Almost like a drop in the bucket at this point. But the president-elect, today, called for jailing SIX currently elected members of Congress and THREE former members. uncharted territory here. - ThreadSky

samsteindc.bsky.social • 158 days ago

Almost like a drop in the bucket at this point.

But the president-elect, today, called for jailing SIX currently elected members of Congress and THREE former members.

uncharted territory here.

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marklawyer.bsky.social•158 days ago

That’s why we need preemptive pardons. Fuck Trump and his vindictive investigations.

notyourlapdog.bsky.social•158 days ago

So why is Jim Clyburn asking Biden to Pardon Trump? He needs be jailed.

admiralkomack.bsky.social•157 days ago

“uncharted territory here.”
Nope.
November 5, 2024 was the “fuck around” phase.
We are now in the “find out” phase.😐

sharto.bsky.social•158 days ago

Trump started threatening elected officials 8 years ago and got elected President twice. So, that.

michaeleliasso4.bsky.social•158 days ago

Well WE blew our chance once again for civility and calmness these next 4 years. Hope it was worth it for you 62% that sat on your asses and stayed out of making your voice heard.😕

admv.bsky.social•158 days ago

I know there is a debate about whether they should accept pardons or not. But some of them need to flee the country even if they did get them.

jpayneblues.bsky.social•157 days ago

Trump is Such a dick!

ijeftomi.bsky.social•158 days ago

No wonder they have Lara out there whining about the "bad precedent" that preemptive pardons would set.

mayor-pete.bsky.social•158 days ago

When will people's personal lines get crossed? Is it when a politician they respect is jailed and silenced? Maybe a news commentator or influencer? Celebrity that was being too harsh with criticism? Will people really wait until it affects their lives directly? I certainly hope not.

freedomfighter64.bsky.social•158 days ago

Assad can be removed so can Trump

mizceeyay.bsky.social•157 days ago

I figure he'll commit at least one impeachable offense in the first year or two. I wonder if McConnell will have grown a spine by then.

freedomfighter64.bsky.social•157 days ago

McConnell is retiring

mizceeyay.bsky.social•157 days ago

It's my understanding he is stepping down from leadership position, intending to finish his term which runs through January 2027.

freedomfighter64.bsky.social•157 days ago

Oh damn . I didnt hear it like that . I thought he was leaving the senate

mizceeyay.bsky.social•157 days ago

So...he may still be able to redeem himself when...note the word when...he commits an impeachable offense. I hope to God he uses every penny of political capital to block insane cabinet nominees and vote to impeach. Unlike Susan Collins, I believe Mitch may...just may have learned his lesson.

reducetofit.bsky.social•158 days ago

Right, so who's got a plan to stop this, (a.k.a. J6 2.0):

Just paste in different faces. This is what the worst of them want.

its-me-colleen-d.bsky.social•158 days ago

I’m lowkey concerned that he’s going to try something violent on Inauguration Day in an attempt to shock and awe his critics into silence. I wouldn’t put a thing past him, and his relative silence gives an aura of foreboding.

nottx.bsky.social•158 days ago

And yet there are people criticizing Biden for wanting to issue pre-emptive pardons.

dealfatigue.bsky.social•158 days ago

They’re morons it playing us for fools

cuibonobaby.bsky.social•157 days ago

And suggesting Biden pardon Trump.

nottx.bsky.social•157 days ago

No need, T***p will pardon himself and SCOTUS will let him.

thenicabides.bsky.social•158 days ago

This is fascism

chernynkaya.bsky.social•158 days ago

But many pundits say that if pardoned, the willfully ignorant will assume they are guilty. If we cater to the lowest among us, we’re doomed.

pryor-politics.bsky.social•158 days ago

laurabloemker.bsky.social•157 days ago

Unlawful territory. The president doesn’t get to throw people in jail by fiat.

indypnw.bsky.social•157 days ago

He is weeks away from inauguration and these are the things he is talking about. I guess eggs and gas are good.

freneticbalderdash.bsky.social•158 days ago

Sarah's focus group participant: "Trump was just so much more presidential this time around." 🫠💀

amirselmanovic.bsky.social•158 days ago

I'm sure that will make eggs cheaper.

julia1170.bsky.social•158 days ago

Hi will you go on morning Joe or way to early and talk about this please 🙏

monakb.bsky.social•158 days ago

He’d have more reach posting here. Only the dumb and stupid still watch @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social

julia1170.bsky.social•158 days ago

It’s the dumb and stupid that need to hear this

dg93023.bsky.social•158 days ago

Fuck @morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social

h-christopher.bsky.social•158 days ago

If there are any patriotic Republican Senators or Reps still serving, they can Impeach him on January 21 for the classified documents theft. They can end this national nightmare before it begins.

#VanceForPresident2025

amylynn8.bsky.social•158 days ago

Yikes. I’m all for getting rid of Drump but we don’t want Vance-he’s worse. He’s a moron but he’s a believer in project 2025 & christofascism

milsma.bsky.social•158 days ago

Well at least Biden knows who to pardon in advance 😕

jammycrumpets.bsky.social•158 days ago

DickTater was given full immunity.
Pardon's won't matter.

blurosie.bsky.social•158 days ago

What does that mean?

lizzibetts.bsky.social•158 days ago

It means the Supreme Court gave trump permission to do anything he wants, including jailing his enemies, and no one can do anything.

its-me-colleen-d.bsky.social•158 days ago

Wouldn’t surprise me if as soon as the swearing in is done, he turns around and arrests Biden-Harris and their families. Or worse. The orange tyrant wants infamy and chaos. Doing that would be both.

blurosie.bsky.social•158 days ago

What does it mean about possible preemptive pardons ?
He can’t undo them. But he can have those people indicted for other things?
Or he can have them killed?

halfassedzen.bsky.social•158 days ago

Meaning it’s not a stretch to think he’d “unpardon” whoever as an “official act”, and SCOTUS would reverse engineer a justification for that should it be challenged in court.

blamer.bsky.social•158 days ago

Biden should just issue a blanket pardon for all registered Democrats (not currently serving time for a violent crime) :D

happycamping1.bsky.social•158 days ago

Pardons won’t mean a thing to an authoritarian regime.

moonchyld72.bsky.social•156 days ago

I've been wondering that myself, Biden can pardon people. It does whatever the hell it wants. It'll just nullify the pardons. It runs by its own rules.... 👣🫂

kd-jenkins.bsky.social•158 days ago

He will be out to ruin lives, it’s going to be very ugly. Media seems to be much more compliant this time around, there will be less resistance, and his enemies are fucked… basically

loverofbooks123.bsky.social•158 days ago

But Trump is not about retribution! /s

jckapp.bsky.social•158 days ago

Where was this detailed? on TruthSocial, Fox, CNN?? I will never have a TrSoc acct, and dont watch Fox. Thx

fanew.bsky.social•157 days ago

Meet the Press

early-vote.bsky.social•158 days ago

If only you knew someone who worked in media you could make this a bigger deal

cgillespie62.bsky.social•158 days ago

But he's not going after his political enemies!

hammerotass.bsky.social•158 days ago

"they should go to jail for what they did" "will you or you FBI director do that?" "No, not at all"
🤷🏼‍♀️

mustsavedemocracy.bsky.social•158 days ago

That's definitely concerning. We'll have to see how this situation unfolds.

spider247.bsky.social•157 days ago

One of them needs to challenge him to a duel.

alanhowe.bsky.social•158 days ago

If we are not going to use the intelligence we have gathered about Trump's compromised relationship with Putin right now to defend our nation, when are we going to use it? Never?

Make Biden #DeclassifyTrump, so we can force the Congress to #ImpeachTrumpNow.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/11/21/2287839/-We-Can-Stop-Trump?_=2024-11-21T11:19:50.000-08:00

godless2.bsky.social•158 days ago

Late stage capitalism; it's the inevitable outcome of a system based on exploitation. Will people cower and accept it? Probably.

ericsaul.bsky.social•158 days ago

Stop. There are far worse dictators in countries that don't have capitalism as their economic system.

princessofely.bsky.social•158 days ago

Seems like he’s making Joe Biden’s pardon list easier and easier🧐

ijeftomi.bsky.social•158 days ago

His power of pardon is absolute and inexhaustable. He could blanket pardon a million people if he wanted.

He should do with pardons what Trump does with crimes...saturate the zeitgeist with so many of them that no individual one of them can be the focus of criticism.

Create a cacophony of pardons.

ijeftomi.bsky.social•158 days ago

One should be for himself. THAT would be a lightning rod that distracts from all others. What's the public and the media gonna do...unfairly disapprove of him even more? 😆

mizceeyay.bsky.social•157 days ago

Joe should issue a blanket pardon for the Dreamers.

susandi.bsky.social•158 days ago

I concur 110%. Everyone is freaking out already over Hunter & preemptive pardons Go for it Joe.

ijeftomi.bsky.social•158 days ago

If Joe doesn't wield the power he literally has while he still has it, he will be to blame for any innocent people that Trump persecutes.

He will be the only person on Earth that could have stopped it.

minutello1.bsky.social•157 days ago

I'm clear that all of the current threatening environment is exclusively Trump's responsibility.

cuibonobaby.bsky.social•157 days ago

While Manchin, Clymer and others urge Biden to pardon Trump. Once again the Democratic Party leadership is afraid to take their own side in an argument.