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Dr Linda's avatar

“The jury can find Trump “guilty” in a general sense without specifically defining the crime.”

That’s insane! Guilty of something but who knows what it is.

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Blair's avatar

I think the quote below aptly describes the Trump trial....

"Give me the man and I will give you the case against him."

- Quote attributed to the Stalinist-era Soviet jurist Andrey Vyshinsky, or the Soviet secret police chief Lavrentiy Beria.

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RunningLogic's avatar

I agree, that is exactly what is happening here 😕

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JudyC's avatar

“- Quote attributed to the Stalinist-era Soviet jurist Andrey Vyshinsky, or the Soviet secret police chief Lavrentiy Beria.”

Or any Soros D.A.!

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Just Comment's avatar

I had been a doctoral student and personally witnessed DEI students copied directly from borrowed books from the Library.

Wonder how Soros's D.A. passed their Bar Exam ?

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Peter GL's avatar

And what makes you think the demon craps that run NYC are any different?

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Vonu's avatar

It depends on whether they are partying together or separately.

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EightDaysaWeek's avatar

The democrat panic & desperation is becoming obvious. New Yorkers and fed up with the democrat bullsh*t and are going to turn the state RED. And if they believe a Trump guilty verdict will change our votes, GFY!!

I enjoy wearing this in front of dems: https://t.co/jhM0aRfLef

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Benjamin Two N's's avatar

New york will never go red..mark my words.

It's simply beyond the state. Trump was a New Yorker, even.

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Astragale's avatar

The absolute liberal BS must be overwhelming a whole bunch of Dem voters by now.

Surely!

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chuck kutchera's avatar

Remember it’s not "It’s not who votes that counts," Stalin supposedly said. "It’s who counts the vote.

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Alison Smith's avatar

Remember he was found guilty of "raping" that woman that he had never met! All things are possible today, unfortunately.

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Seeking Grace's avatar

@Alison Smith and then she tweeted once that “The Apprentice” was one of her favorite shows! Who watches a show starring their “rapist”?! What a very odd woman she is.

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JudyC's avatar

She’s not “odd”, she’s insane!

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AngelaK's avatar

💯💯💯 Recently said that she finds rape sexy.

The woman is sick.

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william howard's avatar

and couldn't even remember which year the rape supposedly occurred - but the jury didn't find him guilty of rape but of defamation when he protested the absurdity of the claim

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Susan Seas's avatar

Right! How Dare Trump be allowed a defense! Because his secretaries would know Exactly where he was at any given time!

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CeeMcG's avatar

Her Twitter/X post history is beyond insane.

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L  Young's avatar

Is she in jail?

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ViaVeritasVita's avatar

She imagined being raped by him, and the thought became the deed.

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Jack Bergeron's avatar

As to health insurance and health care, it’s another example of usurpation of powers by the federal government. Eliminate the unconstitutional Department of Health and Human Services, all its subagencies, Medicare and Medicaid and give the power back to the states and the people where it rightly belongs. Health care costs would plummet like a Russian dissident falling out of a hotel window.

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Cathleen Manny's avatar

Note they always claim rape by some wealthy guy…never a poor or middle-class schmo.

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Donna's avatar

I want to try that! I’d do it for less than 80 million even!

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Vonu's avatar

Acquiescence becomes acceptance.

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AngelaK's avatar

💯

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AngelaK's avatar

I cannot even read most of Jeff's wonderful blog today, because I feel my blood pressure going up about this whole Trump thing, and especially about the mere mention of despicable FJB, otherwise known as our current President.

My emotions are approaching sinful levels, so....

This interesting article came to my attention yesterday, however:

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/05/bbc-calls-latest-trump-trial-weakest-criminal-case/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bbc-calls-latest-trump-trial-weakest-criminal-case

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Tony schiano's avatar

This is and will continue to backfire. I predict a Trump electoral landslide, if we can keep,the balloting legal.

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JudyC's avatar

They’re running out of options to keep him out…what’s left? “Postponing” the election due to some catastrophic event or JFK-ing him? He’d better pick a VP that they’re just as afraid of as they are of him. It’s his only protection against option 2!

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Astragale's avatar

That would be Steve Bannon!

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Fre'd Bennett, MAHA's avatar

"if we can keep,the balloting legal."

That's like saying "I'm jumping off this skyscraper, and I predict a soft landing - IF we can suspend the law of gravity."

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Vonu's avatar

It wasn't the balloting where the problem was, but in the duplicative counting of the ballots.

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Peter GL's avatar

No fingers on the scale

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william howard's avatar

that Buyden would give an address shows what a disgusting individual he is

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Austin's avatar

I was talking to my grandson and referred to the guy living in the Senior Living Center in D.C. He laughed his head off!

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JudyC's avatar

Yay! There’s hope for the younger generation after all (just kidding, I know a ton of younger folk who have completely woken up!)

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Anne Clifton's avatar

I know it's sinful, but I struggle with hating Biden. Struggle implies I am trying not to hate. I need to struggle harder.

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Robin Greer's avatar

I'm in that boat with you. I find myself praying the imprecatory Psalms (wishing God to punish him) rather than praying for him to repent. Only God can change him.

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LaNell Tew's avatar

Fret not over evil does for they shall be mown down like grass... Psalm 37

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KC & the Sunshine's avatar

King David prayed God would smite his enemies plenty

of

times.

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KC & the Sunshine's avatar

I just read in Hosea today how God HATED a certain people. He gets it. It’s in either Hosea 10 or 11, KJV.

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Quiltlady's avatar

I feel sorry for him. He is a senior citizen who is being used and abused by his "handlers" He obviously has Dementia and He should be in a rest home being cared for by trained caregivers.

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AngelaK's avatar

Yes, but he has never been a good man, even in younger days.

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CMCM's avatar

His past 50 years have been despicable. I don't care if he has dementia now, he has an evil past. Besides all this, others are obviously running the show behind him and we should worry about that.

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Janet's avatar

He’s never held an honest job as far as I can tell. Ever.

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Anne Clifton's avatar

I think his wife is awful to let him be abused this way, but he's still evil in my eyes. I hate what he has done to destroy this country and to destroy so many lives. On some level, I think he's willing to be used because he likes the power and prestige of being the so-called leader of the free world. He doesn't seem to care for people at all.

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rolandttg's avatar

I still say this is all White Hat theater to wake up the normies who are reachable and also to enter into official court records information the NSA has but cannot use unless it becomes public record. This is a psyop war like no other, many levels deep and wide. Nothing is as it seems, so don't despair. As Clif High says, the goal is to survive '25.

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Susan Seas's avatar

And look how far we have come! Getting close now!

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Michael Framson's avatar

"My emotions are approaching sinful levels...." There's a pill for that.

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AngelaK's avatar

Yes, it is a pill called not having Joe Biden as President! 😉

And for me as a Christian, the ancient Jesus Prayer..

'Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God. have mercy on me a sinner'. 🙏

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Susan Seas's avatar

We’re allowed to have righteous anger and at this point …

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Sydney's avatar

There is a vaccine for that…

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Monterey's avatar

I know what you mean. I have to frequently keep myself from hating Joe Biden because of all the despicable things he has done and is doing currently. Especially with this show trial junk.

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Astragale's avatar

Biden isn’t doing anything.

The power is elsewhere. He’s just a symbol - a very feeble one.

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AngelaK's avatar

Agree but he is also not a good person. "No one messes with a Biden", says it all. He isn't a mafia don, but those words which he said not very long ago, sound like he thinks he is.

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CMCM's avatar

He's a disgusting human being and always has been. He has 50 years of non-achievement behind him, and all he has ever done is be a racist and block civil rights legislation. He has always been underestimated and has flown under the radar of most people. For the 2020 election, he was just a manipulable, useful idiot to those really running things. His increasing dementia was an advantage to them.

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Lana's avatar

Hating a puppet makes no sense…. It’s ok to hate the evil agenda of the Puppeteer!

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Astragale's avatar

It must be taking an awful toll on him.

Even if he’s acquitted, the Dems have kept him tied to the court, hassled him terribly, put pressure on his health through the stress.

They play VERY dirty.

I hope (real) voters punish them badly for this staging this SHOW TRIAL.

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Mrs. Itoldya!'s avatar

Exactly… My prayers are keenly focused on protecting both Trump & RFK, Jr. For all people speaking the truths & really caring about what is happening to others…

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Dr Linda's avatar

I had similar feelings

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K2's avatar

Kafkaesque indeed.

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RunningLogic's avatar

Yes it truly is an appropriate adjective here 😕

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K2's avatar

Like! The mass insanity of life in Clownworld might as well be call “Pride and Pretending.” The thickening fog of stuff people have to pretend not to know along mixed withe the proudful denial of having fallen for so many propaganda con(s) is life in the asylum. God help us.

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Jay & Delores's avatar

It took one crazy judge to convict him of that. Are there 12 crazy jurors that will do the same? Anything is possible in NYC. If that happens, my bet would be that it was set up from the start. Just another day in this crazy world we live in.

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Credenda's avatar

I wonder if the jurors know that they will be a target if they don’t vote to convict him. It would be a legitimate fear.

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CMCM's avatar

Exactly! I think that corrupt judge is counting on that.

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Truthseeker's avatar

Pawns typically do not know they’re being used as pawns- until afterwards

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Astragale's avatar

Like the one who accused Kavanaugh - with a load of baloney - proven lies - and said she’d been so-o traumatized by an “assault” decades ago, in a house she couldn’t identify, didn’t remember who was there or how she got home... Said she would fight on - blah blah - the minute she picked up her million $$$ no one heard from her again.

What a surprise.

The justice system should nail these liars to discourage what has become a routine dirty trick.

As a woman, I DETEST these liars. They just go after CASH & everyone knows it.

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WP William's avatar

he wanted to rape her, she felt assaulted afterward and violated by his nearness

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RunningLogic's avatar

She’s really a piece of work 😕

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AngelaK's avatar

Anyone who has been to Bergdorf Goodman knows that this entire story had to be made up.

Where are the witnesses?

Men don't generally go into women's fitting rooms without being noticed, and on rare occasion, if they do, they are usually a boyfriend or husband, and will ask permission of the sales person.

I honestly don't know how Trump and his family are keeping their peace and their cool infront of all this demonic, sovietesque garbage these manipulated, threatened, coerced, or paid players are throwing at him.

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Seeking Grace's avatar

@AngelaK I’ve said that from the beginning! You want me to believe a man as famous as Trump was, even back then, walks into the highest of high end stores in Manhattan, and no clerk was around to wait on him? Much less in the lingerie department! The whole thing was cooked up by left wing lunatics and financed by that sicko billionaire. If there is any justice in this world, which is more questionable every day, she shouldn’t see a red cent of that ridiculous “award.”

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Astragale's avatar

We’re seeing a lot of evil people being rewarded for a lot of wrongdoing.

We have to start to turn the tables.

The wickedness must stop.

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WP William's avatar

yeah over the top "She Too!" claim from a grifter and whackjob enabled by a Marxist Legal System

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RunningLogic's avatar

Right?? 😕

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Astragale's avatar

Well said.

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Anita from Tucson - Now In MI's avatar

Not raping, battery, is what he was ''convicted'' of, right? I'm pretty sure that he was cleared of ''rape''...

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Queen Hotchibobo's avatar

No, he was found “guilty” of defaming the accuser when he said it was ridiculous and denied it.

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CMCM's avatar

Well, Biden has his hand up under Tara Reide's skirt and his fingers were where they should not be so I would call that a definite sexual assault, but when Tara spoke up she was targeted for ruin by Biden's people and she ended up having to flee to Russia for safety.

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rolandttg's avatar

Like Jimmy Carter, I'm sure the Donald mentally raped her, so that should count

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Vonu's avatar

What, you never saw Minority Report?

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Robin Greer's avatar

Remember that it's been a year since the FBI went after Ken Paxton. If you missed his interview with Tucker Carlson, watch it. He fought back and won, but it was an extremely hard road. Those who hate our constitution have always gone after those who love it. I'm reminded of Clarance Thomas who is an originalist and the lies that they perpetrated against him to try to stop his appointment to the Supreme Court. Make no mistake. Those who hate this country will lie, cheat, steal to destroy this country. They have no morals and no boundaries and they are a god unto themselves.

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Austin's avatar

Right. And now we have a SCJ who can't define a woman.

The USA is devolving.....at first slowly.....now suddenly.

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Robin Greer's avatar

When we look hard at the decline, it's been going on for longer than we thought, but the decline is definitely picking up speed. People just didn't want to notice and kept pushing down the obvious that was happening right under our noses. My godmother repeatedly told me that her father left the Democrats during the Goldwater years. He was an attorney and high up in Democrat circles in Kentucky at that time. He told her that there had been drastic change in the Democrat party and he could no longer be a part of it. Apparently, he was never more specific than that. She would also tell me that schools changed with Dewey. She had an education degree and had graduated in the early 50's. It's always interesting to get perspective from a previous generation.

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rolandttg's avatar

Correct. For example, the town council of Berkeley CA have been raving woke lunatics since at least 1989, 35 years ago.. This insanity did not happen in a few years, or even a few decades, so why do people think we can restore the Republic and sanity in a few years?

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Robin Greer's avatar

I think it's actually been even longer at Berkeley. H. A. Ironside, the evangelist of the early 1900's had a son who left Christianity for probably 20 years after attending Berkeley. And yes, the restoration process won't happen overnight, but hopefully people will be awakened to the corruption that has existed in our country for way too long.

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rolandttg's avatar

I' really believe that. The only reason I used 1989 is I can document that from second hand information from the lawyer who represented the Berkeley Town Council. She married a close friend from college, and told me multiple "are you friggin ' kidding me ??" stories .

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Astragale's avatar

Austin, not only that but she thinks the 1A is a problem because it gets in government’s way.....

How is she not removed from the SC for being an IDIOT?

Surely IDIOCY disqualifies a SCJ....

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Austin's avatar

Seems like in today's world they must include "Idiot" on their resume to move to the next level. If they include "I am an idiot," they move up 2 levels.

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Peter Schott's avatar

A lot of us in Texas are _really_ rooting against Phelan. He's shown us who he is and it's way past time for him to go.

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P Flournoy's avatar

Unfortunately and unbelievably Phelan beat Covey by a slim margin. What an s wrong with the evangelicals that they sit out these primary elections!

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Anita from Tucson - Now In MI's avatar

And JRB was one of the ones going after Clarence Thomas in those hearings.

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Benjamin Two N's's avatar

I voted for Ken Paxton and he's still in office today.

Trump's case is the same..simply a railroading to keep him off the 2024 ticket.

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Robin Greer's avatar

It's hard to believe how corrupt people on the left are. Glad you voted for Paxton!

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Benjamin Two N's's avatar

Ray charles could see how politically motivated the prosecution was.

It's so funny that even while under indictment he still was re elected. The voters saw how it was motivated by politics and the good guys won and Paxton was cleared in the end.

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Cathleen Manny's avatar

I watched the Anita Hill hearings in their entirety. I do not believe that she made that stuff up.

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Angus McPherson's avatar

Oh. Interesting. I watched them as extensively as I could, but not completely. Tell me what makes you think Anita Hill was telling the truth?

Since that trial, Hill (a lawyer) has specialized the aggrievement culture that seems to get packaged with those on the left. I think that lawyers make the best liars.

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Queen Hotchibobo's avatar

I watched it completely and I’m 100% sure she was lying and I knew that at the time. Nothing since then has changed my mind.

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CMCM's avatar

Same here.

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Robin Greer's avatar

I've seen this process used against many conservatives but never Democrats. I wonder why? I'm sorry but I don't believe her.

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Julie Ann B's avatar

I watched the entire hearings as well and am completely convinced she was lying. They’ve continued to use that tactic ever since they smeared Justice Thomas.

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Roger Beal's avatar

Silly Doc! Trump is guilty of thought crimes. Any post-modernist knows that!

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Dr Linda's avatar

Yikes, we had all better run for cover

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Marie's avatar

Thought crimes…..coming to a Canada near you!

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shayne's avatar

True. But I've observed that Democrats don't have much in the way of sanity.

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PamelaZelie's avatar

Loss of sanity or loss of morality?

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shayne's avatar

Both

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AngelaK's avatar

One generally brings on the other. Where there is no God, there is no conscience, and with no conscience, there is no integrity (the ability to differentiate between right and wrong).

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Robin Greer's avatar

Psalm 14:1 The wicked fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They act corruptly, they commit abominable deeds; There is no one who does good.

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AngelaK's avatar

So many democrats.

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Robin Greer's avatar

And unfortunately a few who aren't Democrats.

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Tom's avatar

More than a few, and many in that other camp rely on their own works.

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Tom's avatar

Romans 1. They have been given over to a depraved mind.

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Susan's avatar

Yes!

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Dr Linda's avatar

I certainly will give you that

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Peter GL's avatar

Who cares? In their feeble koolaid brains HE IS GUILTY and that is all that matters

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Austin's avatar

And after all the sane people are gone, they'll go after the low-hanging fruit like the jurors who will scream, "But wait, I convicted Trump, just like you wanted!! This isn't fair!!!"

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randall stoehr's avatar

Kinda puts the cherry on top of the legal phrase "Justice is Blind".

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Dr Linda's avatar

Your comment jump started my brain to Chekhov’s play, “The Cherry Orchard”. Not a happy play.

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randall stoehr's avatar

I can send an invoice for mental health services rendered and I can send with that a prescription for an IceCream cone at Baskin Robbins in most malls.

They used to do this long ago when Rexall Drug stores all had soda fountain style seating as you waited for the pharmacist to fill it. Hahaha......I remember clearly the reward as ok.

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Dr Linda's avatar

I had no idea that you were so witty. Thank you for the giggles.

I do remember Rexall Drugs

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randall stoehr's avatar

I am working on my stand up comedy routine about 9 years away.

When a guy gets to be 80 he needs a part time job to keep his hamster active on the wheel.

When you get to be 80 you can poke fun at any subject or topic without actually offending.

Look at the goofy shit the President says, he keeps his job and gets away with murder.

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Gaye's avatar

Coke floats and milkshakes. Good times!

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randall stoehr's avatar

Add to that real cherry cokes (Fountain style) and real malted milk shakes.

Yeah both should make a comeback. What is old is new again. Hahaha

Doubtful those actual ingredients exist anymore.....Some plastic substitute took their places.

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Gaye's avatar

Oooh yes! Malts and cherry cokes. How could I forget?!

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CMCM's avatar

And fountain cokes...those were so delicious!

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Inverted Pyramid's avatar

The Judge knows what he is doing. He was totally unknown prior to this trial, he is now well known and would be considered a great Democrat. Many of his instructions will be overturned but not until the trial is over... by that time the Judge is already retired. Biden can pardon the Judge prior to leaving office.

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Fla Mom's avatar

And I'm sure his daughter, making her millions from Dem activism, will support him well in retirement. Who knows what may have been promised to him for getting the politically-correct result?

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Credenda's avatar

Yeah, they actually DO see themselves as heroes. Saving Democracy, and all. They really believe they are righteous and courageous. Sort of like “ you have to kill a country to save a country”. And they are trying to kill our country.

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CMCM's avatar

They have redefined the word "democracy" just like they have redefined so many other terms. To them now, democracy simply means "their way of thinking and their complete control." Exhibit A is the situation in California. Dems have a super majority and there are so few Republicans or others that there can be absolutely no opposition or even discussion of anything the Dems choose to do. At this point I don't see how that can ever change. Voters are so unbelievably low information that there is a complete disconnect between bad conditions they observe and the people they elect over and over. Very depressing at this point.

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Credenda's avatar

You are so right!

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Dr Linda's avatar

Heavy sigh. I realize all of this

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WP William's avatar

Racism, Xenophobia, anti-Woman Rights, anti-trans, pro-Zionism, pro-Russia, pro-Capitalism, pro-redneck America, so many crimes against the (Deep) State

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Ryan Gardner's avatar

Well it's getting to a point where they won't mistake 'Yankee Doodle' for a nursery rhyme

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Dr Linda's avatar

Let’s hope!

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JJ Chester's avatar

Guilty of being a boorish blowhard...Lock him up!

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Dr Linda's avatar

The prisons will be packed

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Benjamin Two N's's avatar

If Trump committed a crime then you also need to charge Biden for the same. He's done nearly the exact same thing.

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carily myers's avatar

I'm just a Paralegal but this entire "trial" has left me aghast! NOTHING has been normal court procedure. It's mind blowing.

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JW's avatar

Even when pulled over by a police officer you are told what it was that caused the stop!

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