Donald Trump, US President #47, US President #45, convicted felon, twice impeached, four times indicted, liable of rape, convicted for financial fraud, guilty of hiding hush money payments to porn actress in attempt to influence 2016 elections

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#2990862 2-Nov-2022 09:03

Because, of course. I guess several years to comply is not enough.

NPR: Supreme Court temporarily blocks House panel from obtaining Trump tax records

The Supreme Court issued a temporary order on Tuesday blocking the House Ways and Means Committee from obtaining former President Donald Trump's tax returns while it considers next steps in the case. Trump asked the court Monday to block the move.

...The Supreme Court's order is a temporary administrative stay. This does not mean the court is necessarily going to grant Trump's request, but it does give him time while the further briefings continue at the Supreme Court.

The tax records cover the years 2015 through 2020. Trump for years has sought to keep his records private.

...Trump is the only president in the last 40 years to not release his taxes. The documents have been sought after by legislators and voters since he first announced his run for the White House in 2015.
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#2990865 2-Nov-2022 09:10

The Guardian: Behind the scenes at the Onion: ‘Trump is the emperor who admits he’s naked’

...“Part of it was finding ways to pin a joke on somebody who’s already a self-parody,” Gillis said.

“Trump was very good at creating a parody of himself and anticipating that people would see that it was ridiculous that he was this corrupt businessman who was actively talking about how he could get away with anything.”

Trump gleefully admits to the hypocrisy satire would typically target, Gillis says.

“The textbook example of satire is something like the emperor’s new clothes. And this was an example of the emperor openly saying, ‘Hey, everyone, I’m naked. What do you make of that?’”
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#2990909 2-Nov-2022 10:06

The Washington Post - The 5-Minute Fix

02 Nov 2022

Why we still haven’t seen Trump’s tax returns

Remember Donald Trump’s refusal to release his tax records during his first presidential run? Well, six years and two protracted legal battles later, the public still hasn’t been able to view the records.

What happened: Today, Chief Justice John Roberts put a temporary hold on the Treasury Department’s handover of Trump’s tax returns to the House committee, giving the Supreme Court more time to review an emergency appeal from Trump to block it entirely.

Why are Democrats in Congress still seeking the records? House Democrats have said getting the records would help them write legislation to improve the way presidents are audited by the IRS. And many Trump critics are eager to see what the tax records might reveal amid investigations of his businesses.

What is Trump’s argument? That the committee is politically motivated in seeking his records and has no legitimate legal reason for obtaining them.

What might the returns show? That Trump paid very little in federal taxes despite his vast wealth. In 2020, the New York Times reported that he paid no federal taxes in 10 out of 15 years and in 2016 and 2017 paid only $750 each year.

What happens next? The Supreme Court is considering whether to intervene in the case. If it does, there may be no final decision until the start of the next Congress in January. And if Republicans take control of the House, they could end the records request, essentially granting Trump his wish to keep the tax returns under wraps.

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#2991035 2-Nov-2022 15:37

https://newrepublic.com/article/168362/paul-pelosi-attack-almost-died-republican-response

This story is quite depressing but I see in the news today that even Trump can't help himself but float (yet another) bs conspiracy theory. This part is quite pertinent - before Republicans jump up and down with whataboutism:

...Yes, his GOP colleague Steve Scalise was almost killed by a deranged person who was a Bernie Sanders supporter. But … remind me of that time when Sanders joked about shooting GOP House members. Oh, right. Didn’t happen.

Of course, I guess we shouldn't expect Trump to act like a civil, decent human being - it's simply above him, and has been for most of his life.

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#2991628 3-Nov-2022 17:50

AP News: Arizona judge orders armed election monitors to stay 250 feet from drop boxes after voters said they felt intimidated by their presence

A judge in Phoenix issued a temporary restraining order on Tuesday

It requires election monitors with visible firearms stay 250ft from drop boxes

It follows the sighting of armed men in tactical clothing monitoring voters

The Justice Department weighed in a day earlier saying the behavior was illegal

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#2991709 4-Nov-2022 07:24

Pretty sad it's come to that. Trumplicans must be getting desperate. I also saw this, along the same lines:

https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/11/republican-door-knockers-are-intimidating-residents-in-hunt-for-us-voter-fraud-officials-say.html

If someone like that knocked on my door demanding to know who I voted for, I would tell them to f-off.

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#2991929 4-Nov-2022 15:36

This could (potentially) be where things get interesting.

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/03/desantis-record-breaking-haul-positions-him-for-2024-00065046

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#2991962 4-Nov-2022 18:22

quickymart:
This could (potentially) be where things get interesting.

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/03/desantis-record-breaking-haul-positions-him-for-2024-00065046

That's a sad writeup for what it says about US politics, most of it is just "this guy spent $70 million to buy his place against the other guy who only spent $50 million, this guy had $100 million but was outbid by another guy, etc". We need to revise the old saw about the best politicians money can buy.

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#2992131 5-Nov-2022 09:51

Next book I'm reading, looks interesting so far - moreso since this guy was (was - I don't think so anymore) mates with one of the losers involved with the January 6 riot:

https://www.amazon.com/Why-We-Did-Travelogue-Republican/dp/0063161478

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#2992188 5-Nov-2022 11:48

Trump has dropped his biggest hint yet that he will run again in 2024.

IMO if Biden runs and wins the Democratic nomination pretty much any Republican could run against him and win.

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#2992205 5-Nov-2022 14:15

SJB:
Trump has dropped his biggest hint yet that he will run again in 2024.

IMO if Biden runs and wins the Democratic nomination pretty much any Republican could run against him and win.

I'm really hoping that Trump and Ron Descants

don't team up on one ticket as as president/VP
both run
one runs as a third-party

This would plenty of derisive laugher from me.

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#2992269 5-Nov-2022 17:37

kingdragonfly: don't team up on one ticket as as president/VP

That would actually make the most sense for them, Trump as Dear Leader with de Santis in the wings waiting for the Dear Leader to kark it, with a more or less guaranteed presidency in the next run.

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#2992273 5-Nov-2022 17:50

neb: We need to revise the old saw about the best politicians money can buy.

On that topic, Spending on US Midterm Elections to Exceed $16.7 Billion, Setting New Record, with Republican buyers outspending Democrat ones and billionaire buyers mostly backing Republicans. From the NYT article:

Fueled by an expanding class of billionaires, political spending on the 2022 midterm elections will shatter records at the state and federal levels, with much of it from largely unregulated super PACs financed with enormous checks written mainly by Republican megadonors.

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While both parties have their billionaires, Republicans have many more. Of the 25 top donors this cycle, 18 are Republican, according to Open Secrets, and they have outspent Democrats by $200 million.

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none of the figures tabulated by The New York Times or Open Secrets can be considered complete; all of them are likely to underestimate total contributions. That is because a complicated shell game — giving to political organizations that in turn give to other political organizations — masks exactly who is giving how much to whom.

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#2992364 5-Nov-2022 22:15

https://abovethelaw.com/2022/11/donald-trump-and-the-terrible-horrible-no-good-very-bad-day-in-court/

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