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[–] falseWhite@lemmy.world 54 points 5 hours ago (3 children)

That's what happens when you pick your cronies based on their looks and sycophantic tendencies, instead of experience and knowledge.

[–] Kirp123@lemmy.world 52 points 5 hours ago (3 children)

She was the only one stupid enough to actually try and go for it. All the other prosecutors they asked refused, I think some even resigned. She's a different kind of stupid I guess.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 17 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (4 children)

She’s a different kind of stupid I guess.

She's going to get a dozen book deals from conservative publishers. She'll land a talking head spot on FOX News. She'll hook up with Steven Mnuchin's cousin or get Baron Trump's baby in her or just marries a party mega-donor. Maybe she runs for AG in Virginia in 2029 and rides in on a Republican reactionary wave after President Pete Buttigieg shits the bed. If nothing else, they'll be posting jerk-off material of her on Grok for the next twenty years. I'm sure there's a way to monetize that.

If you think that's stupid, you're thinking she's playing a different game. Her card is punched.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

She'll hook up with Steven Mnuchin's cousin

I'll have you know that John Oliver is happily married!

President Pete Buttigieg

Sweet merciful FSM, no!

[–] watson@lemmy.world 12 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Ugh, it’s all so disgustingly incestuous…

[–] UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)
[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

Maybe she gets a slot on Bari Weiss's 60 Minutes and a credit on the next Mission Impossible film

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

You are assuming that all those people survive the Revolution. They won't.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world -1 points 3 hours ago

When the revolution comes, I'll change my views to fall in line with the party line established by the Glorious People's Republic of JoeRoganStan.

[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

His kind of stupid.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 2 points 4 hours ago

The others were real lawyers, and didn't want to risk their law licenses. But she's not a real lawyer, with a mind-boggling case of Dunning-Kruger, so she was too stupid to know that most judges don't decide cases based on which side has a lawyer that might let them fuck her if they let her win, even though they know she won't.

[–] TheFogan@programming.dev 1 points 3 hours ago

Well I mean in this case, her lack of competency and credentials were a per-requisite. No one with skills in law would have even considered attempting these cases.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 0 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Okay, but in their defense, Lindsey Halligan is an absolute smoke-show. She's going to make a great replacement for Jeanine Pirro in another two years.