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Hilarious: Colbert on Trump's Asinine Tweets About the California Wildfires [VIDEO]

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wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam11/14/2018 5:46:54 pm PST

re: #278 Belafon

I don’t believe Avenatti has any political future, but I’m hoping his arrest (and it looks like he was) was a stunt and that he’s not an abuser.

It’s a tactic of authoritarian regimes — disgrace a political opponent or dissident in the public eye with trumped charges to remove their influence. In China the government commonly charges dissidents with tax evasion or the more sinister “disturbing social harmony.” Xi Jinping has added corruption to the list of charges, as his arm of the Party only goes after officials not in his arm of the Party.