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The fact that they’re being expected to fork out for his election campaign, his defense fund(S, as in multiple), the money he owes to E. Jean Carroll, his criminal cases, his fraud cases… I think it’s little wonder there’s a shortfall.

He’s spent his life conning investors, conning banks, conning retailers, conning lawyers, conning the IRS…. etc., etc., etc… He’s so used to having a rob Peter to pay Paul who he robs to pay the next fool… taking half of them to court or being taken to court by them, dragging cases out until he bankrupts them then refusing to pay the lawyers who represented him, all while presenting himself as a brilliant businessman. With that all gone he can’t believe that his cons are no longer working.

The pigeons have come home to roost. FINALLY.

And he’s going to quickly discover that, as a has-been, no one’s going to back him, even his good pal Putin.

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Who needs campaign funds when you have unlimited social media campaign and fake news dollars from Russia and Saudi Arabia?

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Ta, Dok. This is, as they say, rich.

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I knew this was going to happen. They only had some many mortgages to take out and IRAs to close down. Little Suzie's college and braces fund was the first to go. The real fanatics sold their house and moved to a trailer park. Literally betting the farm on Trump's win has used up every penny of loose change they had.

And where has it gone?

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To pay his lawyers because he can’t get a lawyer without paying upfront in cash for some reason.

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Here's an interesting sidebar from Salem, OR.

Trump declines to appear in Oregon’s iconic Voters’ Pamphlet https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2024/03/trump-declines-to-appear-in-oregons-iconic-voters-pamphlet.html

"Laura Kerns, a spokeswoman for the Oregon Secretary of State’s Office, said Trump’s campaign declined to provide a statement for the pamphlet and didn’t share a reason. Candidates aren’t required to submit statements, but most choose to pay the fee – $3,500 for a presidential candidate – and draft a statement of 325 words or fewer that will be mailed to every voter in Oregon."

"Candidates list their occupation, job background, educational background and prior government experience, then have space for endorsements and their own statements." The first two parts are vetted and have legal penalties for fibbing. The personal statement is not fact checked.

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... iconic?

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It hits the news frequently. The Oregonian must be running out of adjectives again.

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I take this as a sign that Shitler’s twenty minutes of fame is finally, at long last, coming to a torturously overdue end, or at least all downhill from here on out, and I am going to savor and revel in every beautiful fucking minute of it. 😻

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There's the old saying in the music biz about being nice to the people on the way up because you're going to see them on the way down.'

Trump doesn't have any friends. Not one.

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Small boner fatigue

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The downside of this is that the smaller donors are more likely to support their favorite local rabid turds, especially if they're in a contested downballot race.

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Trump and the RNC: this reminds me of the story about the frog and the scorpion...

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LOL I love this for him. Hope he bankrupts that whole fascist party.

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Morally bankrupt for decades, now it’s just the money.

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Wait a minute, some dude has a jet suit and climate change is because I sometimes buy bottled water?

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"I was donating to a billionaire and now it turns out he's broke! No more money to him!"

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Thank you, Dok. With this news my crops are watered, I'm moisturized, in my lane, flourishing.

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And, to add more insult to injury, just yesterday the Biden campaign received $4.5M in donations. One day fundraising efforts that beat PAB’s entire January. Suck it.

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BAB- Broke Ass Bitch!

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SBAB. He stinks.

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I wonder how the conversation with Jared went? Probably something like this:

PAB: Hello Jared. Look - you got that $2 bil from King Bonesaw because of me. You know it and I know it. Lend me $500 mil or so and you'll get your money back with interest after I clean this mess up.

JARED: New phone, who dis?

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Trump got his. Jared didn't step off that government plane on January 6, 2021 without giving Daddy-in-law his due.

And I thought all these guys had these secret offshore accounts they could tap at a moment's notice for ungodly liquid funds.

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