• frezik@midwest.social
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    11 hours ago

    I’m surprised he pardoned the Jan 6 people. I thought he would let them hang because their usefulness was done. The fact that he didn’t suggests he wants something more from them.

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      5 hours ago

      It tells all the militias and proud boys and what not that they can do anything, even illegal stuff, and Trump will have their back. He’s essentially put out a hit on every member of Congress that would think about crossing him.

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      10 hours ago

      They’re still very useful. Gives the rest of us something to focus on while he does worse things behind the scenes.