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Barney Rubble's avatar

It's okay though. If I vote for the leopards eating faces party, I doubt very much that my face will be eaten by leopards.

simpledinosaur's avatar

Trump and his dirtbag superfans can get behind the preposterous "I can kill anybody anytime I like" arguments his lawyers are advancing because they know that only their hero would be likely to actually do something like send Seal Team 6 to kill his rivals. Decent human beings like Biden would never do such a thing, so Trump & Co. have no worries about the same being done to them.

Priceofcivilization's avatar

But wouldn’t it be great if Trump was assassinated 5 minutes after the courts ruled in favor of absolute immunity? It would be the teaching case of legal decisions have consequences forever.

EyeQueue's avatar

Oh, for fuck's sake.

Where was this douche when Trump was doing a bunch of bullshit carte blanche?

My God, these people are just ridiculous as fuck.

EyeQueue's avatar

Fuck off, Douchey.

Go suck a floppy fascist dick, guy.

Miss Grundy's avatar

See, when the raspy-voiced attorney for the Combover Caligula argued before the Court of Appeals, he didn't think about the idea that OHJB could do what he says the Tangerine Toddler can do. Because GOPee-ers believe they should be the only one to get away with their shite.

EyeQueue's avatar

Because they are fascists, period, and everyone really needs to wake up to this reality before it's too late.

Dorothea is a Democrat's avatar

It's for the same reason that they think a person who shows up to be questioned publicly is in contempt, but people who ignored subpoenas like Gym Jordan, Scott Perry and Mark Meadows are not guilty of contempt. It's the world of upside down.

satch's avatar

Too bad Biden acknowledges some guardrails.

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Parakeetist's avatar

OT: No living birbs right now, only piink flameengos.

Thees is the display in New Brunswick, Canader.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Q8jOQAZJTw

Momo's avatar

I was bummed about not seeing a flamingo on my recent trip to Florida. There weren't even any plastic yard flamingos. Saw some adorably cute shorebirds though!

Some kind of Fred's avatar

Top of the list, and compelling by itself, is my oath to defend the Constitution.

Dr. Rrrrrobotnik's avatar

I have a variety of good and wholesome reasons, but at core, I want to see Trump and those who vote for him lose. Followed by Trump's swift and long overdue relocation to jail.

satch's avatar

I've had a crush on Karine Jean-Pierre ever since she threw herself between Kamala Harris and Manbun McJerkwad, the guy who stormed the stage at a Harris campaign appearance.

blueicebank's avatar

My respect for Jill Biden went way up when that one person stormed the stage Joe was on and went linebacker.

Babe Paley's avatar

That was an amazing moment.

Momo's avatar

"Food prices are high. What would you say to people who are worried about food prices?"

Steal if you must. Beg if you can. If you have $50, spend it at a salvage grocer. Out-of-date food is often half the price of fresh food.

Richard S's avatar

Well, FIFTEEN Republican governors are REFUSING to take FREE MONEY from the federal government to pay for school lunches. If the residents of those states really are worried about food prices, why don't they ask their governor about it?

Dr. Rrrrrobotnik's avatar

Either that or "I'm not the president of food prices, the fuck do you want me to do about it? Yell at Congress about it, for all the good that'll do."

EyeQueue's avatar

It's corporate price gouging, period. I don't know what the drooling 'Murican public fails to understand about that.

Dick Steele's avatar

Because the media is owned by the same oligarchs that own the grocery stores.

Momo's avatar

Whole Foods is owned by The Washington Post newspaper? No way!

Dr. Rrrrrobotnik's avatar

It's because it's easier to blame the guy at the top than a faceless, shifting group of malefactors who take pains to make their complicity in a problem difficult to see. Especially if you don't really follow the news, like most Americans.

Coleman's avatar

ugggghh---"why can't you make gasoline $2.00 a gallon?"

RocktonSam's avatar

2.49 in south central Wisconsin.

Thanks Dark Brandon

Priceofcivilization's avatar

Even less in Houston. That’s where they make it.

Dr. Rrrrrobotnik's avatar

On that one, I wish our web of regional alliances didn't prevent Biden from just coming out and saying "because the House of Saud is actively trying to sabotage me, since they know a President Trump won't even make a performative stink about Kashoggi's murder".

Mysterysurf's avatar

How did Trump come to be speaking in court today? I thought the judge had nixed that idea.

"M"'s avatar

The poor judge -- whose home got a BOMB THREAT today from 🎃 supporters -- didn't want to leave anything out there that could be reversed on appeal (because he knows the clowns are gonna try it )

https://twitter.com/ElieNYC/status/1745503115804103164?t=WwnTcahNaV8HPdtqxb95sw&s=19

lmurr's avatar

The judge said "Fuck it. it's not like he's going to help his situation. And it'll be good for a laugh."

Shocktreatment's avatar

He's developed resistance to the tranquilizer darts...

fair_n_hite_451's avatar

Said it before, I'll say it again.

3 to the ass, just like any other rino.

blueicebank's avatar

Me: "Up the dosage or switch to a more powerful neurotoxin."

BillEGoatSmile's avatar

I dunno' what changed his mind. Maybe he gave Kise the opportunity to agree to the conditions this morning, even though the deadline had passed?

Mysterysurf's avatar

And even though he ignored the conditions, as would be expected.

BillEGoatSmile's avatar

Yep. There was no avoiding that though.

everett fanuelli's avatar

He just went ahead and did it.

Frank Talk, Action Pundit!'s avatar

OT:

'𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁': 𝗝𝘂𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗻𝘀 𝗹𝗮𝘄𝘆𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽'𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺 𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-damages/

Capt. Renault's avatar

You know, judge, you can control him, too.

BillEGoatSmile's avatar

I'm convinced that Engoron desperately wants to do anything to get the appeal to sail through the higher court(s) and affirm everything he did - because he doesn't want this case back on his desk in 10 months.

"M"'s avatar

I think Suzanne Clark said the same

satch's avatar

Trumpazoid White Privilege on parade...

BillEGoatSmile's avatar

I wonder if he meandered into the old rally favorites - Hillary Clinton, rigged and stollen, etc.

"M"'s avatar

Water pressure

He's already done birtherism

Dually Lobach's avatar

Lol, control him? The man is like a Terminator of stupid. "It can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear! And it absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are dead!"

Frank Talk, Action Pundit!'s avatar

"It's a disgrace, and they should pay me damages. That's the way it should be. They should be paying me damages. This is a disgraceful situation."

Edith Prickly's avatar

LOL, that's not happening.

SkeptiKC's avatar

Objection.

Move to dismiss melodramatic malingering from the defendant.

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Frank Talk, Action Pundit!'s avatar

Because he couldn't NOT open his big mouth.

EyeQueue's avatar

I don't think the history of the world has seen anyone like him. It's goddamned ridiculous.

Fartknocker's avatar

Completely off-topic but it is Covid-19 Variant G.1 season: Former WA firefighter who was fired because of he didn't want to take the jab and then moved to Montana to be a Fire Chief has now been charged as an Insurrectionist. Chief Shithead also sprayed a chemical deterrent on two Capital Police officers. He's fucked and rightfully so.

https://apnews.com/article/capitol-riot-fire-chief-4effc02782b4d7c34bc252f98fc7cb39

lmurr's avatar

♫ Goin' to Montana soon... ♫

BillEGoatSmile's avatar

Wow. That guy got hit with the idiot stick more than once.

Fartknocker's avatar

I suspect he fell on his head attempting to use the pole in a 2 story fire station.

ArgieBargie's avatar

During his closing remarks in court today, Trump said that the disclaimer clause "goes on forever," in one of his many talking points.

The AG's counsel deadpans: "That clause isn't the only thing that goes on forever."

(Laughter in the court.)

https://x.com/KlasfeldReports/status/1721615905732342124?s=20

Edith Prickly's avatar

Today we are all the AG's counsel.

Bagels of Doom's avatar

the fun bit is that he can't control the news cycle with his court appearances like he can with his Hitler rallies (which will also only get crazier as his losses in court pile up.)

I'd be wearing every bit of protective gear if I had to spend time in his vicinity.

Bradthe🤖's avatar

The funny part is that he really doesn’t seem to understand that he already lost the case, and this whole thing is about damages.

SkeptiKC's avatar

Abject denial consumes him. He simply cannot and will not accept that he is a loser.

Bagels of Doom's avatar

belligerence won't help him this time and that's the only move he's got.

ArgieBargie's avatar

He does not know how to operate outside his MAGA circlejerk of yes-men and cult members. He's a dumb, broken, deeply ignorant man enabled by the worst people in the country.

Shocktreatment's avatar

HerBops ("I am 𝘵𝘰𝘰 a lawyer!") doesn't seem to get it either

Land Shark 🇺🇦 🏳️‍⚧️'s avatar

You know you're losing when opposing counsel is making jokes in the court room.

blueicebank's avatar

I find it odd that Trump and his lawyers would argue that a sitting President has the authority to kill a political rival without legal jeopardy.

Hey, Donnie, I'm pretty sure Joe Biden knows a guy who knows a guy. Not that Joe would go down that route. But nothing in world guarantees Old Handsome Joe doesn't one day wake up on the wrong side of the bed, misses his morning coffee, and Jill ain't around to stop him, and he makes a phone call.

Joe: "Fuck it. Operation Vulgarian is a go."

fair_n_hite_451's avatar

Operation Ketchup Cleanup

Kate Stoneman's avatar

They are hoping the Supreme Court will craft a decision that will be a one-off, like so: "We hold that Trump is immune from prosecution under the unique circumstances applicable only to Trump and no one else. We are not creating a precedent."

I think it's naive to expect ilthe current conservative majority to follow its own precedent or to be consistent from one decision to the next. Those people have no conscience.

Dr. Rrrrrobotnik's avatar

Because they know a Democratic president won't actually make use of a power like that, since if they *were* the kind of person who would do something like that, they'd be a Republican.

Mr. Minky's avatar

And yet, the Republicans keep screaming about the "Biden Crime Family".

The G-7 Experience's avatar

I bet Miley would do the job for his country...

chascates's avatar

"Trump just spoke in court — a full stream of consciousness moment.

He attacked Judge Engoron to his face.

Engoron told Trump's lawyer to "control your client."

Engoron eventually cut off Trump."

-Kyle Griffin

Daniel's avatar

Yes, I said- and I will say this, but I will say, and this- I mean this, so you know when I say it you know you can, so you can take that to the bank we love, we love mountain flowers don't we folks? And his heart, I remember this was going, oh boy was it going! And so I said yes, I said you know, I will, and yes.

M-X's avatar

Gettin Joycean and shit!

Daniel's avatar

They said "is it about bicycle?" I said take your O'Briening outta here!

Daniel's avatar

But they say you can't do this now because they have this thing, it's a terrible- it's called "punk choo ation" they say you can't say thing like that any more but remember folks when you used to speak you could go on for pages pages of there was no anything in there indirect speech thats also oh we love implication dont we folks

Daniel's avatar

We love Joyce theres o hes the best we love- playing with form and internal monologue don't we folks? Multilingual puns I say you keep giving I will keep you know, but then there's Proust. I remember Proust, best to ever do it if you ask me, but there was Woolf and also, and nobody says this but it's true, Bely. Bely. Very simple, very small name, but very great and avantest guard if you ask me, and listen, I love Mayakovsky...

Daniel's avatar

Great properties, I got some great properties on a little place we call a-the Way By A-Swann's.

Elviouslyqueer's avatar

Honestly, whenever PAB starts this shit, just find him in contempt and throw his ass in jail.

TootsStansbury 🇺🇦's avatar

There’s usually a dedicated cell with an AV connection so the unruly defendant can still see and hear the proceedings.

chascates's avatar

'UNCONSTITUTIONALS!'