I mean, of course! His own wife was one of the co-conspirators!
What about the 3 people on the court who owe their cushy lifetime gig to him, though? The ones whose legal bribes still depend on his rabid following approving of them? Does anyone really think that they don’t have a conflict of interest?
Btw, that Newsweek fairness meter? By conflating left-right political views with fairness, it ironically reinforces the common misconception that a centrist perspective equals fairness, incentivising any reporter of theirs who cares about the meter to adopt a centrist point of view, thus making their reporting less fair and objective.
Luckily the three on the court already don’t actually owe him shit. I don’t have a lot of faith in them, but once on the court, they will be there forever, no matter what the orange poo ball says or does.
The orange garbage can may think they’ll be loyal to him, but we all know that loyalty only works one way with him.
Again my faith in these three is lowwwwww, but it’s not a given that they rule in his favor.
Don’t underestimate the power of stochastic terrorism. They may not owe him anything, but they have a pretty good idea of what he’ll do if they rule against him. They’re corrupt, not stupid.
the three on the court already don’t actually owe him shit. I don’t have a lot of faith in them, but once on the court, they will be there forever, no matter what the orange poo ball says or does.
True, but you’re forgetting the millions if not tens or even hundreds of millions worth of various bribes go away if they’re no longer considered “loyal” to the Mango Mussolini.
They didn’t get to or near the top of those Federalist Society lists by NOT being corrupt as fuck, after all…
That’s a good point. I expect these organizations intend to outlast the orange shit stain so it’s just a matter of the winds of change blowing the other way, something which they have control over.
I expect these organizations intend to outlast the orange shit stain
Yeah they intend to, but they don’t yet know if they can. Just look at Kevin McCarthy acting all principled on January 7th when he thought it was finally over, only to come crawling back when it turned out that even treason wasn’t enough…
I mean, of course! His own wife was one of the co-conspirators!
What about the 3 people on the court who owe their cushy lifetime gig to him, though? The ones whose legal bribes still depend on his rabid following approving of them? Does anyone really think that they don’t have a conflict of interest?
Btw, that Newsweek fairness meter? By conflating left-right political views with fairness, it ironically reinforces the common misconception that a centrist perspective equals fairness, incentivising any reporter of theirs who cares about the meter to adopt a centrist point of view, thus making their reporting less fair and objective.
Luckily the three on the court already don’t actually owe him shit. I don’t have a lot of faith in them, but once on the court, they will be there forever, no matter what the orange poo ball says or does.
The orange garbage can may think they’ll be loyal to him, but we all know that loyalty only works one way with him.
Again my faith in these three is lowwwwww, but it’s not a given that they rule in his favor.
Don’t underestimate the power of stochastic terrorism. They may not owe him anything, but they have a pretty good idea of what he’ll do if they rule against him. They’re corrupt, not stupid.
Nasty nicknames and accusations of disloyalty will be followed by imprecations for someone to rid him of these turbulent justices, and the next thing they know they’re facing some wacko with a baseball bat.
True, but you’re forgetting the millions if not tens or even hundreds of millions worth of various bribes go away if they’re no longer considered “loyal” to the Mango Mussolini.
They didn’t get to or near the top of those Federalist Society lists by NOT being corrupt as fuck, after all…
That’s a good point. I expect these organizations intend to outlast the orange shit stain so it’s just a matter of the winds of change blowing the other way, something which they have control over.
Yeah they intend to, but they don’t yet know if they can. Just look at Kevin McCarthy acting all principled on January 7th when he thought it was finally over, only to come crawling back when it turned out that even treason wasn’t enough…