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    255 months ago

    Which makes it kind of ironic.

    In a way, Biden had the right idea, just a total lack of energy and good branding when it came to execution.

    Biden would have been such a good republican president…

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      235 months ago

      Drug related offenses are overwhelmingly state level crimes. The office of the President can only pardon federal level crimes. This is a feature of our system of checks and balances, not a bug.

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        215 months ago

        How come all the checks and balances we all learned about work when it comes to keeping people in prison for drug crimes, but they don’t work on keeping fascists from government… 🤷‍♀️

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          45 months ago

          It’s because the system of check and balances was designed assuming the people within the system are acting in good faith. The republicans are not, as as such can abuse the system and the people who are acting in good faith

          There is also the discussion of how our system is designed to let the people who have power keep that power