Bruce Springsteen
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So he said what any politician says behind closed doors, but out in the open
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Trump offers to 'destroy career' of a Texas state senator opposed to asset forfeiture
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GameAddict411
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At some point how can we even react to this fucking idiot anymore? He is normalizing lunacy and it's really not looking too good for the US.
RPGCrazied
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Horrifying. We have a President threatening people now that don't go his way. How is this normal?
As soon as Sean Spicer quits, you should apply
NeededSleep
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I usually support law enforcment but Asset forfeiture is fucking filthy as shit. I would applaud any sentator who stood up against it.
Norwegian_Imposter
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Can we have a trump tweets OT?
ElectricBlanketFire
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Not all politicians are Frank Underwood.
This wasn't a tweet, but thanks for complaining.
it wasnt a tweet. this came out of his mouth
Username1198
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Cmon Hillary woulda done the same!
Remember all those emails she threatened and had killed by her secret hit squad?
THE SAME
SerTapTap
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Not that his tweets are any less impactful. People need to bury this moronic "it's just a tweet it's not real" shit. All the evil shit he tweeted pre-election was the same as what he said in person and what he's doing now.
Zoe
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State senate, not US senate
Man Called Aerodynamics
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I try not to be too optimistic.
But if he keeps escalating at the insane rate that he has since 1/20, it's hard not to see impeachment as the inevitable outcome.
Oh, I agree
I'm very tired of people trying to sweep his statements under the rug as if it isn't important what our President says or does. Apparently outrage fatigue is a real thing and he has managed to spam some people into complacency
parrotbeak
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Nice to see a local news source going "fake news"
Even cited its "fake news" source:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...e-highest-in-45-years/?utm_term=.44a85681ee48
Which in turn cites the fucking FBI for it's data:
https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2015/crime-in-the-u.s.-2015
https://www.ucrdatatool.gov/Search/Crime/State/RunCrimeTrendsInOneVar.cfm
But in spite how easy they made it to look at the information, I'm sure a single facebook post or tweet would flush all these facts into the drained swamp.
Also the 1990s were violent.
Even cited its "fake news" source:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...e-highest-in-45-years/?utm_term=.44a85681ee48
Which in turn cites the fucking FBI for it's data:
https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2015/crime-in-the-u.s.-2015
https://www.ucrdatatool.gov/Search/Crime/State/RunCrimeTrendsInOneVar.cfm
But in spite how easy they made it to look at the information, I'm sure a single facebook post or tweet would flush all these facts into the drained swamp.
Also the 1990s were violent.
Republicans are riding this train into the ground. Impeachment isn't coming. Regaining the house is the only hope.
Reverend Funk
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Yeah cool everyone should just be able to do whatever cause someone else might be secretly doing it
"Hey, everyone else is doing it too! Don't single me out!"
Such a bullshit excuse that people who get caught use.
This is actually a common thing with Trump - he discusses what sound like internal talking points, publicly, when it can't possibly help him at all to talk about it. there was someone on Twitter talking about it and what it shows about his mental state
parrotbeak
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I don't believe most politicians or even most business leaders would say this. Most smart people know not to burn bridges. If you really want to fuck someone over that you may end up working with some day, keep it to yourself. Trump didn't even know this guy's name and he's threatening him. He's out of control.
Gut feelings (trademarked)
nature boy
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Stupid shit Orange Fascist said/tweeted 2017 |OT1|
And that's exactly the point. Common decency is eroding. Before, corruption, strong arm tactics, and racism were done behind closed doors. Now it's out in the open.
NoLootBoxDev
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Soon in your country..... police taking all money no questions asked. I dont would like to be a minority on Texas.
PHOENIXZERO
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I'm more annoyed by the sheriff's whining that someone wants to make it harder for police to effectively steal people's property than I am about Trump and his wanna be mob boss bullshit.
BobTheFork
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I refuse to believe the repubicans will start the process and there won't be enough democrats from the next election to finish the process.
All the impeachment talk just feels like people trying to cope.
parrotbeak
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The sheriff definitely displays an attitude of being part of the problem. He doesn't want to ruin the senator's career (or be directly tied to it even if he does) but he's making excuses for Trump because he's hoping Trump supports them. People are going to find out the hard way that Trump only supports himself.
he probably doesn't know what it is, tbh
I say this knowing full well that the guy says the state senator "introduced legislation requiring conviction before we can receive that forfeiture money". Watching the video you can tell it is going right over Trump's head
lord knows he would throw a hissy fit if his shit was taken without a conviction
Beer Monkey
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Kleptocracy.
Fenderputty
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Pretty much
dskillzhtown
keep your strippers out of my American football
Because they are standing against asset forfeiture?
ElectricBlanketFire
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He wants to destroy the career of someone opposed to something that could fuck us over.
As a resident of Dallas County, which is neighbors to Rockwall County, I can safely say "fuck you" not only to Trump but also to the Rockwall sheriff. The city of Rockwall is a higher income location with awful cops and a tendency towards massively, massively overcharging people on fines, mainly screwing with what low to middle income people are there. And you are absolutely fucked if you are arrested and have to be bailed out as you will be paying two, five, or even ten times the amount you would just across the lake in Dallas County.
This guy, with his "tough on crime" bullshit, squeezing every one for every last cent if they get into legal trouble becoming the president of a national sheriff's association is a very bleak thing.
This guy, with his "tough on crime" bullshit, squeezing every one for every last cent if they get into legal trouble becoming the president of a national sheriff's association is a very bleak thing.
you think Trump knows this?
parrotbeak
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Based on the article the suspected senator is probably a dem or possibly a republican critical of Trump who has pushed for civil liberties.
orientalNoodle
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How long will Trump adopt Putin's method of killing political opponents?
Gentleman Jack
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He doesn't have to get his hands dirty on this account, he'll let his cronies paint targets via twitter and sip the lipton when harm comes as a result.
jellies_two
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I watched it several times and I didn't detect a smile.
Perhaps that was because the last time I saw him crack a joke it was standing in front of some harley davidson fat boys that he totally could not ride and he said something like "I bet you guys want to see me fall off one of these", through a huge smile.
So yeah, by comparison to that, he was ice cold here.
Spiral Insanity
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After this term we need more laws, the President should not be able to say stuff like this.
OriginofHysteria
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Lol this. He probably got a boner thinking of destroying Ted Cruz' career.
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