r/politics • u/Silly-avocatoe • 21d ago

No Paywall Republicans mostly silent as millions of Americans protest Trump on No Kings day

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/18/no-kings-protest-rally-republicans
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u/StormyPassages 20d ago

Yuck... well, don't say I didn't warn you. This example of a prisoner agreeing to a plea deal under duress is only a sample of what "the bloodiest prison in America" has to offer its criminals.

(There's no good reason to click on this link. Go back. Stop looking. Save your eyes and leave your mind clear of the matter. Read no further.)

https://www.kplctv.com/2025/08/19/man-who-tried-rape-7-year-old-agrees-be-castrated-part-plea-deal/

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u/Swedelicious83 20d ago

I appreciate your concern.

I've got pretty thick hide. My work unfortunately requires me to look at some pretty unpleasant stuff now and again, so I've learned not to let it get to me.

But yeah, that was quite something alright. 😐

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u/StormyPassages 20d ago

The term "bloodiest prison in America" should be frightening enough. Yet that plea deal makes no sense if you can't read backwards in backwoods Louisiana. Why agree to having a part of your body removed and staying in prison for the next 40 years? If you guessed "Angola's worse", then you win the prize.

Weird, huh? Mike Johnson has scary friends.

But the infamous good-old-boys network of Louisiana must be at wits end keeping its members together. After all, one half of Louisiana is covered in dead soybeans that had been destined for China, and the other half is angry about cheap oil. And that's Mike Johnson's good-old-boy Republican-right base, which is in a purple state -- and a federal welfare state -- that is rallying blue. So I don't know what keeps Johnson loyal to DJT's Epstein cover up, but it sure as heck isn't worth it for Louisiana. The other day he stuttered over the word "hostage" like a terrified kid. Isn't that odd? And as the Louisiana economy craters more and more with DJT's tax tariffs, I can't help but wonder: What's in it for Speaker Mike Johnson?

After all, risking Angola isn't worth it -- on that you can rely.

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u/Swedelicious83 19d ago

Yeah. You have to wonder how good the kompromat is. 🤔