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[–] PoopSpiderman@lemmy.world 245 points 1 week ago

What good is being president if you can’t instruct your justice department to investigate the woman you raped? Excuse me! I thought this was America!

[–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 191 points 1 week ago (1 children)

All pretenses of not being a personal bludgeon have been dropped.

[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 85 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Was there any pretense before?

[–] BonsaiBoo@lemmy.world 45 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Well corporate media outlets held a pretense to toe the line and try to keep social democratic movements from gaining popularity by pretending all is normal, all is well.

[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

Sure, when it comes to media, but the pretense of the doj not being a cudgel is what i meant

[–] shittydwarf@sh.itjust.works 153 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Actually she is his adjudicated rape victim, not accuser

[–] Blackfeathr@lemmy.world 72 points 1 week ago (1 children)

CNN is owned by a MAGA billionaire shithead and the use of the word "accuser" instead of "sexual assault survivor" is likely intentional.

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[–] Janx@piefed.social 128 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Literal political weaponization to go after a victim of your leader. The Republican party is so despicable...

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 45 points 1 week ago (15 children)
[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"I know, Kamala definitely would have done the same kinds of things!"

-- Maximalist online armchair leftist

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[–] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

Imagine thinking deplorable doesn't define a republican, especially with actions like these and days like Jan 6th under their belt.

[–] Graymouzer@lemmy.world 75 points 1 week ago (16 children)

Accuser makes it sound like he was not found guilty of rape. If Trump is not impeached the US will be rightly viewed as an autocratic banana republic.

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 38 points 1 week ago (12 children)

I feel like we blew past banana republic a while back and are onto deciding whether we're a nation of laws at all anymore. The idea that the US is a democracy is laughable.

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[–] backalleycoyote@lemmy.today 11 points 1 week ago

You think Congress has the power to enforce an impeachment even if they rule that way? We’re beyond banana and full mango.

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[–] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 72 points 1 week ago (1 children)

First he raped her. Then he violated her. Now he will try to kill her. I want her on a coin.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 37 points 1 week ago (1 children)

She should get the entire slush fund.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago

^ This.

Cannot wait to see some reporter or politician ask Todd Blanche if she's eligible for the money.

[–] underThunder@thelemmy.club 55 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Why is this not an Onion headline?

[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

we skidded out of that timeline years ago. there's no way back.

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[–] crystalmerchant@lemmy.world 52 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Is this the same administration that said Biden weaponized the DOJ?

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 36 points 1 week ago

Every accusation is a confession of either what the Repedopublicans are already doing, or what they plan to do.

Every. Time.

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[–] obvs@lemmy.world 44 points 1 week ago (6 children)

STOP. CALLING. IT. THE. JUSTICE. DEPARTMENT.

It is the JUSTIFICATION Department.

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[–] Reygle@lemmy.world 42 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] Asafum@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It really is fucking astounding how every day finds a way to be worse than the one before...

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[–] azimir@lemmy.ml 29 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The GOP just HATES the law. They must despise having a Constitution which establishes a country of laws since they allow this kind of autocratic dictator shit to keep going on under their seal of approval.

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[–] ryantown@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago (7 children)

The irony of him drawing more attention to this through his vendetta.

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[–] dgmib@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago

Good thing they just created a fund for people who are victims of a weaponized justice system.

/s

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

OK, but if she wins again Trump gets hanged. Deal?

[–] jj4211@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Nah, the fix is in. Trump's administration doesn't even pretend to be on the up and up. Openly corrupt and the conservative wing has lost its mind more than usual to approve the behavior, whether it's in courts or congress.

They are going to toss her in prison for daring to inconvenience dear leader.

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[–] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago

I didn't rape that woman, I only rape children. I didn’t loose the 2020 election. My very fine phone call with Georgia proves that. 🫲🍊🫱

[–] DragonAce@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago

Will no one rid us of this turbulent ~~priest~~ Todd Blanche?

God I'm so sick of this entire corrupt administration and their fucking childish vindictive bullshit.

[–] mrmisses@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Someone please make this end

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[–] inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago

"Babe wake up, new most corrupt thing ever just dropped"

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Remember all the assholes in the Tone Police from the "liberal media", as well as all the reactionary centrists, as well as a few self-styled online leftist revolutionary types were all spending lots of time and energy wagging their fucking fingers at Biden pardoning his family?

Seems he knew full well what a goddamned monster Pumpkinhead and his crime wave really are. If I were to criticize this action, it's that he didn't spread the net much wider.

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[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 14 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Hasn't he given her enough money? You already know she's unforgivably litigious, so you give her another reason to sue, after the judge inevitably throws out this case, like they've thrown out every one of these cases?

[–] FistingEnthusiast@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago (1 children)

He hasn't paid a cent

And it sounds a lot like you're accusing her of being vexatious

[–] MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Why the fuck shouldn't she be vexatious? Doesn't that just mean angry? I think she's justified in being angry.

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[–] cheers_queers@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 week ago (3 children)

this poor woman will never have peace until she is dead.

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[–] ShellMonkey@piefed.socdojo.com 13 points 1 week ago

Political weaponization/slush fund compensation incoming? No? What do you mean corruption?

[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

Well, some people no doubt thought the orange buffoon was preferable to a woman in a powersuit with a funny laugh...

[–] Major_Tsiom@fedia.io 12 points 1 week ago

Heh. The United States has a king.😂

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 week ago (6 children)

I think he thinks he's dying and he doesn't want a rape on his record before he dies. Whether or not he's actually dying, is anyone's guess.

[–] bus_factor@lemmy.world 29 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I think he's just getting angrier, like dementia patients often do. Also, he needs a distraction from the Iran war, which was a distraction from the Epstein files, which was a distraction from...

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[–] obvs@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)
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[–] SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You're surprised when fascism does fascism?

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