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Trump frees violent January 6 attackers (www.motherjones.com)

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Granted impunity for his own conduct, Trump extends it to the rioters.

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I know there's intentionally too many pieces of awful news to follow, but this is a huge one. Trump barely differentiated - even for those he didn't pardon, he commuted the sentences.

That includes the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys leaders who explicitly planned to overthrow the election and were convicted of sedition. You better believe they're not going to retire quietly, he's given the greenlight for them to ignore all criminal law as long as they are acting on his behalf. The insurrection has been legitimized.

It seems like there was no reason to temper our pessimism. By all signs, we're here, at the end of democracy.

[–] DarkShaggy 6 points 6 days ago

RIP American democracy....