Pottersville Digest

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     What would you expect of a guy who once worked for a "stable genius"?

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     Typical craven right wing crook.

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     This guy is Central Casting's idea of what a mob lawyer should look and act like.

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     Well, Trump pulled off the New York trifecta - First, the NY AG's office then the Manhattan DA and now the SDNY.

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     What, he didn't sell tickets to the wake?

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     It's not as if Republicans as a whole are invested in maintaining Ukraine's sovereignty. They're just embarrassed because DeSantis said the quiet part out loud.

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     Thank you, Bethany. With everything I have going on in my life now, I really, REALLY needed this belly laugh.

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     In other words, "I reject your reality and substitute my own."

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     “The plea agreement filed today sends a clear message that bank executives who commit fraud and deliberately deceive regulators will get to skate and stay out of jail by taking an early vacation and paying a $17,000,000 bribe."

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     Meme intermission.

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     400 years, for being a getaway driver? Man, that's a harsh penalty for Driving While Black.

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     The only "insanity" was at these school board meetings at which school board members had their lives threatened by right wing parents who didn't know what they were screaming about. I point the finger of blame squarely at DeSantis for starting this by declaring war on the Florida public school system. Time and again, I read stories of entire libraries being cleared out on account of one single parent complaining about one book that they haven't even read. But at the bottom of all this is an insidious attempt to dumb down our kids, hence the next generation of voters, because the last thing the GOP wants is an informed electorate. (Tip o' the tinfoil hat to Constant Reader, CC)

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     Oh, shut up, you whiny twat. (A 2nd tip o' the tinfoil hat to Constant Reader, CC)

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     "What Lauren Boebert doesn't know about American history could fill the Library of Congress." That's the most spot-on assessment of Boebert that I think anyone's ever ventured.

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     Yes, please keep this dear man talking! And finally...

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     With Trump, there's always a "perfect phone call" that interests prosecutors.