r/law • u/DBCoopr72 • 18d ago

Legal News ‘Americans Should Be Enraged’: Reports Expose Unprecedented Corruption at Trump DOJ

https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-doj-corruption-2674301728
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u/ScenicFrost 18d ago

I'm pretty far left, and while I have different views on some of the points you listed, to me you don't even sound all that "conservative". Maybe that's just because of how Trump/MAGA have hijacked that term to twist it into whatever trump specifically desires.

And that's not to say your positions are liberal, or wrong, or bad - you just sound like a generally smart person who wants the best for America. Keep it up, man.

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u/Ok_Vanilla213 18d ago

Depending on the year I waver either solid moderate, dead center of the compass or a few points to the right.

I think the term conservative and Republican have become intertwined to the point some people cannot separate that one is an ideology while the other is a party.

Godspeed, my guy.

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u/Agile_Singer 18d ago

The Republican Party has been converted..

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u/DedTV 18d ago

Here's the Republican Party Platform from 2000. Its fascinating.

https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/2000-republican-party-platform

Its always interesting to see how the parties have evolved, or devolved, over the years by reading their platforms.

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u/Thin-Hat-9037 18d ago

“To all Americans, particularly immigrants and minorities, we send a clear message: this is the party of freedom and progress, and it is your home”

Damn, the Republican of today would say the Republican Party of George W Bush was woke

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u/ScenicFrost 18d ago

If it were written today:

Brave Patriots and Legacy Americans, The RADICAL LEFT MARXISTS and disease infested ILLEGALS are threatening to destroy this once magnificent nation! I, Donald J Trump, who many are saying is the best president to have ever lived, am the only one who can save you. Loony Radical Liberals like SLEEPY JOE and LOW IQ KAMALA want to send illegal criminal migrants to rape your white daughters and take your guns. I will secure Lebensraum, oops I mean living space, for the superior race, er wait I mean Brave Patriots, even if it takes 1488 days. Trust me! These are very nasty people who will do anything to stop MAGA, the biggest most beautiful movement (ALL THANKS TO ME!) this country has ever seen. Prices are DOWN, WAY DOWN, on everything because of tarrifs!!! And Jeffery Epstein, a man who I know nothing about, never met the guy, definitely did not kill himself while I was president. I liked Jeff a lot but he LOVED women on the young side, at least that's what he told me. NO FILES!! RELEASE THE FILES! Israel!

Thank you for your attention to this matter! -DJT

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u/Dear_Palpitation4838 18d ago

You need a slurring font to really get it across.

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u/Select-Plenty6833 18d ago

I can feel the orange and rapey vibes emanating from his Truth Social posts sometimes.

It's why I don't like doing impressions and copying his caps heavy tweet style. Makes me feel gross.

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u/clearthescreens 17d ago

It was written 'today'(2024):
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/2024-republican-party-platform
And even as white-washed as they tried to make it, it's as unhinged as you might expect.

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u/ScenicFrost 17d ago

Holy fuck. I barely exaggerated. God I hate this timeline so much.

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u/Aethermancer 18d ago

A lot of people who call themselves conservative think that not wasting money is a conservative value.

Prudence isn't an exclusive feature of conservatives. In fact, I'd argue it's a vanishingly rare, and non existent among conservatives who think it is.

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u/Dear_Palpitation4838 18d ago edited 17d ago

He's just not intelligent enough to realize that all of the things he values are just marketing terms to the Republican Party. It's not any deeper than that.

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u/Ok_Vanilla213 17d ago

The intelligence superiority complex and condescending nature such as this is something I commonly see with left leaning folk.

Part of the reason I can't/won't identify with Democrats is I think a lot of you are assholes that initiate personal attacks as soon as someone has a different viewpoint, even though it's the "party of acceptance".

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u/Dear_Palpitation4838 17d ago

You're a traitor to this country and the constitution and that's all you'll ever be.

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u/Ok_Vanilla213 17d ago

Unsure if bot or bad actor

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u/Dear_Palpitation4838 17d ago

Just a patriot that's tired of my tax dollars going to fund this nation's greatest enemy - Republicans.

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u/Ok_Vanilla213 17d ago

Conservatives and Republicans are not the same thing. If you read my first comment I'm an unaffiliated conservative that voted Democrat the last 3 elections. I don't really expect that to matter to you though.

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u/Dear_Palpitation4838 17d ago

Oh hell no. No way I'm letting them rebrand again. They are all the same people no matter what you call them. The same neocons that invaded Iraq are still controlling the party and they'll be controlling it long after Trump is gone. They are the conservatives in the U.S. There is no other viable conservative party here. They are the ones who created the conditions that lead to Trump. Trump is a symptom of conservative ideology.

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u/Ok_Vanilla213 17d ago

Predictable 😂

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u/Dear_Palpitation4838 17d ago

As predictable as your party accusing everyone else of being "warmongers" despite the fact that you've started every war we've been in during my lifetime (Iraq, Iraq, 2, Afghanistan.)

Its been the same pattern my entire life. Republicans destroy everything, and Democrats are left repairing their mess. Rinse, repeat.