Will cut the deal just to keep the legal expenses down

Yeah, there’s still a few things to mention related to the nasty guy’s fourth indictment. Mark Sumner of Daily Kos discussed the current silly argument that what the nasty guy did really isn’t a crime. They do that by “breaking it down into its smallest components. And then trying to argue that if you dice them up small enough, none of the pieces are really a crime on their own.” After listing the individual indictments of Mark Meadows and Jenna Ellis Sumner wrote:

That Republicans are singling out tiny fragments of these actions and trying to make it seem as if that makes the whole indictment invalid is absurd in the extreme. Not only are these acts just a fraction of the total picture, but even the smallest, normal, everyday action can be illegal when it is done in furtherance of a crime. Just ask any getaway driver.

Kos of Kos wrote:

Trump has fashioned himself after a mob boss, but those guys are generally smart—they make sure to keep anyone who might testify against them either happy or dead. We can stipulate that Trump hasn’t resorted to murdering his enemies, but he could at the very least take care of those with access to his damning secrets. For example, he could pay the legal bills of all his indicted co-conspirators, making sure they remain dependent on him for their freedom. ... It’s simple self-preservation: If they can’t afford to pay their bills, their likelihood of turning into the state’s witness is exponentially higher. But of course Trump won’t do that.

Kos reported that the nasty guy has refused to pay the legal bills for Giuliani (who I see cartoonists are calling “Ghouliani”) and Jenna Ellis. He may refuse to pay Giuliani’s bills because they are so high. The bills for Ellis aren’t high (yet), but Ellis, though she has given him years of service, has stated her support for DeathSantis. None of these people are the good guys. Based on this sort of treatment several of them will cut a deal against their former boss. And some of them will cut the deal just to keep the legal expenses down. In a pundit roundup Greg Dworkin of Kos quoted Jonathan Last of The Atlantic. Last describes a couple hypothetical scenarios, which he can’t prove, about the vice nasty, but are also about the two political parties. If the vice nasty walked through a crowd at a nasty guy rally he would not be safe even with a security detail. His Secret Service team would probably prevent it. But the vice nasty could walk through a Biden crowd without security and the worst that would happen would be snide comments. Some might shake his hand for saving the Republic on Jan 6. And down in the comments connief57 posted a quote from Bruce Springsteen:

You are not alone. Decent Americans outnumber Trump supporters 3 to 1.

In the comments of another pundit roundup exlrrp posted a meme that says:

Idolizing a politician is like believing the stripper really likes you.

Kos told the story of a conservative woman who goes by Reformed-Her 007. She won’t be voting this year (and her husband approves). Her reasoning isn’t that she’s disgusted with the nasty guy and a party that won’t challenge him. It’s because she thinks “things like voting and law enforcement should be reserved for MEN ONLY.” Kos then surveyed the conservative media and found many instances of people calling for a repeal of a woman’s right to vote. That included John Gibbs, a MAGA Republican House candidate last year. He gave the tired reason that women shouldn’t vote because the Founding Father’s didn’t put it in the constitution and they “understood liberty and democracy better than anyone.” They understood 18th century democracy and our understanding has matured. Other women decried the sentiment of the conservative woman – at least while women can vote. They say by not voting she cuts her husband’s voting power in half. An Associated Press article posted on Kos showed one cause of the Lahaina fire was live power lines downed by high winds. That left many people wondering why the electric company didn’t shut the power off. There was also a lot of complaining that with some power off (downed lines) people weren’t able to get notifications about the severity of the situation. So do you want notifications or the power off? Yeah, this is just one aspect of a lot of coming investigations. Hunter of Kos reported the conspiracy cranks are in action after the Lahaina fire. One claim was suspicious that the Obama estate wasn’t touched by the blaze (it’s on a different island).

The Maui fires would either have to charter a private boat to travel the 100 miles of Pacific Ocean that separate the two, or purchase a commercial plane ticket to Honolulu like the rest of us. Most wildfires do not have that kind of money.

There was also the claim that Bill Gates’ estate wasn’t touched either (it’s near Seattle with 2600 miles of Pacific Ocean in between).

Oh, and the proliferation of these especially ridiculous claims probably has at least something to do with a billionaire named Elon Musk now making it known he's willing to hand out cash prizes to the wankers whose conspiracy theories can drive the most traffic.