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What specifically do you disagree with in his posts? You can not like Trump and agree that it was a horrible legal case, as the sources he linked obviously do.

What specifically do you disagree with in his posts? You can not like Trump and agree that it was a horrible legal case, as the sources he linked obviously do. Another example is the Mackey case, where the appeals court unanimously overturned the entire conviction, attacking both the legal reasoning and the evidence underlying the entire case. It’s pretty clear the whole thing was cooked up to “get” an influential pro-Trump Twitter user. See: https://ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/5d7bf858-ff44-40cf-b435-74ff3d9ffa6e/1/doc/23-7577_opn.pdf#xml=https://ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/5d7bf858-ff44-40cf-b435-74ff3d9ffa6e/1/hilite/ https://ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/isysquery/5d7bf858-ff...

pstuart 1y ago
What specifically do you disagree with about my point that he's corrupt to the core and has never been held accountable? The legal system bends to those in power and "justice" occasionally makes an appearance. Meanwhile the DOJ has been weaponized to serve as the president's personal attack dogs and the entirety of the federal workforce is being staffed with only those who swear fealty to Trump, rather than the constitution and what it stands for. IANAL, and I'm not equipped to review whatever legal fancy footwork is involved, but I am 100% confident that the Biden admin was as stand up as could be hoped for (i.e., flawed but not devoid of principles), and that Trump has only these principles: * self-enrichment * self-aggrandizement * deflection of any criticism or culpability He makes GWB look great by comparison. What rubs salt into the wound is that tens of millions of my fellow citizens literally worship him as a gift from God and will defend him to the end. Watching democracy die before my eyes is beyond heartbreaking.
- Amezarak 1y ago
  I am not making any argument about his corruption or lack thereof. We're talking about two specific very bad legal cases using novel legal theories that should have never been brought, with people like CNN's legal correspondent agreeing, not Trump fanactics. "Trump corrupt" !=> "this case was sound." I also provided an example of the Mackey case, where the DoJ was weaponized to go after Trump supporters on Twitter.
  - pstuart 1y ago
    You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. I don't like the twitter case and think it was a mistake. Not as bad as the case that drove Aaron Swartz to suicide (under the Obama admin). But to lecture on the propriety of the prosecution and declare that it was "weaponized" is a stretch. The feds have made plenty of bad decisions across both sides of the aisle, and their intentions should always be worthy of scrutiny. The DOJ (and every other federal agency) is being gutted of anyone who does not swear fealty to Donald Trump (the person, not the office) -- that's weaponization. I'm happy to call out each and every mistake the Biden admin does, but it's almost quaint in comparison to what his successor is doing. We've moved well past the "both sides" debate -- what is happening now is fascism and un-American to it's core. So yeah, boo hoo about the twitter case.
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  - BrenBarn 1y ago
    But that is the problem. It's pointless to talk about the details of individual cases when the entire system is 100% broken. It's like arguing about what color shoes match your shirt when you're running from a burning house.

pstuart 1y ago

What specifically do you disagree with about my point that he's corrupt to the core and has never been held accountable? The legal system bends to those in power and "justice" occasionally makes an appearance. Meanwhile the DOJ has been weaponized to serve as the president's personal attack dogs and the entirety of the federal workforce is being staffed with only those who swear fealty to Trump, rather than the constitution and what it stands for. IANAL, and I'm not equipped to review whatever legal fancy footwork is involved, but I am 100% confident that the Biden admin was as stand up as could be hoped for (i.e., flawed but not devoid of principles), and that Trump has only these principles: * self-enrichment * self-aggrandizement * deflection of any criticism or culpability He makes GWB look great by comparison. What rubs salt into the wound is that tens of millions of my fellow citizens literally worship him as a gift from God and will defend him to the end. Watching democracy die before my eyes is beyond heartbreaking.

Amezarak 1y ago
I am not making any argument about his corruption or lack thereof. We're talking about two specific very bad legal cases using novel legal theories that should have never been brought, with people like CNN's legal correspondent agreeing, not Trump fanactics. "Trump corrupt" !=> "this case was sound." I also provided an example of the Mackey case, where the DoJ was weaponized to go after Trump supporters on Twitter.
- pstuart 1y ago
  You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. I don't like the twitter case and think it was a mistake. Not as bad as the case that drove Aaron Swartz to suicide (under the Obama admin). But to lecture on the propriety of the prosecution and declare that it was "weaponized" is a stretch. The feds have made plenty of bad decisions across both sides of the aisle, and their intentions should always be worthy of scrutiny. The DOJ (and every other federal agency) is being gutted of anyone who does not swear fealty to Donald Trump (the person, not the office) -- that's weaponization. I'm happy to call out each and every mistake the Biden admin does, but it's almost quaint in comparison to what his successor is doing. We've moved well past the "both sides" debate -- what is happening now is fascism and un-American to it's core. So yeah, boo hoo about the twitter case.
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- BrenBarn 1y ago
  But that is the problem. It's pointless to talk about the details of individual cases when the entire system is 100% broken. It's like arguing about what color shoes match your shirt when you're running from a burning house.