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MzNicky in East Jesus, TN's avatar

Beautiful job, Stephen.

I can’t help but notice the swiftness with which the never-Trumpers at the Bulwark, the Lincoln project, and other conservative online outlets have joined the clutched-pearls brigades over Biden’s pardon of his son. They may have disassociated themselves from Trump since 2016-2020, but as we knew they would all along, they’re reverting to their true selves. And having perched above it all by showily condemning Trump and carving out a form of neutrality regarding the whole mess, they left the door open to themselves to now feel free to weigh in on Biden’s lame-duck decisions. In conclusion, fuck them.

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SethTriggs's avatar

Here we can just look at how Murc's Law (It's Cruise Control for Cool!) works. Look at how all the people come out of the woodwork and tut-tut Joe Biden en masse. And of course some Democrats go along with it because, well, we don't have a godking.

SER deftly notes that the (Republican-owned) mass media arms don't put this pardon in the larger context. And that is on purpose. By eliding the context of Hunter Biden's pardon it achieves the dual purpose of sliming the Democrats and at the same time covering for Republican perfidy. And this helps protect the Republicans who will grant the owners their tasty, tasty tax cuts.

Indeed, also as pointed out, this is happening at the same time Charles Kushner is nominated to a post. Numerous figures being tapped for President Klan Robe's second maladministration have either been pardoned or have active legal and/or civil exposure.

What a country!

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