$175 million is still too much but at least it is a more manageable amount.
Here is Trump facing down reporters, like he always does. This is Trump at his best, this video. I love when he tells a reporter, “It’s none of your business.” No one else could survive this moment but Trump. Going on offense is the right move.
Meanwhile, all of the nonsense by the Left has resulted in Trump’s highest approval ratings to date.
Trumps biggest asset is the fact that his opponents are morons. The more they attack him,the more popular he gets. Biden calling him broke Don shows just how out of touch the Dems are to the American people. They have turned Trump into a martyr
“The more they attack him, the more popular he gets.”
Their obsession with destroying Trump is also destroying the country though. We no longer even have a common reality with these people. How do we have a country without something as basic as that?
“What does Captain Ahab symbolize?”
“Ahab is a symbol of the destructive nature of man. He symbolizes vengeance and obsession in his quest to destroy the white whale.”
Yes, they want Trump to disappear so badly , they threw moral principles, our freedoms, law and order, and common sense under the bus. The people who are trying to destroy him completely lost any self awareness. And as they move to shut him up or lock him away, they trample on all societal norms. I don’t see how or why future government officials or politicians are able to go back to at least some level of integrity. The situation is demoralizing.
Leftists/marxists will cheat and he will win for the third time. And, yes, Lesley Stahl, we know the election was stolen; it is you who bought the big lie. She is a disgrace going back for years, including the Trump interview when she said the laptop was not real. She's a joke.
Except that is a false paradigm – If you logically think if over, you realise that liberals actually belong over on the Pro-freedom Right next to Conservatives.
If the political spectrum is supposedly ‘liberal’ on the left and conservatives on the right, then where do you place leftists that were or are communist dictators?
Was Mao a ‘liberal’?
Was Pol pot a ‘liberal’?
Was Stalin a ‘liberal’?
If you can’t resolve those questions, then the ‘liberal-conservative’ paradigm isn’t valid by any stretch of the imagination.
Certainly one must differentiate between leftists and classical liberals. Was Hitler a conservative? Was the National Socialist German Workers Party actually right wing.? Many modern American conservatives are actually classical liberals. What is MAGA but an attempt to hold onto the classic ideals of the rights of the individual versus a federal leviathan trying to control everything in it's path? I think totalitarians use whatever thought system they find convenient, and it's more a matter of good or evil in their hearts. There seem to be two types of people, those who want to control other people and those who don't. So yes, it's certainly, more complicated than that, but it is an old saying.
Yes, I agree, we’re distinguishing between leftists and classic liberals.
Sidenote: Most dictionaries don’t distinguish between liberal and classic liberals – they usually don’t define the later. The last time I checked, most online dictionaries don’t define the term either.
So, in effect liberal and classic liberal are the same thing. So, leftists are exploiting certain words to confuse the situation. But as you said, it all boils down to this quote:
"Political tags - such as royalist, communist, democrat, populist, fascist, liberal, conservative, and so forth - are never basic criteria. The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire."
Robert A. Heinlein
We’ve documented more than 24 commonalties between the Democratic and Nazi parties – with one other thing, leftists hardly ever try to prove that they were ‘right-wing’ and curiously fall back on the socialism aspect.
But I have a theory that there is one additional reason – ever since the fall of the Soviet Union, the left has tried to push the evils of the Nazis to blot out the record of the communist block.
It’s also the reason they’ve expended an inordinate amount of gaslighting to try and switch the sides of the Nazis – along with Stalin – from the afterword in the 1961 edition of George Orwell’s 1984:
AFTERWORD To George Orwell’s 1984 By Erich Fromm “the Betrayal Of The Socialist Hopes By Stalin's Reactionary State Capitalism”
We also don't hear about mass killings by Muslims. Africans kill a lot of people on their continent, but not many Americans appear to be interested. Americans of my generation (Boomers) were not particularly interested in who the Russians killed in their own countries.
Socialist Democrats want the government to take care of them. Actually, they want the government (that is, all of us) to take care of them and a few of their favorite fetish groups.
They do seem to love a rule based life. I suspect if got imposed on them by the Chinese they would experience a sudden awakening about authoritarian socialism.
The main problem as I see it is that the woke cult refuses to name itself or be named by anyone else. They get testy when they are called anything. Even "critical theory movement" gets pushback. Naming things with nonsense words like "trans" is their prerogative, or erasing "women," because the cult rules the language now.
Does the National Socialist Democratic American Party (NSDAP) understand that this shows they are completely out of ideas and that their only selling point is attacking President Trump?
They’re just sitting in the mud, gunning the engine, spinning their wheels, and just digging themselves in deeper each time. Trust me, I’m all too familiar with this in getting my tractor stuck last week.
I grudgingly voted for Trump twice and I wish that the GOP would nominate a much better person in 2024. I worked for many years as a federal bank examiner and I have no doubt that Trump deliberately inflated the value of his assets on documents submitted to lenders. But the banks haven't alleged fraud or any harm done to them; they took Trump's figures with a grain of salt and did independent valuations of his assets. This case is selective prosecution and reflects poorly both on the NY Attorney General and on Trump.
I would think the ruling on Trump's valuations means banks and appraisers that have undervalued properties can be sued for that low valuation which prevented a larger loan.
Borrowers can't sue a lender for doing independent valuations of assets that are performed in good faith and that result in lower valuations than what the borrower provides. Borrowers can try other lenders if they don't agree with the terms that a bank offers them. Over time American banks refused to lend to the Trump organization because the banks didn't trust the financial data he provided. That fact has been noted in various business news articles and is well-known among bank regulators.
"In good faith" is questionable. There's also what I believe is the real estate and mortgage industries colluding with appraisers to inflate home prices to the detriment of borrowers.
Banks have no reason to value assets for less than they are reasonably worth. If anything, the problem would be overvaluing assets to justify lending more money to a business; loans are by far the biggest source of income for banks. As for consumer mortgages, the rules for appraisers are quite strict now following the financial meltdown in 2008. Almost all residential home sales are made to the highest bidder; realtors don't control the bidding.
Meanwhile, neo-liberal 'repubulicans' like Ken Buck and Mike Gallagher are purposely 'retiring' to turn over the House to democrats like they did in 2018(32 'retired'). In 2018 it was simply to block Trump in orifice. Now, I believe, it is so they can pass a 'law' to keep Trump off the ballot. The last time was 1860. These people are very dangerous, because they do NOT have the will of the People. At all. At least in 1860 there was a large Southern base for secession.
To those of you who were on the Left and now see things a little more clearly I wish you would have listened to Mr. Limbaugh. He provided a complete education on our politico's.
“Going on offense is the right move.” Exactly. Wars are never won on defense and face it, we are at war in America. The Marxist progressive left has made it clear: If you want peace and stability, restore the Party of Obama and let it complete it’s work, the transformation of America. Choose Trump and you choose war. Trump gets it and a growing number of Americans do as well. The Left is insanely jealous and fearful as they no longer have the ability to inspire and persuade the public as Trump does. Coercion and force is all they have left.
Hey Sandra, it’s amazing how much federal, state and local government has taken over the economy, the arts, education and communications. So different when we were kids and their role was much more limited. It’s become a nanny state and Orwellian. I need coffee! Take care, amigo.
It's still a violation of the 8th Amendment. But then, this Enrolled Agent tax pro has never understood how the imposition of a $10,000 penalty for failure to report required information about foreign financial accounts when the total account balances exceed $10,000 for a nano-second in a given calendar year is not a violation of the 8th Amendment. But, what do I know.
President Trump says he will pay the bond in cash. Oh how I would love to see a convoy of trucks with some combination of change and small bills (I'd say all pennies except I doubt the treasury has 17.5 billion pennies on hand).
As it is, paying with $100s (the largest denomination currently in circulation) will require a stack 627 feet high. Or 8, 3'x8' tables, with stacks 3 feet tall covering the entire surface of each table.
Or get 314 men and women in suits, each with a 2'X1'X1' briefcase full of Benjamins. Line them up and make the feds count each and every briefcase.
It's not illegal in the United States to pay somebody to keep their mouth shut about a private interaction. It's my understanding that it is being claimed that the expense should've been treated as a campaign expenditure. I think it's fairly easy to argue that the primary reason for spending the money was to prevent embarrassment to his wife. He probably would've paid hush money to anybody who was going to cause that harm to his reputation or his family regardless of whether he was running for president or not.
Maybe if I watched MSNBC and read more of the NYT, I would be persuaded that:
Donald Trump is a Russian agent! The walls are closing in! Expert journalists won Pulitzers!
COVID could not have originated in a lab doing research on bat viruses eerily like COVID! It came naturally from bats! All the experts say so, and they forbid you to ask any questions! That’s just a conspiracy theory!
Hunter’s laptop has all the earmarks of Russian disinformation! 51 experts say so!
Crackhead Hunter set up 20 shell companies to receive over $20 million from foreign entities. This is totally normal and not evidence of any nefarious behavior!
Jan 6 was totally an insurrection! These people were too armed-they were using flagpoles and fire extinguishers to overthrow the most powerful government in the world!
Fani Willis and Letitia James are only interested in seeking justice! All the experts say so! Fani totally paid cash for her share of the vacations, and Letitia did not base her election campaign on a promise to get Trump!
Maybe if I watched enough Rachel Maddow and read enough NYT, I could be persuaded to jettison my provincial idea of common sense, reason and logic, and fully embrace the “experts”.
Trumps biggest asset is the fact that his opponents are morons. The more they attack him,the more popular he gets. Biden calling him broke Don shows just how out of touch the Dems are to the American people. They have turned Trump into a martyr
It is Voltaire's prayer.
“I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: ‘O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous.’ And God granted it.”
😂
“The more they attack him, the more popular he gets.”
Their obsession with destroying Trump is also destroying the country though. We no longer even have a common reality with these people. How do we have a country without something as basic as that?
“What does Captain Ahab symbolize?”
“Ahab is a symbol of the destructive nature of man. He symbolizes vengeance and obsession in his quest to destroy the white whale.”
From hell’s heart, they stab at him.
Yes, they want Trump to disappear so badly , they threw moral principles, our freedoms, law and order, and common sense under the bus. The people who are trying to destroy him completely lost any self awareness. And as they move to shut him up or lock him away, they trample on all societal norms. I don’t see how or why future government officials or politicians are able to go back to at least some level of integrity. The situation is demoralizing.
An evil man (party) will burn his (its) own nation to the ground to rule over the ashes. - Sun Tzu
The wise ones have a lot to say about what has gone down in our country. I love Sun Tzu.
Reminder: Bernie Madoff's bail to appeal was $10M and he actually stole $20B from his victims.
The key word here is victims. Trump’s “crime” is victimless.
Which flies in the face of the common law.
Yes indeed and Charles Manson’s was $30 million! And we know how many victims he had.
It is regrettable that there are no sanctions for the rogue prosecutor and Judge Kangaroo.
Not yet at least.
Yet.
Leftists/marxists will cheat and he will win for the third time. And, yes, Lesley Stahl, we know the election was stolen; it is you who bought the big lie. She is a disgrace going back for years, including the Trump interview when she said the laptop was not real. She's a joke.
POV of liberals is simple, "Oh look, Trump is in court again, this must mean he's done more bad things."
..."and we will be able to keep MSNBC going for another five years!"
Unfortunately true, one of the bad byproducts of President Trump’s worldwide fame where he pays their light bills to on air!
Joke of a case that should have never gone to trial. At least there's some good news though.
Woot! Woot! Thanks for the update Sasha!
Old saying: "Liberals think conservatives are evil, conservatives think liberals are stupid."
Except that is a false paradigm – If you logically think if over, you realise that liberals actually belong over on the Pro-freedom Right next to Conservatives.
If the political spectrum is supposedly ‘liberal’ on the left and conservatives on the right, then where do you place leftists that were or are communist dictators?
Was Mao a ‘liberal’?
Was Pol pot a ‘liberal’?
Was Stalin a ‘liberal’?
If you can’t resolve those questions, then the ‘liberal-conservative’ paradigm isn’t valid by any stretch of the imagination.
Certainly one must differentiate between leftists and classical liberals. Was Hitler a conservative? Was the National Socialist German Workers Party actually right wing.? Many modern American conservatives are actually classical liberals. What is MAGA but an attempt to hold onto the classic ideals of the rights of the individual versus a federal leviathan trying to control everything in it's path? I think totalitarians use whatever thought system they find convenient, and it's more a matter of good or evil in their hearts. There seem to be two types of people, those who want to control other people and those who don't. So yes, it's certainly, more complicated than that, but it is an old saying.
Yes, I agree, we’re distinguishing between leftists and classic liberals.
Sidenote: Most dictionaries don’t distinguish between liberal and classic liberals – they usually don’t define the later. The last time I checked, most online dictionaries don’t define the term either.
So, in effect liberal and classic liberal are the same thing. So, leftists are exploiting certain words to confuse the situation. But as you said, it all boils down to this quote:
"Political tags - such as royalist, communist, democrat, populist, fascist, liberal, conservative, and so forth - are never basic criteria. The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire."
Robert A. Heinlein
We’ve documented more than 24 commonalties between the Democratic and Nazi parties – with one other thing, leftists hardly ever try to prove that they were ‘right-wing’ and curiously fall back on the socialism aspect.
And somehow we always hear about the mass killings of the NAZIs but not those of the Communists. Bias anyone? I like Heinlein too.
You’ve noticed that too.
Dennis Prager made that point a few years ago:
Why Isn't Communism as Hated as Nazism?
https://www.prageru.com/video/why-isnt-communism-as-hated-as-nazism
But I have a theory that there is one additional reason – ever since the fall of the Soviet Union, the left has tried to push the evils of the Nazis to blot out the record of the communist block.
It’s also the reason they’ve expended an inordinate amount of gaslighting to try and switch the sides of the Nazis – along with Stalin – from the afterword in the 1961 edition of George Orwell’s 1984:
AFTERWORD To George Orwell’s 1984 By Erich Fromm “the Betrayal Of The Socialist Hopes By Stalin's Reactionary State Capitalism”
https://archive.ph/Psdud
(can we say the word irony on steroids?)
We also don't hear about mass killings by Muslims. Africans kill a lot of people on their continent, but not many Americans appear to be interested. Americans of my generation (Boomers) were not particularly interested in who the Russians killed in their own countries.
Socialist Democrats want the government to take care of them. Actually, they want the government (that is, all of us) to take care of them and a few of their favorite fetish groups.
Taken care of like animals in a zoo.
They do seem to love a rule based life. I suspect if got imposed on them by the Chinese they would experience a sudden awakening about authoritarian socialism.
The main problem as I see it is that the woke cult refuses to name itself or be named by anyone else. They get testy when they are called anything. Even "critical theory movement" gets pushback. Naming things with nonsense words like "trans" is their prerogative, or erasing "women," because the cult rules the language now.
I’ve been working on a story that will probably tick them off to no end.
That would be incredibly satisfying!
Actually, the liberals say that conservatives are both evil AND stupid.
The price of arrogance is foolishness. Thanks to Sasha for illuminating the bubble.
I hope that the price of ignorant arrogance is to fall from the sky and crash like Icarus. If only that could be true sooner rather than later.
Does the National Socialist Democratic American Party (NSDAP) understand that this shows they are completely out of ideas and that their only selling point is attacking President Trump?
They’re just sitting in the mud, gunning the engine, spinning their wheels, and just digging themselves in deeper each time. Trust me, I’m all too familiar with this in getting my tractor stuck last week.
I grudgingly voted for Trump twice and I wish that the GOP would nominate a much better person in 2024. I worked for many years as a federal bank examiner and I have no doubt that Trump deliberately inflated the value of his assets on documents submitted to lenders. But the banks haven't alleged fraud or any harm done to them; they took Trump's figures with a grain of salt and did independent valuations of his assets. This case is selective prosecution and reflects poorly both on the NY Attorney General and on Trump.
I would think the ruling on Trump's valuations means banks and appraisers that have undervalued properties can be sued for that low valuation which prevented a larger loan.
Borrowers can't sue a lender for doing independent valuations of assets that are performed in good faith and that result in lower valuations than what the borrower provides. Borrowers can try other lenders if they don't agree with the terms that a bank offers them. Over time American banks refused to lend to the Trump organization because the banks didn't trust the financial data he provided. That fact has been noted in various business news articles and is well-known among bank regulators.
"In good faith" is questionable. There's also what I believe is the real estate and mortgage industries colluding with appraisers to inflate home prices to the detriment of borrowers.
Banks have no reason to value assets for less than they are reasonably worth. If anything, the problem would be overvaluing assets to justify lending more money to a business; loans are by far the biggest source of income for banks. As for consumer mortgages, the rules for appraisers are quite strict now following the financial meltdown in 2008. Almost all residential home sales are made to the highest bidder; realtors don't control the bidding.
I think the only thing that really matters in this case is that there were no victims of the supposed crime.
A "Man in Full".
Meanwhile, neo-liberal 'repubulicans' like Ken Buck and Mike Gallagher are purposely 'retiring' to turn over the House to democrats like they did in 2018(32 'retired'). In 2018 it was simply to block Trump in orifice. Now, I believe, it is so they can pass a 'law' to keep Trump off the ballot. The last time was 1860. These people are very dangerous, because they do NOT have the will of the People. At all. At least in 1860 there was a large Southern base for secession.
To those of you who were on the Left and now see things a little more clearly I wish you would have listened to Mr. Limbaugh. He provided a complete education on our politico's.
“Going on offense is the right move.” Exactly. Wars are never won on defense and face it, we are at war in America. The Marxist progressive left has made it clear: If you want peace and stability, restore the Party of Obama and let it complete it’s work, the transformation of America. Choose Trump and you choose war. Trump gets it and a growing number of Americans do as well. The Left is insanely jealous and fearful as they no longer have the ability to inspire and persuade the public as Trump does. Coercion and force is all they have left.
How it got this far is beyond me. Amr Australia.
The Democrats hate capitalism unless it greases their palms.
And the people who run the Democratic Party are precisely the same ones whose palms get the most grease. Before, during and after running the party.
Hey Sandra, it’s amazing how much federal, state and local government has taken over the economy, the arts, education and communications. So different when we were kids and their role was much more limited. It’s become a nanny state and Orwellian. I need coffee! Take care, amigo.
Baltimore Key bridge just collapsed from a ship hitting it; follow for major impacts. Including possible diversion of import vehicles to a Seattle.
Thank you for bringing this heartbreaking event to my attention, Libertarian.
You mess with the bull, you get the horns. 🤘
FAFO!
It's still a violation of the 8th Amendment. But then, this Enrolled Agent tax pro has never understood how the imposition of a $10,000 penalty for failure to report required information about foreign financial accounts when the total account balances exceed $10,000 for a nano-second in a given calendar year is not a violation of the 8th Amendment. But, what do I know.
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President Trump says he will pay the bond in cash. Oh how I would love to see a convoy of trucks with some combination of change and small bills (I'd say all pennies except I doubt the treasury has 17.5 billion pennies on hand).
As it is, paying with $100s (the largest denomination currently in circulation) will require a stack 627 feet high. Or 8, 3'x8' tables, with stacks 3 feet tall covering the entire surface of each table.
Or get 314 men and women in suits, each with a 2'X1'X1' briefcase full of Benjamins. Line them up and make the feds count each and every briefcase.
What a sight!
“Let faith oust fact; let fancy oust memory; I look deep down and do believe.” -Moby Dick
Not bad --- coming from a whale.
Trump makes me smile and giggle.
I just read this on X from @CollinRugg:
“JUST IN: Donald Trump's net worth jumps to $6.5 billion making today Trump's single-greatest day ever for his wealth.
At this very moment, Trump's $175 million bond in the NY fraud case makes up just 2.7% of his net worth.
The sudden jump in Trump's net worth is thanks to Trump Media’s merger with Digital World Acquisition Corp.
DWAC shares jumped 35% today after the 29-month-long merger process went through.
Trump has a 58% stake in the company that will soon be trading under the 'DJT' ticker symbol.
The former president will not be able to cash in on any of his shares for about six months. His net worth will likely be volatile going forward.”
https://x.com/collinrugg/status/1772389904078745716?s=46&t=ksSWm7xxjPsKs1EsA4q5zQ
Truth Social stock "DJT" opening tomorrow on the NASDAQ exchange allowing Americans to invest in the future.
Two words of advice to the judge that was overturned for the fifth time (in one case) today.
The exact same words of advice, apply to Miss James, the attorney, general of New York.
As well as Miss Willis of Georgia (who is found to be a liar by the trial judge ) and Mr. Smith of the US Attorney.
BE YOURSELF.
Hallelujah. Hopefully, this is phase 1 of what will eventually be ruled as a violation of the eighth amendment of the constitution.
It's not illegal in the United States to pay somebody to keep their mouth shut about a private interaction. It's my understanding that it is being claimed that the expense should've been treated as a campaign expenditure. I think it's fairly easy to argue that the primary reason for spending the money was to prevent embarrassment to his wife. He probably would've paid hush money to anybody who was going to cause that harm to his reputation or his family regardless of whether he was running for president or not.
Don't confuse the troll with facts.
Look at the dishonest way they frame things. Though let’s be real might be a bot. Reads like AI
Maybe if I watched MSNBC and read more of the NYT, I would be persuaded that:
Donald Trump is a Russian agent! The walls are closing in! Expert journalists won Pulitzers!
COVID could not have originated in a lab doing research on bat viruses eerily like COVID! It came naturally from bats! All the experts say so, and they forbid you to ask any questions! That’s just a conspiracy theory!
Hunter’s laptop has all the earmarks of Russian disinformation! 51 experts say so!
Crackhead Hunter set up 20 shell companies to receive over $20 million from foreign entities. This is totally normal and not evidence of any nefarious behavior!
Jan 6 was totally an insurrection! These people were too armed-they were using flagpoles and fire extinguishers to overthrow the most powerful government in the world!
Fani Willis and Letitia James are only interested in seeking justice! All the experts say so! Fani totally paid cash for her share of the vacations, and Letitia did not base her election campaign on a promise to get Trump!
Maybe if I watched enough Rachel Maddow and read enough NYT, I could be persuaded to jettison my provincial idea of common sense, reason and logic, and fully embrace the “experts”.
But I doubt it.