Although federal sentencing guidelines significantly restrict the ability of judges to assign whatever sentence they please, they still have discretion, and the DOJ is particularly influential.
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No Fucks Left to Give Joe tosses Hunter a blanket pardon
- 02/12/2024 09:23:33 PM
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I think if he hadn't said he wouldn't pardon his son, then this would be a non-issue.
- 03/12/2024 12:53:15 PM
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Re: I think if he hadn't said he wouldn't pardon his son, then this would be a non-issue.
- 03/12/2024 01:32:17 PM
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I don't agree with that - it would've been a serious issue still.
- 03/12/2024 05:56:18 PM
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How about this?
- 04/12/2024 03:43:52 AM
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I don't believe he'd been sentenced for those crimes, yet, had he?
- 04/12/2024 07:14:04 AM
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Per 'old news', his sentencing dates were Dec 12 for the gun charge and 16 for tax evasion
- 04/12/2024 01:30:11 PM
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In that case, yes, your solution is a good one.
- 04/12/2024 03:58:32 PM
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Trump was already going to pardon all the J6 defendants, though.
- 04/12/2024 07:18:56 AM
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Re: Trump was already going to pardon all the J6 defendants, though.
- 04/12/2024 02:07:41 PM
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Ugh, I hate this 'they're all the same' rhetoric.
- 04/12/2024 09:22:38 PM
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I respectfully disagree.
- 04/12/2024 11:09:07 PM
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Seems like we're kind of talking past each other here.
- 05/12/2024 11:39:02 PM
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Trump had quite a few successes in his first term
- 06/12/2024 02:45:32 PM
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You mean his administration and Congress had those successes.
- 06/12/2024 10:12:25 PM
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No, I mean him. *NM*
- 07/12/2024 12:38:27 AM
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Okay, then I guess we're not debating it, as you like. *NM*
- 07/12/2024 08:54:03 AM
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The achievements of the administration are attributed to the President.
- 08/12/2024 10:50:43 AM
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Some people also think the earth is flat.
- 08/12/2024 06:29:37 PM
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Le sigh
- 08/12/2024 09:03:01 PM
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Make up your mind already.
- 08/12/2024 10:30:11 PM
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I listed his/the administration's achievements. What is there to debate?
- 08/12/2024 11:03:15 PM
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Debate tends to involve a back and forth, not just one side stating their views. 
- 09/12/2024 05:58:22 PM
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- 09/12/2024 05:58:22 PM
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Re: You mean his administration and Congress had those successes.
- 09/12/2024 04:28:58 AM
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That, and way overpromise on what can actually be achieved by cracking down on China.
- 09/12/2024 05:12:49 PM
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Re: That, and way overpromise on what can actually be achieved by cracking down on China.
- 10/12/2024 06:55:27 PM
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Hm. It doesn't seem like we disagree that much on the 'true partnerships' then.
- 10/12/2024 07:52:39 PM
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Re: Hm. It doesn't seem like we disagree that much on the 'true partnerships' then.
- 10/12/2024 10:46:13 PM
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I see what you're saying, but I think that approach only works in the short term
- 10/12/2024 11:54:59 PM
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Re: I see what you're saying, but I think that approach only works in the short term
- 11/12/2024 04:11:09 AM
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I mostly agree, with one giant caveat
- 05/12/2024 02:56:02 PM
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We've been over this - some of this is true, some is, at a minimum, not proven that I ever saw.
- 05/12/2024 11:18:24 PM
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I know it was factually true
- 06/12/2024 12:46:44 AM
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Sounds like you need to become a whistleblower and go talk to the FBI yourself, then?
- 06/12/2024 11:37:00 AM
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Typically, whistle blower and attorney client privilege are not viewed as compatible.
- 06/12/2024 03:57:12 PM
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I have a clearance
- 06/12/2024 05:01:07 PM
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Re: I have a clearance
- 06/12/2024 08:08:50 PM
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Seriously?
- 06/12/2024 10:28:07 PM
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I can't believe I'm siding with Tom here
- 07/12/2024 01:50:15 AM
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- 07/12/2024 01:50:15 AM
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I guess you kinda have to with your profession.
- 07/12/2024 07:46:01 PM
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- 07/12/2024 07:46:01 PM
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You're CLEARLY a Harris plant
- 06/12/2024 01:07:07 AM
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Hah, you got me!
- 06/12/2024 11:49:19 AM
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Re: Hah, you got me!
- 07/12/2024 04:52:06 AM
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It's true that both parties have contributed to the decline of political norms/courtesies, yes.
- 07/12/2024 09:42:18 PM
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Re: It's true that both parties have contributed to the decline of political norms/courtesies, yes.
- 10/12/2024 11:18:52 AM
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