• CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world
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    11 hours ago

    So: extortion.

    That’s what we are talking about here, right?

    Not that it would happen, but I would so love for everyone to be remembering all these people for later prosecution under different leadership when Taco’s gone.

    These assholes should go to fucking prison for this.

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      The thing that’s great about this fascism run is that we have the fucking internet.

      Whenever this shit falls apart, many of those folks will literally have no choice but to self-deport or go to jail.

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        11 hours ago

        I sure hope someone is keeping stock. Taco himself does so many egregious acts that I can barely keep up with what he did this week, nevermind what he’s done so far in this disastrous second term.

        There are often times when someone will bring up something from his first disastrous term and I’ll have this feeling of - oh yeah, how could I have forgotten about that?

        And that’s just him. Then there are all the things being done on his behalf by all his Little Eichmanns both when he was in office and not…there is a lot to track. And some of these assholes are so old - like, say, Roger Stone or Bannon - that they will likely die of old age before they get properly sent to (or back to) prison.

        I have a feeling a lot of them are going to definitely attempt to do the modern equivalent of burn their Nazi uniforms afterwards, too, and the “liberal media” will do all the heavy lifting to sane wash these dickheads as much as possible. So I’m sure many, probably most, will escape justice.

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          Keeping track of liberal accusations is likely a crime.

          I can certainly say that Trump never intimidated a witness such that his name would never end up on a list of pedophile buddies by famed pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

          Trump also never invited a riot on Jan 6 that aimed to overthrow the constitutional process

          He also certainly never solicited bribes from corporations for his inauguration.

          And he would never, NEVER break the Posse Comitatus Act in his occupations of LA, DC, and Chicago.

          That’s why I will never keep track of these far left woke accusations.

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        I don’t know if the rot can be cleansed without a complete collapse of the country, which won’t have the infrastructure to go after the fascists.

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    11 hours ago

    It’d be fantastic if Kimmel just says “fuck you” and donates to as many causes that Carotid Artery Charlie absolutely HATED and railed against as possible

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      A donation to a charity focusing on ending gun violence would be an excellent fuck you if he wanted to pretend to be diplomatic about it.

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      Kimmel should post a full-throated denunciation of these media conglomerates capitulation and launch his own show.

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        He and Colbert and Stewart should legit start a new network and just constantly troll the regime. Maybe get Al Franken too - I’m still pretty livid about how he got character assassinated by the fucking DNC.

        Hell, maybe they can rope in some actual progressive members of congress (AOC, Tlaib, Sanders, Porter, and so on - but absolutely not the ones who only pay lip service, and fucking NONE of the old guard or corporatists or neoliberals or political consultant class) and seriously bootstrap an actual progressive party to challenge and supplant the Democratic Party. If they were to do that, I’d definitely be willing volunteer my time and expertise to help them make it work.

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    Fuck them. The fuckstick that got his jugular aerated had a net worth of $12 million. His rancid widow is going to be fine.

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      Media giant Sinclair called on Jimmy Kimmel to apologize directly to Charlie Kirk’s family over remarks he made about the conservative activist’s killing, and to give both them and Turning Point USA a “meaningful personal donation.”

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      It is Sinclair though, they are the unnamed affiliate from the headline. They own 39% of ABC local stations nationwide (officially, with more through shell corps), which is why they were able to pull this bs. Although, I’m sure ABC/Disney would have folded anyways with the FCC threatening them.

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          No worries, it would be far more accurate of the headline to list it as sinclair media anyways instead of a nameless affiliate.

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    11 hours ago

    What did he even say? I thought he did the whole “I don’t condone violence, thoughts and prayers” thing.

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    Personally I’d just donate 1 cent and then make a sizable donation to a good cause right after

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      I wouldn’t donate a single cent to that hate group but I would publicly give them my two cents and tell them to kindly go F themselves and then donate to planned parenthood and NAACP and Pride groups.