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[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 18 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Keep in mind that's Income Tax. Most rich people don't actually have income, they have capital gains.

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 22 points 15 hours ago (4 children)

Lol yeah, except the Apple guy's name is actually Tim Cook. But then Trump called him Tim Apple and it became a meme.

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 93 points 18 hours ago (9 children)

His build up to the announcement cracked me up:

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 5 points 18 hours ago

"This is you as an old man. I'm ugly and dead alone."

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 55 points 1 day ago (3 children)

That's what is ridiculous to me. The consequences are literally that they might lose their job. Yeah it sucks for them a little bit, but the alternative is destroying our fucking country. It's amazing how many of them choose to bend the knee time and time again.

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

I know! I hate myself for it but I can't unsee it. I think it's the chin that does it for me. That and the sleaziness...

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

On a random note, not sure how many Monkey Island fans there are around here, but I can't see Matt Gaetz without seeing Stan the used boat salesman.

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 51 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Shouldn't this dude be in prison for sex trafficking?

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Thanks for the clarification. I'm glad that presidents can't just overturn Justice Department policy when they want.

Wish we had a remind me bot so I can check this comment in 4 years and see if that's still the case.

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

I dunno. The human part of me wants to believe that there would be something that would be to much for his base to stomach. But the pessimist in me that's still processing last week's election makes me think there could be a video of Trump and Epstein raping a 13 year old and his base wouldn't give a shit.

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Is there an app? I use Voyager and Sync for Lemmy.

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 28 points 1 day ago (5 children)

I still don't understand how this is an official DOJ policy. I always see it referenced as a DOJ memo from the 70s. Who gives a shit about memos? This is supposed to be a country of laws, not 50 year old memos.

But yeah, would love Garland to issue a new memo overturning that policy. Let Trump's first official act be to overturn an existing policy to prevent him from being investigated. Not saying he would even hesitate to do it, just saying I'd like to make it an explicit step he has to take.

 
 
 
 
 

Cross posting this from https://sh.itjust.works/post/25548740

There's an issue with posts not showing as read on newer instances of Lemmy.

 
 
 
 
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