Summary

President Joe Biden pardoned his son Hunter Biden, reversing his prior stance against using executive clemency.

The pardon covers Hunter’s federal gun conviction and tax evasion guilty plea, sparking political controversy.

Biden cited political attacks and a “miscarriage of justice” as reasons for his decision, emphasizing his son’s recovery from addiction and the targeting of his family.

Critics argue the move undermines the judicial process, while supporters view it as within Biden’s constitutional powers.

This decision shields Hunter from potential prison time as Biden nears the end of his presidency.

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    10 hours ago

    Good. I hope the democrats play just as dirty and hard as the republicans going forward. We cannot be civil with barbarians.

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      9 hours ago

      I would also like them to do that too, but I would prefer they do it for something other than nepotism.

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        6 hours ago

        The left needs a populist movement like Bernie Sanders has been saying, the movements the left has seen prior to this point have tapered out because they didn’t get money backed support, and because they didn’t capture the hearts and mind of the comfortable democrat voter.

        It’s had been an uphill battle till now, but maybe things will be different going forward because the republicans are going to peel back a lot of hard won rights and freedoms, and also degrade quality of life and standards of living with their health, economic and education policies.

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          …I don’t disagree, but I’m struggling to see how this is related to my comment. Are you replying to the right person?

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      7 hours ago

      Its not exactly revolutionary action, him pardoning his son is no win for the working class

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        him pardoning his son is no win for the working class

        Who cares?

        Anyone who has bothered to do their homework knows the Democrat party votes in favor of the working class WAY more often than Republicans. Hell, a few weeks before the election Trump and Musk did a televised interview where they jerked each other off about how much they hate unions and worker rights. Then working Americans voted them into power.

        Now stupid Americans are going to get the corruption they deserve.

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          This is whataboutism, I am for neither blue or red, I hope they both burn. The only group I care for is the working class hense I care about nepotism within the political class.

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            The only group I care for is the working class

            Then I’m sure you’ve done your homework and found out that Democrats historically vote in favor of the working class WAY more than Republicans, so you should vote Democrat if you care about the working class.

            Because I promise you, a 3rd party isn’t viable in the United States, so your options are Democrat or Republican.

            Not that you may have that option anymore going forward.

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      Fuck that. Playing dirty in this instance does zilch to help you. Why the fuck would you support this? How does Hunter Biden being pardoned help you or anyone else at all? Democrats are okay to play dirty when it is done defending basic rights for Americans, not for the political elite. Hunter is a grifter and he should absolutely face the consequences.

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        Why the fuck would you support this?

        Because I’m tired of watching the Dems be held to a higher standard and taking the high road and honoring decorum and losing to a corrupt as fuck party of traitors.

        Americans voted for corruption, so now they’re going to get it. Hopefully we get so fucking corrupt it actually makes us act like adults and vote more intelligently. Doubt it. We’re probably done for. But that’s our own fault.

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          Again, I’m perfectly fine with Democrats playing dirty when it helps the country as a whole. They want to gerrymander to hell to get something like socialized health insurance passed or something like ranked choice voting? Have at it. This is just nepotism. It doesn’t help you. It doesn’t help the Democratic Party. Nobody should be for this.

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            This is just nepotism. It doesn’t help you.

            Nepotism is standard in America. We don’t care enough to actually do anything about it. In fact, we just voted to make it worse. I’m aware it doesn’t help me. It helps a guy who was a solid president who doesn’t want his son to be in prison for non-violent crimes while a criminal president who openly stated he will target his political opponents sits in the Oval Office. Can’t blame him in the least. Especially since most presidents pardon people who support them at the end of their term. It’s normal in America.

            If we didn’t like it, we could vote more intelligently. But we don’t, and we won’t.

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          30% of eligible voters elected Trump, Democrats are allowed now to do what they want. Okie-dokie.

          Continue on with your “they took the high road” loss analysis. It’s been said so many times I don’t think anyone even knows what the “high road” is. If you could explain it to me I might be better informed.

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        I mean, I agreed already that this action isn’t a win for voters. I am just sick of people crying about Biden doing this selfish thing for his family when Republicans are literally supporting white supremacy. There’s too much money support for the white supremacy movement, the left it needs own comparable financing against this.

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          How does this combat that? Does this bring in funding to do that? It absolutely does not.

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      But then the Democrats will BECOME the barbarians. Do not stoop to the level of sloppy populism – behave honorably and it will pay off in the long-term.

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        behave honorably and it will pay off in the long-term.

        …HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAH!!!

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        Stop, please.

        I believe in the goodness in people more than is optimistically allowed, but even I am forced to acknowledge the existence of sociopaths and psychopaths who abuse the good will of innocents and well-meaning people alike.

        Sociopaths and psychopaths will always make fun of those they abuse, and they will use the morals and ethics of people against them.

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          Sociopaths and psychopaths will always make fun of those they abuse, and they will use the morals and ethics of people simple hypocrites against them.

          You are a simple hypocrite.

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        Stop both sides bs, this is a guy pardoning his son’s addiction, not committing treason, attacking the capital, or selecting a cabinet of pedophiles. Have some fucking humanity, putibot.

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          Have some fucking humanity, putibot.

          humanity for the guy responsible for thousands of dead kids and many more being starved simply for the crime of being born in a disgusting apartheid state ? the hypocrisy of the american elites knows no shame.

          biden deserves all the misery in this life and after it.

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            Biden is trash but it’s somewhat absurd to hold him accountable for USA’s long history of genocidal imperialism. If it weren’t him, it would just be another brainwashed puppet.

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              biden has the highest donation from aipac and has basically acted as their pimp for all his political career. he held the ukraine aid hostage to supply 2000lb bombs to mass murder civilians in refugee camps. atleast in past there was the pretense of cold war but this time its a democrat president shamelessly enabling a genocide of poor brown people while starving & evicting them from their own land. forget weapons they don’t even have enough tents and food to survive the winter and this two faced shtihag is sending them f-35 and artillery worth tens of billions.

              and now his whoring addict son making millions of his political connections while cheating millions on taxes deserves 10yr blanket pardon while newborns are blown to pieces by his very policies ? and this make him humane ?

              downvotes all you want but you are all are defending a rotten genocider

              Palestinian newborn twins killed as father obtained birth certificates

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        Yeah but maybe the world would be better if everybody was blind. I can’t imagine a blind person using a gun effectively.

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          At least neoliberals are finally admitting they have no moral high ground whatsoever.

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            Why don’t you go over to Afghanistan and play nice with the Taliban, hmm? Or better yet, sit down for tea with Boko Haram. Oh, I know, why don’t you walk into North Korea, try entering one of the gulags? I’d love to see the look on your face. Fuck your holier-than-thou mentality. Moral high ground? Keep talking about that, when ISIS puts you in an orange jumpsuit.