HighElfMage

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[–] HighElfMage@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

It's also a safeguard against the reigning power using bogus prosecutions against their opposition, like we see in many authoritarian states.

[–] HighElfMage@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Jailing someone in the middle of a trial is a hugely disruptive delay. But now the trial is over, and the judge gets to count all ten counts of contempt (so far!) against Trump during sentencing. Trump has also been doing everything that a repentant defendant should not be doing, so even though it's his first offense, he might get some actual jail time. Not the max, but maybe a few months. Especially if he violates the gag order and goes after the judge of his family again. Or the jurors.

[–] HighElfMage@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

They're against anything that the Democrats want. If the Democrats decided to fix the pothole out front, Republicans would rally in favor of potholes' right to damage your car.

[–] HighElfMage@lemmy.world 38 points 4 months ago

Because Jack Dorsey is obsessed with the same "free speech absolutism" that Elon Musk is, and he's butter that people don't want to be shown Nazi propaganda, hate speech, and all that other shit on his platforms.

Dorsey is an idiot, just like Musk. Don't let their money fool you.

[–] HighElfMage@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Gerrymandering, structural advantages, etc. the same as it's always been.

[–] HighElfMage@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (5 children)

Because unfortunately the pro-Israel, pro- cop Democratic candidates are much closer to the average voter than the nutbag religious extremists are.

[–] HighElfMage@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

No, it went to open signups a few months ago. I've been on it since February.

[–] HighElfMage@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Even if the system isn't corrupt, it's run by humans who make mistakes. It's only a matter of time before one of those mistakes gets an innocent person executed. The only way to execute zero innocent people is to execute zero people.

[–] HighElfMage@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

Because Trump would be so much better on the issue, right?

[–] HighElfMage@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Maybe, though, it’s enough to get the coroner to take another look at his death.

He's a high profile corporate whistleblower who allegedly committed suicide. Any coroner who isn't already triple checking everything is way too corrupt or lazy to bother with another look.

[–] HighElfMage@lemmy.world 57 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The year is 2065. E. Jean Carroll is the richest human alive. She rules a business empire that stretches across the globe and even to Mars. This empire does not charge for services, sell products or even take investor funding.

Its only source of revenue is suing the immortal cyborg that is Donald Trump, who even after 40 years of taking Ls is still pathologically unable to keep his fucking mouth shut.

[–] HighElfMage@lemmy.world 13 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Only the Senate gets to block appointments like that, and Democrats control the Senate.

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