What does a TRUMP presidency look like?

[Savonarola]

I have been reading "*they* will poison him and replace him with Vance halfway in" conspiracies since the day after he was elected. 

You know, I feel retroactively guilty for thinking all the conspiracy paranoia in the X-Files/Matrix/etc... and shit in the 1990s was fun and cool. I feel we planted the cultural seeds of something that's become a monster.

You don't need to feel guilty. We've always had conspiracy paranoia in the United States. Our first serious third party was the Anti-Masonic Party, which was dedicated to preventing Masonic conspiracies.

[DGuller]

On the Luigi case...
It does indeed seem the police managed to mishandle all evidence so it's invalid?

Suppression hearing is still ongoing; not aware of any rulings yet.

One thing I've been wondering for a while:  how many criminal cases can actually survive OJ-style lawyering by the defense?  It seems like few prosecution cases can do everything by the book, and do enough of it, to survive a determined challenge.  The reason convictions still happen is because most defendants can't muster the resources to find holes that are almost always going to be there.

[The Minsky Moment]

One thing I've been wondering for a while:  how many criminal cases can actually survive OJ-style lawyering by the defense?  It seems like few prosecution cases can do everything by the book, and do enough of it, to survive a determined challenge.  The reason convictions still happen is because most defendants can't muster the resources to find holes that are almost always going to be there.

A lot of cases can survive that; a lot do.  Even a significant violation of the rules doesn't doom a prosecution because of judicial escape hatches like the inevitable discovery doctrine or - on appeal - the harmless error doctrine.  Good representation means turning an almost certain outcome of conviction into a decent underdog's fighting chance. The government still has very powerful advantages and at least until early 2025, it also had access to top tier lawyers of its own.

[Razgovory]

I have been reading "*they* will poison him and replace him with Vance halfway in" conspiracies since the day after he was elected. 

You know, I feel retroactively guilty for thinking all the conspiracy paranoia in the X-Files/Matrix/etc... and shit in the 1990s was fun and cool. I feel we planted the cultural seeds of something that's become a monster.

Yeah, I know what you mean.  Back in the 1990's there was a role playing game called Dark*Matter that was about conspiracies.  Evil Masons, Lizard people, UFOs etc.  Later on, I found it disturbing that people actually believed in it.  Like discovering that people actually believed in Orcs and Hobbits.

[Crazy_Ivan80]

I have been reading "*they* will poison him and replace him with Vance halfway in" conspiracies since the day after he was elected. 

You know, I feel retroactively guilty for thinking all the conspiracy paranoia in the X-Files/Matrix/etc... and shit in the 1990s was fun and cool. I feel we planted the cultural seeds of something that's become a monster.

You don't need to feel guilty. We've always had conspiracy paranoia in the United States. Our first serious third party was the Anti-Masonic Party, which was dedicated to preventing Masonic conspiracies.

They succeeded given the amount of houses that are just plywood