US Politics

I often find if I want perspective on UK politics I need to read media from another country which removes the UK party political bias. Al Jazeera is often my go to for independent perspective.

But the late night US talk shows are my US equivalent to HIGNFY and I am aware of their absence due to the writers strike.

I just go to this here thread

I know we've been here before, repeatedly, but this latest indictment is by far the most serious, and well evidenced, that he's faced.

I'm no expert, but a custodial sentence has to be probable, no?

I have no idea but it would be nice if he rotted behind bars for his remaining days.

This thread on Twitter suggests he has plausible escape routes out of jail time, sadly.

https://twitter.com/andygawt/status/1667548721775538176?s=20

I assume he could win the election and pardon himself.

A twisted variant of the American dream

Trump is smashing it out of the park, has been arrested more times than he’s been elected

He only has to be re-elected the once for that not to matter any more.

And he just needs to get arrested on any of the other myriad of charges to go 3-1 down entering extra time with only the chance of pulling one back …..

Myriad charges

If he goes down for the stupidest criming possible it will be perfect. Being told give the docs on this list back to us or else and trying to fuck about.

Myriad off of charges?

Trump is notably not denying any of the charges.
He is arguing that the prosecution is Democrat led election tampering.

Seeing Biden speak on the affirmative action issue, I'm not sure he'll make it to the end of next week, let alone the next presidential election.

When's Donny's mugshot released then? Some of the co-conspirators look like their gardens should be dug up to look for evidence...

I thought this was reasonably balanced in terms of what might happen to impact the 2024 election:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/11-wild-things-that-could-happen-in-the-2024-election

Surprised we haven't had this yet:

^ I assume the medical doctor who signed Trump off as 6' 4" and 240 lbs has voluntarily handed in his medical license?

Well, the doctor who allowed Trump to dictate his own medical report on election, including that he was 'the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency' was allowed to continue to practice...

Ded eyes!

Have you considered that trump’s vitals might be the best out of any president? Sure, there’s correlation between myriad ailments and obesity, diet, lack of exercise, and drug use, but maybe trump is so exceptional that he still comes out on top?

Just watched the latest video of Mitch McConnell suffering an apparent reboot. Equally sad and disturbing.

Maybe he thinks the highest numbers are the best