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Paul Thompson's avatar

Trump sued me in the early 70s, for a lot of money I didn't owe. I went to court, representing myself (a biology teacher). He didn't show. I won. Was this, in today's language, a TACO?

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john@johnmdowd.com's avatar

Right on the money. No pun intended.

Trump defrauded Musk of 100 million plus by leading him to believe he could cut the budget. No chance. Like the Covid scam Tacos needed to spread the money around

Musk got cleaned. Trump is dying because Elon is not a dope.

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KTB's avatar

I am waiting for Elon's contribution to the sorry genre of โ€œMAGA apologia,โ€ the self-pitying, yet defensive words penned by so many former Trumpers as they rag on Trump, but also eschew responsibility for him, never accepting their own guilt in facilitating Trumpโ€™s misdeeds. If you see it, you'll know that Elon is desperately searching for new allies/protectors.

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Richard Jasper's avatar

You'd think this would be bleedingly obvious. Not only do we have the example of Nazi Germany and Mussolini's Italy, there's Putin's Russia and a dozen othe autocracies where this plays out every day. And yet large swathes of America's billionaire class have been gung ho for Trump, assuming their wealth will protect them. Just goes to show being rich doesn't mean you're smart!

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Pandoraโ€™s Box's avatar

Their wealth will not protect them either.

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Doug Hiller's avatar

In the back seatโ€ฆ.

Reach up, grab the key and shut it down. Climb out of the car. Call a tow truck to have it impounded, with the driver belted in the front seat.

The game of chicken just got much worse with the scenario fomented by the trump criminal crime gang, directed by Miller and Vought, in LA. Stand by for serious escalation, intentionally designed to advance the fascists control over the entire country with their use of the military to โ€œenforce the lawโ€ over their orchestrated โ€œinsurrectionโ€.

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