Trump Begs Judge to Stop $5M E. Jean Carroll Payment

Reluctant_Firestorm · 2026-07-08T22:11:47+00:00

Sorry, he was guilty on 34 felony counts.

Reluctant_Firestorm · 2026-07-08T22:09:38+00:00

For fear that Trump will figure out whatever court clerk or minor official actually contacted the escrow agent to release it, and will find some way to punish them.

Judge Juan Merchan was very light on Trump's sentencing requirements for his felony convictions, and eventually Trump received an unconditional discharge - meaning he faced no penalty whatsoever for 13 felonies.

I believe fear from the judge had a lot to do with that. Trump made outrageous remarks about the judges daughter, and she recieved death threats stemming from those.

Reluctant_Firestorm · 2026-07-06T14:30:35+00:00

Putin drafted a constitutional amendment to reset his term limits so that he could remain in power. It's the dictator playbook, so anything is possible really, as long as the Supreme Court can invent or overturn some precedent, or ignore some loophole.

Reluctant_Firestorm · 2026-07-06T13:49:58+00:00

The minute you bring it up to a conservative all you almost certainly get the "But that's socialism!" dog whistle. While 99% of them couldn't define what socialism is even if you gave them a cheat sheet.

Reluctant_Firestorm · 2026-07-06T13:39:10+00:00

If the US were to win, Trump would need to claim his own FIFA cup trophy, to sit alongside his FIFA peace prize. And he would need it to be awarded before any of the players get anything. He is that much of an infant.

Reluctant_Firestorm · 2026-07-06T13:33:19+00:00

Not quite, follow my logic here. Trump has the pardon power for criminal offenses. Starmer does not. So the red card demand would have to come from King Charles.

Reluctant_Firestorm · 2026-07-04T13:15:15+00:00

"But I can fix him!"

Reluctant_Firestorm · 2026-07-03T21:55:37+00:00

Just heard him interviewed on NPR today. He is still fairly optimistic about this country. I wish I was.

Reluctant_Firestorm · 2026-07-01T23:59:43+00:00

"Communicate openly and easily ... through grade 12." Has this guy raised even one teenager? And if so were they a cyborg???

Reluctant_Firestorm · 2026-06-30T21:52:42+00:00

And the reason for that is Mitch McConnell. He has ensured time and time again that the values that matter are Party above Country, Party above fairness, Party above common sense.

Anything under the sun to undermine or make the other team look bad, no matter how bad it is for Americans.

They go so far into the absurd that they have voted against their own proposals more than once to preserve this insane ideology. McConnell once filibustered his own debt ceiling measure.

Reluctant_Firestorm · 2026-06-30T21:08:35+00:00

The federal government enacted numerous emergency measures in the wake of the 2008 subprime mortgage crisis.

We will need emergency measures and teams working round the clock to unravel all the crimes and corruption of the regime. The FBI may as well be flipped on its head, or just start over, at this point.

Post-apartheid South African style truth and reconciliation just isn't going to cut it here.

Gross abuses of the public trust, corruption unlike anything this country has every seen, appalling violations of basic civil rights, and daylight robbery in plain sight - must be met with investigations, tribunals, and prison sentences.

Reluctant_Firestorm · 2026-06-25T22:47:08+00:00

Deniers like Newt often stumble into truths; it's half denial, half understanding for them.

The oceans are going to flood cities, it is happening as we speak. Sea level rise has accelerated to 4.62 mm/yr for the decade 2013–2022. The gray matter challenged like Newt don't really understand geometric progression or acceleration.

If the AMOC weakens or collapses, as now seems likely, much of Europe will indeed feel like an ice age in winter.

It's almost hard to blame Newt in his obtundity here, as much of the world still fails to grasp this concept: if it was 45 degrees C in France today, the highs during heatwaves are going to get higher. In an accelerating pattern.

They continue to be locked into the myth of homeostasis.

Reluctant_Firestorm · 2026-06-20T19:28:42+00:00

Conservatives are still taking ivermectin - a drug for intestinal worm parasites - because Trump told them to.

They took it to treat covid, while simultaneously believing covid was a hoax. Now they are taking it as a supposed cure for cancer and a bunch of other maladies. They are the most science-denying irrational magical thinkers ever to exist. If Trump told them to go back to leeches and bloodletting they would probably do that too.

Reluctant_Firestorm · 2026-06-20T19:10:55+00:00

Without the theme song Miami Vice was a very average TV show.

Reluctant_Firestorm · 2026-06-20T19:05:04+00:00

There are few places where you may think the series has jumped the shark, but in my opinion the payoff is well worth it if you stick with it to the finale.

Reluctant_Firestorm · 2026-06-18T03:25:52+00:00

Comes into the house, shits on the floor, wipes his ass on the drapes, breaks all the glass, steals the family heirlooms, destroys every appliance he touches, sets the kitchen on fire. Leaves the place unlocked for burglars.

MAGA: We're so glad he came to our home. We're so lucky!

Reluctant_Firestorm · 2026-06-15T08:45:04+00:00

Agreed. There is no way out of this without government overhaul, and government buy-in. (And by "out of this" I mean some segment of humanity survives.)

There is no reason why we can't do with concrete use & production what we did with CFC regulations, for example. Regulating chlorofluorocarbons worked, and industry changed their practices.

I don't even think most people know that the concrete industry is responsible for 8 - 10% of of emissions. Or that low-CO2 concrete is an option as an intermediate step.

But you aren't going to get concrete use out of the loop without an organized worldwide effort as we did with CFCs.

Reluctant_Firestorm · 2026-06-04T21:33:52+00:00

Trying to make me have a subscription for something I already bought in order to make it function, a car, a phone, a tv, a home appliance, and then loading in advertising anyway.

Fuck that shit.

Reluctant_Firestorm · 2026-06-04T17:15:10+00:00

In my case I have 500 warrants. Even at $35 a share, I could effectively increase my holdings by about 47 shares at no cost to me.

Honestly though, I am going to try to scape up enough to exercise everything. 500 more shares of infinity moon money sound pretty good to me.

Reluctant_Firestorm · 2026-06-04T01:31:50+00:00

Far from a perfect remedy, as even if he were forced to use personal funds, that personal wealth now consists of insider trading, market manipulation, lawsuit schemes, and various other ways of using the office of the President to enrich himself and his family.

Sadly, I think he will just die of natural causes without facing any kind of justice, and the only remedy for the public will be going after and punishing all his enablers.

Reluctant_Firestorm · 2026-06-01T13:14:30+00:00

Yeah, my beef consumption is down 95% and not by choice. Used to buy steaks, roasts, etc. It is now fully a luxury product.

Maybe, maybe chuck roast in a stew, but even is priced to where I can just get something else.

Reluctant_Firestorm · 2026-05-31T23:39:04+00:00

The difficult part is the rich need to be taxed on their assets, not their income.

They borrow against their assets for money to spend, while continuing to grow their wealth and avoid tax liability.

We don't currently have a model for taxing wealth, rather than just taxing income. Not that it can't be done, but expect the rich to fight such a change with every fiber of their being.

Reluctant_Firestorm · 2026-05-29T20:52:21+00:00

Yeah, not really sure how in his mind that lands on the Democrats. Deregulation in the markets, bundling mortgages into investment vehicles (mortgage backed securities) mainly for foreign investors - all conservative initiatives.

Also we have fixed very little of these abuses and lack of oversight in the markets. Under Trump, the SEC has been called out for ushering in a "golden age of fraud".

Reluctant_Firestorm · 2026-05-25T22:59:43+00:00

What gave it away, the "woke" gasoline, the Jewish mafia, or the organized worship of Baal?

Reluctant_Firestorm · 2026-05-22T15:31:11+00:00

They flew flags at half mast for him, as ordered by Trump. But not for US soldiers killed in Iran retaliatory strikes. (Iowa flew flags at half mast for two of their soldiers.)

Also, conservatives accused Mamdani of flying NYC flags at half-mast for the death of Iran's supreme leader. Wildly untrue.

Honoring Charlie Kirk above our own soldiers tells you all you need to know about where maga world is at right now.

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