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OldBaldy1701E

(7,936 posts)
16. Well, when you bring a wet noodle to a gun fight.
Tue Feb 11, 2025, 08:00 AM
Feb 2025

We need to stop with the wet noodle. We need to understand the gravity of the situation.

We need to do it sooner rather than later. All of these little wins are just going to make them do something even more egregious. Without meaningful consequences, which none of them have ever suffered, they will just keep on fascizing. (New word?)

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Put his lily white ass in jail! sheshe2 Feb 2025 #1
Thank you sheshe JustAnotherGen Feb 2025 #11
Kudos to your late mom for that. sheshe2 Feb 2025 #28
Fines vs jail... icnorth Feb 2025 #17
Judges know that NJCher Feb 2025 #23
CONTEMPT elleng Feb 2025 #2
Pardoned. speak easy Feb 2025 #5
I somehow doubt 'pardon' would work, re: CONTEMPT OF COURT. elleng Feb 2025 #7
CONTEMPT OF COURT in a Federal Court is a Federal Offense, speak easy Feb 2025 #9
Fed up judge takes serious action against Trump - Brian Tyler Cohen. elleng Feb 2025 #12
A sitting president cannot be indicted. speak easy Feb 2025 #13
Musk NJCher Feb 2025 #24
Nothing. James48 Feb 2025 #3
This needs repetitive posting NJCher Feb 2025 #4
In all likelihood, nothing. But the country would be irrevocably fucked. Karasu Feb 2025 #6
I just keep having visions of bunker busters being put to good use. n/t royable Feb 2025 #8
Prosecute under state laws Nululu Feb 2025 #10
Fines? Fines? ReRe Feb 2025 #14
Felon would pardon Elon for everything related to DOGE Martin Eden Feb 2025 #15
Well, when you bring a wet noodle to a gun fight. OldBaldy1701E Feb 2025 #16
What weapon do we have -- massive sustained protests? Martin Eden Feb 2025 #18
Dayam. How could I forget that???? ReRe Feb 2025 #19
The party of Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, and Eisenhower is dead Martin Eden Feb 2025 #20
You're right. ReRe Feb 2025 #21
Our Greatest Generation sacrificed greatly to destroy fascism abroad Martin Eden Feb 2025 #22
Ahem NJCher Feb 2025 #27
Exponential NJCher Feb 2025 #25
Nothing would happen. The enforcement people are all in the administration. OLDMDDEM Feb 2025 #26
I have a hint for you. Pam Bondi is Trump's Attorney General at DOJ. patphil Feb 2025 #29
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