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Re: Trump pardons convicted Binance founder

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Post by leptons »

coliveira wrote: post #232
Alifatisk wrote: post #188

I cannot comprehend how half of Americans are fine with this corrupt leader? He even does this bizarre maffia like deals out in the open for his own interest, that's how confident he is no one will say anything The message is clear from his circus administration, you can do anything as long as you bribe them

Americans cannot accept they have a corrupt government lead by a corrupt politician who is now corrupting the justice system. They prefer to continue propagating the myth of a "healthy democracy" and "open market".

I personally do not know any Americans that are as you described. 1/3 of Americans are as you describe, 1/3 are definitely not at all as you described, and another 1/3 is too apathetic to care about anything.

The recent "No Kings" protests were the largest in US history.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_protests_and_demonstra...

Re: Trump pardons convicted Binance founder

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Post by the_gastropod »

TheBlight wrote: post #205
tripplyons wrote: post #151

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The pardoning of all of over 1000 people involved in January 6th is a good example of this.

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Ah yes. Pardoning folks who were imprisoned for possession of marijuana is exactly the same--worse even, because "autopen"--as pardoning folks who were imprisoned for insurrection / political violence in support of the guy doing the pardoning. Very smart take.

Re: Trump pardons convicted Binance founder

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Post by tripplyons »

jmull wrote: post #237
tripplyons wrote: post #172

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I would add that SBF was at one point the 2nd largest donor to Democrats.

SBF/FTX was also a massive donor (using customer money) to Republicans. They routed that money through Ryan Salame, I guess to avoid appearing to be as unprincipled as they actually were. The common theme to the donations ("payoff" or "bribe" might be more accurate), whether to D or R was to weaken any push for crypto regulations.

Correct. I think it is fair to say that SBF would rather be associated with Democrats based on how he wanted to hide the donations to Republicans.

Re: Trump pardons convicted Binance founder

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Post by n3storm »

bityard wrote: post #207
Alifatisk wrote: post #188

I cannot comprehend how half of Americans are fine with this corrupt leader? He even does this bizarre maffia like deals out in the open for his own interest, that's how confident he is no one will say anything The message is clear from his circus administration, you can do anything as long as you bribe them

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In many parts of Europe a couple of strikes would have taken place. Usans are numb or has no social conscience and muscle.

Re: Trump pardons convicted Binance founder

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Post by [deleted] »

froggertoaster wrote: post #230
Alifatisk wrote: post #188

I cannot comprehend how half of Americans are fine with this corrupt leader? He even does this bizarre maffia like deals out in the open for his own interest, that's how confident he is no one will say anything The message is clear from his circus administration, you can do anything as long as you bribe them

Hi, Trump voter here. I'm NOT fine with this.

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Re: Trump pardons convicted Binance founder

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Post by Matticus_Rex »

Animats wrote: post #155
Matticus_Rex wrote: post #145

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No, this is pretty squarely outside the scope, and only specific amounts received from in-scope parties (i.e. governments) would be subject. And there's a standing issue. Basically the emoluments clause doesn't have real teeth for most purposes, even where it applies.

> only specific amounts received from in-scope parties Like Quatar and the used 747.

It should apply there, though the first Trump admin argued a very narrow interpretation that mostly exempts the president in the first term, at the end of which the case was declared moot (leaving us in suspense about what SCOTUS would have said). Great commentary on emoluments and needed reforms in light of this here: https://www.execfunctions.org/p/trump-20-and-the-foreign-emo...

Re: Trump pardons convicted Binance founder

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Post by martythemaniak »

COLLINS: Today you pardoned the founded of Binance. Can you explain why you did that?

TRUMP: Which one was that?

COLLINS: The founder of Binance

TRUMP: I believe we're talking about the same person, because I do pardon a lot of people. I don't know. He was recommended by a lot of people.

https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3m3v6mnpkb52i

Re: Trump pardons convicted Binance founder

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Post by vel0city »

froggertoaster wrote: post #230
Alifatisk wrote: post #188

I cannot comprehend how half of Americans are fine with this corrupt leader? He even does this bizarre maffia like deals out in the open for his own interest, that's how confident he is no one will say anything The message is clear from his circus administration, you can do anything as long as you bribe them

Hi, Trump voter here. I'm NOT fine with this.

Honestly, why did you vote for this then?

Re: Trump pardons convicted Binance founder

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Post by rvz »

daveguy wrote: post #157

At this point, I wouldn't touch crypto with a 10 ft pole. What happens when everyone recognizes that the whole thing has turned into a money laundering grift? Who's going to give you anything for your bozo bucks? At this rate, it's not going to take long.

I am sorry to tell you that the majority of the services that you may be using (Stripe, OpenAI, Anthropic, PayPal, etc) all have exposure or have some form of funding by crypto.

> Who's going to give you anything for your bozo bucks? At this rate, it's not going to take long.

It's already here. Scan your eye-balls for some Worldcoins ($WLD) to prove you are not a LLM bot.

Re: Trump pardons convicted Binance founder

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Post by LightBug1 »

computerdork wrote: post #160
doener wrote: post #111

"President Trump has pardoned Changpeng Zhao, the convicted founder of the crypto exchange Binance, following months of efforts by Zhao to boost the Trump family’s own crypto company." You Americans elected a mobster as President.

Well, half us Americans did:) The other half is still in total disbelief

Disbelief, maybe. But you have to own it now.

Once is an aberration. Twice is your democracy speaking.

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