Comments by "Halfdan Ingolfsson" (@Halli50) on "MSNBC" channel.

  1. It's not as if Taylor Swift has been screaming politics from the rooftops, she has on occasions passionately expressed her political views on some subjects (NOT conservative!), she managed to (gasp!) encourage her fans to vote - not HOW to vote, mind you, just get out there and participate - and it was a roaring success! She may have "endorsed" Biden or some Democrats at one time or another, but that is her prerogative in "the land of the free". Can you imagine the damage Taylor Swift could inflict on the MAGA crowd is she REALLY unleashed her fan influence on them?
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  2. About time this creep was made accountable. It just took far too long...
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  3. As a non-'Murican I am astounded by the shenanigans of the 'Murican judicial system. First of all, these legal gymnastics drive home he fact that the Law has nothing to do with Justice! It is all about who can afford the slickest talkers (lawyers) the longest. In a nutshell: The ´Murican judicial system is the "best justice" money can buy! The realization how corrupt the 'Murican system has become is depressing: The legislative branch (the House and the Senate) is thoroughly corrupt and has been bought wholesale by the grandest bidders. The Judicial system has become even worse: Remember how the most important issue these days is WHO APPOINTED THE JUDGES! With the SCOTUS so corrupted from the ground up, the last resort becomes the executive branch - which is like a windsock in turbulence. Corrupt yesterday, attempting to go straight today but almost certain to lapse tomorrow - just like any genuine power-greedy junkie. The final say rests with the 'Murican voters that have been gerrymandered, mislead, cheated, lied to and discouraged from voting to the point of near extinction! The strongest political force in 'Murica seems to be apathy! The politicians electing their voters, not the voters electing their leaders.
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  4. The men have apparently chosen to "die on the hill" of respectability - when hey were totally fed up with their "careers" anyway! A lot of fuss in some cases, but really meaningless, when all is said and done. Hand it to the chick, really. They had the guts to speak up early. Principle mattered more that immediate career issues. Methinks MEN should be banned from politics - for obvious reasons!
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  5. Dr. Ranney should have responded to most of the questions with something to the effect of: "I am unable to answer such an idiotic question". When Sen. Kennedy was unable to comprehend a perfectly good answer by calling it "a word salad", the only response should be "I cannot help your lack of intellect or understanding of basic concepts". Brutal, but true.
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  6. How the aircraft managed to shed both it's wings AND empennage while otherwise staying intact is a curiosity to be examined later. This is the "we're all guessing" stage. The facts will emerge, eventually. Most important: The fuselage is in one piece, having served the main purpose of protecting he passengers from harm. As a retired airline pilot, I can point out the most dangerous point awaiting in this accident: Lots of passengers, hanging safely upside-down in their seat belts. All the built-in safety features have worked pretty well. Can you imagine surviving a serious airliner crash, being safe and secure until the crash itself is over: A panicked passenger operating their seat buckle, dropping on their head and breaking their neck! I am sure whatever injuries are sustained in this accident will be due to post-crash mistakes.
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  7.  @northwestgardener5076  The one he was just sentenced for? Will that do?
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  8. Young Cassidy, a conservative, has a conscience and a moral backbone sorely lacking in other conservatives. An admirable and intelligent young woman. I cannot help wondering if she has been rendered less conservative by her experience, or if she still thinks the right-wing policies are the only way to go. As a citizen of a Nordic country I subscribe to the idea of Controlled Capitalism AND Social Safety Nets that has served my part of the world admirably for generations. The current 'Murican "Conservative" mindset feels like a mental disease to me.
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  9. What strikes me is how FEW prominent Republicans turned out to have principles worth anything! Liz Cheney and Kinzinger are a lone duo. While there must have been other like-minded Republicans, they kept quiet and stayed 'under the radar' - i.e. their 'principles' were not worth much of anything, when push came to shove.
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  10. One way of describing the SCOTUS is "the best justices money can buy", which is absolutely correct. An alternate description is, for example, Alito intent on following so-called "scripture", never mind the US Constitution or accepted laws.
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  11. Trump has been a Putin "asset" for decades. Sucker Carlson is also a Putin asset, for reasons less clear that with Trump. While Trump will eventually end up in a typical, inhumane 'Murican prison as a consequence of his life-long crime sprees, Sucker Carlson will probably have to flee to Russia when all is said and done. Will he be able to enjoy his financial 'Murican heritage? Highly unlikely!
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  12. Biden may be 4 years older than Trump and he may very well be showing his age, but he is very coherent, compassionate AND knowledgeable. Compare that to "Trump the Terrible" that is unable complete two consecutive and coherent sentences during his current rallies. The good news: Trump is certain to fall apart this spring or summer, exposing himself as a raving lunatic, yet the idol of Repugnicans.
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  13. Europe is facing a dictator that WILL eventually invade other European and NAT countries, and while Europe has unwisely relied on a a very flaky and unreliable partner, that is obviously about to end. It will take some time for Europe to get on a proper war footing, but we will get there! 'Murica will truly find itself very alone! Staying in bed with the likes of Russia, China and North Korea will not be comfortable in the long run.
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  14. Whenever Donald Trump talks about people "hating their country", he actually means people "hating Trump" (or Donald Hitler, to use his full name).
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  15. George Orwell's Big Brother horror story is being re-enacted in Florida and other 'Murican Red States. This is SICK! What is next? Will Canada and North-Europe be flooded with 'Murican health-care refugees? We had better start installing barbed wire and machine guns at our borders...
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  16. To an outsider like me it seems glaringly obvious that 'Murica's main media organizations care more for "creating exciting content to attract more views" than conveying actual, fact-based information to the public. In effect, the are ALL becoming some version of "Fox Misinformation" (a.k.a. Fox "News")! Yes Ari, you are one of them, you are in the thick of it! You may not be the worst of them, but all the same, YOU ARE ONE OF THE MISLEADERS! Shame on you! How do you sleep at night?
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  17. Why do I have the sneaky feeling that Bill Barr will be metaphorically drawn and quartered a few years down the line, for his blatant corruption? There is mounting evidence coming to light that exposes Bill Barr's corruption to be on a level comparable to Boss Tweed (Google him!), only Bill Barr was more sly, cunning and smarter about his corruption that Trump and his associates are capable of. At any rate, the stench emanating around Bill Barr is bad - and getting progressively worse by the day!
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  18. Sticking her head in the sand pretending the Oval Office Disgrace did not happen is not what Rachel does on a daily basis. What is going on! Is MSNBC putting a dirty thumb on the scales? Watching the disgraceful extortion meeting in the oval office was bad enough, watching MSNBC suppressing one of the few remaining news reporters REALLY takes the cake!
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  19. Liz Cheney has the currently rare distinction of being a PRINCIPLED conservative, as does Kinzinger. A rarity, indeed.
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  20. 'Murica is in a bind. Democracy, Theocracy, Autocracy, Kleptocracy? Democracy has been the goal, Kleptocracy is what 'Muricans actually have in a large measure, Theocracy has been vying for power for centuries and Autocracy (fascism) is what you will potentially end up with. I cannot help recalling Winston Churchill's comment to the effect of: The 'Muricans will do the right thing - once they have exhausted every other option.
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  21. This is so blatantly corrupt that I predict that Kash Patel will evidentially come to a sticky end. It will take a decade or two (like it did for Hitler's Germany and Mussolini's Italy) but it is inevitable. The question remains: When the time comes, will Kash Patel take the cowards way out (like Göbbels & Himmler) or will he face his executioners?
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  22. I wonder if 'Muricans REALLY want to become the bully everyone hates? I personally intend to show my disrespect and dislike towards ANY 'Murican that I come across in my home country, and there are quite a lot of them! Yes, I KNOW that a majority of 'Muricans are innocent of imposing Toddler Trump on the world - again! - but the 'Murican nation are guilty of it, and the entire nation must bear the consequences, mostly by watching their country crumble around them as it descends into Oligarchy - but also by experiencing how their allies are losing their respect and are beginning to see 'Murica as a nest of infectious and dangerous rats. What "plague" are they spreading? Oligarchy, which is one form of Fascism!
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  23. A "president" that blatantly violates the US Constitution, a Senate that blindly follows the blatantly unconstitutional president and, worst of all, a House of Representatives that is actually considering betraying everything 'Murica is built on! Please remember: What was the fate of the "believers" that followed Hitler? Do you nutjobs have any illusions about where you will end up? Will it be as violent as the WW2 showdown?
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  24. Ain't you 'Muricans proud of the performance of your beloved leader? Even a Nobel Laureate Economist seems confused about the mess Trump has created - which is not promising for the future of 'Murica! As things stand, how can a nation of ignorant idiots hope to make any difference in the near future? I believe the entire situation can be summed up in a silly quote: "Trump is a poor person's idea of a rich man, a weak person's idea of a strong man, and a stupid person's idea of a smart man." And you 'Muricans have elected him to be your leader, AGAIN! Your potential to command respect, ANYWHERE, is fading away really fast.
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  25. To watch what used to be a fairly rational nation listen to and possibly follow an individual that is turning insane in front of our very eyes. The most depressing part is the fact that this is proving to the rest of the world that the 'Murican nation as such is not really rational, sane or intelligent (well-informed).
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  26. I'm just a silly Icelander, but I am continually in awe of this female non-white-but-always-flaming Crockett! She is so smart that she runs circles around the male racists that try to dominate everything in 'Murica. Part of her charm is how she frequently manages to speak like an uneducated black person while simultaneously driving home the irrefutable logic of her arguments. To think that the same male chauvinists tried to argue a century or two ago that "the female brain was not fit for higher education because too much reading would cause it to overheat!" We now know what these silly buggers were afraid of...
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  27. We will have reached a turning point when Trump's assets finally start being auctioned off to cover his legal liabilities, if only to clear up what the actual perceived value of his properties actually IS. Trump's hyperbolic property value lies will finally be exposed. Trump's story of crimes and fraud is decades long, it is only now that he is, at long last, facing accountability!
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  28. Only 4 months? For an attempt to overthrow the 'Murican government? Only 80 years ago he would have been summarily executed! This just goes to show that the 'Murican Judicial System is the best judicial system money can buy. Literally.
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  29. The original premise was disgusting enough: A so-called superpower trying to extort the resources of a country under duress. The US has now been caught, on camera, for what it is. America Alone is what you selfish idiots are stuck with. You 'Muricans have no idea how you have disgraced yourselves in front of your former allies. The rare few of you that leave the unsafe, bullet-ridden shores of the US will run into a massive front of disgust wherever you go.
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  30. Do we need any further proof that the 'Murican judicial system has become a farce?
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  31. The time has come for 'Muricans to be truly ashamed of being 'Muricans, the masters of lying and cheating! What takes the cake is how casually Trump is ditching the NATO alliance. 'Murica = Unreliable partners that will break given promises and signed agreements like, well, Trump! My dislike and disdain for 'Murica and everything 'Murican grows exponentially by the day.
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  32. Why are we watching this? We actually KNOW the SCOTUS is corrupt to the core. The entire 'Murican political system is corrupt to the core - and bribed the rest of the way! The only way for the 'Murican nation to crawl it's way out of this stinking mess is to TURN OUT AND VOTE for a good many election cycles! Never mind WHAT you vote, what matters is the EVERYONE participates! If a genuine majority agrees to a fascist 'Murica, so be it. The world as we know it will come to an end and in a few generations there will be no nation as hated as 'Murica, except, perhaps Russia.
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  33. The only ones to blame for this situation are 'Murican voters (or rather the non-voters?). You 'Muricans deserve the insane politicians you keep electing, so stop whining - or start electing sensibly! You keep making your bed like this, of course you will have to lie in it. For people outside 'Murica, this spiral of insanity is off the charts...
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  34. I con only imagine how this man's father Robert Kennedy, must be rolling over in his grave!
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  35. Whatever procedural deficiencies may have contributed to this disaster, it predates the Trump grubby hands. While this is a rare case where Trump's grubby fingers were NOT involved, you 'Muricans are in for a horribly painful 4 years of misery. This is what you idiots voted for. Enjoy! Are you the rare 'Murican that has a passport and travel abroad? Well, you should stay at home - 'Muricans are increasingly disliked and even hated wherever they go...
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  36. In he Nixon SCOTUS crisis, the court was still populated by relatively sane justices, people that valued the rule of law, not the rule of the party leader. That does NOT apply today! Chris, I was struck by your "all SCOTUS justices are grown-up, literate human beings" comment, and I beg to differ. This does not NOT apply today - the the SCOTUS majority is populated by blatantly, in-your-face corrupt individuals! Now, what are the emergency measures? As far as I know, the Executive branch have, on rare occasions, simply ignored out-of-touch SCOTUS rulings (Google it!), so the president, by older precedents, the means to thwart any SCOTUS rulings that amounts to a Constitutional Crisis - after all, the SCOTUS is just a plump slab of powerless lard, without any means of enforcing whatever crazy rulings they have been bribed to make. Former presidents have done this successfully! The results of the next 'Murican elections would be the "make-or-break" moment: Will 'Murica manage to revert to being a sane country or will 'Muricans follow Trump down the path that Hitler and Mussolini led their respective nations almost a century ago?
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  37. This does not make you 'Muricans look weak, it exposes you for what you are: Spineless, ignorant and greedy idiots that still believe what you used to be. There WAS a time when the US counted for something, but that time is in the past, history. In the present, in 2025, 'Murica has openly discarded the mantle of "the leader of the free world". 'Murica is now officially an organized crime nation, using methods common in the 1930s.
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  38. Do we need any further proof that Trump's moronic politics are a total farce, a clown show?
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  39. Biden will go down in history as a great statesman, putting his nation's interests ahead of his own - then again, seeing how Kamala Harris is taking off, he is likely to feel great relief that things are turning out unexpectedly well. Biden did exceptionally well during his one term, and will probably go down in history as a wise old man that knew when to quit while he was ahead of the game. Can we say the same about Trump? Absolutely not!
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  40. If the "highest court in the land" is this blatantly corrupt, what can be expected with the lower courts? At this point in time, the lower courts at least appear to be holding out, but cracks are forming - just watch the farce playing out in Florida!
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  41. Vindman put it succinctly: It's really a sad day, seeing 'Murica shedding all it's usual allies and "going it alone" with allies like Russia, North Korea and China.
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  42. As a non-'Murican, I cannot help feeling the farce that presents itself as the 'Murican "Judicial System" (the epitome being the SCOTUS, a bought-and-paid-for entity!). The bottom line is the universal truth that "the law" has absolutely NOTHING to do with "justice"! Let that sink in for a minute!
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  43. I think Ari Melber represents everything that is WRONG with 'Murica society: He is a lawyer and sticks to the "letter of the law" - and as some wise person remarked, "the law has no relation to justice". Make what you will from that!
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  44. To us non-'Muricans, the level of dumbing-down of the 'Murican nation is astounding! This nation used to be world leaders in education and innovation a mere half-century ago! The attention span of 2024 'Muricans seems about the same as that of a Goldfish, or a Gnat, i.e. nonexistent! What happened to you guys? My personal opinion is that the 'Murica main media has failed miserably - and that means YOU among others, Ari Melber! Your approach may be unique and sometimes thought-provoking, but IT IS MAKING NO DIFFERENCE! This obsession with the rising costs of living (fuel, food, housing) is ridiculous - the problem is STAGNANT WAGES, not rising costs! Take 2 of the "most expensive countries in the world", Iceland and Norway (let's leave Switzerland out of it for the time being): Food and gas are expensive, but WAGES ARE HIGH as well! Social services (Health Care and Education) are very affordable, the concept of "medical bankruptcy" is met with a "WHAT IS THAT?" and, most telling: Iceland and Norway are consistently ranked among the 5 "happiest" (least discontent?) countries in the world! One wonders why...
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  45. Typical Trump spiel: Accuse the "opposition" (those that try to enforce the law, as well as any political opponent in sight) of covertly doing what they themselves are overtly doing. Unfortunately, his mindless, ignorant and brainwashed followers ARE BUYING IT!
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  46. If the Trump DOJ obstructed justice like this, why have the individuals involved (spelled "Barr") not been investigated and potentially prosecuted? Then again, that is a silly question: The head is rotten and has been of decades, even centuries. No wonder the body is beginning to stink...
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  47. It will not only be 'Murica Alone, it will be 'Murica Hated! Toddler Trump's bullying ways are already alienating 'Murica's bordering countries, Canada and Mexico, and The Toddler and his co-clown are now busy alienating virtually every traditional allied nation in sight!
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  48. As a non-'Murican I am always astounded at the corruption in the 'Murican judicial system, ESPECIALLY at how accepting of the corruption 'Muricans are - especially 'Murican legal experts! The mere fact that "who appointed the judge" seems to count more the the letter of the law is very telling of the corruption, not to mention that everyone seems to accept that state of affairs without blinking
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  49. Bleurgh.....
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  50. Is THIS the main issue? Trump is about to become broke - only THEN he starts becoming a bad choice? 'Murica: There is something SERIOUSLY broken in your nation/society/politics/finances. Even worse, the Fifth Estate (the media) is obviously broken, kaput, corrupt, useless! The chances of the US surviving the next 50 years are NOT looking good...
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  51. I always wonder how Michael Steele sleeps at night after being a prominent Repugnican for years.
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  52. I predict that Hegseth and the other stooges Trump is installing in his government will eventually face a dire and violent end, much like Hitler's stooges met their sticky ends 80 years ago. It may take 5 or 10 years, but the end will be grisly for Trump, Hegseth et al.
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  53. Methinks that the slim/nonexistent moral compass of 'Murican lawyers prevented Tacopina from any ethical or moral conflicts in defending Trump until the stench became unbearable...
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  54. I've no idea what Ari is trying to accomplish. Is he trying to justify the attempted insurrection or is he trying to denigrate it?
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  55. I suddenly realized that by listening to Ari Melber I was listening to a Trump-level liar - only this one is eloquent and appears to be coherent (unlike Toddler Trump). My conclusion: If it is' Murican, it's NOT telling a truth! 'Murica is not only a nation of ignorant idiots, it is a nation of inveterate LIARS!
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  56. President Ford made a huge mistake by pardoning Nixon. If he had not done so, there would have been at least one case of a former president being made accountable by serving time in prison. If there is ANY justice in 'Murica, Trump will be not only bankrupt but in a jail cell for the remainder of his natural life (not for very long, given his lifestyle...).
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  57. This is not a case about misplaced documents, it is an outright ESPIONAGE case - now with a federal judge being complicit.
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  58. The entire 'Murican judicial system (fragile and corrupt as it is) is on trial here. More than that, the entire concept of 'Murican democracy is at stake.
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  59. The 'Murican judicial system is a corrupt mess, optimized to allow the affluent and rich to run circles around the concept of "Justice" - an 'Muricans are surprised their allied nations are becoming skeptical about being allied with Madhouse 'Murica?
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  60. A chilling admission by Weissmann: Trump's shenanigans are working with "judge" Cannon and the SCOTUS, but no other judges. When the SCOTUS has sunk to the level of the most inept and partisan judge 'Murica has ever seen, the judicial end is truly nigh.
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  61. Trump's lawyer Sauer might be learned , but you need a microscope if you want to find a shred of morals in that particular individual. He is just like Trump himself, a morality-free zone.
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  62. A a Nordic citizen, I found Trump and Vance's behaviour absolutely disgraceful, and we can no longer count 'Trump's 'Murica's executive branch as a civilized government. Under Trump, it operates like a 1930s organized crime organization. Can anyone imagine under which circumstances any Western nation would be willing to cooperate? I, for one, cannot.
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  63. I always wonder if Michael Steele ever feels embarrassed having been a high-level Repugnican for so many years? He certainly never mentions it - he is probably likely to flip back and become a Trump-humper if the 'Murican nation ends up being stupid enough to end the 'Murican Experiment by electing Trump and thus ending 'Murican democracy.
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  64. The fact that the Trump crowd is resorting to making the physical relationship between two consenting adults (private, but perfectly legal, by the way) the "hill to die on" is telling - Trump's pathetic lawyers are scraping the bottom of desperate tricks to play. This will NOT end well for them - or Trump.
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  65. It is amazing how an obviously low-IQ individual like Demented Donald manages to be cunning when it comes to manipulating people. He has got away with decades of lies, fraud and thievery, and is only now beginning to face some accountability. He can barely string together a coherent sentence himself, yet he STILL manages to thwart the long but admittedly slow, almost catatonic arm of the law.
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  66. At this level of diplomacy, there is no room for "rookie" anything! Everything is dead serious, there is no room for tomfoolery! Bad as the idiotic Hegseth speech was, Vice-Clown Vance's speech in front of the most serious politicians and diplomats of the world REALLY takes the cake! The leaders of the Western World were taken aback by the nonsense Vance was spouting, too shocked to have a meaningful response right away. The German foreign minister was the first to make a coherent response, and in was SCATHING!
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  67. Toddler Trump has spoken - and he is having a Temper Tantrum as well, to add insult to injury! Aren't you 'Muricans proud of the "shining example of intellect" you have elected to lead you country?
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  68. I'm an old non-'Murican dude, yet I feel energized by the fact that finally there is an 'Murican presidential candidate that seems likely to motivate the hitherto disillusioned younger 'Murican generations in a way that has not happened in over 60 years, a candidate that is neither a blatant narcissist (Trump) or someone that really should retire, even if he has done exceptionally well in his autumn years (Biden). I was only 11 when Kennedy was elected and 13 when he was assassinated, and the media coverage of US politics in my remote country was nothing like it is today but even I, just a kid a the time, felt the energy and optimism that marked the period. Simply put: I feel the same now as I did as a kid in 1961. 'Murica just might become the US of A again, instead of degenerating into a fascist state under Trump!
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  69. It is becoming more obvious every day: 'Murica alone is what will happen. I suggest we modify the POTUS acronym to the more appropriate COTUS (Clown of the United Stats), and Vance will, appropriately, be the Vice-Clown of the United States.
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  70. What I find striking is how superficial 'Murican politics have become. It is all about appearances and who is the slickest liar, and very little about long-term policy - what needs to be done and how to implement it.
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  71. Elon Stink is in an unique position: What he has been doing will eventually be classified a indirect mass-murder, in come cases selective genocide (fitting, seeing that he is basically a South African that hates all Kaffirs).
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  72. Hegseth is a KNOWN 'Murican inebriate, nothing will change that. What remains to be seen is what mischief he will cause in future.
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  73. Any sentinent person in the world will recognize the humiliation Toddler Trump and Vance visited upon the 'Murican nation. Fortunately, the 'Murican nation is better than this, in the long run. As Churchill once said: The Americans can be trusted to do the right thing, once they have exhausted every other avenue - which Trump has been doing!
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  74. A fancy and learned description of the limits of what an imbecile (Trump) can and cannot do. Period. Even the corrupt SCOTUS is unlikely to argue with this rock-solid reasoning of the court of appeals.
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  75. It took greedy 'Murican CEOs many decades to move 'Murican manufacturing to "cheaper" countries. It would take any US government at least as many decades to move 'Murican manufacturing back to 'Murica - provided you were to find the manpower to to do it without the dreaded immigrants! Omigosh, you 'Muricans are ignorant beyond comprehension! The 'Murican inability to comprehend the "tariffs" issue is just a glaring example of how US education has been dismantled.
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  76. Question: Were Sleazy Sliwa and his goons (Sliwa's "wolf pack") held accountable for assaulting an innocent NY citizen in the street? Justice is denied until they have. The Fox mess is another rotting cesspool altogether...
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  77. The majority of the current SCOTUS seems bent on NOT upholding the Constitution, as well as blatantly disregarding or overturning precedents that the same justices promised they would honor during their confirmation hearings. Does that not make these justices outright liars at a minimum and, eventually, traitors to democracy?
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  78. 'Murica has a stereotypical movie version of this: A bully hits another bully. A bloody fight ensues where both bullies slog it out. Now, Bully 'Murica is heavier than Bully Iran, so it look like the outcome is given - until you ponder how the Big Bully's latest conflicts ended! They lost each and every one of them!
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  79. I find it refreshing to watch a group of apparently reasonable people discussing the farce that the many Trump civil/criminal cares are turning out to be. The 'Murican judicial system is severely handicapped by a) being more theater than a genuine court of law and b) being entirely money-driven! Textbook corruption, unfortunately reaching a corruption pinnacle with the current SCOTUS!
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  80. The already exposed bribes "Justices" Thomas and Alito have received are mind-blowing. The concept of "the best judicial system money can buy" REALLY takes on a new and ominous meaning! Is it any wonder that 'Murica is flushing itself down the toilet, seeing how the in-your-face SCOTUS corruption is being treated as a technical law problem, not the outright corruption case it actually is - and that is not even factoring in the religion-trumps-the-law expressed by Alito. Any respect I used to have for 'Murica has already been flushed down the toilet.
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  81. This will be an example of eternal shame to the Failed United States of 'Murica for eons to come. Never, ever has the executive branch of a nation behaved in a more shameful way. Europe will manage to mobilize and crush Putin, make no mistake about that. The wheels are already in motion to make Europe independent of the 'Murican umbrella - which in turn makes 'Murica irrelevant!
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  82. The shallowness of many 'Murican politicians and especially the Main Media (et tu Ali Velshi!) is astounding! In light of what Biden has accomplished in his first term, only shallow idiots enter panic mode over a single bad debate performance! Being a great orator or debater has never been Biden's strong suit, anyway, making good decisions and managing to implement them IS. Biden is more substance than glitz. Fortunately, the heaviest hitters in the Democratic party are seeing this and stand behind Biden.
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  83. ...and can you imagine what the moronic 'Muricans will do in November 2024? Allow Trump to end the American Experiment? Sure, let's give fascism a go!
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  84. I wonder if Trump should run for cover, just in case Biden decides to assassinate Trump and key MAGA/SCOTUS individuals. After all, if current President Biden takes the official action of having some arm of the military or intelligence services eliminating the clear and present danger Trump & Co. poses to 'Murican democracy, he will have a good immunity case. He would only have been defending the country against enemies, domestic in this case! An interesting dilemma the SCOTUS has created.
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  85. Mine is certainly a cruel and tasteless opinion, but methinks that many Trump supporters are fervently trying to join the ranks of so-called "Darwin Awards" winners, i.e. people doing their damned best to ensure that their genes will NOT contribute to coming generations. The rest of us should be grateful...
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  86. As an outsider, a non-'Murican, I find the shallowness in this case astounding. Having monitored what Biden has DONE since he was finally inaugurated vs. what he failed to say in this single "debate", I can only say: Biden is NOT the world's best debater and orator, AND he is OLD. His capabilities are slowly diminishing and HE KNOWS IT and acknowledges it! He has good advisors catching whatever slips he might make. Now, for the other side: Trump, a mere 3 years younger than Biden, has pretended to be "a stable genius" - this stated by a man that has rarely been able to string together a coherent sentence in the English language! Moreover, Trump's performance simply consisted of a) not answering questions from the useless "moderators", instead spewing lies, Lies, endless LIES! At a glance, my guess is 99% of what Trump said were blatant lies, but genuine fact-checkers will no doubt establish the lie factor to a bit less. 97%? I wonder how wet rags Dana Bash and Jake Tapper can ever face their colleagues again. Frankly, this treatise by Ari Melber convinces me that Ari is in the same categoty! A "wet rag" giving his all for potential viewer ratings, NOT the good of his country!
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  87. A very good point! Why should someone like Trump have special protection in the madhouse of 'Murican prisons? If convicted, he will be just another prisoner, subject to whatever atrocities inflicted on prisoners in 'Murica. If white-collar criminals were subjects to the insanity of the regular 'Murican "correctional" system, the entire system would rapidly be changed into what is practiced in Northern Europe, especially the Nordic countries. HUMANITARIAN!
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  88. As a non-'Murican (a NATO member country) I am really worried about where 'Murica is headed: With the top level of the judiciary (SCOTUS) corrupted as it obviously is, what hope do we ordinary human beings have? None at all?
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  89. I wonder if Trump should run for cover, just in case Biden decides to assassinate Trump and key MAGA/SCOTUS individuals. After all, if current President Biden takes the official action of having some arm of the military or intelligence services eliminating the clear and present danger Trump & Co. poses to 'Murican democracy, he will have a good immunity case. He would only have been defending the country against enemies, domestic in this case! An interesting dilemma the SCOTUS has created.
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  90. Main media outlets like MSNBC have "checked out"! Instead of exposing the glaring nonsense of Trump's actions, they are attempting to discuss it as potentially rational. It is official, at least to us non-'Muricans: 'Murica has become a nation of ignorant idiots!
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  91. Michael Steele calls the 'Murican voting system "one of the most secure in the world", which is hilarious! With all the gerrymandering and voter suppression, including dumping hundreds of thousands of voters from the voter rolls on a whim, the 'Murican voting system is an outright farce, at least compared to proper democracies in in Northern Europe.
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  92. What a weak and wishy-washy response to Ari's questions! The whole Trump house of cards is about to come down. Trump's legal situation is like a landslide that is just beginning to rumble, about to roar. Whatever monkey business Trump and his lawyers are trying to come up with will be overwhelmed.
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  93. The eyes of the world are on you, 'Murica. Time and time again (well, in the first Toddler Trump Reign, and now in the upcoming one) you have proved to be an irresponsible and unreliable partner regarding issues that most civilized nations have agreed as important. The only clear fact is that 'Murica is checking out as a reliable world leader, all it's former allies are facing the fact that they will have to face Putin, Xi and Modi on their own. 'Murica will NEVER regain it's position as a reliable ally in coming decades - the way things are going, Musk's 'Murica (the Fourth Reich?) is going down the road of the Third Reich. Ad Oblivium!
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  94. Zelenskyy came out of this with flying colours, 'Murica did the opposite! The remaining 31 NATO countries will consolidate around Ukraine and 'Murica will TRULY be alone from now on. Trump's idiotic tariff wars will only consolidate the split.
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  95. 'Muricans seem to be eagerly rushing towards their own self-destruction. There are smart 'Muricans, but they seem to be vastly outnumbered by the clueless idiots that are responsible for allowing Trump access to power again, and thereby the almost assured destruction of the USA as we have known it for over a century. I count my blessings NOT being 'Murican, the demise of my own country will be a little later than the demise of 'Murica.
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  96. The 'Murican democracy is proving itself to be the worst money can buy. No wonder 'Murica is going down the drain...
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  97. Watching this, I see 3 persons that I find disgusting: The MSNBC talking head and the two lawyers that try to bury the whole thing in technicalities! First of all, Bought-and-paid-for media like MSNBC, and 2 lawyers that remind us of why people generally hate lawyers! Justice, actual justice as everyday citizens see it is absolutely, totally irrelevant! This is all about the LAW as arranged by corrupt politicians and judges (SCOTUS in particular) to favor the wealthy and the corrupt. Let's hope there is a trend coming, where gun-crazed loonies stop targeting schoolchildren and start focusing on corrupt Health Care Insurance executives, Politicians & Judges.
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  98. I cannot help feeling that the stunned Jewish nation of Israel is being misled and dragged to it's destruction by Bibi Netanyahu and his apparently fascist cronies, much like the stunned German nation was misled and dragged to it's destruction a century ago by Adolf Hitler and his cronies. The main difference is that Bloody Bibi has the perfect scapegoat: An active and extremely dangerous terrorist organization, Hamas. Hitler had no active scapegoats so he had to pretend and blame everyone else in sight, the Jews, the Polish, the Communists - the list was endless. Keep up the good work Mehdi.
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  99. Blatant in-your-face corruption: Should you react? Today's 'Murican reaction: NO - this is 'Murica today!
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  100. Once again it has been confirmed that the 'Murican Judicial System is the best money can buy - if you are affluent, not to mention rich. For the vast majority of 'Muricans that run afoul of the law, even in a minor way like shoplifting out of desperation, it is just a meat grinder.
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  101. 'Murican main media (Arei Melber, for Christ's sake!) is talking about this as if it is entirely RATIONAL! What is WRONG with you 'Muricans? Have you lost your marbles? Watching the most advanced and modern nation for over a century degenerate into a religious, medieval state is beyond interesting. What will the Evangelic nut-jobs think of next? A recreation of the Spanish Inquisition? Witch-finding and Witch-burning? 'Muricans must be REALLY proud of themselves these days!
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  102. Watching just about any media discussions about 'Murican politics and the upcoming elections is DEPRESSING! The 'Murican media and the 'Murican public appear to be divided into 2 main groups: 1) The majority that recognizes that 'Murica is heading down the same path as Germany in the 1930s but are behaving like a blinded deer staring into the headlights of an oncoming speeding truck. Frozen and doomed for destruction. Then there is the other part of 'Muricans: 2) The MAGA crowd and other Repugnicans that are like a rabidly religious cult that cannot wait to be swept up in a "rapture", willing to become Lemmings that blindly follow their beloved Führer into whatever suicidal calamity that deranged individual (Trump) stumbles into.
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  103. Crikey! She is an eminently intelligent human, a female and both well educated AND experienced. Compare that to the moronic and vain chauvinist she is running against...
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  104. This is a ridiculous over-dramatization, EVERYONE had planned this as best they could and EVERYONE expected it to succeed. Absolutely NO ONE knew how the invasion would end! Fortunately the Allies succeeded and the Germans failed. We are now in a similar situation: A despot is trying to repeat Hitler's dream and we are looking down the barrel of WW3. Only one thing is clear from history: Appeasement of the bully will NOT work in he long term!
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  105. I had not realized until now how the "no-cameras" policy has made the US judicial system into a cartoon performance. Literally! A JOKE! Just watch the cartoons issued by these courts! Keeping the realities of court proceedings in the 19th century will NOT improve the credibility of the farce that the 'Murican judicial system is turning out to be. Genuine transparency, while elusive, is the impossible goal of 'Murican politics.
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  106. Seeing that some version of WW3 now seems inevitable, I cannot help wondering what will happen to all these 'Murican Putin agents once war between Russia and NATO has been declared. It will not be pretty...
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  107. You 'Muricans have a lot to be ashamed of these days...
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  108. Biden certainly had a bad day, but that was nothing compared to disastrous day Dana Bush and Jake Tapper had as moderators! Not only let they Trump lie blatantly to their faces without comment or fact check, they also let him get away with simply not answering questions at all.
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  109. What is really striking, for a non-'Murican, is how the term "veteran" only applies to 'Murica! 'Murica is the only nation that has been, incessantly, waging war against diverse nations in recent decades - well, until Putin's Russia took it to a new level 11 years ago by invading Crimea. Curiously, former European soldiers that took part in 'Merican-instigated warfare abroad (Iraq, Afghanistan) are never called "veterans" in their home countries. The are simply called experienced soldiers. The only time article 5 of the NATO agreement was invoked was when 'Murica was attacked by terrorists, and the response was to invade and occupy countries that had nothing or very little to do with the terrorist attacks. A number of NATO nations fulfilled their obligations, something that the worthless, cheating and lying US is now opting out of!
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  110. I have no idea what to call this suicidal self-destruction 'Murica has embarked upon. Ari, in his lawyer mode, wastes a lot of hot air, arguing this or that, without reaching any conclusion! Bottom line: 'Murica is falling apart, disintegrating, dying! You will be unable to prevent it from happening - much like the Roman Empire fell apart many, many centuries ago.
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  111. I agree with the last bit - I was only a non-'Murican pre-teen when JFK was elected president, but I remember the euphoria and optimism throughout the West at the time. I feel just the same optimism today, with Kamala Harris running to become the POTUS.
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  112. Sadly, it looks like the 'Murican Experiment into Democracy is about to die by some rather ridiculous "point of law" arguments. It has been said that "the law" has NOTHING to do with justice, and that is proving to be absolutely true. In he end, "the law" will be the downfall of the US of A - all thanks to dishonest and greedy lawyers.
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  113. The 'Murican executive branch just exposed itself as copying 1930s mobster behaviour. With that, any respect the US had remaining went down the drain. 'Murica will henceforth be considered corrupt, useless as an ally, and every 'Murican individual encountered anywhere will be despised, be it an ordinary tourist or the Ambassador to a nation. Despicable is the key word.
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  114. What is most disgusting about the US main media is how they are NOT screaming their heads off about their president being an outright liar with all the facts in plain sight. 'Murica = the country of liars and cheaters!
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  115. 'Murica is in for a rough ride for a decade or two, having been exposed as the cheats and liars they actually are! Former allies will be "difficult" if only because they cannot trust a word said or signed by 'Murica - "the land of liars and the home of cowards".
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  116. What more confirmation do we need to determine that 'Murica (the bit between Canada and Mexico) has proven itself to be a nation of genuine idiots!?
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  117. "justice" John Roberts and his descendants will will live in infamy for the rest of his spineless days, and his name will go down in history along with those that are known to have failed their country in the worst way: He is facilitating the destruction of democracy in the United States! Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito will have their own chapter, corrupt as they obviously are. The question remains: Will Kavanaugh and Barret self-destruct as well, or will they chose to actually serve the best interests of a genuine Law and Order country, rather than a political party?
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  118. These upcoming Trump henchmen should pause to reflect on the final destiny of the henchmen of prior despots like Hitler and Mussolini. They did NOT fare well! There is absolutely no doubt that what is unfolding now in Trump's 'Murica will become a runaway disaster like Nazism did, and Patel, Hegseth and the like will become the Himmlers and Göbbels's of the 21st century. Their end is bound to be sticky, indeed.
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  119. We can credit trump for a few things, like: 1) He re-learned to READ during this period (it may be plodding and pedantic, but he can now stumble his way through a teleprompter read, something he was not capable of doing until recently) and 2) he has always been able to correctly pronounce the word "nuclear" (not "nukkular" like so many of his contemporaries). The fact that the 'Murican nation might possibly elect this poor excuse of a human being as their next leader is actually enough to disqualify the 'Murican nation from the ranks of civilized nations.
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  120. It is a pity that the most blatantly corrupt SCOTUS "justice" happens to be black, black 'Muricans have enough on their plate already. It is hard to see how the 'Murican judicial branch will survive this scandal!
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  121. With all due respect, an interview with the rarest example of all; purported emphatic billionaire (his words, how do we verify it?). I truly hope that Ari's interview is genuine and that Cooperman is what he is portrayed to be. I am sure that there ARE genuinely emphatic billionaires around, the problem being that very few people manage to become billionaires in a single lifetime with their morals intact. Becoming rich usually means that eggs WILL be broken to make the omelet, others will suffer to facilitate the success of the aspiring millionaire/billionaire. Inescapable, dog eats dog to survive. The question remains: Is this guy the genuine, emphatic article, or is Ari's integrity for hire? Time will tell...
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  122. Ari's word salad proves only one thing: MSNBC wants to prolong the nonsense - and Ari Melber is in full compliance. Put a pin in that! It will become important in the near future!. MSNBC is becpming just as corrupt as the SCOTUS - and THAT is saying a lot!
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  123. If there was any doubt about the stupidity and cruelty that is pervasive in 'Murican right-wing circles, this should settle it!
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  124. After Trump's >50% Iowa primary "win", some reporter did a quick number-crunching and fact-checking: Thump got over 50% of the votes in the Republican primary, but those voters are only a tiny fraction of registered voters in Iowa! In fact, when all is counted, Trump's "win" was backed by only about 2% of registered voters in Iowa. It's all smoke and mirrors at this stage.
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  125. This entire segment just goes to show how corrupt the 'Murican political system has become, AND 'MURICAN CITIZENS ARE ACCEPTING IT! Methinks the national anthem lyrics need a revision: The "land of the ignorant and the home of fact deniers" seems more appropriate...
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  126. For a country that still pretends to be all about "Law and Order" it must be devastating to face the fact that the 'Murican Judicial System, the main instrument in maintaining any semblance of Law and Order corrupt to the core and totally dysfunctional. Even worse: The Legislative branch is just as corrupt and dysfunctional! Behold: We are watching a major global power disintegrating. I would NOT want to be an 'Murican during the next decade or two.
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  127. The SCOTUS majority is, at a minimum, complicit with Trump's efforts to delay the inevitable, in the hope that he will be able to cheat his way to power once again - with the assistance of the Repugnican party and a considerably corrupt part of the judicial system, the SCOTUS majority already being in his pocket. Even if it takes some generations for these creeps to meet their maker, this will all go down in the history books, and the telling will NOT be kind to Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and the other bought-and-paid-for right-wing "justices". I imagine an entirely new term will be invented to describe them, something way beyond the terms currently used to describe other historical figures like Benedict Arnold.
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  128. Frankly, the majority of the blame for 'Murican ignorance regarding tariffs and economic issues can be place squarely on the doorstep of main media like MSNBC! Take this segment as an example: A lot of time and effort is spent on dramatizing the tariff issue, and NO effort is made to educate the public about the actual mechanics of tariffs! It is obvious that MSNBC actually WANTS it's viewers to be ignorant to keep them watching sensational but non-informative "news". MSNBC is actually worse than Fox "News" when push comes to shove! Fox is all about openly lying and misleading, being unapologetic about it, while MSNBC is, and has always been, a Snake Oil Salesman.
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  129. Better late than never - not that Trump has any money to pay up with. His meager assets will take so long to liquidate that the plaintiff is bound to have died due to old age - and, hopefully, so will Trump, with all his clogged arteries.
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  130. As a non-'Murican, watching this implosion from afar, I feel sorry for ordinary 'Muricans. Your world, as you have known it, is about to disintegrate. I don't even know what to compare it to, but you 'Muricans are in for a lot of misery (on top of all the misery you already suffer, like gun violence).
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  131. What is the difference between Trump and a severe case of Down's syndrome? The Down's syndrome individual will invariably be a gentle soul that wants to please everyone - unlike hateful Trump! More important: The Down's syndrome individual will be more intelligent that Trump! The worst bit: According to recent polls, 'Muricans appear ignorant enough to vote Trump into a position of power, which will be the end of the world as we know it. Does the FSA (Fascist States of America) sound promising?
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  132. To an outsider like me it is glaringly obvious that what goes for "justice" in 'Murica has nothing to do with justice but everything to do with who has the most money to BUY said justice. As a result, 'Murican democracy has become a corrupt joke, the best "justice and democracy" money can buy. It seems like 'Murica and the world are in for some decades of misery and conflict, much like the period from 1914 to 1945, only this time the cause will not be Germany. It will be the new evil axis of Trump's 'Murica, Putin's Russia and China, with a few minor players thrown in. Churchill described it succinctly: You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else!
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