America & the World V: DOGE Business

[Asura]

Trump looks sure to win the primaries, so he will be the GOP candidate - only him dropping out seems likely to stop that at the moment.

Polling for US president still favours Biden, but it's not by a large margin - it's still way too early to draw any insight from it for 2024 mind.

Ah, look on the bright side. He's 77. He might die.

[Blobcat]

One day I hope

[charlesr]

He was barely coherent 5 years ago. I presume he's batsheet mental now...

[huxley]

[Neon Ignition]

DeSantis fatigue grows among Florida Republicans as 2024 campaign falters | Ron DeSantis | The Guardian
On a positive note, not only is DeSantis failing in his presidential bid but signs are emerging that his home state of Florida is beginning to turn away from his control as well

[Neon Ignition]

Trump increases Republican primary lead despite swirling legal peril | Donald Trump | The Guardian
Trump extends his primary lead to 54 % ahead of DeSantis who is at 17% cementing a rerun of the Biden v Trump race.

[briareos_kerensky]

"despite legal peril"...why do I feel that's a plus for a large portion of the Republican voters?

[Neon Ignition]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/08/01/trump-indictment-jan-6-2020-election/

Trump has been indicted for the third time

[MartyG]

Do read the full inditement: https://www.documentcloud.org/docume...dictment-aug-1

There are going to be more charges following this for his co-conspirators listed in the document, and I'd be very surprised if Rudy Giuliani wasn't one of them.

"Co-Conspirator 1, an attorney who was willing to spread knowingly false claims and pursue strategies that the Defendant's 2020 re-election campaign attorneys could not"

[Neon Ignition]

Already enjoyed hearing people on the radio fail spectacularly to defend him. It goes beyond even OJ levels, he was clearly guilty whilst it was happening, let alone after all this time and the doubling down he's done since. His guilt on every charge he's had to date isn't remotely in question, it's the issue of sentencing which is going to be the biggest elephant in the room. It's too easy to imagine them being weak on accountability or him gaming the system if he wins the election.

[Neon Ignition]

Lizzo accused of sexual harassment and weight-shaming by former dancers | Lizzo | The Guardian

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/trump-campaign-compares-indictment-in-january-6-investigation-to-nazi-germany_uk_64c9eb59e4b03d9b515e84e4?d_id=6147552&ncid_tag=fcbklnkukhpmg00000001

Trump likens his indictment to being like the actions of Nazi Germany

[Asura]

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/ent...ukhpmg00000001
Trump likens his indictment to being like the actions of Nazi Germany

Some of his supporters are gonna be really confused at this

[MartyG]

It says more about Trump than anything else, in that if he gets elected, he will try to weaponize the justice department (again - he failed last time). I'm sure people are aware, but the justice department is an independent pillar of the US political system (executive, legislative, and judicial), that's the whole point.

[Neon Ignition]

Donald Trump to appear in court over attempt to overturn 2020 US election | Donald Trump | The Guardian
Tomorrow


It's already tiring seeing the same bullet points as were pointlessly parrotted in 2020. It's like people have mentally blocked out what an utter ****show Trumps first term was. A second term for him would undoubtedly be much, much worse than that one too.

Talk about Hunter Biden is utter redundant when the opposing side is tripping over their drool to bossom up to Trump, as is Bidens age - something that was rattled on about last time and now people act as though he has neither completed a term just fine or is only a mere 3yrs older than the Tango Kid himself.

Republicans should be much more concerned that after nearly a decade their sole hope remains a man who has none of their interests at heart, a known criminal who will prioritise himself over their needs and acts as a lifeline to a party with a sustained vaccuum of personalities within itself who can lead the party once Trump is either permanently out of office or in the ground.

[MartyG]

Depends on what their interests are really - I don't think those interests include making the lives of citizens of the US better; staying elected in their safe seats, however, may well in certain States involve backing Trump given how many in the Republican base are drinking the cool-aid.

What is extraordinary is that even if he's convicted of conspiracy to defraud the United States and conspiracy to defraud rights (of the US citizens), he can still serve as US president.

There's something very very wrong there.