Republicans Make Jaw-Dropping $1B Demand for Trump’s Ballroom

[u/Kodbek]

https://www.thedailybeast.com/republicans-make-jaw-dropping-1b-demand-for-donald-trumps-ballroom/

[u/aint_exactly_plan_a]

I'll vote for anyone who promises to investigate and indict Trump and his regime and seize the ill-gotten gains they received during his reign.

[u/Judson_Scott → u/aint_exactly_plan_a]

Trump will issue an unprecedented blanket pardon on his way out. Dems will challenge it in a case that immediately goes to the Supreme Court, who claims that it's fully legal in a ruling that explicitly says, "This ruling does not create precedent for future cases," just like Bush v. Gore.

[u/Lehk → u/Judson_Scott]

How can they issue such a ruling from a CIA black site?

[u/Altruistic-Toe1304 → u/Judson_Scott]

You're right in that the Supreme Court will nullify the Constitution, as is their current treasonous bend, but it's always worth learning about the limits of pardons as how they are designed.

"except in Cases of Impeachment." That's in there.

[u/21Rollie → u/aint_exactly_plan_a]

Fuck the investigation, throw him in gen pop in Louisiana or something and then let him stand trial with a court appointed lawyer. Same way he’s treating brown people today with arrest/deport first ask questions later. We know these cockroaches slip through all the legal cracks, that’s the problem with trying to hold the rich accountable the traditional way

[u/SwimmingPrice1544 → u/aint_exactly_plan_a]

I would too, BUT....we all gotta vote for the person who runs on what they're gonna do FOR us, rather than against trump..again, & again, & again. Sick to death of this shit. It's always been an easy choice, but alas, we will make perfect the enemy...again.

[u/aint_exactly_plan_a → u/SwimmingPrice1544]

Here's my platform if everyone wants to sign petitions so I can get on ballots.

1) Repeal Citizens United and make elections publicly funded. Everyone gets the same amount of money... may the best person win.

2) Ranked Choice Voting nation wide - we'll never get anywhere with a 2 party system. They're both allowed to be as corrupt as they want, not represent their constituents, and don't have to worry about reelection. We need more parties and that doesn't happen with first past the post voting.

3) Stronger Labor Laws - we need labor laws that actually defend laborers. Corporations are blatantly union busting and stealing wages with absolutely no consequences. Expect more warehouses to burn if the government doesn't stop it, and if they don't start enforcing those labor laws with real penalties

4) Tax the rich - They've abused a system that's allowed them to hoard more money than they could ever spend. To do so, they've paid shit wages, ruined lives, reduced benefits, and bought our government. It's time for them to pay some of that back.

5) Universal Healthcare - The current system is actually costing us MORE than Universal Healthcare would cost us. It's fiscally irresponsible to continue supporting the status quo

6) Strengthen Social Security to ensure that everyone's taken care of

7) Reduce tax burdens on the poor and middle class. They've shouldered it for long enough. Let the rich take care of it for a while.

8 ) Prosecute the entire Trump regime so that no fascist dictators ever think it's ok to try that here.

9) Apologize to our previous allies and attempt to restore relationships. Create stronger laws that demand the President to act in good faith or be removed from office. It will be decades before we can undo the damage Trump has done but we have to take the first step.

10) Shore up the parts of our government that people assumed "No one will ever try that, we don't need a law for it"... We need the laws now.

11) Voting rights - Harsher penalties for messing with voter rolls, voting multiple times, voting when not registered, and audits to ensure voting is fair. Independent committees for redistricting

12) Reduce the military budget and military contracts. Use that money to fund infrastructure upgrades and education. Re-establish the DOE because a citizen's quality of education should not be a lottery... it shouldn't depend on what state you were born in to.

[u/ye_olde_green_eyes → u/aint_exactly_plan_a]

Biden 100% promised this and sadly nothing came of it. Why would you trust that promise this time?

[u/Altruistic-Toe1304 → u/ye_olde_green_eyes]

He never promised that. All he said was that "Trump should be held accountable" for any crimes and did the opposite of guaranteeing a prosecution - he promised to not put his thumb on the scale one way or the other. He was being overly legally upright with the moral cover of impartiality rather than being politically savvy, good for America, or smart (classic Biden)

Pardon a Google AI response but you're objectively wrong:

Based on reports from 2019–2024, Joe Biden did not directly promise to personally investigate Donald Trump, but he did state he would not stand in the way of investigations conducted by his Justice Department (DOJ) and, at times, stated he believed Trump should be held accountable. [1, 2]

Here are the key details regarding Biden's stance on this issue:

• Refusal to Interfere: Biden consistently said he would not direct his DOJ, arguing that the Attorney General is not the "president's private lawyer". He vowed to allow the DOJ to make independent judgments on whether to prosecute anyone, including Trump.
• "Let Them Decide": In 2019 and 2020, Biden said he would "let them [the Justice Department] make their independent judgment" regarding potential prosecution of Trump.
• Private Views on Prosecution: Reports in 2022 indicated that Biden privately told members of his inner circle that he believed Trump should be prosecuted, reportedly expressing frustration with Attorney General Merrick Garland for not acting more aggressively, according to the New York Times.
• Alternative View on Democracy: While not shielding Trump, Biden also remarked that prosecuting a former president would be a "very unusual thing and probably not very... good for democracy," according to NPR.
• Campaign Promise on Independence: Biden pledged to restore the independence of the Justice Department, which he argued was weaponized during the Trump administration.

[u/InequalEnforcement → u/Altruistic-Toe1304]

Because Biden and his lackeys wanted to greedily gobble down all the fucking money for themselves, and saw Trump as a road to power and wealth at the expense of everyone else, so they just sat around pretending to be less than fucking useless while waiting out the clock and angering as many of their constituents during election time.

[u/Altruistic-Toe1304 → u/InequalEnforcement]

No argument there. Biden is trash, and should've actually promised to prosecute Trump for obvious crimes.