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Donald Trump gets to sidestep the consequences of his conviction. Most people with criminal records don’t
(www.independent.co.uk)
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If there's ever been proof that America has an injustice system instead of a justice system:
Trump is guilty of all 34 counts, is allowed to still run free, still allowed to run for president, still gets massive coverage from every piece of media, even ones that lean liberal.
Every single black American has to worry about cops just randomly shooting them, without judge or jury, just executioner.
Women had their bodily rights revoked by an illegitimate court.
Trans people are new scapegoat after gay/bi/lesbian people struggled to get the same rights as the 90% since the 1960s at Stonewall.
But sure, we live in a free country where a fascist can be arrested, found guilty, lose more money than any person who could support such a fucking loser would ever see in life, and still do will in polls and not have serious challenge.
To be fair, any American at least 35 years old can run for president. Criminal status or history isn't a block to that, to prevent pulling a Putin and jailing political rivals to clear the field. The media is also a cesspool of ragebait and train wrecks due to the 24 hour news cycle and "ratings".