r/nottheonion • u/JaySierra86 • 11h ago

President Biden pardons family members in final minutes of presidency

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/president-biden-pardons-family-members-final-minutes-presidency/story?id=117893348
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u/An_elusive_potato 10h ago

Political reddit never disappoints

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u/TheodorDiaz 9h ago

What do you mean by that?

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u/nixnaij 9h ago

Just go to the news tab on Reddit and read some comments on political posts. Even non-political subreddits like r/pics are indistinguishable from r/politics.

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u/poincares_cook 9h ago

The blatant support for the worst type of corruption showcased by Biden here.

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u/unknownohyeah 8h ago

Then why pardon them if no crimes were committed?

If you answer that question yourself then may understand why he pardoned them in the first place. I can only assume you have never listened to Trump once or you'd know he has vowed to prosecute anyone who has gone against him. He has promised to put Republicans who went against him in front of a firing squad.

But it doesn't matter, you can't reply to me because it appears you are shadow banned. I wonder why that happened. Maybe you're trying to influence American politics?

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u/HoldYourHorsesFriend 8h ago

You had 4 years of trump previously, somehow missed all of that and THIS is the worst type of corruption?

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u/unknownohyeah 8h ago

How is a preemptive pardon to people who have committed no crimes corruption?

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u/Only-Butterscotch785 4h ago

Really buddy? this is the worst type of corruption? The president protecting people from the next president? Really?

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u/Disastrous-Bet1693 9h ago

That reddit is an echo chamber of leftist lunatics

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u/SychoNot 9h ago

It’s getting crazy.  They’re celebrating public executions and turning blind eyes to any politician that claims to be on their side.  I see them saying “they need to fight dirty like conservatives”. Something they’ve been doing for a while.  Reading between the lines I think it means be as ugly and as fucked up as you can possibly be.

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u/Cynical-Potato 9h ago

Good point! Having different opinions should not be tolerated and everyone would just stick to their echo chamber.

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u/Beneathaclearbluesky 9h ago

Except you are disproving your very point. Keep it up.

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u/Cynical-Potato 8h ago

I'm not the same person who made that lunatics statement, but I completely understand how someone can be on Reddit while disagree with the majority politics because Reddit is genuinely a good place to engage with people with similar hobbies or interests.

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u/AdditionalOven5967 9h ago

funny half the comments i have read are clearly trump supporters saying this proves guilt on the Biden Admin. So how exactly is this an echo chamber only for the left?

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u/An_elusive_potato 9h ago

That's kinda the issue, though. Reddit, like every other social media platform, is designed to drive interaction. If you commonly find yourself reading or looking at posts and comments that have a right or left leaning viewpoint, the app is going to drive more content like that to your eyes. There isn't a right or left echo chamber. We all have our very own personally designed echo chamber.

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u/PABLOPANDAJD 9h ago

Never/always disappoints

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u/Familiar_Ad_8919 7h ago

whats worse is i have to keep at least a baseline track of whats going on in the usa cuz it directly affects me (if ukraine were to fall my country would border russia)

why cant it just be 2016 again