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Trump's criminal conviction is spurring big-dollar campaign contributions as son touts record 24-hour haul
The Trump campaign says it believes approximately $150 million could roll in the coming days
Published June 1, 2024 8:44pm EDTFormer president Donald Trump's criminal conviction is spurring high-dollar donors to flock to his side, with his campaign estimating that approximately $150 million will be raised in the coming days.
Charlie Gasparino, a senior correspondent for the FOX Business Network and the Fox News Channel, wrote in an opinion piece for the New York Post that a group of GOP billionaires and multimillionaires were waiting in the wings for the former president following his conviction for falsifying business records on Thursday.
"We spoke for two hours," one attendee told Gasparino. "Everyone explained the need for Trump to win given the dangerous direction of the country under Biden, and they said they were willing to do whatever to support him."
Many showed their support, according to Gasparino, pledging an astounding $30 million to Trump's campaign on Thursday evening.
The Trump campaign said that they believe an estimated $150 million will come in the coming days, Gasparino wrote.
Following the 24-hour fundraising event, Trump's son, Eric Trump, touted the $52.8 million raised on "Jesse Watters Primetime" Friday.
"What’s really amazing, go back to 2016 for a second, the largest fundraising haul in history to that point, we did in one day, you know, $16 million," Eric Trump told Watters.
"And as of a couple of minutes ago, we just announced $52.8 million in 24 hours, and we’re probably another five, six million dollars above that, based on the fact that that was exactly 24 hours from the indictment time, which was about 5:30 [p.m.]," he continued.
Minutes after the verdict was read in the first trial of the former president, the former president's team put out a fundraising appeal to supporters.
"Friend: Is this the end of America?," the presumptive Republican presidential nominee asked in the email. "I was just convicted in a RIGGED political Witch Hunt trial.
"My end-of-month fundraising deadline is just DAYS AWAY!" Trump emphasized in the email, which included a photo of the former president labeling him a "political prisoner.
Meanwhile, Biden's re-election campaign also quickly sent out fundraising appeals following the verdict.
"Despite a jury finding Donald Trump guilty today, there is still only one way to keep Donald Trump out of the Oval Office: At the ballot box," the Biden campaign wrote in a fundraising text to supporters Thursday evening.
And it urged that "if you have been waiting for the perfect time to make your first donation to Joe Biden's reelection campaign, we're here to tell you today is the day."
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trump lied 30,000 times while in office. he has overinflated and undervalued his property value for tax and loan benefits and is facing trial for that. you are really going to believe him about this?shecky said:Trump's criminal conviction is spurring big-dollar campaign contributions as son touts record 24-hour haul
The Trump campaign says it believes approximately $150 million could roll in the coming days
Published June 1, 2024 8:44pm EDTFormer president Donald Trump's criminal conviction is spurring high-dollar donors to flock to his side, with his campaign estimating that approximately $150 million will be raised in the coming days.
Charlie Gasparino, a senior correspondent for the FOX Business Network and the Fox News Channel, wrote in an opinion piece for the New York Post that a group of GOP billionaires and multimillionaires were waiting in the wings for the former president following his conviction for falsifying business records on Thursday.
"We spoke for two hours," one attendee told Gasparino. "Everyone explained the need for Trump to win given the dangerous direction of the country under Biden, and they said they were willing to do whatever to support him."
Many showed their support, according to Gasparino, pledging an astounding $30 million to Trump's campaign on Thursday evening.
The Trump campaign said that they believe an estimated $150 million will come in the coming days, Gasparino wrote.
Following the 24-hour fundraising event, Trump's son, Eric Trump, touted the $52.8 million raised on "Jesse Watters Primetime" Friday.
"What’s really amazing, go back to 2016 for a second, the largest fundraising haul in history to that point, we did in one day, you know, $16 million," Eric Trump told Watters.
"And as of a couple of minutes ago, we just announced $52.8 million in 24 hours, and we’re probably another five, six million dollars above that, based on the fact that that was exactly 24 hours from the indictment time, which was about 5:30 [p.m.]," he continued.
Minutes after the verdict was read in the first trial of the former president, the former president's team put out a fundraising appeal to supporters.
"Friend: Is this the end of America?," the presumptive Republican presidential nominee asked in the email. "I was just convicted in a RIGGED political Witch Hunt trial.
"My end-of-month fundraising deadline is just DAYS AWAY!" Trump emphasized in the email, which included a photo of the former president labeling him a "political prisoner.
Meanwhile, Biden's re-election campaign also quickly sent out fundraising appeals following the verdict.
"Despite a jury finding Donald Trump guilty today, there is still only one way to keep Donald Trump out of the Oval Office: At the ballot box," the Biden campaign wrote in a fundraising text to supporters Thursday evening.
And it urged that "if you have been waiting for the perfect time to make your first donation to Joe Biden's reelection campaign, we're here to tell you today is the day."
i would bet he got 20 million tops. tops."You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry." - Lincoln
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If Trump isn’t legally mandated to be honest on any given topic, he won’t be. Even if he is, it’s a crapshoot.gimmesometruth27 said:
trump lied 30,000 times while in office. he has overinflated and undervalued his property value for tax and loan benefits and is facing trial for that. you are really going to believe him about this?shecky said:Trump's criminal conviction is spurring big-dollar campaign contributions as son touts record 24-hour haul
The Trump campaign says it believes approximately $150 million could roll in the coming days
Published June 1, 2024 8:44pm EDTFormer president Donald Trump's criminal conviction is spurring high-dollar donors to flock to his side, with his campaign estimating that approximately $150 million will be raised in the coming days.
Charlie Gasparino, a senior correspondent for the FOX Business Network and the Fox News Channel, wrote in an opinion piece for the New York Post that a group of GOP billionaires and multimillionaires were waiting in the wings for the former president following his conviction for falsifying business records on Thursday.
"We spoke for two hours," one attendee told Gasparino. "Everyone explained the need for Trump to win given the dangerous direction of the country under Biden, and they said they were willing to do whatever to support him."
Many showed their support, according to Gasparino, pledging an astounding $30 million to Trump's campaign on Thursday evening.
The Trump campaign said that they believe an estimated $150 million will come in the coming days, Gasparino wrote.
Following the 24-hour fundraising event, Trump's son, Eric Trump, touted the $52.8 million raised on "Jesse Watters Primetime" Friday.
"What’s really amazing, go back to 2016 for a second, the largest fundraising haul in history to that point, we did in one day, you know, $16 million," Eric Trump told Watters.
"And as of a couple of minutes ago, we just announced $52.8 million in 24 hours, and we’re probably another five, six million dollars above that, based on the fact that that was exactly 24 hours from the indictment time, which was about 5:30 [p.m.]," he continued.
Minutes after the verdict was read in the first trial of the former president, the former president's team put out a fundraising appeal to supporters.
"Friend: Is this the end of America?," the presumptive Republican presidential nominee asked in the email. "I was just convicted in a RIGGED political Witch Hunt trial.
"My end-of-month fundraising deadline is just DAYS AWAY!" Trump emphasized in the email, which included a photo of the former president labeling him a "political prisoner.
Meanwhile, Biden's re-election campaign also quickly sent out fundraising appeals following the verdict.
"Despite a jury finding Donald Trump guilty today, there is still only one way to keep Donald Trump out of the Oval Office: At the ballot box," the Biden campaign wrote in a fundraising text to supporters Thursday evening.
And it urged that "if you have been waiting for the perfect time to make your first donation to Joe Biden's reelection campaign, we're here to tell you today is the day."
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https://apnews.com/article/russia-trump-putin-us-election-2828902db670e00af3b1ac871938b96e Trump's attacks on US justice system after guilty verdict could be useful to autocrats like PutinTrump's attacks on US justice system after guilty verdict could be useful to autocrats like PutinBy EMMA BURROWSToday
After his historic guilty verdict in his hush money case, Donald Trump attacked the U.S. criminal justice system, making unfounded claims of a “rigged” trial that echoed remarks from the Kremlin.
“If they can do this to me, they can do this to anyone,” Trump said Friday, speaking from his namesake tower in New York on Friday. Thousands of miles away, Russian President Vladimir Putin was probably “rubbing his hands with glee,” said Fiona Hill, a former senior White House national security adviser to three U.S. presidents, including Trump.
Hill and other analysts say Trump’s attacks could be useful to Putin and other autocrats as they look to boost their standing among their own citizens, potentially sway the upcoming U.S. presidential election in which Trump is the presumptive Republican nominee, and undermine the United States’ global influence.
Some autocratic countries reacted swiftly in support of Trump.
Moscow agreed with Trump's assessment of Thursday's verdict, calling it the “elimination of political rivals by all possible legal or illegal means,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. In September, Putin said the prosecution of Trump was political revenge that “shows the rottenness of the American political system.”
After the verdict, Hungary's populist, pro-Russia prime minister, Viktor Orban, called Trump a “man of honor” and urged him to “keep on fighting.”
China’s state-owned Global Times newspaper suggested Trump’s conviction adds to the “farcical nature” of this year's U.S. presidential election, adding that it will aggravate political extremism and end in “more chaos and social unrest.”
Putin is especially likely to see the latest turmoil as an opportunity, analysts say. He has long sought to widen divisions in Western societies in an attempt to advance a Russian worldview. Since the invasion of Ukraine, and ahead of crucial elections throughout the West this year, Russia has been accused of carrying out multiple attacks of sabotage and of targeting dissidents abroad to stoke anxieties and sow discord.
Moscow was accused of meddling in the 2016 U.S. election that Trump won by creating a troll factory, hacking Hillary Clinton's campaign, spreading fake news and trying to influence Trump-linked officials.
“What mischief does he have to make when you have people within the American system itself denigrating it and pulling it down?” Hill said of Putin.
Political chaos can benefit autocratic leaders by distracting Washington from key issues, including the war in Ukraine. Russia's goal is to move voices from the "fringes of the political debate to the mainstream,” said David Salvo, Managing Director of the Alliance for Securing Democracy at the German Marshall Fund in Washington, D.C.
The Kremlin does that partly by pushing Russian points of view under the guise of news and social media posts that look like they originate in the West.
Salvo noted that disagreements in Congress that delayed an aid package to Ukraine followed a Russian social media campaign aimed at Americans. That led to Russia gaining the upper hand on the battlefield.
The attacks on the U.S. justice system from Trump and his allies are “perfect fodder" for another "major propaganda and influence operation,” Hill told The Associated Press, suggesting Russia could target swing voters in battleground states ahead of the November election.
For generations, U.S. presidential administrations have depicted America as a bastion of democracy, free speech and human rights and have encouraged other states to adopt those ideals. But Trump suggested the justice system is being used to persecute him — something that happens in some autocratic countries.
Leaders including Putin “must love” that Trump is criticizing “the key institutions of democracy” in the way autocratic states have done for years as it legitimizes them in the eyes of their own people said Graeme Robertson, a political science professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Trump sees himself as a “strongman ruler” and looks to Putin for inspiration, Hill said. His attacks encourage any nation — from those with a mild gripe to the openly hostile — to “have their moment to bring down the colossus,” Hill said.
The message to Chinese and Russian citizens watching the drama unfold in the U.S. is that they are better off at home. The message to countries that Russia and China are courting as they attempt to expand their influence in Africa, Asia and Latin America is that Moscow and Beijing can offer more reliable partnerships.
The threat from the “new axis of authoritarians,” including Russia, China, Iran and North Korea is “daunting,” as those states work more closely together with overlapping interests said Matthew Kroenig, a former defense official and vice president at the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security.
Moscow in particular, Kroenig said, will likely try to use the political turmoil in the U.S. to divide the NATO security alliance. It could try to turn the public in NATO states against the U.S. by encouraging them to question whether they have “shared values” with Americans, he said. If successful, that could lead to a fundamental reshaping of global security architecture — a goal of Russia and China — since the end of the Cold War.
Some Western governments, meanwhile, are caught in a delicate dance between not wanting to ostracize Trump as a potential next U.S. president and the need to respect the U.S. justice system. Others, such as EU member Hungary, openly court him.
“For Putin it must be perfect because it creates a mess that he can try to seek advantage from,” Hill said.
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Associated Press writer Ken Moritsugu in Hong Kong contributed to this report.
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Haven't seen it in person yet, but have a PJ friend on Facebook that has it has their profile pic. Which is nothing short of hilarious to me.ikiT said:saw my first upside downer here in MD. Right near an elementary school.
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2023Yea, sure. Real tough guy willing to do time. Sure he is.
Trump says he’s ‘OK’ with serving potential jail time or house arrest after historic conviction
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His jail time (he won't get it in this case) would be like a country club with secret service there. He would never see anything close to the general population.Halifax2TheMax said:Yea, sure. Real tough guy willing to do time. Sure he is.Trump says he’s ‘OK’ with serving potential jail time or house arrest after historic conviction
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2023I know I shouldn't be surprised but the misinformation still being peddled by the GOP on major news shows is just outrageous.
The whole narrative of tRump not knowing what the charges were, not being able to call witnesses, etc., just blows my mind.
I can understand them not wanting to kick him off the ticket but at least be somewhat honest. "The charges are not ideal but we don't think it will influence his ability to lead" or something is acceptable. Just flat out spewing bullshit isn't.Remember the Thomas Nine !! (10/02/2018)
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Multiple Trump Witnesses Have Received Significant Financial Benefits From His Businesses, Campaign
by Robert Faturechi, Justin Elliott and Alex Mierjeski June 3, 6 a.m. EDTWitnesses in the various criminal cases against the former president have gotten pay raises, new jobs and more. If any benefits were intended to influence testimony, that could be a crime.
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Nine witnesses in the criminal cases against former President Donald Trump have received significant financial benefits, including large raises from his campaign, severance packages, new jobs, and a grant of shares and cash from Trump’s media company.
The benefits have flowed from Trump’s businesses and campaign committees, according to a ProPublica analysis of public disclosures, court records and securities filings. One campaign aide had his average monthly pay double, from $26,000 to $53,500. Another employee got a $2 million severance package barring him from voluntarily cooperating with law enforcement. And one of the campaign’s top officials had her daughter hired onto the campaign staff, where she is now the fourth-highest-paid employee.
Email address:These pay increases and other benefits often came at delicate moments in the legal proceedings against Trump. One aide who was given a plum position on the board of Trump’s social media company, for example, got the seat after he was subpoenaed but before he testified.
Significant changes to a staffer’s work situation, such as bonuses, pay raises, firings or promotions, can be evidence of a crime if they come outside the normal course of business. To prove witness tampering, prosecutors would need to show that perks or punishments were intended to influence testimony.
White-collar defense lawyers say the situation Trump finds himself in — in the dual role of defendant and boss of many of the people who are the primary witnesses to his alleged crimes — is not uncommon. Their standard advice is not to provide any unusual benefits or penalties to such employees. Ideally, decisions about employees slated to give evidence should be made by an independent body such as a board, not the boss who is under investigation.cinvestigation.continues.....
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What was that about Brandon and Hunter again?mickeyrat said:Multiple Trump Witnesses Have Received Significant Financial Benefits From His Businesses, Campaign
Witnesses in the various criminal cases against the former president have gotten pay raises, new jobs and more. If any benefits were intended to influence testimony, that could be a crime.
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Nine witnesses in the criminal cases against former President Donald Trump have received significant financial benefits, including large raises from his campaign, severance packages, new jobs, and a grant of shares and cash from Trump’s media company.
The benefits have flowed from Trump’s businesses and campaign committees, according to a ProPublica analysis of public disclosures, court records and securities filings. One campaign aide had his average monthly pay double, from $26,000 to $53,500. Another employee got a $2 million severance package barring him from voluntarily cooperating with law enforcement. And one of the campaign’s top officials had her daughter hired onto the campaign staff, where she is now the fourth-highest-paid employee.
Email address:These pay increases and other benefits often came at delicate moments in the legal proceedings against Trump. One aide who was given a plum position on the board of Trump’s social media company, for example, got the seat after he was subpoenaed but before he testified.
Significant changes to a staffer’s work situation, such as bonuses, pay raises, firings or promotions, can be evidence of a crime if they come outside the normal course of business. To prove witness tampering, prosecutors would need to show that perks or punishments were intended to influence testimony.
White-collar defense lawyers say the situation Trump finds himself in — in the dual role of defendant and boss of many of the people who are the primary witnesses to his alleged crimes — is not uncommon. Their standard advice is not to provide any unusual benefits or penalties to such employees. Ideally, decisions about employees slated to give evidence should be made by an independent body such as a board, not the boss who is under investigation.cinvestigation.continues.....09/15/1998 & 09/16/1998, Mansfield, MA; 08/29/00 08/30/00, Mansfield, MA; 07/02/03, 07/03/03, Mansfield, MA; 09/28/04, 09/29/04, Boston, MA; 09/22/05, Halifax, NS; 05/24/06, 05/25/06, Boston, MA; 07/22/06, 07/23/06, Gorge, WA; 06/27/2008, Hartford; 06/28/08, 06/30/08, Mansfield; 08/18/2009, O2, London, UK; 10/30/09, 10/31/09, Philadelphia, PA; 05/15/10, Hartford, CT; 05/17/10, Boston, MA; 05/20/10, 05/21/10, NY, NY; 06/22/10, Dublin, IRE; 06/23/10, Northern Ireland; 09/03/11, 09/04/11, Alpine Valley, WI; 09/11/11, 09/12/11, Toronto, Ont; 09/14/11, Ottawa, Ont; 09/15/11, Hamilton, Ont; 07/02/2012, Prague, Czech Republic; 07/04/2012 & 07/05/2012, Berlin, Germany; 07/07/2012, Stockholm, Sweden; 09/30/2012, Missoula, MT; 07/16/2013, London, Ont; 07/19/2013, Chicago, IL; 10/15/2013 & 10/16/2013, Worcester, MA; 10/21/2013 & 10/22/2013, Philadelphia, PA; 10/25/2013, Hartford, CT; 11/29/2013, Portland, OR; 11/30/2013, Spokane, WA; 12/04/2013, Vancouver, BC; 12/06/2013, Seattle, WA; 10/03/2014, St. Louis. MO; 10/22/2014, Denver, CO; 10/26/2015, New York, NY; 04/23/2016, New Orleans, LA; 04/28/2016 & 04/29/2016, Philadelphia, PA; 05/01/2016 & 05/02/2016, New York, NY; 05/08/2016, Ottawa, Ont.; 05/10/2016 & 05/12/2016, Toronto, Ont.; 08/05/2016 & 08/07/2016, Boston, MA; 08/20/2016 & 08/22/2016, Chicago, IL; 07/01/2018, Prague, Czech Republic; 07/03/2018, Krakow, Poland; 07/05/2018, Berlin, Germany; 09/02/2018 & 09/04/2018, Boston, MA; 09/08/2022, Toronto, Ont; 09/11/2022, New York, NY; 09/14/2022, Camden, NJ; 09/02/2023, St. Paul, MN; 05/04/2024 & 05/06/2024, Vancouver, BC; 05/10/2024, Portland, OR;
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Trump’s many dog whistles about unrest and violence
The former president’s post-conviction comment about a “breaking point” follows a long line of suggestive comments. The thrust is unmistakable.
Before the 2016 election, Marco Rubio warned about it. Ted Cruz warned about it. Nikki Haleywarned about it. Rick Perry even previewed it in an eerily prescient way.
All of these prominent Republicans linked Donald Trump’s rhetoric to the potential for political violence. Then we saw such violence on Jan. 6, 2021.
Despite the predictability of it — and indeed, the fact that it was predicted — Trump has wrangled control of the Republican Party again, and he continues to not-at-all-subtly raise the specter of unrest and violence as a political bargaining chip.
The most recent example: In his first interview since being convicted on 34 felony counts in Manhattan, Trump this past weekend addressed the possibility of being imprisoned or put under house arrest by saying, “I’m not sure the public would stand for it.”
“I think it would be tough for the public to take,” Trump told Fox News. “You know, at a certain point, there’s a breaking point.”
This is vintage Trump. He’s not explicitly advocating unrest. He’s not even explicitly mentioning unrest in this case. But he is suggestively pointing to something very bad around the corner if he doesn’t get what he wants.
And as with his recent “bloodbath” comment, the point is not that this comment is a particularly egregious example of a dog whistle to his supporters; it’s that it’s merely the latest in a long line of suggestive comments. The context is key, and the track record is unmistakable.
Trump wants his foes to worry about things getting ugly — and to perhaps adjust their behavior accordingly. The problem is that we’ve seen how supporters can take his comments as a call to action. (And Trump’s comments, crucially, almost never come with an admonition to stay peaceful.)
Let’s recap that long line.
March 2016 (warning about being denied the Republican nomination)
“I think it would be — I think you’d have riots. … I think you would have problems like you’ve never seen before. I think bad things would happen, I really do. I believe that. I wouldn’t lead it, but I think bad things would happen.”
August 2016 (warning about Hillary Clinton picking judges)
“If she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks. Although the Second Amendment people, maybe there is, I don’t know.”
March 2019
“I have the support of the police, the support of the military, the support of the Bikers for Trump. I have the tough people, but they don’t play it tough — until they go to a certain point, and then it would be very bad, very bad.”
May 2020
Amid racial justice protests, tweets a video featuring a supporter saying, “The only good Democrat is a dead Democrat” (the supporter clarified he wasn’t being literal). A day later, tweets, “When the looting starts, the shooting starts.”
September 2020 (when challenged to condemn white supremacists and militia groups threatening violence)
“Proud Boys, stand back and stand by. But I’ll tell you what: Somebody has to do something about antifa and the left.” (The Proud Boys later led the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, with several being convicted of seditious conspiracy.)
November 2020 (responding to an adverse ruling from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court)
“The Supreme Court decision on voting in Pennsylvania is a VERY dangerous one. It will allow rampant and unchecked cheating and will undermine our entire systems of laws. It will also induce violence in the streets. Something must be done!”
August 2022 (after the search of Mar-a-Lago)
“People are so angry at what is taking place. Whatever we can do to help because the temperature has to be brought down in the country. If it isn’t, terrible things are going to happen.” (Even Fox News’s conservative hosts were skepticalthat Trump was in fact interested in taking down the temperature.)
February 2023 (amid talk of disqualifying Trump from holding office)
Reposts a supporter who warns that advocates of disqualification “will have to figure out how to fight 80,000,000 + it’s not going to happen again. People my age and old[er] will physically fight for him this time. … They got my 6 and we Are Locked and LOADED.”
March 2023 (before his Manhattan indictment)
“What kind of person can charge another person … with a Crime, when it is known by all that NO Crime has been committed, & also known that potential death & destruction in such a false charge could be catastrophic for our Country?”
Trump added, “OUR COUNTRY IS BEING DESTROYED, AS THEY TELL US TO BE PEACEFUL!”
January 2024
“I think they feel [prosecuting Trump] is the way they’re going to try and win, and that’s not the way it goes. It’ll be bedlam in the country. It’s a very bad thing. It’s a very bad precedent. As we said, it’s the opening of a Pandora’s box.” (A Washington Post reporter asked Trump as he was walking away if he would tell his supporters not to get violent. Trump ignored the question.)
April 2024 (on whether there will be violence if he loses)
“I don’t think we’re going to have that; I think we’re going to win. And if we don’t win, you know, it depends. It always depends on the fairness of an election.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/06/03/trumps-many-dog-whistles-about-unrest-violence/
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2023And so many firsts!
Trump added to his lengthy resume of presidential firsts last week: first president to be impeached twice, first president to refuse to concede an election loss; first president to try to overturn the results of a democratic election; first modern president to refuse to attend his successor’s inauguration; first former president to be indicted on 88 felony counts. And now, he’s the first president to be criminally convicted on 34 felony charges by a jury.
So much winning!
https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/03/opinions/trump-conviction-former-press-team-grisham-farah-griffin/index.html
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Squirrel Jam said:
That was so f'ing awesome. My friend had correctly predicted they would do Rockin' in the Free World, too. Best way to celebrate that "historic day"!darwinstheory said:Hopefully Ed wears that 34 jersey tonight!Damn I am out of it…I saw clips that night and was thinking about the great Walter Payton, didn’t think of the man in the red hat for a second…0 -
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So Trump was giving bonuses and severance pay for those that were favorable witnesses for him. I mean is there anything that this guy doesn't that isn't a scam and fraud?0
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No.pjhawks said:So Trump was giving bonuses and severance pay for those that were favorable witnesses for him. I mean is there anything that this guy doesn't that isn't a scam and fraud?09/15/1998 & 09/16/1998, Mansfield, MA; 08/29/00 08/30/00, Mansfield, MA; 07/02/03, 07/03/03, Mansfield, MA; 09/28/04, 09/29/04, Boston, MA; 09/22/05, Halifax, NS; 05/24/06, 05/25/06, Boston, MA; 07/22/06, 07/23/06, Gorge, WA; 06/27/2008, Hartford; 06/28/08, 06/30/08, Mansfield; 08/18/2009, O2, London, UK; 10/30/09, 10/31/09, Philadelphia, PA; 05/15/10, Hartford, CT; 05/17/10, Boston, MA; 05/20/10, 05/21/10, NY, NY; 06/22/10, Dublin, IRE; 06/23/10, Northern Ireland; 09/03/11, 09/04/11, Alpine Valley, WI; 09/11/11, 09/12/11, Toronto, Ont; 09/14/11, Ottawa, Ont; 09/15/11, Hamilton, Ont; 07/02/2012, Prague, Czech Republic; 07/04/2012 & 07/05/2012, Berlin, Germany; 07/07/2012, Stockholm, Sweden; 09/30/2012, Missoula, MT; 07/16/2013, London, Ont; 07/19/2013, Chicago, IL; 10/15/2013 & 10/16/2013, Worcester, MA; 10/21/2013 & 10/22/2013, Philadelphia, PA; 10/25/2013, Hartford, CT; 11/29/2013, Portland, OR; 11/30/2013, Spokane, WA; 12/04/2013, Vancouver, BC; 12/06/2013, Seattle, WA; 10/03/2014, St. Louis. MO; 10/22/2014, Denver, CO; 10/26/2015, New York, NY; 04/23/2016, New Orleans, LA; 04/28/2016 & 04/29/2016, Philadelphia, PA; 05/01/2016 & 05/02/2016, New York, NY; 05/08/2016, Ottawa, Ont.; 05/10/2016 & 05/12/2016, Toronto, Ont.; 08/05/2016 & 08/07/2016, Boston, MA; 08/20/2016 & 08/22/2016, Chicago, IL; 07/01/2018, Prague, Czech Republic; 07/03/2018, Krakow, Poland; 07/05/2018, Berlin, Germany; 09/02/2018 & 09/04/2018, Boston, MA; 09/08/2022, Toronto, Ont; 09/11/2022, New York, NY; 09/14/2022, Camden, NJ; 09/02/2023, St. Paul, MN; 05/04/2024 & 05/06/2024, Vancouver, BC; 05/10/2024, Portland, OR;
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2023Hypocritical Felonious Fraud who never brandished a gun in his life yet, magically, is the NRA's biggest proponent will be losing his ability to pack heat in NYC.
I love irony.
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