Law and order unless they're my friends or that I can make 2 million with it.
Anthony Levandowski Pardoned
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That speaks to a broken justice system; that conviction should be overturned by a court.
It speaks to the inherent flaws in any justice system. Presidential pardons are just one check against that. This lies squarely in line with what a presidential pardon is intended for.
A few people saved largely at random from a broken justice system is no sort of real solution; if anything it may actually make things _worse_, as it acts as an escape valve for sufficiently scandalous cases.
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Whoa there, Roofus; have a Milk-Bone of information: "In 2017, users on the message-board site 4chan[40][41][42] aimed to convince the media and other people that the OK gesture was being used as a white power symbol. According to The Boston Globe, users on 4chan's /pol/ ("Politically Incorrect") board were instructed in February 2017 to "flood Twitter and other social media websites...claiming that the OK hand sign…
Yes, that is how a dog whistle works. Why are you taking the words of 4chan trolls at face value?
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#294The fact that even fox news was onboard with pardoning Julian Assange and then he pardons Levandowski is... well ironic is an understatement. I am failing to find a word that encapsulates my feelings.
I was expecting a pardon for Assange if purely because he did Trump a solid during the campaign. I'm guessing it was killed by the national security types in his administration
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Peter Thiel is a white nationalist? Interesting.
Buzzfeed claims there are links. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/rosiegray/peter-thiel-d...
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#296Law and order unless they're my friends or that I can make 2 million with it.
The pardon power is enshrined in the highest law of the land and is thus lawful and orderly. There is no contradiction here.
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#298The fact that even fox news was onboard with pardoning Julian Assange and then he pardons Levandowski is... well ironic is an understatement. I am failing to find a word that encapsulates my feelings.
Trump isn't considered a Republican by any of the powerful people in the Republican Party, or most of its big traditional financial backers (the Kochs particularly dislike him). It's why people like Mitch McConnell turned on him when it was clear Trump's power was gone. It's why they did everything they could to prevent him from winning the party nomination in the first place. The other Republican candidates were ver…
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The most interesting pardons are the no name ones. Pardoned restaurant chain fraud for an italian not even charged in NY. Sounds like mafia related crime to me. The other no name money laundering criminals are all related to either his gambling businesses or his place of living in Florida. He's basically pardoning people he's been doing crimes with for a long time and then if course some big names. I'm happy to see s…
Its interesting to me that gun crimes don’t meet your threshold of offenses that should potentially carry a prison term
Gun possession is a non-violent crime. It’s insane that Lil Wayne can’t possess a gun because he once possessed a gun in a place that only the rich, well connected, or retired police officers can possess a gun.
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Supposed dog whistles and the extreme desire to immediately label people based on innocuous gestures/words is the new norm within certain parts of the puritanical left. I never thought I would see the day. It is shocking that what was once the bastion of liberal thought and open-mindedness has become this hyper-judgemental, crucify-all-that-don't-bow-to-our-will movement. Gems of the left: Do you want to be on the wr…
Okay, I'll bite. >Freedom of speech does not mean freedom from consequences! How is that false? You can say what you want, outside of threats and the like, but you also get to live with the outcome of saying whatever it is. I don't see how that's puritanical. It's a statement of fact. I can tell my boss to go f** himself. I can also get fired for doing that.
I'm guessing their complaint is not about whether it is technically true, but the hypocrisy of the people saying this when they are the ones who create the consequences. Like if your boss tells you you are free to say anything you want then fires you if they don't like it.