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Jeff Guhin@jeffguhin.bsky.social |
I’ve said this before but it still boggles my mind that when Nixon said “when the president does it, that means that it is not illegal” that was the checkmate that destroyed his reputation. And now half the country seems fine with Trump using the same idea as his opening gambit.
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NoHomers Diary
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Speaks to how far the press has fallen in its job, as well as Trump's snake oil salesmanship.
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web_rant
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You may not be surprised to learn that they started a whole society in 1982 to make it come true.
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Lucy Sussex
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Different times. Less fettered media?
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Kim
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Trump's lawyer argued in court that Trump could have ordered a murder and be immune unless Congress impeached and convicted him while he was in office. So Trump believes a president can do anything and get away unless our broken Congress convicts.
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James Felix Black
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At least four of the clowns on the Court are willing to entertain this idiocy!
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Taco Avenger
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The lesson they learned wasn’t “no crime”, it was “no shame”.
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John Castiglione
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B/C this is all so stupid.... Imagine Congress passes a law and the President signs that says "The President may not do X. 2 years in prison if he does." Trump (and some number of SCOTUS justices') view is that that president can turn around the next day and do X without consequence. It's absurd.
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Test dot user
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It think Congress and his party leadership realized the danger of that statement. W trump, they are worried about alienating his base and thus losing their own power. Sucks regardless
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Chad Levinson
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Last I was there, the Nixon Library had postponed the processing of documents that might contain correspondence with Trump during Nixon's post-presidential years working out of a Manhattan office.
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Patrick (bluesky)
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Half the country was fine with it when Nixon said it and they are now continuing to back Trump.
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Sherman Dorn
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I wish it had been a checkmate for Nixon, but I don't remember it being so at all.
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Dextrosity
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The GOP turning “Nixonian” into a compliment was not on my bingo card a decade ago.
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Boopy Beep Machine
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Nowhere close to half but the country coddles this segment for some shitty reason
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