Republicans call us the enemy

Trump has called opponents the enemy within and vermin

Two observations:1. Mike Johnson leaks that he wants no leaks2. Mike Johnson just called Democrats and Americans in general the enemy.

Adam Parkhomenko (@adamparkhomenko.bsky.social) 2025-01-04T21:47:45.643Z

I don’t want to hear any crap about unity from Republicans. They’re not interested in it since they think of opponents as the enemy.

Harris Levy (@harrislevy.bsky.social) 2025-01-05T00:09:16.937Z

Trump is guilty and should be punished in some way

The election doesn’t change that. I don’t think sending him to jail is plausible but he should be held accountable in some way.

Fines are worthless with Trump. They haven’t stopped his bad behavior before.

BREAKING:Judge Merchan has ruled that Trump’s claim of presidential immunity to dismiss his indictment and to vacate the jury’s verdict is DENIED and he must appear on Jan. 10th for sentencing.However, Merchan is NOT inclined to sentence Trump to incarceration.www.nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFs/p…

Katie Phang (@katiephang.bsky.social) 2025-01-03T21:03:35.264Z

He should sentence Trump to public service like picking up trash or serving meals. Fines and monetary settlements have not improved Trump’s behavior. Trump may belong in jail but it’s not realistic to expect that.

Harris Levy (@harrislevy.bsky.social) 2025-01-03T21:07:22.347Z

I’m just teasing on this one but they could lock Trump in a room with Biden’s dogs that bit people.

Putting Trump in jail will help him

I agree with Judge Merchan. Fines do not change Trump’s behavior. Trump should not be allowed to keep violating the gag order.

However, if Trump is put in jail (where he definitely belongs), then the focus will shift to whether he belongs there instead of the crimes he is charged with. Trump will act like he is the victim.

The judge is in a no-win situation. He can tolerate intolerable behavior from Trump or help him by taking the attention away from the charges. There is no good solution.

Some thoughts on Trump’s indictment

Republicans are being very antisemitic when they say George Soros is behind the prosecutor. Soros is their code word for their bigotry

It’s going to be hard to find a jury to convict Trump if he is guilty. How can anyone say they haven’t heard about the case when we’ve been bombarded with it? Most New Yorkers don’t like Trump but I am sure there could be one or more Trump supporter in a group of 12 jurors. They will have already decided he is innocent since they don’t care about the facts.

Some people have said it is a weak case. It was strong enough to get Michael Cohen convicted and sent to jail. Trump, not Cohen, slept with Stormy Daniels. Trump, not Cohen, supplied (however indirectly) the money.

Some people say that the DOJ 1/6 or Georgia find the votes cases should have come first. The other prosecutors have had two years to charge Trump and they haven’t. I agree the other cases are about more significant issues but I see no reason why Bragg should wait.

I wish the media would stop referring to Stormy Daniels as a porn star. It’s irrelevant. If she was a teacher, would they call her “teacher” Stormy Daniels? I doubt it. It’s boring.

This won’t hurt him with his cult. If they didn’t care about two impeachments, Access Hollywood, the insurrection, the endless lies, and the terrible bigotry, they won’t care about this. The cult and GOP politicians are already falling in line.

Pending investigations of Trump

I hope DOJ does something soon.

Mean but funny Ivana Trump burial memes

Playing into the idea that Trump buried stuff with his ex-wife. He’s terrible but I doubt he would stoop to this.

I included the second one for the grave tweet there.

See the bottom for the current state of her grave site.

The grave has not been treated well