Former President Donald Trump's United States of America

[afransen]

No more so than by Obama, who pardoned a record 1,927 criminals in his eight year run. You have to go back to Harry Truman to find a president more prolific in pardoning. George W Bush, president before Obama pardoned a total of two hundred people in his eight year run. Including Michael Flynn, Trump has pardoned a total of forty-five criminals.

List of people pardoned or granted clemency by the president of the United States - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

I think the idea of presidential pardons was more in keeping with Obama's use, for unrelated criminals. There should be limits/oversight on pardons for non-arms length individuals. I don't see it as a problem per se that Obama pardoned over a thousand people he did not personally know. I see it as a problem that Trump has pardoned dozens of people for crimes they committed on his behalf.

 

[W. K. Lis]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1332361093226795008

 

[Admiral Beez]

I think the idea of presidential pardons was more in keeping with Obama's use, for unrelated criminals. There should be limits/oversight on pardons for non-arms length individuals. I don't see it as a problem per se that Obama pardoned over a thousand people he did not personally know. I see it as a problem that Trump has pardoned dozens of people for crimes they committed on his behalf.

It’s their country, if they want a system where the president can pardon whomever they want, so be it.

 

[old boy]

It’s their country, if they want a system where the president can pardon whomever they want, so be it.

Technically, you're correct of course. It's the horror of being saturated with the spectacle that's so unnerving for the rest of us.

 

[lenaitch]

It’s their country, if they want a system where the president can pardon whomever they want, so be it.

Including turkeys!

 

[Northern Light]

Including turkeys!

And some non-human species as well!

 

[Admiral Beez]

Technically, you're correct of course. It's the horror of being saturated with the spectacle that's so unnerving for the rest of us.

Actually, if you stay off US-based news and social media you won‘t see much of the spectacle.

Looking on CBC news, the G&M, TorStar online this morning there’s limited to little mention of the US political theatre. Canadians are rubber necking, IMO. We don‘t want to look away, but we can if we want to.

 

[Johnny Au]

Actually, if you stay off US-based news and social media you won‘t see much of the spectacle.

Looking on CBC news, the G&M, TorStar online this morning there’s limited to little mention of the US political theatre. Canadians are rubber necking, IMO. We don‘t want to look away, but we can if we want to.

Good thing there aren't any English-language Canadian television news channels similar to Newsmax or OANN. The CRTC will strongly refuse licences for such "news" channels for very good reasons. Even Sun News Channel (centre-right), which is similar to Fox News Channel, failed.

However, there's still plenty of Canadians who don't recognize Biden's victory and they have to rely on American news (or Sky News Australia), claiming that all offline Canadian news sources are liberally biased (including the Toronto Sun and all of the Alberta newspapers (all of which are centre-right)).

 

[W. K. Lis]

From link.

 

[adma]

Good thing there aren't any English-language Canadian television news channels similar to Newsmax or OANN. The CRTC will strongly refuse licences for such "news" channels for very good reasons. Even Sun News Channel (centre-right), which is similar to Fox News Channel, failed.

However, there's still plenty of Canadians who don't recognize Biden's victory and they have to rely on American news (or Sky News Australia), claiming that all offline Canadian news sources are liberally biased (including the Toronto Sun and all of the Alberta newspapers (all of which are centre-right)).

Also don't forget Rebel and the "Prouds" as gathering spots for such thinking.

Plus when you say "English-language", there's the hidden-in-plain-sight matter of non-English media...

 

[Johnny Au]

Also don't forget Rebel and the "Prouds" as gathering spots for such thinking.

Plus when you say "English-language", there's the hidden-in-plain-sight matter of non-English media...

The closest to a major English-language Canadian news source to Newsmax or OANN is Rebel News, but it doesn't have a television channel of its own.

There's also some Chinese Canadian news sources that are far-right (many of which are critical of the CCP, unsurprisingly enough, as well as accusing anyone who is to the left of Rebel News as "sympathetic to the CCP").

 

[AlbertC]

Jon Voight wants you to remember that this is a fight against Satan:

 

[Johnny Au]

This video compares Flat-Earthers with QAnon-believers:

The narrator said that many QAnon-believers believe in the same kind of nonsense as Flat-Earthers (and both prefer simpler explanations to complex phenomena).

 

[Videodrome]

Source: Pa. lawmaker gets a positive test at Trump meeting

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania state senator abruptly left a West Wing meeting with President Donald Trump after being informed he had tested positive for the coronavirus, a person with direct knowledge of the meeting told The Associated Press on Sunday...

apnews.com

Whoops...

 

[PinkLucy]

What’s the problem? Trump is immune, right? /s