<![CDATA[Washington goes full gangster mode:]]>Washington goes full gangster mode:

Trump ensures a payout of 1.7 billion dollars to his army of thugs that attacked the Capitol on January 6.

Obviously the press wants to know why tax payers should fund payments to convicted criminals, but Trump replies that they had unfairly suffered jail time — you know… because they only attacked the Capitol for him.

The midterm elections really are the last chance for US voters to save democracy.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/cbe92867-6151-4ea2-aefb-b4b09bc79f2b/washington-goes-full-gangster-modeRSS for NodeMon, 25 May 2026 20:00:03 GMTTue, 19 May 2026 08:52:35 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Washington goes full gangster mode: on Tue, 19 May 2026 12:02:38 GMT]]>@randahl The midterm elections really are [another] chance for US voters to [realize that their gullible belief that this was ever a democracy is precisely how we end up with fascism].

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://burnout.cafe/users/philou/statuses/116601137303903413https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://burnout.cafe/users/philou/statuses/116601137303903413Tue, 19 May 2026 12:02:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Washington goes full gangster mode: on Tue, 19 May 2026 11:34:55 GMT]]>@randahl

elect a criminal get an elected criminal

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jmcrookston/statuses/116601028332451772https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jmcrookston/statuses/116601028332451772Tue, 19 May 2026 11:34:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Washington goes full gangster mode: on Tue, 19 May 2026 11:14:02 GMT]]>@randahl On the morning of 14 May 2026, the U.S. Office of Government Ethics quietly released a filing that detonated like a slow-motion bomb across Washington. One hundred and thirteen pages. A cumulative value estimated between USD 220 million and USD 750 million. And at the centre of it all: the name of the sitting President of the United States, Donald J. Trump.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/TheProbe/statuses/116600946193003472https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/TheProbe/statuses/116600946193003472Tue, 19 May 2026 11:14:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Washington goes full gangster mode: on Tue, 19 May 2026 11:13:28 GMT]]>@dademurphy Your action (or lack thereof) gave their votes more power than they should have. I'm not sure if you can call them stupid.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://gts.totter.ing/users/theo/statuses/01KRZZ1NEEXH9GPWYA6NPF3FZYhttps://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://gts.totter.ing/users/theo/statuses/01KRZZ1NEEXH9GPWYA6NPF3FZYTue, 19 May 2026 11:13:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Washington goes full gangster mode: on Tue, 19 May 2026 11:04:07 GMT]]>@passwordsarehard4 @andre123 @randahl

No he won't, people keep claiming he's some kind of super thug, so far his biggest win have come through elections.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/HakeemG/statuses/116600907194785619https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/HakeemG/statuses/116600907194785619Tue, 19 May 2026 11:04:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Washington goes full gangster mode: on Tue, 19 May 2026 11:02:06 GMT]]>@dademurphy

Kamala was not evil, sorry, but you're going to have to find another excuse.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/HakeemG/statuses/116600899257744178https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/HakeemG/statuses/116600899257744178Tue, 19 May 2026 11:02:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Washington goes full gangster mode: on Tue, 19 May 2026 11:00:00 GMT]]>It’s a combination of circumstances that led to this and I am guilty as well. For myself, if neither candidate appeals to me, I don’t vote and I imagine I am not alone. We didn’t choose the lesser of two evils(Kamala) because we didn’t think we had to, never in our lives did we think we would elect a convicted felon, sexual predator and insurrectionist. What we didn’t realize is that there are many stupid people in this country who would.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/ap/users/116590824796610559/statuses/116600890990709013https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/ap/users/116590824796610559/statuses/116600890990709013Tue, 19 May 2026 11:00:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Washington goes full gangster mode: on Tue, 19 May 2026 10:43:08 GMT]]>@andre123 @randahl the worse the results the more violent his tantrum will be. He’ll start arresting governors that let “fraudulent “ results stand. He still has power for two months after he loses and knows he will never get it back if he lets go.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/passwordsarehard4/statuses/116600824668791981https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/passwordsarehard4/statuses/116600824668791981Tue, 19 May 2026 10:43:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Washington goes full gangster mode: on Tue, 19 May 2026 10:41:00 GMT]]>Nazis doing Nazi things.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://loops.video/ap/users/244699210695002730/comment/283377022899094346https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://loops.video/ap/users/244699210695002730/comment/283377022899094346Tue, 19 May 2026 10:41:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Washington goes full gangster mode: on Tue, 19 May 2026 10:04:18 GMT]]>@randahl I'll be voting like my life depends on it, but I'm really worried that the Rs are going to do everything possible to disrupt the results. Even going as far as not seating Ds that win. In the end, I find it difficult to believe that the Rs will have gone this far and set this many precedents to just "let" the Ds win the next election. They won't allow it by any means necessary.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/ap/users/116590795334553521/statuses/116600672023398348https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/ap/users/116590795334553521/statuses/116600672023398348Tue, 19 May 2026 10:04:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Washington goes full gangster mode: on Tue, 19 May 2026 09:44:58 GMT]]>@randahl , blad, blad, blah…and why are these sycophants always there, standing like garden gnomes in the background? It’s just horrible to watch. Question is: why do US voters put up with this BS?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ElsvanOsch/statuses/116600595943201012https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ElsvanOsch/statuses/116600595943201012Tue, 19 May 2026 09:44:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Washington goes full gangster mode: on Tue, 19 May 2026 09:34:06 GMT]]>@rasmus91 @andre123 @randahl Don't despair. In real politics, you have to do the misdeed for it to count.

Personally I hope he lives till he's 120.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/swggrkllr3rd/statuses/116600553248701467https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/swggrkllr3rd/statuses/116600553248701467Tue, 19 May 2026 09:34:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Washington goes full gangster mode: on Tue, 19 May 2026 09:33:38 GMT]]>@randahl they could also start doing marches on Tuesday evenings or something so they are ready to protest in case there are no elections in the fall

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/xgebi/statuses/116600551439214121https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/xgebi/statuses/116600551439214121Tue, 19 May 2026 09:33:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Washington goes full gangster mode: on Tue, 19 May 2026 09:26:47 GMT]]>@andre123 @randahl yes, it would be a horrible situation.

i hope he loses and someone finds a way to prosecute the crap out of him. Make the rest of his orange existence a hell of legal battles.

I mean, unless he really repented of his ways and started doing good... But that just seems too naive to believe.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/rasmus91/statuses/116600524439969719https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/rasmus91/statuses/116600524439969719Tue, 19 May 2026 09:26:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Washington goes full gangster mode: on Tue, 19 May 2026 09:22:26 GMT]]>@randahl

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/swggrkllr3rd/statuses/116600507397010361https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/swggrkllr3rd/statuses/116600507397010361Tue, 19 May 2026 09:22:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Washington goes full gangster mode: on Tue, 19 May 2026 09:21:28 GMT]]>@RFancio @randahl

🤦‍♂️ we can't call this actual situation "democracy".

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://snowfan.it/users/andre123/statuses/116600503558392163https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://snowfan.it/users/andre123/statuses/116600503558392163Tue, 19 May 2026 09:21:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Washington goes full gangster mode: on Tue, 19 May 2026 09:18:48 GMT]]>@andre123 @randahl There are other risks: https://newsletters.democracydocket.com/trump-is-raising-a-voter-intimidation-army

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/RFancio/statuses/116600493111407755https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/RFancio/statuses/116600493111407755Tue, 19 May 2026 09:18:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Washington goes full gangster mode: on Tue, 19 May 2026 09:17:26 GMT]]>@rasmus91 @randahl

I get your point, but considering how many weapons are in the hands of common citizens in USA I fear that violence may really be massive. Sort of a civil war ?

On the other hand I really hope he loses, get back to Mar a Lago and stop destroying the world, the climate, the economics and whatever he happens to touch....

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://snowfan.it/users/andre123/statuses/116600487732102537https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://snowfan.it/users/andre123/statuses/116600487732102537Tue, 19 May 2026 09:17:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Washington goes full gangster mode: on Tue, 19 May 2026 09:08:41 GMT]]>@randahl @andre123 the most dangerous path is the one where he not only tries but succeeds, and the general populations just shrugs themselves into acquiescence. Then they will be in an absolute iron grip of fascists, from which they will not easily escape, and not through the rule of law.

Violence is abhorrent, but there are cases where it is better than the alternative.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/rasmus91/statuses/116600453326411331https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/rasmus91/statuses/116600453326411331Tue, 19 May 2026 09:08:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Washington goes full gangster mode: on Tue, 19 May 2026 09:04:16 GMT]]>@randahl Something that could easily happen if he's not "destroyed" by the results....
If he loses badly he won't find anyone following him down wrong paths ?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://snowfan.it/users/andre123/statuses/116600435957719890https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://snowfan.it/users/andre123/statuses/116600435957719890Tue, 19 May 2026 09:04:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Washington goes full gangster mode: on Tue, 19 May 2026 09:02:52 GMT]]>@andre123 I think the most dangerous path is the one where Trump tries to change the results or deny the outcome. That will lead to violence.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/randahl/statuses/116600430419786554https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/randahl/statuses/116600430419786554Tue, 19 May 2026 09:02:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Washington goes full gangster mode: on Tue, 19 May 2026 09:02:28 GMT]]>@randahl I hope they are!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Eetschrijver/statuses/116600428827955814https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Eetschrijver/statuses/116600428827955814Tue, 19 May 2026 09:02:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Washington goes full gangster mode: on Tue, 19 May 2026 08:57:19 GMT]]>@randahl I really have great hopes in mid term elections to see USA come back to a full democracy...hopefully with no violence and safely...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://snowfan.it/users/andre123/statuses/116600408620352597https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://snowfan.it/users/andre123/statuses/116600408620352597Tue, 19 May 2026 08:57:19 GMT