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No_Ones_Slick_Like_Gaston, in Trump guilty on all 34 counts in hush money trial, in historic first for a former U.S. president

It’s curious that none of the targets the Republicans have pursued had been given a veredict of this nature by a jury. It’s like all the Hillary - Hunter - Joe - Name your own dude are really a witch hunt.

floofloof,

Clearly it’s because the Clinton-controlled Deep State specifically has it in for Donald Trump.

/s for sarcasm and sigh

No_Ones_Slick_Like_Gaston,

Do you know if the deep state do tours? Asking for a friend of a friend.

admiralteal,

Unfortunately they just interpret that at politicization of justice, not a reflection of the reality that none of them crossed the line of felonious.

When you believe in a conspiracy, more evidence can only prove you right.

atzanteol,

Hunter isn’t a great example… He’s done some shitty stuff.

No_Ones_Slick_Like_Gaston,

Yeah you’re right but he was not part of the government.

atzanteol,

I didn’t pick him as an example…

wildncrazyguy, in Trump guilty on all 34 counts in hush money trial, in historic first for a former U.S. president
wildncrazyguy avatar

So now it will likely go to the State's appellate court. I'd venture it won't be resolved by Election Day.

And now we get to find out if the US citizenry have the audacity to elect a convicted felon as president. Oh, what a precedent to set.

hitmyspot,

The flip side is it will give other juries courage to convict the man without deference to the office. Let’s not forget this is not his only, nor most egregious crime.

grue,

audacity stupidity

FTFY

aseriesoftubes,

So now it will likely go to the State’s appellate court.

Sure, but now Biden and everyone else gets to refer to him as “convicted felon Donald Trump.”

floofloof,

If only that would deter the deplorables from voting for him.

Drusas,

And it does have such a nice ring to it.

Nurgle,

Well there’s one republican who likely won’t be voting for him in November now that he’s a convict. And that is Trump, since he realistically won’t be able to vote in Florida.

Octavio, in If you care about democracy, tell your congressperson to support the Fair Representation Act!

I would but I don’t have a congressperson. We had a republican but he grew a conscience and rage quit when they tried to boot Mayorkas.

venusaur, in When will we know house of reps candidates for Nov election? Anybody have a list of those who oppose sending aid to Israel?
@venusaur@lemmy.world avatar

Please also tell your senator to support the Voter Choice Act to help fund the transition to RCV.

p2a.co/9OZd4JL

venusaur, in If you care about democracy, tell your congressperson to support the Fair Representation Act!
@venusaur@lemmy.world avatar

Please also tell your senator to support the Voter Choice Act to help fund the transition to RCV.

p2a.co/9OZd4JL

Eldritch, (edited ) in If you care about democracy, tell your congressperson to support the Fair Representation Act!

This is great and all. But we should also un cap the number of seats in the house.

venusaur, (edited )
@venusaur@lemmy.world avatar

That’s a good idea. Is there a group or legislation pushing for that?

Supporting FRA doesn’t stop you from also reforming the number of seats in the house. Please send an email to your representative.

We should also limit the terms of the Supreme Court justices.

Eldritch,

Unfortunately there isn’t a current one that I know of. But it is the thing we could do that would make the most sense. A lot of these weird gerrymandered districts are because of the camp number of seats in the house. And far more people than were ever intended being represented by a single person. If we went back to how it was originally intended. Districts would be much smaller and more representative by default. Though I would still be all for making them more representative.

RestrictedAccount,

Hell to the No!!!

We need more representatives not less. When we were founded it think the number was about one rep per 30k citizens. I think it is over a million now.

We need to get back to the earlier ratio because there would be too many representatives to bully and bribe as is the case now.

Eldritch,

Actually that was my exact point. But somehow instead of hitting the u my thumb hit the i.

xor, in Economics professor at Emory University that was thrown to the ground, admitting hitting cop during protest.

she admitted to tapping a cop’s helmet “very lightly to get his attention” is a lot different than “admitted hitting a cop”.

This is taking things deliberately out of context… that elderly woman, and distinguished professor, absolutely did not need to be head tackled onto the pavement for “very lightly” tapping a cop to get his attention…

and fuck this patronizing, fascist apologist twitter tweeting tw… x? she couldn’t hurt a cop or resist arrest if she wanted to. And even if she did (she didn’t) she wouldn’t need to be head tackled onto pavement.

relevant simpsons clip

Naminreb,

And by law, in Georgia you can’t touch an officer when the officer is arresting someone. Even tapping the officer is cause for arrest. Period. End of the story.

xor,

“cause for arrest” does not, in any way, justify tackling an elderly woman and slamming her head on the concrete.
not period, not the end of the story, what in the fuck is wrong with you?

orcrist, in Economics professor at Emory University that was thrown to the ground, admitting hitting cop during protest.

You know the cops are lying whenever they open their mouths. They lie more than used car salesman. Whatever you do, don’t rely on their story.

SpaceNoodle, in 'Donald Trump did this': New Biden abortion ad features a woman who says she almost died because of the Texas ban

Yeah, the people who want those bans want people to suffer. That’s the point.

BallShapedMan, in 'Donald Trump did this': New Biden abortion ad features a woman who says she almost died because of the Texas ban
@BallShapedMan@lemmy.world avatar

That’s a message I can get behind. It’s terrible for that family and brave of them to share at all much less on a national stage.

LordCrom, in [Article] Voters reject stadium tax for Royals and Chiefs

Good. Stadium deals are just a corporate handout at taxpayer expense

Etterra, in [Article] Voters reject stadium tax for Royals and Chiefs

Right, because sports are so poor that they can barely afford their millions and millions of dollars in salaries - please help them. Won’t somebody think of the profit margins?

admiralteal, in [Article] Voters reject stadium tax for Royals and Chiefs

This one is kind of a shame. The current stadium is an edge-of-town monster in a sea of parking lots. And so it shall now continue to be for the indefinite future.

The new one was going to be a downtown fixture that would've been a huge boon for public transit, downtown activities, and neighborhood businesses in an area that, frankly, should be doing way better.

No one likes stadium projects, but this is a rare opportunity to show people a better future through practical urbanism. This move helps hold the city hostage by car dependency that much more.

Zahille7,

What’s cool is they could still put public transit that goes to the current stadium.

In San Diego for Qualcomm (where the Chargers used to play) has tram stops right outside the lot, and bus stops within the lot itself.

Madison420,

You know aside from all the evidence historically otherwise.

ivanafterall, in [Article] Voters reject stadium tax for Royals and Chiefs
ivanafterall avatar

lol

flta, in [Article] Voters reject stadium tax for Royals and Chiefs

Good. These stadium “deals” are always a billionaire’s way to socialize the cost and privatize the profits.

Gigan,
@Gigan@lemmy.world avatar

Yeah, teams should pay for this stuff themselves.

Anticorp,

Right? It’s fucking bullshit that we pay for these stadiums, and then have to pay to use them, and some rich fuck pockets all the money.

wildncrazyguy,
wildncrazyguy avatar

He should setup a Go Fund Me.

givesomefucks,

The only way privately owned clubs should exist is like English football.

Where the owner pays for everything, and if you fuck up you get sent down and less money. I don’t think a team has ever moved locations, they’re that city’s team.

With the NFL, there is zero risk and a guaranteed return on investment thru profit sharing. 2022 was $375,000,000 to every team just for existing. And the salary cap ensures players can only get so much. You hear stories all the time about star players taking lower pay to help the team like they’re heros.

When really they should all be striking to remove the salary cap.

Hell, most of them only have a few years of good salary. Rookie contracts are a joke, and the majority never get a second. Get rid of the draft even. Let them sign where they want for whatever pay they want.

It’s all done under the guise of “fairness for the game” but who honestly thought the Lions have as good of a shot as the Chiefs?

Being drafted by the wrong team can (and has) literally ruined careers before. Trades are no better, imagine your job saying you had to move to a shit hole city or you could no longer work for any company in your industry

If the owners get all the benefits of capitalism, why are the players stuck in such a limited system?

Zorque,

If the owners get all the benefits of capitalism, why are the players stuck in such a limited system?

Because that's the point of capitalism. The ones with the capital control things.

MedicPigBabySaver,

For the record, New England Patriots owner did pay for Gillette Stadium and all recent improvements. And all of the adjacent shopping district.

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