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[–] [email protected] 59 points 1 week ago (4 children)

He's not the only one on Donnie's shitlist

Adam Schiff Kamala Harris Nancy Pelosi

Things are about to be rough for all of his opponents, fear of governmental retribution breeds facism. I want off mr bones wild ride

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I do wonder how far down the ladder he would go. Like would he go after the lawyer that went after Rudy Guliani?

[–] CharlesDarwin 3 points 1 week ago

Give it time, and they will get down to anyone that didn't vote for the donvict. They'll go through Facebook, Xitter, etc. and also email, texts, transcriptions of phone calls, etc., and anyone that even said anything disparaging of donvict might be a target.

[–] TriPolarBearz 2 points 1 week ago

"Make Attorneys Get Attorneys" comes full circle

[–] Raiderkev 1 points 1 week ago

Repeat your answer please..

[–] FenrirIII -2 points 1 week ago

He can have them. But if he takes one wrong look at Bernie, he's toast.

[–] Nightwingdragon 46 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Cliff's notes version: They know the retribution is coming, as Trump's team and allies have been subpoenaing court records under FOIA to put together a list of targets. Their primary concern among even the most financially secure is that they could go bankrupt trying to fight off a DOJ with unlimited resources that keeps going after them with an ever-growing list of made-up charges and having to go through a MAGA-friendly court system where Trump has half his right ass cheek parked on the scale.

Basically they know that their careers are likely ruined, and that could be just the start of it.

Strap in, folks. This is going to be one hell of a wild ride, and not in a good way.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 week ago

Is there any other valid strategy than "leave the country"? Even that's not gonna be fullproof, but legal defenses aren't going to be of any use here.

[–] 4grams 27 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Reading something like this is just chilling. We’re at the point where mainstream journalism is openly acknowledging the coming corruption. This shit is going to be wild.

[–] CharlesDarwin 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If it was only just corruption.

[–] 4grams 4 points 1 week ago

100% agree. I try to keep my paranoia at bay by minimizing the language but yeah, gonna get bad quick. I hope I’m wrong.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Isn't it a good thing they're reporting the truth?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

It's a shame the working class doesn't get the option of just lawyering up to protect us....

We get to bear the full weight of fascism.