# A Perfectly Reasonable Amount of Schadenfreude about Things Happening to Trump & His Enablers (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [May 19, 2023, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250 "2023-05-19T03:20:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 473
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2024, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9442 "2024-11-13T17:44:47Z")
Here’s a non youtube link [Supreme Court refuses legal lifesaver for former Trump chief of staff : NPR](https://www.npr.org/2024/11/12/g-s1-28916/supreme-court-mark-meadows-new-york-rent-control) I’m confused by one point however. The article says this: > Were Meadows to have been tried in federal court, the charges against him almost certainly would have been dismissed by the Trump Justice Department. I would have thought that the same prosecutors would be involved, and the DOJ would have no role. It’s still a Georgia prosecution. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2024, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9443 "2024-11-13T18:44:16Z")
Thune won the race for Majority Leader and maga is less than pleased. > **['Horrible day!' MAGA fans feel 'backstabbed' by 'anti-Trump' Senate majority...](https://www.rawstory.com/john-thune-trump-maga/)** > > Senate Republicans chose a new majority leader to replace Mitch McConnell, and Donald Trump's MAGA fans are furious.Sen. John Thune (R-SD) won a closed-door vote Wednesday in a three-way election against Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) and Sen. Rick Scott... I don’t think Trump’s gonna get his recess appointments. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2024, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9444 "2024-11-13T19:25:00Z")
And Thune just killed Trump’s legislative agenda. > **[Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social)](https://bsky.app/profile/acyn.bsky.social/post/3latzgeocbi2z)** > > Reporter: Will the legislative filibuster remain unchanged under your tenure? > > Thune: Yes. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9445 "2024-11-14T01:20:31Z")
Trump thinks he’s so popular everywhere. [Let’s hear some commentary from the floor of the Scottish Parliament to see how accurate that is.](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CkhEBdLnV4Y) (The link goes to a YouTube Short.) ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9446 "2024-11-14T01:34:18Z")
On last week’s BBC Question Time the panel member from the Conservative Party attempted to claim that Donald Trump was admired as a successful businessman admired in the UK because he had a golf resort in Scotland. The audience actually gasped and laughed at the audacity of that. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9447 "2024-11-14T03:04:09Z")
Giuliani’s lawyers are asking the court for permission to quit because he’s an idiot who won’t listen to them. > **[gov.uscourts.nysd.626017.110.0.pdf](https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.626017/gov.uscourts.nysd.626017.110.0.pdf)** > > 69.71 KB ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9448 "2024-11-14T07:30:51Z")
And likely can’t pay them, although that’s not a cited reason. But if they didn’t know what kind of client Rudy was when they signed on, they really haven’t been paying attention for the last several years. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9449 "2024-11-14T14:35:02Z")
This is literally a headline the Onion would write. I wish they could use the site for something more substantive, but you go with what you know, I guess. Ms at least the Sandy Hook families know that they killed this particular troll. > **[The Onion wins Alex Jones' Infowars in bankruptcy auction](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/onion-wins-alex-jones-infowars-bankruptcy-auction-rcna179936)** > > The satirical newspaper plans to shutter Jones’ InfoWars and rebuild the website featuring well-known internet humor writers and content creators, according to a person with knowledge of the sale. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9450 "2024-11-14T14:38:54Z")
> [@](#): > > “I just got word 15 minutes ago that my lawyers and folks met with the U.S. trustee over our bankruptcy this morning and they said they are shutting us down even without a court order this morning,” Jones said. Presumably they don’t need a court order because Jones no longer owns the business. Also: this has cheered me up immensely. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9451 "2024-11-14T14:59:11Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > This is literally a headline the Onion would write. It also proves that we are indeed living in interesting times. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9452 "2024-11-14T17:09:06Z")
[Dearborn Residents Show Remorse After Trump Win: ‘He’s Playing Us’](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/dearborn-residents-show-remorse-after-trump-win-he-s-playing-us/ar-AA1u1vrN) > In the wake of Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 election, residents of Dearborn, Michigan, are voicing their regret and frustration, with many expressing feelings of being misled. > > Dearborn is home to one of the largest concentrations of Arab Americans in the nation, with nearly half of its 110,000 residents being of Arab descent. The city has traditionally been a Democratic stronghold, but this year that all changed. They aren’t Trump supporters, but they are certainly enablers. They wanted to punish Democrats for not doing enough/anything for Gaza, so they voted for Trump (47% of the total vote) and Stein (22% of the total vote), to Harris’s 22% of the total vote. > “It’s clear as day that he’s playing us,” Alawieh added of Trump. “I think he’s going to target us. That’s what he’s going to do. He’s going to target our families, and it’s going to hurt. So, I think we’re about to find out.” Gee, ya _think?_ Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9453 "2024-11-14T17:23:41Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > > “It’s clear as day that he’s playing us,” Alawieh added of Trump. “I think he’s going to target us. That’s what he’s going to do. He’s going to target our families, and it’s going to hurt. So, I think we’re about to find out.” > > Gee, ya _think?_ Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. This ought to go in the Stupid MFers Pit thread, too. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9454 "2024-11-14T17:29:40Z")
**Typo in my previous post.** Harris received 28% of the vote, not 22%. > [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > This ought to go in the Stupid MFers Pit thread, too. _And_ the Surprises coming for voters for the Leopards-Eating-Faces Party thread; only that it doesn’t sound like they voted for Trump, but against Harris. I’m pretty sure that none of the 22% of voters who voted for Stein would ever consider voting for Trump. So 22% plus 28% = 50%. Harris would have won. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9455 "2024-11-14T17:45:50Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Dearborn Residents Show Remorse After Trump Win: ‘He’s Playing Us’ …and I’m starting to suspect that the guy I gave my bank information to isn’t a real Nigerian Prince! ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9456 "2024-11-14T18:51:23Z")
Concerning the acquisition of Infowars by The Onion, The Guardian reports: > The purchase includes the acquisition of Jones’s company’s intellectual property, such as its website, customer lists, inventory and certain social media accounts, and the production equipment, according to [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/14/business/onion-alex-jones-infowars-auction/index.html). The amount of the bid has not been disclosed. As I wrote in the _[Sandy Hook famlies sue Alex Jones for diffamation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-fucking-time-the-sandy-hook-families-are-suing-alex-jones-for-defamation/812612/176)_ thread: The Onion has a list with Alex Jones’ customers and it is legal. Imagine the possibilities. The glee is strong in me today. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9457 "2024-11-14T19:16:12Z")
What does it mean to be a customer of Alex Jones? I thought he was a podcaster? ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9458 "2024-11-14T19:17:55Z")
[They](https://theonion.com/heres-why-i-decided-to-buy-infowars/) are also being snarky about it. > No price would be too high for such a cornucopia of malleable assets and minds. And yet, in a stroke of good fortune, a formidable special interest group has outwitted the hapless owner of InfoWars (a forgettable man with an already-forgotten name) and forced him to sell it at a steep bargain: less than one trillion dollars. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9459 "2024-11-14T19:20:11Z")
I guess it means they bought things from his website, like supplements to grow hair or whatever, vitamins with vaccine atenuating properties, the things Mr. Jones sells to his dupes. That list is worth its bits in gold: gulliblest clients you’ll ever find! ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9460 "2024-11-14T19:36:37Z")
I’m pretty sure he also has premium subscribers, like every other podcast thingy, just a lot more of them than average. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9461 "2024-11-14T19:41:24Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > I’m pretty sure he also has premium subscribers, like every other podcast thingy Yes, but will anybody of them stay around after the Onion has taken over? Or will the Onion be so clever that they don’t notice the change? I wouldn’t rule that out, because they’re idiots and easily played. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250.md?page=472) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250.md?page=474)