse!"

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24 minutes ago, Js1 said:

The media is as complicit and corrupt 

The just asking questions bit plays a little one sided.  Wish they asked more questions of Trumpco. 

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1 hour ago, bolverk said:

Gil, if you don't have a twitter account, you can't read a whole thread anymore. Here's a version of the tweet that the many of us who dumped twitter can actually read without giving financial support to Elmo Mush with a click or an account.

https://www.threads.net/@gtconway3dg/post/C8DYkmfvBDI 

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She's technically right, I suppose in that the government argued in support of that paragraph that it was "Rule 404(b)" material.

I don't know that the government made that argument in support of other paragraphs.  It was kind of a dumb argument, because it does require some proceedings and a ruling before other bad acts are admissible.

Rule 404(b) is the rule that generally prohibits the use of evidence of uncharged or other bad acts as trial evidence, at least until the government shows that it is for some other purpose than the defendant acted consistently.  The government can probably meet that burden easily, but until they do, they can't use these as trial evidence.  An indictment is not trial evidence, but may be read to or given to the jury as part of the charge.

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Yup. I’m trying to decide whether it’s always been this corrupt but now it’s out in the open due to the internet, or it truly has degraded. I believe the corruption is way worse and it’s sad. 
I've decided that it was always corrupt. The difference is that in the past, the bar for corruption was so low that practically anyone could play. In the west, you could pay off a judge with a couple pieces of silver. Years ago, you could pay off a cop with a couple $100 bills. You could probably get a politician for a couple grand. But today, the price for corruption is so restrictive that only the mega-rich are able to get in the game. And since there's no accountability for the mega-rich, there's really no reason to be discreet.

So here we are.
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Sidenote.  In a year, this case has more than 600 docket entries.  That is fucking astonishing.

A normal pace for even a complex and active civil case is somewhere around 100 entries per year of pendency.  Criminal cases tend to have even fewer filings.

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1 hour ago, elfenix said:

 "And the Democrats are worse!"

This.  They reflexively parrot this because they know deep in their hearts they are supporting criminals.  Most of them know this anyway.

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54 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

Sidenote.  In a year, this case has more than 600 docket entries.  That is fucking astonishing.

A normal pace for even a complex and active civil case is somewhere around 100 entries per year of pendency.  Criminal cases tend to have even fewer filings.

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1 minute ago, Biff Tannen said:

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layman's terms - Trump's attorneys know at worst she is grossly incompetent and burying her in motions and paperwork will delay the case.  At best she is their stooge that can justify so many delays based on the number of their filings.  Either way, they get what they want, this strung out as long as possible.  Truth is, it's probably a combination of both scenarios.  

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12 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

This.  They reflexively parrot this because they know deep in their hearts they are supporting criminals.  Most of them know this anyway.

I have a theory that the hardcore trump supporters are criminals themselves. They may engage in fraud, tax evasion, or other shady dealings. They rationalize their own behavior by comparing it to trump. Like, hey it’s cool if I don’t report all my income; the president doesn’t report all of his either.

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31 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

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Every court filing is a docket entry.  600 in a year is roughly 6x what a fairly active case generates.  Sure, it's probably mostly Trump. but not entirely.

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3 hours ago, bolverk said:

Gil, if you don't have a twitter account, you can't read a whole thread anymore. Here's a version of the tweet that the many of us who dumped twitter can actually read without giving financial support to Elmo Mush with a click or an account.

https://www.threads.net/@gtconway3dg/post/C8DYkmfvBDI 

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2 hours ago, TwiceHorn said:

She's technically right, I suppose in that the government argued in support of that paragraph that it was "Rule 404(b)" material.

I don't know that the government made that argument in support of other paragraphs.  It was kind of a dumb argument, because it does require some proceedings and a ruling before other bad acts are admissible.

Rule 404(b) is the rule that generally prohibits the use of evidence of uncharged or other bad acts as trial evidence, at least until the government shows that it is for some other purpose than the defendant acted consistently.  The government can probably meet that burden easily, but until they do, they can't use these as trial evidence.  An indictment is not trial evidence, but may be read to or given to the jury as part of the charge.

They should charge the Bedminster incident in SDNY.

 

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2 hours ago, elfenix said:

 "And the Democrats are worse!"

They are all the same, Texas should secede. 

https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-2022-midterm-elections-business-elections-presidential-elections-5468774d18e8c46f81b55e9260b13e93

Clinton was fined $8k for using campaign funds to pay for opposition research and classifying it as legal fees. Similar deal. 
 

The real question is who is behind the curtain? The two WWE wrestlers out there - orange man vs dementia man. It’s got everyone arguing and fired up, but it’s all baloney. 
 

Who in the MIC is running the show and are they planning to blow more money and get more Americans killed in another pointless war soon? Do they even have the bodies to throw out there? 
 

Anyway back to regularly scheduled programming

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1 hour ago, GenXer said:

I have a theory that the hardcore trump supporters are criminals themselves. They may engage in fraud, tax evasion, or other shady dealings. They rationalize their own behavior by comparing it to trump. Like, hey it’s cool if I don’t report all my income; the president doesn’t report all of his either.

Wait, Trump supporters are Latin American immigrants working for cash under the table?

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16 hours ago, Dbeasy said:

Yup. I’m trying to decide whether it’s always been this corrupt but now it’s out in the open due to the internet, or it truly has degraded. I believe the corruption is way worse and it’s sad. 

I'm in the "it's always been this way" camp, we just have way better access to the shit show. in the past we'd be oblivious to most of it. hence why a lot of people can't handle this realization now. the influx of information, good and bad, has broken a lot of brains

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13 hours ago, Zeus said:

They are all the same, Texas should secede. 

https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-2022-midterm-elections-business-elections-presidential-elections-5468774d18e8c46f81b55e9260b13e93

Clinton was fined $8k for using campaign funds to pay for opposition research and classifying it as legal fees. Similar deal. 
 

The real question is who is behind the curtain? The two WWE wrestlers out there - orange man vs dementia man. It’s got everyone arguing and fired up, but it’s all baloney. 
 

Who in the MIC is running the show and are they planning to blow more money and get more Americans killed in another pointless war soon? Do they even have the bodies to throw out there? 
 

Anyway back to regularly scheduled programming

This is shit mediocre teenagers think to make themselves feel clever.

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