Trump admin may have already broken the law by leaking Comey indictment plans: expert
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MSNBC reported on Wednesday that at some point in the coming days former FBI Director James Comey will likely be indicted. As national security expert Marcy Wheeler pointed out on Bluesky, however, leaking that information could be illegal. "It seems to me that leaking, 'Jim Comey will be indicted,'...
  • DarkCloud@lemmy.world
    2810·
    2 months ago

    Pretending the Trump administration hasn’t already broken the law is massive click bait.

    Also, billionaires will still be legal under the Democrats. That’s the real reason Trump got in, and the real problem.

    Returning to “the norm” is not a solution. They’ll just be another Trump eventually unless the billionaire problem is addressed.

      • DarkCloud@lemmy.world
        21·
        2 months ago

        You’re doing a “the perfect is the enemy of the good”.

        Wealth tax, banning people from owning more than two investment properties. Have laws that put a ratio on the highest paid in companies to the lowest paid.

        “It’s too difficult and politicians are too complicit already, so don’t complain” just isn’t a good contribution. You either support that billionaires are a problem or you don’t.

        • null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          11·
          2 months ago

          Nah. I’m just doing a “not completely naive”.

          It’s possible to simultaneously acknowledge that wealth inequality is a problem and that it’s not going to be addressed.

          • DarkCloud@lemmy.world
            11·
            2 months ago

            That’s an inaccurate perception of what you did, you didn’t acknowledge the problem and now you’re pushing your assumption that “nothing can or will be done”.

            ALL you’re doing is dampening the possibility and providing the billionaire class cultural comfort by providing apathy for the masses.

            It’s not about truth, it’s about possibility. Had a cultural comfort girl like yourself been in Luigi Mangione’s position you would have laid down and died unnoticed.

            You’re the problem. People who claim to be “just seeking the truth” but are actually giving false assumptions as if they’re certainties are the problem.

            Give possibility, give hope. In this, the cultural space you’re giving “billionaire boot licker”, and I think that might be your own choice and what you actually want.

            You’re a stability and truth is better than equality, hope and cultural change kind of person.

            You even started with “LOL” like a smug rich movie villain. Then to pretend you agreed it was a problem and gave truth? No you gave your own emotionally informed cultural defeatism.

            You comfort billionaires and tell them to keep pissing, that’s your choice. Your cope. Your pushing of apathy.

      • ape_arms@lemmy.world
        81·
        2 months ago

        Well, in a perfect world, where the POTUS is immune from prosecution when executing official acts, they could seize their assets. Would it ever happen? The only way I could envision is if the vast majority of the population supports (or is indifferent to) such an action. But hey, we currently have a $200b secret police force roaming the land, so maybe there’s a chance!

        But seriously, an extreme wealth tax would be a step in the right direction.

        • DarkCloud@lemmy.world
          11·
          2 months ago

          I’m a dingus replying to the wrong comment! Look at me go! Now I’ve come back to edit it to this!

          [Edited]

  • FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca
    5·
    2 months ago

    When people break the law, they are punished, right?..right? Is that just another fairy tale like Santa Claus and the tooth fairy?