Mugshots define eras.
Bugsy Siegel peering malevolently from beneath his fedora in a 1928 booking photo summed up the perverse romance of gangsters in the prohibition age.
Nearly half a century later, mugshots of David Bowie, elegantly dressed but dead-eyed after his arrest for drug possession, and a dishevelled Janis Joplin, detained for “vulgar and indecent language”, spoke to the shock waves created by 1960s counterculture.
Now comes what Donald Trump Jr described as “the most iconic photo in the history of US politics” before the booking picture of his father glaring into the camera was even taken. But whether deeply divided Americans view the first ever mugshot of a former president as that of a gangster or a rock star is very much in the politics of the beholder.
Trump’s hostility shines through as he turns his eyes up toward the camera above him and in his taut, downturned mouth as he is booked into the Fulton county jail on charges of trying to steal the 2020 presidential election. Dressed in a blue suit, white shirt and red tie, he makes no attempt to put on a smile like some of his co-defendants in their mugshots.
The picture does not flatter but it does convey the message many of Trump’s supporters want to hear – belligerence.
[…]
There will be plenty who will challenge Don Jr’s claim that the mugshot has instantly become the most iconic photo in US political history. Pictures of John F Kennedy’s assassination or Martin Luther King Jr leading the march for freedom or a host of other historic moments will surely prove more enduring.
But as with the gangsters and rock stars, Trump’s booking photo may come to define an era – one of unusual political turmoil that has yet to resolve whether his next mugshot is as an inmate.
Attribution: Trump Presidential Portrait UPDATED by Dave Whamond, Canada, PoliticalCartoons.com
Junior needs to learn the difference between famous and infamous.
Orange Adolf said he was going to “proudly” turn himself in. He doesn’t look very proud in that picture (so I guess that was just a tip of the hat from a mob boss to to his angry mobsters).
He’s getting g trolled so hard for lying so extremely about his weight (his big, fat ego wouldn’t let him shave just 10 or 15 pounds off), and I love that journey for him.
I wonder if he’s realized he really is f***ed this time?
craig, that looks like one of Imus’ scowls. think that’s what the loser was going for and aped?
Donald Trump glared. Rudy Giuliani wore a flag pin. Lawyer Jenna Ellis, in bright lipstick, smiled.
There may be subtle messages behind the mug shots that the former president and his associates have taken this week as they surrender at Georgia’s Fulton County jail on state election-subversion charges, crisis-communication experts say.
The mug shot is a classic jail ritual that authorities use to identify people facing charges. Even if the person is released, their moment in jail is immortalized in a mug shot and often enshrined in the public record. The images, which wind up in news stories and sometimes on T-shirts and in memes, can shape public narratives.
Trump and 18 co-defendants were ordered to surrender by noon on Friday on charges they operated a criminal enterprise to overturn his 2020 loss in Georgia. Each is being booked into jail, where they are fingerprinted and photographed.
Trump surrendered Thursday night and had a mug shot taken for the first time since he was charged earlier this year in a separate New York case. This is the fourth criminal case the former president is facing.
The mug shots in the Trump case, typically released by Fulton County authorities this week around 4 p.m., have drawn fans and hecklers. Onlookers disseminate the images on social media and are designing merchandise featuring prominent people in Trump’s orbit. Trump’s mug shot was the most anticipated of the bunch.
The mug shots coming out of Atlanta this week have been both cinematic and mundane. The photos showed political power players standing at unflattering angles in bad lighting. Giuliani, once a federal prosecutor, looked displeased to be at the bottom rung of the justice system.
“I thought Giuliani’s face was just about right. He didn’t look besieged and he didn’t look thrilled,” said Eric Dezenhall, the chairman of Dezenhall Resources, a crisis-management firm.
It is best for defendants to keep a neutral expression, Dezenhall said. White-collar defendants can use the photos to show a judge and jury they take their cases seriously.
Trump glowered at the camera with his mouth in a thin line. The former president angled half his face closer to the camera, his brow furrowed. He wore his signature outfit, a navy suit jacket and red tie. It was the first mug shot of a former U.S. president.
“I did nothing wrong,” Trump said late Thursday before departing Atlanta.
Giuliani may have been trying to evoke memories of his image after Sept. 11, 2001, by wearing an American flag pin, said Molly McPherson, a crisis-communications expert. As the mayor of New York City, Giuliani was recognized for his compassionate stewardship after the terrorist attacks.
“This is a legacy mug shot,” McPherson said. “He wants people to remember he was ‘America’s mayor’ at one time.”
Ellis and former Georgia GOP chairman David Shafer took a page from a celebrity playbook by smiling in their photos, just like Justin Bieber, Shia LaBeouf and others before them. Politicians have smiled in their mug shots, too, including former Texas Gov. Rick Perry, booked in 2014 on abuse-of-power charges, and former Sen. John Edwards (D., N.C.), charged in 2011 with violating campaign-finance rules. Neither was convicted.
Ellis stood out in her mug shot because she wore bright lipstick, McPherson said.
“It sends a signal that she cares about how she’s portrayed in this case in the press,” McPherson said, “and wants to be portrayed as more glamorous and not having a care in the world.”
[…]
Most of the men in Trump’s Georgia case wore suits in their mug shots. Ray Stallings Smith, an Atlanta-area lawyer typically photographed in suits with neat hair, wore a royal blue polo shirt. A dark lock of hair fell across his forehead. A lawyer for Smith didn’t respond to a request for comment Thursday.
Dezenhall said there is no winning when it comes to a mug shot. It is a public-relations nightmare.
“If you look like you’ve just been hit by a truck, it leads to discussion of how the mighty have fallen,” he said. “If you’re grinning broadly, it looks like you’re not taking it seriously.”
“While vaccines were previously provided for free by the government, this is the first time vaccines will be provided through the commercial market. Under the Affordable Care Act, most insurance plans are required to cover the full cost of vaccines, without co-pays.”
Key word: most
Fun fact: Because CVS, etc., buy such large numbers of vaccines, many doctors offices can’t get it, or get it last. That goes for flu shots, too.
Pat, hadn’t thought of it but you’re right, that does mimic the Imus scowl, except in his case it was real, not phony.
Haberman: This is the message Trump wanted to convey in his mug shot
CNN’s Jake Tapper speaks with CNN political analyst and New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman about former President Trump’s mug shot.
What about co-defendants requesting (and one being given) a speedy trial? Is this collusion with tRUMPsky to undermine the case, somehow? Or, is it better because if the first person is found guilty, others might flip?
considering the miniscule size of the sheriff’s logo in background of loser guy mug shot compared to the other muggers and considering the allowance of an obviously false entry of weight, there must be a megamagaT deputy in that booking room (or at least someone bought able).
Random thoughts after nice breakfast: As sfb lives in an alternate universe it is hard to think of what his brain created for his visit to jail. His use of the mug shot for (lawyer payment) fund raising is expected, he will grift off anything. Someone needs to tell Secret Service to cut out the over supply of agents. Give him one or two a day.
The significance of what the U.S. and world are going through is hard to comprehend.
My retirement has reached its first anniversary. It has been a challenge in these times.
I am finally 5’10” and 154#
If that fat orange blob can lose over one hundred pounds and gain height, so can I.
Imus a genuine scowler, Sturg. Trump is a scared rat pretending to scowl.
Before photography there were only Mug Drawings.
Yeah, Imus had a pretty good scowl.
Imus and Dick Clark, 2 disc jockeys who could translate into tv land. Was Soupy a DJ? Clark clicked on tv because of his concept, Imus because of his team. One fun rememory was how badly Limbaugh failed (feathered, crashed, and burned) in his TV attempt.
BB, LOL. I suppose if I’m ever booked and they leave it to me to tell them how tall and heavy I am I am 5’11” and 145#. After all, what’s an inch I once had and 30# I now have between friends?
Sturg, thanks for the instant replay last night.
We had a pretty spectacular sound and light show from about 4:30 – 7:30 this morning. Lots of booming and flashing going on. Still rumbling in the distance.
Resting Dick Face…….Tweet of the Year
Jack smirh parody account
Debate Summary:
– Nikki Haley was the least bad
– Vivek Ramaswamy is insufferable
– Ron DeSantis is the most awkward person alive
– Mike Pence might as well be in a Witness Protection Program
– Chris Christie is preaching to the wrong choir
You’re all caught up.
Rob
I’ve hung crystal baubles in my windows ever since I first noticed them in the movie “Pollyanna” but one thing I only just noticed is that though they send little rainbows dancing all around the room, the bauble itself merely casts a shadow. The things you notice while trying out the edibles.
“Soon after Donald Trump was arrested on over a dozen charges of felony as part of a wide-ranging criminal case stemming from the former US president’s 2020 election defeat, the Trump campaign rolled down ways to cash in on his famous mugshots.”
The grift continues.
Mugshot tees with, oddly, the words “Never Surrender” for sale. I mean, he surrendered to authorities in Georgia, which is how they got the mugshot.
Who owns the copyright on a mugshot?
How many MAGAts are gonna lose their sh/t when they try to wear them into their polling place?
It seems he made an almost perfect 8 x 10 glossy head shot.
Autographed copies: $150.00
Wow Sturg, even closer to I-Man than I thought
The only protection Fani Willis is going to have going forward will be The Rule of Law. It’s soon going to be 40 miles of bad road. May the force be with her.
You know……this Georgia thing is an Epoch Shaking deal.
I can hear him now….”Stand back and stand by….and Russia, if you’re listening……”
this is what 6’3″ and 215 lbs looks like…
Biden’s new abortion ad…
These guys showed us this week they don’t have a clue about the power of women.
This is becoming a common defense with these goons: ‘I believed it therefore it was legal’. Like I believe that’s my car, I can take it”.
Nice try Mark — Meadows says that as long as he had a “good-faith belief” that his actions were part of his official duty, he’s immune from state prosecution — even if his belief was mistaken..
They’re overlooking something important about this “I believed” defense. It has to be a reasonable belief.
Poobah, you aren’t suggesting that your belief is not a good faith belief if all evidence on the issue presented to you contradicts your belief are you?
lol, dipshit does look like Imus now, but that side-by-side, above, is dipshit’s face photoshopped onto Imus’ head
“The principal and a teacher at a Flagler County, Florida, elementary school are on paid administrative leave after an assembly was held only for fourth and fifth-grade Black students, who were collectively told to improve their school performance, according to the school district – regardless of how each student was doing individually.”
“During the assembly, a 2023-2024 school year Goals and Objectives PowerPoint presentation was used that read in part, “AA have underperform (sic) on standardized assessment for the last past 3 years,” Flagler County School Board chair Cheryl Massaro told CNN in an email.”
“AA is African American, and that is one subgroup the FDOE requires annual reporting on from all Florida schools.”
Wow. They didn’t pull underperforming white kids into that assembly. And, by the way, what a terrible thing to go to any kids, telling them they’re doing poorly. Their academic performance is contingent on the adults (parents and teachers) in their lives. Pulling them into an assembly to shame them? How does that help them? It doesn’t.
“The Florida Department of Education is raising alarm with its recent approval of the conservative education platform PragerU, which touts itself as an alternative to progressive “indoctrination,” for use in classrooms this school year.”
“The “supplemental curriculum” means educators can if they choose show PragerU materials in class without fear of repercussions, with video titles ranging from “Was the Civil War About Slavery?” to “The Inconvenient Truth About the Democratic Party.”
Child groomers infiltrate Florida schools to indoctrinate kids with their Christo-fascist agenda.
“Is PragerU coming to Texas? Depends on whom you ask.”
“Tuesday, PragerU announced it is now “an approved education vendor in the state of Texas.” PragerU…”
“Texas is now going to develop, write and publish our own core knowledge curriculum for kindergarten through 12th grade,” Pickren explained. “This is going to be brand new for the state and we will officially have Texas curriculum.”
“PragerU CEO Marissa Streit responded, saying her team has been working closely with Texas on its core curriculum program.”
“We’re going to create the supplementary lesson plan so that teachers who use the core knowledge curriculum can use PragerU videos, books and magazines and all this stuff that we make here,” said Streit.
“The chair of the State board of Education also released a statement explaining that he has “no knowledge of Prager U submitting any instructional material for approval to the SBOE in the past” and that he knows “Prager U has not submitted any instructional materials to the SBOE under the new Instructional Material review process that was adopted by the legislature this year.”
And, nobody in TX will cop to knowing WTF is going on.
Get yer soothings on…….
Sturgeone – Chocolate or Blueberry? Just in case for a special case.
Blues berries all the way
Just saw the ad buy. Biden campaign is dropping 25 million dollars over the next week for this abortion ad in Arizona Georgia Michigan Nevada North Carolina Pennsylvania and Wisconsin
These guys showed us this week they don’t have a clue about the power of women.
I put together a few of my favorite mug shots last night.
BiD, tell me there aren’t a shitload of 4th& 5th grade white dumb fucks in Flagler County, FL. I’m betting you can’t swing a dead cat and not hit one down there.
Bink, like that relaxation music. A few jarring interludes though.
Bb, save the chocolate for me.
Now, Sydney Powell wants a speedy trial; she makes three, I think. This seems to be the new tactic by the indicted co-conspirators. Knowing tRUMPsky is saying* he can’t be ready quickly, everyone else is going to try to line up ahead of him and what? Delay his trial? If the first one to go to trial, is found guilty and gets a stiff sentence, are others more likely to flip? Are they colluding about trial tactics and is that legal? There’s been no remorse on anyone’s part, so is something dark in the works?
Belligerence and hostility: Trump’s mugshot defines modern US politics | Donald Trump | The Guardian
Attribution: Trump Presidential Portrait UPDATED by Dave Whamond, Canada, PoliticalCartoons.com
Junior needs to learn the difference between famous and infamous.
Orange Adolf said he was going to “proudly” turn himself in. He doesn’t look very proud in that picture (so I guess that was just a tip of the hat from a mob boss to to his angry mobsters).
He’s getting g trolled so hard for lying so extremely about his weight (his big, fat ego wouldn’t let him shave just 10 or 15 pounds off), and I love that journey for him.
I wonder if he’s realized he really is f***ed this time?
craig, that looks like one of Imus’ scowls. think that’s what the loser was going for and aped?
WSJ take at
Trump and His Allies Learn the Art of the Mug Shot, One Flag Pin and Scowl at a Time (msn.com)
https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/25/health/covid-vaccine-release/index.html
“While vaccines were previously provided for free by the government, this is the first time vaccines will be provided through the commercial market. Under the Affordable Care Act, most insurance plans are required to cover the full cost of vaccines, without co-pays.”
Key word: most
Fun fact: Because CVS, etc., buy such large numbers of vaccines, many doctors offices can’t get it, or get it last. That goes for flu shots, too.
Pat, hadn’t thought of it but you’re right, that does mimic the Imus scowl, except in his case it was real, not phony.
Which “his” case?
Video: Maggie Haberman on the message Donald Trump wanted to convey in his mug shot | CNN Politics
What about co-defendants requesting (and one being given) a speedy trial? Is this collusion with tRUMPsky to undermine the case, somehow? Or, is it better because if the first person is found guilty, others might flip?
considering the miniscule size of the sheriff’s logo in background of loser guy mug shot compared to the other muggers and considering the allowance of an obviously false entry of weight, there must be a megamagaT deputy in that booking room (or at least someone bought able).
Random thoughts after nice breakfast: As sfb lives in an alternate universe it is hard to think of what his brain created for his visit to jail. His use of the mug shot for (lawyer payment) fund raising is expected, he will grift off anything. Someone needs to tell Secret Service to cut out the over supply of agents. Give him one or two a day.
The significance of what the U.S. and world are going through is hard to comprehend.
My retirement has reached its first anniversary. It has been a challenge in these times.
I am finally 5’10” and 154#
If that fat orange blob can lose over one hundred pounds and gain height, so can I.
Imus a genuine scowler, Sturg. Trump is a scared rat pretending to scowl.
Before photography there were only Mug Drawings.
Yeah, Imus had a pretty good scowl.
Imus and Dick Clark, 2 disc jockeys who could translate into tv land. Was Soupy a DJ? Clark clicked on tv because of his concept, Imus because of his team. One fun rememory was how badly Limbaugh failed (feathered, crashed, and burned) in his TV attempt.
BB, LOL. I suppose if I’m ever booked and they leave it to me to tell them how tall and heavy I am I am 5’11” and 145#. After all, what’s an inch I once had and 30# I now have between friends?
Sturg, thanks for the instant replay last night.
We had a pretty spectacular sound and light show from about 4:30 – 7:30 this morning. Lots of booming and flashing going on. Still rumbling in the distance.
Resting Dick Face…….Tweet of the Year
Jack smirh parody account
Debate Summary:
– Nikki Haley was the least bad
– Vivek Ramaswamy is insufferable
– Ron DeSantis is the most awkward person alive
– Mike Pence might as well be in a Witness Protection Program
– Chris Christie is preaching to the wrong choir
You’re all caught up.
Rob
I’ve hung crystal baubles in my windows ever since I first noticed them in the movie “Pollyanna” but one thing I only just noticed is that though they send little rainbows dancing all around the room, the bauble itself merely casts a shadow. The things you notice while trying out the edibles.
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/never-surrender-donald-trump-campaign-selling-t-shirts-with-ex-us-presidents-mugshots-2426443-2023-08-25
“Soon after Donald Trump was arrested on over a dozen charges of felony as part of a wide-ranging criminal case stemming from the former US president’s 2020 election defeat, the Trump campaign rolled down ways to cash in on his famous mugshots.”
The grift continues.
Mugshot tees with, oddly, the words “Never Surrender” for sale. I mean, he surrendered to authorities in Georgia, which is how they got the mugshot.
Who owns the copyright on a mugshot?
How many MAGAts are gonna lose their sh/t when they try to wear them into their polling place?
It seems he made an almost perfect 8 x 10 glossy head shot.
Autographed copies: $150.00
Wow Sturg, even closer to I-Man than I thought
The only protection Fani Willis is going to have going forward will be The Rule of Law. It’s soon going to be 40 miles of bad road. May the force be with her.
You know……this Georgia thing is an Epoch Shaking deal.
I can hear him now….”Stand back and stand by….and Russia, if you’re listening……”
this is what 6’3″ and 215 lbs looks like…
Biden’s new abortion ad…
This is becoming a common defense with these goons: ‘I believed it therefore it was legal’. Like I believe that’s my car, I can take it”.
Nice try Mark — Meadows says that as long as he had a “good-faith belief” that his actions were part of his official duty, he’s immune from state prosecution — even if his belief was mistaken..
They’re overlooking something important about this “I believed” defense. It has to be a reasonable belief.
Poobah, you aren’t suggesting that your belief is not a good faith belief if all evidence on the issue presented to you contradicts your belief are you?
lol, dipshit does look like Imus now, but that side-by-side, above, is dipshit’s face photoshopped onto Imus’ head
ignorance of the law is no excuse
Ooooooooooh, Rob……….
—Mrs Petrie
today’s meme…
here you go, mr. S
https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/25/us/florida-flagler-county-schools-black-assembly/index.html
“The principal and a teacher at a Flagler County, Florida, elementary school are on paid administrative leave after an assembly was held only for fourth and fifth-grade Black students, who were collectively told to improve their school performance, according to the school district – regardless of how each student was doing individually.”
“During the assembly, a 2023-2024 school year Goals and Objectives PowerPoint presentation was used that read in part, “AA have underperform (sic) on standardized assessment for the last past 3 years,” Flagler County School Board chair Cheryl Massaro told CNN in an email.”
“AA is African American, and that is one subgroup the FDOE requires annual reporting on from all Florida schools.”
Wow. They didn’t pull underperforming white kids into that assembly. And, by the way, what a terrible thing to go to any kids, telling them they’re doing poorly. Their academic performance is contingent on the adults (parents and teachers) in their lives. Pulling them into an assembly to shame them? How does that help them? It doesn’t.
Floriduh.
https://thehill.com/homenews/education/4141994-what-is-prageru-the-conservative-education-platform-now-in-florida-schools/
“The Florida Department of Education is raising alarm with its recent approval of the conservative education platform PragerU, which touts itself as an alternative to progressive “indoctrination,” for use in classrooms this school year.”
“The “supplemental curriculum” means educators can if they choose show PragerU materials in class without fear of repercussions, with video titles ranging from “Was the Civil War About Slavery?” to “The Inconvenient Truth About the Democratic Party.”
Child groomers infiltrate Florida schools to indoctrinate kids with their Christo-fascist agenda.
https://www.khou.com/article/news/education/is-prageru-coming-to-texas-depends-whom-you-ask/285-2f475930-0e4b-4529-8683-d9703a920f90
“Is PragerU coming to Texas? Depends on whom you ask.”
“Tuesday, PragerU announced it is now “an approved education vendor in the state of Texas.” PragerU…”
“Texas is now going to develop, write and publish our own core knowledge curriculum for kindergarten through 12th grade,” Pickren explained. “This is going to be brand new for the state and we will officially have Texas curriculum.”
“PragerU CEO Marissa Streit responded, saying her team has been working closely with Texas on its core curriculum program.”
“We’re going to create the supplementary lesson plan so that teachers who use the core knowledge curriculum can use PragerU videos, books and magazines and all this stuff that we make here,” said Streit.
“The chair of the State board of Education also released a statement explaining that he has “no knowledge of Prager U submitting any instructional material for approval to the SBOE in the past” and that he knows “Prager U has not submitted any instructional materials to the SBOE under the new Instructional Material review process that was adopted by the legislature this year.”
And, nobody in TX will cop to knowing WTF is going on.
Get yer soothings on…….
Sturgeone – Chocolate or Blueberry? Just in case for a special case.
Blues berries all the way
Just saw the ad buy. Biden campaign is dropping 25 million dollars over the next week for this abortion ad in Arizona Georgia Michigan Nevada North Carolina Pennsylvania and Wisconsin
I put together a few of my favorite mug shots last night.
BiD, tell me there aren’t a shitload of 4th& 5th grade white dumb fucks in Flagler County, FL. I’m betting you can’t swing a dead cat and not hit one down there.
Bink, like that relaxation music. A few jarring interludes though.
Bb, save the chocolate for me.
Now, Sydney Powell wants a speedy trial; she makes three, I think. This seems to be the new tactic by the indicted co-conspirators. Knowing tRUMPsky is saying* he can’t be ready quickly, everyone else is going to try to line up ahead of him and what? Delay his trial? If the first one to go to trial, is found guilty and gets a stiff sentence, are others more likely to flip? Are they colluding about trial tactics and is that legal? There’s been no remorse on anyone’s part, so is something dark in the works?
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