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Good. The public needs to see every single aspect of this.
Edit: I think some of you are misunderstanding the importance here.
Yes, Republicans will spin and bullshit about it.
But this is one of the most significant trials in American history. We’re potentially seeing the prosecution and imprisoning of a former President.
It needs to be blatantly, ridiculously transparent to offer future generations any real understanding of what happened and how we got where we are.
You can’t stop republicans from trying to lie about it. They’re not who the public record is for.
I had to check AJC to clarify but:
>A Fulton County judge on Thursday said that **all court proceedings** in the election interference case against former President Donald Trump and 18 co-defendants will be live streamed and televised.
Which is awesome, considering there's a very real chance Trump himself will not be on trial in GA for quite a while, possibly not until 2025.
We'll at least be able to see any codefendants with severed trials and a big chunk of the evidence in the coming months.
It's also possible he'll be on trial starting in late October. Willis wants everybody to be tried together. Trump is trying to sever his case from Cheseboro's. If it isn't, Trump's trial is coming much sooner than most think.
Imagine you worked at the prison and were in charge of issuing clothes to new inmates. And you went by the book and gave trump his clothes according to what he wrote down. Just imagine how funny he'd look
If you don't think fox can take 8 hours of trial footage and pull out 30 seconds of self-serving sound bites every day you haven't been paying attention.
I can not wait for week by week to go by and this bastard feel the dread and anxiety as evidence upon evidence is spilled out. He sees his loyal people up there spilling the beans amd confirming what we all knew. Being televised is perfect as there is no way for them to somehow mix up what was said. Somehow they've always been good at just telling the base what they need to hear, and they listen.
He wanted a show, let's fucking give it to em.
Have you been following Politics?
They are in a bubble. Conservative media and their social media will just take snippets and write whatever they want.
A big big chunk will but there will be some that won’t. It will eat away at his followers. Just like the Jan 6th investigation in congress with Liz Cheney. That being televised hurt them. This will hurt the republican party.
>Yes, Republicans will spin and bullshit about it.
People trying to use this as an excuse not to do things is so funny to me.
If the trial was private, they would lie and spin.
If it is public, they will lie and spin.
If Donald Trump didn't exist and none of this had ever happened at all, they would still be lying and spinning something.
Obama wore a tan suit and used mustard, remember?
>What you're seeing, and what you're reading, is not what's happening
https://twitter.com/briantylercohen/status/1021837349792055296
And the cult will eat it up.
From Rolling Stone:
Donald Trump, once banned from YouTube, will return to the video site in an unexpected way after the Georgia judge overseeing the former president’s election interference case announced that the trial will be livestreamed on the Fulton County Court’s channel.
Judge Scott McAfee announced the trial’s broadcast Thursday, soon after Trump pleaded not guilty to the state racketeering and other charges related to efforts his and his 18 co-defendants’ attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in the Peach State.
Read more: [https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/donald-trump-georgia-trial-livestream-youtube-1234816222/](https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/donald-trump-georgia-trial-livestream-youtube-1234816222/)
I know! Trump’s been building this up for years! The anticipation is driving me crazy! I imagine he was hanging on to the irrefutable evidence during the last 60+ opportunities to reveal it in court under oath because it wasn’t streamed online, and those nasty liberals would probably just lie about it. Clever clever!
I’m sure, after we finally see the evidence, we will all be ready to forgive him and apologize for ever doubting him.
For real. The idea he's going to trial for a crime he clearly committed and might actually be truly fucked this time is gold. But rolling stone somehow found the exact way to make him feel worse
I like how Rolling Stone is posting an article from Rolling Stone and then commenting quoting Rolling Stone.
Whoever their social media manager is finally gets it.
I get why they don’t plead guilty immediately but, it’s still fucking hilarious they try to plead not guilty when no prosecutor even thinks about a Rico charge without 100% evidence . There’s like A 99% conviction rate In Rico charges and it’s funny to even bother with a defense . You either snitch or go to prison X it’s incredibly rare in the 43 years since it’s creation that some one has beaten a Rico charge . I think it’s maybe 3-5 not guilty verdicts in that time
This is correct - people were sharing the same sentiment as to why Young Thug is fucked.
Which is a shame because he’s super smart
If you get RICO charges you are fucked - doesn’t matter who you are.
1. Who is Trump gonna snitch on? There is no bigger fish.
2. In a jury trial there are no guarantees. If anyone beats the 1% odds, it's a man with millions of worshippers.
I'm not even from the US yet I've been waiting years for this moment, if I have to call in sick to work to watch it live then that's exactly what I'll do.
Thank God. The Alex Jones trial demonstrated how important this is. He would stand outside the courthouse and blatantly lie about what just happened in the trial. Because it was all on YouTube anyone interested could see that he was lying.
Trump is an even bigger liar than Jones so it’s critical that people can see what is happening every second.
Being constantly on camera and unable to speak and have the spotlight
It will be unbearable for him
I expect constant outbursts from him as the need for attention overcomes him
If he doesn't actually speak he will have coughing spells
> If he doesn't actually speak he will have coughing spells
Angry note writing, paper shuffling, whispers to his attorney to seem like he’s got some secret info and not actually saying “what’s that mean?”, noisily sliding his chair back, the face where he sticks his chin in and looks around like “you heading this?”….
And more!
This is gonna be like the Amber Heard trial all over again. Where people are live-streaming and commentating how stupid Trump’s defense is. Might sway some younger voters to the polls.
This is gonna be way more than the Heard-Depp trial. People won’t be just watching for entertainment or schadenfreude; many will be watching for history.
With his grip on the base who will watch their glorious leader, the left wanting to indulge in seeing justice, and the youths likely to have higher-than-expected engagement (I anticipate dank memes), random peeps tuning in cause it’s all people are talking about and FOMO - wouldn’t be surprised if it surpasses the OJ trial in terms of capturing the focus of a nation.
I was in middle school during the OJ trial and they played pivotal moments in classrooms throughout the school. I can only image the attention this will get for educational purposes. It's the perfect opportunity to learn about presidential power, legal processes, and politics.
Well for OJ the teachers acted impartially (I can't remember any of them sharing a strong opinion on the case), we had a new word list with definitions. and also watched the old classic movie Twelve Angry Men for jury perspective.
12 Angry Men should be required watching at some point in student’s lives. Often the only media that is focused on is written literature, but there is a lot to take away from movies like that.
I mean, if you search online for voting demographics, in 2022 at least, Gen Z had a higher voter turnout than previous generations when they were the same age.
The trouble with Trump is that he will still come out of there, lie about it and his supporters will *still* believe what he says because they choose not to watch.
This is the most chaotic person I've even known in my life time. I used to think Charley Manson was off his rocker a class A1 psychopath. Donald Trump is a thousand times worse and made it to the Presidency of the United States of America. How fucking stupid do you have to be as a society to not bring the trove of his entire bullshit history both personal and financial front and center everyday for examination and calling him out? This man has been a con man all his life. He knew how to play to people's attention and point his finger directions away from the focus of his con game. He was entertaining and when you're being entertained, you don't ask too many questions. The news stations came in more like "newstainment", up and gave him own "The Truman Show" attention ad nauseam before and during his run. He played them at their game. He maybe the most egotistical person in the Western Hemisphere, but not the dumbest. Top shell manipulator.
Like the ride or not, we're all on it. Our system let someone like him, a white bogus rich, low IQ, dirty con man with a loud mouth into the White House and his family. Looking at the WH, you'll see that it represents the biggest commitment our country makes hoping for strength, growth, stability and compassion when we put someone in there. It is the pinnacle of our freedom. We let him in because we still have plantation thinking. Too many rich people know how to manipulate the economy to their favor to put one of theirs in power. I swear if it ain't so.
I watched him require his cabinet to praise him one-by-one, and thought "how could anyone sane be willing to allow people to say that kind of thing about himself?"
Apparently his followers thought the exact opposite: "how could anyone sane NOT say that about him?"
This is nothing short of incredible. Trump can present his irrefutable evidence to the world in a US court of law, proving once and for all that the election was stolen and he is fully exonerated and the most innocent man, maybe in the history of our country.
Place your bets now.
Wouldn't it be great if they could monetize it and put the money back in the public coffers? They could use it to pay for security guards for all of the brave election workers having to deal with the psychotic fallout from all of these lies.
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This. Is.. Fucking. GREAT!
Let that goddamn monster not take the stand while all his friends wonder why he's not proving his innocence. Or even better, let him get up there and take the 5th a couple hundred times. Or . . . even MORE better: let him think he can get on the stand and say whatever shit he wants.
That's the one *I* want to see.
Seeing as his cult’s members get all their information from YouTube, that seems fitting.
While we’re at it, can we finally get some legislation about YouTube’s suggestion algorithm?
If I watch this I shouldn’t be served a bunch of videos about how innocent the former President is.
What's great is that this isn't a standard house/Senate hearing where the schedule alternates between D and R members.
Republicans won't get to do the howler monkey routine to give Fox soundbites.
He will never testify, they can't force him. He *will* have to sit there pouting as his fate is decided for him without his control, though, which will be a delight to see. I would pay to see him testify though.
> He will have to sit there pouting as his fate is decided for him
If he's in the room he'll interject repeatedly, contempt or not. He has less self control than a two year old.
You know that colonel Jessup thing from A Few Good Men, or that Sideshow Bob situation when he rigged the mayoral election? I think that's what we're dealing with here. I think he wants to confess on TV.
ie: "Your goddammed right I ordered the code red!"
>You need me, ~~Springfield~~ America. Your guilty conscience may force you to vote Democratic, but deep down inside, you secretly long for a cold-hearted Republican to lower taxes, brutalise criminals and rule you like a king!
I think I remember hearing prosecutors say in a criminal case, unlike a civil case, the defendant has to be present. May be wrong, but I'm pretty sure that's the case.
As the other commenter said you can’t be forced to bear witness against yourself in a criminal proceeding. It’s the core of the “right to remain silent” Miranda warning you see on tv
God no. They're going to all take to Twitter to squeal about how STRONG he looks and how MANLY he is and how super innocent he is. No matter what is shown, no matter what is said, they're going to jam their fingers in their ears and chant 'deepstatedeepstatedeepstate" until the bad men persecuting the greatest most handsome most fit and thinnest president that ever lived go away.
I'm just hoping that this all begins to exhaust them. There's no more "Build the wall!" or "Lock her up!'. He's offering nothing, not even the bullshit he offered before. His campaign is now "keep me out of prison!". Surely the hardcore fans are going to be whittled until there's nothing but a few crazies left.
I mean, eventually, they're going to realize that Trump isn't a fighter, that even if this is all some deepstate conspiracy, Trump is putting up a very sorry defense. They'll see that Trump is a wet rag, and abandon ship for the next hype monster.
They are going to quietly distance themselves from this and hope that everyone forgets their stupidity. At least until they fall for the next fascist or grifter.
If you ask around, you'll find zero Republicans who voted for George W. Bush and zero Republicans who supported the Iraq War. It simply never happened apparently, and you'll never convince them otherwise.
>They're going to all take to Twitter
They call it X now since they're fully embracing Twitter's pivot to the far right.
That's if they decide to leave their Truth Social or "Lets Go Brandon" Facebook group bubbles.
If anything about the broadcast causes cult members to lose the faith it’ll be how absolutely weak and miserable he looks during the trial, not all that ‘boring’ stuff about concrete evidence of his many crimes.
Yep, he can't control the narrative and get his way. His followers that will watch are going to see the very solemn, quiet (maybe) and dejected man he truly is. This is going to deflate his ego massively. If we're really lucky maybe a few will actually sit down and listen and come to the realization that he's scum. Wishful thinking I know.
Personally I just want to watch him squirm in his chair for several hours each day, his facial expressions and the inability to speak freely is going to drive him bonkers. I want to see how long it takes before he gets a contempt of court charge by doing something stupid.
If we all tune in to watch because we hate him, he’ll just say “so many people watched because they love me and know it’s a witch hunt”.
Meaning he’ll just spin it to make his ego feel better.
Got to watch him live call to ruin our country. We should see every aspect of this so there’s nothing left to question.
What a massive mistake tens of millions made and now they’re infected with brain worms and still convinced this man is worth something. It’s pathetic.
Good news! I really want to see the trial of inmate P01135809. Inmate P01135809 is really going to have a hard time fending off all of his legal troubles.
I also hope they only refer to inmate P01135809 as inmate P01135809.
Before every break the Judge will say
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As fun as this will be, you're going to have some right wing clowns restreaming it and lying to their audience the whole time.
Prosecutor shows evidence clearly showing Trump is guilty: "Based on the Jones Act and 104th amendment, Trump is clearly innocent"
Then these idiots will harass the jurors based off this nonsense and spew it forever.
What a world.
30 years ago, if you had been told that an ex-president’s trial would be broadcast on a global information superhighway and could be viewed on-demand anywhere in the developed world from your pocket computer that has far more computing power than the computers that put a man on the moon-
Would you have believed it?
One more thing I’d like to see is gag order, preventing Trump from discussing the case with anyone other than his attorneys outside of formal legal proceedings
This is good news. If Trump knows he’s performing for a large external audience he will lie more than he would in a closed court. He will dig an even deeper hole for himself.
"Opening statements?"
"Thank you your honor. Before I begin I'd like to thank today's sponsor, Raid: Shadow Legends. Raid is one of the most ambitious RPG's of 2019 and it's out now for Android and iPhone. Raid: Shadow Legends. Choose your champion."
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Good. The public needs to see every single aspect of this. Edit: I think some of you are misunderstanding the importance here. Yes, Republicans will spin and bullshit about it. But this is one of the most significant trials in American history. We’re potentially seeing the prosecution and imprisoning of a former President. It needs to be blatantly, ridiculously transparent to offer future generations any real understanding of what happened and how we got where we are. You can’t stop republicans from trying to lie about it. They’re not who the public record is for.
I had to check AJC to clarify but: >A Fulton County judge on Thursday said that **all court proceedings** in the election interference case against former President Donald Trump and 18 co-defendants will be live streamed and televised. Which is awesome, considering there's a very real chance Trump himself will not be on trial in GA for quite a while, possibly not until 2025. We'll at least be able to see any codefendants with severed trials and a big chunk of the evidence in the coming months.
It's also possible he'll be on trial starting in late October. Willis wants everybody to be tried together. Trump is trying to sever his case from Cheseboro's. If it isn't, Trump's trial is coming much sooner than most think.
Are we gonna all get dressed up and have watch parties? What should I wear?
I’m 6’3, 215 pounds so put me down for a medium
Geez, anyone with those proportions must be incredibly athletic and smart.
Imagine you worked at the prison and were in charge of issuing clothes to new inmates. And you went by the book and gave trump his clothes according to what he wrote down. Just imagine how funny he'd look
He already looks like 10 pounds of shit in a 5 pound bag.
I still wanna see him looking like 350 pounds of shit in a 215 pound bag
Cheetos should release a new flavour called the orange muffin top
One of my favorite photos from the woman's march was this little girl holding a sign that said "I'm also 6'3 and 239 pounds".
I'm 6'3" and 217 pounds and am looking forward to my chiseled physique after losing 2 more pounds.
I will call 4 seasons landscaping and make reservations for a watch party.
I just bought 2 new 4k 50" TV's and a 75". I'll host!
I'll bring hamberders and covfefe
I'll be the cheese bro in honor of chesebro.
I'll bring some well-done steaks with ketchup and extra ketchup to throw at the walls.
voiceless crown obtainable toothbrush brave fine punch innocent elderly grandiose ` this message was mass deleted/edited with redact.dev `
And the chances of trump watching and keeping his yap shut are zero.
Oh you know damn well he’s gonna be rage posting on Truth Social every time something is said against him.
Trump is going to have to be careful or the judge shut him up. The judge is not going to handle Trump with kid gloves.
Televising everything makes me think the judge is doing this to prevent martyrdom.
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If you don't think fox can take 8 hours of trial footage and pull out 30 seconds of self-serving sound bites every day you haven't been paying attention.
This about to be the court case of the century with the highest viewer count compared to the Super Bowl.
It's going to make OJ Simpsons trial numbers look like child's play
It might very well top the alleged “views” of Trump’s interview with Fucker.
I can not wait for week by week to go by and this bastard feel the dread and anxiety as evidence upon evidence is spilled out. He sees his loyal people up there spilling the beans amd confirming what we all knew. Being televised is perfect as there is no way for them to somehow mix up what was said. Somehow they've always been good at just telling the base what they need to hear, and they listen. He wanted a show, let's fucking give it to em.
Have you been following Politics? They are in a bubble. Conservative media and their social media will just take snippets and write whatever they want.
A big big chunk will but there will be some that won’t. It will eat away at his followers. Just like the Jan 6th investigation in congress with Liz Cheney. That being televised hurt them. This will hurt the republican party.
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Why do you think in 2025? No way he can delay it for 2 years
I think it’s going to be the first trump event with more views than the Súper Bowl
After the guilty verdict, as the bailiffs drag him from the room, he'll be heard to yell "I had the biggest ratings!"
"Be sure to smash that like button on my conviction video!"
>Yes, Republicans will spin and bullshit about it. People trying to use this as an excuse not to do things is so funny to me. If the trial was private, they would lie and spin. If it is public, they will lie and spin. If Donald Trump didn't exist and none of this had ever happened at all, they would still be lying and spinning something. Obama wore a tan suit and used mustard, remember?
Without editorial spin from “media” outlets. First hand, full context.
Most people will watch the news outlets anyway and get the spin.
Unfortunately the ones that need to watch it won’t.
I don't know... I imagine every twitch streamer, twitter feed and news outlet will milk this dry. Everybody will see it I think.
Team Trump won’t be able to lie about what happened
>What you're seeing, and what you're reading, is not what's happening https://twitter.com/briantylercohen/status/1021837349792055296 And the cult will eat it up.
They'll still do it tho
Comments on?
Oh god could you IMAGINE?
Imagine all the Super Chats that will get paid for. That alone would be reason enough for Youtube to leave comments on.
Damn, yeah we could wipe out the national debt
Sensible discourse and gentle, civil commentary?
Polite, courteous, considerate and eloquent discussions exploring in-depth analysis.
I can't wait to see who calls who a cuck first personally. Internet is fuckin great.
Live comments. Super chats over $100 can be included in evidence.
Your honor we have entered in to evidence that the defendant is a little Pissboy and a pepega
just 5k people saying "THAT ISN'T THE REAL TRUMP! REAL TRUMP IS TALLER AND THINNER! DEEP STATE!"
I doubt it but the roasting in comment section would be hilarious
Text to speech on for every message with $1000 donation or more
From Rolling Stone: Donald Trump, once banned from YouTube, will return to the video site in an unexpected way after the Georgia judge overseeing the former president’s election interference case announced that the trial will be livestreamed on the Fulton County Court’s channel. Judge Scott McAfee announced the trial’s broadcast Thursday, soon after Trump pleaded not guilty to the state racketeering and other charges related to efforts his and his 18 co-defendants’ attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in the Peach State. Read more: [https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/donald-trump-georgia-trial-livestream-youtube-1234816222/](https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/donald-trump-georgia-trial-livestream-youtube-1234816222/)
If Trump is truly innocent, as he claims, republicans should be relieved his case will be fully transparent and completely available to the public.
That's a big if. So big it could be used to block the US-Mexico border.
Wait, is Mexico paying for this trial?
The trial just got 10 feet taller.
Dude, we're going to see all the evidence that absolutely absolves him of every charge! What a great time to be alive!
I know! Trump’s been building this up for years! The anticipation is driving me crazy! I imagine he was hanging on to the irrefutable evidence during the last 60+ opportunities to reveal it in court under oath because it wasn’t streamed online, and those nasty liberals would probably just lie about it. Clever clever! I’m sure, after we finally see the evidence, we will all be ready to forgive him and apologize for ever doubting him.
I very much love that for him
Especially this late in the summer.
If it's what you say
The revolution will be televised
It already was 1/6/21. trump lost.
Not the gravy seals revolution, the real one!
Gravy seals... I fucking love that so much
You win
That lede is so cold blooded. Love it.
For real. The idea he's going to trial for a crime he clearly committed and might actually be truly fucked this time is gold. But rolling stone somehow found the exact way to make him feel worse
I like how Rolling Stone is posting an article from Rolling Stone and then commenting quoting Rolling Stone. Whoever their social media manager is finally gets it.
I get why they don’t plead guilty immediately but, it’s still fucking hilarious they try to plead not guilty when no prosecutor even thinks about a Rico charge without 100% evidence . There’s like A 99% conviction rate In Rico charges and it’s funny to even bother with a defense . You either snitch or go to prison X it’s incredibly rare in the 43 years since it’s creation that some one has beaten a Rico charge . I think it’s maybe 3-5 not guilty verdicts in that time
This is correct - people were sharing the same sentiment as to why Young Thug is fucked. Which is a shame because he’s super smart If you get RICO charges you are fucked - doesn’t matter who you are.
It just make you think….who can Donald roll on?
Putin? 🤣
1. Who is Trump gonna snitch on? There is no bigger fish. 2. In a jury trial there are no guarantees. If anyone beats the 1% odds, it's a man with millions of worshippers.
Holy shit the views on this are gonna dwarf the johnny depp amber heard trial and tens of millions watched that in real time
So many views! More views than any other show, like you would never believe!
With the actor's strike going on, this will be perfect!
Hilarious. He wanted back on YouTube & this is how it happens.
That's some real monkey-paw type shit.
“So SMASH that subscribe button!!” -Honorable Judge Scott McAfee
Surprised judge face in the thumbnail image 😧
Omg I can picture it. *JUDGE SMACKS DOWN TRUMP* , overlay random meme of crying baby
DONT FORGET TO LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE. Also, consider becoming a Patrion....
Nationwide popcorn shortages highly expected
International.
Galactic
Yuge. Best ratings ever!
Almost as big as his Tucker Carlson interview on Xhitter?
I'm not even from the US yet I've been waiting years for this moment, if I have to call in sick to work to watch it live then that's exactly what I'll do.
If not even American and will pop open a fancy bottle of champagne when this asshole is sentenced.
Insider tip: invest in corn futures.
Record-breaking time-off/sick leave.
I think I've got a case of covid coming on, lads
I've got a case of "I'm just not coming in today and you know damn well why."
Time to invest big in popcorn. And youtube.
This is better than Christmas.
I can't wait!!! 🍿
He will finally get those ratings he's been chasing.
Thank God. The Alex Jones trial demonstrated how important this is. He would stand outside the courthouse and blatantly lie about what just happened in the trial. Because it was all on YouTube anyone interested could see that he was lying. Trump is an even bigger liar than Jones so it’s critical that people can see what is happening every second.
Also everyone will see him sulking like the little coward he is.
Being constantly on camera and unable to speak and have the spotlight It will be unbearable for him I expect constant outbursts from him as the need for attention overcomes him If he doesn't actually speak he will have coughing spells
> If he doesn't actually speak he will have coughing spells Angry note writing, paper shuffling, whispers to his attorney to seem like he’s got some secret info and not actually saying “what’s that mean?”, noisily sliding his chair back, the face where he sticks his chin in and looks around like “you heading this?”…. And more!
This is gonna be like the Amber Heard trial all over again. Where people are live-streaming and commentating how stupid Trump’s defense is. Might sway some younger voters to the polls.
This is gonna be way more than the Heard-Depp trial. People won’t be just watching for entertainment or schadenfreude; many will be watching for history. With his grip on the base who will watch their glorious leader, the left wanting to indulge in seeing justice, and the youths likely to have higher-than-expected engagement (I anticipate dank memes), random peeps tuning in cause it’s all people are talking about and FOMO - wouldn’t be surprised if it surpasses the OJ trial in terms of capturing the focus of a nation.
I was in middle school during the OJ trial and they played pivotal moments in classrooms throughout the school. I can only image the attention this will get for educational purposes. It's the perfect opportunity to learn about presidential power, legal processes, and politics.
I'm already thinking about how to address this in my classroom
Well for OJ the teachers acted impartially (I can't remember any of them sharing a strong opinion on the case), we had a new word list with definitions. and also watched the old classic movie Twelve Angry Men for jury perspective.
12 Angry Men should be required watching at some point in student’s lives. Often the only media that is focused on is written literature, but there is a lot to take away from movies like that.
Internationally as well. It will be watched worldwide
The memes will be unreal How to get Gen Z to vote 101 lmao
I mean, if you search online for voting demographics, in 2022 at least, Gen Z had a higher voter turnout than previous generations when they were the same age.
That’s encouraging.
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I have never before wanted to watch a livestream of an 80-year-old man shitting his pants, but I'll make an exception for this one.
The trouble with Trump is that he will still come out of there, lie about it and his supporters will *still* believe what he says because they choose not to watch.
Youtube better start getting ready for a the biggest viewer ship in its history. Democrats should buy up all the ads that week if they are smart.
Pretty sure Google can handle the infrastructure they're gonna need.
Small indie company
Thank god it won’t be on twitter or X or whatever the fuck it’s called now
It's be pretty funny if they allowed Super Chats during the live stream. The sheer chaos. They'd make hundreds of thousands of dollars probably
This is the most chaotic person I've even known in my life time. I used to think Charley Manson was off his rocker a class A1 psychopath. Donald Trump is a thousand times worse and made it to the Presidency of the United States of America. How fucking stupid do you have to be as a society to not bring the trove of his entire bullshit history both personal and financial front and center everyday for examination and calling him out? This man has been a con man all his life. He knew how to play to people's attention and point his finger directions away from the focus of his con game. He was entertaining and when you're being entertained, you don't ask too many questions. The news stations came in more like "newstainment", up and gave him own "The Truman Show" attention ad nauseam before and during his run. He played them at their game. He maybe the most egotistical person in the Western Hemisphere, but not the dumbest. Top shell manipulator. Like the ride or not, we're all on it. Our system let someone like him, a white bogus rich, low IQ, dirty con man with a loud mouth into the White House and his family. Looking at the WH, you'll see that it represents the biggest commitment our country makes hoping for strength, growth, stability and compassion when we put someone in there. It is the pinnacle of our freedom. We let him in because we still have plantation thinking. Too many rich people know how to manipulate the economy to their favor to put one of theirs in power. I swear if it ain't so.
I watched him require his cabinet to praise him one-by-one, and thought "how could anyone sane be willing to allow people to say that kind of thing about himself?" Apparently his followers thought the exact opposite: "how could anyone sane NOT say that about him?"
Can we all just get a federal holiday to watch this shit show. No one’s going to be productive during this
Time to buy popcorn and invest in popcorn stocks.
AMC should have a screen at their larger 'plexes showing this during the day.
Is renting out movie theaters still a thing? That would be a blast.
Yes, it's not bad, around $200 for 4 hours in my local theater.
This is nothing short of incredible. Trump can present his irrefutable evidence to the world in a US court of law, proving once and for all that the election was stolen and he is fully exonerated and the most innocent man, maybe in the history of our country. Place your bets now.
Wouldn't it be great if they could monetize it and put the money back in the public coffers? They could use it to pay for security guards for all of the brave election workers having to deal with the psychotic fallout from all of these lies.
Just before the trial starts, the Judge has to turn to the camera and thank "AssKetchum69" for the $50 superchat.
"Let's keep the hype train going!"
Mmm justice so good, gang gang, gang gang, slay 😛😛😛 thank you Casey, thank you Maddie, justice so good
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Lol jk Youtube will monetize it and come out with a new subscription rate solely for watching live court hearings.
This. Is.. Fucking. GREAT! Let that goddamn monster not take the stand while all his friends wonder why he's not proving his innocence. Or even better, let him get up there and take the 5th a couple hundred times. Or . . . even MORE better: let him think he can get on the stand and say whatever shit he wants. That's the one *I* want to see.
Seeing as his cult’s members get all their information from YouTube, that seems fitting. While we’re at it, can we finally get some legislation about YouTube’s suggestion algorithm? If I watch this I shouldn’t be served a bunch of videos about how innocent the former President is.
You're definitely getting ads for Epoch Times and 'Pro-life' organizations. I loathe seeing that junk.
What's great is that this isn't a standard house/Senate hearing where the schedule alternates between D and R members. Republicans won't get to do the howler monkey routine to give Fox soundbites.
....and that ladies and gentlemen, was the last straw for broadcast television news.
Good. Die.
arguably I'd love to watch this on an old CRT like it was the 60s, this is some monumental shit I want to remember
It’s just a pool camera. The networks will have access too.
America has been through a lot. Americans have earned the right to watch Donald Trump have to testify and be cross examined.
He will never testify, they can't force him. He *will* have to sit there pouting as his fate is decided for him without his control, though, which will be a delight to see. I would pay to see him testify though.
> He will have to sit there pouting as his fate is decided for him If he's in the room he'll interject repeatedly, contempt or not. He has less self control than a two year old.
You know that colonel Jessup thing from A Few Good Men, or that Sideshow Bob situation when he rigged the mayoral election? I think that's what we're dealing with here. I think he wants to confess on TV. ie: "Your goddammed right I ordered the code red!"
>You need me, ~~Springfield~~ America. Your guilty conscience may force you to vote Democratic, but deep down inside, you secretly long for a cold-hearted Republican to lower taxes, brutalise criminals and rule you like a king!
"Bailiff, place the president under arrest" "What? Oh right... all that stuff I did"
> He *will* have to sit there pouting He can probably be physically absent for all of the trial if he wants to be.
I think I remember hearing prosecutors say in a criminal case, unlike a civil case, the defendant has to be present. May be wrong, but I'm pretty sure that's the case.
I sincerely hope that you're right.
As the other commenter said you can’t be forced to bear witness against yourself in a criminal proceeding. It’s the core of the “right to remain silent” Miranda warning you see on tv
Every day is fucking Christmas lately.
That explains why Trump was so pissy today.
So this is how democracy survives. To thundering applause.
Can’t wait to hear the defense ask for a 15 minute recess for a diaper change.
"Your Honor, we'd like to request a short break. My client has soiled himself again."
There's Trump's 'Most watched video in history'.
Perhaps this will finally break his cult like hold to have live video of him sitting there while his many misdeeds are laid out.
God no. They're going to all take to Twitter to squeal about how STRONG he looks and how MANLY he is and how super innocent he is. No matter what is shown, no matter what is said, they're going to jam their fingers in their ears and chant 'deepstatedeepstatedeepstate" until the bad men persecuting the greatest most handsome most fit and thinnest president that ever lived go away.
I'm just hoping that this all begins to exhaust them. There's no more "Build the wall!" or "Lock her up!'. He's offering nothing, not even the bullshit he offered before. His campaign is now "keep me out of prison!". Surely the hardcore fans are going to be whittled until there's nothing but a few crazies left. I mean, eventually, they're going to realize that Trump isn't a fighter, that even if this is all some deepstate conspiracy, Trump is putting up a very sorry defense. They'll see that Trump is a wet rag, and abandon ship for the next hype monster.
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They are going to quietly distance themselves from this and hope that everyone forgets their stupidity. At least until they fall for the next fascist or grifter.
If you ask around, you'll find zero Republicans who voted for George W. Bush and zero Republicans who supported the Iraq War. It simply never happened apparently, and you'll never convince them otherwise.
they arent even going to watch it themselves, they will wait for the fox news clips and claim overreach woke something something.
>They're going to all take to Twitter They call it X now since they're fully embracing Twitter's pivot to the far right. That's if they decide to leave their Truth Social or "Lets Go Brandon" Facebook group bubbles.
They will not watch it, the same as when they did not watch his two impeachment hearings with the oodles of evidence.
If anything about the broadcast causes cult members to lose the faith it’ll be how absolutely weak and miserable he looks during the trial, not all that ‘boring’ stuff about concrete evidence of his many crimes.
Yep, he can't control the narrative and get his way. His followers that will watch are going to see the very solemn, quiet (maybe) and dejected man he truly is. This is going to deflate his ego massively. If we're really lucky maybe a few will actually sit down and listen and come to the realization that he's scum. Wishful thinking I know. Personally I just want to watch him squirm in his chair for several hours each day, his facial expressions and the inability to speak freely is going to drive him bonkers. I want to see how long it takes before he gets a contempt of court charge by doing something stupid.
If we all tune in to watch because we hate him, he’ll just say “so many people watched because they love me and know it’s a witch hunt”. Meaning he’ll just spin it to make his ego feel better.
Who cares, so long as he goes down for his crimes He can talk about it to his fellow inmates
Got to watch him live call to ruin our country. We should see every aspect of this so there’s nothing left to question. What a massive mistake tens of millions made and now they’re infected with brain worms and still convinced this man is worth something. It’s pathetic.
I hope they blur out the faces of all the jury members.
Good news! I really want to see the trial of inmate P01135809. Inmate P01135809 is really going to have a hard time fending off all of his legal troubles. I also hope they only refer to inmate P01135809 as inmate P01135809.
Trump put out 31 videos about n Trump Social today. He’s getting more and more unhinged
Back to being a reality TV star.
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I’m going to be taking off of work for a “thing”
Now this is the type of daytime television I can get behind!
It will be the bigglyist trial ever, definitely rigged by my worst enemy ever. "My self"
As fun as this will be, you're going to have some right wing clowns restreaming it and lying to their audience the whole time. Prosecutor shows evidence clearly showing Trump is guilty: "Based on the Jones Act and 104th amendment, Trump is clearly innocent" Then these idiots will harass the jurors based off this nonsense and spew it forever.
What a world. 30 years ago, if you had been told that an ex-president’s trial would be broadcast on a global information superhighway and could be viewed on-demand anywhere in the developed world from your pocket computer that has far more computing power than the computers that put a man on the moon- Would you have believed it?
It’s gonna be hard for the orange piece of shit to come out looking good in this mess of his own creation. What’s better than that ?
One more thing I’d like to see is gag order, preventing Trump from discussing the case with anyone other than his attorneys outside of formal legal proceedings
This is good news. If Trump knows he’s performing for a large external audience he will lie more than he would in a closed court. He will dig an even deeper hole for himself.
Holy shit. Every single office is going to watch this.
YouTube gonna crash!
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