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Permanently Confused@68's avatar

Gag him like you would anyone, Judge. FFS let's get on with this. Next the "defense" will lodge a dissent on jelly donuts vs maple bars at the coffee station in the hall. They probably have binders labeled "Delay Tactics".

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Boojum's avatar

I heard it will be Thursday.

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Zyxomma's avatar

These BananaRepublicans™️ have gotten on my last nerve.

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Smibo's avatar

You have a nerve left? Respect!

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Tosca's avatar

"Banderas, however, argued that it’s “not a crime to tell lies.""

Which is why Fox News hosts still walk under an open sky.

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Permanently Confused@68's avatar

And Our Side needs to yell "That's Not The Point!!" Loudly and frequently.

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Xcott's avatar

I think it's fascinating that Trump's defenders have collectively admitted that yes, this guy was lying and he knew it. Here they're even admitting that yes, he was scheming a way to stay president --- which literally means deposing the president-elect and installing someone who didn't win.

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Charles  Schlotter's avatar

"Jesse Watters, Fox’s discount Tucker Carlson...."

I can't believe I am typing this.

Discount Tucker Carlson LIBELZZZZEZZZEZZESSSES!!1!1!11!!!!!1

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skinnercitycyclist's avatar

"Thrift-store Tucker Carlson"?

"Neolithic-midden Tucker Carlson"?

"Multilevel-marketing Tucker Carlson"?

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pstumba's avatar

"Hatching schemes to stay in office is not a crime."

mmmmmmmmmmm you sure about that?

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skinnercitycyclist's avatar

Maybe work on the phrasing?

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Charles  Schlotter's avatar

That perfect phone call went well past hatching.

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GrannysKnitting's avatar

they contort themselves to justify trump so much that their chiropractor will be able to buy several homes in the Maldives based on this

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Mavenmaven's avatar

“not a crime to tell lies." Is that what she told her ex-husband?

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Antifa Commander's avatar

Oh, so he's a lying, conspiring narcissist, Julie? Do tell.

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GrannysKnitting's avatar

saying the quiet part out loud again

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Bitter Scribe's avatar

Wasn't Fox perceived to be backing away from Trump in favor of DeSantis? IIRC, early this year they spent most of their time fawning over DeFascist, until he began stepping in one shitpile after another. So are they now all in on Trump again?

I swear to God, Rupert Murdoch's soul is made of dry ice and credit cards.

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Permanently Confused@68's avatar

He's not the only guy who wants to destroy our way of life. Pooterkins and Zu-ma-luma-ding -dong got warships over there by the Aleutions. Fun Times!

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Charles  Schlotter's avatar

They hoped that Pudding Fingers would be the new Hitler but they've resigned themself to the Hitler they have, not the Hitler that might want or wish to have at a later Reich.

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GrannysKnitting's avatar

its all about the ratings, that is all that matters to these so called people

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zb23's avatar

not to mention Gore was the Pence in 2000. pretty sure it didn't even cross Gores mind to do something like Trump wanted Pence to do. and the margins were much much much much smaller then.

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Bitter Scribe's avatar

It's the George Costanza defense all the way.

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skinnercitycyclist's avatar

"Shrinkage"?

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goCatgo's avatar

I wonder if this article is for me or not.

One nana was born in 1890 and died before I was born.

The other nana was born in 1904 and died about 30 years ago. She never watched Fox.

Just Spanish Telenovelas.

But I guess here I am the exception that proves the rule.

If you will all excuse me, I have to get my cane and cuss out some kids on my grass.

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ReSister For Life Callyson's avatar

"We don’t expect intellectual or moral consistency from these people, but damn."

About that:

Trump’s complaints about the future of U.S. elections turn ironic

Before the 2020 elections, Donald Trump pressed the Justice Department to go after Joe Biden. Trump's latest accusations suggest he's forgotten about this

"The Republican’s weaponization efforts reached a truly amazing pinnacle less than a month before Election Day 2020, when Trump publicly called on federal prosecutors to go after Biden — at the time, the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee who was leading the Republican incumbent in the polls — accusing him of undefined crimes. The then-president added that his future successor shouldn’t be “allowed” to run against him."

/FFS

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skinnercitycyclist's avatar

We gonna be running out of "F's" and "S's" at this rate.

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Vincent's avatar

Um, isn't Watters (one T is enough you fucking douchebag), with his Gore hypothetical, arguing that Trump should have been indicted, since that is exactly what Trump actually did, as opposed to the Gore hypothetical?

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Permanently Confused@68's avatar

I am beginning to think that tone matters more than substance to these emrons. Outrage and self-righteousness carry the day. The maga masses can do emotions really well. It's reading and thinking where they fall short.

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skinnercitycyclist's avatar

"The maga masses can do emotions really well. "

As a special educator who deals with some pretty highly-strung teens, I can tell you that they DO NOT do emotions really well, at least in the sense of "handling them appropriately in a socially acceptable fashion."

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