I disagree. With a president who is a criminal and a traitor to the country, with a congress, a senate and a supreme court bent to his wishes, from today on, the laws and the Constitution will be manipulated in his favor. Today begins a dictatorship.
My first concern is bad actors at the state level - bootlicker governors and whatnot - using the pardon’s “admission of guilt” to do Trump’s dirty work and go after them.
Do you seriously think that the First Felon needs an excuse? And do you seriously think it's worth letting innocent people get fucked over to avoid even the pretense of one?
And yet the right will now say it’s proof they were guilty. I’m so frustrated with all that’s going on and feel helpless. There is no reasoning with them.
What choice did he have with all the threats Trump is making? I don’t like it either and wish it didn’t have to happen but Trump is a threat to anyone who challenges him with truth and facts.
Because Trump is petty, and is absolutely willing to lock up people who didn’t do anything wrong. Meanwhile, he is promising to pardon people who stormed the Capital Jan. 6, i.e. people who absolutely did something wrong.
For all those that received and accepted a pardon, yes. At least according to SC precedent. Burdick V United States 236 (1915)
As for those who may have requested one but didn’t receive it, it’s unknown if they drew the connection that accepting a pardon carried with it the acknowledgment of guilt.
We don’t know how the question of guilt would be applied, since pardons weren’t granted. Most of the reports about requests came out ‘22. And they were conveyed in part, by questionable sources such as Hutchinson.
As a nation, we should be very ashamed. We need to fight for our democracy. We must not resist against these vile vengeful authoritarian. Fascism is alive and present in America
I’ll keep asking until someone answers: what do we do about it? What can we do about it? The way I see it, the next 4 years are going to happen no matter what we do. I don’t think I have another 4 years left in me.
trump is a petty, vindictive little man without one redeeming feature. He's going to be a horrible VP. If he's going to treat his neighbour and best friend with such contempt, well that's all I need to know.
When I saw this I only felt fear. This is how far Biden thinks it could go, and I think it could go further, the more I think about it. We are living in very dark times.
What makes me mad is the republicans trying to spin conspiracy that Joe was not in his cognitive mind. If he wasn’t how could he have made all the speeches he has in the last few weeks? I saw the Lawrence O’Donnell interview on Thursday; sounded very cognitive to me. Congressional leaders had
time to call him out, but didn’t. In the end all of a sudden he had a “shadow presidency?” WTF? It’s sad a president has to blanket pardon those that did the right thing.
Just finished reading Sleeping Beauties. I guess I’m ready for my nap now too. But I think the vote is going to be different this time. We are need to brace ourselves for the turbulence ahead.
For me, the shock is still that they actually voted for this fool of a human. It’s like they view life as some twisted extreme version of a never ending game of monopoly and nothing more.
To paraphrase a sage from your Party - "It was the economy, stupid" The Left can continue to believe that 77 million of their neighbors are cult members but that doesn't make it true.
So you’re saying it was rigged? Cause nothing with the economy is about to get better. Starting with prescription drugs. Your clown just reversed that…and just wait to see what happens with eggs. My side? We are now up and down… not right to left. My “side” is humanity.
Did anyone tell Gerald Ford about that? How about J Carter when he pardoned tens of thousands of Americans who fled the country rather than be drafted? Both of those situations were pardons without any convictions or even charges filed.
Joe Biden used the power granted to him by the Constitution to stand in the way of Donald Trump’s coming anti-constitutional regime. Invoking the power to grant “pardons and reprieves” vested in the President by Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution.
Which specifically states a federal law must have been broken, and a person to have been charged and convicted of, to be granted a pardon for that crime.
State level is still wide open for prosecutions. Stay tuned.
It’s sad that the dementia patient even had to pardon his criminal family back to 2014 fr millions in influence peddling ! It’s sad pelosi and Obama and Clinton hid this brain dead man from their voters like you . Aren’t you a dumbass
The fact that he pardoned his siblings back to 2014 tells you the level and years of corruption ! Trump never pardoned because he did nothing wrong or his administration but Biden doj made up their own laws to get him . Biden is a cowardly pile of shit and a disgrace to our country
and you blindly swallow anything Trumplethinskin and his cultist followers spread hook, line and sinker.Trump did issue pardons.You have been truly gaslit but I hope he fulfils all your hopes but I have my grave misgivings in that regard.
He give a few to people who
Already served their sentence Biden the corrupt thug covered his criminal family back to 2014 ! He covered the corrupt Jan 6 committee , if no crime why the pardon ?
Further Trump granted 143 pardons and 94 commutations - more than a few but you believe what you like. It used to be that facts didn’t care about feelings with all the misinformation and disinformation from the Felon Elon show now it is feelings don’t care about facts.
The number of pardons Biden granted is irrelevant to the question of whether the number Trump granted was few but your personal insult to me because I criticise your morally depraved cult leader is exactly the outcome he wanted.Divide and conquer. The oldest playbook in the world.
because the Orange abomination you worship unconditionally is a vindictive
,vengeful,utterly despicable,narcissistic,sociopathic tyrant and it is morally correct those investigating an insurrection to overturn democracy incited by that odious ogre should be protected from his evil retribution.
and will continue to do so in time,when the campaign promises fail to materialise there will be many more protests from the disenfranchised,duped and conned which Trump in fascistic demagoguery will instruct Hegseth to deploy the military to quell.Welcome to the oligarchy you voted for.
They took expired financial misdemeanor and made up a crime choice of three to make it a felony ! Something never done before , the jan 6 committee Liz used back door to interview a witness behind her lawyers back which is against the law to
Get her to change her testimony !
I'll look forward to seeing your responses if one of your heroes has something similar done by Kash Patel in the coming months. I'm sure you'll be fair-minded.
Trmp may or may not recognize the pardons but it's still a very meaningful symbolic gesture. I still expect a rash of 'accidents' and 'suicides' in the next couple yrs
The richest person on earth, who is also a government contractor, has demonstrated approval for far right extremists, and has an office in the White House.
The answer is before Trump supporters. A federal court kilked a ban on 18-20 year olds being allowed to buy guns. Not long ago, Trumpies were saying college kids didn't have the life experience to be allowed to vote, but they're now saying they can buy guns. Hypocrisy. YOU are the problem, not us.
A weak, vindictive, and small-handed man…glad someone convinced Biden to take preemptive actions to try to protect some people from the incoming Neo-Nazi Regime…
That traitor is fortunate not to have been put up against a wall. He can't be charged in Federal court but he damned sure can be reactivated and have all pension and benefits forfeited for his actions as well as removing all clearances to keep him from trafficking intel for hire at CNN.
He’s just a symptom of a bigger problem stemming from our geographic isolation and eroding access to higher education since the Regan administration in my opinion.
It will be a difficult four years for the U.S., for Ukraine and for the world. And alas I think many good people will go to jail. The next president will have to struggle with the aftermath of this tragedy for a long time.
Agreed, but when we keep focusing on the clown, the rest of the Republican Party keeps destroying this country. It’s not just Trump. He is the distraction. The entire Republican Party is fascist and the Democratic Party can’t be bothered to stop them.
I don’t know what everyone else will be doing for the next 4 years, but I’ll be reading more books and only looking at Bluesky for my social media fix.
That's a good way to insulate yourself from the realities of politics. It might also be a good way to be shocked when your Party loses another election, just sayin'...
I don’t know what everyone else will be doing for the next 4 years, but I’ll be reading more books and only looking at Bluesky for my social media fix.
All they did was investigate. Gave their results. That's it. If they committed a crime, then every investigation into wrongdoing is a crime. Is that how you see it?
I agree. Will you say the same when the House forms a committee to investigate their actions and take alook at the evidence? None of these Committee members have any legal jeopardy so they should testify when subpoenaed, yeah? The people have a right to get the other side.
Investigate what actions? Their investigation? Will this investigation also be investigated? Will THAT investigation be investigated? Are we creating an endless chain of investigation rather than accept that trump is vermin and so is everyone who voted for him?
Well it's not gonna boomerang, Karmic or not, back on Biden. Second guessing Joes actions, especially by the left, is like pissing in the wind. Once it was done, what does the comment accomplish? I'm not thrilled with Joe but I'm not thrilled with Schiff or Jefferies either. Too much grandstanding.
The wolves have been waiting and slavering for four years. Biden did what he had to do and I appreciate that. Trumpism is a bacteria that feeds off of negativity. The more we react, the more they are emboldened.
I get confused what a Republic is and a Monarchy is , in UK the King has the power of a ceremonial goat and US the president is like Caesar, ides of March .
I've already seen the media clutching their pearls over what Biden did, ignoring why he did it. They'll blame him for the J6 pardons, but those were already ready to go, and it's not like there weren't pardons in the last admin. Like anyone will remember with all the chaos already hitting.
Astounding isn’t it? And the technoligarchs rigged the process to favor muskyrump. Go technology that the masses don’t understand or have access to. It’s a whole new day ain’t it?
General Milley had contact with the Chinese, assuring them they would be notified in advance if the United States was going to attack. That is not defending the Constitution. BTW, you're an exceptional story teller. You're the best novelist of this era.
trump will be notable as the Caligula of American history. Joe Biden will have an honorable place as a decent man and good president in the years to come.
Stephen, it’s disgraceful that those who defended the Constitution now face retaliation and the need for pardons. This is not just an attack on democracy; it’s a wake-up call for all of us. People cannot remain silent—it’s time to raise our voices and our arms to defend democracy.
The notion that Trump's supporters are vengeful is unfair and misleading. It's an attempt to deflect from the real issues and demonize a group of people.
And even sadder commentary the American people allowed themselves to get conned again by the great grifter. He should be in a prison cell, not the Oval.
Oh, is lying about covid a crime now? Because I was told by the guy in charge at the time it would disappear in a couple months and sun it would basically be gone.
So hilarious that the best burn you idiots can come up with is “Here’s Trump looking so impossibly stupid and dancing like an Alzheimer’s patient” 😂🤣😂🤣
Are YOU taking notes?! Nothing in ANY horror movie or novel has prepared me for this moment where I am paralyzed w/fear of whats to come! I live in Tampa, Husband works @ MacDill. To KNOW Hegseth put a bullseye target on all of USA as having ZERO defense leadership RN
The amount of baby proofing this man had to do before he leave office is unbelievable. We all know if wasn’t enough but Joe sis what he could.
#keeperoftheflame
Not to mention all the MAGArati who would have cheered & bayed for blood if Liz Ceney et al had been convicted. Trump can do what he does because there are a lot of Americans who think he is right.
(PS attn BS spellcheck: to bay is a verb. Stop changing my words.)
Somber times and should be unfathomable that it’s even on the radar let alone a potential necessity. That said, if the established norms are scattered, those pardons may not be worth a red cent.
And now he is publicly removing the securities given to those military and federal employees that he is firing. Including those who have a target on them from our enemies. Oh and his little army of "hostages" that just got released. His vengeful nature is about to be in full display.
In North Korea or Russia for example: If you do something to "embarrass" or hurt the ruler and he can't retaliate against you for whatever reason he goes after your innocent family members.
This is why Joe protected them, because Trump cant hurt him.
Sad sir. You’ve spent decades mastering the craft of instilling horror with words through intelligence and creativity.
Now an idiot inspires true horror with mere signatures.
You penned “hello to new nightmares”
Trump signs “farewell to democracy”
We heard that refrain for the entire electoral cycle yet he was elected anyway. Care to actually point to actions he has taken that are going to destroy our Republic? When he begins locking up journalists or shutting down media, get back to us.
Oh fun! I love this part of social media! Yes, as I was an editorial cartoonist during the first Trump administration I have first-hand experience with Trump and his acolytes attacking people who work in media. Where do I mail the encyclopedia for you to read as we’re limited here?
It shows that the understanding is that the processes that define our judicial system, are not trustworthy. If the President doesn't have confidence that the judicial processes will protect them from unfounded criminal prosecution, why should we trust those processes for the rest of us?
Shut up. You contributed to getting Trump re-elected.
You contributed to a 4 year real life horror novel. Keep your politics to yourself.
I’m burning all your books.
So many thoughts and 95% are not good. I watched Americans “celebrate” the release of violent convicted felons who injured and killed cops. It’s no longer the America I grew up in.
The worst? People from other countries hate us- not just Trump.
I felt so badly for Joe and Kamala during Felon47's speech. Sitting there listening to someone bash everything you've done, lying with every comment, after you have poured your heart and soul into years and years of genuine public service! I can never enter politics! My skin is plastic wrap in comp!
Imagine vengeance taking up that much of one's thoughts! What a pathetic, cancerous life!!! It has to eat up so much energy! And, nothing satisfying coming of it! Just more vengeance! 😔
Joe Biden is the most corrupt president we have had. Preemptive blanket pardons is a sign of cover up or guilt. If they did nothing wrong, what evidence could convict? Corruption.
I hope so. One certainty is that these folks who are pardoned, no longer need nor have access to Fifth Amendment protection when called to testify before Congress.
We have yet to see the full force of Trump’s vengeance. He has surrounded himself with sycophants who will continue his retaliation against those who did not stand by his side.
Remember the song "The End of the Innocence" by Henley about Iran Contra affair? We all thought it was biggest scandal ever. This song keeps rolling in my head lately about this new era we're in. The innocence is truly over.
And now we all get to live it. Is it possible to ignore it? I consumed not one news morsel of his clown show. What do we do now? Help others impacted by his raging incompetence at being human.
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In 2020 Jake Tapper asked President-elect Biden about Trump possibly issuing preemptive pardons…
Biden: “It concerns me, the type of precedent it sets. How the rest of the world looks at us as a nation of laws. You won’t see me doing that.”
won't even understand half the words.
Who cares?
About that reasoning...
If they haven't done anything wrong, why would they need a pardon?
Gosh, surely they were not guilty, right?
As for those who may have requested one but didn’t receive it, it’s unknown if they drew the connection that accepting a pardon carried with it the acknowledgment of guilt.
I find it hypocritical that magats didn’t care n ‘20 about all those were requesting pardons from trump then;
but since Biden has granted them, now “guilt“ aspect of it matters 🙄
As Trump begins his second presidency, Claire Jones writes for West England Bylines on what it signifies -
https://westenglandbylines.co.uk/politics/trumps-second-coming-the-world-kisses-the-ring/
Followed. I did read some of your books such as "The Wind Through Keyhole" and I just finished reading "You lIke It Darker".
Nice books though, you should try yourself at writing detectives, I guess :-)
I'd think an educated man such as yourself would have spent some time READING before making such an ass out of yourself.
Sad
We know things get worse by factors when bullshit is allowed to slide. The longer we say nothing, the worse it gets.
That era is over.
Joe Biden used the power granted to him by the Constitution to stand in the way of Donald Trump’s coming anti-constitutional regime. Invoking the power to grant “pardons and reprieves” vested in the President by Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution.
State level is still wide open for prosecutions. Stay tuned.
Already served their sentence Biden the corrupt thug covered his criminal family back to 2014 ! He covered the corrupt Jan 6 committee , if no crime why the pardon ?
,vengeful,utterly despicable,narcissistic,sociopathic tyrant and it is morally correct those investigating an insurrection to overturn democracy incited by that odious ogre should be protected from his evil retribution.
Just one.
Just one specific law.
I eagerly await your specific, verified, sourced, definitely-forthcoming answer.
Get her to change her testimony !
If you have vetted, sourced articles to support your claims, I’d love to see them.
“Here is a huge lie!”
“Can you in any way verify that absurd claim you just made?”
“Um maybe DO YOUR RESEARCH!!”
This is why everyone thinks conservatives are stupid.
This is why everyone thinks conservatives are stupid.
A weak, vindictive, and small-handed man…glad someone convinced Biden to take preemptive actions to try to protect some people from the incoming Neo-Nazi Regime…
This is a warning: shadows are rising, but the light of truth must endure.
We MUST Stand for accountability, or risk a future where power silences righteousness.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-pardons-five-members-his-family-including-his-brothers-2025-01-20/
Pathetic.
Pathetic.
https://bsky.app/profile/donjorizzy.bsky.social/post/3lg6wy7yvuk2r
#keeperoftheflame
(PS attn BS spellcheck: to bay is a verb. Stop changing my words.)
This is why Joe protected them, because Trump cant hurt him.
Now an idiot inspires true horror with mere signatures.
You penned “hello to new nightmares”
Trump signs “farewell to democracy”
You contributed to a 4 year real life horror novel. Keep your politics to yourself.
I’m burning all your books.
Hang it upside down for we are in distress and need everyone to stand with us
what the fuck is going on
The worst? People from other countries hate us- not just Trump.
E.C.Wilson