Should be huge news. Trump said he wants to punish drug cartels so he releases the man who creates an international drug trafficking ring on the dark web. How Trump Was Persuaded to Pardon an Online Drug Kingpin www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/t... - ThreadSky

wajali.bsky.social • 97 days ago

Should be huge news. Trump said he wants to punish drug cartels so he releases the man who creates an international drug trafficking ring on the dark web.

How Trump Was Persuaded to Pardon an Online Drug Kingpin https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/technology/ross-ulbricht-trump-pardon.html?smid=bs-share

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ktc2.bsky.social•96 days ago

Shorter answer: $$$

elluisin.bsky.social•97 days ago

Couldnt be simpler or more straightforward the drug dealer pardoned is WHITE. This of course tracks as acceptable with the majority of White Americans that voted trump into office.

jeanpauldelier.bsky.social•96 days ago

Ooooh how interesting nytimes! let’s all “click”!

msdobalina.bsky.social•97 days ago

I understand that Trump pardoned him in part to pick up some libertarian bro votes.

Strictly Rumor: Ross Ulbricht had a lot more bitcoin than the feds found and well. Trump. 🤷‍♀️

msdobalina.bsky.social•97 days ago

It wasn't a "ring", it was the Amazon of drug markets and fake drivers licenses (maybe passports too? not sure).

bombswarmearth.bsky.social•97 days ago

But he is white .

notagback5.bsky.social•97 days ago

It’s almost like libertarians & republicans are hypocritical self-interested white men that don’t want the rules to apply to their demographic specifically.

j-c11.bsky.social•97 days ago

This corruption is just another abuse of power that is beyond the pale… Trump is, without question, the most corrupt politician of our time.

kreiggers.bsky.social•97 days ago

King Idiot

kilohanakona.bsky.social•97 days ago

Oh come on.. Silk Road wasn't just drug trafficking. They had human trafficking, too! You could even order a hit - which Ross Ulbricht actually did.

Taking it even further, Trump is likely going to punish the "scum" (his words, not mine) who prosecuted Ulbricht.

drawstickpeople.medsky.social•97 days ago

randybuxton.bsky.social•97 days ago

It's like everything he'll be doing Give him money and you get what you want from him. The US gov't holds several billion dollars from criminal Ulbricht. Guess what happens to it now.

notsillylikesome.bsky.social•97 days ago

Somebody make it make sense 🤯

susanbehrens.bsky.social•97 days ago

Lawrence O’Donnell pointed out tonight that this guy was incarcerated during Trump’s first term, and Trump did nothing.
But on Day 2 Trump pardons him. What changed?

unhipcat.bsky.social•97 days ago

“Trump said”
‘nuff said.

toast2hawks.bsky.social•97 days ago

That one was mindboggling.

cascada57.bsky.social•97 days ago

that guy is a very talented hacker/programmer, I'm sure djt has plans to use him somehow and djt just released him from 2 life sentences so of course the guy is beholden to djt

homunculusdick.bsky.social•97 days ago

im the wallet inspector. type the numbers from all payment cards with your zip code and SSN to confirm that your data is safe.

peculiardoctrine.bsky.social•97 days ago

Libertarianism is just as much of a scam/con/scheme as crypto, so I'm not surprised they fall together under MAGA

notquietmodemd.bsky.social•97 days ago

Maybe he’s sending him down south to partner with Sinaloa and set up a joint venture?? And the U.S. gets like a 50% cut amirite?
Then it won’t be foreign owned??? Oh my bad
FML

chem-mom-of-4.bsky.social•96 days ago

Instead, maybe payment will be made into trump’s new cryptocurrency account.

pyrmom22.bsky.social•97 days ago

The second worst sack of human trash to come out of Penn State!

WE ARE... disgusted and embarrassed!

jfxryan.bsky.social•97 days ago

That's the way he thinks

penbird42.bsky.social•97 days ago

let me explain. Releasing the 1/6 insurrectionists gives #PresidentMusk his army of Brownshirts. And releasing the Silk Road mastermind ensures that Musk can supply them with weapons and stimulants, under the table. See it yet?

its-its.bsky.social•97 days ago

I agree with you. This is more insane than pardoning the insurrectionists.

wallyfeatherstone.bsky.social•93 days ago

Maybe this guy whispered in his daddy's ear, asking him to pardon his pal?

lizfromearth616.bsky.social•97 days ago

This does not surprise me. Anytime Trump says he is actively against something, I just automatically assume he’s guilty of it.

notsillylikesome.bsky.social•97 days ago

That is the literal truth

Every accusation by tRump is a confession.
Always

plopseven.bsky.social•97 days ago

Yeah trump wants to punish drug cartels by dismantling our largest military base in Southern America…

https://responsiblestatecraft.org/us-military-honduras/

heidiotoo.bsky.social•97 days ago

Pretty sure Elon said: here, sign this.

deepstatepotato.bsky.social•97 days ago

Dump's gotta get his Adderall somewhere.

bigblueplanet.bsky.social•97 days ago

What Democrat is creating a photo op with police unions today?

easterbaby59.bsky.social•97 days ago

His followers don't care. We do.

chilangolandia.bsky.social•97 days ago

Six overdose deaths linked to website, including teenagers and a Microsoft employee.

lisbonmile.bsky.social•97 days ago

And he pardoned a child porn pedo

notsillylikesome.bsky.social•97 days ago

When it comes to that kind of "diversity" he's all for it.

He wasn't a frequent flyer on Epstein's lolita express for nothing. Or the owner of teen beauty pageants for nothing either.

puma4810.bsky.social•97 days ago

Follow the $$$$$

sarafmurphy93.bsky.social•97 days ago

He's outraged about immigrants committing crimes while he releases adjudicated US citizen criminals from jail. US citizen criminals who beat police officers, trafficked drugs, and child porn. So, how much are eggs costing today?

isonope.bsky.social•97 days ago

No through lines here folks🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🤬

aetherkat.bsky.social•97 days ago

He used a specialized new legal test when deciding who to pardon. It's called the "swatch test."

marchajenn.bsky.social•97 days ago

gotta get his fix somewhere “legally”🙄

sarcasmrules.bsky.social•96 days ago

I agree. This is HUGE. We need to encourage people to watch the American Greed episode on Silk Road. It will make you ill!

tblueforever.bsky.social•97 days ago

Quid pro quo

tblueforever.bsky.social•97 days ago

He wants his cut

imdaviddunn.bsky.social•96 days ago

Watch what they do, not what they say

paws4justice.bsky.social•97 days ago

He’s a criminal. Criminals run together!

sassyhef.bsky.social•97 days ago

He’s going to corner the market for his suppliers and take a cut.

katnissrighthere.bsky.social•97 days ago

Mafia era fellowship !

staciegregory.bsky.social•97 days ago

Maybe if it wasn’t behind a paywall?

peculiardoctrine.bsky.social•97 days ago

here you go https://archive.is/JY9AW

staciegregory.bsky.social•97 days ago

Thank you!! I still say someone bought some meme coins on Friday. But we will never know. That’s the entire problem.

wcnsed.bsky.social•97 days ago

Maybe if it wasn't the simping NYT.

factlover73.bsky.social•96 days ago

He and Elon ran out of, "the good stuff".

patryan.bsky.social•96 days ago

He decided to release him when he was told how much money he would be paid to do so.

summerbreeze0102.bsky.social•97 days ago

I’m not dying on this hill. There are many other more urgent things to focus on right now - like defunding health research and killing thousands of jobs.

Focus.

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