you know what I just won?
THE WET T-SHIRT CONTEST, JESUS LOVERS
― hootenanny-soundtracking clusterfucks about milking cows (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 14 March 2023 13:54 (one year ago) link
“We are learning that the Manhattan DA office has asked for a meeting with law enforcement ahead of a potential Trump indictment. The meeting is to discuss logistics for some time next week which would mean they are anticipating an indictment next week” pic.twitter.com/IkbM46Naoe— Acyn (@Acyn) March 17, 2023
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 17 March 2023 21:25 (one year ago) link
but this is meaningless too, right? he'll just go "nah", not show up for anything, and nothing will happen because law enforcement chuds don't want to look "political"
― frogbs, Friday, 17 March 2023 21:26 (one year ago) link
Kraken 2: Release the Crappin'
― Minivan Morrison (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 17 March 2023 21:29 (one year ago) link
I mean, I don't know, the story says he'll need to be fingerprinted and processed like anyone else. I suppose he could blow it off, but I can't imagine the state being cool with him doing that.
In related wheels-of-justice news:
THREAD: What should we make of the Chief Judge's ruling that DOJ prosecutors have met the threshold for the crime-fraud exception for Trump attorney Evan Corcoran?— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) March 17, 2023
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 17 March 2023 21:30 (one year ago) link
The stormy is coming...
― BrianB, Friday, 17 March 2023 21:32 (one year ago) link
I mean nothing came of it when this dude stole classified documents, extorted the president of Ukraine, and tried to overthrow the government, I can't imagine this being anything but a very minor convenience
― frogbs, Friday, 17 March 2023 21:36 (one year ago) link
he was impeached for the Ukraine thing!
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 17 March 2023 21:45 (one year ago) link
yeah he got to spend 2 weeks chilling in the White House fundraising and crying witch hunt while everyone else in Congress had to work 12 hour days pretending there was actually a sliver of a chance he'd get removed from office
― frogbs, Friday, 17 March 2023 21:48 (one year ago) link
the sepublican senators showed tremendous integrity and courage during that second impeachment
― it's a new day in the international landscape (z_tbd), Friday, 17 March 2023 21:56 (one year ago) link
sepublican
― it's a new day in the international landscape (z_tbd), Friday, 17 March 2023 21:57 (one year ago) link
Maybe not coincidence this is the 30 year anniversary of Branch Davidian siege near Waco. https://t.co/HfSz2X8REG— Patrick W. Watson (@PatrickW) March 17, 2023
Messiah complex? ✔️
Likes underage girls? ✔️
Pro-gun? ✔️
Doesn't play guitar, but Ivanka does ✔️
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 18 March 2023 02:47 (one year ago) link
I mean nothing came of it when this dude stole classified documents
Isn't this Corcoran thing directly about the documents?
― dicbo=v2-ubswizzb&hrt (stevie), Saturday, 18 March 2023 11:40 (one year ago) link
Yeah. Classified docs stuff still very much in play. There's a special prosecutor who is still actively special prosecuting!
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 18 March 2023 13:19 (one year ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FrgVz9nXgAImVTW?format=jpg&name=large
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FrgV0PbXwAEdBAv?format=jpg&name=large
― lag∞n, Saturday, 18 March 2023 13:28 (one year ago) link
he seems fine
― lag∞n, Saturday, 18 March 2023 13:29 (one year ago) link
His rants scan like mistranslated North Korean propaganda.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 18 March 2023 13:32 (one year ago) link
Or maybe the opening scroll from a cheap straight to VHS post-apocalyptic movie.
Wait, "former" president?
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 18 March 2023 13:37 (one year ago) link
Anarchists have stollen? Lucky anarchists.
https://www.daringgourmet.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Stollen-2-square-edited.jpg
― Maggot Bairn (Tom D.), Saturday, 18 March 2023 13:47 (one year ago) link
Ok reading those truth social posts maybe something is gonna happen
― frogbs, Saturday, 18 March 2023 14:32 (one year ago) link
Not if we take our nation back!
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 18 March 2023 14:50 (one year ago) link
its kinda funny and pretty dicey that this is the thing hes going to get tried for cause paying someone to shut up isnt against the law its done all the time instead theyre making the argument that paying her was for the benefit of his campaign and therefor violated campaign laws which is not a particularly common way of thinking about things, youd think if you were going to arrest the ex pres youd want to do it for something rock solid
― lag∞n, Saturday, 18 March 2023 14:57 (one year ago) link
Most likely Trump's attorneys were told by the Manhattan DA's office that an indictment would likely issue early next week and that he would need to surrender on Tuesday and appear in court.That would not be an "arrest" but Trump is trying to dramatize this for his supporters. https://t.co/DN4bYLhkCM— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) March 18, 2023
Anyway, this may just be the tip of the iceberg. There's little doubt he's committed numerous crimes in numerous ways in numerous states. That's never really been in question. The issue has been prosecution, which, go figure, only really ramped up once he was out of office. Though not least because several of his crimes (Georgia, January 6, classified docs) were committed on the way out.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 18 March 2023 15:01 (one year ago) link
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 18 March 2023 bookmarkflaglink
It's actually purely American in its levels of delusion about the best country in the world. With a bunch of racism.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 18 March 2023 15:03 (one year ago) link
its kinda funny and pretty dicey that this is the thing hes going to get tried for cause paying someone to shut up isnt against the law its done all the time instead theyre making the argument that paying her was for the benefit of his campaign and therefor violated campaign laws which is not a particularly common way of thinking about things, youd think if you were going to arrest the ex pres youd want to do it for something rock solid― lag∞n, Saturday, March 18, 2023 10:57 AM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
― lag∞n, Saturday, March 18, 2023 10:57 AM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
Cohen’s already gone to jail for this, so maybe that sets a precedent. But I agree—this seems dicier than the Georgia election fraud case but I am no lawyer.
― treeship., Saturday, 18 March 2023 17:04 (one year ago) link
They just want to get him in court and talking so he'll confess to 7 other things during one of his rants
― hootenanny-soundtracking clusterfucks about milking cows (Neanderthal), Saturday, 18 March 2023 17:17 (one year ago) link
I think that's probably right, and it's the area where in the past he might have been savvier, but I think he'll say all kinds of nonsense under oath now
― J Edgar Noothgrush (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Saturday, 18 March 2023 17:24 (one year ago) link
He'll probably just keep pleading the fifth, which is one reason this stuff keeps getting dragged out. But the ongoing Stormy Daniels thing specifically seems to have been drawn out due to prosecutorial foot dragging; it was always weird that Cohen did time for a crime committed at the behest of the asshole that did not go to jail, but again, don't underestimate the dampening effect of Trump being president. The second he was out of office all this shit started ramping up. He's been in and will be in court for all sorts of stuff for the foreseeable future, even if he'll never see the inside of a jail cell, though he's such a POS there is ample potential for him to finally cross some red line and get himself in even more serious legal jeopardy. He's a perma-perp. He can't help it.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 18 March 2023 17:31 (one year ago) link
That Trump tweet (or whatever they're called on Truth Social) above very reminiscent of Wire's "Reuters": "This is your correspondent, running out of tape, gunfire's increasing, looting, burning, rape."
― clemenza, Saturday, 18 March 2023 17:35 (one year ago) link
A good minithread from someone who keeps regular tabs on this stuff
For those asking, so far there's scattered anger but no concrete plan on Trump forums for his potential arrest on Tuesday.So far it's:1—Users urging DeSantis not to be like "Judas Pence" and hand him over2—Random, rote calls for Civil War if it happensI'll keep you updated.— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) March 18, 2023
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 18 March 2023 17:37 (one year ago) link
Judas Pence was more into leather
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 18 March 2023 17:39 (one year ago) link
Hopefully this ugly link works ...
https://starwarsintrocreator.kassellabs.io/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwwtWgBhDhARIsAEMcxeC6PoXcXx-B0xxVmos44bIkuAcxm6q9f5aZpv6Tqk0vbiTyBGAxS6UaArVqEALw_wcB#!/ENQpnoy6A-BgHK0zZBk1
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 18 March 2023 17:43 (one year ago) link
what do you think the ?gclid=Cj0KCQjwwtWgBhDhARIsAEMcxeC6PoXcXx-B0xxVmos44bIkuAcxm6q9f5aZpv6Tqk0vbiTyBGAxS6UaArVqEALw_wcB#!/ENQpnoy6A-BgHK0zZBk1 bit means
― least said, sergio mendes (sic), Saturday, 18 March 2023 17:55 (one year ago) link
I literally have no idea, why don't you tell me? I was just trying to find a way to embed my generated video.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 18 March 2023 18:07 (one year ago) link
My new band concept is heavy metal covers of songs about coins ("Penny Lane," "Three Coins in a Fountain," "Here's a Quarter, Call Someone Who Cares," "Brother, Can you Spare a Dime?,"and selections from the Threepenny Opera).
I am calling it Judas Pence
― carne asana (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, 18 March 2023 18:08 (one year ago) link
Google Click ID (GCLID) is a parameter passed in the URL with ad clicks, to identify the campaign and other attributes of the click associated with the ad for ad tracking and campaign attribution. In Google Ads, this is enabled by turning on the auto-tagging setting. It’s required for Google Ads website conversion tracking and also used to link data between Google Ads and Google Analytics. It can also be used in conjunction with features like offline conversion tracking.
― rob, Saturday, 18 March 2023 18:13 (one year ago) link
Huh. What does that mean? That the link generates ad revenue?
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 18 March 2023 18:16 (one year ago) link
Sad Wings of Desantisy
― INDEPENDENTS DAY BY STEVEN SPILBERG (President Keyes), Saturday, 18 March 2023 18:25 (one year ago) link
I suspect his supporters know the arrest is the point: the final act of martyrdom. It will be a glorious day for'em.
― the very juice and sperm of kindness. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 18 March 2023 18:37 (one year ago) link
It means you can just delete everything from the ? onwardshttps://starwarsintrocreator.kassellabs.io/
― groovypanda, Saturday, 18 March 2023 18:50 (one year ago) link
if *we* can barely figure out what he's being prosecuted for in nyc, imagine how it will seem to, like, normal people. which will make his claims that this is a political prosecution resonate.
― Thus Sang Freud, Saturday, 18 March 2023 18:54 (one year ago) link
Perhaps it will be easier to figure out when there's an actual indictment.
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Saturday, 18 March 2023 18:56 (one year ago) link
what if it just says "cheeto man bad" tho then what
― lag∞n, Saturday, 18 March 2023 19:02 (one year ago) link
It means you can just delete everything from the ? onwards
Yeah, but that would only get someone to the site's homepage with the template, not the thing I generated. When I click on the messy link I pasted it takes me to the thing I generated.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 18 March 2023 19:03 (one year ago) link
He's been/being prosecuted for lots of things in NY, iirc, but this one seems pretty simple (if relatively minor, compared to classified docs and GA): using campaign funds to pay out hush money. Right?
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 18 March 2023 19:06 (one year ago) link
I mean who gives a fuck what Trump supporters or libertarians et al think, they would think the same thing if he was arrested eating a child on TV. You don't base these moves on whether people will like them.
― hootenanny-soundtracking clusterfucks about milking cows (Neanderthal), Saturday, 18 March 2023 19:06 (one year ago) link
Republicans don't mind doing things that enrage 200 million people daily.
― hootenanny-soundtracking clusterfucks about milking cows (Neanderthal), Saturday, 18 March 2023 19:13 (one year ago) link
yeah, all, move to Florida, join Neanderthal and me for Negronis
― the very juice and sperm of kindness. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 18 March 2023 19:14 (one year ago) link
Probably next on DeSantis's chopping block.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 18 March 2023 19:16 (one year ago) link
Wokegronis
― carne asana (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, 18 March 2023 19:17 (one year ago) link