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Dystopia has dawned โ€“ Trump convicted on all counts.  The greatest American travesty has happened in my lifetime.  I have seen my country slide from its heights of glory to the now confirmed beginning of its dark age from which recovery to its former self is unlikely.  With evil and corruption now firmly ensconced in our government, it is doubtful that my children will ever again witness America in its full promise as the shining city on a hill. (more here and here)

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71 responses to “America’s Dystopia has Dawned”

  1. Real MAGA Wives of SCOTUS Avatar
    Real MAGA Wives of SCOTUS

    Dystopia reared itself under Trump’s tutelage.
    America is coming back from the brink.

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  2. Real MAGA Wives of SCOTUS Avatar
    Real MAGA Wives of SCOTUS

    Not to worry, If Trump wins the election, he will pardon himself ๐Ÿ˜‚

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  3. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Robert Hur was a prosecutor in an entirely different case fish. What does that have to do with what Trump was found guilty of?
    I believe we have two candidates that should not be running for office because of their age and mental ability. Sad but true.

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  4. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Moron @515 the president cannot pardon state offenses. ROFLOL
    TRU DAT –
    RFK Jr. predicts Trump conviction will backfire on Democrats
    Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an independent candidate for president in 2024, took to social media to warn that former President Donald Trump’s conviction could backfire on Democrats.
    “The Democratic Party’s strategy is to beat President Trump in the courtroom rather than the ballot box. This will backfire in November. Even worse, it is profoundly undemocratic,” Kennedy said in a post on X. “America deserves a President who can win at the ballot box without compromising our governmentโ€™s separation of powers or weaponizing the courts. You canโ€™t save democracy by destroying it first.”
    The independent candidate added that Democrats “are afraid they will lose in the voting booth,” causing them to use a trial instead.
    ๐Ÿ˜‰

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  5. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Don
    Ironically since Trump has been convicted of felonies he won’t be able to vote in his home state Florida.
    “What are voting rights in Florida?
    Citizens 18 years and older have the right to
    register and then vote.
    You lose the right to vote in Florida if you
    are convicted of a felony until you finish your
    sentence, including prison, parole and/or
    probation, and pay the money you were ordered
    to pay by a court when you were convicted.”
    Lots more here:
    https://www.aclufl.org/sites/default/files/field_documents/florida_voting_rights_amendment_4_one_pager_august_2022_final.pdf

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  6. fish ole' Avatar
    fish ole’

    Posted by: psul “Another “Candidate’ to old and senile to run for office” Emery | 30 May 2024 at 05:19 PM
    Robert Hur was a prosecutor in an entirely different case fish. What does that have to do with what Trump was found guilty of?

    “Robert Hur was a prosecutor in an entirely different case fish.”
    No shit Sherlock!
    Punchโ„ข set the WayBack machine to mere hours ago…..

    Posted by: Paul Emery | 30 May 2024 at 03:12 PM
    Scott says Biden has “has been declared too demented to stand trial for felonies”. Can you provide documentation as to who made that declaration?

    Why would Hur’s statement have anything to do with Trumps trial? Biden was deposed for what would have been a felony for anyone else. The retention of classified documents…the same thing you got your stained old man drawers in a bunch about in 2023 regarding Trump. Robert Hur interviewed Biden found him to be not-triable (word?) due to those things I listed before. I didn’t say those things a Federal prosecutor did.
    You didn’t ask who in the Trump trial discussed Biden’s mental capabilities….you asked…“Scott says Biden has ‘has been declared too demented to stand trial for felonies’. Can you provide documentation as to who made that declaration?” I did….Robert Hur.
    If you know of another instance where Biden has been deposed and not found mentally deficient I’m all ears!

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  7. fish ole' Avatar
    fish ole’

    Posted by: Real 60 Year Old Idiot Busted for Filming A Childs Movie | 30 May 2024 at 05:14 PM
    America is coming back from the brink.

    It’s just that sort of muddled thinking with, “outside-the-box observations, and ideas about improving things” that leads to guy having his camera confiscated by the 17 year old assistant manager at the Del Oro theater .

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  8. Scott O Avatar

    “Dystopia reared itself under Trump’s tutelage.”
    Hilarious – the “summer of love” riots were at the direction of Trump.
    Right.
    Maybe get sober before posting here.

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  9. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Kind of funny that SCOTUS unanimously slapped down NY states lawfare against the NRA at the same time the corrupt NY system was pulling all the stops to trip up Trump but ended up helping him and it will never hold up on appeal –
    โ€œThis is exemplified by social movements calling for divestment from fossil fuels and cessation of underwriting of coal-fired power infrastructure,โ€ the DFS memo added.
    Got that? Insurers were being told to drop underwriting and investment in fossil fuels because activist โ€œsocial movementsโ€ were likely to demand that they do so. Who needs to pass laws when just the possibility of leftwing activism is enough to trigger regulation?
    his ruling is a clear win for economic growth. By curbing the power of regulators to impose ideologically driven policies, the Supreme Court has opened the door for fossil fuel companies to continue their essential work without undue interference. This decision could help ensure that energy remains affordable and available, supporting economic stability and growth.
    https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2024/05/30/breitbart-business-digest-how-a-gun-rights-victory-benefits-fossil-fuels/
    Justice Sotomayor, writing for a unanimous court, said a government official โ€œcan share her views freely and criticize particular beliefs, and she can do so forcefully in the hopes of persuading others to follow her lead. In doing so, she can rely on the merits and force of her ideas, the strength of her convictions, and her ability to inspire others. What she cannot do, however, is use the power of the State to punish or suppress disfavored expression.โ€
    Justice Sotomayor expanded on the decision in Bantam Books, Inc., which stated the First Amendment does not permit government officials to use the โ€œthreat of invoking legal sanctions and other means of coercionโ€ฆto achieve the suppression [of disfavored speech].โ€ In this case, Vullo, as the superintendent of DFS, โ€œhad direct regulatory and enforcement authority over all insurance companies and financial service institutions doing business in New Yorkโ€ฆ[she] could initiate investigations and refer cases for prosecution.โ€ Using her position, Vullo told Lloydโ€™s of London, who was facing violations of New York law, that she โ€œwould โ€˜focusโ€™ her enforcement actions โ€˜solelyโ€™ on the syndicates with ties to the NRA,โ€™ and ignore other syndicates writing similar policies.โ€ The unanimous Court concluded, โ€œwhether analyzed as a threat or as an inducement, the conclusion is the same: Vullo allegedly coerced Lloydโ€™s by saying she would ignore unrelated infractions and focus her enforcement efforts on NRA-related business.โ€
    https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/05/scotus-unanimously-backs-nra-on-first-amendment-ruling/
    ๐Ÿ˜‰

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  10. Scott O Avatar

    fishy 6:14 – “Punchโ„ข set the WayBack machine to mere hours ago…..”
    That time and space continuum deal always did give Paul trouble.
    He has enough issues just dealing with the ‘now’.

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  11. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    Don’t lose hope… It isn’t 34 separate counts, it’s one count run the through the Xerox. Eye-denticle.
    Expect them all to get reversed in record time.

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  12. Scott O Avatar

    George – “The greatest American travesty has happened in my lifetime.”
    I would extend that travesty to the entire ongoing lawfare against Trump to tie him up in court and strip him of assets. We can include people associated with him such as Bannon and Flynn.
    These actions by the Blob are laying bare how brazenly and openly they can act without repercussion. Trump will have this verdict overturned, but the lingering damage to our nation is permanent.

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  13. Scott O Avatar

    Gregory – “…in record time”
    I seriously doubt before the election. And that’s all that matters. They knew full well it would be overturned. But they get to have the idiots like Paul screeching “convicted felon” for months. There is zero downside for the DA and the judge.

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  14. The Estonian Fox Avatar
    The Estonian Fox

    DB at 08:22 PM.
    The S. Court ruling for the NRA may also apply to a digital currency in which the U.S. might follow the lead of Trustin’ Justin Trudeau during Canada’s trucker convoy. The truckers had access to their bank accounts denied because Trudeau didn’t approve of their beliefs.
    Who said that S. Court Services were shady operations? Other than Stormy Daniels.

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  15. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    “I seriously doubt before the election.”
    I figger that the main point here is to find him GUILTY of something, anything. It doesn’t really much matter what.
    Act II is to somehow tie together something salacious (HE HAD SEX WITH A PORN STAR!) with GUILTY!. After that, you just shout GUILTY! and then somehow tie that together with all his imagined crimes.
    Hey, its a tough job being a combination of Scheming Hitler Guy, Evil Rapist Man, Joe Isuzu, and doddering old moron. Trump has become a sort of repository for everything ‘progressives’ dislike in themselves. The insane people are casting off a demon. It won’t improve their mental health in the long run, but there’s a joy in the Two Minutes Hate, a kind of endorphin rush.

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  16. Scott O Avatar

    scenes 7:08 – “The insane people are casting off a demon”
    That’s about it. They had one of their political shamans (De Niro) outside the trial warning the natives about needing to appease the gods:
    โ€œI donโ€™t mean to scare you. No, wait, maybe I do mean to scare you,โ€ he said at one point. โ€œIf Trump returns to the White House, you can kiss these freedoms goodbye that we all take for granted.
    โ€œAnd elections. Forget about it. Thatโ€™s over. Thatโ€™s done. If he gets in. I can tell you right now. He will never leave. He will never leave. You know that. He will never leave.โ€
    There is no rational discourse – there is only foaming at the mouth hysteria. And so the volcano god must be appeased. The rule of law needs to be pushed aside to make way for a sacrifice. It doesn’t change the economy or improve the situation in Ukraine or the middle east. Trump will still get all the votes he needs to win.
    But Paul gets to screech “convicted felon” every time his pick for POTUS drives our country further into the ditch.
    The funny thing is the Dems have landed their Great Orange Whale into their row boat. What are they going to do now?

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  17. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    “there is only foaming at the mouth hysteria.”
    I admit that it’s fun watching the histrionics (or hystrionics I guess). Casting the Tangerine Tornado as the most evil, most venal, most stupid, most rude, most unfeeling, most ambitious, most ignorant person in history takes a certain amount of fancy footwork.
    Generally, I’d say that the results of the election won’t matter much, aside from the inevitable property destruction by mostly-peaceful progressives with an (R) win. Given Biden’s dementia, the bureaucracy and staff will do pretty much what they like. Given dislike of Trump, the bureaucracy and staff will do pretty much what they like. I’d say that Trump’s only superpower here will be executive orders and a less warlike foreign policy, but there’s no tellin’.
    There’s a lot of dying in a culture and nothing is permanent. A reasonable person’s goal should be to do their own little part in setting up success for the future, hopefully with a short interregnum. Making yourself genuinely useful, as opposed to professional minstrel or ad-selling internet marketeer is always a good start.

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  18. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    lol.
    I wonder if I could buy space to run this drawing in the local paper.
    https://kunstler.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Honey.jpg

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  19. fish oleโ€™ Avatar
    fish oleโ€™

    Posted by: scenes | 31 May 2024 at 08:48 AM
    I wonder if I could buy space to run this drawing in the local paper.

    Maybe a little too on the noseโ€ฆ.

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  20. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    “The greatest American travesty has happened in my lifetime.”
    C’est la guerre. Eugene Debs ran for President from his prison cell.
    It seems to me that the thing to keep in mind is that the ruling class…political, media, business…fights a lot dirtier than you might think. Team Blue plays for keeps and is happy to send the 420th NC to come take your stuff. Universal surveillance is going to make all of this a lot more interesting. Social scores started up some time ago and will only grow, especially as the ability to gather and parse data increases. Bow down to folks like Grand Admiral Levine or your VISA card will get cancelled.

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  21. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    The fact is that the biggest political loser in modern history is now also the first felon in Presidential history. That’s lots to cheer about according to Don, scenes and fish.

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  22. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    For now oh great ponytail of ignorance –
    CNN senior legal analyst Elie Honig criticized the New York criminal case against Donald Trump as an “unjustified mess” in a scathing analysis piece, saying prosecutors “contorted the law” to ensnare the former president.
    “Prosecutors got their man, for now at least โ€” but they also contorted the law in an unprecedented manner in their quest to snare their prey,”
    “Both of these things can be true at once: The jury did its job, and this case was an ill-conceived, unjustified mess. Sure, victory is the great deodorant, but a guilty verdict doesnโ€™t make it all pure and right,” Honig wrote.
    “Plenty of prosecutors have won plenty of convictions in cases that shouldnโ€™t have been brought in the first place,” he continued. “‘But they won’ is no defense to a strained, convoluted reach unless the goal is to ‘win,’ now, by any means necessary and worry about the credibility of the case and the fallout later.
    https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/cnn-legal-guru-says-york-191505499.html
    ๐Ÿ˜‰

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  23. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Doesn’t change the FACT Bessee that Trump is now a felon in addition to being the biggest Presidential loser in modern history.

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  24. Scott O Avatar

    Paul – “Doesn’t change the FACT…”
    That we were better off when Trump was POTUS.
    That he was and will be a far better POTUS than any Dem.
    That our nation faces a financial crises that threatens our ruin.
    That Paul is consumed with hatred.

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  25. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    Scott
    Didn’t Trump increase our national debt by 7 trillion in just four years while mostly controlling the House and Senate?

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  26. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    re: psul@6:39PM
    Worth a gander from famous hard-right news people CNN.
    https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/17/politics/biden-economy-facts-first/index.html

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  27. fish oleโ€™ Avatar
    fish oleโ€™

    1 Trillion every hundred daysโ€ฆ.
    And when you hippy โ€œDine and Dashโ€ out of this life you will have died as you livedโ€ฆby not paying your check.
    https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/mar/12/joe-biden/fact-checking-joe-biden-on-debt-accumulated-under/

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  28. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Nobody is buying what creepy grampa joe and the socialists are selling –
    https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2024/05/31/trump-will-now-win-big-europe-reacts-to-trump-trial/
    ๐Ÿ˜‰

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  29. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    re: f. ole’ @7:56PM
    I just assume that the budget is gonna do what it’s gonna do. Currency debasement is built into practically any system of government (Republic of Venice being an exception? maybe. but then, they appear a lot less corrupt than the US setup and longer lasting to boot.)
    While military spending has dropped and dropped as a percent of GDP (whatever ‘GDP’ is now), the mandatory spending goes up-and-up along with interest. The vultures fight over the carcass, good deeds are invented, the Free Shit Army advances on a broad front. In the meantime, coffee shop economists will yammer on about how RICH PEOPLE need to PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE and how low-profit businesses like health insurance are GREEDY and need to give more stuff to THE PEOPLE.
    Nothing to be done except to let go of the anvil while you’re falling. There’s the small chance that Galileo was wrong.

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  30. fish ole' Avatar
    fish ole’

    They must be worried……

    Is Kamala the Dem secret weapon of 2024?

    Talk about holding a pair of deuces.
    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/kamala-harris-black-voters-philadelphia-b2553993.html

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  31. fish ole' Avatar
    fish ole’

    The President of the United States…..the most powerful and influential man in the world…..

    Netanyahu Quickly Slams Door On Biden’s Major Gaza Ceasefire Plan: “Non-Starter”

    ….the world!!
    https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/netanyahu-quickly-slams-door-bidens-major-gaza-ceasefire-plan-non-starter

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  32. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Creepy grampa joe lying his ass off AGAIN –
    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued two separate statements indicating that Bidenโ€™s proposal was not, in fact, Israelโ€™s proposal. Former President Barack Obama let slip that the proposal was actually Bidenโ€™s, and not Israelโ€™s proposal.
    Hamas, however, reacted favorably, since the deal would allow the terror group to survive.
    As the Sabbath ended, two of the right-wing parties in Netanyahuโ€™s coalition blasted the deal and said they would not be part of any government that allowed Hamas to survive the war, nor agree to a deal that would do the same.
    It was a confirmation that the so-called Israeli โ€œproposalโ€ had not, in fact, been proposed by the Israeli government at all.
    Bidenโ€™s intent appears to have been to box Israel into a deal that Hamas would have approved, making it harder for Israel to reject it.
    Rather than claiming credit for the proposal, he presented it as if it had come from Israel, which would serve to undermine trust between Netanyahu and the right-wing parties in his coalition, bringing down the Israeli government.
    https://www.breitbart.com/middle-east/2024/06/01/confirmed-biden-lied-about-israeli-proposal-right-wing-ministers-threaten-to-quit/
    ๐Ÿ˜‰

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  33. fish ole' Avatar
    fish ole’

    Speaking of not being in touch….

    ‘He is completely and utterly out of touch with reality’…

    Says the woman who was just so sure she was going to be a reality TV star once the Tangerine Tornado was “in the saddle” so to speak!

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  34. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    fish
    what do you believe would be Trumps proposal to deal with the same situation?

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  35. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Now thats interesting, you know full well that creepy grampa joe would never even try –
    SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk is set to hold a town hall with former President Donald Trump, as reported shortly after the former president was criminally convicted in New York City on Thursday.
    Trump is expected to answer submitted questions with Musk on a live stream that will also be broadcast on NewsNation, The New York Post reported on Friday.
    It is expected that Trump will answer submitted questions during the live stream event, which will also be broadcast in a partnership deal with cable channel NewsNation, the Wall Street Journal reported.
    https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/great-damage-elon-musk-set-185237947.html
    ๐Ÿ˜‰

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  36. scenes Avatar
    scenes

    fish: “Says the woman who was just so sure she was going to be a reality TV star once the Tangerine Tornado was “in the saddle” so to speak!”
    psul: “what do you believe would be Trumps proposal to deal with the same situation?”
    Why, you dirty old man. Leave it to your imagination.
    Maybe he’d want a number in a Leonard Cohen variety show. Maybe he could be the silly hat wrangler. The Man has many talents.

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  37. Gregory Avatar
    Gregory

    “It will be interesting to know how many MAGAz, and RINOs and ‘libertarians’ were on the jury.
    Posted by: Real MAGA Wives of SCOTUS | 30 May 2024 at 03:07 PM”
    There were none.

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  38. fish oleโ€™ Avatar
    fish oleโ€™

    Posted by: Paul Emery | 01 June 2024 at 06:05 PM
    fish
    what do you believe would be Trumps proposal to deal with the same situation?

    Iโ€™m sure this response wonโ€™t post either but just let me say that youโ€™re adorable when you post the โ€œthoughtful news guyโ€ like questions that you think makes you look โ€ฆwellโ€ฆ.like a thoughtful news guy.

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  39. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Another woke fail –
    Federal judge shoots down โ€˜orchestrated campaignโ€™ to remove Trump-appointed judge in classified documents case
    https://currently.att.yahoo.com/news/federal-judge-shoots-down-orchestrated-161931696.html
    ๐Ÿ˜‰

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  40. Paul Emery Avatar
    Paul Emery

    fish
    I’m giving you a chance to post something positive about your guy Trump. Giving you equal time so to spak.
    So once again
    fish, what do you believe would be Trumps proposal to deal with the current situation with Israel and Palestine ?

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  41. fish ole' Avatar
    fish ole’

    Posted by: psul “He’s giving me a chance to spak” Emery | 02 June 2024 at 02:01 PM
    I’m giving you a chance to post something positive about your guy Trump. Giving you equal time so to spak.

    Every time I think you can’t find a way to sound more ridiculous you go and find one! Well done sir!

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  42. Scott O Avatar

    Paul – we don’t have to guess what Trump would do.
    He was POTUS at one time. Remember?
    Hamas didn’t try to invade Israel and we had the Abraham Accords that strengthened Israel’s position in the Mideast. Trump didn’t hand pallets of cash to Iran. Biden has made a mess of the Mideast.
    But Biden had those naked showers with his daughter, so we can see why you wanted to vote for him.

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  43. fish ole' Avatar
    fish ole’

    Whew….Trump has a basketful of legal troubles ahead……cha Ching!

    Trump Campaign Raises Staggering $200 Million Since Thursday Conviction

    At a fundraising rate like this he oughta just buy the democrat party…..
    https://www.zerohedge.com/political/trump-campaign-raises-staggering-200-million-thursday-conviction

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  44. Don Bessee Avatar
    Don Bessee

    Note to creepy grampa joe and the socialists, now pandering to hamas will not help in michigan or anywhere else –
    https://www.breitbart.com/middle-east/2024/06/03/state-dept-admits-biden-ceasefire-plan-virtually-identical-to-hamas-proposals/
    ๐Ÿ˜‰

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  45. Real MAGA Wives of SCOTUS Avatar
    Real MAGA Wives of SCOTUS

    Poor Alex Jones, they want to take away his stuff because he is too broke to pay off his $1.5 billion. fine for being a lying douchebag.
    …and in other news the movie 2000 Mules along with the companion book have been pulled from the theaters and bookstores everywhere…
    you guessed it, because the lying douchebag Dinesh D’Souza got caught in making up bullshit for his bullshit movie.
    The dystopia continues…

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  46. Real MAGA Wives of SCOTUS Avatar
    Real MAGA Wives of SCOTUS

    I am sure that you all are up in arms about the trumped-up charges against Hunter Biden, charges that have never been brought before about lying about being an addict (sound familiar?), charges against a sitting president’s son (what is the definition of an addict… was he an addict at the time, or just a heavy user?)
    Trump lied about Stormy Daniels.
    I don’t get why you are so upset about Trump getting busted, I doubt you’re all that upset when Clinton got busted for lying about a blowjob.

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  47. fish ole' Avatar
    fish ole’

    Posted by: Real Senile Wedding PhoTOgraPheR (loved it when you used to mix cases) of SCOTUS | 03 June 2024 at 01:20 PM
    I don’t get why you are so upset about Trump getting busted, I doubt you’re all that upset when Clinton got busted for lying about a blowjob.

    I’m sure that there’s much that you don’t get dugsKKKi….

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