• Zink@programming.dev
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    21 hours ago

    A fellow lemming made a comment the other day about this douche that has stuck with me.

    The gist of it was that these old school politicians are used to playing the R-vs-D game for the public while they enrich themselves with their insider trading and conflicts of interest. Just don’t ruin the fun and embarrass the rest of us & draw scrutiny our way, and it will be a lucrative career, “serving” the American people.

    And because of this, politicians like Schumer have actual financial crimes in their past for anybody driven enough to dig into them and ruin everybody’s fun.

    I don’t know if this is actually true, but I’m sure Trump and his team know a thing or two about the effectiveness of kompromat.

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      4 hours ago

      Schumer’s all about complying in advance. No need for kompromat. You don’t even have to say “boo.”

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        4 hours ago

        Yeah, I assume it would have only taken a vague threat, but one that he knows they could and not importantly actually WOULD do something about.