trump (the former guy, defamer, insurrectionist, and rapist - $83M)

[Kendra]

[raison de arizona]

Donald Trump:

"I'd be the greatest woman's basketball coach in history... I’d go up to LeBron James and say 'LeBron, do you have any desire to be a woman? Because I’d love you to star on my team.'"

[Jim]

I'm sure LeBron would be more than happy to explain to the jerk what it's like to be a black woman in today's USA

[SuzieC]

Unbelievable. LeBron will hit back hard on this idiotic comment.

[Suranis]

Nothing idiotic about it. It git him publicity and got "libs" mad and talking about him.

He did the same shit all the time in 2015/16.

Do the worst thing you can do to him. Don't talk about it.

[Slim Cognito]

But Biden is the senile one?

[Danraft]

Hmmm.
Maybe there’s an Orange Crush for LeBron?

[raison de arizona]

Ah, memories.

tfg reacts to a noise.


Reagan.

[RTH10260]

Self-awareness in short supply as Trump calls for law and order in DC
In his first trip to Washington since he left office, the former president blamed Democrats for ‘a cesspool of crime’ in the US

David Smith in Washington
Wed 27 Jul 2022 01.00 BST

America first, irony last. Donald Trump, the former US president accused of a coup attempt in which police were speared and sprayed, returned to Washington on Tuesday with a plea for law and order to give police “the respect that they deserve”.

Trump spoke at a luxury hotel less than two miles from the US Capitol where, 18 months ago, his supporters furiously attacked law enforcement in a bid to overturn the 2020 presidential election result. It was his first visit to the nation’s capital since he snubbed Joe Biden’s inauguration and took flight to Florida.

There were chants of “four more years!” as Trump gave a 90-minute address to a summit hosted by the America First Policy Institute (AFPI), a rightwing thinktank conceived by alumni of his White House. Less than a week after the congressional January 6 committee detailed 187 minutes in which he chose not to stop the deadly insurrection, Trump sought to blame Democrats for what he described as rampant crime.

“There is no higher priority than cleaning up our streets, controlling our border, stopping the drugs from pouring in, and quickly restoring law and order in America,” he said to applause.

Trump complained: “There is no longer respect for the law and there certainly is no order. Our country is now a cesspool of crime. We have blood, death and suffering on a scale once unthinkable because of the Democrat party’s effort to destroy and dismantle law enforcement all throughout America. It has to stop and it has to stop now.”

Wearing his signature dark suit, white shirt and red tie, Trump went on to cite individual murder cases in lurid detail and argue that police have been unfairly maligned.




https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... rica-first

[neonzx]

[raison de arizona]

"time to hang up the hood"

[Kendra]

Former Trump campaign manager, fired as Director of Trump’s PAC and reportedly banned from Trump properties, says there are a bunch of grifters around Trump now, when in the past he was able to rely on people like him who “always had his best interests at heart.”

[Slim Cognito]

Here's the link to the story

https://abcnews.go.com/US/rnc-warning-t ... d=87486985

[SuzieC]

Now Trump is threatening to sue CNN. Will the RNC pay for his lawyers for his defamation suit?

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/worl ... 32691.html

[neonzx]

How the heck does that even work? I know one can pay medical bills without triggering gift taxes, but personal legal bills?

[humblescribe]

Gift taxes are paid by the donor. Recipients of gifts pay zero tax.

The RNC is some sort of income tax exempt organization under one of the Code sections 503 or thereabouts. (I'm too lazy to look it up.)

So, when a tax-exempt entity expends funds on behalf of another, there is no tax due. There are probably rules for what the political party national organization can spend money on.

[much ado]

Time for Trump to launch his own political party!

ALL of the Republicans are just RINOs!

Time to GO FOR IT!!!!

[RTH10260]

That guy in the picture a couple of posts upthread looks really old and tired now, well past best-before date.

[Gregg]

That guy in the picture a couple of posts upthread looks really old and tired now, well past best-before date.

Dude, same can be said for the cover photo for his book in 1982.

[busterbunker]

That's a good question - what is the legal status of the RNC? Or the DNC for that matter? Just curious, did some searching, couldn't find a definitive answer. I don't think they're the 503 variety, perhaps a 527, but I couldn't find evidence of that either.

You can search their FEC filings
https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00003418/
but I can't find anything IRS related.

In The Case of the Loser's Legal Fees, I have a hunch they paid their Perry Masons directly. Just the cost of doing business. With a loser.

[raison de arizona]

That's a good question - what is the legal status of the RNC? Or the DNC for that matter? Just curious, did some searching, couldn't find a definitive answer. I don't think they're the 503 variety, perhaps a 527, but I couldn't find evidence of that either.

You can search their FEC filings
https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00003418/
but I can't find anything IRS related.

In The Case of the Loser's Legal Fees, I have a hunch they paid their Perry Masons directly. Just the cost of doing business. With a loser.

I want to say 527, but ?
https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profi ... anizations

[busterbunker]

It's a mystery, innit?

[Kendra]

Trump’s spokesperson says if CNN doesn’t make a formal apology within 10 days for defaming him about the 2020 election and J6, he will sue the network.

[raison de arizona]

I dunno all the laws around this, but WaPo documented tens of thousands of lies during tfg's tenure as president. I would think CNN could go on the air with, "tfg is a big fat effing liar" and be fairly well covered.

[Suranis]

Yep, He knows he has nothing. That's why he is giving them "10 days to apologize." He wants to milk his "upcoming lawsuit" for all the yapping and publicity it's worth without actually doing anything.