On Truth Social, Trump has repeatedly promoted Stake, an unregulated online casino that, according to state gambling regulators, is operating illegally.
I never want to hear again that we are “a nation of laws.” We’re a nation of flimsy laws, or gentlemen’s agreements, or norms — anything but what I used to believe were “laws”.
Trump is just continuing a grand old Republican tradition, that's ultimately paid by the taxpayer. Like his recent $1.8 billion slush fund; that will actually pay out our money to Jan-Sixers, nine of whom have been convicted of pedophile charges *after* their pardons by Trump. No wonder the GOP doesn't want the Epstein Files released! Let's all remember this as we near election day.
Biden was supposed to “Trump proof” the presidency by prosecuting all traitors at highest levels but he did squat to the wealthy & thus, you have the republicans completing the coup d’ etat.
The grift just marches on... When the books are written, we will sit jaws agape at the stories they will tell. The conversations on the golf course, the phone call conversations with the agencies to rewrite rules, the conversations with the man who stood up and said no. Those reporters and writers will have the time it takes to get those granular details. For now, it is imperative that Judd et al find and report on these details, the ones that will make the books "unbelievable."
Here is how I know the God of my childhood religion does not exist: prayer. I know that when I wake up in the morning I, along with a million other people, pray that Twump died overnight. If a million + people fervently praying for the same thing - and it is a good thing - and it does not "work," then prayer does not work. Period. Because there is no one listening.
Hope takes longer but may be more powerful than time wasting prayers.
Katy, I was with you reading the first paragraph and then you went on this tangent about praying for someone’s death. So many responses jump into my head but I will simply say that I understand your unbelief in a Disneyfied deity. I, too, don’t have a belief in a superpower in the sky who can kill a human if we all just get our heads together and believed really hard that we can make and do anything. I don’t waste my time praying for harm or retribution either. Rather, hope is with us in our suffering, present in the comfort of others, given unseen and unconditionally, and often received without knowledge or the ability to give thanks. That’s the good news for all people, period. Donald is close to death without anybody else’s intervention. He is a sad, sick man and we need to all hang together and be there for each other when this nightmare ends. Peace.
How dare you admonish someone for heartfelt anguish about the state of our nation and the central instigator who is the nexus of immeasurable misery.
So many people wake up hoping Trump’s death is the first headline they read.
I would have hoped for Hitler’s death, had I been there then, like I, too, hope for the same news every morning about our American version of a deadly dictator.
Thanks, Sarcastic Prophet, I knew I was stepping over a line and as dark as I can get, when God comes into it, people get their hackles up. That's cool, go hackles! But I cannot pretend that I do not wish for the death of this decrepit man and, if I'm being honest, I'd like the death to occur in a car taking him and several other men to the Memorial Day service where Hogsbreath has written his speech from a Wikipedia page on the history of Memorial Day and Twump cannot get a sentence out that sounds like he read it even once before he stood in front of parents, wives and children of fallen soldiers. Could not be bothered. Did not care. So, yeah, I wish fervently for his death and I don't want it to be painless.
I mean it. I've had it up to here with being good and waiting and patient. I want him out of my sight. I want my country back. I want the cruelty to stop. I want better people to lead. I want America to wake the f up.
I want those soldiers to have died for something. Not to make this man powerful and rich, not so Leon Musk can whine and complain, not so media platforms can corrupt and destroy our children. No, they died for something noble and meaningful. They died to keep us free. Our freedom is being wiped away by Twump and his minions.
Nope, I don't take it back and I do not believe that I am wrong.
Online gambling is nothing more than fleecing Americans and greed. The proliferation of illegal activities during tRumpies time has been mind boggling. I swear he gives prizes to regime members who come up with the latest scam, blackmail, his personal enrichment along with his miserable family.
When the supreme court gave the trump crime family immunity, it was just a matter of time until they spread that nullification of laws to the wider criminal population.
No, other than paying off the Jan-Sixers with his new $1.8 billion slush fund, Trump is pretty keen on the grift being a Trump-only or Trump-family-only gig. He's a family man, practicing GOP family values.
His planned permanent exemption to IRS auditing, will make roughly $200 *million* in back taxes just vanish. And could theoretically mean he'll never pay another dime in taxes for the rest of his life.
I really don’t see a strong reason the casino should regulated at all. Same for the prediction markets. Both are prime examples of “let the buyer beware”. The regulation simply gives them a thin film of legitimacy that merely encourages people to think they are “fair” or “safe” and they won’t be cheated. It facilitates these businesses and protect no one. If someone wants to gamble, go ahead, but know that nobody’s going to hold your hand. The risk is your own.
I never want to hear again that we are “a nation of laws.” We’re a nation of flimsy laws, or gentlemen’s agreements, or norms — anything but what I used to believe were “laws”.
C'mon Leslie, that Constitution thingee, with its emoluments clause, is like two-hundred years old. It's so, like, ancient.
But seriously, the GOP takes to corruption like ducks to water. The ratio of GOP to Dem bribery *convictions* is 38:1: https://medium.com/rantt/gop-admins-had-38-times-more-criminal-convictions-than-democrats-1961-2016-91ddb60b0697
Trump is just continuing a grand old Republican tradition, that's ultimately paid by the taxpayer. Like his recent $1.8 billion slush fund; that will actually pay out our money to Jan-Sixers, nine of whom have been convicted of pedophile charges *after* their pardons by Trump. No wonder the GOP doesn't want the Epstein Files released! Let's all remember this as we near election day.
Biden was supposed to “Trump proof” the presidency by prosecuting all traitors at highest levels but he did squat to the wealthy & thus, you have the republicans completing the coup d’ etat.
Stake: We're a safe and free gaming experience.
Regulators: You're an illegal online casino. For gambling.
Stake: Po-TAY-to, po-TAH-to.
The grift just marches on... When the books are written, we will sit jaws agape at the stories they will tell. The conversations on the golf course, the phone call conversations with the agencies to rewrite rules, the conversations with the man who stood up and said no. Those reporters and writers will have the time it takes to get those granular details. For now, it is imperative that Judd et al find and report on these details, the ones that will make the books "unbelievable."
Here is how I know the God of my childhood religion does not exist: prayer. I know that when I wake up in the morning I, along with a million other people, pray that Twump died overnight. If a million + people fervently praying for the same thing - and it is a good thing - and it does not "work," then prayer does not work. Period. Because there is no one listening.
Hope takes longer but may be more powerful than time wasting prayers.
Katy, I was with you reading the first paragraph and then you went on this tangent about praying for someone’s death. So many responses jump into my head but I will simply say that I understand your unbelief in a Disneyfied deity. I, too, don’t have a belief in a superpower in the sky who can kill a human if we all just get our heads together and believed really hard that we can make and do anything. I don’t waste my time praying for harm or retribution either. Rather, hope is with us in our suffering, present in the comfort of others, given unseen and unconditionally, and often received without knowledge or the ability to give thanks. That’s the good news for all people, period. Donald is close to death without anybody else’s intervention. He is a sad, sick man and we need to all hang together and be there for each other when this nightmare ends. Peace.
How dare you admonish someone for heartfelt anguish about the state of our nation and the central instigator who is the nexus of immeasurable misery.
So many people wake up hoping Trump’s death is the first headline they read.
I would have hoped for Hitler’s death, had I been there then, like I, too, hope for the same news every morning about our American version of a deadly dictator.
He has earned every bit of this anger and fear.
Keep your supercilious preaching to yourself.
Thanks, Sarcastic Prophet, I knew I was stepping over a line and as dark as I can get, when God comes into it, people get their hackles up. That's cool, go hackles! But I cannot pretend that I do not wish for the death of this decrepit man and, if I'm being honest, I'd like the death to occur in a car taking him and several other men to the Memorial Day service where Hogsbreath has written his speech from a Wikipedia page on the history of Memorial Day and Twump cannot get a sentence out that sounds like he read it even once before he stood in front of parents, wives and children of fallen soldiers. Could not be bothered. Did not care. So, yeah, I wish fervently for his death and I don't want it to be painless.
I mean it. I've had it up to here with being good and waiting and patient. I want him out of my sight. I want my country back. I want the cruelty to stop. I want better people to lead. I want America to wake the f up.
I want those soldiers to have died for something. Not to make this man powerful and rich, not so Leon Musk can whine and complain, not so media platforms can corrupt and destroy our children. No, they died for something noble and meaningful. They died to keep us free. Our freedom is being wiped away by Twump and his minions.
Nope, I don't take it back and I do not believe that I am wrong.
And, truly, from the bottom of my heart: peace.
Thank you. I feel your words. I will not lie. I think so many of the same thoughts.
Frequently unpleasant to read, always well-researched, thank you for your important work for our country. Hope this gets wide dissemination.
Online gambling is nothing more than fleecing Americans and greed. The proliferation of illegal activities during tRumpies time has been mind boggling. I swear he gives prizes to regime members who come up with the latest scam, blackmail, his personal enrichment along with his miserable family.
When the supreme court gave the trump crime family immunity, it was just a matter of time until they spread that nullification of laws to the wider criminal population.
No, other than paying off the Jan-Sixers with his new $1.8 billion slush fund, Trump is pretty keen on the grift being a Trump-only or Trump-family-only gig. He's a family man, practicing GOP family values.
His planned permanent exemption to IRS auditing, will make roughly $200 *million* in back taxes just vanish. And could theoretically mean he'll never pay another dime in taxes for the rest of his life.
Trump is Corruption Inc. And many Americans still support him. The saddest part is not who he is, but how many go along with this.
Show him the money— seems democracy is for sale & it was sold to wealthy oligarchs- either foreign or domestic.
Great investigative reporting. Thank you.
Grifter for president. Ack
Hmmmm.... Something is illegally making money. Trump gets a bribe. Trump endorses illegal activity.
Next!
i guess people are getting tired of candy crush
Posting this on FB I am not banned yet
Super PAC’s SUPERFREAK… !
He’s a very kinky boy
The kind you don't take home to mother
He will never let maga spirits down
Once you get him off the tweet, ow, boy
He likes the boys in his band
Donald’s very hard to please, oh, ya!
That guy is pretty wild now (the guy’s a super freak)
The kind of guy you read about (in maga-con magazines)
That guy is pretty kinky (the guy’s a super freak)
MAGA really love to cheer him (every time they meet)
He’s alright, he’s alright
That guy’s alright with them
Yeah, hey, hey, hey, hey!
He’s a super freak, super freak
He’s super-freaky, yow 🎶🎶
Once again, I am shocked to find more people want Mr. Potter and Pottersville than George Bailey and Bedford Falls. I am so disappointed!
I really don’t see a strong reason the casino should regulated at all. Same for the prediction markets. Both are prime examples of “let the buyer beware”. The regulation simply gives them a thin film of legitimacy that merely encourages people to think they are “fair” or “safe” and they won’t be cheated. It facilitates these businesses and protect no one. If someone wants to gamble, go ahead, but know that nobody’s going to hold your hand. The risk is your own.