"BUT WHAT ABOUT HUNTER BIDEN!?"
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Trump made more than $1B on crypto deals, part of 2025 windfall
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#22That’s it??? With all the corruption he has visibly demonstrated and his long list of boot licks I would have expected 10x that.
This is just what’s known, now. Actual amounts could easily be 10/20x or more.
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#23I wonder if Democrats will have the courage to pursue justice to the fullest if/when they're back in power.
Oh sweet summer child. Both Republicans and Democrats won’t do anything.
Given that many of these members of congress of both parties were stock trading ahead of key legislation being announced they won’t do anything to change that.
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#24The Grifter in Chief. You also have to add the numerous kickbacks Trump's family has received through deals done by the federal government. All this is hardly reported because the administration has successfully cowed the media.
The Overton Window has shifted so far that what would have previously been regime ending scandals are now everyday occurrences. Also, you're right about the media being cowardly but there's also just too much to report and keep people updated on. Even the more independent outlets who try ... can't.
> but there's also just too much to report and keep people updated on
This is the biggest indictment of the media, they can't summarize or aggregate? It's not giving the public a true picture. Crooks can get away with corruption in plain sight merely by doing lots of it? It beggars belief.
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#25I wonder if Democrats will have the courage to pursue justice to the fullest if/when they're back in power.
Unfortunately, it would seem the majority of dems are just jealous that they don't have the chutzpah to be so flagrantly, blatantly corrupt, and stick to less lucrative and more established corrupt practices.
See, discussions like this go nowhere productive, but it's not because the people are incapable of productive discussion, or because the subject matter is incapable of being discussed productively. It's just that there's literally nothing productive to say about this complete and utter fuck show. We live in a world where the most accurate prediction of the world 10 years from now is current-day satire. There is nothing sensible to be said about the state of affairs of politics.
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#26I wonder if Democrats will have the courage to pursue justice to the fullest if/when they're back in power.
After Biden pardoned his family members, I would be surprised if Trump didn't complete his term by pardoning his family and all those that he works with.
It is – to my knowledge – an unsettled question, technically speaking, whether a president can pardon themselves. I would be unsurprised if he tried anyway, though.
Of course, states could still pursue actions against them, but I wonder in which cases they'd have standing / clear cases to pursue.
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#27That’s it??? With all the corruption he has visibly demonstrated and his long list of boot licks I would have expected 10x that.
Don't underestimate it. His net worth increased more from crypto in the past 2 years than it did in 30 years of being a new york real estate nepo baby, when his net worth basically treaded water
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#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
Sadly I think not. They had their opportunity in 2020.
Biden ran on a platform of Back to Normal. That’s what voters wanted after four years of crazy. I think the zeitgeist today is different. Because Trump has dialed the crazy up to eleven in his second term and a lot of Dems are now pissed . That’s why democratic socialism/leftism is having a resurgence. And, based on what I’m seeing on the ground, there’s now a strong appetite for justice and retribution.
We're a little over 1 year in and the sudden ramp up feels absolutely nuts. In 2028 people will start to feel like it's normal. Just look at places like Russia. Everyone is used to the corruption and thinks it works well enough for them, so they fear any change will be worse. A lot of Americans have already stopped denying the corruption like they did last term, and have retreated into saying, "yeah, it's bad, but (other candidate) would be worse." Same terrifying mindset.
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#29I wonder if Democrats will have the courage to pursue justice to the fullest if/when they're back in power.
After Biden pardoned his family members, I would be surprised if Trump didn't complete his term by pardoning his family and all those that he works with. It is – to my knowledge – an unsettled question, technically speaking, whether a president can pardon themselves. I would be unsurprised if he tried anyway, though. Of course, states could still pursue actions against them, but I wonder in which cases they'd have st…
> I would be surprised if Trump didn't complete his term by pardoning his family and all those that he works with.
As we have learned, we can ignore all of that, or they can find ways around this. The Supreme Court has made it clear the President has amazing powers.
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#30Corruption is what kills countries.
Our inability to stop this is a very bad sign about our future.