Cool enjoy your $20 scoop of ice cream.

#13 | Posted by SpeakSoftly

Facts: A lot of places pay $18 an hour and the cost difference in the food is negligible.

25 cents more, not $20.

" The judge overseeing Hunter's California case lashed out at President Biden in a scathing five-page ruling, saying the White House press release justifying his pardon was full of offensive and false statements, including that Hunter's tax evasion was the result of addiction."

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What say you all about this?

#449 | Posted by BellRinger

I say I don't give a damn after all the Trump pardons of people who broke the law to help him.

Why don't you try defending Trump's pardons before whining about Hunter Biden?

Republicans would support Trump doing this.

We aren't South Korea.

I'm not much into conspiracy theories

#307 | Posted by BellRinger

This is the funniest thing said on the DR in 2024, possibly ever.

The double standard is insane:

Biden pardons his son and it's the end of the world.

Trump pardons scores of people who broke the law to help him and it's just fine.

"The idea of jailing a guy for an isolated charge of lying on his gun application is obvious lawfare."

What about a minor act like writing "legal fees" in the memo field of a check written to your lawyer for legal fees?

#277 | Posted by visitor_

You mean 34 felonies for fraudulently attempting to evade tax and election laws?

Did Trump do jail time for that?

" I had to use multiple sources.

You can google each one.

But you've always had an allergy to the truth.

#170 | POSTED BY SYCOPHANT AT 2024-12-02 10:48 AM | FLAG: "

Dude, You're in the legal field, right? Then you should know you are not supposed to cite another's work without attribution.

#190 | Posted by BellRinger

Translation: "I have no defense to what Trump did and want to change the topic."

(The legal field cites cases and statutes for authority, not attribution. Hence why they cite cases and statutes rather than Justices and Legislatures.)

Go cry some more.

OH!

Did he appoint him Ambassador to France yet?

Or is that a Republican thing?

Sycophant,

Don't plagiarize. Provide a link to your source.

#90 | Posted by BellRinger

I had to use multiple sources.

You can google each one.

But you've always had an allergy to the truth.

It gets better. Trump also pardoned numerous people for gun offenses.

Desiree Perez: Perez was arrested in 1994 for drug possession and in 1998 for grand larceny and possession of a firearm.

Lynn Barney: Trump granted a full pardon to Lynn Barney, who was sentenced to 35 months in prison for possessing a firearm as a previously convicted felon, after having previously been convicted for distributing a small amount of marijuana, according to the White House.

Bill K. Kapri: Kodak Black, whose legal name is Bill Kapri, was sentenced to 46 months in prison on federal weapons charges in 2019 after admitting that he falsified information on federal forms to buy four firearms.

Dwayne Michael Carter Jr.: Carter, a rapper who performs as Lil Wayne, was also granted a pardon. He pleaded guilty to a federal weapons charge after he carried a handgun from California to Florida on his private jet.

If you break the law to help Trump OR if you are his friend, he pardons you.

Trump's Pardoning his friends and supporters:

Stephen K. Bannon: Trump's former chief strategist in the White House was in charge of the final months of his 2016 presidential campaign and was indicted in August along with three others on wire fraud and money laundering conspiracy charges. Prosecutors alleged that Bannon's crowdfunding "We Build the Wall" campaign raised more than $25 million from Trump supporters and used hundreds of thousands for personal expenses.

Paul John Manafort Jr.: Manafort was indicted and either convicted or pled guilty to a long list of charges including illegal foreing consulting work and tax and bank fraud. He was the Trump 2016 Campaign Chairman.

Roger Stone: Stone was convicted of multiple counts of making false statements, obstruction and witness tampering to protect Trump with Wikileaks releases on the Clinton campaign. Trump offered a full pardon. Stone was also caught for the same but larger failure to pay taxes as Hunter Biden but the Trump DOJ/IRS only persued civil remedies.

Michael Thomas Flynn: Flynn pled guilty to lying to the FBI about conversations he had with Russia. Full pardon.

George Papadopoulos: In 2016, Papadopoulos flew to Russia to meet with the Russian Foreign Ministry after being told they had the stolen Clinton emails. This was before the public was aware of the hacks of the DNC. He also destroyed his private messages with Russian contacts after being interviewed by the FBI. He pled guilty to making false statements to the FBI. Full pardon.

Dr. Faustino Bernadett: Bernadett, a retired anesthesiologist, was sentenced last year to 15 months in federal prison for taking part in a long-running health care fraud scheme where he authorized sham contracts that concealed over $30 million in illegal kickback payments to physicians, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

Elliott Broidy: Broidy, a former Republican National Committee finance chair and one of Trump's top fundraisers, was pardoned. Broidy pleaded guilty in October to conspiring to violate foreign lobbying laws.

Paul Erickson: Erickson, a conservative operative with ties to the NRA, came under scrutiny during the investigation into Russian election interference. He pleaded guilty to wire fraud and money laundering in an unrelated case.

Albert J. Pirro, Jr.: Trump granted a full pardon to Albert J. Pirro, Jr. Pirro, Jr., the ex-husband of Fox News host and Trump ally Jeanine Pirro, was convicted on conspiracy and tax evasion charges in 2000.

Aviem Sella: An Israeli citizen, Sella was indicted in March 1987 on charges he recruited convicted American spy Jonathan Jay Pollard to collect U.S. military secrets for Israel. Trump granted him a full pardon and his request was supported by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Rick Renzi: Former U.S. Rep. Rick Renzi, R-Ariz., was granted a full pardon. In 2013, he was sentenced to three years in prison for extortion, bribery, insurance fraud, money laundering and racketeering in a public corruption case.

Kenneth Kurson: Trump granted clemency to Kurson, the former editor of the New York Observer and friend of Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner who was charged last October with cyberstalking during a heated divorce.

People are deserting blue states and leaving their tax burden behind by voting with their feet

#20 | Posted by THEBULL

Florida's tax base lives on tourism sales tax dollars. Other states don't have that luxury.

If its all about taxes in Blue states, why aren't they flocking to Mississippi or Missouri or Georgia?

Is any woman stable really? I wonder if his parents are still together, I'm betting no. His mom probably thinks because she actually bore children she was taken advantage of and abused as well.

#30 | Posted by THEBULL

THEBULL sums up the positions of the modern GOP rather well.

Causing a crazy recession will help bring home prices down.

That's a key campaign promise.

Go Donald Trump!

Just when you think Republicans can't get any more creepy.

Biden sniffs hair?

Trump buys it outright...and sometimes the girl too.

Harris had ZERO economic/worker messaging, just a collection of weak policies and a "I'm the same as Biden" slogan.

I get it, Gracie.

With all the child pictures and sexual assault stuff against the GOP and it's highest party faithful, you have to reach out far and wide to find literally anything to compensate.

You had to reach pretty damn far to find a person who reviews property tax assessments and got a DUI.

What is truly sad is that this is the best you could do.

Are you noticing people are calling for her resignation rather than asking her to help run the entire country?

Pretty pathetic, Gracie. But right in line with your values I suppose.

Solyndra 2.0 on steroids?

I hope not but it's on point for Obama/Biden

#9 | Posted by BellRinger

I know it's not the $525 billion in PPP loans Trump pissed away.

Or the $50 billion in farm aid.

Or the billions more from Trump to prop up coal and oil.

Or the millions to businesses he and his families are involved in.

But we won't get into that here, right?

Well, I say its time to let people suffer with what they voted for.

I'm tired of voting to clean up the Republican mess.

Trump tariffs cause food prices to soar? Don't eat.
Trump wipes out Obamacare, limits vaccines, and you can't get medical help? Be a cripple in pain for the rest of your life.
Housing and rent prices skyrocket? Live under a bridge.
Social Security and Medicare cuts? Join your families under the bridge and pray you don't get sick or injured.
FEMA gone and rebuilding now three times the price because illegal immigrants are gone? Find a nice bridge to live under.
Dept of Education gone but you have a special needs kid? Quit your job and take care of them...under the bridge...with your elderly parents...dumpster diving for food...and pray no one gets sick or injured.

It's time for Democracy Darwinism.

Who appointed this guy?

Oh. That explains it.

#13. Good to hear that Susan Collins appears to be taking this nomination seriously.

#16 | Posted by BellRinger

Just like she did with the Supreme Court.

"Well they said Roe vs Wade was a precedent that only Congress should overturn and I trust them."

"Well they said it didn't happen and I trust them."

I think Ron Paul is the last of them. And he's retired.

#7 | Posted by BellRinger

He was the only one.

And he was nuts. No IRS. No FEMA. No Commerce. No Interior.

Just a "Let them eat their bootstraps" kind of guy.

The US literally has a law on the books that we can invade The Hague if they ever hold a US citizen for war crimes.

I wonder when that was passed?

Hmm... 2002...

What was going on back then again? Anyone remember?

This guy literally wrote an article in his college newspaper claiming if a woman was too drunk to consent, it didn't count as Rape.

When was the last time we had a Republican president who didn't cause a recession during their term?

70's maybe?