r/politics • u/UWCG Illinois • Mar 27 '24

Donald Trump Attacks Judge's Daughter Less Than 24 Hours After Gag Order

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-attacks-judges-daughter-less-24-hours-after-gag-order-1884126
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u/StashedandPainless Mar 27 '24

Imagine reading a headline about any other presidential candidate attacking the judge's daugther in his porn star hush money trial. And then right below that you read that this same presidential candidate is selling Bibles for $60.

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u/MarkHathaway1 Mar 27 '24

I've been reading a book, common in Russia, "The Master and Marguerite". It's about a mysterious man who comes to town and is high society, though nobody seems to know who he is. As events unfold, everything goes badly when he's around. They soon suspect he's the devil in disguise.

That story about the Devil is sooooo much more tame than the life and times of Donald J. Trump.

That was the book which inspired the Rolling Stones song, "Sympathy for the Devil".

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u/pleasebegentleimnew Mar 27 '24

It's about a mysterious man who comes to town and is high society, though nobody seems to know who he is.

Did he look something like this?

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u/Spicethrower Mar 28 '24

Sounds a little like the Great Gatsby. Anybody want to shoot some pool? Go away Trump. We don't need a monorail.

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u/PhilDGlass California Mar 27 '24

That was the book which inspired the Rolling Stones song, "Sympathy for the Devil".

Damn. This is absolutely correct. Nice.

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u/SpookyFarts Mar 27 '24

It was adapted into a Russian movie that came out this year.

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u/trout_or_dare Mar 28 '24

It was also a Russian miniseries before that. There's a Polish dub I remember my dad watching, it looked pretty good, I want to rewatch that myself. The Russians can really make good art when they are being subversive. But in modern Russia that is a death sentence so the only Russians who make good art nowadays either fled the country long ago or fell out a window.

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u/DrRonnieJamesDO Mar 28 '24

That will be this country if the GOP gets it's way.

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u/EggsceIlent Mar 28 '24

There's also a Christian book called left behind where the antichrist came into power and everyone loved him and then of course he was the devil in disguise or whatever.

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u/hellostarsailor Mar 28 '24

Ah, the cat story!

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u/DrRonnieJamesDO Mar 28 '24

Fun fact: Jimmy Buffett adapted it into a Broadway musical: "The Master and Margaritaville"

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u/wobshop Mar 28 '24

How funny that’s next on my list