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Re:Ross Ulbricht was just granted a full pardon by duxup on Tuesday January 21, 2025 @08:12PM (#42787439)
The only underlying constant with Trump that I can tell is that he personally has to profit from whatever he commits to. Anything else that sounds like a selfless principle from Trump sort of just comes and goes with Trump and you never hear about it again. Presumably Ross & Friends made the appropriate promise.
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Re:Ross Ulbricht was just granted a full pardon by bb88 on Tuesday January 21, 2025 @08:15PM (#42787469)
Why now, and not 4 years from now when Trump is about to leave office?

How do republicans in Idaho (who don't even have medical marijuana on the books), defend Trump pardoning someone convicted of drug trafficking?

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Re:Ross Ulbricht was just granted a full pardon by duxup on Tuesday January 21, 2025 @08:17PM (#42787489)
Why not now?

Trump isn't up for re-election. It's his act alone.

He promised in the election to pardon other criminals and it didn't hurt him.

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Re:Ross Ulbricht was just granted a full pardon by duxup on Tuesday January 21, 2025 @08:39PM (#42787710)
Well even if he bet on going that route he wouldn't have to be "elected", and my last line applies none the less, it didn't hurt him during an actual election.
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Re:Ross Ulbricht was just granted a full pardon by plagiarist on Tuesday January 21, 2025 @08:41PM (#42787733)
Yes. Except, "neutralize?" I don't know why the federal government would bother with the pretense of a 22nd Amendment when they demonstrably do not care in the slightest about the 14th or most of the Bill of Rights.
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Re:Ross Ulbricht was just granted a full pardon by blindriver on Tuesday January 21, 2025 @08:41PM (#42787730)
He promised the Libertarians he would and he's holding true to his word. Say what you will but at least he's fulfilling his campaign promises.
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Re:Ross Ulbricht was just granted a full pardon by mmooss on Tuesday January 21, 2025 @09:01PM (#42787936)
What about his campaign promise for law and order?
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Re:Ross Ulbricht was just granted a full pardon by bb88 on Tuesday January 21, 2025 @09:16PM (#42788062)
Trump's Law, not you know, the people's law.
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Re:Ross Ulbricht was just granted a full pardon by talldayo on Tuesday January 21, 2025 @09:47PM (#42788330)
He promised international canvassers that we'd have peace in Ukraine on his first day in office. Whatever he arranged with druggie libertarians is chopped liver from a policy perspective. On the international stage it's the dictionary definition of a nothingburger.
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Re:Ross Ulbricht was just granted a full pardon by mmooss on Tuesday January 21, 2025 @09:01PM (#42787934)
That argument isn't contrary to the GP comment: It's very possible Trump is offered a benefit now that he wasn't offered in 2020.

You could ask the same of any deal: Why not instead of years ago? Because the deal wasn't available years ago.

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Re:Ross Ulbricht was just granted a full pardon by floydnoel on Wednesday January 22, 2025 @10:44AM (#42793974)
as somebody with family members who are "republicans in idaho" they mostly won’t care. many if not most republican idahoans think you should be able to own machine guns and do whatever you want without hurting others.

the mormon ones would be the most likely that would object, but even plenty of the republican/libertarian mormons i know are happy to have the massive government overreach corrected.

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Re:Ross Ulbricht was just granted a full pardon by ZYbCRq22HbJ2y7 on Wednesday January 22, 2025 @03:56PM (#42797404)
> The Trump admin was already selling pardons at the end of their last term, why wouldn't they continue doing so?

Substantiating my obliterated sibling comment:

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/giuliani-accu...

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Re:Ross Ulbricht was just granted a full pardon by timewizard on Tuesday January 21, 2025 @09:18PM (#42788082)
You believe there are "selfless politicians" operating in America right now?
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Re:Ross Ulbricht was just granted a full pardon by duxup on Tuesday January 21, 2025 @09:19PM (#42788096)
I believe there's a wide range of choices and behaviors and any poor choice is not equivalent to all poor choices.
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Re:Ross Ulbricht was just granted a full pardon by bb88 on Tuesday January 21, 2025 @10:02PM (#42788440)
I honestly kinda think that first degree murder is similar to other first degree murders. But that's just me.
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Re:Ross Ulbricht was just granted a full pardon by timewizard on Tuesday January 21, 2025 @09:21PM (#42788115)
Ah, so when challenged, you immediately acknowledge there is a spectrum and not a black and white picture. That makes for a poor thread.
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Re:Ross Ulbricht was just granted a full pardon by duxup on Tuesday January 21, 2025 @09:23PM (#42788128)
I don't know what you mean.
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Re:Ross Ulbricht was just granted a full pardon by jedberg on Tuesday January 21, 2025 @10:38PM (#42788689)
Yes. I think many of them are. The harassment and constant criticism isn't worth it unless you really care about the people you serve in most cases.

It's pretty obvious which ones are doing it for themselves.

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