“I marvel at people who don't realize Donald is, and always has been, a con man who lies, cheats, steals, and got away with it using threats of ruinous legal action, etc."
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~ David Cay Johnston as cited by Charlie Sykes

#Trump #fraud #ConMan #grifter #crime #criminal #LawandOrder #BigLie #insurrection #InmateP01135809

https://morningshots.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-golden-tower-of-fraud

Trump's Golden Tower of Fraud

Plus: Numbed America

The Bulwark

As AP reports, "Judge Arthur Engoron, ruling in a civil lawsuit brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James, found [yesterday] that Trump and his company deceived banks, insurers and others by massively overvaluing his assets and exaggerating his net worth on paperwork used in making deals and securing loans."

Engeron found that this fraud went on for years and the evidence is so overwhelming there's no need to go to trial.

#Trump #fraud #ConMan #grifter #crime #LawandOrder
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"Even before the trial officially starts, the ruling handed New York Attorney General Letitia James a near total victory, meaning that next week’s trial will mostly focus on damages that could pulverize whatever is left of Trump’s many business entities and bank accounts."

~ Jose Pagliery

#Trump #fraud #ConMan #grifter #crime #criminal #LawandOrder #BigLie #insurrection #InmateP01135809
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https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-basically-just-lost-the-new-york-bank-fraud-case-before-it-even-started?ref=author

Trump Basically Just Lost the New York Bank Fraud Case Before It Even Started

A judge in the New York Attorney General's bank fraud case against Trump just deemed the former president and his heirs liable for “persistent and repeated fraud.”

The Daily Beast

The big story here is that millions of Americans — perhaps approaching half — have lined up for the coming elections to say, "Give me more of that. I want more of the corruption and crime, the fascism and faux morality, the immigrant-bashing, woman-bashing, race-baiting, gay-hating. More, please!"

And white Christians are heavily represented in that group — to their great shame.

#Trump #fraud #ConMan #grifter #crime #criminal #LawandOrder #BigLie #insurrection #InmateP01135809
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"SURE BIDEN IS OLD BUT THE OTHER CANDIDATE IS A FELONIOUS MANIAC WHO ATTEMPTED A COUP AND HAS SAID HE WANTS TO END THE CONSTITUTION AND ASSASSINATE HIS POLITICAL ENEMIES. WHY AREN’T MORE PEOPLE—REPUBLICANS, THE MEDIA, MY FATHER, ANYONE!!!!—PANICKING ABOUT THAT INSTEAD?!"

~ Tim Miller

#Trump #fraud #ConMan #grifter #crime #criminal #LawandOrder #BigLie #insurrection #InmateP01135809
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https://thetriad.thebulwark.com/p/where-is-the-trump-panic

Where Is the Trump Panic?

The right-wing elites who promised to save America in 2017 are MIA. Plus: The Tao of Coach Prime.

The Bulwark

"I can’t speak to what lurks in the hearts of political reporters and editors, but one has to wonder why there isn’t more coverage about Trump musing about sentencing the nation’s highest ranking general to death than, say, the age of the current president…

Oddly, Trump’s dangerous rant was not treated as the major news it absolutely should have been."

~ Molly Jong-Fast

#Trump #fraud #ConMan #grifter #crime #criminal #LawandOrder #BigLie #InmateP01135809
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https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/09/donald-trump-democracy-media-2024-election

Let’s Not Sleepwalk Into Another Donald Trump Presidency

The GOP front-runner’s “treason” talk makes clear, yet again, that he’s a danger to democracy.

Vanity Fair
@wdlindsy Remember, the people who own and control the major news outlets will pay lower taxes with Trump in the White House.
@wdlindsy
Is Molly here on Mastodon?
@TrickTim Yes, but as far as I can determine, her Mastodon accounts are just links to her bird-site account. I could be mistaken about that, but that's what seems to be the case to me.