Biden Last Minute Pardons for His Family

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Opposition to Marxism. Modern fascists try to use socialism as a boogeyman to scare people. This is particularly true in the US.
Opposition to (parliamentary) democracy. You will see this in attempts to make it difficult for people to vote, often under the guise of "preventing voting fraud" even when they cannot produce evidence of fraud.
Opposition to political and cultural liberalism. Fascists will often claim that liberalism undermines traditional values and morality.
Totalitarian ambitions. Fascists want to control all political power and will tell you that only they can set things right.
Conservative economic programs. Historically, very few fascist movements were left or left-centrist, and when they were they were small and short-lived.
Corporatism. Historically the ultimate aim was to destroy labor movements and suppress political dissent. A favorite tool of modern-day fascists is deregulation that results in profits to businesses at the expense of consumers.
Imperialism. Nuff said.
Military values. Historically fascists favoured military values such as courage, unquestioning obedience to authority, discipline, and physical strength. They also adapted the outward trappings of military organizations, such as paramilitary uniforms and Roman salutes. We see this today in self-styled "militias."
Volksgemeinschaft. A German word referring to a racially unified and hierarchically organized group in which the interests of individuals are strictly subordinate to those of the nation. They literally tell you that they want to put you under their control, and chances are very good that you won't be invited to the ruling committee.
Leadership principle. The belief that the party and the state should have a single leader with absolute power. Beware claims along the lines of "We need a strong leader with the common sense to fix things."
The "new man." Fascists aimed to transform the ordinary man into the "new man," a "virile" being who would put decadent bourgeoisie, cerebral elites, and "feminine" liberals to shame.
Struggle against decadence. Fascists will define a group of people that are misleading you, that are stealing from you, that are destroying your future. Modern targets are educated "elites" that earn their living through well-paid white collar work rather than "honest" blue collar work that is less well paid.
Extreme nationalism. Fascist ideologues taught that national identity was the foundation of individual identity and should not be corrupted by foreign influences, especially if they were left-wing. Interestingly, modern-day fascist movements are often funded by rich foreigners with the goal to destabilize other countries that they wish to control.
Anti-urbanism. The "elites" live in cities rather than in suburban settings where everyday man lives.
Sexism and misogyny. Fascist movements tend to have strategies around controlling women's bodies, ideas that women must subjugate themselves to their husbands, and that the primary role of women is to have and care for babies.

Then there is this:

" I think we're going to have a very hard time critiquing Donald Trump's improper use of the pardon power because of President Biden pardoning his own family members," Senator Tim Kaine (D., Va.) told reporters on Monday, adding that he was "very disappointed" by the move"

#85 Almost all of those 15 traits of fascism pertains to Trump and the MAGA movement. They don't pertain to Abide no matter how much the mouth breathers want it to be so.

Pardon me:

Joshua Holland
@joshuaholland.bsky.social
Mark my words: There will be less outraged coverage, over a shorter period of time, of Trump pardoning violent militia members who committed sedition and RW thugs who beat up cops than there was of Biden pardoning a son who was a top target of the right and whose conviction was highly irregular.

And Dems won't make a third as much noise over this outrageous assault on the rule of law as Republicans did with Hunter's pardon.

Also, quite a few Dems amplified and legitimated the GOP's tantrum over Biden's pardon. Won't see much of that if any from Republicans.

I'm sure many of them are disgusted"that mob wanted their blood"but it's too dangerous for Republicans to speak out about Trump. You gotta worry about his deranged, heavily-armed thugs stalking you, the RW media trashing you and Elon funding a primary challenger.

I think we're going to have a very hard time critiquing Donald Trump's improper use of the pardon power

Undoubtedly.

You can't criticize Donald Trump for anything.

It's part of belonging to a cult.

#85 | Posted by LauraMohr

Good list. Bears repeating:

Opposition to Marxism. Modern fascists try to use socialism as a boogeyman to scare people. This is particularly true in the US.

Opposition to (parliamentary) democracy. You will see this in attempts to make it difficult for people to vote, often under the guise of "preventing voting fraud" even when they cannot produce evidence of fraud.

Opposition to political and cultural liberalism. Fascists will often claim that liberalism undermines traditional values and morality.

Totalitarian ambitions. Fascists want to control all political power and will tell you that only they can set things right.

Conservative economic programs. Historically, very few fascist movements were left or left-centrist, and when they were they were small and short-lived.

Corporatism. Historically the ultimate aim was to destroy labor movements and suppress political dissent. A favorite tool of modern-day fascists is deregulation that results in profits to businesses at the expense of consumers.

Imperialism. Nuff said.

Military values. Historically fascists favoured military values such as courage, unquestioning obedience to authority, discipline, and physical strength. They also adapted the outward trappings of military organizations, such as paramilitary uniforms and Roman salutes. We see this today in self-styled "militias."

Volksgemeinschaft. A German word referring to a racially unified and hierarchically organized group in which the interests of individuals are strictly subordinate to those of the nation. They literally tell you that they want to put you under their control, and chances are very good that you won't be invited to the ruling committee.

Leadership principle. The belief that the party and the state should have a single leader with absolute power. Beware claims along the lines of "We need a strong leader with the common sense to fix things."

The "new man." Fascists aimed to transform the ordinary man into the "new man," a "virile" being who would put decadent bourgeoisie, cerebral elites, and "feminine" liberals to shame.

Struggle against decadence. Fascists will define a group of people that are misleading you, that are stealing from you, that are destroying your future. Modern targets are educated "elites" that earn their living through well-paid white collar work rather than "honest" blue collar work that is less well paid.

Extreme nationalism. Fascist ideologues taught that national identity was the foundation of individual identity and should not be corrupted by foreign influences, especially if they were left-wing. Interestingly, modern-day fascist movements are often funded by rich foreigners with the goal to destabilize other countries that they wish to control.

Anti-urbanism. The "elites" live in cities rather than in suburban settings where everyday man lives.

Sexism and misogyny. Fascist movements tend to have strategies around controlling women's bodies, ideas that women must subjugate themselves to their husbands, and that the primary role of women is to have and care for babies.

We told you the Bidens were a crime family. Joe agreed.

Pardons for everybody!

" I beg your pardon?

#94 | POSTED BY SENTINEL AT 2025-01-21 08:24 AM | FLAG: "

That is very well played.

"I knew jeffy is party over country, but I at least thought you were different when it came to direct, obvious Fascism"

His "news" comes from folks willing to either outright lie, or leave out the salient parts

He's either too dumb to know, or too malevolent to care..

Danforth,

I guarantee my news sources are more diverse than yours. You almost exclusively get your news from conservativesareevil.org.

"We told you the Bidens were a crime family"

And then never produced a scintilla of proof about Joe.

Even the witness who testified had nothing about Joe, including the specific moments Comer and Jordan were (falsely) claiming.

"I guarantee my news sources are more diverse than yours."

You think 4Chan, Daily Stormer, and QAnon are "diverse sources"

Your sources obviously lie to you, and tell you half-truths, leaving out the important part. At least that what you come here and repeat.

Banks reported over 150 suspicious transactions involving the Biden (Crime) family.

"YOU WON'T SEE THESE PARDONS IN MY ADMINISTRATION"

JOE BIDEN / 2020

when asked about the possibility of Trump issuing exactly what this brain dead ------ dod !!!

www.youtube.com

AND a simple google will show you one democrat " committee to reelect democrats" member after another

BLASTING the idea of presumptive pardons...............for the trump family.

but who...MAGICALLY....think just the opposite.

LYING 2 FACED HYPOCRITES !!

#101 | Posted by shrimptacodan

I've heard that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Shrimp, a 50 year politician turns out to be a hypocrite?

stop pretending it matters to you.

101 | Posted by shrimptacodan

You need to stop your yammering about morality.

It makes you look stupid.

Again, Trump had threatened these people on live television - mind you with zero proof.

While I agree this is not what a pardon is designed for, why would you not use it, esp on your own family?

And yet again, this is Trump breaking NORMS. We never really had issues before in the history of our country until he came along.

Not impeaching him brought us to this.

Once we learned that the biden family had 20 shell companies pretty much explained what they were up to.

www.nationalreview.com

"Earlier this year, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) alleging that the Trump Campaign laundered $170 million in spending to conceal payments to people close to the Trump family and campaign."

campaignlegal.org

"What Trump's disclosure of his 500 LLCs can and can't tell us"

www.nbcnews.com

" You think 4Chan, Daily Stormer, and QAnon are "diverse sources" - Danforth

I know next to nothing about those sources. You appear to know more about them than I do. Swing and a miss yet again. Par for the course with you.

"I know next to nothing about those sources."

Then where are you getting the half-truths and outright lies you spew on this blog? If you're repeating what you learned, your sources have a bad habit of leaving out the salient parts.

By your own criteria. He owns you. Just sayin

#20 | POSTED BY LAURAMOHR

Everyone owns comrade Jeffery. It's a pretty low bar to accomplish that feat.
It's like stealing candy from the mentally challenged kid.

By your own criteria. He owns you. Just sayin

#20 | POSTED BY LAURAMOHR

Everyone owns comrade Jeffery. It's a pretty low bar to accomplish that feat.
It's like stealing candy from the mentally challenged kid.

A Monson,

I sincerely apologize for tripping you just before the finish line at the special olympics allowing Ruprecht to win. I feel bad about it.

"Then where are you getting the half-truths and outright lies you spew on this blog? If you're repeating what you learned, your sources have a bad habit of leaving out the salient parts.

#110 | POSTED BY DANFORTH AT 2025-01-22 05:27 PM | FLAG: "

I've never looked art the sources you've cited, not once. yet ALL of your news digest is far left and you are proving my point Oops.

Jeff has never looked at Dan's sources, not once, yet he KNOWS they are all far left

I just can't believe how stupid jeff is

I sincerely apologize for tripping you just before the finish line at the special olympics allowing Ruprecht to win. I feel bad about it.

#113 | Posted by BellRinger

You're the guy who, in a daze, brags about breaking the other guy's fist with his face.

ALL of your news digest is far left and you are proving my point Oops.

#114 | Posted by BellRinger

You're a narrow minded fool.

Which is why you think Turley is worth a ---- and you're actually fighting for something noble instead of being a dumba^%, gullible rube.

In Band of Brothers, in the episode where they liberate the concentration camp and force the local residents to bury the corpses, there's an old man weeping at what went on there.

That's you, sport. Contently oblivious to the spiral and the eventual results because you'll be OK (maybe).

JPW spends a lot of time at truck stops. just sayin'

Sadly, it had to be done.
We've all seen how truly vindictive
the orange man-child-baby is...

Biden did the right thing to try and protrct his family and some public servants from thr wrath of our new dictator. He has absolute power now. First, he successfully corrupted the judiciary and with Elon Musk's "money power" he controls the Legislative Branch; Congress.
I'm not s columnist for NYT but I sm a citizen
Who can read the writing on the wall,i.e. the coup has already taken place. The restraints on the Executive Branch no longer exist. We already are in a dictaforship.

The only question now is what are we going to do about it?

And just let me add thanks MAGAassh **es!
Soon you'll hate it as much as the rest of is!

It doesn't pass the smell test, but, given Il Douche's penchant for being a petty, vindictive -----, protecting the family from persecution doesn't seem unreasonable. If the GOP had anything, it would have already come out.
Fauci, Miley and the 1/6 panel being shielded from retribution doesn't seem unreasonable, again, because of Agent Orange's vengeful streak. Saves them from bankruptcy defending themselves from bs.

Trump is doing what he promised during the election and Biden did what he assured us he would never do.

Trump is doing what he promised during the election

Putin's butt ---- said he was going to lower egg prices and end the Russia/Ukraine war. Two massive failures by Epstein's wingman in his first week

@#123 ... Trump is doing what he promised during the election and Biden did what he assured us he would never do. ...

I mostly agree.

But, I take a step back and ask ... why?

Why did fmr Pres Biden feel the need to do what he had said he would not do?

Maybe it was Pres Trump's promise that he would go after his political rivals?

Who has Donald Trump threatened to prosecute as president?
www.reuters.com

... - Donald Trump has vowed to investigate or prosecute political rivals, former intelligence officials, the country's former military chief, prosecutors and judges, tech moguls, members of Congress and left-wing Americans after he becomes president on Monday. ...

So, yeah, I will agree that the last minute pardons of fmr Pres Biden are not what I want to see with an outgoing President.

I also have to ask, why did those pardons seem to be necessary?

imo, we've never seen such a revenge-oriented President entering the Oval Office in the history of the Country.

@#124 ... Putin's butt ---- said he was going to lower egg prices ...

Good luck with that.

Egg shortages, higher prices spike as bird flu grows
www.axios.com

... The escalating bird flu crisis is ravaging the nation's supply of eggs, leading to increased prices and presenting an immediate challenge for the Trump administration.

Why it matters: An outbreak of avian influenza is growing and has affected nearly 13 million birds in the last 30 days, according to USDA data.

--- Some retailers are limiting how many eggs consumers can purchase while others are having a hard time keeping shelves stocked. ...