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

No, the US version of Brexit was Trump's first term, since they both happened in the same year.

This is just people saying they know exactly how bad Brexit went the first time and they want that again.

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

It's funny, I love chili and I love mac and cheese, but I find ChiliMac to be somehow worse than the sum of it's parts.

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

I refrigerate my butter, but I only use it for cooking. I prefer margarine for spreading.

[–] [email protected] 92 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Glad to see that the left is finally ready to start rolling up their sleeves and fighting the right on equal terms, using the same weapons they've used on us from the start.

If you make life difficult for these people, they will be less likely to cling to their harmful political viewpoints.

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

Inflation was on the rise before Trump left office. It continued under Biden for the first two years of his term, but he managed to get key legislation passed in that span of time that has measurably reduced inflation. It's still not back down to what it was pre-pandemic, but we are leading almost every other western democracy in that metric. It really is incredible that people are giving Biden shit for the economy when he is actively fixing the problem, and it shows that the Democrats have a tremendous failure in their ability to do effective messaging.

If it doesn't feel like inflation has been improved under Biden, that's because the price you pay at the gas pump or the grocery store has more to do with what they chose to set their prices at than what the current rate of inflation is. The "vibe economy" is real, but they aren't casting the blame for it at the right people. For once, government did it's job. Who knows if the current trend will continue under Trump, but given that he set off the massive inflationary spending spree by injecting a ton of cash into a booming economy with stimulus checks, I imagine he's not going to care much about the fundamentals of a healthy economy and will instead do whatever makes his donors happy.

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

He won't have to. He'll just have his own DOJ appointee dismiss the federal cases against him. This will 100% happen on day one of his presidency. I have no doubt in my mind that he already has a person in mind for it and they will be his first appointment after his swearing in.

For the state cases, he doesn't need to do anything, they won't result in a sentencing verdict that can't be appealed before he takes office, and the state courts cannot prosecute a sitting president.

The best case scenario is that the state cases that he can neither dismiss nor pardon himself for will resumed at the end of his term in January 2029. That's a long fucking time to wait for justice, and even then, we won't know if he will even serve time for it. The presiding judges could die or retire and sympathetic judges could be appointed in the meantime. The states could flip to be controlled by MAGA AGs and decide to drop the cases even while they are paused.

The likelihood of this guy seeing the inside of a jail cell before he dies is almost 0%.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 days ago

The hush money payments are not the only things he was being prosecuted for. Jan 6th, the Georgia RICO case, the classified documents case, etc. New York is not the only state that deserves justice.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago

Many people are saying it!

[–] [email protected] 82 points 5 days ago (9 children)

You know how I know this is bullshit? Because even if Trump got the maximum sentence for each of his felony counts, which is three years of prison, they can all be served concurrently, so he would be out by November 2027 with more than a year left of his term.

If Judge Merchan proceeds with sentencing, Trump's legal team will just appeal and push it back until after Jan 20th.

Nice wishful thinking, but Trump winning erased the chances of him ever being held accountable for his crimes against the American people. A majority of Americans felt like he should get away with all of it. On day one he will appoint a sycophant to the DOJ who will drop all of his federal cases, and the state cases will get paused because the President is immune from state prosecution while on office.

If anybody here wanted to see justice done, you should have shown up on the 5th.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Good. I hope he does it. Don't let any of his yes-men or cronies tell him what a horrible idea it is. Let the whole fucking country burn.

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

Intelligence is a bell curve, after all.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (2 children)

And you're saying "billionaire" Donald Trump up on stage with the wealthiest man in the world is somehow more in-touch?

Jesus Christ, get real you guys.

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