Dump Shithole

[TenBenny]

Today the NY Times reports that Giuliani has purportedly discussed a pre-emptive pardon for Trump before leaving office (and also, it seems, one for himself). You kind of wonder how long that line for pardons is about to get.

[exitflagger]

The brainfart of self-pardoning is absolutely preposterous. There are so many problems with somebody being their own judge and jury just to begin with. Even in the Richard Nixon case, he was told by the justice department at the time that he couldn't do that. Now in that case, Nixon had already been accused of crimes and had to resign in order to strike the deal with Ford to pardon HIM instead of the ludicrous idea of Nixon trying to pardon himself. The Watergate scandal was all political maneuvering. In Trump's case a lot of his potential indictments involve self-enrichment which would give a heavier weight to conflict of interest.

The fact that Nixon put it out there and was waved off shows that there is an unofficial precedent. If it went to the Supreme Court they would be hard pressed to find a way to let Trump off the hook and be able to logically explain that decision. If they struck it down, Trump would really be fucked because in order for him to attempt pardoning himself, he would essentially have to admit wrongdoing. Wrongdoing in crimes that he has vehemently denied and has not even been officially accused of yet.

If presidents are allowed to "self-pardon" that means that simply by winning an election a citizen of the United States would be rendered above the law. There's no limit to the level of criminal acts that could exonerate. If any judgment sides with that possibility, the rule of law in this country will have a fork stuck in it.

[Rorysfan]

Today the NY Times reports that Giuliani has purportedly discussed a pre-emptive pardon for Trump before leaving office (and also, it seems, one for himself). You kind of wonder how long that line for pardons is about to get.

[whammybar]

[TenBenny]

Some of these Lincoln Project ads are just brutal. I love when they have that sort of taunting lady's whispering voice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6Y4Xwi ... olnProject

[Turner Coates]

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And now Trump has to find a bus high enough off the ground to throw Barr under.

[wildside1969]

How long until Drump tweets to let Barr know he's been fired.

"To date, we have not seen fraud on a scale that could have affected a different outcome in the election," Attorney General William Barr told the Associated Press.
https://apnews.com/article/election-202 ... 61a6c7f49d

[TenBenny]

How long until Drump tweets to let Barr know he's been fired.

"To date, we have not seen fraud on a scale that could have affected a different outcome in the election," Attorney General William Barr told the Associated Press.
https://apnews.com/article/election-202 ... 61a6c7f49d

Barr seems shrewd enough to know the party's over and he's not going to get himself in any further trouble by trying to muck with an election that's been called. I assume this means that maybe he's also not looking to get in line for a pardon.

[Turner Coates]

[whammybar]

You know how absurd and insane the Republicans have gotten when someone says the sky is blue and it creates a whole news cycle of amazement.

[TenBenny]

In breaking news, it's also being revealed that the Justice Dept. is now investigating a bribery-for-pardon scheme set up in the White House. So basically the idea was kick in money to the president and get a pardon. Add grossest misuse of pardon power in American history to the list of odious Trump offenses.

Remember that tens of millions of people still really do believe Trump can do no wrong. The process of justice might be held hostage by these kooks with voting power.

[whammybar]

Trump and his inner circle remind me of that Jackass movie opening where they are rolling down the hill in the oversized shopping cart. Normal humans wouldn't survive the inevitable crash, but they are built for this chaotic hell bent life. Twenty or thirty unimaginable and out of left field news stories are just another run of the mill day for them.

[maninblack]

[Turner Coates]

[Mojo]

Our government is so fucking broken.

Donald Trump and Jared Kushner receive $3.65m in PPP loan money intended for small businesses, report says
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/worl ... reddit.com

Real estate properties owned by President Donald Trump and his son-in-law Jared Kushner received $3.65m of loan money through the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), according to an analysis by NBC News.

The news organisation analysed what businesses benefited from pandemic relief programs put in place by the federal government. Data from the Small Business Administration (SBA) found that the Trump Organisation as well as the Kushner Companies, which is owned by Mr Kushner’s family, received funding.

More than 25 PPP loans were given to one of these businesses owned either by the Trump Organisation or Kushner Companies, NBC News reports.

The SBA released data on Tuesday night about every small business that received either PPP loans or Economic Injury Disaster (EIDL) loans after months of litigation.

These loans, created by the federal government, were intended to give small businesses emergency relief in order to pay employees, rent, and mortgage expenses.

The loans to the president and his family companies included one to Triomphe Restaurant Corp., at the Trump International Hotel & Tower in New York City for the sum of $2.14m. Additionally, two tenants in Trump Tower in NYC received $100,000 each but only kept three jobs, which went against the requirements of receiving a PPP loan.

Four tenants at a Manhattan building owned by Mr Kushner each received more than $204,000, but they only kept six jobs.

White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany and her family also benefited from the program. Her parent’s Florida roofing company received $2m from the program. It was previously disclosed in July that the company was one of the PPP recipients.

The SBA argued that 87 per cent of loans went to small businesses prior to the data release, but a majority of the loans actually went to larger corporations, The Washington Post reports.

More than half of the $522bn given out went to large businesses and corporations, and only 28 per cent of toast funds issued to businesses were for $150,000 or less. About 600 large corporations, including the parent company of Boston Market and dozens of other large chains, received the maximum loan amount of $10m from the program.

Also, more than 100 loans given out to were made with no business name listed. Instead the information showed up as “no name available” or should potential data entry errors, NBC News reports.

“Many months and broken promises later, the court-ordered release of this crucial data while the Trump administration is one foot out the door is a shameful dereliction of duty and flagrant mismanagement of a program that millions of workers and small businesses needed to get through this pandemic,” Kyle Herrig, president of Accountable.US, an accountability watchdog, said in a statement to the news organization.

The initial premise of the PPP loans were to provide financial relief to small businesses amid the coronavirus pandemic lockdowns. Companies with 500 employees or fewer were allowed to apply, but that requirement was loosened for restaurants and hotel establishments.

This program drew criticism from the start when it was revealed that large organizations like Harvard University and Shake Shack, among others, applied for the funding. Both companies returned the money under the scrutiny.

But now further information from the program shows many other large corporations benefited, including ones owned by the president.

The SBA was required to disclose the data after several news organizations filed a federal lawsuit against the organization over its refusal to follow the Freedom of Information Act. A federal judge ruled on Tuesday that SBA had to release the data, and the organization did not appeal the ruling.

[Insane Clown Potsie]

Trump lost Georgia for the third time today.

[dmbrocker]

Trump lost Georgia for the third time today.

He should definitely try again for a fourth time. The more times he loses the better. Plus it gives us all another opportunity to take a drink from our new "Trumptard Tears" mugs.

[Mojo]

Anybody catch that speech? Absolutely unhinged. Straight up fucking mental.

[whammybar]

Anybody catch that speech? Absolutely unhinged. Straight up fucking mental.

And the hillbillies bought it hook, line and sinker. A mentally ill, deranged psychopath is their White Jesus of America. He should be removed from office but the Republicans are scared and in hiding. There is no Republican platform anymore. Their decades of entitled racism has blown up in their pasty faces.

[Metal Sludge]

Anybody catch that speech? Absolutely unhinged. Straight up fucking mental.

And the hillbillies bought it hook, line and sinker. A mentally ill, deranged psychopath is their White Jesus of America. He should be removed from office but the Republicans are scared and in hiding. There is no Republican platform anymore. Their decades of entitled racism has blown up in their pasty faces.

That's kind of awesome.
But he's orange, not white.

[Chip Z'Hoy]

This woman is incredible. One of Trump's voter fraud witnesses and she's drunk as a skunk.

https://twitter.com/ryanjreilly/status/ ... 8340795396

Everything with Trump has to be a fiasco. Everything has to be total insanity.

[exitflagger]

Anybody catch that speech? Absolutely unhinged. Straight up fucking mental.

Where did it air?

[Chip Z'Hoy]

I watched 2 minutes and it was nuts, but it was the same shit he's been saying for weeks now.

Apparently he went on for 46 minutes.

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/p ... ud-insane/

Welcome to the rest of Donald Trump's life. Nothing but this.

[Mojo]

Anybody catch that speech? Absolutely unhinged. Straight up fucking mental.

Where did it air?

CBS ran a few clips, so I YouTubed it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbq8UJb ... 9FunGaming

[exitflagger]

CBS ran a few clips, so I YouTubed it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbq8UJb ... 9FunGaming

I couldn't get far with that. He's gone full retard.

I said it before, we may see a straitjacket make an appearance before Jan. 20.

[Insane Clown Potsie]

Want a good laugh and see what his lunacy created in Michigan?

Witnesses at the Michigan Oversight Committee on voter fraud https://imgur.com/gallery/ICVsc09

[TenBenny]

Anyone catch this clip of today's election fraud hearing? It seems like it could be an SNL parody with Victoria Jackson playing a drunk crackpot but it's real. Mid-way in, Rudy Giuliani literally tries to stop her from spouting more crazy, and that's saying something!

https://twitter.com/bdgrabinski/status/ ... 24226?s=20

[maninblack]

[exitflagger]

Anyone catch this clip of today's election fraud hearing?

Probably so since Chip already referenced it a couple of posts ago.

Apparently this woman's name is "Girl you wish you hadn't started a conversation with at a party". That's the closest I can find.

[whammybar]

tick... tick... tick...

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