New York magazine’s Jonathan Chait says most people, liberals included, are failing to appreciate how much legal jeopardy the Last Guy is in now that the New York AG’s office is looking at criminal charges over Trump Org tax dodging. Chait warns that prosecutors need to prepare the country for the unprecedented move of indicting a former president. I must agree — otherwise the celebrations could get out of hand.
Such speculation increased yesterday when the NYAG is investigating Allen Weisselberg, the Trump Org CFO, for tax fraud. Consensus among legal pundits is that they’re trying to squeeze him into flipping on Lord Fatass.
The fight over vaccine patent waivers is far from over, and Big Pharma has raised an army of lobbyists to insist that America as we know it will cease to exist without patent protection. As if that would be a bad thing.
Remember when Keegan-Michael Key used to portray Obama’s anger translator? Apparently he really could have used one. According to an upcoming book by Edward-Isaac Dovere, in private Obama referred to the Last Guy as a “madman,” a “racist, sexist pig,” a “fucking lunatic” and a “corrupt motherfucker.” Can’t say he’s wrong.
In the process of ripping the know-nothings who typify Republicans in Congress, former Congressional staffer Mike Lofgren notes that more than 100 of these assholes sleep in their offices, mostly pleading poverty. As Lofgren notes, when actual poor people plead poverty, these assholes don’t hear a word of it.
Decrepit boy wonder Bill Gates is getting thoroughly dragged in the media since announcing his divorce, most damningly by highlighting his ties to Jeffrey Epstein. Just a reminder: He’s no genius. The little shit never invented anything in his life. His mom got him a contract with IBM and he purchased the shittiest operating system on the market to back up her empty promises, then used monopolistic tactics to try to force everyone to use the shittiest operating system on the planet. This is payback for all those years he’s spent pretending he’s a harmless philanthropist.
We have a frontrunner in Delaware’s Asshole of the Year contest: Cynthia Yalisove of Hockessin was arrested for stealing her neighbor’s dog and dumping it on a roadside in Pennsville, N.J.
The floor is yours.