Ancestors

Written by Laffy on 2025-01-20 at 14:13

GOOD!

President Joe #Biden has pardoned Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley and members of the House committee that investigated the #Jan6 attack on the Capitol, using the extraordinary powers of his office in his final hours to guard against potential “revenge” by the incoming Trump administration. bit.ly/3E0CK1A

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Written by Laffy on 2025-01-20 at 14:19

2/ Via Emptywheel:

Note: People who've gotten pardons don't have to file them until they need them. In other words, if Pam Bondi subpoenaed Adam Kinzinger, he could THEN hand over the pardon (though DOJ would have that paperwork).

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Written by Laffy on 2025-01-20 at 14:21

3/ Via Kyle Griffin:

Dr. #Fauci: "I have committed no crime ... The fact is, however, that the mere articulation of baseless threats, and the potential that they will be acted upon, create immeasurable and intolerable distress for me and my family … I acknowledge and appreciate the action that Pres. Biden has taken."

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Written by Laffy on 2025-01-20 at 14:24

4/ UPDATE: Official statement. Trump's thugs already deleted the official WH website version:

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/president-biden-pardons-family-members-final-minutes-presidency/story?id=117893348

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Toot

Written by Laffy on 2025-01-20 at 14:27

5/ Harry Dunn:

"I wish this pardon weren’t necessary, but unfortunately, the political climate we are in now has made the need for one somewhat of a reality. I, like all other public servants, was just doing my job and upholding my oath. I will always honor that”

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Descendants

Written by Laffy on 2025-01-20 at 14:29

6/ Emptywheel:

Things pardons don't prevent:

Expensive legal harassment (in some ways it makes it easier)

Persecution

Prospective prosecution

Death threats

Regulatory harassment

Demonization

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Written by Laffy on 2025-01-20 at 14:56

7/ Gen. Milley on his pardon: "My family and I are deeply grateful for the President's action today. After 43 years of faithful service in uniform to our Nation … I do not wish to spend whatever remaining time the Lord grants me fighting those who unjustly might seek retribution for perceived slights."

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Written by GJ Groothedde 🇪🇺 on 2025-01-20 at 14:33

@GottaLaff My thoughts exactly. In fact, what DO they prevent in the face of people who think nothing of justice?

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Written by A.Stringer on 2025-01-20 at 18:01

@Eetschrijver @GottaLaff if America was actually interested in addressing hate speech and the violence that erupts from it, then those who target people just doing their job would have been arrested & convicted by now. This is what the UK was able to do during the racist violence towards immigrants last year. There's no reason why America cannot step up to the plate & do the right thing. Except of course, for a wilful misunderstanding of what free speech actually means, & Trump.

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Written by Sean McCabe on 2025-01-20 at 14:34

@GottaLaff Trump will find other people to prosecute to satisfy his lust for revenge.

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Written by Support the Resistance on 2025-01-21 at 01:34

@darthstar @GottaLaff You should feel confident that they are already targeting people. Trump may not be involved yet, but it's only a matter of time.

https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/government-monitoring-those-with

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Written by GUIMARD on 2025-01-20 at 14:38

@GottaLaff

It is scary.

The fact that it is necessary to make this "pardon" to avoid revenge on baseless theories with justice as a tool "in case of" describe a democracy that is not working. I am sorry to tell that but this system has been corrupted.

IT ... IS ... SCARY.

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Written by Esslar2 on 2025-01-20 at 14:41

@GottaLaff I recall very clearly that Anthony Fauci was about the only government official who decided to listen to ACT-UP about what was going on with AIDS and the lack of progress in treatment. For any gay or bisexual man at that time, this was unheard-of. But, further, he made ACT-UP part of the decision-making process regarding testing of new drugs and treatments. I don't know if this was "brave" of him or not, but the Republicans were all too happy to let gay and bi men exposed to HIV get sick and die with no treatment. He was the only one who showed true leadership both socially and scientifically.

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Written by Laffy on 2025-01-20 at 14:46

@flyhigh Yes. He’s a hero

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Written by Jimmy Havok on 2025-01-20 at 17:00

@flyhigh @GottaLaff And the lying liars were claiming Fauci's policies hurt the fight against AIDS.

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Written by tom jennings on 2025-01-20 at 19:16

@flyhigh

He did it because it was the right thing and against a lot of pushback. He's a fucking saint. I distinctly remember the time, all of our community in San Francisco dying, nearly no one would so much as touch an ill gay man, you can't believe what it was like if you were not there.

@GottaLaff

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Written by kauer on 2025-01-21 at 02:12

@tomjennings @flyhigh @GottaLaff It happened in a lot of places. Not just San Francisco. Not just the US. Not just big cities. And it still happens.

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Written by Brokar on 2025-01-20 at 17:44

@GottaLaff A shame for the country that Biden even had to do that. Loyal and committed people had to be protected from an overreaching, vengeful president.

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Written by Stephanie Moore on 2025-01-20 at 15:25

@GottaLaff this alone will keep so many people silent and already has chased so many good people out of important roles - fear of this being them. Is there even a way back from this? Or are we now just divided and on the brink of domestic violence at any given moment, frozen in terror of a violent 31% of the country? Honestly, these are the questions that cause my own anxiety spirals.

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Written by Babs E. Blue #DoNotComply on 2025-01-20 at 15:58

@GottaLaff You better believe he'll order IRS audits like he did on McCabe and Strzok

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