A game of dominoes

[sabotabby]

 It's heartening to see a stream of thinkpieces about how this is it for Cheeto Benito this time, for realsies, it's all coming crashing down. I want to believe this is the case.

But I lived through four years of the Honourable Wifebeater here in Toronto, and I just have no more confidence left that there is anything too outlandish, treasonous, or debased for the American far-right.

I do want to see Kushner go down, though. Sounds like he's next. I have a particular hatred for Jews who pal around with neo-Nazis, what can I say?

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[sabotabby]

Has anyone gone down for money laundering lately? I feel like first there were the Panama Papers, and then the Paradise Papers, and two days later, all is forgotten.

The sheer audacity of all of it is what makes me cynical.

[smhwpf]

People do go down for money laundering, and I would guess there will be cases resulting from the Panama and Paradise papers. But such cases tend to be loooong and complex, and it wouldn't necessarily be people we'd heard of getting caught. Oh, wait, Mossack and Fonseca themselves have felt a hand on their shoulders. Hahaha. Ooh, and 6520 people were being investigated as of a year ago in connection with the Panama Papers.

Unfortunately, the aggressive tax avoidance that is one of the most egregious aspects is, as its apologists incessantly proclaim, entirely legal.