It's a cliche by now, but think how the news media would have freaked out if people were paying $5 million for private meetings with Biden. www.wired.com/story/people... - ThreadSky

paulwaldman.bsky.social • 4 days ago

It's a cliche by now, but think how the news media would have freaked out if people were paying $5 million for private meetings with Biden.

https://www.wired.com/story/people-paying-millions-donald-trump-mar-a-lago/

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brendanamartin.bsky.social•4 days ago

I beg everyone to abandon this trope of “imagine if a Democrat said….”
Pointing out Republican hypocrisy is an appeal to arbiters of discourse who no longer exist.
Republicans are way beyond hypocrisy, which, at least, is the “homage vice pays to virtue”…

brendanamartin.bsky.social•4 days ago

“…Imagine if Democrats made us the junior partner in a Russian-U.S. authoritarian axis…”
Do you see the absurdity of the trope yet?

brendanamartin.bsky.social•4 days ago

…They parade their vice now. They’re arrogant and ostentatious in their fascism. One can point out their reversals of policy and posture on literally anything except destroying Social Security and cutting taxes.
“Imagine if Democrats threatened to annex Canada…”

cmurf.com•4 days ago

There's a gross asymmetry in the two cases though that keeps being overlooked. In the Biden case, Fox News and right wing media would endlessly cover it, and hype the freak out. In the Trump case, they don't cover it at all or paper over it.

cmurf.com•4 days ago

Right wing media is disinformation.

And by not calling this out, MSM is also engaged in disinformation.

brian-corney.bsky.social•3 days ago

$5 million dollars! Wow you must really hate yourself if you spend that amount to have time in Trump's company. Masochism doesn't begin to describe it.

oicozzie17.bsky.social•4 days ago

Wasting their money away.

vscharff.bsky.social•4 days ago

We used to call that “bribery.”

callanrm.bsky.social•4 days ago

Wasn't influence peddling the entire charge (never proven obviously) against Biden by traitor Comer et al. If it was impeachable in Biden's case it's impeachable in Trump's.

scikeefe.bsky.social•4 days ago

lol, “the media” follows what conservative media says and ALWAYS the real, the crazy, and out right lies are looked at equally. In other words facts, real events, undeniable truths are treated equally with falsehoods. Anyone wonder why we are dumb as a population?

befriended.bsky.social•4 days ago

Think what they would have done if he said he thinks Putin was a good guy. Or if he did that to An Ally.

dingosue.bsky.social•3 days ago

I guess this is a silly question, but isn't this illegal? How can a POTUS charge $ for an audience? This is totally undemocratic and stinks of bribery.
Our Constitution is woefully non-specific, and the lack of a moral SCOTUS leaves us heading to oligarchic rule.

sossity.bsky.social•4 days ago

I heard a balding mental patient yell it would’a been Hunter Biden’s fault in his bedroom, or his bathroom, & it’s disgusting, I s’pose….

letgar62.bsky.social•4 days ago

Gross

pgdub.bsky.social•4 days ago

Blatant corruption

chernynkaya.bsky.social•4 days ago

Im so old I remember the freakout when President Clinton let a donor sleep in the Lincoln bedroom.

deb3ow.bsky.social•4 days ago

The US wasn’t for sale under Biden. It is under trump

judyd42.bsky.social•4 days ago

Obscene! Illegal! Despicable! Deplorable!

richfoxexists.bsky.social•4 days ago

They milked the Hunter Biden thing for years, and that was both bs and a relatively small amount compared to these Trump payments.

drunemeton.bsky.social•4 days ago

The “Achilles’ Heel” of Patrimonialism is pointing out corruption. Always and repeatedly.

In the 6-ish weeks of this administration we’ve seen plenty of examples, with very few media outlets and/or journalists calling it out.

Time to change that!

donnalfromny.bsky.social•4 days ago

Ewe. I don't get the draw. He's a terrible person. If he came to my door I'd slam it in his face

scarfface.bsky.social•4 days ago

sure. but the news media didn't LIKE Biden.

arterialz.bsky.social•4 days ago

Loretta Lynch and Bill Clinton had a collegial chat on a tarmac once

philipdeevy.bsky.social•4 days ago

No surprises here. Nor would I be surprised if he had sold some of the appointments as 'sinecures'. Next think is he'll be instituting paid promotions in the armed forces...

gogretta.bsky.social•4 days ago

Meeting with the Don.

lbion.bsky.social•3 days ago

The Emoluments Clause of the US Constitution was disregarded during Trump’s first term. He was never held to account for this, or any other significant violations of his Oath of Office. So here we are. The precedent was set & SCOTUS is in the tank. We are corrupted beyond repair. It’s a kleptocracy.

steventheprinter.bsky.social•4 days ago

It’s not cliche, it’s an error. what you call ‘the news media’ is a right wing propaganda machine. Just like Benedict, they dissemble before the election and take off their sheep costume after.

cornyavalance.bsky.social•3 days ago

They’re just buying an immigration card. The guy has no pride and no shame.

citygirl212.bsky.social•4 days ago

Think of screeching had Biden not put his hand on the Bible when taking the oath of office…

…if Hillary had refused to release her taxes…

…if Biden had his daughter & SIL working in the White House…

I could go on forever. Republicans are hypocrites.

wholetree.bsky.social•4 days ago

Just more evidence our nation has transitioned, and now identifies and presents as a fascist dictatorship... and to think, Trump says he is against the trans community.

lauralynnlauralynn.bsky.social•4 days ago

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