Althouse: "America is being sued for attempted karma."

October 25, 2025

"America is being sued for attempted karma."

30 comments:

Big Mike said...: I agree that Trump should be made whole for the cost of lawyers and for the aggravation he and his family were put through. And I don’t think that the lawfare he and they were put through is either karma, or funny.; 10/25/25, 5:59 AM
Danno said...: I agree Big Mike, but remember Maher is trying to keep his libtarded audience so he only occasionally speaks the truth.; 10/25/25, 6:02 AM
Humperdink said...: Maher says Trump is building a ballroom and then in the same breath implies it increases the $38 trillion debt. Even In attempted comedy, the Commies can’t tell the truth.; 10/25/25, 6:05 AM
rehajm said...: Any regret starting the whole lawfare mess? A bit late to start objecting….maybe the scumbag lawyers weren’t so clever after all…; 10/25/25, 6:28 AM
rehajm said...: These are the incentives to stop doing stupid stuff; 10/25/25, 6:29 AM
rehajm said...: …and I don’t get the karma joke. Must be another one if those things that doesn’t need to makes sense because it feels good to the deranged…; 10/25/25, 6:30 AM
john mosby said...: The thing about karma is it works both ways. Your actions have consequences, which can take the form of my actions, which have consequences in the form of your actions, etc. The wheel keeps turning round and round. CC, JSM; 10/25/25, 6:45 AM
Nancy said...: And the audience laughs and applauds every sentence. I guess the first one who stops laughing gets shot; 10/25/25, 7:06 AM
Humperdink said...: @Nancy. I often wonder about that. I see nothing humorous in the monologue, yet the audience responds as if they are trained seals. But think about it, the Commies respond the same way at the voting booth.; 10/25/25, 7:15 AM
Wince said...: Trump would have to collusively settle his own lawsuit against the federal government to approach the bad karma of Biden rewarding Struck and Page for their unlawful persecution of Trump by settling their lawsuits against the government.; 10/25/25, 7:27 AM
Eric the Fruit Bat said...: Folks, the flashing sign up there says: "Applesauce."; 10/25/25, 7:38 AM
Lazarus said...: Appreciative "clapter" meets "a comic is a guy who says funny things, and a comedian is a guy who says things funny. When the jokes don't work, Maher signals with his mannerisms and intonation where the punch lines should be and the audience responds; 10/25/25, 7:50 AM
Wilbur said...: I can appreciate a good joke about Trump. These ain't it.

It's just a chance for the audience to virtue signal as much as anything else.; 10/25/25, 8:07 AM
Ann Althouse said...: "…and I don’t get the karma joke. Must be another one if those things that doesn’t need to makes sense because it feels good to the deranged…"

1. The government came for him and now he's coming for it.

2. Or is it that the government tried to deliver to him what he deserved, to make karma happen, but the attempt failed, and the government is exposed in its badness and he's suing the govt for that failed effort.

In theory #1, the government earned the karma and Trump delivers it.

In theory #2, which fits Maher's language better. Trump earned the karma and the govt tried to deliver it and failed. The lawsuit is not the karma. The lawsuit is an attempt to collect for what the govt did wrong, which was to botch the delivery of karma.; 10/25/25, 8:19 AM
narciso said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 10/25/25, 8:24 AM
narciso said...: Hes a lying jackass; 10/25/25, 8:28 AM
Aggie said...: Theory #2 is how I interpreted it. Theory #1 would impart a sense that the government's efforts have a taint of illegitimacy to them, and that wouldn't make it past the network censors.; 10/25/25, 8:54 AM
john mosby said...: The thing is, had the Dems played their cards right in 2017, they could have been his lover, not his rival. He could have led a Clintonian triangulation toward programs benefiting workers, and pulled both sides of the Uniparty back toward the center, so we could have 1950s-style alternation between parties that don’t differ very much. Probably would have a middle of the road Dem POTUS right now.

Oh well, you come and go, you come and go…CC, JSM; 10/25/25, 8:58 AM
Spiros said...: Democrats have to live up to the standards that they demand from Republicans. Forcing the federal government to pay for Trump's legal fees would set a national precedent that protects the rights of other victims of tyranny.; 10/25/25, 9:01 AM
Kakistocracy said...: Trump is openly conspiring to have his handpicked DOJ officials give him a $230 million "settlement" using taxpayer dollars, raising new questions about the salary Hunter Biden drew from a private company in Ukraine.; 10/25/25, 9:13 AM
John Henry said...: As I understand it, President trump is not "suing" the govt.

He has filed an "administrative claim" under the Federal Tort Claims Act of 1946. Truman and the then dem house and senate enacted this law specifically for cases like this. To make wronged citizens whole.

If and when the administrative claim is turned down, only then can he "sue" in court.

John Henry; 10/25/25, 9:31 AM
John Henry said...: From gemini

"Notable claims under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) frequently involve medical malpractice at federal facilities (like VA hospitals), motor vehicle accidents caused by federal employees, and cases arising from the actions of federal law enforcement or correctional officers. Landmark cases include those related to the Texas City Disaster, the Waco siege, and major settlements for incidents like the Sutherland Springs Church mass shooting."; 10/25/25, 9:33 AM
D.D. Driver said...: "In theory #1, the government earned the karma and Trump delivers it."

It costs the "government" nothing. Do the taxpayers deserve this "karma"? There is a flaw in the tribal, tit-for-tat, "they started it", "hit 'em back twice as hard" politics. Some of us are part of neither tribe and we get hit twice from both directions.

Trump pilfering tax money to pay himself an nine-figure bounty is not karma by any definition. Go touch grass, Anne.; 10/25/25, 10:01 AM
D.D. Driver said...: To rephrase: paying for this banana republic is getting tiring.; 10/25/25, 10:03 AM
tommyesq said...: Maybe "karma" is like "irony" - no one can properly identify either.; 10/25/25, 11:13 AM
Rosalyn C. said...: What’s funny is that people who talk the most about the 34 felonies and the other crimes Trump was convicted of can’t explain accurately what the crimes were. How did a mislabeling of a legal expense become 34 felonies, for example? But they know he was guilty and the fact that he avoided jail and even managed to get elected president feels like karma wasn’t delivered.; 10/25/25, 11:51 AM
JK Brown said...: Well, we like to blame the president for the actions of the career bureaucrats in DC. However, the lawsuit is against the abuse by the permanent bureaucracy. It is just unfortunate, that the career employees cannot be held accountable, even when the act to support their preferred partisan party.; 10/25/25, 11:55 AM
rehajm said...: The explanation is helpful. Thank you…; 10/25/25, 1:13 PM
bagoh20 said...: "Trump is openly conspiring"
That's called transparency. Then everyone can do what the Constitution allows, like vote.
Trump is the most transparent President in history, because right or wrong, he does what he believes is right and legal. This is in strong contrast to his predecessors who knew what they were doing was wrong or illegal and therefore hid it from us. I like Trump's way.; 10/25/25, 2:16 PM
mccullough said...: The Dems incompetence at going after Trump grates Maher. He accepts the Dems corruption. But can’t forgive their incompetence. Makes sense; 10/25/25, 2:43 PM