GOP finally seeing the way of Trump

 Sen. Mitt Romney Says He Would Vote For ‘Virtually’ Anybody Other Than Trump or Ramaswamy

Romney, smiling, said that he would also be "happy" to support a "number of" the Democrats who have entered the 2024 presidential race, though did not name names.

Romney has his positive points...which are outweighed by his negative points. Still, he's probably about the best you're going to get out of the treasonous, anti-American Republicans these days.

When a true conservative like Romney says you should vote for a Dem if Trump is the GOP choice, it means the death of the GOP.

That would be great if most of the Republican Party didn’t see his stance as an endorsement of their disgusting views. Modern Republicanism is a disgusting excuse for a political stance. Anyone who believes in it should be ashamed of their views, and understand that they are a weight on our societal advancement, and the shit that prevents us from making advancements as a species. Conservatism is a cancer, and people who still believe in its merits are stunted intellectually. If you’re a conservative, know that you can be better. You should be better if you care at all for our advancement as a species.

Donations to GOP drop as worries mount about the party’s finances

The Republican Party’s finances are increasingly worrisome to party members, advisers to former president Donald Trump, and other operatives involved in the 2024 election effort, according to 10 people familiar with the matter.

This is proof sanctions on Russia are working.

It’s becoming more and more obvious to long time republicans that MAGA doesn’t represent them. It’s a divide party. Why support the crazies

Republicans Trip Over Their Own Assholes Trying to Take Down Hunter Biden

If you’re a person living in the year 2023, you very likely know that Republicans have long been obsessed with the idea that the Biden family comprise a vast criminal enterprise—and that Joe Biden, as the conspiracy holds, is at the very top. They’ve desperately attempted to make this idea stick ever since Donald Trump tried and failed to get Ukraine to smear Biden and his son in exchange for military aid. Naturally, this thirst to prove that the president is a criminal mastermind—and somehow, as they claim, mentally incapacitated—has only grown since the GOP won its razor-thin majority in the House. But unsurprisingly, their push to impeach him has thus far uncovered nothing in the way of actual evidence, as Republicans in both the House and Senate will tell you. Also? Hunter Biden appears to have called them on their bluff. 

Because they don't actually want to take down Hunter Biden, they just want to drag this out until the 2024 elections so they can keep using it as political ammo against his dad.

Also calling out the absurdity of the situation was Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who wrote on X: “The reason GOP don’t want a public hearing on Hunter Biden is because @OversightDems have hoisted them by their own petards in every public hearing this year. They’re scared of getting humiliated for not having an actual case (again), so they need to hide.” 

 

Free speech doesn't get you out of consequence of your speech

 Donald Trump's Lawyers Say That False Statements Are Free Speech

Former President Donald Trump had a constitutional right to make false statements about the 2020 election, his lawyers have claimed in court.

In a written submission on Wednesday, they said that the federal election interference case against Trump is based on his alleged "lies" and that lies and false statements are protected under the First Amendment of the Constitution.

That isn't the basis of the case, though. Not one charge was brought on the basis of Trump's lies. Rather, Trump was charged because he took specific actions designed to result in January 6th, knowingly and with intent.

He can lie about it all he wants. Smith is very clear about that in the original indictment. That isn't what he's being charged over. 

No matter how desperately Trump wants to frame it to the contrary, his charges have nothing to do with "free speech" nor is he being "politically persecuted" as he loves to claim.

This from the man that has just sued MSNBC, Reuters and 18 other news orgs for misreporting $73 Million Truth Social Losses (remember the losses are apparently only $31m).

Trump has sued people and organisations for defamation. A real free speech warrior over here.

Guilty verdicts are free speech too.

Trump struggles to get into holiday spirit with scathing Thanksgiving post

Donald Trump appears to be struggling to get into the holiday spirit and is far from feeling thankful – that’s if his latest Truth Social rants are anything to go by.

In the early hours of Thanksgiving morning, the former president took to his social media platform to launch the latest in a growing number of attacks on the judge and court clerk in his New York civil fraud trial.

I don't understand how people can keep up with all this bullshit and negativity.

Oh look it's your annual reminder to put crazy racist grandpa at the far end of the table.

How can someone read that and say to himself "I want that guy to be the president of my country"? 

Donald Trump Rages at His Enemies in Furious Thanksgiving Message

Donald Trump went after his political enemies in a Thanksgiving message posted on Truth Social on Thursday.

The frontrunner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination is facing a civil fraud trial brought against him by New York Attorney General Letitia James. The $250 million lawsuit alleges Trump and executives at his company fraudulently inflated his wealth on his financial statements, which were used to secure loans and insurance. Judge Arthur Engoron is overseeing the trial and has already ruled the defendants had committed fraud. Allison Greenfield is Engoron's law clerk.

 What a soft, steaming turd of a man.

Proud to say I am his enemy!

Just remember that if he gets back into the Presidency, project 2025 will be stripping out all of the institutional guard rails so they can weaponize the entire government and intelligence apparatus against their “domestic enemies”.

They will pass laws requiring social media companies to share everything they have with the NSA, FBI, and CIA so they can identify people like you as targets for arrest, to be sent to the gigantic prison camps they’re building.

Anyone who says, “Oh but those prison camps are just going to be used to put migrant families until they’re all deported, then those prison camps will be shut down” hasn’t done much digging into every other authoritarian dictatorship throughout history.

People need to vote like their lives depend on it, because if Trump gets back in, he’s telling us there won’t be a democracy anymore.

Trump admits lying on the stand

 On The Stand, Trump Admits To Adjusting Property Valuations

“Did you ever think that the values were off in your statement of financial condition?” Assistant Attorney General Kevin Wallace asked the former president.

“Yes, on occasion,” Trump responded. “Both high and low.”

The pathological liar told the truth on the stand and incriminated himself. What a world. 

I'm amazed that this guy still has supporters. A LOT of them.

is it just me, or is all the "I trusted the accountants" bullshit completely blown out of the water when you point out the time line of valuations, like:

1) you signed and approved that it was worth 15 million.

2) 6 months later, you signed and approved it was worth 50 million.

3) 3 months later, you signed and approved it was worth 15 million.

4) 5 months later, you signed and approved it was worth 50 million.

Each time to their advantage. Then it is utterly impossible to claim that they "didn't know" or they "trusted accountants".

Yes, I know the liability is already determined, Trump did commit fraud is an accepted fact by him and his lawyers. But it just seems that every time any Trump utters those "I didn't know" it seems the immediate response would be to prove that they did.

    “Just for the record,” Wallace replied, “you weren’t president in 2021?”

    “No, I wasn’t,” Trump acknowledged.

"Damning": Legal experts say NY AG got Trump to make "critical admission" in fraud testimony 

ormer President Donald Trump appeared to confirm that the property valuations that his company submitted to banks and insurers were meant to "induce" loans from lenders while being questioned by prosecutors from the New York attorney general's office, legal experts say.

Counsel for the New York attorney general's office on Monday showed Trump a Deutsche Bank term loan agreement from the early 2010s that Trump had verified and signed. The prosecutor then asked Trump if the intentions to submit values of businesses and the properties of the Trump Organization were "in order to induce lending," Inner City Press' Matt Russell reported. 

He was already found guilty though, this part of the trial is figuring out just how much money he has to pay.

I think the biggest realization from all of this is that the business deals Trump has engaged in have always been bullshit, but despite that admission, he publicly flaunts how successful he is in business. He's a dangerous sociopath.

Here's the house of cards he built in case anyone is confused:

Trump needs partners or a loan for a new project.

Banks or business partners demand evidence of total wealth and access to cash in case the deal goes south while in progress.

Trump creates dodgy assessment and financial data used as due diligence to justify the loan or partnership.

Banks or other businesses assume that Trump is telling the truth and don't demand more detail. Who would lie when the stakes are this high?

The deal is signed based on knowingly fraudulent information, Trump specifically stated that these documents have a notification that their accuracy is not guaranteed.

Trump uses these business deals to build more legitimacy, and uses that as a reference for future deals.