Donald Trump‘s inner circle doesn’t expect the Supreme Court to go along with his extreme arguments about executive power in the immunity case before the justices. But what the high court does now is almost beside the point: Trump already won.

Three people with direct knowledge of the matter tell Rolling Stone that many of the former president’s lawyers and political advisers have already accepted that the justices will likely rule against him, and reject his claims to expansive presidential immunity in perpetuity. Bringing the case before the court — after a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., shut down their arguments on executive power — was a delaying tactic designed to push Trump’s criminal election subversion trial past Election Day this fall. The strategy paid off so much more than MAGAworld anticipated.

“We already pulled off the heist,” says a source close to Trump, noting it doesn’t matter to them what the Supreme Court decides now.

  • @Gradually_Adjusting
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    527 months ago

    If there’s any point at which leftists start seriously popping off, it’s either soon or never

    • @[email protected]
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      467 months ago

      I mean, if Trump tries to become dictator I’ll die defending democracy and I’ll take a lot of traitors with me if I can.

    • @Eheran
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      107 months ago

      What does “popping off” mean?

        • @Eheran
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          17 months ago

          How does playing Minecraft help? I really fail to understand you, sorry.

      • Neato
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        137 months ago

        They’re advocating for violence but specifically not endorsing it because they aren’t going to do shit.

        • VaultBoyNewVegas
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          Same with the people who are quick to jump in and say that they’ll take traitors out. If you’ve a family or kids there’s no way you’re fucking risking your life and leaving your family to mourn by playing wannabe freedom fighter. And those that don’t have a family and live in a basement would be too much of a pussy to actually go face to face with a mob or a military or a pseudo military like the cops.

      • @[email protected]
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        37 months ago

        You could check Urban Dictionary online, but as I understand it, pop off usually means to say or do something to great effect (such as effectively speaking truth to power). Doesn’t have to only be about speech or putting someone in their place, but it often is.

    • @Cryophilia
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      47 months ago

      All those fucking “we need to burn the whole system down instead of voting” bastards being REAL QUIET right now

    • @TropicalDingdong
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      If there’s any point at which leftists start seriously popping off, it’s either soon or never

      Ftfy.

      • @gAlienLifeform
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        167 months ago

        If they even think for a second about trying to organize any kind of violent crime they’ll have FBI informants and surveillance all over their lives faster than they can say January 6th

        • @TropicalDingdong
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          297 months ago

          FBI has been working to disrupt leftist organizing since the 50’s and earlier. If they had been putting that amount of effort into RW projects, there would be none.

          Also, to whatever extent, FBI doesn’t need to disrupt leftists. They do that perfectly fine on their own.

          • @ChicoSuave
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            27 months ago

            Leftists need consensus to start moving, which takes way too long to get going, but once they do move the momentum is unstoppable.