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It’s Finally ‘Official’: Trump Will Wear the Scarlet ‘F’ on his Forehead on Inauguration Day

The lesson is that rich white men do not go to jail.

Herbert Dyer, Jr.
The Polis
4 min readJan 15, 2025

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…[A]ccording to the Institute for Policy Studies, Elon Musk went from being worth $25 billion in 2020 to $428 billion a few weeks ago.

During that same time, Jeff Bezos (who apparently just censored a Washington Post comic showing him bowing down and handing a bag of money to Trump) reportedly went from $113 billion to $235 billion.

[S]imilarly, three heirs to the Walmart fortune reportedly went, during the same period, from $161 billion to $317 billion.

We see a similar phenomenon with members of Congress using inside information to trade stocks, something that would land you or me in jail.

— Thom Hartmann, The scarlet F is coming for Trump — and there’s nothing he can do about it

Trump has finally been tried, convicted, and “sentenced” for at least something; and the Justice Department’s “Report” detailing at least some of his crimes, has been made public.

This means that when that “man” places his hand on the Bible next week, and swears to God that he will “faithfully” support, protect, execute, and defend the Constitution of the United States, he…

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Herbert Dyer, Jr.
Herbert Dyer, Jr.

Written by Herbert Dyer, Jr.

Freelancer since the earth first began cooling. My beat, justice: racial, social, political, economic and cultural. I’m on FB, Twitter, Link, hdyerjr@gmail.com.

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