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BREAKING: Trump’s $515 Million Fraud Penalty THROWN OUT by Appeals Court

Struck down due to the 8th amendment, which reads, in its entirety:

Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.

He was fined what he profitted from fraud that the judges agree he committed, plus interest. In what world is that excessive?

So, if you're going to steal, steal $500 million or more, because then the government can't take it back since that would be an excessive fine.

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Palantir stock slumps 9%, falling for a fifth straight day from record

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Palantir is a mass surveillance company~~, not an AI company like the article suggests. They are those black cameras and solar panels you see popping up on every inch of road across the country. They track your every movement, logging license plates and car descriptions. Then they make it available to any highschool bully with a badge.~~

EDIT: Whoops, I confused them with Flock. Palantir is still a mass surveillance company that does shady stuff for the government, but they aren't the car cameras.

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Texas Rep. Nicole Collier alleges "illegal confinement" by GOP after refusing police escort to leave Capitol

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They assigned each Democrat rep a police escort, and the capital building has plenty of police present. It is physically enforced and the only way she'd be able to leave is to literally sign a permission slip allowing police to escort her everywhere and keep her under constant surveillance.

The Republicans are literally having goons follow their political rivals 24/7 and dictating where they are allowed to be, or must be, and when. This is not the time to hate both sides equally. Sometimes, the Nazis really are the bad guys.

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My brother got arrested for a dime bag. His picture got put up on the jails website. And they advertise. So shouldn't my brother get paid at least a little for providing clicks?

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Arrest records are public. Even if you're innocent or the charges are dropped or whatever, they still smear your reputation by putting your mugshot up. It can be a good thing too, since it cuts down on the number of people arrested quietly with no disclosed reason.

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THIS JUST IN: FBI suspects Kirk was likely targeted, more info to come

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Luigi was missing for a few days, after executing a masterful getaway in the middle of the day in the largest city in the country. Then just randomly shows up at a McDonalds with everything needed to convict him packaged together in a bag. Definitely not unusual at all. Nothing to see here folks! The system works and the police are master investigators. It's impossible to get away with a crime like this!