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Roland99

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August 16, 2023

Here's the thing about Malignant Narcissists (and why TraitorTrump is stiffing co-conspirators)

Trump stiffed his alleged co-conspirators, whose false claims brought in $250 million
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/15/trump-alleged-co-conspirators-never-got-paid-by-trump-team.html

Jenna Ellis Pleads for Donations As Trump Allegedly Won't Pay Legal Fees
https://www.newsweek.com/jenna-ellis-pleads-donations-trump-allegedly-wont-pay-legal-fees-1820075


So, here's the thing with malignant narcissists

To them, it's all about loyalty and fealty. There is no such thing as a win-win situation with them. Everything is seen as a cost or a benefit. Anything that does NOT benefit them (financially, emotionally, publicly, etc) is seen as a cost (or an attack), even if that thing does not affect them at all.

Anyone in the narcissist's good graces will be kept under the wing, compensated (in some fashion), and allowed access to the narcissist, as long as the underling doesn't start to overtake the narcissist in any fashion.

This equation works for only a certain amount of time. The narcissist will develop "enemies" and opposition quite readily over time. This can even lead to legal and financial problems for the narcissist. Oftentimes, the narcissist will engage underlings to deflect these attacks, even to the point where legal or financial peril starts to befall upon them. They're strung along with promises of protection and aid as long as they remain 100% loyal to their boss.

But once the peril becomes too real (fiancial/criminal investigations, actual financial problems - liens, lawsuits, fees, charges, lack of promised payments, etc), then the underling starts to lose that 100% loyalty/fealty. The narcissist will then lash out, nearly immediately, and boot that underling to the curb to face the full brunt of whatever legal/financial peril awaits them.

This loop continues on and on until there are very few loyalists left. At that point, the narcissist even begins to question their loyalty as paranoia starts to rage.

This marks the downward spiral that will inevitably destroy the narcissist as they then are forced to face whatever consequences they've been holding off over all those years.

It's often epic in nature and garners much media attention which the narcissist will spin and deflect as best they can in the public eye, no matter how far from the truth it actually is. And they will still have a number of people across society who will defend them to the bitter end, despite the mountain of facts proving how horrible a person they truly are.



And we're seeing that downfall happen in real-time.


And I'm here for every succulent moment of it!

August 3, 2023

Ari Melber helps lay out the timeline from the indictment

Very well and simply explained

And notice how Ted Cruz spewed the line needed to help sell the conspiracy

https://m.

July 28, 2023

Oh. I get it now!

trump’s method to stay out of prison for Espionage and stealing classified documents is to just keep getting new indictments so the trials never actually start!

June 11, 2023

Where Documents Were Found at Mar-a-Lago

https://twitter.com/Scr0dman/status/1667872037321228289
Wow! Complete and utter disregard for America’s national security

Where Documents Were Found at Mar-a-Lago
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/06/09/us/politics/trump-indictment-documents-mar-a-lago.html


Former President Donald J. Trump stored classified documents not only in a storage room, but also in a shower, an office, a bedroom and a ballroom, according to the indictment unsealed on Friday. It describes how Mr. Trump moved dozens of boxes containing sensitive documents out of the White House and into Mar-a-Lago, his home and private club in Palm Beach, Fla.


Lake Room
Storage area
Trump family suite
and Pine Hall
Trump’s
office
Pool
White and Gold
Ballroom


The indictment notes that in the time between Mr. Trump’s departure from the White House and the recovery of the documents in August 2022, Mar-a-Lago held more than 150 social events, attended by “tens of thousands of guests.”

In April 2021, Mr. Trump’s employees moved dozens of boxes from an area at Mar-a-Lago referred to in the indictment as the business center to a bathroom in what is known as the Lake Room.

“There is still a little room in the shower where his other stuff is,” one employee texted another, according to the indictment

In May 2021, according to the indictment, Mr. Trump directed his employees to clear space in a storage room to keep the boxes of documents he took from the White House. In June, boxes stored in the Lake Room were moved into the storage room, bringing the total number of boxes in that room to more than 80.

The hallway leading to the storage room was connected to a pool patio, where Mar-a-Lago club members had access, via “a doorway that was often kept open,” prosecutors said.
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June 11, 2023

HUGE thread - cross-reference the dates of the documents in the indictment w/coverage of Trump admin

https://twitter.com/5GW_HotTakes/status/1667647200459890688
When you cross-reference the dates of the documents in the indictment with coverage of the Trump administration, a picture emerges that should be chilling to any freedom loving American.

Full indictment
https://politico.com/f/?id=00000188-a12f-db74-ab98-b3ff4de50000

See below thread for the first 8 counts (more to follow)


Thread unrolled (way too much to paste here)

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1667647200459890688.html

There is ZERO doubt in my mind that TraitorTrump sold the contents of many top secret documents to multiple foreign entities, used the info to gain influence/stature in his mind, AND has cost the LIVES of untold numbers of agents and others
June 9, 2023

Simon or Simon?

May 11, 2023

Finally! US House Republicans introduce meaningful legislation!

Um. No. I lied

Republican Congress Members Reintroduce Bill to Take Away Disney World “No-Fly Zone”
https://blogmickey.com/2023/05/republican-congress-members-reintroduce-bill-to-rescind-disney-world-no-fly-zone/

United States Congressman Troy E. Nehls from Texas has reintroduced a bill that would rescind a “no-fly zone” at Walt Disney World and Disneyland. The Notice to Air Missions (NOTAM’s) prohibits aircraft from operating below 3,000ft over a portion of Walt Disney World and all of Disneyland.

Officially titled the Airlines Independent of Restrictions (AIR) Act, the bill specifically and exclusively targets the “no-fly zones” at Disney’s domestic theme parks, according to Rep. Nehls. Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia are also co-sponsors of the bill, among others. The only Florida representative co-sponsoring the bill is Rep. Greg Steube from a district that covers the Port Charlotte and Sarasota area.


I swear to fking gawd

Can these cretins be any more useless and pathetic in their servility??
May 9, 2023

Hall of Fame men's basketball coach Denny Crum dies at 86

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/37589221/hall-fame-men-basketball-coach-denny-crum-dies-86
Denny Crum, the Hall of Fame college basketball coach who led Louisville to two national championships in the 1980s, died Tuesday at the age of 86.

Crum played college basketball under John Wooden at UCLA in the late 1950s, then joined the Bruins' staff as an assistant under Wooden, helping the program to three national titles during his time there. Louisville hired the California native as its coach in 1971, and the program rose to national prominence under his watch.

Crum led the Cardinals to the Final Four six times -- winning national titles in 1980 and '86 -- and made the NCAA tournament 23 times in his 30 seasons. He oversaw Louisville's move from the Missouri Valley Conference to the Metro Conference to Conference USA, and his teams won 15 regular-season conference championships across the two different leagues.

In 1993, Crum became the second fastest coach to win 500 games. Nicknamed "Cool Hand Luke" for his calm demeanor, he had a 675-295 mark at Louisville before retiring in 2001.


A lot of kids got a chance at a college education who otherwise wouldn't have. Coach Crum often sought out the underprivileged and the underdog.

R.I.P, Coach

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