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Trump pardoned Trevor Milton today, who scammed investors out of millions doing things like his now infamous "rolling a truck down a hill to make it looks funct

Trump pardoned Trevor Milton today, who scammed investors out of millions doing things like his now infamous "rolling a truck down a hill to make it looks functional" demo. Milton donated $1.8M to Trump, and Miltons lawyer's sister is Pam Bondi, the Attorney General. This is nakedly corrupt and a strong signal that you can get away with all manner of financial fuckery if you are on Trumps "good list".

miohtama 2y ago
Every democratic country deserves the government they get.
- Workaccount2 2y ago
  At least we don't have to worry about trans kids swimming on the girls swim team. /s
  - Gagahala 2y ago
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  - DecentShoes 2y ago
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    - sapphicsnail 2y ago
      For how big of an advantage trans women supposedly have, they don't seem to win very often. People have been discussing this issue for decades but all of a sudden people are freaking out about it without doing any research or having any level of nuance.
      - dzhiurgis 2y ago
        Same can be said about Trump government
      - conicsl 2y ago
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  - DecentShoes 2y ago
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  - zahlman 2y ago
    >Please don't use Hacker News for political or ideological battle. It tramples curiosity. Comments like these are wildly off the original topic and practically invite the dead replies. As a rule of thumb, if you're about to put "/s" at the bottom of a post on an even remotely political topic, please reconsider. Especially if your sarcasm is already quite obvious, and obviously being used to bash a political outgroup.
- jfengel 2y ago
  Good and hard.
jimt1234 2y ago
Is it corruption if it's done publicly and no one gives a fuck? ¯\\_(ツ)_/¯
- Alive-in-2025 2y ago
  Absolutely..and people care.
libertine 2y ago
"But that guy George Soros surely is up to no good!" It's probably being spoken by some podcast that helped get Trump elected. When they have an actual conspiracy, with actual billionaires paying the president and getting full access to the government, while getting public contracts... all of this being live streamed... they're still stuck in George Soros and the Deep State lizard people fantasy.
jimt1234 2y ago
And now there's this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43509169 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43509169

miohtama 2y ago

Every democratic country deserves the government they get.

Workaccount2 2y ago
At least we don't have to worry about trans kids swimming on the girls swim team. /s
- Gagahala 2y ago
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- DecentShoes 2y ago
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  - sapphicsnail 2y ago
    For how big of an advantage trans women supposedly have, they don't seem to win very often. People have been discussing this issue for decades but all of a sudden people are freaking out about it without doing any research or having any level of nuance.
    - dzhiurgis 2y ago
      Same can be said about Trump government
    - conicsl 2y ago
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    - deleted 2y ago
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- DecentShoes 2y ago
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- zahlman 2y ago
  >Please don't use Hacker News for political or ideological battle. It tramples curiosity. Comments like these are wildly off the original topic and practically invite the dead replies. As a rule of thumb, if you're about to put "/s" at the bottom of a post on an even remotely political topic, please reconsider. Especially if your sarcasm is already quite obvious, and obviously being used to bash a political outgroup.
jfengel 2y ago
Good and hard.

jimt1234 2y ago

Is it corruption if it's done publicly and no one gives a fuck? ¯\\_(ツ)_/¯

Alive-in-2025 2y ago
Absolutely..and people care.

libertine 2y ago

"But that guy George Soros surely is up to no good!" It's probably being spoken by some podcast that helped get Trump elected. When they have an actual conspiracy, with actual billionaires paying the president and getting full access to the government, while getting public contracts... all of this being live streamed... they're still stuck in George Soros and the Deep State lizard people fantasy.

jimt1234 2y ago

And now there's this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43509169 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43509169