# A Perfectly Reasonable Amount of Schadenfreude about Things Happening to Trump & His Enablers (Part 3)

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Tags:** trump\
**Created:** [January 20, 2025, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175 "2025-01-20T19:23:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2025, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/1521 "2025-08-09T14:05:12Z")

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Update: yup, the Trump Burger guy is definitely getting deported.

[Trump Burger owner in Texas faces deportation after Ice arrest | US immigration | The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/09/trump-burger-ice-arrest?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu)

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**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2025, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/1522 "2025-08-09T15:17:40Z")

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That is but an aggregation of the article cited upthread. No new news at all, his hearing is still scheduled for November.

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**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2025, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/1523 "2025-08-09T15:45:30Z")

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Oh, sorry. I’ll revel quietly then.

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**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2025, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/1524 "2025-08-09T16:39:47Z")

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It looks like Sydney Sweeney finally got a clap back for her ‘jeans’ commercial…

[MY JEANS ARE YELLOW. Sydney Sweeney’s American Eagle Ad, but ASIAN.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqdYic4maIw)

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**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:** [August 10, 2025, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/1525 "2025-08-10T06:03:11Z")

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> [@Maserschmidt](#):
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> Oh, sorry. I’ll revel quietly then.

Better yet, you can check out _[Buzzfeed](https://www.buzzfeed.com/michaelabramwell/trump-themed-restaurant-owner-faces-deportation)_[’s take on the situation.](https://www.buzzfeed.com/michaelabramwell/trump-themed-restaurant-owner-faces-deportation) That’s some comedy platinum (since gold’s been tariffed out of coming to America).

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**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2025, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/1526 "2025-08-10T22:48:14Z")

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[![](https://images.spot.im/image/upload/q_70,fl_lossy,dpr_3,h_100,w_92,c_scale/v200/c0366aad-d219-4b28-a62e-1f57e140f0e7) ](https://images.spot.im/image/upload/q_70,fl_lossy,dpr_3,h_100,w_92,c_scale/v200/c0366aad-d219-4b28-a62e-1f57e140f0e7)

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**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2025, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/1527 "2025-08-11T01:03:09Z")

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Welcome back, Judge Tanya Chutkan.

[A lawsuit seeking a trove of government documents related to Jeffrey Epstein just got passed to the federal judge who made Donald Trump’s life a living hell.](https://newrepublic.com/post/198937/judge-chutkan-trump-hates-epstein-files-case)

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**Author:** ![LoneRhino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lonerhino/32/1311_2.png) [@LoneRhino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LoneRhino)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2025, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/1528 "2025-08-11T21:03:16Z")

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Judge Tanya Chutkan did not make Trump’s life a living hell. Trump did that on his own.

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**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2025, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/1529 "2025-08-11T21:30:07Z")

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You cannot really blame him for that, though. It is the only way he knows.

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**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2025, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/1530 "2025-08-14T02:36:45Z")

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I posted in the relevant non-Pit thread, so just linking to that post, but the liquidation of Alex Jones is back on!

> [@About fucking time. The Sandy Hook families are suing Alex Jones for defamation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-fucking-time-the-sandy-hook-families-are-suing-alex-jones-for-defamation/812612/184):
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> Bumping with relevant news: Judge Maya Guerra Gamble said in a Wednesday hearing that Infowars’ parent company, Free Speech Systems, will be turned over to a court-appointed receiver, who will be responsible for selling the assets and using the proceeds to pay Jones’ debts to the Sandy Hook families. The order paves the way for The Onion to revive its bid for the conspiracy-driven outlet and its assets.

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**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2025, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/1531 "2025-08-14T17:08:35Z")

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> **[Found a stunning portrait of Stephen Miller](https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/08/14/found-a-stunning-portrait-of-stephen-miller/)**
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> The resemblance is uncanny.

This post makes me feel all warm and schadenfreudy.

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**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2025, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/1532 "2025-08-14T18:30:42Z")

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> [@ParallelLines](#):
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> but the liquidation of Alex Jones is back on!

No schadenfreude is more delicious than Alex Jones schadenfreude! NOM NOM NOM

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**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2025, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/1533 "2025-08-14T20:16:55Z")

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Nah, the one on the right is more attractive, and approachable.

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**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:** [August 14, 2025, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/1534 "2025-08-14T21:04:42Z")

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I always think he reminds me visually most of Goebbels. In fact I’ve thought of opening a Pit\* thread asking for the best Trumpworld/Third Reich doppelgangers.

\*Not really suitable for MPSIMS or Politics and Elections. Maybe IMHO?

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**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2025, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/1535 "2025-08-14T23:58:33Z")

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I think his face was created by Mœbius or Jodorowski or Bilal, or some unholy combination of those three.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2025, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/1536 "2025-08-18T16:10:08Z")

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Heheheheh.

> **[Newsmax pays $67 million to settle Dominion lawsuit over network’s 2020...](https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/18/media/newsmax-dominion-settle-2020-election-defamation-lawsuit)**
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> Egregious lies about the 2020 presidential election are going to cost Newsmax millions.

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**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2025, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/1537 "2025-08-19T00:44:16Z")

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Newsmax OWES $67 million.

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**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:** [August 19, 2025, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/1538 "2025-08-19T01:05:45Z")

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> [@dougrb](#):
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> Newsmax OWES $67 million .

True. But plaintiffs typically insist on some sort of guarantee for future payments on a settlement. I don’t think they’d agree to pay and then not pay. Courts don’t like that.

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**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2025, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/1539 "2025-08-19T01:38:41Z")

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The Felon will most likely issue an EO “vacating” all judgements related to the “stolen election”. Not that it would carry any force.

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**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2025, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-3/1013175/1540 "2025-08-19T03:56:44Z")

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This is an out-of-court settlement, not a judgement.

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