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30/05/24 21:07
May 30, 2024 (Vol. 18 No. 25) - Remember this guy: The Smug Mug? This photo was taken last year after he was criminally indicted for the third time in five months. He was self-assured that, once again, he would beat the rap. After all, he's "a winner." Really? Doesn't look that way. The Cowardly Liar had already lost not one but two defamations lawsuits brought by E. Jean Carroll and now faces $83.3 million in civil judgments. And then there's the $454 million judgment he is facing in a civil fraud case involving false representations of his wealth. Well, today, things got worse. Much worse. A Manhattan jury of seven men and five women found him guilty on 34 counts connected to hush money payments to Stormy Daniels in a scheme to protect his chances of winning the 2016 presidential election. Now, he faces the very real prospect of jail time. Many have said it is unlikely that he will be sentenced to prison. But one shouldn't forget that Michael Cohen, his chief accuser, was sentenced to three years in prison for essentially the same crimes - and Cohen cooperated with prosecutors. One observer noted that judges rarely give jail time to underlings and then let the "crime boss" go scott-free. Of course, the morally bankrupt Republican Party is rallying to the Felon-in-Chief's defense. People such as House Speaker Mini-Mike Johnson, Kari "The Botox Barbie" Lake and Senator Josh "The Skeedaddler" Hawley have already claimed that the verdict was bogus and a political witch-hunt. This is incredibly sad, when you consider that Johnson and Hawley have taken oaths of office that require them to defend the Constitution. Of course, these are the same people that engaged in a failed coup-'d'tat on January 6, 2021. As President Joe Biden's campaign noted in a written reaction to today's verdict, this conviction does not prevent the Count of Mar-a-Lardo from getting on the November ballot. "There is still only one way to keep Donald Trump out of the Oval Office: at the ballot box. Convicted felon or not, Trump will be the Republican nominee for president." Our work is not done. The time has come for real Patriots to come to the defense of our nation by voting Democratic this fall. That's it for now. Fear the Turtle.