"Trump did not select Castor and Schoen because he expects them to argue well and convince the Senate of his innocence. He selected them because he believes the jury is rigged. He banks on that fact that a GOP jury will acquit him no matter what he does." patreon.com/posts/bonus-tr…
"So Trump gets a lawyer he feels comfortable with. He gets Schoen, a Jeffrey Epstein associate who has represented the Russian mafia, the Israeli mafia, who brags about representing the biggest mobsters in the world. He is from Trump's world of elite criminal impunity."
"Yes, everyone deserves legal representation, but there's a certain type of lawyer who goes out of their way to rep the worst people in the world. Trump's mentor, Roy Cohn, was that kind of lawyer. So is Trump's former legal advisor Alan Dershowitz." patreon.com/posts/bonus-tr…
"Trump's lawyers are frequently members of his criminal circle. This pattern dates back to Roy Cohn, but we also see it with Michael Cohen, Rudy Giuliani, Alan Dershowitz, and others. Trump is not looking for a lawyer. He's looking to flaunt his criminality *through* his lawyer."
"Trump is saying 'Yes, I am everything you think I am, I am from this criminal underworld, and I've brought this world deep into the heart of the US government, and you cannot get me out, because my GOP -- the GOP which I own -- will acquit me.'" patreon.com/posts/bonus-tr…
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"Manhattan DA Cy Vance is a elite criminal coverup guy, especially for the Trump crime cult. He previously abetted Weinstein, Epstein, Ivanka, Don Jr. And now he has helped Manafort, who will not be charged thanks to Vance's filings." -- @gaslitnationpatreon.com/posts/traitors…
"Two of the people the far-right GOP and the Kremlin targeted most relentlessly were the two who exposed Paul Manafort -- journalist Serhiy Leshchenko, and my sister Alexandra. This was a blood money propaganda machine." -- @AndreaChalupa on @gaslitnationpatreon.com/posts/traitors…
"Paul Manafort is a Goebbels. He is brilliant at leveraging the dark arts of propaganda, and propaganda kills. To have Manafort walking around free while the Kremlin is at war with us creates a clear and present danger." -- @AndreaChalupa on @gaslitnationpatreon.com/posts/traitors…
"Americans deserve to know not just what happened in the Capitol coup, but who was complicit, why it wasn't stopped in advance. They need to know the full context of Trump's criminality, which was also left out of the first impeachment." -- @gaslitnationpatreon.com/posts/traitors…
"We have heard there won't be witnesses, and we hope that isn't the case. Americans should hear from Capitol police, from officials threatened by Trump and his backers, from participants, from people who nearly lost their lives that day." -- @gaslitnationpatreon.com/posts/traitors…
"Pelosi and Schumer allegedly want a quick second impeachment 'for the good of America', but this is NOT good for America. This is a repeat of their worst ideas. Other representatives want to be thorough but are stifled by bad leadership." -- @gaslitnationpatreon.com/posts/traitors…
"Trump and his crime cult remain an active danger whether they are in office or not. There are a number of threats from the Trump era that briefly dominated headlines, then disappeared, like an arsenal of Chekhov's guns." patreon.com/posts/traitors…
"Among the stories that appeared, were dropped, and will define the years to come: 1) Russian cyberattack 2) Epstein blackmail child rape operation 3) Trump pardoned criminal operatives roaming free 4) Trump admin traitors roaming free with state secrets" patreon.com/posts/traitors…
"One of Trump's impeachment lawyers was the last person to see Epstein alive and bragged about representing the Russian and Israeli mafias. The other lawyer let Cosby go on molesting women. Once again, a continuum of Trump, the mafia, and sexual assault." patreon.com/posts/traitors…
The restored ruins of Fort de Chartres in Illinois, established in 1720. This was the headquarters of French colonial territory in the US in the mid-18th century.
Bald eagles and fields in Illinois. Today I saw over a dozen bald eagles but these are the only clear pics I got.
I went for a hike above an abandoned mine shaft and discovered the nation's strategic reserve of Little Caesars hidden inside
"Cy Vance has been a thorn in our side in terms of accountability. Whenever a case goes to him, there's this nervous feeling of 'Oh God, he's going to punt it.' Like with Trump Soho, where he let Ivanka and Don Jr go." --@AndreaChalupa on @gaslitnationpatreon.com/posts/fight-fo…
"If Cy Vance had done his job and focused on accountability, the Trump family would have never made it to the White House. If Ivanka and Don Jr had been indicted for fraud, we would have had a different outcome in 2016." --@AndreaChalupa on @gaslitnationpatreon.com/posts/fight-fo…
"The Manhattan DA is wildly powerful. Despite that it's a local office, it holds massive power, and Cy Vance has undermined the credibility of that office. No one is above the law -- but Vance does not honor that precept." -- @elizaorlins on @gaslitnationpatreon.com/posts/fight-fo…
"As the impeachment trial gets underway, never forget this was a violent attempted coup by Trump and his family and that GOP officials still in office helped incite it -- because they thought they could get away with it." -- @AndreaChalupa on @gaslitnationpatreon.com/posts/fight-fo…
"We are not going to be so lucky if the GOP tries a coup next time unless we do the necessary work to take back our democracy now. Expand the vote, protect the vote, eliminate GOP tyranny of the minority." -- @AndreaChalupa on @gaslitnationpatreon.com/posts/fight-fo…
"It is critical that we remember exactly what happened on Jan 6, no matter what story they tell us at the hearings. It's critical we remember that officials knew this was coming in advance -- that the insurrectionists themselves told us." -- @gaslitnationpatreon.com/posts/fight-fo…