• @[email protected]
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    3101 year ago

    I’ve been waiting for this day for so long, seeing this wannabe dictator commit crime after crime with no consequences and hearing so many people saying this would never happen, but here we are. Cheers my American neighbors! This is a good day for democracy!

    • @[email protected]
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      1271 year ago

      I agree, but also a tragic day. This does nothing to reduce the polarization or convince his misguided followers of anything. Trump might go away but his voters won’t. We have decades of this to look forward to. It’s a step in the right direction at least…

      • @[email protected]
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        1011 year ago

        I wholeheartedly disagree that it’s a tragic day. The tragedies happened when he committed his crimes and got away with them for years. This is just the beginning of resolution.

        • @Zink
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          31 year ago

          Exactly right. Saying this mugshot is a tragedy is like saying it’s a tragedy when somebody with cancer finally qualifies for the surgery to remove the tumor.

      • GladiusB
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        511 year ago

        I am going to disagree with you here. This is a long process. This teachers our kids about consequence. There is a lot more gears spinning than just punishing the big Cheeto.

      • @[email protected]
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        181 year ago

        Oh well, if he was allowed to get off without any consequences, it would be far, far worse.

      • Dr. Bluefall
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        111 year ago

        It may be dark going forward, but we need to savor every bit of victory we can get like cold water on a searing summer day.

      • @[email protected]
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        -141 year ago

        The consequences of national polarization may, in the long term, make Trump’s actions look small.

        This arrest certainly pushes us closer to the edge. Whether that will lead us back to normalcy or over and down is yet to be seen.

        • @[email protected]
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          161 year ago

          And it would be better for national unity if one party was allowed to get away with committing crimes without facing consequences?

          • @[email protected]
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            101 year ago

            I’ve been thinking lately that if Nixon hadn’t been pardoned, we never would have been here today.

          • kamenLady.
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            21 year ago

            But that’s not the point. Him getting away with it or not, is one thing. The people standing in front of the Jail since 10 am, waiting for him to show up. Eager and sincerely wanting to show him their support. Firm in their belief that he cares or needs the support.

            Half of the nation really wants someone like him to be president.

            And they stand even stronger by his side, after these last weeks.

            This is the tragic message and important lesson from this.

            • @[email protected]
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              61 year ago

              Half of the nation really wants someone like him to be president.

              Not even half of likely voters.

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              61 year ago

              We keep saying “half of the nation” but he’s never won a popular vote. It’s a cognitive distortion

    • @[email protected]
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      151 year ago

      Isn’t this like the 3rd mug shot over the past few months, or did we not get to see those? I’ve lost track.

      • @[email protected]
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        721 year ago

        Those places forwent the mugshot. Georgia stated they would treat him as any other defendant, so this is his first.

        • @[email protected]
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          181 year ago

          I’d forgotten about “forwent,” I’m going to have to keep it in my mental cheek pouches for crosswords and other word games.

        • @[email protected]
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          51 year ago

          To be fair, the mugshot is for identification and it’s not like you need a photo of the Cheeto to identify him. What I want is a prison ID photo after being hosted down and de-loused (I know that’s just a movie trope, but I still want it)