The Trump downfall thread

[Astro What]

Darn it, you're far too polite, AW!

You know better than that.

 

[live627]

Did someone say burgers?

 

[Retro]

McDonald's or Burger King?

 

[live627]

homemade, of course.

 

[Retro]

This article explains the various ways that Trump got away with everything on his four criminal cases and how America's two tier justice system works when money, power and corruption come into the equation. It boils down to these things:

If Trump escaping punishment feels inconsistent, unfair or even unjust, that’s because it is. Nobody else who faces what Trump has would emerge virtually unscathed. Trump’s elusiveness illustrates how privilege, power and resources can help a defendant navigate America’s legal system. For example, with U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, he had the privilege, power (and fortune) to appear before a federal judge whom he had appointed.

Anyone else would have been sunk by just one of them.

What really made the difference though, were his stupid fucking large base of MAGA voters who voted for him no matter what and Russia likely tampering with the election to just push it over the line, like I've documented a few posts up. At least they're gonna get screwed over like the rest of the population who had the sense not to vote for him.

Quite the annoying read.

Opinion | The incredible privilege of convicted felon Donald Trump

If Trump escaping punishment feels inconsistent, unfair or even unjust, then that’s because it is.

www.msnbc.com

 

[Astro What]

America's two tier justice system works when money, power and corruption come into the equation.

That's not a new thing. I got into law enforcement back in the early 80s and it was present then. If you have money, you usually got away with something or got minimal punishment. For those without it they usually got slammed.
But that is not limited to the US. It applies in most other countries that have some type of democracy.

 

[Retro]

Oh yes, it's widespread indeed, unfortunately. All over the world, in fact.

 

[live627]

Corruption is a problem as old as politics. Spans millennia.

 

[Retro]

Trump has enabled white christian nationalists and given them lots of power. This is an incredibly Bad Thing as this analyst explains. So much for the separation of church and state. Where this is all going is frigging scary.

The photograph depicts a foot soldier in an insurgent religious movement trying to storm the halls of American power. What’s unsettling about the photo four years later is that much of the religious zeal that fed the insurrection is no longer outside the gates of power. Many of that movement’s followers are now on the inside, because their Chosen One, Donald Trump, returns this month to the Oval Office.

This is the scenario Americans could face in Trump’s second term. Under Trump, Christian nationalists will have unprecedented access to the power of the federal government. Trump’s GOP has unified control of Congress. And a conservative supermajority, which has already blurred the line between separation of church and state in a series of decisions favoring Christian interests, controls the US Supreme Court.

White Christian nationalists are poised to remake America in their image during Trump’s second term, author says

Donald Trump’s second term will empower the White Christian nationalist movement, says scholar Kristin Kobes Du Mez, author of “Jesus and John Wayne.” “It will transform our government,” she says. “They have seen their movement go mainstream, and now they have incredible access to power.”

uk.yahoo.com

 

[Retro]

The DoJ and FBI seriously dropped the ball by not charging Trump early on after the insurrection, eventually leading to him winning the election and getting away with everything. Of course, the Constitution's insurrection clause disqualified him and was self executing, but, again, corruption prevented the people in power from actually executing it and keeping this dangerous criminal off the ballot. This, above all, should have stopped him. Now, America and the world is in trouble because this didn't happen.

BTC and Glenn Kirschner explain this in detail.

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