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Poor Saps! Bannon takes losers for big bucks!

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Feds Indict Steve Bannon for Finessing Racists, and I Don’t Know How to Feel
Michael Harriot broaches the obvious at The Root:

If a white nationalist robs a racist in the woods, can you hear me not giving a fuck?
Should we applaud the fact that the bigoted propagandist who gave us Breitbart, Milo Yiannopoulos and Donald Trump has been indicted for fraud? Or should we be happy that a bunch of xenophobic nitwits had their disposable income stolen? If ever there was a perplexing philosophical quandary, it is this.

Chronic greyscale disease sufferer Steve Bannon, the chief architect in charge of making America great again, has been indicted for defrauding a clusterfuck of Caucasians out of their border wall savings, according to federal prosecutors from the U.S. Justice Department’s Southern District of New York.

Particulars?

According to an indictment unsealed on Wednesday, the SDNY Corruption Unit charged Bannon, along with co-conspirators Brian Kolfage, Andrew Badolato and Timothy Shea, with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering. In a statement, SDNY’s Acting U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss alleges that Bannon created a sham non-profit organization and shell companies that funneled over $1 million in donations from “We Build the Wall”—an online crowdfunding campaign that raised over $25 million to erect a privately funded version of Donald Trump’s border wall.

Those poor people!

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  • (Score: 4, Interesting) by DeathMonkey on Friday August 21 2020, @09:18PM (3 children)

    by DeathMonkey (1380) on Friday August 21 2020, @09:18PM (#1040110) Journal

    Hey Runaway, I'm in the market for a Golden Gate Bridge, you got any leads for me?

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  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Saturday August 22 2020, @02:43AM (1 child)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Saturday August 22 2020, @02:43AM (#1040247) Homepage Journal

    Actually, yes, I do. Drop your drawers, close your eyes, and hold out one hand, while wishing for the deed for the bridge to appear in that hand. Place your other hand below your anus. Wait, patiently, and see which hand fills up first. You may take the results of this little exercise as an omen from God.

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    Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.

    • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 22 2020, @03:48AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 22 2020, @03:48AM (#1040271)

      That's how they got you, eh? Thanks for the tip, I will keep an eye out from that from non-indicted yet Republican con artists.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 22 2020, @02:21PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 22 2020, @02:21PM (#1040376)

    Vote Democrat [sfgate.com] and when everyone leaves SF, you'll pick up the bridge for pennies on the dollar.