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Ts, ts, didn't they all scream that politicians influencing the juridical process is a bad thing just seconds ago?
Guys i think these people actually believe we think "politics" is a good thing
He better at least get house arrest. I can see the logistics issue of the SS trying to keep him safe in prison even though he deserves to get the maximum time IMO.
keep him safe
He just needs to become someone’s bitch. I mean he’s already Putin’s bitch, so he has practice. 😜
yes, that's what they say, house arrest for traitors
I'm just trying to be realistic. 🤷
Because that's how democracy works right my friends?
The politicians are supposed to pay for prostitution and stop judges from jailing other politicians.
Those politicians should be prosecuted for interfering with justice, threatening judges is criminal
And like everything with our incredibly stupid system it will end up being some bullshit that Congress needs to investigate itself over so they can find they "did no wrong"...
yeah the balance of power through the 3 branches scratching each other backs and the hidden 4th BOP group -- money
The main pillar of democracy is apparently money.
*only
it's not like this isn't the obvious end point (collapse) for any society run by greed and selfishness. continually dousing the statues of ancient Greece in acid will erode them just as surely as ceaseless corporate lobbying and the systematic removal of those who would stand for principles over profit has eroded the system we built on the greek model.
Nosgoth in ruins.
this reference had to make its own niche within the niche because the niche wasn't big enough, and I like it.
It would make a good meme. But my picture finding skills lays in shambles.
Do it. Give him jail time. Because when it comes to politicians we need to hammer in a lesson: not only could it happen to anyone, but it it should happen to almost everyone. They'll need to be held universally accountable for crimes (for a change), regardless of political party.
I worry about Republicans taking power and using the trump trials as an excuse to put together kangaroo courts in places like Texas and Florida to actually do the sorts of politically based prosecutions that they're whining about now. That should never be a reason to not uphold the law though. We cannot let ourselves be held hostage by what bad actors might do in the future.
They already have said that's the plan. They want to go after Biden and his family, Obama (they can't fucking get over that guy...) and whoever else was a part of any investigation of Republicans.
Turn on fox news and watch the fucking propagandists go from practically in tears talking about trump, to literally frothing rage ranting about how all Democrats need to be jailed...
Or what?
Well, normally I'd say it's just posturing but with the increasingly violent rhetoric coming from the GQP...
I doubt New York gives a shit about what these Senators think.