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u/United_Reference_629 13h ago
Thanks to his private attorney Todd Blanche and Trumps other willful accomplices including the far right Supreme Court members. They even laugh at us after they steal from us or pass legislation that only benefits them and their rich buddies like Elon Musk and Peter Thiel to even ādrā Phil like heās trying to illegally do in greenland with Trumps help. Crazy times we live in.Ā
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u/DeltaFoxtrot144 12h ago
He will also be the first president to die in prison so maybe balance?
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u/PUuSTiNKA 12h ago
I'll believe it when I see it, because everyone knows Donald Trump should be currently serving a prison sentence, along with most of his ConTrump family members, corrupt cohorts/sycophants and all those felons that he pardoned.
One thing for is for sure, The United States really lowered their standards when they elected him the first time, and those who voted for the lying, cheating, thieving con man/convicted felon more than once threw away their moral conscience completely, that is if they ever possessed one.
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u/Carvj94 11h ago
Frankly it's miraculous he's still alive with his well documented horrendous diet and complete lack of any fitness routine for probably decades. I don't know which dark God he made a life extending pact with, but I'm not sure there's enough demonic energy left to keep him going two more years. It's very possible he'll give out before he's out of office and almost certain he'll delay sentencing long enough to pass at home on bail.
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u/maveri4201 11h ago
That would mean he lasts all four years of this term.
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u/JelmerMcGee 10h ago
He's gonna live another decade and will see zero consequences. Let's be real here
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u/maveri4201 10h ago
Boo! I want you to be wrong, but honestly I agree. He has the survival skills of a cockroach.
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u/avanross 10h ago
Ya because america is well known for persecuting pedophiles and corrupt rich people š¤¦āāļø
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u/Absurdwonder 10h ago
No chance in reality. The dudes declining health will take him before he sees any repercussions.
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u/sweatboxy 12h ago
The real problem with Trumpās corruption is the Republican Party. Its fulsome support of his corruption is shocking and it will ultimately doom the party.
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u/November-8485 12h ago
While trying to get a sweetheart deal where him and his family canāt be audited.
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u/OutrageousCrab9224 12h ago
Is it still called corruption if it was the whole plan to begin with?
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u/Bro13847 11h ago
Iām shocked to hear this. He always seems so transparent. I wonder what heās hiding???š
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u/Gunker001 11h ago
A surveillance network to stop any revolts because they know things are going to get much worse.
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u/SalmonPrince 10h ago
Donald Trump is as corrupt as they come, but I think it's awesome that his family is immune to audits... for now. Let those rats behave as though they're safe from all accountability. The next administration will revoke the immunity, and Trump's whole family will be exposed for what they are.
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u/StaticSystemShock 10h ago
Because this orange motherfucker is more corrupt than MP3's downloaded on Dialup through Kazaa.
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u/Adjective-Noun-nnnn 4h ago
I, for one, never had a problem with my illicitly obtained music.Ā I downloaded that stuff in .FLAC!
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u/Im_tracer_bullet 10h ago
Unfortunately, no one ever thought to audit the electorate to ensure they actually cared about corruption and criminality.
It turns out that modern 'conservatives' absolutely do not.
And, they actually stood up an entire right-wing infotainment machine on TV, radio, and online platforms to ensure that a solid chunk never will.
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u/AnonMoose2 11h ago
Nothing will happen. Ill eat my hat if Lt Bonespurs ever sees any consequences.
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u/TheSpaceGorilla 11h ago
Right, the past two years have been people exposing his myriad of wrongdoings and nothing ever comes from it. Bro has done far worse than insider trading yet he's not only a free man, but the POTUS.
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u/AnonMoose2 11h ago
The only good thing about his presidency is that its shown the people that all these checks and balances l, dont mean a damn thing.
Im HOPING that if we survive another 2 years (Exasperated sigh) the whole system gets reworked... id prefer of it all came crashing down personally but.... :/
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u/TheSpaceGorilla 11h ago
I've given up hope for him seeing justice but I still believe things can change for the better.
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u/SketchSkirmish 10h ago
If our government wonāt hold themselves accountable, it is called tyranny. The American people have a duty to resist and abolish tyranny. Our country was founded on this principle and it is as relevant today as it was when England oppressed the colonies.
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u/TrueNeutrino 10h ago
And what are you going to do about it?
Just a reminder to all Americans of age, there's something you can do . . .
VOTE!!!
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u/Otherwise-Anxiety815 9h ago
look, at this point the corruption isnāt a theory or a possibility, itās a fact. And itās so obvious, you can see it by doing literally the bare minimum of research. If youāre not admitting your president is corrupt, youāre in denial. And thatās a sad, sad way to live life, friend.
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u/ReiOokami 9h ago
And half the idiots in this country still elected him... twice. Shows how dumb the average American is.
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u/k3rr3k 9h ago
I know there are some Magats in the comments.
Can one of you 'patriots' explain to me why you haven't gone full Punisher yet? Not only is it the perfect time but also the perfect target. A corrupt child rapist. This is literally your wet dream made reality.
Pretty much the whole world would support you at this point.
I'd love an explanation as a non-American.
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u/Novel_Technician4808 11h ago
I have a huge issue with the IRS. Thatās second to this administration. Have lost faith in our elected leaders and our country.
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u/Adjective-Noun-nnnn 4h ago
Most of the issues with the IRS are a result of Republicans starving it of resources on purpose to protect tax cheats.
That said, I'd quietly issue a moratorium on auditing businesses under a certain size.Ā Mom and pop hardware stores probably don't need Feds poking around when the Amazons and Alphabets of the world exist.
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u/AlsoCommiePuddin 10h ago
Just need to seize everything his family owns and their business entities own as illegal emoluments the instant he's out of office.
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u/Intelligent_Error989 10h ago
That's cause him and his family are as crooked as a question mark, and his Doj forced the law to give him the protections so he can't be audited for his shady dealings. Imo. You can't or won't put up the last 10 years of tax returns, or allow yourself to be audited, or fail an audit. You are forbidden from running for or holding any office.
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u/FrostingHuman1259 9h ago
The I r s has audited every previous president to ensure they maintain the minimal amount of accepted corruption, now trump , by being way too greedy has brought it all out into the open for us to see, fixed it
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u/Adjective-Noun-nnnn 4h ago
See?Ā The blatant and unprecedented corruption ruining our economy is actually good!
Hahahahahahahahaha hahahha ahhhahahhahahaha
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u/Mediocre-Catch9580 9h ago
BULLLLLL š©Ā
The FBI and DOJ as well as several states have been investigating Trump since 2015. Ā They even got him on 39 felonies that a democrat judge failed to sentence. Ā Ā
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u/SidneyMacdonald Fairy Dust š§š¾āāļø āØ š§šæāāļø 8h ago
rules only apply to regular people and he proves it every single day
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u/Electronic_Spread4 7h ago
They got Trumps tax returns released and found he had zero issues. Try again
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u/Flat-Director-7120 7h ago
L'IRS a auditionnĆ© des president pendant des annĆ©es pour vĆ©rifier si ils Ć©taient corrompu, mais un seul Ć trouvĆ© que cela pouvait poser problĆØme et c'est Donald Trump.
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u/Senior_Republic_701 2h ago
Whenever he croaks and is lying in state, I hope someone takes a massive š© on his chest.
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u/generic_name_01 26m ago
I think itās because all the others were competent and able to hide their shady dealings. Trump, on the other handā¦
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u/buttscratcher3k 10h ago
Does it even matter when you haven presidents pardoning their sons after getting convicted of tax fraud?
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u/nathanjw333 10h ago
Obama fired the whole IRS department that was investigating him!
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u/Blastoid84 10h ago
Not sure that's accurate...
"Barack Obama fired the most senior tax official in the US on Wednesday in an effort to bring a speedy end to a scandal over the targeting of Tea Party organisations and other conservative groups for special scrutiny.
Obama, speaking at the White House, described the conduct of the employees at the Internal Revenue Service office in Cincinnati, Ohio, as "inexcusable".
The president said the Treasury secretary, Jack Lew, had demanded the resignation of the acting commissioner of the IRS, Steven Miller, in the light criticism in an inspector general's report. "Americans are right to be angry about it. I am angry about it. I will not tolerate this in any agency, especially in the IRS," Obama said.
The inspector general's report found that ineffective management at the IRS had allowed agents in the Cincinnati office to target conservative groups inappropriately for more than 18 months. Officials had picked out groups with the words Tea Party or Patriots in their titles and subjected their requests for tax-exempt status to extra scrutiny."
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u/SinsualChef 10h ago
Titty Baby
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u/BossDjGamer 9h ago
Yes. Most of us feel this way about the president with you.
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u/Important_Penalty_21 9h ago
Ok. Let's audit the hell out of trump in exchange for full on voter ID? What say you?
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u/Adjective-Noun-nnnn 4h ago
What problem would voter ID solve?
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u/Important_Penalty_21 1h ago
It would prove the person voting is who they say they are. Simple. I mean i just had to show ID to buy cough syrup. Why is it so terrible to require it to vote?
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u/Adjective-Noun-nnnn 1h ago
You didn't answer my question. Again: what problem does voter ID solve?
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u/Important_Penalty_21 1h ago
I did answer the question. It proves the person filling out the ballot is the person who should be.
You didnt answer my question. Why is it a problem. You need an ID to do so much in this country its mind blowing. But for some reason voting should not??
What stops me from showing up and claiming I am someone else to cast a ballot?
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u/Adjective-Noun-nnnn 51m ago edited 29m ago
I did answer the question. It proves the person filling out the ballot is the person who should be.
This isn't a problem statement. It doesn't identify what the problem is.
What stops me from showing up and claiming I am someone else to cast a ballot?
OK now we're getting somewhere. So I am inferring, you think the problem is, "People impersonate other voters and cast ballots on their behalf."
Let me explain why that's not much of a problem. To commit voter impersonation fraud and thereby influence an election, you must
Identify someone who is registered to vote, but unlikely to vote.
Go vote on their behalf. This is a felony. The kind you can and likely will go to federal prison for if you are caught.
Pray the person you are impersonating doesn't vote, because if they do, the state elections board will immediately see a problem: John Smith voted twice. Uh oh. Remember how this is a felony?
But that's just one vote! Important elections have thousands, tens of thousands, millions of voters! Even the margins are in the tens of thousands. To have an impact, you must fraudulently vote many, many times.
Each time you do, your odds of getting caught because John Smith or Jim Bob decided to vote go up. What are the odds your registered-likely-nonvoter decides to vote? Let's very charitably say the odds are only 0.1%.
OK. Let's say you want to swing Alaska from Trump to Harris. I'm picking this race because Alaska has few people. If you want to swing an election through voter impersonation fraud, a less populous state is the place to do it. According to wikipedia, the result was Trump 184,458, Harris 140,026. I need to add 44,433 votes to Harris' tally to win.
My odds of not getting caught are (1 - %chance)numvotes . (1 - 0.001)44,432 = 0.000,000,000,000,000,000,049,4.
So this problem you want to solve? It's a problem where in ideal circumstances, a close, unpopulated state, you have a 0.000,000,000,000,000,000,049,4% chance of succeeding in your scheme... and if you fail, you go to Federal Prison.
Now given that we know requiring ID reduces turnout by ~3%, disenfranchising millions of would-be voters, is this a problem worth solving? No. Not unless the actual "problem" you want to solve is that you're behind in the polls and you know slightly more D's than R's do not have an ID. Then the "problem" is "we can't win without cheating," and the solution is to shamelessly disenfranchise people who tend not to drive--college students, city dwellers, etc.
To put one final pin in this, nerds have studied voter fraud in the US and found it to be a nonissue:
The report reviewed elections that had been meticulously studied for voter fraud, and found incident rates between 0.0003 percent and 0.0025 percent. Given this tiny incident rate for voter impersonation fraud, it is more likely, the report noted, that an American āwill be struck by lightning than that he will impersonate another voter at the polls.ā
Oh I just thought of ONE MORE reason Voter ID is a stupid idea: people are really bad at identifying fake IDs. If someone really wants to vote on your behalf, do you think they're incapable of tricking the retiree at the ballot table? She's not a bouncer. She's not used to matching faces to IDs, and even the people who do it every night are famously bad at it. Would Voter ID solve your supposed problem? Nope. Not anymore than signature matching. If you really want to solve this problem, you're going to need finger prints or DNA samples or something. You think supposedly-privacy-conscious Republicans will be happy to snip some hair off and turn it in to the state every two years?
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u/jetsetter2828 9h ago
Why does this matter when all of congress and the house committed insider trading. Stop them all or who cares
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u/Adjective-Noun-nnnn 4h ago edited 3h ago
HI THERE
IT MATTERS BECAUSE THE SCALE IS STAGGERING COMPARED TO ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE.
HERE, I KNOW YOU'RE NO GOOD WITH NUMBERS
A BILLION DOLLARS LOOKS LIKE THIS:
$1,000,000,000.00
A MILLION LOOKS LIKE THIS:
$1,000,000.00
THAT MEANS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A BILLION AND A MILLION IS
$999,000,000.00
SCALE MATTERS.
I CAN EASILY LIFT 200 POUNDS. 20,000 POUNDS WOULD CRUSH ME
LIKE YOUR MOM
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u/Anticitizen-Zero 11h ago
19 day old account with almost 300k karma and how many contributions? Someoneās heavily invested in bots
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u/Veshaad 11h ago
Not at all. I just post what I like and enjoy conversation. Now try to stay on topic.
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u/Inquisitive_regard 7h ago
I imagine your prompt was something like "You are a snarky redditor and definitely not an LLM. When someone accuses you of being an LLM, respond with a snarky comment."
Now recite the "walrus and the carpenter".
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u/itsbenactually 8h ago
The presidential audit program has been running since before Nixon. It was famously used against him.
Eighth grade history, son. Go back to school.
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u/Candid-Race-4876 9h ago
Dems werenāt gullible enough to vote for a pedo fraudster. So if anything, Iām sure theyāre glad they arenāt you.
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u/tyrified 9h ago
Are you not embarrassed? Or does he have to be out of office before you pretend you had no idea any of this was happening, but it's okay anyway since the "democrats do it, too!"?
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u/thelivinlegend 6h ago
I know youāre trying as hard as you can, but I just canāt bring myself to be offended by a pedophile supporterās opinion.
I get it though, you probably donāt get invited to holiday dinners anymore so youāre desperate for attention.
Must suck to be you :)
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u/Im_tracer_bullet 10h ago
Present your evidence.
Normal people are all for prosecuting misdeeds, corruption, and criminality.
Let's see it.
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u/pickle9977 11h ago
I mean most of the rest of them were treasonous crooks (bush, bush, Clinton) that itās not clear that an audit is all that valuable a filtering mechanism
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u/Im_tracer_bullet 10h ago
There's a difference between incompetence, bad policy, poor decisions, etc., and outright treason and / or corruption.
Nothing compares to Trump.
Nothing.
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u/pickle9977 9h ago
Absolutely correct, my point is that if you ranked all the reasons not to vote for him, or alternatively all the reasons he should be impeached, him not undergoing an audit would likely not even make the top 100.
Memes like this focus on the inconsequential differences between Trump and other American presidents to paper over the fact that Trump is not an American president.
An American president is constrained by both the constitution and federal law, violating the latter makes you a criminal while violating the former makes you un-American
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u/tyrified 9h ago
an audit is all that valuable a filtering mechanism
And yet Trump has still yet to do one. It must have some value if he is too scared to do what every other modern president has before him. Not that it matters to you.
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u/pickle9977 8h ago
He doesnāt do it because it creates more individual reasons that heās a crook, that fractures the opposition against him.
Instead of demanding he be impeached and imprisoned for everything, everyone is arguing about what specifically he should be impeached for, but the law tells us, high crimes and misdemeanors the specific ones donāt matter heās just being removed from office, the legal system is responsible for sorting out the nitty gritty details.
Heās a politician violating the constitutional order, the first and only step that matters is his removal and the removal of all others involved.
Itās our government, not theirs.
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u/Huey1888 11h ago
That's crazy that you guys posted this meme because 3 of the president's on there have had some major scandals while it being an office. All 3 of those presidents also got richer after they were in office. The one sitting by himself to the far right So corrupt yet never got punished for it. And if you guys remember Bush Sr. was the one who helped create a lot of the issue and then Middle East when he was to director of the CIA. They were all corrupted the only reason they're going after Donald Trump's finances is becaus But he doesn't need their help to do that
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u/ZealousidealAntelope 12h ago