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One of my (many) complaints about Bill Maher was that, whenever Chris Christie came up, he could have gone after him for his incompetence, his bullying, his corruption, his subservience to Trump, but he always went for the fat joke.

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No matter what should happen, I doubt that thing that masqueraded as POTUS will ever see prison, no matter how much he deserves it (and he does). However, I have hope that he may experience penury, which for someone like him would probably be worse.

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My Dad listens to some online news service that uses non-English news articles, poorly translated.

One stated that Trump aimed to "let out the badlands".

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He says "I take the 5th".

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Same thing happens with conspiracy theories and urban legends. The time, what place it happened, and who it happened to, are always amorphous. Because you can't fact check with no details.

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The judicial system certainly is biased against TFG; it insists things be true. That's absolutely devastating to 99% of his lawsuits right there.

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I don't know how I missed BoJo The Clown before - absolutely perfect!

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I'm thinking Trump lied his orange, back-filled, poorly designed face off. That gets him off the hook for being "pockmarked." Nothing but kindness on my part, as far as I'm concerned!

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Will Trump ever go to jail? I don’t know, he’s got enough money and political support that it’s less likely than if he were just some broke mook from Queens, but I wouldn’t bet on him dodging the possibility unless he drops dead in the couple of years.

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Yeah, penury is the best we can hope for. Even if they're totally fake "rich" guys, they never wind up grinning at us through bars. Damn shame. Nonetheless, I'm head cheerleader for "penury!!" Hoo-rah!!!!

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Uncle Raygun used to do that, too.He'd make up some patriotic sounding horse shit, or repeat a movie plot or a Reader's Digest story as if it were fact, even after being corrected by his staff, even after being *repeatedly* corrected by his staff.

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"he thought he could run the US Government the same way he ran his nickel and dime real estate deals."

And that's essentially what he did.Trump airline, Trump casinos, Trump vodka, Trump steaks, Trump clothing... all spectacular failures.He inherited half a billion dollars decades ago and basically whizzed it down his leg.If he didn't literally add the government to his long list of bankruptcies, he certainly didn't do it any good with his tax cuts.

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With that nose, he was worried about Chris Christie's ass?

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I rather like "Weasel Top".

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The central district in California was probably thrilled to have something not related to water allocations.

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