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Aristus

(71,647 posts)
Sat Jun 21, 2025, 07:52 PM Jun 2025

He was supposed to be in prison. He was supposed to be in Federal prison.

How would remanding him to custody after his conviction on 37 felony counts prior to sentencing have been worse than what's happening right now?

Shit. I can't even anymore.

I'm going to get drunk and dream that I'm not living in this shitty country anymore...

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He was supposed to be in prison. He was supposed to be in Federal prison. (Original Post) Aristus Jun 2025 OP
I hear ya MustLoveBeagles Jun 2025 #1
How now Merrick Garland? nt kiri Jun 2025 #44
"The escape room of countries," as I recently heard a comedian describe it. Xavier Breath Jun 2025 #2
My wife shared that with me just yesterday! Lucky Luciano Jun 2025 #23
... littlemissmartypants Jun 2025 #33
That was very funny! ShazzieB Jun 2025 #47
CO said he was ineligible... Hugin Jun 2025 #3
What is stopping you from leaving? purple_haze Jun 2025 #4
Very little. Aristus Jun 2025 #6
Im broke, have a chronic illness and disability FirstLight Jun 2025 #25
If/when they do, I'll be standing in line right behind you. Xavier Breath Jun 2025 #36
Cointreau for me markie Jun 2025 #5
I'm going to crack a bottle of Lagavulin. Aristus Jun 2025 #7
my selection is limited... markie Jun 2025 #8
I also have a bottle of Glenlivet. Aristus Jun 2025 #9
I like your tartan! Ilsa Jun 2025 #22
Please forgive my ignorance, my dear Aristus . . . Who are we talking about? CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2025 #10
Trump. Aristus Jun 2025 #11
Thanks for telling me. It's a horrible development. CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2025 #14
Yeah, shit. What's the worst that could happen? calimary Jun 2025 #20
The Orange Menace MustLoveBeagles Jun 2025 #12
Three strikes, isn't he supposed to be out? Dave Bowman Jun 2025 #28
I did that on Election Night 2016. BadgerMom Jun 2025 #13
I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue! surfered Jun 2025 #15
I picked the wrong week to quit drinking. Aristus Jun 2025 #16
Please don't die on us, sir. love_katz Jun 2025 #17
Aw, that's sweet! Aristus Jun 2025 #18
Right there with you, Aristus Grim Chieftain Jun 2025 #19
Hey, whatever it takes. Aristus Jun 2025 #21
From Nixon onward, we've been told that we couldn't prosecute right wing criminals "for the good of the country". Maybe LT Barclay Jun 2025 #24
Have an extra one for me FirstLight Jun 2025 #26
Stay strong. You can do it. Aristus Jun 2025 #27
Anyone here recall chants of bomb,bomb,bomb Iran to the BattleRow Jun 2025 #29
That was John mcCain if i remember correctly RubyRose Jun 2025 #30
I can't recall who did..and I sure don't trust my memory,lol. BattleRow Jun 2025 #31
That is correct. OMGWTF Jun 2025 #32
Someone recorded a song parody that was played on the radio MichMan Jun 2025 #40
Weird Al maybe? MorbidButterflyTat Jun 2025 #43
Yes, it was McCain! ShazzieB Jun 2025 #48
We were armed with court orders. He had a Cannon. Don't bring a paper to a gun fight. JustABozoOnThisBus Jun 2025 #34
I still don't understand how she was chosen "randomly" to be the supervising judge. TheRickles Jun 2025 #39
THIS! WTH Happened ? hydrolastic Jun 2025 #42
And now, the rest of the world has no incentive left to trust the american system. Justice matters. Jun 2025 #35
Not disagreeing at all. Hang in there and cheers. ED Evolve Dammit Jun 2025 #37
Wasn't that 37 count conviction in New York State? soldierant Jun 2025 #38
I wasn't ever expecting he would have been sentenced to jail MichMan Jun 2025 #41
I wasn't either really, but one can always hope. soldierant Jun 2025 #46
That is correct! ShazzieB Jun 2025 #49
I picked a shitty year to quit drinking proud patriot Jun 2025 #45
Well, Democrats had two years of a majority in congress plus the White House to get it done. lees1975 Jun 2025 #50
We could have used some dlilafae Jun 2025 #51
I hear you loud and clear. Brenda Jun 2025 #52
Patience, grasshopper. This isn't a Law & Order episode. Merrick Garland is working hard behind the scenes. Scrivener7 Jun 2025 #53
Part of it is Fox News and the giant tumor in DC known as the Heritage Foundation. Initech Jun 2025 #54

Lucky Luciano

(11,814 posts)
23. My wife shared that with me just yesterday!
Sat Jun 21, 2025, 09:52 PM
Jun 2025

Unfortunately, as a YouTube short and not a “video”, you have to click through to see it. She’s funny!

https://youtube.com/shorts/ORIqrzU_07w?si=ain7graNEf7zhNgZ

Hugin

(37,422 posts)
3. CO said he was ineligible...
Sat Jun 21, 2025, 07:58 PM
Jun 2025

It should have come to a full stop there, incarcerated or not.

 

purple_haze

(401 posts)
4. What is stopping you from leaving?
Sat Jun 21, 2025, 08:08 PM
Jun 2025

I personally am planning on retiring in Europe or South America, where is less than a year away. Been saving money like crazy and looking at different expat communities abroad.

Aristus

(71,647 posts)
6. Very little.
Sat Jun 21, 2025, 08:09 PM
Jun 2025

My wife still isn't ready to pull up stakes. But I expect she will be soon.

FirstLight

(15,770 posts)
25. Im broke, have a chronic illness and disability
Sat Jun 21, 2025, 10:08 PM
Jun 2025

At 55.. there's no country willing to let me in...

I guess I have to tough it out here or wait till canada allows US refugees😔

Aristus

(71,647 posts)
7. I'm going to crack a bottle of Lagavulin.
Sat Jun 21, 2025, 08:10 PM
Jun 2025

And pretend I'm in Scotland or someplace...

markie

(23,843 posts)
8. my selection is limited...
Sat Jun 21, 2025, 08:17 PM
Jun 2025

this is me on the left after a few drinks I do have Scottish blood (Clan Lamont)

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Aristus

(71,647 posts)
11. Trump.
Sat Jun 21, 2025, 08:31 PM
Jun 2025

He’s gone and bombed Iran.

The judge who presided over Trump’s conviction on 37 felony counts clearly said to himself: “Let’s let him walk around free while we drag our feet on sentencing him. What’s the worst that could happen?”

Well, we have the answer to that staggeringly näive question.

BadgerMom

(3,378 posts)
13. I did that on Election Night 2016.
Sat Jun 21, 2025, 08:36 PM
Jun 2025

I woke up drunk, hungover and still in a shitty country. But YMMV. Good luck.

Aristus

(71,647 posts)
16. I picked the wrong week to quit drinking.
Sat Jun 21, 2025, 08:54 PM
Jun 2025

Just kidding.

I’ll quit drinking when I’m dead.

And at this rate, that should be a few days…

love_katz

(3,200 posts)
17. Please don't die on us, sir.
Sat Jun 21, 2025, 08:59 PM
Jun 2025

You are a treasure, and I always look forward to them.
Too bad that we can't bomb Agolf $hitler.

Grim Chieftain

(1,237 posts)
19. Right there with you, Aristus
Sat Jun 21, 2025, 09:10 PM
Jun 2025

Our country has gone down the toilet in a matter of months. Two hundred fifty years of democracy ruined, and no one is doing a goddamn thing to stop him.

I wish I could get hammered, but all I have in the house is wine. I won't make that mistake again.

LT Barclay

(3,171 posts)
24. From Nixon onward, we've been told that we couldn't prosecute right wing criminals "for the good of the country". Maybe
Sat Jun 21, 2025, 10:02 PM
Jun 2025

even further back. If we'd put more of a butthurt on the south after the civil war and held government officials to a higher standard, we'd be a different country.
I think about the movie Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. The problem was well known back then and nothing was done. Now it is institutionalized and entrenched so much that we have thugs willing to kill to protect it.

FirstLight

(15,770 posts)
26. Have an extra one for me
Sat Jun 21, 2025, 10:10 PM
Jun 2025

Been sober since October 2023...but im itching for a couple shots tonight 🥺😒😡

BattleRow

(2,090 posts)
29. Anyone here recall chants of bomb,bomb,bomb Iran to the
Sun Jun 22, 2025, 09:51 AM
Jun 2025

melody of the Beach Boys song,"Barbara Ann"?
I didn't find it amusing then,and I sure as hell don't,now.

MichMan

(16,626 posts)
40. Someone recorded a song parody that was played on the radio
Sun Jun 22, 2025, 05:58 PM
Jun 2025

Doubt it was John McCain that recorded it

ShazzieB

(22,208 posts)
48. Yes, it was McCain!
Mon Jun 23, 2025, 10:55 AM
Jun 2025

I remember that vividly! It was really shocking at the time.

But I forgave him for it after he saved the ACA by showing up to vote against the repeal when he was recovering from brain surgery.

Much as I did not want him to be potus, I wish at least a few of the Republicans in the Senate now were more like him; i.e., able to think for themselves and in possession of a functioning spine!

JustABozoOnThisBus

(24,594 posts)
34. We were armed with court orders. He had a Cannon. Don't bring a paper to a gun fight.
Sun Jun 22, 2025, 12:45 PM
Jun 2025

That classified document case seemed like an easy conviction, almost a no-brainer.

Until Cannon slowed the whole thing down.

TheRickles

(3,165 posts)
39. I still don't understand how she was chosen "randomly" to be the supervising judge.
Sun Jun 22, 2025, 05:18 PM
Jun 2025

I suspect that something fishy went on behind the scenes with her choice, but I've never heard a clear description of how the choice was made (and whether it was witnessed to be truly random).

hydrolastic

(542 posts)
42. THIS! WTH Happened ?
Sun Jun 22, 2025, 06:14 PM
Jun 2025

Why was Jack smith so handcuffed when dealing with her? She was making rulings about the case on portions of the case she had no jurisdiction over ! If we were so worried about following every rule to the letter How the hell was she allowed to get so far out of her lane ?

Justice matters.

(9,389 posts)
35. And now, the rest of the world has no incentive left to trust the american system.
Sun Jun 22, 2025, 01:08 PM
Jun 2025

As the oceans keep heating up little by little until they'll start boiling.

Venus is not a model to keep on ignoring like this species is doing.

Money will not save anyone's children's grandchildren.

soldierant

(9,286 posts)
38. Wasn't that 37 count conviction in New York State?
Sun Jun 22, 2025, 05:07 PM
Jun 2025

I'm pretty sure none of the Federal charges ever saw a courtroom with a jury in it.

(I was hoping for Rikers Island for him myself.)

ShazzieB

(22,208 posts)
49. That is correct!
Mon Jun 23, 2025, 10:58 AM
Jun 2025

I really wanted to see him behind bars, but tbh, I would have settled for house arrest, if it would have kept him from running again!

lees1975

(6,901 posts)
50. Well, Democrats had two years of a majority in congress plus the White House to get it done.
Mon Jun 23, 2025, 11:04 AM
Jun 2025

No boldness or willingness to take the risks required. Now we have to suffer the consequences of Merrick Garland's dithering and incompetence, and the lack of fortitude among Democrats who had the power to take him down and pack that damn supreme court at the same time.

dlilafae

(371 posts)
51. We could have used some
Mon Jun 23, 2025, 12:29 PM
Jun 2025

Expediting and a thumb on the scale to pressure Garland. But God forbid we jail a presidential criminal.

Scrivener7

(58,297 posts)
53. Patience, grasshopper. This isn't a Law & Order episode. Merrick Garland is working hard behind the scenes.
Mon Jun 23, 2025, 12:50 PM
Jun 2025

He's got this. Stop being a Debbie downer.

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