Famously, in his administration, Abraham Lincoln surrounded himself with a “Team of Rivals“. And now – in what might be the other bookend to the Republican Party – Donald Trump has surrounded himself with a “Team of Felons”.
Now that Trump has finally joined the convicted felon club, MSNBC has updated their list of Trump’s team. Here it is:
Donald Trump was charged, convicted, and is awaiting sentencing for committing 34 felonies.
Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, was charged, convicted, and sentenced to prison.
Trump’s former campaign vice chairman, Rick Gates, was charged, convicted, and sentenced to prison.
Trump’s former personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, was charged, convicted, and sentenced to prison.
Trump’s former adviser and former campaign aide, Roger Stone, was charged, convicted, and sentenced to prison.
Trump’s former adviser and former White House aide Peter Navarro, was charged, convicted, and is currently in prison.
Trump’s former campaign adviser, George Papadopoulos, was charged, convicted, and sentenced to prison.
The Trump Organization’s former CFO, Allen Weisselberg, was charged, convicted, and sentenced to prison.
Trump’s former White House national security advisor, Michael Flynn, was charged and convicted.
Trump’s former chief strategist, Steve Bannon, was charged with wire fraud and money laundering, in addition to a conviction in a contempt case similar to Navarro’s. He’s currently awaiting sentencing.
Though he was later acquitted at trial, Trump’s former inaugural committee chair, Tom Barrack, was charged with illegally lobbying Trump on behalf of a foreign government. (Elliot Broidy was the vice chair of Trump’s inaugural committee, and he found himself at the center of multiple controversies, and also pled guilty to federal charges related to illegal lobbying.)
Two lawyers associated with Trump’s post-defeat efforts, Kenneth Chesebro and Sidney Powell, have pleaded guilty to election-related crimes.
On top of all the convicted felons, the Trump Organization was found guilty of tax fraud in 2022. Before that, there was his fraudulent “charity”, a fraudulent “university”, and many other criminal scams. What’s amazing is not that he was convicted, but that it took so long.
There is also the civil case that resulted in Trump being required to pay over $83 million dollars to E. Jean Carroll for sexually abusing her and repeatedly defaming her.
And it is interesting to note that the other thing that Trump is famous for is the TV show “The Apprentice”. Is Trump’s criminality contagious?
Once upon a time, the Republican Party claimed to be the party of “Law and Order”. But they are undoubtably going to keep Trump as their candidate for president. A sane political party would have dumped Trump a long time ago.
I’m really wondering why the media seems to report on pretty much every thing Trump does. I mean, I understand why Trump spends most of his time trying to get attention. He just spews out lie after lie, to feed his need for attention, and to create fatigue so that voters forget his previous lies.
What I don’t understand is why the media prints all this stuff. Remember when Trump’s current trial started, and news stations showed video of Trump’s car heading toward the court? Is this anything even vaguely related to being news?
I’ve really been enjoying Jimmy Kimmel lately. This video starts out talking seriously about Sexually Transmitted Infections, and you might wonder what this has to do with politics. But the punchline will get you.
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Today, Donald Trump sent out a campaign fundraising email that claims that during a 2022 search for classified documents at Mar-a-Lago, that President Biden was “locked & loaded ready to take me out”. He also sent out a tweet.
Obviously, this is a complete and utter lie. The FBI purposely picked a day for the raid when Trump would not be there, to avoid a confrontation. They were just looking for illegally held classified documents, which they indeed found (even though Trump claimed he didn’t have any).
But what makes this ironic is that Trump and his lawyers have repeatedly claimed that as president, Trump had absolute immunity. Even to murder someone. Wouldn’t that mean that President Biden would have the same rights and powers?
Right after Donald Trump’s January 6 insurrection to steal the presidential election, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s house was flying a US flag upside-down, which Trump supporters use to claim that Joe Biden stole the 2020 election. Seriously? A Supreme Court Justice who believes the lie that Trump won the election?
So Alito blamed it on his wife. What a chicken-shit victim.
I’m very happy that Joe Biden not only talked Donald Trump into having debates, he also made sure that there would not be an audience who would disrupt the debate (as has happened in the past). But another big benefit of not having an audience is that the debate can happen anywhere, even in some penitentiary. After all, orange is Trump’s color.
This is an SNL skit from 6 years ago. Yes, that’s right. You’ll be forgiven if you thought it was from today, the day that Michael Cohen testifies against Trump in court. Plus there are some fantastic cameo appearances, including the real Stormy Daniels, Alec Baldwin as Trump, Martin Short as Trump’s doctor (and drug pusher), Scarlett Johansson as Ivanka, Jimmy Fallon as Jared, and Ben Stiller as Michael Cohen. Even funnier now than before, and possibly the funniest SNL cold opening ever!
Michael Cohen created the best nickname for Donald Trump, but it took The Lincoln Project to turn it into a product. After all, Trump just LOVES to sell shit.
I know I recently posted a Jimmy Kimmel video, but today I was reading politics and was getting a little annoyed and even depressed. But then, I watched this new Jimmy Kimmel video and had a good long laugh. It is medicine for the brain!
Meanwhile, Congress managed to pass four foreign aid bills on Saturday. What’s interesting is that these bills had been held up by the “Freedom Caucus”, and were opposed by Donald Trump, but they were passed by large bipartisan margins. I dare to dream that the tide is turning against Trump and the FC. May they rot in Mar-A-Lago.
Are you avoiding reading anything about Trump’s first criminal trial? Actually, this is the FIRST US President to have had a criminal trial, ever! And since he keeps ignoring his gag order, who knows, he might be the first president ever to go to jail.
Luckily, Trump won’t be able to get a jury like this one!
