2piradians @ 2piradians @lemmy.world

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For some reason I've been wanting to hear one of these dolts apply the term to themselves. "I'm a...I'm a firebrand". With an Elvis accent. Really flesh out the caricature.

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"Ford's Kentucky Truck plant builds the Ford F-Series Super Duty, Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator SUVs. The plant is one of the largest auto factories in the world and accounts for $25 billion a year in revenue, according to Ford which issued a statement shortly after the walkout."

Fain wasn't bluffing, they're hitting them where it hurts. Go UAW!

The UAW's success with Fain shows they should continue direct leadership elections. This guy is killing it for them. I hope they don't get complacent with time and allow appointees again. From an outsider's perspective it seems like the appointees are susceptible to bribery from the big 3.

Going by the events of recent history, I'm inclined to agree that they'll weasel out of appropriate consequences by arguing over anything except the main points.

It sure would be nice if the NY court proves us both wrong. I believe that if just one of the cases follows through holding his feet to the fire (including on appeal), the other courts will be much more inclined to follow suit.

If those arguments have merit then they'll have to sort out the details of how much Trump overvalued his properties. As I understand it that is the purpose of the trial at this point.

The Florida-based real estate pros referenced in the article didn't throw out any estimated values of Mar a Lago, and they didn't suggest it hadn't been overvalued by Trump.

The lawyer in NYC quoted seems to have little concern over the whole thing.

| Cintron, the Harrington Ocko & Monk partner, doesn’t think the Mar-a-Lago valuation controversy moves the needle on the question of whether Trump committed fraud.

| “There is enough of a pattern of this practice that he’s engaged with in respect to his properties to support Judge Engoron’s conclusions that there was an intent to defraud,” Cintron said.

EDIT: Apologies for formatting, I haven't figured out quotes in Lemmy

The judge is not in real estate, he's a judge. He didn't dream up figures to fry Trump. James would have gotten them from sources who are real estate experts, and at this level the sources must have been deemed independent and unbiased by the judge to use them.

As long as the case took to build, and as it all rests on these figures, the people who matter must have full confidence in them under scrutiny.

Any suggestion that the figures are flawed likely comes from Team Trump, and would be in line with their long list of dubious claims both in and out of court.

This is who they choose for their savior, this geriatric child. He's like the classic fast food manager who still has the high school mindset, but with money (for now) and inexplicable influence.

Still, I picture him looking in the mirror, saying "ThERe LIbEraLs, I rECused mySeLF!"

I was picturing the Reservoir Dogs scene. I'll take either.

I agree, but I don't think he'll have the support. It's orders of magnitude easier to be a thorn in the speaker's side than to do the job.

Also I see Beavis, Butthead, and a dash of Mr. Burns in this dingus caricature.

Maybe he has buyer's remorse for the shutdown, finally realizing that his group of shitheads will be blamed. Good faith compromise is always off the table for Gaetz, so he hatches a sob story and blames McCarthy.

Syracuse decided they had one too many orangemen

Trashy trailer tramp tried traversing troubled truth trove. Tried.

They began trying to stoke doubt on mail-in voting years ago, along with trying to gut the postal service. We could see all this coming long before the election.

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Isn't he?! He's like a caricature of every used car salesman with some alternate 1985 Biff thrown in.

It could tell them there's likely a live person receiving their bullshit, so continue spamming with other means.

Bear in mind these are all just ideas I have about how they operate, based on nothing really. I try to imagine how spammers analyze data they receive to target us.

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I always block them right away. My idea is that any interaction flags you as 'positive direct contact' in their scumbag networks, making them likely to increase the spamming. I realize the act of blocking may in itself trigger this, if they track undeliverable contact, but idk what else to do.

She should still be raving and slurring her words relatively harmlessly in some dive bar, but nooooooo...Georgia had to go and get her elected.

I think you're exactly right. He gets so caught up requesting crime in his favor (loyalty as he sees it) that his intentions are obvious.

And yet, we still have doubts as to whether he will suffer consequences for all he's done. Somehow. Fuck this nonsense.

When McCain chose her I remember thinking, "They've thrown out the last of the few principles they had. The nutjobs will be the new GOP norm".

IIRC, McCain didn't even want her on the ticket, but he did go along with it--embracing the crazy to try and get more votes. There were many missteps that led to today's chaos, but I always felt this was a big turning point.