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Evan

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Not that he has much of one at this point anyway (especially after the ERA farce a few days ago), but Biden torched whatever tiny vestiges of a legacy he had with those last minute pardons. Disgraceful.

When's the last time we had a President that cared about the Constitution and our system of laws?

Thankfully, Trump had time to launch some meme coins before he assumed the mantle of unbridled authority and immunity. Are there people out there who seriously believe these two guys are the best we've got? Or, that either of these parties stand for anything other than power and self-enrichment? The rank corruption and grifting going on in both parties is nauseating.
 

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December, 2020. Jake Tapper asks President-elect Biden about the rumor that Trump may issue some preemptive pardons before leaving office.Biden: You're not going to see me do that.

 

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And now we've got Zaphod Beeblebrox. At least this time around the Fourth Estate is showing some backbone, for instance, by fact-checking today's inaugural speech (they address the Biden commutations, too).

Not more than a vertebra or two, though -- after all, the WaPo lost an excellent political cartoonist by not printing her cartoon of billionaires bending the knee to Mr. Trump.
 

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Paedoning J6ers after previously wanting to have the military shoot protesters in DC. Look, we all expected it, however, it is still appalling. At the very least, you could argue Biden felt some perverse duty to protect his family from what he perceived to be politically minded investigations. A weak excuse to be sure...

Trump pardoned the J6ers because their actions were solely in service helping him maintain his grip on power. Many of them were sentenced by judges that Trump himself appointed to the courts!!! Really disturbing pardon action by both Presidents over the last 48-72 hours. If you think either was a legitimate usage of Presidential pardon powers then you're part of the problem.

Trump pulling John Bolton's Secret Service protection, when he's well aware there have been multiple *serious* Iranian plots to kill Bolton over the past few years, is yet another action that is beyond the pale. What's different this time is they'll be no "we're concerned" statements from others in the GOP. Or, even half-hearted attempts to foil Trump's worst excesses. The people voted to see Trump unleashed and they're going to get it.

No sense in cataloging the next 4 years...the country's slide into a failed illiberal state is simply going to accelerate. Partisans will bicker and point fingers. They're all guilty of getting us here, and that includes a whole lot of voters.
 

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GOP statements, well, statements from any politicians sometimes aren't worth the bytes they take up. What counts is action, and I just loved Governor DeSantis's reminder, to everyone who is less than thrilled with Mr. Beeblebrox and associates, that he's still around. And it was slick -- any ruffled feathers start flying, and he can just go "What? My state welcomes NASA, if they're interested."

I remember the 1960s and 1970s -- sometimes low-key resistance can be very, very effective.

What I don't like is this:



I feel trolled -- not something that I ever expected to feel as an American citizen.

Edit: They've taken Doge down and just have the coin/dollar sign symbol up, but it's still crypto. And I still feel trolled.
 
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The people voted to see Trump unleashed

Probably the same people who would have voted for him anyway, but by no means everyone.

I've read that in at least some areas voters didn't show up for the Dems. Haven't done a rigorous analysis, but my suspicion is that the combination of senile president, incompetent veep, things like "learn to code" for pipeline workers, and above all, not giving Harris even a fig leaf of a primary (as BLM had requested -- whose actions in 2020, which I don't support, BTW, probably led to Harris's selection of a running mate that year).

Just incredible stupidity, and so they lost. Question is, will the Dem leadership wise up and put in the effort needed to reestablish trust with their traditional base?
 

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The reason that the inauguration has the lowest ratings on Legacy media of any other inauguration is because in 2024 legacy media died. 70 million people watched the inauguration on X. And then it got replayed another 35 million times. And 5 million on YouTube. And that is not including all of the other streaming platforms.

So the irony of the leftist media being giddy about the low ratings on traditional media is hilarious. They’re giddy about their own demise.
 

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Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove instructs the Justice Department’s prosecutors to investigate for potential criminal charges cases in which state and local officials obstruct or impede federal immigration functions.

“Federal law prohibits state and local actors from resisting, obstructing and otherwise failing to comply with lawful immigration-related commands and requests,” the memo says. “The U.S. Attorney’s Offices and litigating components of the Department of Justice shall investigate incidents involving any such misconduct for potential prosecution."

Outstanding to finally see come to fruition.
 

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Reports of PANIC in the D.C. Metropolitan Jail Prison guards are panicking about the brutal treatment they meted out to #J6 prisoners. They fear they will be held accountable on civil or criminal charges - or even street justice.
 

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The same people who...

Shut down your business
Yelled at your kids for not wearing masks
Wouldn’t let you visit your dying parents
Kicked out soldiers for refusing a vaccine
Lied about the origins of Covid
Tried to enact a nationwide vaccine mandate
Censored us on social media
Tried to create a ministry of truth
Lied about Hunter Biden’s laptop
Covered up Joe Biden’s dementia
Stopped enforcing immigration laws
Let 25M+ illegal immigrants cross the border
Installed DEI commissars in every agency
Raised pride flags at overseas embassies
Let biological males compete in girls sports
Weaponized the DOJ to attack Trump
Used lawfare against Elon’s companies
Wasted trillions on left-wing boondoggles
Defended Biden pardoning his family
Wanted to give Ukraine a blank check
Tried to forgive billions in student loans
Spent four years lying to us every single day



…are very concerned that Donald Trump is going to abuse executive power.
 

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The reason that the inauguration has the lowest ratings on Legacy media of any other inauguration is because in 2024 legacy media died. 70 million people watched the inauguration on X. And then it got replayed another 35 million times. And 5 million on YouTube. And that is not including all of the other streaming platforms.

So the irony of the leftist media being giddy about the low ratings on traditional media is hilarious. They’re giddy about their own demise.
Legacy media is a thing of the past. It has been for a while but was being subsidized by the Left. The only thing you can believe from them is that they are not telling the truth.
 

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Legacy media is a thing of the past. It has been for a while but was being subsidized by the Left. The only thing you can believe from them is that they are not telling the truth.
I no longer even read any of it except to get a handle on what the other side is claiming. And I'm a libertarian. I was considered a leftist 40 years ago, a centrist twenty years ago and I'm widely considered hard right for the last ten years. Absolute shame.
 

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The same people who...

Shut down your business
Yelled at your kids for not wearing masks
Wouldn’t let you visit your dying parents
Kicked out soldiers for refusing a vaccine
Lied about the origins of Covid
Tried to enact a nationwide vaccine mandate
Censored us on social media
Tried to create a ministry of truth
Lied about Hunter Biden’s laptop
Covered up Joe Biden’s dementia
Stopped enforcing immigration laws
Let 25M+ illegal immigrants cross the border
Installed DEI commissars in every agency
Raised pride flags at overseas embassies
Let biological males compete in girls sports
Weaponized the DOJ to attack Trump
Used lawfare against Elon’s companies
Wasted trillions on left-wing boondoggles
Defended Biden pardoning his family
Wanted to give Ukraine a blank check
Tried to forgive billions in student loans
Spent four years lying to us every single day



…are very concerned that Donald Trump is going to abuse executive power.
I remember the many on the Left reminding everyone that "no one is above the law". Possible Trump will simply enforce the law and not abuse his power. However, they all need to be made examples of to hopefully prevent this in the future.
 
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"A former FBI agent who was aggressively targeted for challenging Biden's weaponized federal campaign against J6ers spoke out on Donald Trump’s J6 pardons in exclusive comments to PJ Media.

Steve Friend is an FBI whistleblower and now a podcaster who lost his job and found himself the target of outrageous federal persecution after he respectfully challenged his superiors on the unconstitutional, illegal and biased campaign against Jan. 6 protestors. He and fellow whistleblowers who call themselves “The Suspendables” saw up close and personal just how terrible the corruption in the FBI was, and now Friend is praising Trump for pardoning or commuting the sentences of nearly all Jan. 6 prisoners.

Friend told me, “Blanket pardons are the correct decision. Regardless of the fact pattern for any particular J6 case, the federal government made a deliberate decision to depart from its obligation to follow due process. When that happens, the justice system in a free country has no alternative but to consider all cases irrevocably tainted and every defendant must go free.”

The FBI whistleblowers have been fully vindicated after four years of federal corruption and lies. Friend added, “I cautioned my FBI superiors about this reality in 2022. They refused to heed my concerns and weaponized the security clearance process to retaliate against me for making whistleblower disclosures to Congress. I'm grateful that President Trump saw fit to attempt to right the wrongs the FBI committed against J6ers.”

Friend and other whistleblowers including Kyle Seraphin hope to receive reinstatement, back pay, and the ability to clean house in a major way at the FBI/DOJ."

The bold was my addition, not in the original story.

 
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