jaduncanJun 11, 2023
Rod Hilton

You have to admit, regardless of your political beliefs, that a guy going to federal prison for years because when he himself was president he signed an order to increase the minimum sentence for the exact crime he committed is hands down the funniest shit that could ever happen and we are nanometers away from that once-in-a-lifetime hysterical occurrence taking place.

You have to want this to happen if you have any appreciation for comedy.

Jun 10, 2023 at 3:45pmTusky
Show threadTruepeacenikJun 10, 2023

@rodhilton

Yep!
Prestige doesn’t shield a person from prosecution.

Show threadRod HiltonJun 10, 2023

@truepeacenik sure yes yes sense of justice nobody above the law all that all that, definitely. Of course. Sure.

But also, holy hell nobody has ever pitched a funnier punchline to a joke in history.

Show threadPatJun 10, 2023
Amen, Brother Rod! Even the quips about "lock her up/pronouns matter" cannot beat this singular punch line.
Show threadUrban HermitJun 12, 2023

@rodhilton @truepeacenik

God loves irony.

Show threadEmma Builds 🚀Jun 10, 2023

@truepeacenik

That’s never been true. The purpose of wealth and power is for escaping the consequences of one abuses of wealth and power.

Show threadJoshwaaJun 10, 2023
@rodhilton Would much rather Trump goes down for seditious conspiracy. Apparently trying to seize control of the government is less serious than storing documents in his golf club.
Show threadtoxtethogradyJun 10, 2023
@joshwaa @rodhilton That's still on the table. We await DC...
Show threaddingodogJun 11, 2023
@joshwaa @rodhilton whynotboth.gif?
Show threadJoshwaaJun 11, 2023
@dingodog19 @rodhilton whynotyet.gif?
Show threaddingodogJun 11, 2023

@joshwaa @rodhilton maybe I'm naive, but I feel like Jack Smith is doing a pretty good job of balancing speed with the prudence necessary to get and maintain convictions.

I think the J6 case is harder to prove, so it's taking longer. But there is a DC grand jury, right? So they will vote on something, if they haven't already.

I'll gladly wait a little longer if it makes the case stronger.

Show threadcakemixJun 10, 2023

@rodhilton Is there a link to the length of the sentence it was pre-trump to what it is now that they have increased it?

#poetry

Show threadCharJTF  (she/her)Jun 10, 2023

@cakemix This article includes information about the old and update laws: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/fact-check-did-trump-sign-into-law-felony-for-which-hes-indicted/ar-AA1cljkK

Basically: The law went from a misdemeanor (1 year) to a Class E felony (5 years).

@rodhilton

Fact Check: Did Trump Sign Into Law Felony for Which He's Indicted?

Trump announced on Thursday that he was being indicted over an investigation into classified documents.

MSN
Show threadcakemixJun 10, 2023

@CharJTF @rodhilton 1 to 5?

Oooh that’s gotta smart!

thanks for the link.

Show threadBlueintheSouthJun 11, 2023
@cakemix @CharJTF @rodhilton According to the indictment, many of the 38 counts carry 5 years.
Show threada8eJun 10, 2023

@rodhilton In my opinion, this man will rather die a natural death after a long life than go to prison.

Americans send petty shoplifters to jail for years if they are black. Trump will not go to jail. For nothing. Because he's white, male, and apparently quite rich.

And yes. If you're not damn careful, he's going to be #47.

Show threadAriaflameJun 11, 2023
@a8e @rodhilton Well that will certainly be true if people are apathetic and defeatist
Show threadJonah SteinJun 10, 2023
@rodhilton Not even a surprise. Every GOP attack is actually a confession.
Show threadlolonurseJun 10, 2023
@rodhilton
Hey, don't jinx it! You know there's going to be HUGE blow-back from the MAGAts, Proud Boys, all those supposedly "white" (I see a lot of brown & Asian people) supremacists & nationalists... oh, & the bat sh1T bonkers congresspersons & senators talking truly traitorous stuff. Even if (when) he's convicted, I think sentencing will be treacherous, & making it happen, even more so.
Show threadenmodo ⚛️ 🧬 🇺🇦 🍉Jun 10, 2023
@rodhilton karma comedy. When he cried "lock her up" over and over who knew he was just projecting like that? He thought misgendering himself would cover the projection, but no, we got the message loud and clear
Show threadCatherine is not complacentJun 10, 2023
@rodhilton “oh but I didn’t mean ME”
Show threadLuJun 10, 2023
@rodhilton who is him?? that's hilarious, that's right!
Show threadGerwalkJun 10, 2023
@rodhilton
Hoist with his own dotard?
Show threadVictor GnarlyJun 10, 2023
@rodhilton then tack on the kid rock as a possible witness to said crimes and man.. it's just so funny.
Show threadRod HiltonJun 10, 2023
@vicgnarly wait what? That's not real is it?
Show threadVictor GnarlyJun 10, 2023
@rodhilton it's likely not him that's in the indictment but he may have given testimony and we won't know until it's all unsealed. https://www.avclub.com/sadly-thats-probably-not-kid-rock-in-the-margins-of-th-1850526388 it's just a hilarious prospect only.
Sadly, that's probably not Kid Rock in the margins of the Trump indictment

The unsealing of the Trump indictment has renewed interest in a 2022 interview in which Kid Rock said Trump showed him "maps" while in the White House

The A.V. Club
Show threadJonChevreau 🇨🇦Jun 10, 2023
@rodhilton speaking of comedy it’s a pity the writer’s strike has stopped late-night comics from riffing on this this latest indictment
Show threadNifty1AJun 11, 2023
@JonChevreau @rodhilton I think this is worth making an exception and breaking the strike for...
Show threadJoyographicJun 10, 2023
@rodhilton Rachel Maddow called it the "neener factor"
Show threadmike bayer  Jun 10, 2023
@rodhilton or he gets elected again and pardons himself from a prison cell. Not really "funny" in that case for most of us
Show threadRod HiltonJun 10, 2023
@zzzeek so you'd prefer him not go to prison?
Show threadmike bayer  Jun 11, 2023
@rodhilton id prefer the trial completes before the election so maybe he can't even reasonably run and I hope judge cannon recuses herself
Show threadThe TurtleJun 11, 2023
@rodhilton oh, yeah. This is like the white GOP legislators that pass hysterical anti-gay bills "to protect our children" and a year later they're under indictment for soliciting young boys for sex.
Show threadComputeforloot Jun 11, 2023
@rodhilton 😂😂😂
Show threadJoyographicJun 11, 2023
@rodhilton "...the ‘neener-neener’ factor here is high" - Rachel Maddow
Show threadCharles HeroldJun 11, 2023
@rodhilton If it happens we might as well name it the "Trump Effect"
Show threadMemphisDaPlaya 🎲🎲Jun 11, 2023

@rodhilton

He also wanted group executions and to bring back the electric chair and firing squads.
#DarkComedy #Irony #BewareWhatYouWish #TreasonAndEspionage

Show threadLRJun 11, 2023
@rodhilton inverse tim leary, who escaped prison thanks to a inmate personality test he helped invent
Show threadKroosJun 11, 2023
@rodhilton it would be funnier if Assange got off because of the heavy but useless tests for culpability that Trump's defense attempted which then provided a legal precedence for Assange to pivot away from jail with.
Show threadSerge Matveenko ♻️☮️ ⩜⃝Jun 11, 2023
@rodhilton It sounds like somebody wanted to be spanked harder at the moment.
Show thread#Lydia T. PottJun 11, 2023
@rodhilton I doubt he will actually go to prison. But house arrest (no moving around between houses) for the rest of his life, with no golf or internet allowed, would be good.
Show threadNihl L'AmasJun 11, 2023
@rodhilton Lawyers say it will take a year or two before a conviction, and my brain will be jittering and screaming "Now Now Now!" the whole time.
Show threadVincent 🦾 🤖Jun 11, 2023
@rodhilton
Hilarious indeed. But wait until you check french politics and Sarkozy! Sentenced to one year (and waiting for a couple more trials), was claiming than every sentence should actually be served!
Show thread0xC0DEC0DE07EAJun 11, 2023
@rodhilton they were bringing down the potential value of the documents that *he* was stealing or planning on stealing - the worst of crimes.
Show threadDHaJun 12, 2023
@rodhilton I’m sure that will be the basis of an upcoming Curd Your Enthusiasm episode
Show threadProbably PaulJun 12, 2023
@rodhilton Beautiful. Truly beautiful. 👏
Show threadJoachim FrankJun 12, 2023
@rodhilton extra point for using the term nanometer
Show threadTieBlackSquirrelJun 12, 2023
@FreakyFwoof @rodhilton It's absolutely hilarious. He shot himself in the ass and it's the funniest thing I"be ever seen.
Show threadbahuaJun 12, 2023

@rodhilton

My politics are in opposition to those who support the former President, but I know that most of them would probably not agree with your assessment, as they've been effectively conditioned by the GOP's entertainment wing to believe this is all a partisan hoax.

I do think the irony is sweet though.

Show threadmsgbiJun 12, 2023
@rodhilton 15 months hotel arrest @charles_ex
Show threadcharles exJun 12, 2023
@msgbi @rodhilton He my be a casualty of political jujitsu. Didn't the person who invented the guillotine lose his head as well?
Show threadChancerubbageJun 12, 2023
@rodhilton @Urban_Hermit sets up a stronger sense of martyrdom amongst true believers
Show threadJumping MouseJun 12, 2023
@rodhilton
I am breathless with anticipation… when the actual circumstance occurs, George and Lenny shall rise as one to fling their single digit salute.
Show threadVeloBusDriverJun 12, 2023
@rodhilton With the case presided over by a judge he appointed ...
Show threadPatricia KaydenJun 12, 2023
@rodhilton It’s funny but not funny at the same time. Trump is the living embodiment of hubris.
Show threadAJJun 30, 2023

@rodhilton I really hope he isn’t elected for a second term, but at the same time what would be even funnier is if he is elected and pardons himself from his cell.. the Simpsons can’t even predict that one 🤣🤣🤣

There’s so many scenarios that this could go and to be honest it’s pretty fascinating and hilarious.