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[–] [email protected] 93 points 6 months ago (2 children)

While I am sure it is a thing that happens, I hope you'll excuse me if I don't hold my breath waiting for Mr. 10 Strikes to get his turn.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 6 months ago (4 children)

Trump wants to be locked up. He has the tweets ready to go. Unfair, biased against him, did nothing wrong, silenced, caged, election interference, crying like a toddler as though everything isn't entirely his own fault, as though he hasn't been given, and taken, every advantage and benefit. He wants his legions of acolytes to take to the streets, demanding his freedom. He wants to raise funds with it. He wants the publicity to attract pro-bono lawyers to replace the ones who have quit for various reasons. He wants to sue and use pending litigation to further stall all court cases against him.

And the Judge knows this.

[–] [email protected] 48 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Fuck what he wants. I want to see that orange turd.suffer consequences for his actions. Let the crazies be crazy...like they're NOT going to to those things anyway?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Give him 320h of community service collecting trash

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

I can't wait for a judge to rule that being at a Trump rally fits that definition

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Yeah, I'd like that a lot. I do wonder if they issue orange colored adult diapers to match the jumpsuit.

It will be really tough to try to pull off a stupid bad-boy image like that GD mugshot where he's posing with a practiced pose (whoever took the mugshot should have never cooperated and found the most pathetic and least-flattering picture instead) if he's out picking up trash by the side of the highway.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

He cannot pick up himself. He is out of his preferred age range.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I agree completely, but I do think we should be prepared. As the wise philosopher once said, "In the game of chess, you can never let your adversary see your pieces."

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

I think the National Guard should be prepared in such an instance. Just let the magabrained try something like J6 again. These gaslighters have been clutching their pearls over Ashli Babbitt; seems like many of them are just dying to have many more instances of Ashli. Next time around, I hope the adults let them have their wish. Maybe they will finally get the freaking message.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Regardless of all that, it still would be a victory for the integrity of the legal system and the people to see Orange Man in an orange jumper on the front page news.

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

I feel like it would be a balm to the majority of people to see him finally actually get consequences for his actions rather than just threats that he keeps ignoring. But the justice system and politicians are afraid of that noisy, mostly white minority that is allegedly armed and claims to be willing to use force.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Of course letting him run free, facing no consequences at all for flagrantly breaking the law and ignoring court orders means that he and his rabid followers are harmless, right?

He might have contingency plans for when he goes to jail, but that doesn't mean he should remain free of consequences.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

I don't want that. I want him in jail. I just know that he wants it, too, and while I want him to stay there, I know he won't until he's convicted and sentenced.

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

I like what I've seen others suggest. Community service. Send him to the must run down soup kitchen and make him clean the dishes.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

They don't let you do things that actually help the community. You just smack weeds with a dull McLeod somewhere the public won't spot you.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

It’s not ten strikes, it’s two. Although there were ten violations, there have been only two hearings. At the first, Trump was fined the state maximum and reminded that he could face jail time for further infractions. At the second hearing, Merchan fined Trump the state maximum, and after having expressed his disinterest in jailing a former President, he then stated that further violations would result in jail time. That’s the reason Trump has been so quiet this week.

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/05/10/the-week-that-muzzled-trump-00157439

Merchan is doing the right thing by following standard practice. He’s careful not to give the defense any justification to appeal his rulings based on bias. He wants his rulings to stick just as much as we all do.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 6 months ago

He should be punished with an ankle network interferance box that keeps anything wireless from working. even talk radio.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 6 months ago (2 children)

People do? Or is it just the poor?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago

Bobby Seale was bound and physically gagged during the trail of the Chicago 7. Of course he was a black man in the late 60s. So I guess it's just those who are already disadvantaged.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I know it's a fringe position, but... personally I've always considered the poor to be people.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

You'll never make it in politics with that attitude.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 months ago

Just one more chance bro all the justice department needs is one more chance bro and the whole system will prove that it’s working please bro just trust me bro the fascist dictator is going to be punished bro I swear bro you gotta have faith bro

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago

How many violations was that, must be 20 or something. Cus Trump's not locked up for 10 violations already.