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Did you miss the part where the mob that stormed the capital was fully pardoned despite the incredible violence? This is dictator shit. He's telling his support

Did you miss the part where the mob that stormed the capital was fully pardoned despite the incredible violence? This is dictator shit. He's telling his supporters violence is okay against his political enemies and he will cover for you.

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hedora 2y ago
There’s also the part where Secret Service agents are going to schools, lying about who they are, and trying to arrest children for making statements critical of Trump: > "We had an incident happen in Chicago on Friday where there were some federal agents that showed up at a school asking to come in to interview an 11-year-old who had posted an anti-Trump video on TikTok. > "They presented their credentials, they said [they were] Department of Homeland Security. The school was confused and said, 'No, you cannot come in.' > "It turned out they were actually from the Secret Service, which does not enforce immigration law, but the school activated its protocol as if it were protecting that student, and said, 'You can't come in because you don't have a signed warrant. Of course, Trump previously threatened to prosecute any state employees that don’t cooperate with such stuff. The school administration took on a lot of personal risk to protect that kid. https://www.npr.org/hereandnow/2025/01/27/immigration-arrests-schools https://www.npr.org/hereandnow/2025/01/27/immigration-arrest...
- CalRobert 2y ago
  I am reminded of my colleague who grew up in the USSR, and said agents would come to their class and show kids pictures of western cartoon characters (Mickey, etc.) to see who had disloyal parents.
  - seattle_spring 2y ago
    We're not far from that happening here. There is currently an attempt to discontinue students' ability to check out mobile hotspots because access to the Internet could, "censor kids' exposure to conservative viewpoints." [1] [1] https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/01/senator-ted-cruz-is-trying-to-block-wi-fi-hotspots-for-schoolchildren/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/01/senator-ted-cruz...
DaSHacka 2y ago
Is this not exactly what Biden also did in his last month in office? So far both presidents have blanket pardoned a mix of political allies, family members, and rioters right in front of the American public and no one's talking about it... I feel like I'm going crazy, are people really this oblivious?
- triyambakam 2y ago
  You're not crazy, it's both sides. They're different sides of the same coin
- therealpygon 2y ago
  Sorry, which violent insurrectionists did Biden pardon? Or are you comparing this to Biden pardoning people who were already receiving threats that they would be targeted for political prosecutions from the incoming administration, or is it the non-violent offenders who were placed in jail for such crimes as having a bag of pot? Or are you talking about his son who, while I don’t agree with, I also recognize that it’s his son at the end of the day? “Both sides” is the excuse of people too lazy to objectively look at the real differences between actions while they sit on their party line. I don’t particularly like what liberals want, but they and their real Republican counterparts go about it in a lot different way than Trumpers.
- fooblaster 2y ago
  These guys maced a cop until he had a heart attack. They beat a guy nearly to death with a flagpole. Pardoning lunatics thst stormed the capital and nearly killed cops is not the same thing as Biden pardoning his son.

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hedora 2y ago

There’s also the part where Secret Service agents are going to schools, lying about who they are, and trying to arrest children for making statements critical of Trump: > "We had an incident happen in Chicago on Friday where there were some federal agents that showed up at a school asking to come in to interview an 11-year-old who had posted an anti-Trump video on TikTok. > "They presented their credentials, they said [they were] Department of Homeland Security. The school was confused and said, 'No, you cannot come in.' > "It turned out they were actually from the Secret Service, which does not enforce immigration law, but the school activated its protocol as if it were protecting that student, and said, 'You can't come in because you don't have a signed warrant. Of course, Trump previously threatened to prosecute any state employees that don’t cooperate with such stuff. The school administration took on a lot of personal risk to protect that kid. https://www.npr.org/hereandnow/2025/01/27/immigration-arrests-schools https://www.npr.org/hereandnow/2025/01/27/immigration-arrest...

CalRobert 2y ago
I am reminded of my colleague who grew up in the USSR, and said agents would come to their class and show kids pictures of western cartoon characters (Mickey, etc.) to see who had disloyal parents.
- seattle_spring 2y ago
  We're not far from that happening here. There is currently an attempt to discontinue students' ability to check out mobile hotspots because access to the Internet could, "censor kids' exposure to conservative viewpoints." [1] [1] https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/01/senator-ted-cruz-is-trying-to-block-wi-fi-hotspots-for-schoolchildren/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/01/senator-ted-cruz...

DaSHacka 2y ago

Is this not exactly what Biden also did in his last month in office? So far both presidents have blanket pardoned a mix of political allies, family members, and rioters right in front of the American public and no one's talking about it... I feel like I'm going crazy, are people really this oblivious?

triyambakam 2y ago
You're not crazy, it's both sides. They're different sides of the same coin
therealpygon 2y ago
Sorry, which violent insurrectionists did Biden pardon? Or are you comparing this to Biden pardoning people who were already receiving threats that they would be targeted for political prosecutions from the incoming administration, or is it the non-violent offenders who were placed in jail for such crimes as having a bag of pot? Or are you talking about his son who, while I don’t agree with, I also recognize that it’s his son at the end of the day? “Both sides” is the excuse of people too lazy to objectively look at the real differences between actions while they sit on their party line. I don’t particularly like what liberals want, but they and their real Republican counterparts go about it in a lot different way than Trumpers.
fooblaster 2y ago
These guys maced a cop until he had a heart attack. They beat a guy nearly to death with a flagpole. Pardoning lunatics thst stormed the capital and nearly killed cops is not the same thing as Biden pardoning his son.