Again, I've dubbed these "Cotton Swabs" (after Tom, who's really good at them). When you ask people to criticize Trump and they instead take the time to spread false claims, which never get corrected. Here, yes, this was a blanket pardon, and Trump promised to do it before Biden's pardons. - ThreadSky

emptywheel.bsky.social • 44 days ago

Again, I've dubbed these "Cotton Swabs" (after Tom, who's really good at them). When you ask people to criticize Trump and they instead take the time to spread false claims, which never get corrected.

Here, yes, this was a blanket pardon, and Trump promised to do it before Biden's pardons.

Reposted from Adam Keiper

I see three distinct falsehoods in what John Thune is saying here. How many do you see?

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rogerailes.bsky.social•44 days ago

Biden pardoned 6,500 for possession of weed, 0 for attempting to install a dictator through violence.

pj1304.bsky.social•44 days ago

The "he did it first" defense.

lindakaboolian.bsky.social•44 days ago

These folks were adjudicated, deemed guilty of serious felonies, imprisoned. A bit different from offering clemency to low level offenders serving disproportionately long sentences.

cascada57.bsky.social•42 days ago

Our TX gov also pardoned and freed a murderer, convicted by a jury, who murdered a BLM protester. Gov Abbott is probably also interested in creating his own team of brownshirts.

tootirednow.bsky.social•44 days ago

A variation of find the hidden objects

bluefrommagioh.bsky.social•44 days ago

we're going to need Stefanik Swabs going forward for sure.

eawinick.bsky.social•44 days ago

Raju usually doesn't push back, but then, he's sprinting when he asks these questions.

utterlychris.bsky.social•44 days ago

MAGA in the year 100,000

Experts agree that America will be great again in the year 100,000. Surpassing all other so-called great civilizations, American civilization is fated to return — yet again — to greatness! On or about that date.

https://medium.com/@ChrisHamilton_/maga-in-the-year-100-000-70c296bab6f7

jasonsteakums.bsky.social•44 days ago

Every single time I futilely wrote to Grassley during Trump's first term he tried to justify Trump's behavior by something Obama supposedly did, it's so tiresome. Like oh, so you're admitting the behavior is bad, but just saying you don't care, cool.

montanabeef.bsky.social•44 days ago

"Case by case" = Tarrio who got 22 years for seditious conspiracy.

joegee65.bsky.social•44 days ago

Manu should have asked him about this:
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5097857-jacob-chansley-qanon-shaman-donald-trump-pardon-guns/

saintjoe.bsky.social•44 days ago

With MAGA It's always someone else's fault. As trump said last time he was president, "I take responsibility for nothing".

northsleuth.bsky.social•44 days ago

It's sickening how the Democrat Senators are terrible at calling out false claims as they are happening in Cabinet pick hearings. This has to be the worst Democrat hearing performance I have ever seen.

MAGA watches the hearings, but not MSNBC, CNN, etc. Missed opportunities IMO.

bchristyb.bsky.social•44 days ago

They are all liars. They are so dug in on Trumpism, they just gaslight everyone. It’ll get worse & more maddening. None of them are moderates or trustworthy or reasonable. It’s just praising & defending whatever Trump does.

wickedlywhen.bsky.social•44 days ago

If you are xtian who believes in objective morality, when someone does something vile, of which you are scornful, that means God has allowed that someone to open the door for you to now be vile and scornful.
/s of course

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