I would propose to lock him up while in the courtroom. Use the glass cubicles the Russians are fond of using!
We're quite close to ww3 right now, maybe Maher is secretly looking forward to calmer times ahead under a Trump presidency? (this is probably the closest you'll get to someone like him admitting it) But it seems like many Americans are not too worried about Trump, it's mostly media/social media hysteria as per usual.
You seem unbelievably oblivious both to Trumps actual conduct and to the hysterical conduct of his MAGA supporters. If you want to see social / media hysteria have a look at the incoherent deluded rants from Trump on social media and elsewhere.
The idea of calmer times? Is your idea of calmer times a fascist dictatorship? Trump abandoning Ukraine to Putins death squads?
Trump has shown he will be happy to dismantle checks and balances in the US system so he can rule without legal restrictions, happy to ignore democratic results… how that would lead to calmer times is something that could only come from someone dumping MAGA propaganda without scrutiny.
And this is Trump - a rapist and a racist, a man child with contempt for democracy and the law.
Epic fail at spreading your fake news there.
no on social media you see blow in users downplaying who Trump is and fooling no one.
I think Trump is angling for the "martyrdom" of being thrown in jail without really believing that it'll happen, and without having any real understanding of what it'd mean.
If he decides to flout the gag order again, I'd like to see Judge Merchan schedule the next hearing for immediately after the end of that day's court proceedings (instead of before they start as he's done previously) and to order Trump be taken into custody directly from the courtroom for one night, with a comment along the lines of how it seems that it's only fair that he gets a taste of what awaits him if he continues to disrespect the court. And it should be a genuine incarceration - the one phone call, no visitors, no mobile phone, prison food, no fancy bedding, leave your valuables, belt and laces at the front desk, etc.
Then back to the court in the morning looking like something the dog dragged in.
Agreed, but it should be more than 1 night. A week sounds right - the only time he'd get to leave, is to be brought into the courtroom for the trial. Oh, and that's whisked in, trial, whisked out back to Jail.
So, no impromptu pressers. Just another convict being treated like the rest of 'em.
One night is far too short.
And if he does it again, 2 weeks. Again, a month, etc.
Maher is just another hypocrite who has given a voice on his show now to those he mocked during Trumps term as president and those are the folks that still toe the Trump party line and spew their bile on his show and are not challenged by him at all.
It must be very difficult for some Americans to understand that not everything that happens globally is, in fact, related to who happens to be in the White House.
Yeahhhhh but … no, I think the shock of being slapped with an incarceration at the end of a long day in front of the jury would hit him hard, and especially so if he couldn't rant and rave about it all night. It would also mitigate the martyrdom thing for the judge to impose one "taster session" like that, then get him back in the courtroom and ask him if he understood that every future breach of the gag order would result in the same treatment. It'd put any future imprisonment squarely on his own shoulders.
And the conditions should be pre-recorded (temperature, type of bed, lighting) so as to clearly demonstrate the BS he will spew the next day once able to
He didn't say he doesn't care though, he said he's not gonna "go nuts" again if he wins because what would be the point. He obviously cares, he says it pretty much every week.
I agree he's out of touch about the economy though and constantly calling Americans who aren't millionaires like he is stupid for thinking things are expensive . Not a good look
Maher is knocking it out of the park lately.
Once he was cured of his TDS and turned to other topics he was much better.
knocking it out of the park with what, appealing to career contrarians?
In fairness, you think Trump is knocking it out of the park when he posts an offensive meme so I'm not exactly ranking your view on it.
Maher is a sad old man shout at clouds these days he sacked his agency because he wasn't invited to the Oscars afterparty.
For man who prides himself in being anti-establishment everything, it's pretty funny that he lost it over not getting invited to a Hollywood after party while also being paid $250k an episode to be on the now real establishment of HBO.
I never really got round to watching Maher and I don't think I missed much. He seems to be very much a sort of tabloid figure presenting as an intellectual. He spouts anti-vaxx guff and puts forward a very safe white fragility narrative for conservatives.
Not sure what's remarkable about him, honestly. I just see another snake oil salesman.
Wasn't Maher a stand up comedian at one stage?
Let's see.…
He was and he was a decent one as well in the early/mid 90's I saw him a couple times live in mid 90's and they were fun shows.
He has gone from angry outsider in his 20's/30's to turning into everything he hated back then.
The classic liberal in young age who becomes conservative as they get older when they have something to lose.
He still does stand up.
Trump's financial backers moreso than Trump himself want him to spend a few hours in jail for the absolute publicly that will comes from that.
He will sit behind bars for a couple of hours surrounded by secert service and have a KFC and then will be bailed out and he will walk out the front door and rant and rant and rant and that will just reinforce to his MAGA base that he is willing to do anything for them even go behind bars because he isn't part of the establishment.
Can you get bail on a contempt of court charge?
Yes, though given the nature, it's possible the judge may not set bail. Or he does set bail and, while it still has the overall effect of another fine, still challenges the stigma against jailing a former president.
lock him up
Lock him up
Lock him up.
My understanding is you cannot get bail when in contempt even to challenge the decision in a higher court. Your legal team have to appeal the decision while you are in gaol
I thought that too. Bail (afaik) is a privilege, but if you have contempt for the court, your privileges are revoked. That's why I was asking
He's essentially gone from "We can't ignore the dangers of Trump and the radical elements of the GOP" to "Oh sure, Trump and the GOP may destroy everything, but I saw someone with pink and green hair and Liberals are the real cause of everything wrong in the entire world! Anyway, coming up next week is Nick Fuentes, Kimberley Guilfoyle, and the Ghost of Robert E. Lee, because really we shouldn't be afraid to hear from those we disagree with…. unless they're a dirty f*cking Liberal!"
What would be hilarious is of Trump behaves ( unlikely) until the jury deliberations and then makes a contempt statement and gets a week or a month in gaol, it would really cramp his style
Put him overnight in the same cell of Epstein with of spare sheets and covers, tell him the cctv is broke and have a good night, reflect on his sins.
LOL Nothing would lead to a faster civil war imo
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