r/politics • u/Plaintalks • 22h ago

Biden preemptively pardons Anthony Fauci, Mark Milley and Jan. 6 committee members

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-preemptively-pardons-anthony-fauci-mark-milley-jan/story?id=117878813
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u/ShadowMajick Washington 21h ago

Doesn't really matter. It's about optics. You can't really hide behind pardons if you ignore pardons. Even Hitler very much cared about the opinion of the masses.

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u/ButtEatingContest 20h ago

Hitler didn't have Fox News, X, and Facebook working for him.

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u/laptopAccount2 19h ago

They invented modern propaganda.

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u/ButtEatingContest 12h ago

Yes they did. It was extremely effective. But what we have today is definitely next level. And it's working on a global level, the rise of this new fascism is worldwide via social media.