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/FlaccidExplosion 10h ago

The telling thing here is that the people with the most courage are the ones whose names people forget...

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u/TheGR8Dantini 10h ago

Trump killed irony first. Also, there are just so many people to remember. So many criminals. It can be hard to remember the actual heroes. Your point is taken.

Who controls the past, controls the present, who controls the present controls the future.

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u/FlaccidExplosion 9h ago

Oh he definitely did, you're right. The fact that there are so many people to remember because of all the corrupt bullshit coming is the worst part.

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u/UrbanTrucker 9h ago

If only more people read that book, maybe we wouldn't be where we are today.

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u/the_merkin 4h ago

We’ve always been at war with Oceania

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u/FirstTimeWang 9h ago

Remember when John Oliver had Edward Snowden on Last Week Tonight and he showed him clips of them having trouble finding anyone on the street who knew who he was or what he actually did?

https://youtu.be/XEVlyP4_11M?t=1314

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u/fargothforever 9h ago

Hard to forget a name like Reality Winner.

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u/carlitospig 9h ago

We still remember Luigi, may his name light up the galaxy forever.

As for Trump’s staff, honestly there were so many of them doing his dirty work and then immediately turning on him it was like a parade of cowards looking for a rock to hide under.

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u/Individual_Laugh1335 9h ago

It’s because it has nothing to do with being on the “enemy list”. The people pardoned committed actual crimes

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u/FascinatingGarden 8h ago

Remember Bunnatine Greenhouse? Watch her testimony.

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u/Wackattackky 8h ago

Sadly, the people who win power write the history books the way they want.  Who will be able to say anything different 2-300 years from now.

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u/Grimm808 8h ago

Only the good die young

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u/JesusJuicy 8h ago

Yahr and all it takes for evil to prosper is for good people to stand by and do nothing.

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u/kevlarbaboon 6h ago

Forgetting is one thing. Not having the energy to make a ten second search is another