hussarguitar.bsky.social
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Musk looking like Apartheid Michael Jackson
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Oof
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Are you sure you're not 52?
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There is zero incentive for elected leaders to NOT try a coup
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Is hope not the point of progress? How can you have progress without hope? Does not the promise of progress itself inspire hope?
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Get ready for 4 yrs of "The Hunter pardon". Trump and his toadies are going to repeat this anytime something unethical comes up.
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I got one doctorate, and my god, that was enough. Don't put yourself through a doctorate program unless you plan on using the degree in an actual job.
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How does the Hunter pardon help anyone not with the last name of Biden? How does pardoning someone who admitted they were guilty and found guilty by a jury of their peers make the argument that our side is better than Trump's side easier? This was the biggest Xmas gift Trump could get from Biden.
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This only benefits people with the last name of Biden and everyone in MAGA world. This hurts everyone trying to convince people we're better than Trump because surely our president wouldn't pardon a family member who admits guilt to the crimes charged and was found guilty by a jury of his peers.
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He's laying the groundwork for how he justifies pardoning the J6 people. We're going to get 4yrs of "The Hunter pardon" and somehow we'll have to convince people the anti-Trump crowd is better. Even after Biden just pardoned his son, who admitted guilt and was found guilty by a jury of his peers.
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I'm worried about how much more difficult it will be to convince people we aren't like Trump. We're going to get a solid dose of "The Hunter pardon" for 4 yrs and he'll use it as cover for all sorts of shenanigans. People will buy it and the MAGAs have a new rallying cry.
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Trump is so happy about this his mushroom is going to explode. This pardon buys Trump so much cover for the stuff he's going to do it's hard to imagine anything more positive for him. It costs Trump nothing and gives him a talking point. Get ready for 4 yrs of endless talk about "The Hunter pardon"
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This will not stop them. If anything, you now have the MAGA base screaming for vengeance and focused on it. Plus, anyone trying to convince people we're different than the Trump crowd just got a lot harder.
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You as well
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What hits are we taking? Hunter serving time for a crime he admits he did and was found guilty of affects essentially no one. What rewards are we taking? The only thing this will do is make convincing people our side is different that much harder. This comes off as egotistical, selfish and harmful.
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I feel like we agree about 90% on this, so thank you for the productive conversation.
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You said "the ship has sailed". What's the ship? Convincing people to not vote for Trump?
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I support everything you proposed. But if this and only a handful of lukewarm pardons come out and that's it, I stand by calling this a horrible decision made for selfish and egotistical reasons that will only make our fight harder.
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If the people standing against Trump are already admiting defeat in trying to win through democratic means, what does that leave us? Are we left with civil war? If convincing people to vote for democracy has failed, what are you proposing we do?
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Who suffers? Anyone trying to convince people that the anti-Trump crowd wouldn't give special treatment to their family members after they admit guilt and are later found guilty by a jury of their peers. And those millions of MAGA supporters got a cudgel to beat anyone wanting to prosecute Trump
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Who benefits from this besides someone with the last name of Biden or a MAGA supporter?
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I agree we should not be shackled to norms in the cae of Trump, but why would we want to use political capital for something that benefits a dozen people and all of our enemies. If we're going to be unshackled, why start with presidential pardons for family members who admit they are guilty?
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The fact that he was guilty is the point. Partisan politics or not, who cares? This only helps Joe Biden's family and the MAGAs who are going to use this as cover for even more crazy stuff. This Hunter pardon will convince at least some people of the false equivalence and make our efforts harder.
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Now he'll pardon everyone and say "Well...Hunter Biden..." and most people will buy the false equivalence. The only people benefiting from this are Bidens and MAGAs. This was a horrible call.
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I just fail to see how not letting someone who was found guilty by a jury for a crime they did, then serving out his sentence, does anything for you, me, or America's future. The only person benefiting from this has Biden as a last name or supports MAGA.
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I agree with you that Trump's actions are next level and inexcusable. But why is Biden's action also not inexcusable? This feels more like people trying to drink MAGA tears, not some consistent moral philosophy.
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He was found guilty by a jury of his peers. He wasn't found guilty by congress, he was found guilty in a federal court by a jury for a crime he committed. This is 100% nepotism. It doesn't forgive Trump, but if you're against Trump doing it for his family, you should be against it for Biden.
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I think this pardon basically blows the dam for prosecution. Now, the MAGA base is screaming for vengeance. This pardon will become a cudgel that MAGA will use for all of Trump's pardons.
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Strong disagree. If you were against it when Trump did it, you should be against Biden pardoning his son after he was found guilty by a jury of his peers.
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Yet he was found guilty by a jury of his peers, no? If Trump pardoning his family upset you, why not when Biden does it? Shouldn't it work both ways?
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Yes to both
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I've never voted for Trump, and I never will. However, this feels like the kind of nepotism we should be against. If the choices are to stand by our morals and send someone judged guilty by a jury of his peers or we don't care about equality under the law anymore, then sorry Hunter.
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How does this fight the narrative that, "both sides do it, so who cares?" Do we just not care anymore? This feels like a selfish, shameful act. Especially after Biden said he wasn't going to do it.
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Even if they did this, I still think most people would vote for the next wannabe dictator if they promised to make gas, eggs, and milk cheaper.
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Followed by "The real unemployment numbers can't be that high" then, "I promise I didn't know about the camps".
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Here's the world's richest man basically being Trump's co-president, but the left are the ones run by elites?
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Is Musk sending in his trolls?
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Hey, there's a taste of winter ahead later this week, so that's something.
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Ominous
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Feeling you up here in Mass
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I assure you they are. This way, they get to build the government into the Oligarchy they promised the other oligarchs.