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orangecrush

(28,744 posts)
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 10:39 AM Dec 26

"YOU ARE A CHARLATAN" - Tina Peters sentencing.

"no respect for checks and balances"

This is what I dearly hope to see the rest of Trump's cabal get when just desserts are served.

This is why Trump is trying so hard to get her cut lose.

No one in their right mind wants to do nine years for the felon.


This Judge is incredible.

If Supreme Court justices had the integrity this guy has in his pinky finger, this country would be in much better shape.


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"YOU ARE A CHARLATAN" - Tina Peters sentencing. (Original Post) orangecrush Dec 26 OP
Colorado should do drmeow Dec 26 #1
If anyone has given up hope for justice orangecrush Dec 26 #2
Unfiltered sanity. Honesty. Straight talk. dgauss Dec 26 #29
Well, this person was just a cog in the sedition machine. OldBaldy1701E Dec 26 #45
She is an example orangecrush Dec 26 #46
Okay. OldBaldy1701E Dec 27 #58
It worked for her orangecrush Dec 27 #59
Yes, a cog. How else will this happen? dgauss Dec 26 #49
Taking apart the machine piece by piece is taking too long and causing suffering and worse to our citizens. OldBaldy1701E Dec 27 #57
Make it so they can't operate orangecrush Dec 27 #60
"Destroying the machine"? How do you propose to.... reACTIONary Dec 27 #62
I am old and not the sharpest crayon on the box. orangecrush Dec 27 #63
Good analysis! reACTIONary Dec 27 #65
Thanks orangecrush Dec 27 #66
Simple. OldBaldy1701E Dec 28 #68
That was entirely riveting Easterncedar Dec 26 #3
He was incredible orangecrush Dec 26 #6
Indeed!! sagetea Dec 26 #19
That judge, who is a republican by the way, MarineCombatEngineer Dec 26 #4
The reason Trump is trying to interfere orangecrush Dec 26 #5
The trial was also held in Mesa County, which is a very red county, MarineCombatEngineer Dec 26 #11
Indefensible orangecrush Dec 26 #12
What must follow is STATE level prosecutions against ICE agents Bluetus Dec 26 #34
Interesting orangecrush Dec 26 #35
Excellent! brakester Dec 26 #40
I'm against capital punishment. markodochartaigh Dec 26 #30
This is an example of when the rule of law works well. erronis Dec 26 #7
"A CHARLATAN" orangecrush Dec 26 #8
I know people like Tina. They're holy warriors and always cruel. Cruelty seems to be common with these Maga "Christians" Mr. Mustard 2023 Dec 26 #9
Thus be it ever. orangecrush Dec 26 #10
Whenever we jail and fine Minions and Lackeys Seinan Sensei Dec 26 #13
That's how you dismantle an autocrat orangecrush Dec 26 #15
Mango Cank? MarineCombatEngineer Dec 26 #17
"Mango Cank" is perfect! Thank you! nt :) Ilsa Dec 26 #26
"Mango Cank"! calimary Dec 26 #54
His hair IS getting weirder still! electric_blue68 Dec 28 #70
Watched the whole 23 minutes. flvegan Dec 26 #14
Take heart orangecrush Dec 26 #23
Chock one up for justice democrank Dec 26 #16
Inject. This. Into. My. Veins. hatrack Dec 26 #18
Hope he has security or is armed durablend Dec 26 #20
The video is from a year ago. Blue_Adept Dec 26 #21
And it aged like fine wine orangecrush Dec 26 #25
but might fair better with that kind of tag or explanation? Context? stopdiggin Dec 26 #31
I tried orangecrush Dec 26 #36
which (in itself) provided a timeline? Try a little harder maybe? stopdiggin Dec 26 #39
I will next time orangecrush Dec 26 #43
They already did, MarineCombatEngineer Dec 26 #22
There is actually a revolver orangecrush Dec 26 #24
Wow BeneteauBum Dec 26 #27
K&R UTUSN Dec 26 #28
So worth the watch! Hope22 Dec 26 #32
It cheered me up orangecrush Dec 26 #37
EPIC HAB911 Dec 26 #33
Came down on her orangecrush Dec 26 #38
Thank you Judge! liberalla Dec 26 #41
... orangecrush Dec 26 #42
What a truly amazing judge UpInArms Dec 26 #44
My man did not come to play Ruby the Liberal Dec 26 #47
I didn't know she had also KICKED a law enforcement officer. What a piece of shit she is. SunSeeker Dec 26 #48
I vaguely remember when that happened. soldierant Dec 28 #72
Destroyed RetiredParatrooper Dec 26 #50
Let the Trumpy bitch rot in hell infullview Dec 26 #51
Her lawyer and MAGAT podcast supporter orangecrush Dec 26 #52
At that she is lucky soldierant Dec 26 #53
I read she had already gone to the "hole" orangecrush Dec 27 #56
I'm sure that's correct. soldierant Dec 27 #67
It may have been orangecrush Dec 28 #69
Yes, I heard that too. soldierant Dec 28 #71
Before her arrest nwduke Dec 26 #55
"Don't do the CRIME". Have you got it yet lady? oasis Dec 27 #61
Beautifully eloquent orangecrush Dec 27 #64

drmeow

(5,946 posts)
1. Colorado should do
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 10:58 AM
Dec 26

a "reverse Ghilaine Maxwell" and move Peters to a higher security prison while she demands that they violate the constitution.

dgauss

(1,490 posts)
29. Unfiltered sanity. Honesty. Straight talk.
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 12:53 PM
Dec 26

However that would be described, what a great F****** good thing to hear.

OldBaldy1701E

(10,348 posts)
45. Well, this person was just a cog in the sedition machine.
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 03:40 PM
Dec 26

It is easy for the judge to go after her. It is easy for everyone to go after her.

Wake me when it is Miller, or Voight, or Hegseth, or the orange gibbon standing there.

Then, I might start thinking about justice again.

orangecrush

(28,744 posts)
46. She is an example
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 03:52 PM
Dec 26

That shows MAGAT operatives they will NOT tamper with eiections with impunity.

dgauss

(1,490 posts)
49. Yes, a cog. How else will this happen?
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 08:22 PM
Dec 26

Wake up and the monsters are gone?

This, as long ago as it was, is how it will happen.

OldBaldy1701E

(10,348 posts)
57. Taking apart the machine piece by piece is taking too long and causing suffering and worse to our citizens.
Sat Dec 27, 2025, 09:03 AM
Dec 27

Destroying the machine is what needs to be done. Not slowly taking a piece here and there while it continues to damage our citizens.

That is going to create more suffering that does not have to happen, except for those who do not want things to change too much because of their own involvement with the underlying reasons for all of this, as well as their socioeconomic position which will allow them to hang on in this situation longer than most of us can.

Do the 'elite' in this country really expect the rest of us to just sit and suffer while they wait till this affects their own bottom line?

Why should the poor do that?

orangecrush

(28,744 posts)
63. I am old and not the sharpest crayon on the box.
Sat Dec 27, 2025, 10:38 AM
Dec 27


However -



Billionaire oligarchs are for all practical purposes untouchable.

Not so their lackeys.

Legally going after the foot soldiers is effective.

It discourages others from committing illegal acts for their masters, knowing they will face consequences that can't be cancelled by the masters, in this case a state conviction that Trump can't pardon legally.

This is why he is putting on a show of trying to release Peters, even though he can do nothing

OldBaldy1701E

(10,348 posts)
68. Simple.
Sun Dec 28, 2025, 09:15 AM
Dec 28

Stop supporting the machine. Stop giving it the recourses it has to have to keep on running.

NO machine will work without some sort of power to make it run. Remove that power and the machine is useless.

Stop giving the machine what it needs to run. Stop with the money. Stop with the manpower. Just stop supporting them in any way.

(One of my favorite things to read around here is how people with large tracts of land just cannot comprehend that they need to start growing their own food so that they can stop supporting those corporations that run stores that constantly gouge people because they have convinced us that we cannot sustain ourselves. We most certainly can. We may have been programmed to not believe this, but all we have to do is start doing it.)

We don't have to play their games. We have just been too programmed to believe otherwise.

Time to break the chain, so to speak.

MarineCombatEngineer

(17,791 posts)
4. That judge, who is a republican by the way,
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 11:38 AM
Dec 26

didn't hold back his contempt for her and her lies and defiance.

My only regret is that she didn't receive more prison time but I'll take it and Flim Flam Man/Ed Martin can get fucked for trying to coerce CO. with threats if she's not released or transferred to Fed. custody, which would be a get out of jail free card.

orangecrush

(28,744 posts)
5. The reason Trump is trying to interfere
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 11:42 AM
Dec 26

Is because he wants his agents to believe he can pardon them when they try to tamper with future election results.

It's obviously not because he gives a flying fuck about her personally.

Which is why it's so important to keep her in prison.

It sends a message to these traitors.

A Republican judge?

That's even more incredible, considering he blasted her and compared her to the less fortunate defendants who appeared before him, for whom he expressed genuine compassion.



MarineCombatEngineer

(17,791 posts)
11. The trial was also held in Mesa County, which is a very red county,
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 11:58 AM
Dec 26

so probably most of the jurors were republicans, and the majority of Election Clerks who condemned Tina Peters were repubs. also, so that should tell you just how bad her crimes were.

Bluetus

(2,348 posts)
34. What must follow is STATE level prosecutions against ICE agents
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 01:48 PM
Dec 26

Those people need to see that they can end up in a state prison if they break any laws.

So far, we have seen very little on this. There is a big struggle in Pennsylvania where Republicans are trying to pass legislation making ICE agents untouchable. But Dems are trying to pass legislation prohibiting masks and requiring identification.

markodochartaigh

(5,093 posts)
30. I'm against capital punishment.
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 12:55 PM
Dec 26

However, in my opinion, trying to subvert an election is tantamount to overthrowing the government and should be prosecuted and punished the same. I should think life in prison.

Mr. Mustard 2023

(350 posts)
9. I know people like Tina. They're holy warriors and always cruel. Cruelty seems to be common with these Maga "Christians"
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 11:50 AM
Dec 26

Thoughts and prayers Tina. Honest, I wouldn't lie to you Ms. Tina Peters. Nah.

Seinan Sensei

(1,388 posts)
13. Whenever we jail and fine Minions and Lackeys
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 12:02 PM
Dec 26

It short-circuits Mango Cank’s power & wherewithal

calimary

(89,173 posts)
54. "Mango Cank"!
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 09:57 PM
Dec 26

I THINK I know who we’re talking about, here…

Is he the one who always looks like he has a big “blond” carefully-barbered fibrous haystack on his head?

stopdiggin

(15,076 posts)
31. but might fair better with that kind of tag or explanation? Context?
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 01:16 PM
Dec 26

(for those that were not aware?)

You did have words to say about the clip. Why not include .. ?

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orangecrush

(28,744 posts)
36. I tried
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 02:12 PM
Dec 26

To explain this was a sentencing proceeding for a MAGAT who tried to tamper with voting machines.

stopdiggin

(15,076 posts)
39. which (in itself) provided a timeline? Try a little harder maybe?
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 02:23 PM
Dec 26

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MarineCombatEngineer

(17,791 posts)
22. They already did,
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 12:38 PM
Dec 26

but this was about a year ago and, as is usually the case, the threats are hollow from a bunch of hollow RW lunatics.

Ruby the Liberal

(26,612 posts)
47. My man did not come to play
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 04:11 PM
Dec 26

That was a great clip.

It will never cease to amaze me that so many people are willing to destroy their lives just to curry fleeting favor with a grifter con artist.

SunSeeker

(57,672 posts)
48. I didn't know she had also KICKED a law enforcement officer. What a piece of shit she is.
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 06:27 PM
Dec 26

She's lucky she only got 9 years. Her lies have damaged our democracy and violated her oath of office. She has zero remorse. She is an ongoing threat to our democracy with her continued spewing of lies online about our election system. I'm so glad she is locked up now!

soldierant

(9,292 posts)
72. I vaguely remember when that happened.
Sun Dec 28, 2025, 07:23 PM
Dec 28

IIRC, they were trying to serve a warrant and she was in a bar. and resisted for real. I don't do newspapers, but Colorado Public Radio's email newsletter had a photo or two.

Before I moved in Colorado Springs, I lived for about a decade and a half in Alamosa Bounty in Central southern Colorado. Our county Clerk for most of that time was a Republican who took her oath seriously and was really nice. Sigh. Those were the days.

soldierant

(9,292 posts)
53. At that she is lucky
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 09:03 PM
Dec 26

in that Colorado has one of the best prison systems in the nation. She will not be served food with maggots in it, as she might be in parts of the South. She won't like the uniforms, but she'll get them laundered regularly. If there's anyone who wants to visit her (which considering her attitude seems unlikely, but certainly possible), that visitor or visitors will have to fill out a form and have their background checked, but the process will be fair and likely fast, and if approved and they come to visit, they will be treated with grace.

However, they will not put up with being disrespected. Hopefully, that will impact her defiant attitude. I suspect that, if it doesn't, nothing will.

orangecrush

(28,744 posts)
56. I read she had already gone to the "hole"
Sat Dec 27, 2025, 08:09 AM
Dec 27

Solitary confinement.

I gather you have to try really hard to get that in a low security women's prison.

soldierant

(9,292 posts)
67. I'm sure that's correct.
Sat Dec 27, 2025, 11:52 PM
Dec 27

Some years ago, after the head of our DOC had been shot by a former inmate, his replacement (whom a lot of people had been worried about since the murdered guy had been so good) spent 24 hours in solitary himself so he would know what it was like - and use it appropriately. So I don't doubt one would have to work to get into it here.

orangecrush

(28,744 posts)
69. It may have been
Sun Dec 28, 2025, 03:17 PM
Dec 28

Because they received threats from nuts that said they were going to break her out by force.

That actually happened.

soldierant

(9,292 posts)
71. Yes, I heard that too.
Sun Dec 28, 2025, 07:13 PM
Dec 28

Most likely pardoned JAn6-ers. So Trumpian.I wouldn't put it past him to senf the FBI for that.

nwduke

(487 posts)
55. Before her arrest
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 11:13 PM
Dec 26

she was on camera acting as privileged obnoxious “you can’t touch me” crook! Now, trump the felon “can’t touch her”! 😂Throw away the key!

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