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[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 113 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Biden finally figures out how to ignore norms, and uses it for this.

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 60 points 1 week ago

It's a big club, and you ain't in it.

Capitalism hasn't spent decades, and a depressingly small ampunt of money, capturing the political class, to improve the lives of the working class.

[–] very_well_lost@lemmy.world 81 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] frunch@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago

This is the correct reaction, for those of us playing at home

[–] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 68 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

There it is, you don't make a grandstand announcement unless you want to misdirect. Largest pardon ever, just don't look to close.

If you think it's not that bad, read about a lawsuit against a for-profit Youth Correctional Facility near Jackson, Mississippi.

https://www.splcenter.org/news/2012/05/03/investigation-lawsuit-expose-barbaric-conditions-profit-youth-prison-mississippi

[–] Brodysseus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I grew up in MS and was detained in county juvenile facilities multiple times. It's awful.

The place mentioned in that article was one of the places they'd threaten you with, and the rumors about what happened to kids there were terrifying. Thank God I never went to one, the county ones were bad enough. That's where I found out I didn't actually have any rights.

Can't believe he pardoned a judge profiteering off of that shitshow.

Mississippi is corrupt af

[–] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Judge was from Flordia, just for clarification. However, these facilities and jails are broken. They need massive reform and oversight.

[–] Brodysseus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago

Ah thanks for clarifying, I got mixed up.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 50 points 1 week ago (3 children)

dude making a turd sausage out of his legacy.

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

His legacy is electing Trump, so not much else to fuck up

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world -2 points 1 week ago (3 children)

not entirely, 51% of American's helped him with that.

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 10 points 1 week ago

I specifically mean appointing an AG who slowwalked his case.

He could be in prison.

[–] sgnl@midwest.social 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Well that number is pulled out of your ass, utilizing the same logic you could say 100% of Americans helped get Trump elected and it isn't technically untrue.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world -2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

this is a commentary on the Internet, not a regulated debate.

get fucking real dude.

[–] sgnl@midwest.social 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's good to give yourself advice, I'd err on being kinder tho, sounds like you need it.

[–] nednobbins@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

Shitty leaders blame their people for their failures.

[–] EmpireInDecay@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

His entire career has been turd sausage.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

yeah, but now... it's like 90% turd.

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's not like his sausage didn't have a few segregationist and war criminal turds in it already

[–] jakeyounglol@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

yeah. same with genocide accomplice turds

[–] Thteven@lemmy.world 34 points 1 week ago

"Fuck them kids"

-Biden

[–] shiroininja@lemmy.world 27 points 1 week ago

Whaaaaat the fuuuuck

[–] ATDA@lemmy.world 26 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Elites just know that cat is out of the bag or what?

2 factions of elites fighting, nothing to see here...

[–] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 26 points 1 week ago (2 children)

FYI, national review are a bunch of lying bigots and nothing they say should ever be taken as fact

[–] EmpireInDecay@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 week ago

There are hundreds of other sources with the exact same story.The issue isn't the source it's that it points Biden as being the POS he's always been

[–] foggy@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago

Fuck this fucking country.

[–] Marleyinoc@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

On brand for Biden...

[–] distantsounds@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

Maybe he’ll pardon his dogs Major and Commander next. Joe fucking Biden 🤦‍♂️

Yo Joe, do a funny, pardon yourself.

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 week ago

Disgusting. I should have know whom genocide joe would be pardoning.

[–] TrueStoryBob@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Fucking Christ on a pogo stick.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

WTAF. These kinds of judges should be given the harshest of sentences.

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

I wonder if all the other commutation were cover to release those two who had no business being released.

[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago
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