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ancianita

(39,260 posts)
Tue Jan 21, 2025, 05:05 PM Jan 21

Mike Schmitt at NYT: Trump's 'Retribution' List ... not sure yet if it qualifies as BS, but

it does increase the fear climate.

Yep, these are the people the felon has named. When and where the felon actually SAID it are in the link.
According to Alex Wagner's on-the-ground interview report today, his pardoned "hostages" are more fired up than ever and waiting for either retribution or chaos orders.

In my opinion, if it's chaos, he'll get the word to them to hit blue states. Why? Because it's already clear that blue states get "conditions" -- i.e., targeted blue cities and public lands for hit-and-run/in-and-out arson, bomb threats and bombings.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/us/politics/trump-retribution-list.html?searchResultPosition=1

Prosecutors and Judges --
Jack Smith,
Letitia James
Arthur F. Engoron
Alvin L. Bragg
Fani T. Willis

Jan. 6 investigators --
Liz Cheney, the Republican vice-chairman of the House select committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol
Adam Kinzinger, and
seven Democrats

First-term foes --
Gen. Mark A. Milley
Michael D. Cohen
John R. Bolton

The ‘Deep State’
James Comey
Andrew McCabe
Peter Strzok
51 former top intelligence officials — including former Obama officials
John O. Brennan,
James R. Clapper Jr. and
Leon Panetta
Jailing reporters who refuse to give up their sources
Mark Zuckerberg

Politicians
-- President Biden and his family
“I will appoint a real special prosecutor to go after the most corrupt president in the history of the United States of America, Joe Biden, and the entire Biden crime family,” Mr. Trump said in June 2023.

-- Former President Barack Obama
Mr. Trump accused Mr. Obama of “treason” in 2020 and reposted an image on Aug. 28, 2024 that called for a military tribunal for Mr. Obama.

-- Vice President Kamala Harris
Ms. Harris should be “impeached and prosecuted” for her handling of the southern border, Mr. Trump said at a campaign rally on Sept. 29, 2024.

-- Hillary Clinton
“I could have put her in jail,” Mr. Trump said at a rally on Aug. 21, 2024. “Wouldn’t it be terrible to put the wife of the president of the United States in jail?”

-- Adam B. Schiff, California senator who, as a House member, led first impeachment of Trump
"Schiff is a sleazebag and traitor, and should be prosecuted for the damage he has done to our Country!” Mr. Trump said in January 2023.

-- Nancy Pelosi, former House speaker who authorized impeachment inquiry
Mr. Trump said in September 2024 that Ms. Pelosi “should be prosecuted” for selling Visa stock before the Justice Department filed an antitrust lawsuit against the company. He also said Ms. Pelosi should be prosecuted for security lapses at the Capitol on Jan. 6.

“I think Nancy Pelosi is an enemy from within,” Mr. Trump said in October 2024.

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ancianita

(39,260 posts)
2. The judges who dismiss these cases based on lack of evidence.
Tue Jan 21, 2025, 05:19 PM
Jan 21

Although I wouldn't put it past him to just want to harass them by forcing them to pay legal fees.

Justice matters.

(7,715 posts)
5. TCF will order his pardoned goons to "take care of these judges" and
Sun Jan 26, 2025, 07:43 PM
Sunday
voila.

Immunity for him, and (new) pardons for his violent domestic terrorists.

ancianita

(39,260 posts)
6. Yes, our judges and court officers need ramped up security against the mob boss's henchmen.
Sun Jan 26, 2025, 10:28 PM
Sunday

Last edited Sun Jan 26, 2025, 10:59 PM - Edit history (1)

Still, they've got no clue that he sees them as objects of his manipulation, because he only cares about his own freedom, not theirs. Pardons? pffffft They think his freedoms represent theirs, and in reality, they're all lawless. Those are just godfather deals he uses like a 'freedom loan' they have to pay back with further mayhem on his behalf.

Mammon will rob their children of freedom. He's already said that he intends to name the Statue of Liberty the statue of loyalty, since he tells his "negative freedom lovers" that as his followers they won't even miss liberty after a while.

He fronts a totalitarian vision. We must fight for people to have to see humans as human beings, not some machine of money & power. Some day this country's children won't even know what being free is because we didn't preserve its foundations for them. We ancestors must not let that happen.

Vinca

(51,458 posts)
3. I'm worried this will turn into a hit list for the released J6 criminals. They all seem more violent than ever.
Tue Jan 21, 2025, 08:12 PM
Jan 21

ancianita

(39,260 posts)
4. Me, too.
Tue Jan 21, 2025, 08:21 PM
Jan 21

Pardoned criminals, along with civilian paramilitaries, are historically the hallmarks of totalitarian regimes that begin the war to threaten, hurt, and cow larger populations.

Both groups are now in all 50 states. But at the behest of the felon they'll be targeting blue states.

Paladin

(29,245 posts)
8. If it's from the New York Times, I'm not interested.
Tue Jan 28, 2025, 07:00 AM
Tuesday

The NYT opinion goons bent over backwards to trash Kamala Harris and to put trump back in office. Instead of after-the-fact whining, the NYT needs to get busy, fucking itself. The same goes for the rest of the spineless mainstream media who contributed to our current nightmare.

ancianita

(39,260 posts)
9. If you fight for freedom. Do not equate the good factual reporting of journalists with the corporation.
Tue Jan 28, 2025, 10:14 AM
Tuesday

For democracy and our fight for its forms of freedom, we NEED human reporters/journalists and the factuality -- one of the five forms of freedom -- they provide. Not internet AI machine info that is simply algorithm driven data, and we don't need algorithm driven platforms. We need human input.

Paladin

(29,245 posts)
10. Hey, works for me.
Tue Jan 28, 2025, 01:35 PM
Tuesday

Given that I don't consider NYT staffers like Ross Douthat and Bret Stephens to be worthy of being considered human. Rabid skunks, maybe---but not human...

ancianita

(39,260 posts)
11. So just throw Mike Schmitt -- the guy on MSNBC -- in the category of the other skunk journalists you don't like, huh?
Tue Jan 28, 2025, 02:11 PM
Tuesday

Paladin

(29,245 posts)
12. Well, OK. If you insist.
Tue Jan 28, 2025, 04:28 PM
Tuesday

Tell you what: I'll leave Mike Schmitt alone, if I can designate David Brooks as a talent-free hack. Deal?

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