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The judge compared his actions to Jan 6 -- so if Trump's elected, he'll surely pardon this guy, right?? Trump was going to release that stuff anyway, he just couldn't because mumbles into hand and then trails off

ITT: people who didn't click the link. It's in like the very first sentence.

Even if Trump got the maximum sentence for all of his crimes, he wouldn't live another 5 years. (I don't mean to imply he'd be Epstein'd, or even Chauvin'd -- though i guess that's possible -- I just mean he's old, fat, eats unhealthily -- I can't think of a softer, weaker person. And "dying of old age" happens a lot younger when you're under a lot of stress.)

Raping multiple children while supposedly being the spiritual leader of a community: sideways job transfer.

Becoming president and attempting to overthrow the government: ???

Let's find out!

Tell me you've never actually engaged in any real criminal activity without telling me you've never actually engaged in any real criminal activity

I'm in the USA and we've been able to file our federal taxes for free online for like a decade, I'm not sure what these people are talking about. What's new here is that this is the IRS's official tool.

Previously we had to use an outside service -- but it was -- and still is -- free for normal people/people with normal taxes (eg I have 3 kids and a mortgage and I use it every year). State taxes are another story -- that's usually about $20. And that probably hasn't changed; state taxes have nothing to do with our IRS.

That's some sociopath shit right there. But tbh white hat is better -- the people that did this are guaranteed steady paychecks for the rest of their lives, with a lot lower stress than getting one big payday and having to look over your shoulder your whole life

If our country and economy is failing at providing for the people we already have we shouldn't be letting in any more.

Wait -- our country is supposed to be providing housing?

I won't lie, I'm super into that. Normalizing rent across hundreds of millions of people would go a long way to stop bloodsucking leeches from buying property, price gouging residents to live there, and calling that a "job"

If only there was a way to talk about political ideology that indicated some kind of direction, then we could orient the data in such a way that the arrows went in the direction of that ideology.

We can beat them! The US Army, Navy, Air Force, and that other one that no one cares about, they don't stand a chance!

Like, we can all joke about civil war and splitting up the red and blue, but, like, when it comes down to deciding who gets the nukes in the divorce, it becomes pretty obvious that it's just super dumb to think about realistically.

"The Republican Party is a caucus, representing many different viewpoints. Some of my colleagues wish to worsen the lives of poor people. Others prefer to focus on worsening the lives of minorities. Still others prioritize their personal financial well-being. With this diversity of opinions, it can be hard to find common ground."

Person doesn't want to date person with OF

Person with OF doesn't want to date person

It seems the universe is in harmony.

Holy shit that's brutal... And also disgusting.

Tfw your main campaign promises are all the things you're not supposed to say out loud

Sales taxes disproportionately impact the poor.

First, any tax that's a fixed percentage will be a higher percentage of a person's income even that income is lower.

Secondly, there's a point in "wealth generation" where you don't spend everything you make. Money that you save isn't taxed by a sales tax -- so, again, the less money you make, the more it impacts you.

Regarding "earmarks" it really depends on what it's for. As a blanket statement, "Earmarks Are Bad" is just a small government taking point -- which itself can be understood as an anti-poor dog whistle, since conservatives call support for society's most vulnerable "wasteful spending" -- but you can often hear "earmarks" in reference to defense spending, which is typically a Democrat talking point.

I think that "earmarks" is actually a really interesting word, since, in a practical sense, it never means anything -- or, more accurately, it always means nothing specific but I'm a vaguely specific way. The word doesn't refer to a specific spend, but it refers to a specific kind of spend -- so it sounds much more specific than it actually is.

If a politician refers to a specific earmark, they run the risk of alienating whoever benefits from it; by being exceptionally vague, they can associate their brand with fiscal responsibility without actually doing anything fiscally responsible.

You'll never find out just sitting here talking about it. Whatever it is, it's gotta be exciting!

That's honestly a really great approach. I'm going to do that next time I fuck up at work. Boss: "The production server is down and the database is hosed!"

Me: Omg I'm so sorry! I'm drunk on a cruise!

Yeah I'm kind of dumb like that. But honestly I don't actually do it for them -- I do it for noobs. Like, there's a long way for that person to go before my input will be helpful -- but there are young people who have heard those arguments and may not have a compelling response -- so hopefully my post will help.

Money is the only thing he cares about. Keep the fines going up. We can call it the Trumping Point: the amount of money required to make a billionaire understand consequences. Then future fines to other billionaires can just start there.

For real though, imagine the orange apoplexy if he lost all his wealth.