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Thursday, August 8, 2024

TRUMP, THE SECOUND COMING OF CHIRST - OR THE SPAWN OF THE DEVIL?



MAGA CULT OF PERSONALITY


Donald Trump’s legacy is steeped in deceit, corruption, and an almost pathological disregard for ethics and decency. His business empire, far from being a beacon of success, is littered with failed ventures and bankruptcies that reveal a chronic inability to sustain anything of lasting value. The fraudulent nature of Trump University stands as a monument to his willingness to exploit the vulnerable for personal gain, resulting in a $25 million settlement for defrauding students who trusted his empty promises. His record as a businessman is not one of triumph, but of financial irresponsibility, deceit, and a cavalier attitude toward the consequences of his actions on others.

In the realm of politics and personal conduct, Trump’s behavior is equally abhorrent. His presidency was marked by a relentless assault on truth and decency, culminating in over 30,000 documented false or misleading claims during his time in office. His disdain for the rule of law is evident in the numerous legal battles he has faced, from obstructing justice during the Mueller investigation to inciting an insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Trump's life and career are a testament to his willingness to trample on ethics, legality, and human decency in pursuit of power and wealth, leaving a trail of destruction in his wake.

Just a few tidbits on Fuckface Von Clownstick below:

Trump Taj Mahal (1991):

Trump’s casino in Atlantic City declared bankruptcy due to high debt load.
Restructured debts and agreed to cede half his stake to bondholders.

Trump Plaza Hotel (1992):

Entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Trump gave up a 49% stake and lost control to Citibank and other lenders.

Trump Hotels and Casino Resorts (2004):

Filed for bankruptcy due to $1.8 billion in debt.
Trump relinquished control, keeping a minority stake.

Trump Entertainment Resorts (2009):

Filed for bankruptcy protection, the third bankruptcy involving this entity.
Trump resigned from the board but retained a small stake.

FAILED BUSINESSES

Trump Airlines (1988-1992):

Purchased Eastern Air Shuttle, rebranded it, but failed due to high operational costs and debt.
Eventually sold to USAir.

Trump Vodka (2006-2011):

Launched to capture premium vodka market, but sales were poor.
Production ceased due to lack of demand.

Trump Mortgage (2006-2007):

Launched amid the housing market boom but closed quickly due to poor performance and the 2007 financial crisis.

Trump: The Game (1989):

A board game similar to Monopoly, but it did not sell well and was discontinued.

Trump Steaks (2007):

Sold via The Sharper Image and QVC but failed due to poor sales and gouging high prices.

Trump University (2005-2010):

A for-profit education company offering real estate training, shut down due to lawsuits for fraud.

Trump Magazine (2007-2009):

Lifestyle magazine targeting affluent readers, ceased publication due to low circulation and advertising revenue.

Trump Ice:

Bottled water brand, struggled to compete in the market and eventually faded out.

GoTrump.com (2006-2007):

Online travel agency, failed to attract significant user base and shut down within a year.

Trump Network (2009-2012):

Multi-level marketing company selling vitamins and health products, faced lawsuits and eventually closed.

Trumped! Radio Show:

Syndicated radio program that struggled with ratings and was discontinued.

LAWSUITS & LEGAL ISSUES

Civil Rights Lawsuit (1973):

DOJ sued Trump Management for racial discrimination in housing.

Allegations included practices to avoid renting to black tenants and misrepresenting the availability of apartments to black applicants.

Trump University Lawsuit:

Class action lawsuits in New York and California alleged fraud and false advertising.
Settled for $25 million in 2016.

ACN Lawsuit:

Alleged pyramid scheme involving investment in a telecommunications company promoted by Trump.
Case settled confidentially.

Various Contractor Lawsuits:

Numerous lawsuits from contractors alleging non-payment or underpayment for work on Trump properties.

Defamation Lawsuits:

Stormy Daniels: Trump was sued for defamation after denying an alleged affair. Case dismissed, and Daniels was ordered to pay Trump's legal fees.

Summer Zervos: Former Apprentice contestant who accused Trump of sexual misconduct sued for defamation. Case dismissed after Trump left office.

E. Jean Carroll: Accused Trump of sexual assault in the 1990s; Trump called her a liar, and she sued for defamation. Ongoing as of 2024.

Doe 174: Filed a lawsuit in 2016 alleging that Trump had raped her when she was 13 years old. The case was dropped later that year due "katie Johnson's" life being threatened. 

Trump Foundation Lawsuit:

New York Attorney General sued for misuse of charitable funds.
Foundation dissolved and Trump paid $2 million in damages.

Trump SoHo Lawsuit:

Investors in Trump SoHo alleged fraud and misleading statements about sales.
Settled out of court.

Trump Ocean Club International Hotel and Tower Lawsuit:

Lawsuit from investors in Panama City property claiming mismanagement and fraud.
Case settled.

Trump Model Management Lawsuit:

Class-action lawsuit by former models alleging poor treatment and breach of contract.
Settled confidentially.

Trump National Golf Club Lawsuits:

Multiple lawsuits regarding membership fee disputes and contractual issues.

Emoluments Clause Lawsuits:

Lawsuits claiming Trump violated the Constitution's Emoluments Clauses by profiting from foreign and domestic governments during his presidency.

Criminal Record and Investigations

Mueller Investigation:

Special Counsel Robert Mueller investigated Russian interference in the 2016 election and potential obstruction of justice.

No charges were filed against Trump, but several associates were convicted.

Impeachments:

First Impeachment (2019): Charged with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress related to Ukraine scandal; acquitted by the Senate.

Second Impeachment (2021): Charged with incitement of insurrection following the January 6th Capitol riot; acquitted by the Senate.

Stormy Daniels Hush Money:

Investigations into hush money payments to silence allegations of an affair; led to the conviction of Trump’s attorney Michael Cohen.

New York State Investigations:

Ongoing investigations by the New York Attorney General and Manhattan District Attorney into Trump’s financial dealings, tax practices, and business operations. Convicted by a jury of his peers. 34 felony convictions.

Classified Documents Case:

Federal investigation into Trump's handling of classified documents taken from the White House to Mar-a-Lago.

Georgia Election Interference Investigation:

Investigation into Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia, including his call to Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger.

January 6th Capitol Riot:

Investigation into Trump’s role in the insurrection and whether his actions constituted incitement or other criminal behavior.

Arizona Election Fraud Investigation:

Investigations and audits in Arizona concerning the 2020 presidential election results, often influenced by Trump’s claims of widespread election fraud. The Maricopa County audit found no substantial evidence of fraud.

TAX ISSUES

New York Times Report:

Reported that Trump paid little to no federal income taxes in several years; ongoing investigations into potential tax fraud and evasion.

Other Controversies and Issues

Central Park Five:

Trump took out full-page ads in 1989 calling for the death penalty for five teenagers wrongfully convicted of assaulting a jogger; never apologized after their exoneration.

Trump Foundation:

Misuse of charitable funds led to the dissolution of the foundation and settlement of $2 million to various charities.

Trump Organization:

Ongoing criminal and civil investigations into the business practices of the Trump Organization, including potential tax and insurance fraud.

Recorded False or Misleading Statements

Fact-Checking by The Washington Post:

According to The Washington Post, Trump made over 30,573 false or misleading claims during his presidency. This figure is based on their rigorous fact-checking database and includes a wide range of statements on various topics made in speeches, tweets, interviews, and other public communications.

Donald Trump’s legacy is one of moral decay and unbridled narcissism, a man whose life has been a relentless pursuit of self-interest at the expense of truth, integrity, and the well-being of others. His business failures, marred by bankruptcies and fraud, are not isolated incidents but a pattern of behavior that extends to every facet of his existence, including his disgraceful tenure in the White House. Trump has left behind a trail of broken promises, shattered lives, and a deeply divided nation. His actions have revealed a profound disregard for the principles that uphold justice and democracy, culminating in a presidency defined by lies, corruption, and a willingness to incite violence to cling to power. Trump’s name will forever be synonymous with the degradation of American values and the depths to which a man can sink in pursuit of his own ego.

MAGA states that this shit stain is the second coming of Christ. The world sees him as the antichrist, the beast and a testing of


NFTOS
Editor-In-Chief
Roger West


Thursday, August 13, 2015

GIVE YOUR ADOPTED KIDS TO A RAPIST….WIN A “COURAGE” AWARD

JUSTIN HARRIS GOP HERO FOR GIVING ADOPTED KIDS TO A RAPIST


You can’t make this shit up!

A so-called family values organization will present an award at a fundraiser for GOP presidential hopeful Ted Cruz to a lawmaker who gave his two adopted daughters away to a rapist.

Arkansas State Sen. Justin Harris, a Republican, will be given the “Power of Courage” award by the Family Council Action Committee, a non-profit that is vocally anti-LGBT, the Arkansas Times reports. The awards will be given out Wednesday evening at a Cruz fundraiser dinner.

Another Republican, Rep. Charlene Fite, will also be honored with the award, which they are being given because they “demonstrated courage by standing strong in faith when situations were tough at the State Capitol and they did so with grace. They are consistently models of their Christian values in their homes, their communities, and their churches.”

According to the Times, Harris used his influence as a lawmaker to pressure state child services to allow him and his wife to adopt two young girls, even though caseworkers said the couple was ill-suited to care for them.

Eight months later, the adoption failed. The Harrises sent the girls to live with family friends. One of the girls was sexually abused by the father, who is now serving a 40-year prison sentence for crimes against children.

Before “rehoming” the girls, the Harrises believed the children were possessed by demons and could communicate telepathically. The Harrises apparently feared the girls and had an exorcist “cast out” the demons. According to the Times, they kept one of the girls locked in a room with no toys or books, monitoring her on closed-circuit television.

While the other child was allowed to roam the house, the girls were separated by an elaborate system of locks and alarms.

The Harrises were not prosecuted because there was no law on the books in Arkansas barring “rehoming” of adopted children at the time. After the case became public, lawmakers quickly made it illegal to do so without court supervision, but the law is not retroactive.

In a press release for the event obtained by the Times, mention of these events is only made obliquely:
Even when opposed by the liberal media, Representative Harris has always held firm and stood tall in his faith. No one can deny Representative Harris’ faith has always led him while serving at the Arkansas State Capitol. In 2015, Harris sponsored the Parental Involvement Enhancement Act, requiring parents to be involved in their children’s decision to terminate life by requesting an abortion. This is now law today.

According to the Times, Harris makes his living running a religious preschool called Growing God’s Kingdom.




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Blogger-In-Chief
Roger West

Sunday, September 7, 2014

COP SEXUALLY ASSUALTS 7 WOMEN AND GETS RELEASED FROM JAIL

OFFICER DANIEL KEN HOLTZCLAW SEXUALLY ASSAULTS 7 WOMEN AND WALKS ON BAIL


Oklahoma City police officer Daniel Ken Holtzclaw was released from jail Friday as he faces charges for allegedly sexually assaulting 7 different African American women while he was on duty. Among the claims against him are forcible rape, burglary, and felonious stalking.

The judge who initially set his bond at $5 million said he researched his target victims and tracked them down before assaulting them, according to Michigan Live. The 27-year-old former college football player’s bond was later reduced and he paid $500,000 to be released from jail and placed on home arrest. Holtzclaw was removed from duty in June after a women reported a sexual assault during a traffic stop. Many other women subsequently came forward.

Holtzclaw’s sister had initiated a campaign on GoFundMe To raise money for his legal defense. The site removed the campaign citing complaints, even though it would not heed calls to take down the lucrative fundraising campaign for Darren Wilson, the officer who shot Michael Brown. But in the first 72 hours, the campaign had raised nearly $7,000. And the campaign continued to solicit donations to fund Holtzclaw’s bail through its Facebook page. They are also selling t-shirts through that page with the messages “FREE THE CLAW” and “JUSTICE4DANIELHOLTZCLAW.”

In any given month, there are multiple reports of on-duty cops raping women. And while the details of the allegations against Holtzclaw have not yet been made public, other instances of assault often involve police abusing their position of power against women who called the cops seeking help. In Milwaukee, a teen mom who called 911 because someone threw a brick through her window was raped by one of the officers and then held in jail for four days on charges of assaulting the officer. That officer had been previously accused of assaulting several other women — two of them prisoners — but hadn’t been charged in those incidents. In Baltimore, a woman reported she was raped by a cop who reported to the scene of her car accident. And in Georgia, a woman was assaulted by a cop after she called 911 to report domestic violence. Rather than arrest the husband accused of assault, the officer took the victim in his car and gave her the choice between going to jail or having sex with him, then used his gun during the rape.

Unlike police shootings, these instances are most likely to become public only when criminal charges follow. Those incidents that have come to the fore illustrate the ways in which women are victims of police violence, too.

"White privilege" you say? Rogue cops you say? Absolutely and unequivocally yes!

When does society and our justice system hold Barney Fife's to a higher standard? What kind of people are we when we support brutal corrupt cops through our wallets?

Daniel Ken Holtzclaw, poster boy for the code of blue......"who me"!





NFTOS
Editor-In-Chief
Roger West





Tuesday, May 20, 2014

NO JAIL TIME FOR MAN WHO DRUGGED AND RAPED WIFE


David Wise was convicted of six felony counts for drugging his wife, raping her in her sleep, and videotaping the rapes. But he won’t spend a day in jail.

Wise was sentenced by an Indiana county judge to eight years of home confinement, and the remaining 12 years of his 20-year sentence suspended. Prosecutors asked for 40 years in prison. His former wife, Mandy Boardman, called the sentence “unfathomable.” “I never thought that he would be at home, being able to have the same rights and privileges as I do,” she told the Los Angeles Times.

Boardman recalled years in which there would be powder residue in her drink. She would wake up with a half-dissolved pill in her mouth. After she found videos of sexual encounters on Wise’s cell phone and confronted him, he wrote in an email to her, “I was taking advantage of you in your sleep and you kept coming to me and telling me it was NOT ok. I needed to stop.” The rapes went on for more than three years unbeknownst to Boardman.

Marion Superior Court Judge Kurt Eisgruber declined to explain his reasoning, particularly because Boardman is appealing the sentence. But he did ask Boardman to forgive Eisgruber during the sentencing hearing, saying, “I hope that you can forgive him one day, because he’s obviously struggled with this and struggled to this day, and I hope that she could forgive him.” He is running for re-election unopposed this November.

Wise was convicted on one count of rape and five counts of criminal deviate conduct. These are each Class B offenses carrying sentences of six to 20 years in Indiana. The recommended sentence is ten years. But a judge may sentence an individual concurrently for multiple offenses, and he may choose to suspend parts of that sentence in many circumstances.

During Wise’s eight years of home detention, he will be monitored by a GPS device and permitted to leave home for work, or other limited travel allowances. Particularly as prison populations explode and questions emerge about the conditions of prisons, home detention is viewed as a useful alternative for those who can be monitored remotely without threatening public safety.

But Wise’s sentence is one of a number of recent cases involving rape or sexual assault in which defendants have been given sentences far less stringent than recommended for the crime, and not proportional to sentences for other offenses. In a recent Texas case, a judge sentenced a defendant who pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl to just 45 days in prison, followed by mandatory volunteer service at a rape crisis center. In a Delaware case, the wealthy heir of a chemical magnate was sentenced to only probation and no jail time for sexually abusing his 3-year-old daughter. In Montana, teacher got 30 days in jail for raping one of his students. And another man in Alabama received only probation for raping a teen.

These sentences stand in contrast to mandatory minimum sentences that start at five or ten years in jail for even low-level drug offenses, and ratchet up from there. Home detention is not an option for these offenses, nor is probation, suspension, or volunteer alternatives. But even in the context of sex offenses, many others are drastically over-sentenced. After Hayes County, Texas, prosecutors seized on a 2011 law intended to curb sex trafficking, a man who slept with a 14-year-old he met on eHarmony was sentenced this week to life in prison without the option for parole. The girl initially lied about her age on the online dating site, although Robert Ritz, a prison guard, continued to see her even after he learned she was a minor. Even the law’s author said the sex trafficking statute was improperly applied to this case, and intended to target commercial exploitation. Life without parole is the harshest U.S. sentence short of execution, and the number of U.S. prisoners serving that sentence has increased 22 percent since 2008.

Many more U.S. prisoners are sentenced to a life behind bars with the possibility of parole. While David Wise is likely to never again see the inside of a jail cell (he spent some time in jail while awaiting trial), one in nine U.S. prisoners are serving life sentences.





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STAFF WRITER


Monday, March 31, 2014

RICHARD H. RICHARDS IV - CHILD RAPIST


Robert H. Richards IV does not work. He doesn’t have to. The great-grandson of Irénée du Pont, the chemical magnate who provided much of the financial backing to a failed effort to defeat Franklin Delano Roosevelt during the 1930s, Richards lives off a trust fund in a 5,800 square foot mansion he bought for $1.8 million. When he is not staying in his mansion, he might be found in his beach home “in the exclusive North Shores neighborhood near Rehoboth Beach.”

Richards is also a child rapist.

In 2005, Richards started sexually abusing his three year-old daughter. The abuse ended two years later when the girl told her grandmother that she didn’t want “my daddy touching me anymore.” When Richards’ former wife confronted him this abuse, Richards admitted to doing so but claimed “it was an accident and he would never do it again.

And yet, Robert Richards, who raped his own child and then told her not to tell anyone so that it could be “our little secret,” will likely not spend a day in prison. Although Richards was originally charged with two counts of second-degree rape of a child — counts that carry a mandatory 10 year prison term — the prosecutor offered him a plea bargain just days before the trial. Richards admitted in open court that he abused his daughter, and he plead to a single count of fourth-degree rape, a much less serious crime with no mandatory minimum.

Though the maximum sentence for fourth-degree rape is 15 years in prison, the prosecution recommended that Richards only receive probation. And Judge Jan Jurden largely agreed. Though she sentenced Richards to an eight-year prison term, she immediately suspended the term in favor of probation. Richards, Jurden wrote in her sentencing order, “will not fare well” if he is sentenced to prison.

I'm not sure which is more troubling - the fact that the judge felt "empathy" toward a child rapist - because he would not fare well in prison due to his wealth and crime, or the fact that the same judge and the same system believes that black males fare perfectly fine in such a system.






NFTOS
Editor-In-Chief
Roger West

Thursday, November 14, 2013

MEET MARK PATTERSON

MARK PATTERSON - CREEPY TEA BAGGER - ATTEMPTED RAPIST - GUN HUGGER


Rachel Maddow reports on how gun laws enabled Idaho lawmaker Mark Patterson to have a gun license, despite being guilty of attempted rape and lying about it.

I am going to just leave you with the video to watch today. This is one of the most disturbing stories I’ve seen and written about in quite some time. What gun problem you ask? Why gun legislation you ask? The story speaks for itself, utterly disgusting!

MARK PATTERSON Video courtesy of MSNBC








NFTOS
Editor-In-Chief
Roger West