• PattyMcB@lemmy.world
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    Democracy failed when the senators realized they could vote to put money into their own coffers.

    This democracy is failing because there are no longer checks and balances against the executive branch and the president.

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      There will be no trials until the American people stand up for themselves and bring this to an end.

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      What upcoming trials? People talk as though that’s an inevitability. Is some magical fairy going to come after a certain amount of time? Is there a mystical clock that will run out on the regime and then those involved will be punished? The only way it will happen will be violent revolution or war.

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    So his rights were violated by being investigated for stuff he actually did?

    “You know, I brought a lawsuit, and I’m winning the lawsuit. There’s only one problem. I’m the one who has to settle it,” he said. “In other words, I am suing, and I’m the one that’s supposed to settle it."

    Like it’s personally coming out of his pocket instead of tax payer money diverted from the last dregs of government services.

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    “We have all the evidence,” Trump told the crowd in Rocky Mount, N.C. late Friday. “And we have to do something about it. We have to do something about it. It’s illegal and disgusting.”

    You mean all the evidence to lock you up, you disgusting piece of shit?