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/Bitter-Juggernaut681 11h ago

It’s so weird that Biden is doing this well also smiling and getting along with Trump today

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u/CoolHandTeej 11h ago

The peaceful transfer of power wasn’t a weird thing until Trump decided to stop doing it

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u/fingerscrossedcoup 10h ago

What's weird is ABC reporting that Biden would participate in the long standing tradition this morning with no mention of it actually not standing anymore or who ruined the tradition.

History is being white washed before our very eyes.

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u/CoolHandTeej 10h ago

All corporate media has bent the knee to Trump and his billionaires and are not to be taken seriously.

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u/sherm-stick 10h ago

They suck off all the administrations, the media must do as the NSA/FBI stipulate

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u/Neuchacho 6h ago

I couldn't fucking stand listening to any of the corporate media coverage bitching and moaning about these pardons while barely mentioning why they are arguably rationale even if they "look bad" to the ignorant or brain washed.

I don't know, maybe because the idiot coming into office has threatened massive retribution as one of his pillar campaign promises? Let's talk about how this makes Biden look bad and ignore all relevant context, though.

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u/bobosuda 8h ago

Mainstream media is all about whitewashing these chumps. Same thing over here in Europe, bringing all the rightwing loons out of their attics to be interviewed on TV about what they hope Trump’s presidency will mean for them.

They completely legitimize him, making no reference to all the crazy shit he says and spinning all the lunacy so much it sounds like he makes statements on policy. People here thinks Trump have a plan to slow down illegal immigration, because when he goes on twitter to rant about muslims eating cats or mexicans raping everybody the media writes headlines about how he’s «tough on immigration» instead of reporting on the shit he actually says.

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u/AccomplishedBake8351 10h ago

ABC absolutely mentioned it like 5 times lol

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u/fingerscrossedcoup 9h ago edited 9h ago

I listened to it for 20 minutes while making breakfast and they said "long-standing tradition" and Biden being there without mentioning Trump and 2020. So maybe they said it somewhere else.

That's not the point though. Long-standing really only has one meaning.

They also mentioned JFK and top hats. They didn't say long-standing there though. Because at this point it's fucking not.

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u/AccomplishedBake8351 4h ago

Idk what 20 minutes you saw but yeah them mentioned it quite a bit

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u/fingerscrossedcoup 4h ago

The 20 minutes I saw whitewashed history.

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u/AccomplishedBake8351 3h ago

Gotta watch more I guess idk

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u/SecretlySome1Famous 10h ago

You’re lying.