Gotham City Digest: Guilty as Charged edition

     Where we make America Great, one conviction at a time.

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     Russian stooge Paul Manafort was found guilty on eight of 18 counts or, as Fox "News" will put it, followed by Trump on Twitter five minutes later, "Manafort Not Guilty on 10 Counts in Rigged Witch Hunt!"

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     Meanwhile, in New York... Anyone hear that high-pitched shriek coming from Bedminster? That's Trump screaming about Cohen and Manafort guilty on 8 counts... each. I hope Michael Cohen brought his mix tapes to the plea deal party.

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     And, to round out the right wing trifecta, Rep. Duncan Hunter and his wife were just indicted on misuse of campaign funds for personal expenses.

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     See, here's the problem right here: If your headline and lede keep mentioning the immigration status of the suspect, you're essentially using Mollie Tibbetts's death as sensationalism fodder and giving Trump and his homegrown Bund ammunition with which they cannot be trusted.

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     Meanwhile, this happened at UNC Chapel Hill last night. I can understand getting swept up in anti-Confederate fervor but toppling statues is not going to make racism go away. By all means, erect statues to civil rights leaders but do not think this is merely more than a step in the right direction. And, as Charlottesville showed us a year ago, taking down confederate statues only raises ire among racists, neonazis and neoconfederates.

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     While First Lady Melania Trump is spewing platitudes yesterday about social media being used for cyber bullying, this is what her husband was up to on social media at the exact same time:

     I'm starting to think that Trump's hair is actually a cleverly-disguised football helmet that he has to wear 18 hours a day.

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     The only good thing about right wing corruption in Georgia is that it's not very subtle. There's this story about a server wipe right after news of a law suit broke out. Then there's another scandal brewing:

      In a county in which 60% of the voters are black, election officials are scrambling to close seven of its nine polling places in a year in which a black female Democrat is running for Governor.
      In Georgia, the right wing is racist, it's corrupt and it's stupid.

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     Does every single member of the Trump family go out of their way to associate with nothing but crooks and gangsters? Does anyone in that crime family know ONE honest person?

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     Speaking of Republicans stealing votes, you don't think Texas Republicans are trying to steal these students' votes in clear violation of the law because young people overwhelmingly vote Democratic, do you?

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     Questions for the ICE agents involved in this inhumane arrest:
     Do you take pride in what you did?
     Do you not feel empathy for the family's suffering?
     Do you think you're making the world a better, safer place?
     Do you sleep well at night?

     To judge by ICE's statement on the matter, I think it's safe to say their answer to all four would be Yes.

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     I've always hated Chuck Toddler ever since he blocked me on Twitter a couple of years ago. But when he had Mayor Rudy on his show last Sunday, I really felt sorry for the poor bastard.

     This was the exact moment Uncle Fester actually said, "Truth isn't truth." Yes, he actually said that. Welcome to the Bizarro World of alternative facts, peeps. And finally...

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     Shorter Michael Williams: "Now, if the president said n-----, Ah have no problem with it cuz it don't offend me as a white man."
     Who else isn't surprised this Neanderthal comes from Georgia, one of the most racist states in the union?