Countdown Clock, Trump Going to Jail
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If the Manhattan district attorney files charges against Donald Trump, it will be an American first: No president, sitting or former, has ever been indicted on criminal charges. (Vice-Presidents have. Spiro Agnew, Nixon's VP, for bribe-taking and tax cheating, the very same problem that would have got Nixon impeached if he had refused to pay after Congress caught him cheating. Agnew still didn't pay, until private citizens sued in 1981. Appealed twice, Agnew finally lost the case in 1989 since justice is slow. Aaron Burr, Jefferson's VP, was indicted for treason and, on a separate occasion, murdering Alexander Hamilton during an illegal duel. Burr was ruled not guilty due to the judges being his friends and the prosecutors being incompetent.)
But in peer democracies, it’s far from unheard of. France, Portugal, South Korea, Croatia, and Israel have all indicted former presidents and prime ministers. (Some of them are still in jail, having been convicted.)
Of these countries, the closest parallels — and the most disturbing — come from contemporary Israel, a country in the midst of the gravest domestic political crisis since its founding. And it is a crisis that was set off in no small part by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s indictment on a series of corruption-related charges.
After winning Israel’s election in November 2022, Netanyahu swiftly set about pushing a series of new laws imposing tighter political control on the legal system.
The proposals, unveiled earlier this year, gives Netanyahu powers that he could use to nullify the case against him.
The reaction has been a national uprising: 11 straight weeks of massive and disruptive street protests. On March 12 alone, about 500,000 Israelis took to the streets across the country — roughly the same number of Americans who attended protests on the biggest day of 2020’s Black Lives Matter demonstration, in a country with about 1/35th of America’s population.
Being indicted pushed Netanyahu to radical lengths: a willingness to partner with extremists and pursue anti-democratic policies that he had previously decried, all in the name of staying out of prison.
We should expect no less from Trump and his supporters.
Politically, Trump and Netanyahu are very much alike: charismatic populists who have transformed established center-right parties into cults of personality. Netanyahu was prime minister for Trump’s entire presidency and emerged as one of his closest allies on the global stage, even putting Trump on one of his campaign posters.
More at https://www.vox.com/2023/3/22/23648925/trump-indictment-arrest-israel-
protest-netanyahu-comparison
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
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Quote:
Originally posted by THG:
Can you see me smiling?
So am I, Theodore.
So am I.
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Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.
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NO CRIME HERE. I DID NOTHING WRONG! IT WAS ALL MADE UP BY A CONVICTED NUT JOB WITH ZERO CREDIBILITY, WHO HAS BEEN DISPUTED BY HIGHLY RESPECTED PROFESSIONALS AT EVERY TURN. BRAGG REFUSES TO STOP DESPITE OVERWHELMING EVIDENCE TO THE CONTRARY. HE IS A SOROS BACKED ANIMAL WHO JUST DOESN’T CARE ABOUT RIGHT OR WRONG NO MATTER HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE HURT. THIS IS NO LEGAL SYSTEM, THIS IS THE GESTAPO, THIS IS RUSSIA AND CHINA, BUT WORSE. DISGRACEFUL!
EVERYBODY KNOWS I’M 100% INNOCENT, INCLUDING BRAGG, BUT HE DOESN’T CARE. HE IS JUST CARRYING OUT THE PLANS OF THE RADICAL LEFT LUNATICS. OUR COUNTRY IS BEING DESTROYED, AS THEY TELL US TO BE PEACEFUL!
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-posts-stunning-message-p
ushing-back-on-calls-for-his-supporters-to-be-peaceful-amid-impending-arrest/ar-AA18Z4zl?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=b027bc3b6fb04ecbaf3f6c070dd46d26&ei=21
Poor Donnie, he is in a panic. Exciting, isn't it?
T
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NO CRIME HERE. I DID NOTHING WRONG! IT WAS ALL MADE UP BY A CONVICTED NUT JOB WITH ZERO CREDIBILITY, WHO HAS BEEN DISPUTED BY HIGHLY RESPECTED PROFESSIONALS AT EVERY TURN. BRAGG REFUSES TO STOP DESPITE OVERWHELMING EVIDENCE TO THE CONTRARY. HE IS A SOROS BACKED ANIMAL WHO JUST DOESN’T CARE ABOUT RIGHT OR WRONG NO MATTER HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE HURT. THIS IS NO LEGAL SYSTEM, THIS IS THE GESTAPO, THIS IS RUSSIA AND CHINA, BUT WORSE. DISGRACEFUL!
EVERYBODY KNOWS I’M 100% INNOCENT, INCLUDING BRAGG, BUT HE DOESN’T CARE. HE IS JUST CARRYING OUT THE PLANS OF THE RADICAL LEFT LUNATICS. OUR COUNTRY IS BEING DESTROYED, AS THEY TELL US TO BE PEACEFUL!
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-posts-stunning-message-p
ushing-back-on-calls-for-his-supporters-to-be-peaceful-amid-impending-arrest/ar-AA18Z4zl?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=b027bc3b6fb04ecbaf3f6c070dd46d26&ei=21
Poor Donnie, he is in a panic. Exciting, isn't it?
T
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NO CRIME HERE. I DID NOTHING WRONG! IT WAS ALL MADE UP BY A CONVICTED NUT JOB WITH ZERO CREDIBILITY, WHO HAS BEEN DISPUTED BY HIGHLY RESPECTED PROFESSIONALS AT EVERY TURN. BRAGG REFUSES TO STOP DESPITE OVERWHELMING EVIDENCE TO THE CONTRARY. HE IS A SOROS BACKED ANIMAL WHO JUST DOESN’T CARE ABOUT RIGHT OR WRONG NO MATTER HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE HURT. THIS IS NO LEGAL SYSTEM, THIS IS THE GESTAPO, THIS IS RUSSIA AND CHINA, BUT WORSE. DISGRACEFUL!
EVERYBODY KNOWS I’M 100% INNOCENT, INCLUDING BRAGG, BUT HE DOESN’T CARE. HE IS JUST CARRYING OUT THE PLANS OF THE RADICAL LEFT LUNATICS. OUR COUNTRY IS BEING DESTROYED, AS THEY TELL US TO BE PEACEFUL!
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-posts-stunning-message-p
ushing-back-on-calls-for-his-supporters-to-be-peaceful-amid-impending-arrest/ar-AA18Z4zl?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=b027bc3b6fb04ecbaf3f6c070dd46d26&ei=21
Poor Donnie, he is in a panic. Exciting, isn't it?
T
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Nah. He's just bringing out his inner Vince McMahon.
Trump will be fine.
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Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.
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lol
Nobody fell for that shit.
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Quote:Imagine if you will a Republican Party so totally devoid of ethics and morals they are not angry that Trump broke the law. They are only angry that Trump is being held accountable for breaking the law.
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
lol
Nobody fell for that shit.
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
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