Well, Donnie lost again. In court. Why, it’s almost as if this guy depends on lies and more lies to convince people of things but if he has to prove something, hmm, he never can. Like, EVER. Now it turns out his business empire is based on fraud as well. That’s not my opinion. A court just said so. They said, “Hey, your business empire is based on fraud!” That’s pretty clear. So, 45 has turned to his preferred legal strategy: lying and whining and attempting to try the case in public instead of the courtroom.

The numbers are self-explanatory. If you have a building genuinely valued at a million dollars but you report the value as five million to get a loan and only $27.50 at tax time? You’re lying. Period. But when you walk into a deposition and state, also clearly and under oath, that you use your “gut” to value your buildings? When you insist that using appraisers would take too long in the process of doing business so you just “estimate?” The prosecutors are going to look at you, likely dumbfounded, and say, “Uh…you realize those are the actual charges, right? You just made up numbers to serve your needs in the moment?”

So they had the charge that he did it. They had the numbers to prove he did it. They had his own statement, explaining clearly that, of course he did it. How could they NOT rule such a fraudster a fraudster?

The State of New York isn’t going to let a Trump do business of any kind anywhere in the state pending an appeal he’s going to attempt but lose. (They got barred from non-profits for criminal wrongdoing a few years ago.) I was worried a bit about Ivanka. She got dismissed from the suit. Not, it turns out, because she wasn’t connected to wrongdoing. Ivanka got dismissed because the Statute of Limitations had run on business deals in which she had participated. So, I was concerned the corporation might just welcome her back to the corporation and plop her down in the Chairman’s seat as a figurehead.

Actions speak louder than words and I’ve also learned that, despite all his claims that the whole thing is a witch hunt and he can prove his innocence, he was quietly trying to re-incorporate and shift all of his assets out of New York, indicating that, for all of his bluster, he knew he was going to lose. Letitia James stopped the process. The state WILL get what Trump owes.

But the judge has cancelled all of Trump Organization’s business certificates and the holdings are being put into a receivership for liquidation. With the business certificates all canceled effective immediately? I think the stable business genius is out of business in the State of New York…

I’ll tell you this: his rank and file MAGA cons are going to have to get second and third jobs to pay his legal AND living expenses. I guess it’s a good thing they’re so comfortable they can afford to bail out the self-proclaimed (but probably lying) billionaire…

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Remember when 45 told people they were going to get tired of winning? Has he won anything since? This dude is the biggest loser I’ve ever seen – and I’ve known some losers…

His latest loss is his attempt to get Tanya Chutkin to recuse herself. She’s the judge in the D.C, J6 trial. She has sentenced several of the traitorous MAGAs and, I suspect, she’s looking forward to sentencing 45. He thinks that shows bias. I think it proves she’s been paying attention. Based on what I know, I expect a conviction in that trial but, I’ll tell you the truth, if I were sitting on the jury, I’d pay attention to possible exculpatory evidence and take it into account. (Trump claims he’s sitting on a trove of liberating proof. I don’t believe him, but I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt until the trial comes and goes and none of it ever appears.) I don’t like Trump. I think he’s dangerous to America. But I DO love America, or at least, what she’s trying to be. That means if I’m sitting on a jury, I have to do the best I can to be objective. That would be my role. If I can do it, Judge Chutkin can do it. (I’d guess she can do it even in situations where I couldn’t, her being a professional, and all…)

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I hated the Trump years. I hated listening to the MAGAs all bragging about Trump’s great accomplishment, none of which were actually happening. I hated listening to his constant whining, bragging, and threats to anyone who thought differently than he did. I hated his elevating bigotry to “acceptable,” public-display levels again. I hated watching the world withdraw from America, coming to the realization they had an unstable trading partner and undependable ally in Trump. Hell, they started keeping information from the US, fearful that Trump might pass it on to Putin.

I hated that the one time America – and the world – needed a true leader when Covid-19 hit, instead we got a blithering buffoon whose response to the threat was “pretend it isn’t real.” How many tens of thousands of people died as a direct result of his utter incompetence? I hated watching his minions attack the Capitol building because an election didn’t come out the way they wanted and that orange moron had convinced them that if he lost, it was rigged. Most of all, I hated that he seemed to be getting away with all of it.

The wheels of justice move slowly and I was – and am – concerned that they may move too slowly. Apparently, despite his crimes, despite his failures, despite his incompetence, despite his lying, despite his bigotry, despite his age, despite his outright and demonstrated stupidity, despite his love for despots and dictators, and despite his disrespect of the U.S. Constitution, he has a good chance of being President again.

This says FAR more about the MAGAs than it does about Trump. ANY moron can say, “Hey, can I be President?” The fault lies with the crowd that looks at the moron and says, “Great choice!” But it’s still a danger. As President of the United States he would have the power to protect himself from criminal prosecutions. EVERYONE knows that. So the race is on. Have the trials, get the verdicts. Define the sentence or don’t, depending on the verdict. It’s pretty clear: stop Trump or lose America. Period. Those are the choices.

I’ll tell you this: life very rarely offers such stark, this-or-that choices but we’re looking at one right now: stop Trump or lose America. I expect the prosecutors to prevail at every turn. (They have VERY good cases.) But the devil still takes care of his own. The ONLY thing I’ve ever seen Trump do effectively is slither out of responsibility for anything. He deserves an orange jumpsuit. I expect to see him in an orange jumpsuit. But just in case, I stand ready to cast a ballot for whomever emerges as the anti-Trump. (Biden.) I really hope it doesn’t get that far, though…