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If Trump wants to pardon Stone now, it'll cost him political points among his few remaining reasonable supporters. Fuck the cultists, those idiots will support Trump no matter what. In the end Stone was either getting a one day sentence or something like a three year sentence. At least this way he's in jail for a few years and if Trump really wants to pardon his weirdo friend it'll cost him politically. I dont think Trump has any reasonable supporters left. His supporters are either dumb and delusional enough to believe everything he says, or they're awful people who recognize. Buy it:  Сalavera Rose Sugar Skull Girl Day Of Dead Muertos Shirt

Now that the sentence is more "reasonable" Trump giving a pardon of Stone just looks like he's doing his friend a favor. And there's no doubt that's what it is regardless of the sentence, but a lot of politics is theater and optics and the optics of giving a pardon for a reasonable sentence is worse than an "unreasonable" one. Fact of the matter is this guy wasn't going to jail for seven to nine years based off his friend in the WH. If he gets a seven year sentence he gets a pardon tomorrow. Now Trump can still pardon him but it makes Trump look bad. Buy it:  Russian Doll Family Skull Day Of Dead Muertos Shirt

Yeah that pardon just shows Trump's admiration for corruption and corrupt politicians. Blagojevich didnt have to pay Trump for his pardon like most of the people Trump has pardoned. He just had to be a corrupt piece of shit and that made Trump empathize with him. Trump wants to pardon Stone so bad, but he does need an excuse to. That's why Trump has been saying harsh sentence this and harsh sentence that, so his stupid supporters will buy into the reason he's pardoning Stone. Buy it:  Vampire Face Mask Halloween 2020 Quarantined Shirt

You can bet 8 in 10 people screaming for Stone to die in prison and that his sentence was way too short are also people screaming for criminal justice reform. If you're anything but an old white man your punishment does not fit your crime and we need reform, but by golly if you are an old white man you should die in prison and come back to life just to die in prison again. The hypocrisy is unreal with people. Jail sentences are too long! Except when it's against someone they don't like. Then it's too short. Buy it:  Halloween Funny Graveyard Greepin' It Real Shirt

He’s not going to jail people. He’s filed for a new trial since the jury forewoman was found to be a never-trumper. He might be out for another 6 months until he actually sees the inside of a cell, even then, out in a year on good behavior. Sentence served in a white collar jail as well. The defense did a bad job of pre-trial juror interviews and should have done a better job. However he can file for a new trial because of her bias, that's how the system works, you don't have to like it. As far as my assumptions, what jail is he currently residing in? I must have missed that part. Buy it:  Boo Happy Halloween Day 2020 Shirt

But yeah, a symptom is all he is. The first new puppet dictator turns out to be one that happily boasts about being a dictator, but he didn't happen on his own. Russia didn't put him there alone. It was monstrous entities known as GOP that, hiding behind "we won't stop until we're dead so stopping us would be a crime" ever since they swore revenge for the New Deal, who spent much of their lives across several generations all for the sake of ending democracy in the US once and for all. Buy it:  Day Of The Dead Muertos Sugar Skull Color Shirt

Trump is the most obvious, blatant symptom of the problem, so it's not like calling attention to him is in and of itself a bad idea. Even decades ago the "oh you silly lefties" attitude was being used to dismiss all sorts of slow, gradual encroachment - the laying of the foundations. Trump though brings it all to the fore; where previous symptoms had people going "maybe you should get that checked out?" Trump is the pus-coated bleeding buboes that makes doctors recoil in fear. Buy it:  Sugar Skull Day Of The Dead Dia De Muertos Shirt

It also explains why I find the DNC so infuriating. Like they are supposed to be the opposition to this GOP fascism yet they are already scheming against Sanders in case he gets a plurality which to me means they are subverting democracy as well. They just hide it under the surface and have more plausible deniability than the GOP. I’ve also long felt that our real problem isn’t Trump. He’s a problem yes-but it seems like the media is trying to focus all the people’s anger at trump instead of acknowledging the system is rotten at its core and still will be even if/when trump goes. Buy it:  Halloween Pumpkins 2020 Quarantined Shirt

You're not wrong. What you're seeing is fear of reprisal: Because it's a criminal act for non-Republicans to incite violence, journalists everywhere are walking on eggshells because they can't actually outright state "the entire system's collapsed already, voting out a dictator doesn't fucking work". They can't say "since it owns the law now no legal or legitimate means can stop their crimes". They can only use soft fluffy newspeak like "a lawless presidency could be doubleplus ungood". Buy it:  Skull Day Of The Dead Eighties Retro Violet And Purple Halloween Shirt

No.....he was sentenced to 3 years and 4 months in prison......how is it intentionally misleading? I mean he won't serve more than a month before the fat fuck balding ghost white piece of human feces in the oval office pardons him......but the title is exactly right. Does anyone else feel like whoever wrote this title in the NYT was doing a half hearted attempt at being misleading? Like “see? Democracy and justice isn’t broken. Stone got over 3 years wow what a long time. Not just 3 years or less” like we didn’t notice he was supposed to get much more than that before trump intervened. Or that people who commit lessor crimes get longer sentences. Buy it:  Spooky Season Zombie Happy Halloween Shirt

So does trump pardon him now or wait until after the election so it’s not as obvious what’s going on before people vote. Not that I think it would change the minds of any of his supporters one way or the other, but it’s pretty obvious that he’s not going to serve very much time at all. Amazing. Just amazing. This solidifies the fact that the "Justice Department" is now merely an enforcing arm for the president. With the GOP in control of congress, and the supreme court corrupted by politics, he's almost king. Buy it:  Thirsty Skull Fun For Halloween Or Day Of The Dead Shirt

Legislators are Constitutionally protected from being prosecuted for lying in session. The provision was intended to allow for more open debate without worrying about legal consequences for being accused of lying. When does he actually start doing time? He's free pending his appeal I assume? He should get an extra 2 years just for having a huge Tattoo of Nixon on his back. It's a little less then the minimum the original prosicuters were looking for so it's not terrible news. Buy it:  2020 Is Boo Sheet Funny Halloween Cute Spooky Ghost Shirt

Roger took care of the prep work. He was doing 40 months for lying to Congress, threatening witnesses, and using his cronies to generally destroy the US DoJ in service of nothing in particular. He had a system for slicing the garlic so thin with a razor, that it would liquify in the pan. It was a very good system, the best system, everyone is talking about it, biggest best beautiful, you'll see, believe me. Any regular person that did what Stone did would've been locked up for a decade or two easy. Trump being able to pick and choose who gets time and who doesn't is fucked. Weaponizing the DoJ is super scary. Buy it:  Top Get Spooky Pumpkin Happy Halloween Shirt

Attorney General William P. Barr overruling prosecutors on the case who had asked for a seven- to nine-year sentence. Mr. Barr said that was too harsh. Huh. I had to pay out the ass for 4 years for the privilege of working my ass off and probably never retiring. This fuck got rich being a criminal and doesn't even spend 4 years to get his shit back. I wish he got a little more time for threatening the judge in his case. If a black guy did that, he would have gotten life in prison. Buy it:  Day Of The Dead Sugar Skull Baby Dragon Halloween Shirt

He said that department policy is to follow the sentencing guidelines in recommending punishment, and those prosecutors did so. He also said the department continued to believe that aggravating factors in the case had boosted the penalty recommended under the guidelines for Mr. Stone fivefold. “The Department of Justice and the United States attorney’s office is committed to enforcing the law without fear, favor or political influence,” he said. Buy it:  Day Of The Dead Sugar Skull Face Mask Halloween Shirt

Almost simultaneously, Mr. Barr overruled the prosecutors’ sentencing recommendation and a new one was filed in court. It recommended a more lenient sentence but left the specific length of a prison term up to the judge. The reversal, more aligned with Mr. Trump’s preference, led all four prosecutors to withdraw from the case. One resigned from the Justice Department entirely. John Crabb Jr., a prosecutor in the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington, apologized during the sentencing hearing for “the confusion” over the government’s sentencing position and stressed that the prosecutors who quit from the case were not to blame. Buy it:  Day Of The Dead Skull Tarantula Halloween Day Shirt

Almost simultaneously, Mr. Barr overruled the prosecutors’ sentencing recommendation and a new one was filed in court. It recommended a more lenient sentence but left the specific length of a prison term up to the judge. The reversal, more aligned with Mr. Trump’s preference, led all four prosecutors to withdraw from the case. One resigned from the Justice Department entirely. Threatening a federal judge would land any of us in the big house for much longer though. Buy it:  Sallys Pumpkin Spiced Latte Day Of The Dead Halloween Shirt

Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason and shall suffer death, or shall be imprisoned not less than five years and fined under this title but not less than $10,000; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States. To be fair, there aren't many crimes outside of stuff like murder that you can actually be sentenced to death for... I bolded it to underline just how severe of a crime this is considered. Buy it:  Spooky Smile It Can Be Ur Last Happy Halloween Shirt

Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court. What he did was terrible and he deserved to get more time in my opinion, but I think treason is a bit of a stretch (especially considering he could have been up for the death penalty if he was somehow convicted on it, and I think we both know that would be ridiculous). Buy it:  Black Like My Soul Skeleton Drinking Coffee Halloween Day Of The Dead Shirt

Federal prosecutors sought seven to nine years in prison for Stone in a sentencing memorandum they filed Monday in Washington, D.C. Prosecutors said the recommendation was in line with the sentencing guideline outlined by federal law. - And before any grifters decide to conveniently forget what he was on trial for: Roger Stone was found to have obstructed justice, lied to Congress, and intimidated witnesses all to interfere with the investigation of Russia's involvement of the 2016 election Buy it:  Skeleton Drinking Coffee Day Of The Dead Muertos Shirt

To this day, we don't know all the details, because Stone never flipped. All we know is that Stone was somehow coordinating with a hostile foreign power as it attacked our election, did so at the explicit direction of the campaign benefitting from that attack, lied to Congress about everything, and then threatened witnesses who could (and ultimately did) expose some of those lies. When Stone realized his lies were at risk of being exposed, he tampered with and threatened witnesses to coerce them into corroborating his lies. Buy it:  Day Of The Dead Halloween Sugar Pumpkin Shirt

Stone was explicitly tasked by the Trump campaign (revealed at trial to be Manafort/Gates) to make contact with WikiLeaks and bring back briefings on the material stolen by Russia. As the judge noted today, both Steve Bannon and Rick Gates received these briefings and "took him seriously". Trump had at least one phone call, witnessed by Rick Gates, discussing the upcoming WikiLeaks releases. This would also indicate that Trump almost certainly lied in his written answers to Mueller that he did not recall discussing WikiLeaks with Stone. Buy it:  Coffee Is Forever Skeleton Drink Day Dead Halloween Shirt

The next non-Trump admin needs to start investigate this entire admin on Day 1. Also, I’m just going to take a guess that we can expect this admin to shred any documents that may pertain to questionable actions we, the public, don’t know about yet. The sentence is lower than prosecutors initially suggested, but it is still within recommended guidelines. Besides, it's the judge who made this call, not the justice department. 3 years seems about right if Stone didn't do anything shady during his trial like trying to intimidate witnesses or his fucking judge. Or continually violate gag orders. Buy it:  Headless Horseman Pumpkin Halloween Day Shirt

The case ignited a broader controversy as former and current government lawyers accused Mr. Barr of failing to protect the department from improper political influence from the White House. In an open letter, more than 2,000 former Justice Department employees have called for Mr. Barr to resign, claiming “interference in the fair administration of justice” by both the attorney general and the president. In a television interview last Thursday, Mr. Barr said he had decided to recommend a more lenient punishment for Mr. Stone based on the merits of the case.  Buy it:  Cute Pumpkin Cats Son Happy Halloween Day Shirt

He said that department policy is to follow the sentencing guidelines in recommending punishment, and those prosecutors did so. He also said the department continued to believe that aggravating factors in the case had boosted the penalty recommended under the guidelines for Mr. Stone fivefold. “The Department of Justice and the United States attorney’s office is committed to enforcing the law without fear, favor or political influence,” he said. Buy it:  Vampire Lips Teaser Halloween Day Shirt

The president has criticized the jury’s verdict, claiming that “the real crimes were on the other side.” He intensified those attacks last week after the prosecutors recommended that Mr. Stone be sentenced to seven to nine years in prison. Their request, Mr. Trump said, was “horrible and very unfair” and constituted a “miscarriage of justice.” Almost simultaneously, Mr. Barr overruled the prosecutors’ sentencing recommendation and a new one was filed in court. It recommended a prison term well below seven to nine years but leaves the specific length of time up to the judge.  Buy it:  Black Like My Soul Skeleton Drinking Coffee Muertos Shirt

Mr. Stone was convicted of lying to congressional investigators and trying to block the testimony of a witness who would have exposed his lies to the House Intelligence Committee. At the time, the panel was investigating whether Mr. Trump’s campaign conspired with the Russian government to influence the 2016 presidential election. She added, “He was not prosecuted to give anyone a political advantage. He was not prosecuted, as some have complained, for standing up for the president. He was prosecuted for covering up for the president.” Buy it:  Halloween Coffee Drinking Skeleton Day Of Dead Muertos Shirt

The case against Mr. Stone, 67, a longtime friend of Mr. Trump’s, had become a cause célèbre among the president’s supporters. Mr. Trump has attacked the prosecutors, the jury forewoman and the federal judge overseeing the trial, casting his former campaign adviser as the victim of a vendetta by law enforcement. WASHINGTON — Roger J. Stone Jr., the Republican political consultant who for years portrayed himself as the dirty trickster of American politics, was sentenced Thursday to more than three years prison for obstructing a congressional inquiry in a bid to protect President Trump. Buy it:  Halloween Funny Skull Greepin'It Real Shirt

It's physically painful to try to be this optimistic, but I have to be hopeful. My daughter and all the children of America desperately need it. Things aren't working and I pray to any cosmic deity that may or may not exist that we can somehow come together and blur party lines enough to clean up this shitshow that our parents left for us to deal with. Something has to give. It just has to... 50% of the country are now okay or at least apathetic to corruption. Trump has enough support to be as corrupt as he wants. Buy it:  Skull 2020 Halloween Quarantined Shirt

The best we can hope for at this point is that history will remember this era as dark times for the United States of America. Dark times that reminded the citizens of how important voting truly is. It lit the match that sparked the turn around for American voters. Voters took it upon themselves to be more informed in all aspects of the political spectrum, from local to national levels of politics. It's disgusting that outside factors like Trump and Barr are affecting these sentences. The President shouldn't comment on ongoing cases, especially not when his friends are involved. Buy it:  I'm Just Here For The Boos Halloween Day 2020 Shirt

The god damned balance of powers are supposed to be working on our side. But it's all gone to shit. The GOP has gerrymandered up the whole place and have a corner on media (they produce bullshit at an astonishing rate). There isn't much the common person can do except donating and working locally for the politics they believe in. I think people are doing that - I'm trying to do what I can. Work local, donate some money. But the money too is a drop in the bucket when executives and other cons are liquidating the value of everything they can get their hands on. Buy it:  Skull With Top Hat Halloween And Day Of The Dead Shirt

One that your constitution supposedly prevents and even allows you to bear arms to bring down such a corrupt regime. Yet here the Americans are swallowing about as much BS as can be thrown their way. When is there going to be some protest? A general strike? The reason they are doing this so blatantly is because no one does anything about it, except bitch and drink it down. The people who think the second amendment exists to fight tyranny are the people cheering for the side of tyranny right now. Buy it:  Day Of Dead Mask Lady Skull Halloween Muertos Shirt

Our entire system is constructed to ensure guys like Trump never see any consequences for anything, ever. He'll live to the age of 150 in a sumptuous chateau, serviced by teenage supermodels and convinced to the very end that he was right and strong and virtuous all along. Id wager it'll be after the election. But that also assumes that Trump would suffer any political blowback if he did it today, which he wouldn't from the GOP or his base since they are all sycophants. Buy it:  Feline Familiar Witch Halloween Day 2020 Shirt

I have yet to find an explanation for why the sentence was SO LOW. Prosecutors originally recommended 7-9 years and the judge was a target of intimidation and she still went to half the minimum recommended time. If he outlives his presidency, a fact that I'm fairly certain he may indeed do, then I really truly hope and pray he stands trial for the myriad crimes he has committed as a private citizen. Stupid, foolish little man. He believed his own hype and ... oh that poor, poor idiot. Buy it:  Sugar Skull Dia De Los Muertos Day Dead Shirt

Back when this was all fresh the only thing here that would be hard to prove would be the rape since no rape kit was ever taken and that's basically entirely hearsay. But the hair could be examined to see if the ends were cut, or if the previous hair was plucked out, you could look for trauma to the scalp, etc. At the very least I think it's self evident that he did have the scalp reduction surgery with the plastic surgeon she referred him to. She testified to that under oath and it'd be way too easy to prove that was a lie if she made it up. He didn't do that. Buy it:  Sugar Black Cat Halloween Day Dead Dia De Muertos Shirt

 But I think the most compelling part is that back when he was going through that divorce he had plenty of incentive to do all of this. He had $13 million different reasons to yet instead he gives her this large settlement and suddenly she's backtracking. If she was just falsely accusing him, why would he settle if he could just prove that she committed perjury? Someone raised the question "How could Trump prove she committed perjury?" Buy it:  This Is Halloweed Retro Pumpkins Day Dead Shirt

By far the easiest way would be medical records. Ivana Trump claimed that she recommended a plastic surgeon and that Donald Trump had him perform a scalp reduction. Also back when this happened while they were getting divorced things would have been a lot fresher in terms of testimony, so depose her friends about what Ivana told them, examine the new growth of hair from the clump Trump ripped out, etc. Trump has claimed that he never had that surgery, that's still trivial to prove even today if he wanted to. Buy it:  2020 Is Boo-sheet Boo Ghost Quote Halloween Day 2020 Shirt

I believe the actual quote was "Does it hurt?". For some context this was right after Trump had some scalp reduction surgery to get rid of his bald spot. Ivana was the one who recommended the plastic surgeon . He ripped out a chunk of her hair and then raped her. This is all from the deposition of Ivana Trump under oath. If Trump could prove any of that was false Ivana would be criminally prosecuted. After Trump paid her off she later said that "she didn't mean it literally". Buy it:  Sugar Skull Day Of The Dead Dia De Los Muertos Shirt

That's intentional. He dresses, walks and talks the part. He's a little egomaniac that has a romatic vision of himself, and America rewards this behavior because hey - it worked. It's not how you get from A to B but the mere fact you did. Whether it's with daddy's money or lieing, cheating and stealing, or old fashioned hard work. MAGA, an america where you can rape and be surrounded by criminals, and still become evangelical jesus and president. Buy it:  Feline Familiar Witch Cat Smile Halloween Day 2020 Shirt

Believe women and listen to what they have to say when they explain credible rape/abuse allegations. At the same time, your “non protest vote” is going to fuck over women all over the country since the conservative judges don’t give a fuck about their rights Okay, so you want Trump, the person with dozens of abuse and rape allegations who has spent three blatant years destroying democracy, to win since his cult will never not vote for him. Buy it:  Spooky Witch Happy Halloween Day Shirt

He had multiple accusers that were thoroughly vetted by credible news sources, this accuser has only gone on a fringe podcast to make accusations. She should absolutely tell her story to legitimate journalists and, if it holds water, it should be examined closely. In the meantime this whole thing smells like a Project Veritas con-job being played up by the same quality of sources that brought you John Podesta's Polenta recipes... When the woman was talking to Time's Up she was only claiming that Biden had touched her shoulder/neck in the early 90's. Now the story has changed when she's going on fringe leftist podcasts... Buy it:  Nice Witch Way To The Wine Halloween Shirt

The allegations initially came out last spring, but Tara was silenced and smeared. She then approached the MeToo movement in January (long before this was a narrow Presidential field) and was shunned away because it would threaten their nonprofit status. I wonder if anyone else has noticed that you just changed the goal posts in an attempt to silence him. Bringing up an example of someone else doing the same thing does not excuse a crime, especially rape and sexual assault. Buy it:  Happy Halloween Vibes Pumpkin Shirt

I say that because just as you’ve seen people willing to investigate, there are a ton of people in these comments who think she’s an obvious liar and this should never be investigated. I'm totally fine with tossing Joe if this claim has any traction, but no Trump supporter would say the same despite Trump being on tape admitting to engaging in exactly the behavior more than a dozen women have accused him of doing. Biden is on camera making women uncomfortable, grabbing them, kissing them, sniffing their hair, touching their faces, even as they recoil and are clearly uncomfortable. Buy it:  Spooky Season Halloween Witch Hat And Spider Shirt

The point is that history has shown that fake rape allegations are a part of the GOP handbook over the last few years. So when a new rape allegation comes out during an election year, against the Democratic candidate, people are going to be skeptical. This is a person who legitimately worked for Biden in the 90’s. Claiming that the GOP uses fake rape allegations as a tactic isn’t an excuse to just not believe her or claim she’s a Russian asset. Buy it:  Sugar Skull Cat Kitten Flower Cat Halloween Dia De Muertos Shirt

The other side doing something just as bad doesn’t excuse you of wrongdoing. I’m a democrat and the fact that republicans did something bad doesn’t excuse the fact that liberals only care about rape allegations when it benefits them. I have seen numerous people say that she’s outright lying and that she’s a Russian plant. Not sure why you’re trying to push an obviously false narrative that everyone wants this to be investigated, when clearly Biden supporters want this pushed under the rug. Buy it:  The Day Of Dead Halloween The Bat Witch On Weekends Sugar Skull Shirt

Can you imagine for a second being a woman afraid to speak out against someone in power who sexually assaulted you and silenced when you do speak out. Then that man becomes the front-runner in a presidential campaign where you realize you'll have to choose between voting for the man who assaulted you or another man who is a known rapist/sexual assaulter? Like... it's not a crazy stretch that you'd finally decide to speak out or finally decide to push your story outside the channels that shamed/denied you in the past. Buy it:  The Day Of Dead Winya Sugar Skull Dia De Muertos Shirt

Or she changed her story when she gained no traction from her prior claims, it seems ridiculous to go to the media with mild accusations and completely forget to mention any sexual assault. When you're going to make claims about something that allegedly happened 26 years ago without evidence, changing the story doesn't really helps to the credibility. 'Accusations started last year' was pretty much being dishonest because they were accusations of a different nature. Buy it:  Day Of The Dead Costume El Dia De Los Muertos Halloween Shirt

Funny enough the MSM is actually taking that approach. It’s the right wing garbage sites and the Bernie blogs that are running with this. Weird that they are parroting the same stories as each other again First of all man... you're being dishonest by trying to downplay the accusations from last year by Reade and many other women as just "touched her neck". The women who accused Biden last year talked about feeling helpless as he inappropriately touched their necks and backs, smelled their hair, and kissed them. Even if those were the only allegations, that's still easily sexual harassment, that's still predatory behavior, that's still not OK. Buy it:  Day Of The Dead Squirrel Sugar Skull Halloween Shirt

Yeah, I know it’s very unlikely and probably imposible. I’ve just heard so many people say they love Bernie but voted for Biden instead and I just wanna shake them. My main message is vote for who you like, not for who you think will win. If more people did that I think Bernie would be in a better position today. It’s weird that the accusations are different this time around, she never mentioned this specifically last time. I also think in the day and age where Republicans are weaponizing accusations against people like Mueller, it’s fair to take a step back and wait for more verification before jumping to him being guilty Buy it:  Stay Spooky Skeleton Halloween Day Shirt

She has just as much proof as Ford did about Kavanaugh, and the Dems did the right thing and let her be heard in a Senate hearing. The media then was reporting Ford's story even when she was anonymous. The fact that the media isn't covering this doesn't mean that Tara Reade is not credible, it means the mainstream media isn't. If anyone doubts a sexual assault victim strictly on the grounds of her having praised Vladmir Putin in the past, they are an objectively terrible person and are no advocate for women or sexual assault victims. Buy it:  Happy Coronaween Funny Quarantine Halloween Shirt