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dwayneb

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2. He is normalizing corruption and hate - and now the punishment of his opponents and dissenters

Sat Sep 27, 2025, 09:20 AM

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Roy Cohn the Mafia lawyer taught him how to do this decades ago. Trump has eclipsed his teacher, he has take it to a whole new level.

We are in deep trouble here in the USA. It was only a matter of time. We have a relatively weak Constitution and our structure of government (gerrymandered House, over-representation of Red states in the Senate) really had limited safeguards against someone like Trump.

It will not be over with Trump. There are others waiting in the wings that are ready and eager to take the throne and who will be even more emboldened to put the boot on our necks.

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Trump is brazenly flaunting his corruption - and getting away with it [View all] babylonsister Yesterday OP

Who is going to stop him? newdeal2 Yesterday #1

+1. dalton99a Yesterday #4

The next years will be about destroying our system of elections dwayneb Yesterday #5

He is normalizing corruption and hate - and now the punishment of his opponents and dissenters dwayneb Yesterday #2

+1. The founding fathers assumed Americans would never allow a convicted felon to be chief executive dalton99a Yesterday #6

Like any self-respecting criminal dalton99a Yesterday #3

The idea that he does it so much that we become desensitized to it is itself right wing spin unblock Yesterday #7

After 10 years of dealing with this babylonsister Yesterday #9

It's no longer surprising, sure, but I'm still outraged and refuse to accept it as normal. unblock Yesterday #11

Yes he is; and ironically D. Spaulding Yesterday #8

... Solly Mack Yesterday #10

It's the corruption, stupid crud Yesterday #12