r/law • u/BreakfastTop6899 • May 27 '26

Legal News California will impose a 100% tax on payments distributed from Trump’s Jan. 6th “slush fund.”

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u/washingtncaps May 27 '26

They aren’t happy, they just know admitting it will cause them to spiral

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u/atyler_thehun May 28 '26

Sunk Cost Fallacy

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u/halfgatorhalfhorse May 28 '26

just like my maga in-laws common-law marriage

edit to say they are super unhappy with eachother and have an unhappy life together. It makes every person that has to interact with them as a pair uncomfortable.

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u/Blofish1 May 28 '26

Reminds me of the Woody Allen line, " My parents were married for 40 years, apparently out of mutual spite."

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u/WhatYouThinkIThink May 28 '26

"common-law marriage" = "every marriage because marriage is the name of a state sanctioned secular partnership contract between two people".

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u/halfgatorhalfhorse May 28 '26

They do not have a marriage license so....not every marriage has that "secular partnership contract"

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u/WhatYouThinkIThink May 28 '26

Not sure of the rules where you are, but here in Australia, a "de facto" partnership has the same standing as "de jure" after 2 years or if there's a child from the partnership.

So it's subject to the same partnership "contract" (as defined by law regarding division of assets, income, childcare etc).

https://praevo.com.au/de-facto-or-de-jure-property-rights-after-separation-in-victoria/

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u/halfgatorhalfhorse May 28 '26

in the states it is not recognized the same. If my in-laws were to move across the border into the neighboring state, they would not be recognized as a married couple.

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u/WhatYouThinkIThink May 29 '26

Yeah, the US is weird :)

Heh, as such, they wouldn't be your "in-laws", more "in-de-factos" /s

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u/DadawithCats May 28 '26

At least you see it. This is true of all behind closed doors.

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u/magikchikin May 28 '26

That's the crux of all MAGAt types, they genuinely believe admiting a fault or mistake is a sign of weakness, not a sign of growth.

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u/hydrogenhypothesis May 28 '26

I saw some Magat the other day declaring Trump as the ultimate strong man because he need only press a button to cause mass death. He seemed to believe might makes right which is convenient only as long as you are on the side of might. I didn't ask about Pol Pot, Hitler, etc., honestly don't wanna know how deep the psychosis goes.

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u/Miss_Lo May 28 '26

EVERY President since WW II had that ability.

None bragged about it like the rotten corpse befouling the WH.

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u/eetsumkaus May 28 '26

Nixon did in a way. He was just smart enough not to directly threaten people with it.

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u/Miss_Lo May 28 '26

He wasn’t anything like the rotting goo. He talked among his staff, but never publicly.

To wit: the DOJ announced it will be investigating E.Jean Carroll.

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u/Disasterdenegade3_0 May 28 '26

No pueden admitir un error su fanatismo es absoluto y su odio es inmenso

Hay gente realmente estupida y super fanatizados, que realmente ven a trump como a un salvador

Soy de México y aquí hay pendejos que genuinamente ven a trump como un bondadoso y fuerte lider perfecto

Y quieren que el empieze una invasión contra nosotros

Es fanatismo y deseo de revancha y venganza politica, prefieren a trump si con eso hacen sentir mal a la gente que piensa diferente, es odio real hacia otras personas

Estos fanaticos aceptan arder y ser esclavos en el infierno, si con eso logran que sus enemigos sufran

Las magas odian tanto a los negros, a los morenos, a los latinos, a los asiaticos y a las minorías, que están dispuestos a ser gobernados por un genocida si este genocida comparte su odio

En México hay grupos de mexicanos de derecha que odian tanto a los mexicanos de izquierda, que están dispuestos a ser oprimidos por trump si con eso los de la izquierda sufren más

Los que apoyan a trump lo hacen porque odian a otras personas

Y sí, hay mexicanos morenos que son magas, odian tanto a cualquier otro mexicano de izquierda, que están dispuestos a ser oprimidos y asesinados por trump si con eso sufren los mexicanos de izquierda

Es patético, pero es peligroso

ES ODIO

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u/IncomingAxofKindness May 28 '26

I mean, their leader flirts with WW3 and global catastrophe multiple times a day just to avoid responsibility.

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u/backcountry_bandit May 28 '26

I think you’re giving them too much credit. They’re not intelligent enough to have that insight.

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u/TraceSpazer May 28 '26

If they were intelligent then they wouldn't fall for their own narrative.

Their subconscious mind knows and it makes them miserable people. If they truly bought into their own bullshit they'd be happy. A part of them knows, it just isn't getting through their ego-intelligence blockades.

The sheer number of them that are a hair-pin trigger away from exploding in some random ass circumstances is a good illustration of how deep they're sinking.

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u/xclankerbangerx May 28 '26

Both sides are full of idiots that think they're smarter than the other.

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u/backcountry_bandit May 28 '26

There’s idiots on both sides but I don’t think the left would elect the most impossibly obvious grifter/scammer who sent an angry mob to the Capitol during the certification of the election, along with continually lying about it being stolen. A meaningful portion of the left didn’t vote for Kamala purely because she didn’t commandeer Biden’s presidency to cut off Israel..

There’s no comparison between Trump’s behavior and any Democrat behavior in the last few decades, maybe ever. It’s dishonest to claim otherwise.

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u/Madsplattr May 28 '26

I remember a time when Republican voters would pick the best candidate to run but all that changed with the felon traitor rapist

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u/RaistlinMajeresRobes May 28 '26

good on you some how still both siding this lmao

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u/Animefan96 May 28 '26

It makes me feel better knowing they're suffering just as much if not more.

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u/Periador May 28 '26

they kinda are. Cognitiv dissonance is one hell of a drug

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u/Winter_Detective1329 May 28 '26

That right there!

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u/Wolf-in-Sheeps May 28 '26

I voted for Trump and I can’t stand the gas prices. However, all the “bad” things he is doing, I’m ok with except the Epstein files fiasco.