I have been reading and listening to the news articles regarding the Eric Adams criminal prosecution for the better part of the day today. I live some 150 miles north of New York City, but as a resident of New York State, especially one who lives in the Capital/Saratoga Region, the potential criminal prosecution of the Mayor of New York City makes the news here on a fairly regular basis, as does most state politics.
The developments over the past several days have made it very obvious that Justice does not exist in the Trump administration - as if it wasn’t already. It has been made plain to the entire world that all it takes to get away with murder in the current political climate is to kiss Donald Trump’s ass - which Eric Adams was more than happy to do. Adams and his attorneys made a blatant offer of quid pro quo, offering to jump in with both feet and assist the Trump administration in their quest to deport illegal immigrants in the New York area in exchange for the dismissal of the Federal criminal charges against him.
It appears that those with any integrity within the prosecutor’s office resigned in protest over this, not just in the Southern District of New York, but also in Washington D.C.
But the Orange Asshole and his suck up Attorney General, Pam Bondi, apparently found someone willing to do anything they wanted in order to keep their job - the charges were dismissed today by the Acting Deputy Attorney General citing, “dismissal is necessary because of appearances of impropriety and risks of interference with the 2025 elections in New York City," the filing said, adding, "the Acting Deputy Attorney General also concluded that continuing these proceedings would interfere with the defendant's ability to govern in New York City."
Bottom line, if the man is a criminal - which he appears to be, along with a large percentage of his aides, then he should be in jail and not running for re-election, or “governing” anywhere.
Trump has made it clear that he is trying to get rid of anyone who serves in a position to investigate or stop any misdealings or unethical behavior on the part of himself or anyone in his political orbit. He is trying to systematically get rid of every inspector general, anyone in the Justice department, or anyone charged with enforcing ethics that might be able and willing to stop him.
It is not only criminal, but disgusting - and embarrassing that he is getting away with it to the extent that he has.
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Right On Target
As usual, Dallas.
I have previously tried to encourage you to write fiction and you have claimed that you are incapable of doing that.
Yet here you are writing about happenings much stranger than fiction. Vito Corleone would be shocked.
Unfortunately…….
Fiction is not something that seems to be within my capabilities. I had a therapist once tell me that I have an unhealthy fixation with reality, whatever that means.
But I do thank you for the wonderful compliment. You are too kind to this poor old soul.
D. Eden
Dum Vivimus, Vivamus
It's what the people voted for
If they couldn't see through the lies, they have it coming. For those on the sidelines, we are watching Trump and his cronies dismantle any legitimacy that existed in the US, reducing it to a tin pot, banana republic, but one with nuclear weapons
Angharad
The only good thing we have to look forward to……
Is the midterm elections in about a year and a half. Hopefully we all survive that long.
And hopefully enough stupid people wake up in the meantime.
As Abraham Lincoln once said, you can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time. And yes, Lincoln said it in 1858 - it was not P.T. Barnum as is often misquoted.
D. Eden
Dum Vivimus, Vivamus
Lincoln said it in 1858
Unfortunately, the saying wasn't attributed to Lincoln until 1885. No contemporaneous report of the Lincoln-douglas debate repeated the saying.
Time...
Let just hope that it will not launch a military coup on us northern neighbours.
What is unbelievably ironic about the current situation…….
In our capital, is that that loathsome little turtle Mitch McConnell is actually the only Republican willing to stand up and do the right thing by defying Trump.
Of course it is too late for him to redeem himself as he was the architect of the current Supreme Court, and we will have him to blame for every bad decision and unethical act they take for some time.
But I am actually amazed that I am defending his actions these last few weeks. Perhaps the old saying is correct - eventually the sun actually does shine on a dog’s ass.
D. Eden
Dum Vivimus, Vivamus
Watchdogs of nuclear arsenal fired.
I saw an article today that they had fired the people who look after the US nuclear arsenal but have rescinded at least some of the firings.
The big questions is how much damage does Trump have to do to switch control of both halves of Congress and how many years will it take to undo the damage.
The courts need to appoint an adult guardian for Trump (and Musk) who will only give Trump his pen after reviewing the sanity and legality of what he wants to do.
I waiting to hear that as part of selling out Ukraine Trump will be building new hotels and golf courses in the regions current held by Russia. I wouldn't be surprised if they announced the same deal for Gaza.
Michelle B
It is definitely all about the real estate……
And of course, it is all about him.
As for appointing an adult to oversee the two of them, who will watch the watchers? The oversight mechanism is already in place, but it has been sidetracked by the chickenshit people in Congress who will do anything to keep their positions. The only real way to fix the pandering of Congress would be to enact term limits. If you can’t be re-elected repeatedly, then you will stop selling your soul to people like Trump just to stay in office.
D. Eden
Dum Vivimus, Vivamus
Citizens United
A large part of the problem was the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision that effectively said that your say in how your government runs is directly proportional to your net worth.
Just remember that a campaign donation is just a legalized form of bribery.
Michelle B
Not the end
A judge has to rule on this and can refuse to allow the charges to be dropped. They can and have refused that in the past.
hugs :)
Michelle SidheElf Amaianna
Not over
https://apnews.com/article/eric-adams-mayor-corruption-akerm...
hugs :)
Michelle SidheElf Amaianna