Donald Trump on Wednesday launched fresh vitriol against the judge and prosecuting attorney in his New York business fraud trial, carefully skirting a gag order imposed on him just a day prior.

Trump tried Tuesday to bully a court clerk, sharing false conspiracies about her as well as her personal information. Presiding Judge Arthur Engoron issued a gag order later that day prohibiting all parties involved in the case from publicly discussing court staff.

While Trump avoided mentioning court staff on Wednesday, he went all out with attacks against Engoron and New York Attorney General Letitia James.

“This is election interference. They made up a fake case, these fraudulent people,” Trump told reporters. “And the judge already knows what he’s gonna do. He’s a Democrat judge. In all fairness to him, he has no choice.… He’s run by the Democrats.”

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    I wish I could hear from the republican side a reasoning why apparently nobody in their side has the balls to prosecute this obviously criminal person. It’s crazy how far from truth we have become in all sides of the fence. I hope humanity survives to properly analyze the reasons how it came to this.

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      How it came to this does not require deep analysis. Unchecked conservatism naturally leads to fascism. This has been the case throughout history.

      The conservatism in the Democrat party is slightly checked by the progressives, but the Republicans have done nothing at all to check the conservatism in their party. So, now they are a fascist party. Simple.

      Conservatism is a plague of oppression and death. It always has been

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        A useful analysis would go deeper.

        Republicans have done nothing at all to check the conservatism in their party

        Ok so why haven’t they? And why does so much of the population support the fascists that the Republicans have become?

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          Ok so why haven’t they?

          I would argue because it’s useful to have the circus and distraction, they have things they don’t want to see the light of day, and/or they believe they and their buddies are above the law.

          And why does so much of the population support the fascists that the Republicans have become?

          Because they’re fed a diet of propaganda over decades that they believe whole heartedly and refuse to hear otherwise no matter what the evidence is. “Republicans aren’t the fascists! Antifa is!”

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      There are a handful of examples already that we can look back on, Weimar Germany for example…

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        Yes, and Russia/Soviet Union especially led an anti-truth campaign all through 1900s. And it continues.

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      nobody has the balls

      He’ll let them steal what they wanna steal and hurt who they wanna hurt as long as he’s in power and the moment he fucks up someone else will be along to destroy him and you can join the crowd saying “Oh we had no idea, what a shame”. As long as them don’t let him sucker them into committing crimes on his behalf Trump is a gift to the Republican party, someone who can loudly be what they feel compelled to be quietly, then just be disposed of when he’s no longer useful.

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      nobody has the balls

      He’ll let them steal what they wanna steal and hurt who they wanna hurt as long as he’s in power and the moment he fucks up someone else will be along to destroy him and you can join the crowd saying “Oh we had no idea, what a shame”. As long as them don’t let him sucker them into committing crimes on his behalf Trump is a gift to the Republican party, someone who can loudly be what they feel compelled to be quietly, then just be disposed of when he’s no longer useful.