A jury found Donald Trump liable for sexual assault and defamation. His response is to weaponize the Justice Department against the woman he wronged — and against those who helped her seek justice.
He was prosecuted as a private citizen, found liable as a private citizen, and it was upheld while a private citizen…using the power of the federal government to go after his victim his morally reprehensible. Congress needs to impeach him already. He is the only President who has weaponized the DOJ (at least since Hoover was Director)
You are principled. Know that you give hope to many principled people who are working hard to make the world a better place to live for all. You the man!
What I would be interested in learning from you is your best hypothesis on why other enormously powerful men with billions in their coffers, like you, do bend the knee. Is greater power and wealth just that seductive, that even at the very top, these men have to compete and one up another?
What makes people like you stand for the weak and the powerless, but others like you chase for ever more power? Who hurt them?
A heartening post. It stiffens the backbone. Puts a gust of wind into the sails. Makes a person stand a little taller and prouder.
It takes us one step up out of the pit of degradation Trump has driven America down into. Donald Trump is a monstrous psychopath who has ripped away our common bonds of belief in truth, justice, moral action and the dignity of human beings.
Thanks to Reid Hoffman for standing up for victims and people of character who are bravely doing the right thing in the face of Trump's Mafia-style .... or possibly literally Mafia ... political persecution. Why is he the only one supporting truth, justice, human dignity and the literally weaker sex?
I dread hearing that E. Jean Carroll has been murdered by someone inspired by Trump, if not literally paid or controlled by him or his allies. That happened to MN state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband; they were murdered at home. The suspect had a list in his car of dozens of targets who were Democratic politicians, abortion providers or pro-choice activists. He also tried to kill MN state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, who survived his many gunshots. The suspect was certainly motivated by Trump's public calls for violence and retribution against MAGA perps. Was he even paid by Trump or Trump's people?
The USA has never been free from moral stain, but we've never been so abjectly villianous. Have we ever before had huge numbers of American citizens clamoring for immiserating and grinding to death the working poor, elderly and disabled? For putting brown and black families and children into filthy cages, starving them, withholding lifesaving medical care, and deporting them to unknown nations -- when they were going through our nation's lawful immigration process? For robbing women of the vote, of the right to an abortion, for literally condemning dozens of pregnant women in medical crisis to death for fear of seeming pro-choice? For ravaging and devastating the planet's lands, seas, skies, animals, and natural beauty?
Have so many Americans ever been so thoroughly evil?
The USA has saved the world before. We have fought evil authoritarian, fascist governments just like Trump's and we have beaten them, stopped their awful plans and subdued them for generations. By winning World War II, we saved all the world's peoples from falling under the iron rule of fascists and sadistic nihilists. We forced an international rule of law. Not a perfect one but still one that works more of the time than not.
But Trump and the generations-old cabal of billionaires and fascists that produced his reign have shredded and buried this proud record deep. Trump has made America into the literal monster threatening not only the happiness, prosperity, dignity and freedom of the world's people, but the very existence of Planet Earth.
So bravo for Reid Huffman for fighting for the other side.
Much more importantly, bravo for E. Jean Carroll. She is our nation's biggest hero right now. She is smart, she is strong, she has a character as strong as steel. She seeks nothing for herself except to regain the good reputation that Trump tried to ruin with his lies -- and to seek deserved justice for the unspeakable crime of raping her.
Compare how you fight for democracy and freedom to how Jeff Bezos cowers, so that he can be worth $300 billion instead of $200 billion. Should enough Americans wake up and fight hard enough that democracy and freedom survive, history will judge both of you accordingly.
Reid, thank you for fighting the good fight!
I so admire you for standing up for the values that make this country great.
So far you might be the only one in the Valley / Tech to speak up. Thanks for this!
He was prosecuted as a private citizen, found liable as a private citizen, and it was upheld while a private citizen…using the power of the federal government to go after his victim his morally reprehensible. Congress needs to impeach him already. He is the only President who has weaponized the DOJ (at least since Hoover was Director)
You are principled. Know that you give hope to many principled people who are working hard to make the world a better place to live for all. You the man!
thank you for your bravery and holding the line to restore an independent judicial system
I still believe in America because of people like you Reid. Moral clarity.
Thank you for stepping up, though I would expect nothing less from you.
Woow Reid, this is amazing of you!!!
What I would be interested in learning from you is your best hypothesis on why other enormously powerful men with billions in their coffers, like you, do bend the knee. Is greater power and wealth just that seductive, that even at the very top, these men have to compete and one up another?
What makes people like you stand for the weak and the powerless, but others like you chase for ever more power? Who hurt them?
Stay in the fight for us all!
United we stand! Si se puede.
A heartening post. It stiffens the backbone. Puts a gust of wind into the sails. Makes a person stand a little taller and prouder.
It takes us one step up out of the pit of degradation Trump has driven America down into. Donald Trump is a monstrous psychopath who has ripped away our common bonds of belief in truth, justice, moral action and the dignity of human beings.
Thanks to Reid Hoffman for standing up for victims and people of character who are bravely doing the right thing in the face of Trump's Mafia-style .... or possibly literally Mafia ... political persecution. Why is he the only one supporting truth, justice, human dignity and the literally weaker sex?
I dread hearing that E. Jean Carroll has been murdered by someone inspired by Trump, if not literally paid or controlled by him or his allies. That happened to MN state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband; they were murdered at home. The suspect had a list in his car of dozens of targets who were Democratic politicians, abortion providers or pro-choice activists. He also tried to kill MN state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, who survived his many gunshots. The suspect was certainly motivated by Trump's public calls for violence and retribution against MAGA perps. Was he even paid by Trump or Trump's people?
The USA has never been free from moral stain, but we've never been so abjectly villianous. Have we ever before had huge numbers of American citizens clamoring for immiserating and grinding to death the working poor, elderly and disabled? For putting brown and black families and children into filthy cages, starving them, withholding lifesaving medical care, and deporting them to unknown nations -- when they were going through our nation's lawful immigration process? For robbing women of the vote, of the right to an abortion, for literally condemning dozens of pregnant women in medical crisis to death for fear of seeming pro-choice? For ravaging and devastating the planet's lands, seas, skies, animals, and natural beauty?
Have so many Americans ever been so thoroughly evil?
The USA has saved the world before. We have fought evil authoritarian, fascist governments just like Trump's and we have beaten them, stopped their awful plans and subdued them for generations. By winning World War II, we saved all the world's peoples from falling under the iron rule of fascists and sadistic nihilists. We forced an international rule of law. Not a perfect one but still one that works more of the time than not.
But Trump and the generations-old cabal of billionaires and fascists that produced his reign have shredded and buried this proud record deep. Trump has made America into the literal monster threatening not only the happiness, prosperity, dignity and freedom of the world's people, but the very existence of Planet Earth.
So bravo for Reid Huffman for fighting for the other side.
Much more importantly, bravo for E. Jean Carroll. She is our nation's biggest hero right now. She is smart, she is strong, she has a character as strong as steel. She seeks nothing for herself except to regain the good reputation that Trump tried to ruin with his lies -- and to seek deserved justice for the unspeakable crime of raping her.
May we all BE LIKE E. JEAN.
Thank you for your courage. It is critical that people with your platform stand up and speak out, and I applaud you for doing so.
Compare how you fight for democracy and freedom to how Jeff Bezos cowers, so that he can be worth $300 billion instead of $200 billion. Should enough Americans wake up and fight hard enough that democracy and freedom survive, history will judge both of you accordingly.
Well said. The judicial system and law enforcement agencies in the United States are a protection racket