Washington Post: Donald Trump can be held civilly liable for the actions of the mob that attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, an appeals court ruled Friday in a long-awaited decision that could clear the way for lawsuits seeking financial damages from the former president.

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      8 months ago

      He detonated the deep personal relationships I had with half my friends and most of my family, what’s that worth?

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        Is any part of you secretly ok with coming to know deeper who they really were? Like, do you think he actually instilled anything that wasn’t already latent, he didn’t just fan the flame a little?

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          He has some hold over people and I’m serious. I’m not about policing my families thoughts and ideas but even if I were there the entire time to keep things in perspective there’s probably little I could have done.

          They are still family but in the coming end times I’ll seriously reconsider ever trusting them with anything big or small.

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            I don’t believe that, I think that the same people who froth at the mouth over supporting Trump were always shitheads they just kept it under wraps. Trump gives them an excuse, he doesn’t control them. As evidenced by what happened on Jan. 6th.

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        I think there’s a good risk enough people on the left and right would frame these checks for different reasons and not cash them.

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          Now that we can cash checks with pictures in an app, we can get our sweet, sweet cash and frame it!

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          Freedom isn’t free! No, there’s a hefty fuckin’ fee! And if you don’t throw in your buck o’ five Who wiiiiill?!