I... worked on this story for years... and he just... he tweeted it out.
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It's a quote from a journalist who covered Trump.
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/i-worked-on-this-story-for-a-year
He uncovered Trump's close ties to Putin's inner circle, found the evidence, then Trump just said it.
Haha, oh, thanks
Narcissists like Trump do not see them problem with this unfortunately.
There's a word for that it's on the tip of my tongue
Does it start with a T and end with reason?
Technically it would be emolument. Luckily, there is an emoluments clause in the constitution, (Article I, Section 9, Paragraph 8) which explains that the president isn’t allowed to accept emoluments from foreign powers while in office. And the man just told on himself on Twitter.
It's treason, then...
Unfortunately, no. The US isn't presently at war with Russia or China or... basically anyone (with the obvious loophole of proxy and ally wars...), so nobody is capable of legeally-defined treason.
Everybody like to trot that word out, but is unable to define a legal "enemy". I consider Russia a fucking enemy, hate their guts, but legally and diplomatically, they're not that.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/50/4302
It’s pretty clearly defined.
The word “enemy,” as used herein, shall be deemed to mean, for the purposes of such trading and of this chapter— (a) Any individual, partnership, or other body of individuals, of any nationality, resident within the territory (including that occupied by the military and naval forces) of any nation with which the United States is at war, or resident outside the United States and doing business within such territory, and any corporation incorporated within such territory of any nation with which the United States is at war or incorporated within any country other than the United States and doing business within such territory.
We're still at war with North Korea. There is a declared ceasefire that has mostly held since 1953 but the latest peace talks to end the war started in 2018 and fell apart after South Korea elected a conservative government in 2023. The soldier that escaped to NK to avoid his legal troubles in SK last year may well have committed treason. Or at least attempted to, NK didn't really seem to want him.
The US never declared war with North Korea.
The last declaration by the US was WWII.
No, South Korea may still be at war with them.
I don't get $8 million for doing nothing
Aaand there goes the last credible line of defense: that his only connection was ownership and he was detached from operations and books of the company. But alas.
"You know, like a crime!"
Yes but he was president at the time so he is immune to all prosecution because he did the crime(s) FOR America. Duh!
Still free and still allowed to run for president. America!
Totally not punishable, the state can do nothing about it but watch him become its leader again.
But don’t you fucking dare being black and having a bud of weed on you, thats pretty much a death penalty offense.
Yep, totally a democracy.
Unrelated, but this news source has higher number of ads per square inch of my phone screen than I thought theoretically possible.
I feel like the intrusive ad world has been working mega overtime lately. Either that or I just haven't been paying close enough attention but lately I've stumbled on some mobile sites that are like 97% ads with 15 automatically playing videos and pop ups everywhere that are hilariously difficult to close without opening ten more windows
Something something firefox mobile something something adblock.
I'm sure you've heard it, and I have no idea if you're already using it and it doesn't work. Just thought I'd get it in there before someone else who's even more of a dick about it.
Something something Adblock bad something something use UBlock Origin.
Something something catch-all something something xerox
But then, you will not experience the monster sites like this one.