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A Sarcastic Prophet's avatar

Perhaps if I believed in heaven or hell I’d say there is a special place in hell for the Trump gangster mob, but I want justice for these crimes in my lifetime. The scale and scope of the corruption is mind boggling. I don’t want Trump to die in office because his heart fails. I want this pathologically lying malignant narcissist to suffer and die behind bars in a tiny cell like the petty Queens real estate mob boss he is.

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SeekingReason's avatar

Sarcastic, I have said this very thing. I do NOT want him dying in office and watching everyone attend this illegitimate seditionist terrorist’s presidential funeral. That would be another massive slap in our collective faces. That’s why it is critical to remove him by any means.

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A Sarcastic Prophet's avatar

And how does someone who doesn’t have a heart even have congestive heart failure?

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A Sarcastic Prophet's avatar

Oh I think most of us know this is real. Explain your comment please. What’s the folly? That I want him and his cronies in jail? That I think the rule of law is real and the arc of the universe bends, albeit slowly, to justice? That after all the destruction of our democracy we will survive this crap and he will end up there? I don’t think any of those expectations are unreal. It would really be folly to forget that the fictions we create contain the truths of who we are and what we seek to achieve. That’s where I’m coming from.

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NubbyShober's avatar

Personally, I very much doubt that Trump will ever see a day behind bars. Even if Dems manage veto-proof >67% majorities in both houses of Congress next year, all they'll be able to do is chair committees to investigate, in this case Trump's crypto buyers, and their supposedly undetectable purchases of $TRUMP memecoins.

But barring whistleblowers, without full cooperation from the DOJ and other federal agencies, any investigations will go nowhere. Until at least 2028; assuming a Dem wins the Presidency.

The fact that any buyer of $TRUMP cannot *sell* said memecoin says it all. The *only* reason to purchase $TRUMP is to untraceably put money directly in the President's pocket.

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JenneJ's avatar

I understand this sentiment but, we should perhaps recognize that this is not a movie or a novel and in real life, that's folly.

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Mark Davis's avatar

Is Zach Witkoff any relation to Steve, the Russian negotiator?

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Joe Weicher's avatar

His son. Republican “family values.”

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Mark Davis's avatar

Shoulda figured.

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Robert's avatar

Just great reporting Judd …

on a messy business by messy crooks working for their benefit and not the American people.

Their day Will come! It won’t be pleasant either!

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Denise Wallace's avatar

I hope you are correct. I am trying to believe in Karma !

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JerryBier's avatar

There’s just no end to the amount of corruption Donald Trump keeps getting away with. When, under the sun, are we ever going prosecute this criminal and put him in prison where he belongs? Better be soon, the light of democracy is getting dim.

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JenneJ's avatar

1) The SCOTUS has given Donald a Trump (and arguably any successors) a pass when it comes to committing crimes as President. Like Nixon said, "when the president does it, that means it is not illegal." And 2) Donald Trump will never be prosecuted for anything ever again. You understand that it's not even possible until after he is out of office in January 2029. While in office this time, he has seen to it that any past crimes have had their investigations dismantled. It would take years to put together new cases against him for crimes he may commit once he is out of office. But, by then he will be 82 years old, and there will be no one in a position to bring charges against him that will want to.

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JerryBier's avatar

I can't disagree with you. I only wish something drastic would happen, and soon, or our (once great) country will be lost forever to the fascist oligarchs and the delusional Christian Nationalists.

General ignorance, racism, and the SCOTUS have put the country into an area I never dreamed of 50 years ago. Sad. Trump will finally have a "shit-hole-country" to rule over.

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JenneJ's avatar

...but probably not forever. "We have all been here, before." (CSNY) The primary question is: When we build it all back up again, will remember the lessons of this failure? Einstein taught us failure is a key to success, but not if we aren't honest about what didn't work and efforts to try to mitigate for those deficiencies.Each time we fall down and lift ourselves back up again is a opportunity for growth. What lessons will be carried forth?

For my part, I hope we can finally get this racism BS settled. No one is any better than anyone else. Sheesh...it's right there in the Big Beautiful Constitution. I also hope we will figure out how to transfer good without using so much freaking packaging. What a waste of materials and energy!

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Katy Bolger's avatar

Twenty-two Cent. That's my rap name for DJT. Or maybe Twenty-one Cent. Either. It's all a sham a big fn scam by a man the color and shape of a ham.

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JenneJ's avatar

No one should be surprised that Trump continues his grift of the American people. It's what he does best and it will continue until there is nothing left and Trump and his billionaire buddies trade us to the Chinese to pay off our debt.

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SeekingReason's avatar

Totally Losing the $ as the world reserve will also impact us for a very long time. And this is almost guaranteed.

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Adam's avatar

"And this is almost guaranteed."

Yup.

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SeekingReason's avatar

It is time for the removal of these seditionists! BY ANY MEANS.They have classic Fascist Republican values of hoarding for themselves at the destruction of every non-millionaire and below.

The Vets protesting in DC can help direct the military. They (vets in DC) are playing the speech by Ret. General Mark Milley. Do not obey ILLEGAL orders!

I also wonder if the orange felon may have had a stroke. As another commenter said, “his grave will be a gender neutral bathroom.”

His presidency must be nullified and every family member tried in the Hague.

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Jim Carmichael's avatar

“No More Crime in DC at the White House!” Thank you for detailing the surreal grift, team. I dream of interminable prison terms.

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Jody Gorran's avatar

FIGHT BACK! If YOU Live in a Blue State, follow this link and Contact Your Governor!

https://open.substack.com/pub/jodygorran/p/if-you-live-in-a-blue-state-contact?r=68rn&utm_medium=ios

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Joseph Mangano's avatar

Oh, good...another Trump cryptocurrency.

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Katy Bolger's avatar

And the masses thronged toward the light of crypto until its brightness was blotted out by a ...a man shaped like a ham.

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Adam's avatar

Ladies go CRAZY for a Ham-Shaped Man!

(To the tune of Sharp Dressed Man by ZZ Top)

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Adam's avatar

You mean those masses adorned with the RedHaterHat, noisily quaffing the new cheese-flavored Koolaid (with hints of Aged Cheddar), clamoring "please Sir" as they queue up for another glass?

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Ellen Mahoney's avatar

Excellent reporting. I learned a lot and really appreciate the information.

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Susan B's avatar

Gee isn't the President supposed to come out on Labor Day and praise all the American workers? Well where was Trump? Counting his coins? (Supposedly) golfing? And they say the Dems don't care about working people...

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Ginger's avatar

So depressing... but thank you....

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TC Hardenbergh's avatar

Crypto is a life-hack for the ultra-rich and infamous. Meme coin or token or perhaps Martian rocks someday, it is the Frankenstein monster of investments. If there is ever a day of reckoning for the self-dealing grifter-in-chief, I'll be flabbergasted.

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Robot Bender's avatar

I think it's more electronic fraud (wire fraud?).

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John Cook's avatar

My impression is that the public wallet of a token owner is just that, public. I'm curious why Public Information or some other sleuth doesn't enlist AI or other resources in tracking major movements of tokens to look for patterns in token transfers. Further sleuthing might identify transactions in the banking system that might link a wallet to a person. It could be that is harder than it seems but there has got to be a nerd out there somewhere that's tried it.

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Victoria Brown's avatar

Perhaps the nerds at

Wired could track this. I

do know a wallet in a

bank is private info and

most people have

protection settings on

their bank accounts.

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John Cook's avatar

I'm no expert but the way I understand it is that the blockchain shows the public wallet numbers and the quantity of tokens for each transaction but you need the private number to actually complete the transaction. Kind of like the tokens were in lockers and you know the locker numbers but you need the combinations to actually move tokens from one to the other. The idea is that if the same lockers are trading consistently with each other but periodically with the exchange maybe the exchange transfers could provide a hint to where the money for the tokens is coming from or where it is going. I'm sure that someone who understands blockchain better than I will report that is impossible but seems plausible to me.

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MPT's avatar

There will always be a market for trump twitcoin since the maga cult, financial manipulators, and criminals are all attracted to the trump brand. Most are maga minion fools who will place their entire IRA into trump scam coins and then the crooked crypto bros will eat them alive and brag about milking the rubes of their future. U guess we shouldn't expect much less from the mosr corrupt man and family to ever soil the White house. Biden couldn't forgive student loans, but scotus turns a blind eye to the easy to see trump scams and corruption. Quite the system American's have chosen.

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