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[-] Eldritch@piefed.world 68 points 3 weeks ago
[-] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 72 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

It was absolutely ridiculous he pardoned his family and shit, but it was absolutely necessary because the person entering office had campaigned on trying to arrest them on anything and everything without ever being able to show any proof or solid claims about what they were trying to arrest any of them for. Biden would have been an idiot not to do the pardons. But the real key was Biden trying to get congress to put it in writing that a president wasn't immune from prosecution for acts performed as president. He wasn't choosing the wording, congress was supposed to legislate it... Yet they didn't want too, which says to me that there was a lot of members in Congress that wanted a king.

[-] Eldritch@piefed.world 23 points 3 weeks ago

Yep. The fact that he, the man currently most directly connected to Epstein. Is saber rattling to try and weaponize Epstein against his enemies only is evidence enough of that.

[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 19 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I think what was most ridiculous was that the extremist right wing in this country set up a situation in which Biden had to issue pardons to try to preempt this nonsense from the moronic chuds like Taco and those that support him.

[-] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 weeks ago

Likely because many envision themselves as the ones holding the crown someday.

I'd be happy if we just had a crippled psychic.

[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Came here to say this. The people who were queening out over it were the usual suspects. I really love it when leftist scolds team up with the extremist right wingers to finger-wag someone like Biden.

[-] Eldritch@piefed.world 11 points 3 weeks ago

Yes, I absolutely don't blame Biden for rationally protecting his own. Just for doing such a shit job that he helped enable Twittler's second rise to power and failed the rest of us.

[-] tonytins@pawb.social 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I doubt Elon buying Twitter was on his bingo card.

[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

Elon buying twitter wasn't even on Elons bingo card.

[-] Eldritch@piefed.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

True, but Elon buying Twitter didn't make him think he should run again. Or drag his feet so long on dropping out that the best they could do was throw a wet noodle like kamala in. Who would fold under her own weight. Even before any external pressure ever got to her. Or all his missteps with Gaza and Israel.

He never had a Congress to support him on anything. So he was always limited on what he could get done, but those things he failed hard on.

[-] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago

Or drag his feet so long on dropping out that the best they could do was throw a wet noodle like kamala in.

Oops didnt mean to! /$

[-] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 24 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

The portraits of presidents as seen outside the Oval Office, except former President Biden, whose portrait is an autopen.

Wait, what? I feel like I should remember something here. Anyhow, the blatant insult of putting this up as a protrait is... childish? Fascist? Dumb? All of that?

Comer penned an op-ed for Fox News about the “Biden Crime Family,” claiming that the Bidens made “over $30 million by selling access to the former president.”

Every. Accusation. Is. A. Confession.

the hysteria over the Biden pardons was almost immediately obliterated by Donald Trump’s immediate pardoning of 1,600 Americans who rioted and assaulted police officers at the Capitol on January 6, 2021

Exactly; this "extra ridiculous" is nothing new.

Followed by a long list of totally unjustified pardons and Trump's statements that fail to give any sort of reason, valid or not. It was sickening in January, it's more sickening now.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 18 points 3 weeks ago

When justice fails, all that remains is vigilantism. These corrupt pieces of shit have to be stopped, one way or another.

[-] TheJesusaurus@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago

They have already circumvented one way

[-] mkwt@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago
[-] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

Wow people are running cover for Biden breaking his promise now?

[-] bytesonbike@discuss.online 11 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Why no good sir. We are simply pointing out that Biden does something, but Trump also does it but way worse.

Like Biden sniffs a woman's hair, it's creepy and we agree and glad it's on the news.

And when Donny boy buys underage women and gets handsy with them, it's also creepy but like waaaay more and like actually illegal, but no news.

[-] sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 5 points 3 weeks ago

Then why not keep the discourse focused on Trump being a child Fucker instead of trying to post-mortem exonerate stupid unsavory stuff that liberals do

[-] bytesonbike@discuss.online 3 points 3 weeks ago

I'm with you! Media CEOs people with lots of money, got Epstein connections too, and they are doing their best not to piss off Orange Man, as you can tell with them bending the knee with donations.

[-] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Lol. Tell that to every moron who sat out the election on the pretense that 'both parties are equal', 'the parties owe us good candidates, or we don't vote', and 'but gaza'.

[-] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

There no longer is a moral highground defense. Biden gave it away. Democrats and Republicans are the same.

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