• Ironfist
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    I’ve been waiting for this day for so long, seeing this wannabe dictator commit crime after crime with no consequences and hearing so many people saying this would never happen, but here we are. Cheers my American neighbors! This is a good day for democracy!

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      I agree, but also a tragic day. This does nothing to reduce the polarization or convince his misguided followers of anything. Trump might go away but his voters won’t. We have decades of this to look forward to. It’s a step in the right direction at least…

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        I wholeheartedly disagree that it’s a tragic day. The tragedies happened when he committed his crimes and got away with them for years. This is just the beginning of resolution.

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          Exactly right. Saying this mugshot is a tragedy is like saying it’s a tragedy when somebody with cancer finally qualifies for the surgery to remove the tumor.

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        I am going to disagree with you here. This is a long process. This teachers our kids about consequence. There is a lot more gears spinning than just punishing the big Cheeto.

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        It may be dark going forward, but we need to savor every bit of victory we can get like cold water on a searing summer day.

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        The consequences of national polarization may, in the long term, make Trump’s actions look small.

        This arrest certainly pushes us closer to the edge. Whether that will lead us back to normalcy or over and down is yet to be seen.

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          And it would be better for national unity if one party was allowed to get away with committing crimes without facing consequences?

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            But that’s not the point. Him getting away with it or not, is one thing. The people standing in front of the Jail since 10 am, waiting for him to show up. Eager and sincerely wanting to show him their support. Firm in their belief that he cares or needs the support.

            Half of the nation really wants someone like him to be president.

            And they stand even stronger by his side, after these last weeks.

            This is the tragic message and important lesson from this.

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              We keep saying “half of the nation” but he’s never won a popular vote. It’s a cognitive distortion

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      Isn’t this like the 3rd mug shot over the past few months, or did we not get to see those? I’ve lost track.

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        Those places forwent the mugshot. Georgia stated they would treat him as any other defendant, so this is his first.

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          I’d forgotten about “forwent,” I’m going to have to keep it in my mental cheek pouches for crosswords and other word games.

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          To be fair, the mugshot is for identification and it’s not like you need a photo of the Cheeto to identify him. What I want is a prison ID photo after being hosted down and de-loused (I know that’s just a movie trope, but I still want it)

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    how long did he study this expression in front of the mirror, i wonder

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    You can bet he spent time practicing that pose in front of a mirror at Mar-a-Lago beforehand. That’s supposed to be his ‘If you fuck with me, I’ll fuck with you ‘ look, but it’s more like ‘mommy, I think I did doo doos’.

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    What is it with all these mug shots having a similar scowl going on?

    And looking like they were photographed with a webcam from 2004?

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    Here’s hoping this is the last time in my life I have to gaze upon this grotesque misshapen oompa loompa.

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      His appearance is irrelevant. There’s plenty of us ugly guys here. But not everyone is such a jerk.

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        Oh I agree wholeheartedly. But every time I see his ghoulish rictus of a face it reminds me that for four miserable years the democratically elected* leader of the largest economy in the world was a philandering child rapist. One who is only now facing the slightest possibility of consequence for a tiny fraction of his crimes because he engaged in honest to god high treason. Nothing against ugly dudes. You’re cool.

        *kind of

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        A cautionary tale of when the ugliness inside morphs the flesh into a lumpy miscolored mass of dangling skin

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      On a side note politicians love these comments as they joke about it too at rallies and increases support.

      Makes me wonder what politicians can into jokes of culture popularized the people who died as a result of their actions.

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        And had I not made the comment it would have been the work of minutes for someone to generate a thousand like it to drum up support.

        Let’s not pretend anonymous internet comments have any actual bearing here. I’m just having fun coming up with new terms for this festering troglodyte.

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          That fine, but I just want to see how a politician turns a history of suffering into jokes at a rally. Oddly enough I think Trump could do it and his congregation would eat it up.

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    Trump had agreed to a $200,000 bond and other release conditions, including not using social media to intimidate co-defendants or witnesses in the case.

    Just gotta point this thing out. Seems soft to me idk. Maybe they just want to give him more rope to see how much he will hang himself with it this time, but really a ban from all social media would make the most sense considering how much harm his posts on there have caused.

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      To me it seems like the trump team had them retake te photo several times. It’s off center, it’s a non standard angle, and they’re letting him make a face unseen in most mug shots.

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      I’m starting to default to think they’re playing the rope angle really hard. He absolutely will not be able to conform to those terms. Though they should not have limited it to “social media”, he has access to all the communication channels the world has to offer to put a hit out.

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    He’s still wearing the same suit with the red tie? The man’s like Bart Simpson.

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    Is that his f*cking blue steel look? Wonder how long he spent practicing that expression in the mirror this week.

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    This is…. Exactly what I hoped it would be lol.

    I wonder if he’ll make a new nft trading card based on it 🤔

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    And apparently he’s listed as 6’3" weighing 215 lbs. That is not the face of a 215 lb person over 6 feet.

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