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Written by Badger AF (he/him) DEMOCRACY on 2025-01-31 at 16:29

From an MSNBC article on people seeking clemency from the White House:

“I was told not to bring any sex crimes, true crimes of violence or illegal immigration cases,” he said."

The cruel irony of republicans' ideas of 'law and order'.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/sam-bankman-fried-s-parents-explore-seeking-trump-pardon-for-son/ar-AA1y8Nue

[#]TrumpPardons

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Written by Badger AF (he/him) DEMOCRACY on 2025-01-31 at 16:19

How many Scaramuccis will it take for trump to pardon jailed crypto criminal Sam Bankman and claim over zealous prosecution by the deep state?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/sam-bankman-fried-s-parents-explore-seeking-trump-pardon-for-son/ar-AA1y8Nue

[#]TrumpPardons

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Written by Badger AF (he/him) DEMOCRACY on 2025-01-31 at 16:07

Where we are right now. In any sane world, editorial boards across the land would be calling for him to resign—not flying to Mar-a-Lago to kiss the ring.

"It seems that Musk and the technology billionaires want to smash the government to enable their futuristic visions, and Christian Nationalists like Russell Vought want to smash it to replace it with religious rule. Trump wants to smash it for money and power."

https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/january-30-2025?

[#]TrumpIsACancer

[#]HeatherCoxRichardson

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Written by Badger AF (he/him) DEMOCRACY on 2025-01-30 at 23:36

America, this is what you elected. Great job.

Nixon wasn't even this malignant.

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things-stand/the-buck-stops-with-women-and-minorities

[#]TalkingPointsMemo

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Written by Badger AF (he/him) DEMOCRACY on 2025-01-29 at 00:43

Saw this click-bait on Variety (I was looking up something else, seriously).

I'm guessing this is an autobiographical piece?

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Written by Badger AF (he/him) DEMOCRACY on 2025-01-28 at 00:31

Due to tremendous outcry from Americans, the Air Force has backed down and will now include the Tuskegee Airmen in their training.

I know things are shit lately, but when we fight, we win.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c74e175p40qo

[#]OneGoodThing

[#]TuskegeeAirmen

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Written by Badger AF (he/him) DEMOCRACY on 2025-01-28 at 00:20

I've added the arrow pointing out the shadow of a sign that gives Elon a finishing touch.

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Written by Badger AF (he/him) DEMOCRACY on 2025-01-26 at 23:23

Every year I think I engage in a seasonal amnesia; I forget what winter is like. Is it cold every day or is it intermittent with days in the 30s or 40s? Is it always snowy?

I find myself looking at the sunrise/sunset calendar, looking at how much more daylight we're scraping from the darkness.

I look ahead to the end of March where the sun will set around 7:00 pm because of setting our clocks forward.

I think of March not as another time, but another place and imagine what life is like there.

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Written by Badger AF (he/him) DEMOCRACY on 2025-01-26 at 22:43

Doggos braving the Midwest cold...

[#]DogsOfMastodon

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Written by Badger AF (he/him) DEMOCRACY on 2025-01-26 at 20:03

I'm not saying that a presidential candidate who supported the death penalty for drug dealers is a hypocrite for pardoning someone who helped facilitate $200 million in illegal drug sales online or anything...

Bookmark this—it's from Immigration, Customs, and Enforcement (circa 2015).

Not sure how someone dealing drugs from a keyboard is different from someone dealing from the street unless you consider the color of the dealer.

[#]ICE

[#]SilkRoad

[#]DrugDealer

[#]Pardon

https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ross-ulbricht-aka-dread-pirate-roberts-sentenced-life-federal-prison-creating

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Written by Badger AF (he/him) DEMOCRACY on 2025-01-26 at 16:49

Is nothing sacred? Science, this time, you've gone too far.

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Written by Badger AF (he/him) DEMOCRACY on 2025-01-25 at 16:29

Word puzzles, you are indeed a cruel mistress..

[#]Wordle 1,316 3/6

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[#]NYTMiniCross https://www.nytimes.com/badges/games/mini.html?d=2025-01-25&t=117&c=d54e527b15da41ab28d89f0f5e8d878e&smid=url-share

[#]Connections

Puzzle #594

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[#]Puzzles

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Written by Badger AF (he/him) DEMOCRACY on 2025-01-24 at 16:45

I've spent the better half of the morning trying to convince the better half that badgering is self-advocacy.

To no avail.

[#]Badgering

[#]Badgertastic

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Written by Badger AF (he/him) DEMOCRACY on 2025-01-24 at 14:33

I'm areligious, but I'm so glad that there are people like biblical scholar Dan McClennan out there to call out regressive people using religion as a cudgel to shame and blame marginalized folks.

He also puts that annoying child Ben Shapiro in his place.

[#]DanMcClennan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LC1-oYocbis

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