It looks as if Justin Trudeau’s reign of terror and error in Canada may be ending

Andrea Widburg  

"With his minions fleeing, Trudeau is seriously contemplating resigning, as well he should. In a parliamentary system, when the premier’s party has lost confidence in him, he’s got nothing:" . . .

Technically speaking, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s third term of office is supposed to last until October 2025. In fact, Trudeau, who has turned Canada into a totalitarian nuthouse, is watching his government collapse around him and may soon resign. (Indeed, he may be gone by the time you read this.) With luck, his place will be taken by Pierre Poilievre, a smart, witty conservative who may yet save that country.

Trudeau comes by his loopy leftism, honestly, because his father was Canada’s leftist prime minister when Trudeau was born in 1971. More than that, his mother was Margaret Trudeau, who worshipped Fidel Castro. (Indeed, many suspect that Justin’s DNA daddy wasn’t Pierre but was Fidel.)

Trudeau started his working life as a teacher. During that time, he wore blackface and groped women. You know...typical leftist stuff." . . .

How to respond when the liberal press ambush you

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— TrashDiscourse (@TrashDiscourse) December 16, 2024. . .

 

Obama Floats Pardon “Trial Balloon” Amid Deep State Frenzy to Get on the List; UPDATE from Andy NGO

 Jerome R. Corsi

"What Obama fears is that Biden might be persuaded to issue a sweeping set of Deep State pardons to a list that would include various top-level Obama administration officials like former CIA Director John Brennan, former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, and former Attorney General James Comey who potentially could be forced to provide damaging criminal testimony against him."

"When does Barack Obama ask Susan Rice to petition Joe Biden for a presidential pardon for himself? With the pardon frenzy buzzing around the Biden camp, a trial balloon for an Obama pardon has already begun drifting toward the Oval Office.

"Biden will be well advised to limit his pardons to members of his own family. In his NBC News Meet the Press interview on Sunday, December 8, Trump explained that he had no intention of appointing a special prosecutor to investigate Joe Biden, despite Biden’s enthusiasm to raid Mar-a-Lago under the authority of Jack Smith, the special prosecutor the Biden administration appointed in an attempt to convict and incarcerate Trump in federal criminal prison.

"Nevertheless, given the resistance coup d’état that the Deep State has waged against Donald J. Trump since before the first inauguration on January 20, 2017, the fear and loathing among Biden administration top-level operatives to beg for pardons attests to their awareness that the second Trump administration will witness justice administered by a righteous Trump Vindictus [i.e., translated from Latin: Trump’s Revenge]. Those petitioning now for pardons are doing so because they know the crimes they have committed, and they are afraid that with the massive declassification of information that the incoming Trump administration is planning to make public, their guilt will no longer remain hidden." . . .

"All that is left now is for the Antifa/Black Lives Matter chorus to wail in their final song and dance routine to sum up the conclusion of this pathetic treasonous tragedy, stressing for the audience the conclusion that in the end, the brilliance of the sun remains the antidote in a play where lies are disinfected, justice prevails, and God always wins!"

UPDATE: Andy Ngo: Why Antifa Almost Killed Me "Raised in Portland by Vietnamese refugees, Andy Ngo knows the dangers of left-wing radicalism. As a journalist, he was brutally assaulted by Antifa during a protest, leaving him with lasting injuries. Despite relentless threats, Andy continues to defend America and expose the violent agenda of the radical left through fearless journalism."

 

Trump’s Big-Money Triumph Over Fake News ABC Keeps Getting Funnier And Funnier

Wes Walker; Clash Daily   

Megyn Kelly tearing George Stephanopoulos to shreds. Today it’s costing ABC 15 Million and he has to apologize.

Megyn Kelly tearing George Stephanopoulos to shreds. Today it’s costing ABC 15 Million and he has to apologize.
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— Big Fish (@BigFish3000) December 14, 2024

"ABC realizing that their top anchor will sit for depositions in a defamation case was enough to make them blink and come to terms on an 8-figure settlement with DJT.

"As everyone on the right has been saying since the beginning, the dog-pile of lawfare attacks that waited until the election cycle before they started dragging Trump into court had more to do with making Trump a radioactive candidate than with any actual facts present in law.

"ABC’s George Stephanopoulos is proof enough of that. Bill Clinton’s former White House Comms director, best known in his Clinton years as being the self-described ‘captain of the bimbo eruptions’ in which he played a role in destroying the reputation and credibility of women who dared to make claims of Bill Clinton’s sexual impropriety.

"That’s a long way from ‘believe all women’.

"It’s an even longer way from trying to play on the emotions of Nancy Mace — a sexual assault survivor — and a misreading of a verdict against Donald Trump to drive a wedge between her and the then-candidate she supported for leadership in her party.

"Trump was neither found guilty of, nor liable for, rape. Not even close. But that didn’t stop George S. from using his interview with Nancy Mace as a platform to insist that he HAD, in fact, been found liable for rape, on 10 separate occasions.

"Trump sued for defamation. Falsely accusing someone of a felony is defamation, no matter WHO you are. Trump and George S. were called to sit for depositions. ABC blinked, and came back with a settlement.

"And they were forced to attach a statement of regret to that story."

Who Lost More Weapons—Russia in Syria or America in Afghanistan?

Foreign Policy  After the collapse of their client states, both patrons left behind a trove of military equipment.

  Unlike the Taliban’s M-16s and Ford Ranger trucks, which are hardly conducive to overwhelming a serious adversary, Syria’s arsenal could have supplied some real military capability." . . . "Moscow has taken a substantially more significant blow than Washington with its much-debated equipment losses in Afghanistan."

. . ."U.S. government watchdogs estimated that the Taliban captured more than $7 billion worth of U.S. equipment after the fall of the Western-backed Afghan government three years ago. An August 2022 report from the U.S. Department of Defense found that ground vehicles worth $4.12 billion and military aircraft worth $923.3 million remained in Afghanistan after the U.S. withdrawal. A non-public report to Congress stated that 9,524 air-to-ground munitions, 40,000 vehicles, 300,000 light arms, and 1.5 million rounds of ammunition were left behind.

"The Taliban have their own air force now. A November 2022 report from a U.S. government watchdog found that “approximately 2 weeks prior to the Taliban’s takeover, DOD records indicate that the Afghan Air Force had 162 U.S.-provided aircraft in its inventory, of which 131 were usable.” However, Afghan pilots flew about one-third of these planes and helicopters to Tajikistan and Uzbekistan in the final days of the withdrawal. Another 80 at Kabul airport were rendered unusable by U.S. forces. Some of these may have been repaired since the Taliban took power. In the meantime, the Taliban have relied on the remaining Soviet-era aircraft to transport troops, military and humanitarian cargo, and regime officials.

"In the wake of the U.S. withdrawal, Afghanistan became a giant arms bazaar. U.S. weapons have reportedly been used in Kashmir, Pakistan, and Gaza, and they will inevitably appear on more battlefields in the future. Experts claim it is one of the greatest arms diversions in history.

"But the raw numbers comparing Afghanistan and Syria mask a major difference between the two lost arsenals. The Russians could really use those weapons today, whereas the United States left little of its best equipment in Afghanistan. The Afghan National Army and police forces were designed for internal security and largely equipped with second- and third-tier American gear that was supposedly sufficient to handle a lightly armed insurgency. Much of the U.S. weaponry in Afghanistan was simultaneously too costly to fly home and lacked sufficient military value to make the effort worthwhile. It was cheaper to cut many U.S. vehicles into scrap or leave them for the Afghan security forces." . . .

Russia, on the other hand, has been losing thousands of combat vehicles, planes, and even warships since invading Ukraine in February 2022. Since the start of the war, Russia has reportedly lost about 8,800 armored fighting vehicles, over 3,000 tanks, and close to 250 fighter aircraft and helicopters. Russia lost around 300 tanks in the five-month battle for the Ukrainian town of Avdiivka alone." . . .

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From Animagraffs  CEO / Chief Creative Officer:

"I grew up taking things apart, as kids do. I've always loved cross-section books like Stephen Biesty's works. A short career in content marketing and design led me to infographics and eventually to what you see as Animagraffs today. I believe there's plenty of room online for smart, high-end content that can showcase a brand's best side without feeling like marketing. We have to give to receive. I pay for Animagraffs online existence through Animagraffs projects and private projects because I believe in the highest quality content, elevated to an art form. My personal design portfolio is at jacoboneal.com, if you'd like to see more of my work that's not hosted here. There's always room for more awesome projects. Let's make something together!". . .

Three Russia Hoax Bombshells Hidden In IG Report On DOJ Surveillance Of Congress

What hath California wrought?  "It’s extremely disturbing that a man as corrupt and dishonest as Adam Schiff is Senator of a state like California. He should be in jail not in a position of enormous power." AuditTheMachines

 Mollie Hemingway; The Federalist 

"Both Schiff and Swalwell were notorious for going on left-wing media outlets such as CNN and MSNBC to push the Russia conspiracy theory. Schiff, now California’s junior senator, lied publicly for years about the matter, falsely claiming to have secret evidence substantiating the hoax." . . . 

"Last week the Department of Justice’s inspector general released a report on some of the DOJ’s tracking of communications from media and congressional figures as part of its purported investigation into who was leaking classified information against President Donald Trump in 2017. Three significant bombshells about the Russia collusion hoax were hidden inside the dense and dry 100-page report.

"For context, when Trump won the 2016 presidential election, anonymous Democrat operatives in the federal government and Congress began leaking like sieves as part of a coordinated effort to paint Trump as a mastermind spy who had worked with Russian President Vladimir Putin for decades in order to steal the election.

"Two Washington Post stories, a New York Times story, and a CNN story were all found to have included classified information. None of the four stories are specified in the report, but they all appeared in the first half of President Trump’s first year in office.

"The first Washington Post story is likely the April 2017 story by Ellen Nakashima, Devlin Barrett, and Adam Entous revealing that DOJ had gotten a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrant to spy on Carter Page, a Trump affiliate. The true story of that warrant would end up revealing the corruption of the DOJ, including how it falsified evidence in its application and relied on the laughable Steele dossier as the basis. But at the time of its publication, the FISA story suggested that an honorable DOJ had serious reason to suspect the Trump campaign of colluding with Russia to steal the election.

"As outlandish and unhinged as the conspiracy theory was, it was fueled with daily drops of classified and deceptively packaged information designed to make it appear legitimate. The corporate media dutifully regurgitated, published, and aired the leaks as part of their campaign against the Republican president." . . .

"The leakers have never been brought to justice.". . .

Bombshell #1: A Democrat Whistleblower Identified Schiff, Swalwell As Leakers

Bombshell #2: A Top Democrat Staffer Was Caught Communicating With Three Reporters Who Published the Classified Info He Had Access To, But FBI Didn’t Think It Meant Much

Bombshell #3: DOJ Spied On As Many Republicans As Democrats When Investigating Democrat Leaks

Mollie Ziegler Hemingway is the Editor-in-Chief of The Federalist. She is Senior Journalism Fellow at Hillsdale College and a Fox News contributor. . . .

Joe Biden Shows He's a Disgusting, Dishonest Ghoul With Statement on Abundant Life Shooting

RedState; Bonchie   "Joe Biden has released a statement on the tragic shooting that occurred at Abundant Life Christian School on Monday, and it's rightfully sparking controversy. As RedState reported, 15-year-old Natalie Lynn Rupnow opened fire, leaving two people dead. It appears she then committed suicide, as it has been confirmed no law enforcement officer discharged their weapon on the scene." . . . 

Says the man who pardoned his son of a gun crime.

. . ."What's so gross about this is that it expects the reader to make several false assumptions that push the narrative Biden and the rest of the Democratic Party prefer. Notice the mention of needing a ban on "assault weapons and high-capacity magazines." The problem? The shooter in this case used neither. Rather, she used a pistol, which is the one type of firearm Democrats constantly claim they don't want to ban. So why mention "assault weapons?" Because Biden is willing to stand on the bodies of dead children to promote policies that would have had no impact on this shooting. It's disgusting. 

"Then there's the claim that we need "a national red flag law" and "universal background checks." For one, the former is likely unconstitutional at the federal level. Regardless, how would either of those things have stopped Rupnow from committing this attack? She was not in legal possession of the gun she used. Thus, no court using red flag laws would have been able to take it away from her, and since she didn't purchase the weapon, background checks would likewise be irrelevant. 
"Don't kid yourself. The White House knows all of that. Yet, they chose to put out that statement anyway hoping that people would simply assume this was a school shooting in which a legally purchased semi-automatic rifle was used with a "high-capacity" magazine. In fact, the shooter was barred by state law from possessing the gun she used had already  broken multiple laws before she even pulled the trigger. 

"Self-serving politicians aren't going to legislate themselves out of the depravity that has infected so many children. This is a cultural problem, but Democrats will never admit that because it would mean admitting their listless, hedonistic worldview of morality and family is harmful, and they can't have that."

UPDATE:  Madison School Shooting: What We Know, And Biden’s Tone-Deaf Response  Andy Ngo posted the following:  . . .There is a photo taken in a washroom, posted just moments before the shooting. The photo shows her feet on the tile floor, with an ‘OK’ sign being flashed by her hand. "(More on that photo, later.)

"Shooter was 15yo girl (other reports had indicated 17) named Natalie Lynn Rupnow. She had transferred to the school last year. The shooting targeted the school library. The adult killed was a substitute teacher. One of the victims in critical condition has been shot in the throat.

"There is disagreement over whether she identified as ‘trans’. Andy’s own reporting does not indicate she does. Others have said there is an indication of ‘they/them’ in the social media bio.

"She posted about getting a pistol for her birthday. (If only Congress would pass laws making it illegal for a fifteen-year-old to have a pistol. Oh, wait.)

"If the correct alternate social media accounts were found, she also has a fixation on school shooters, going back to Columbine, and posted something which is alleged to be a ‘manifesto’. It’s 2 pages of bitter, angry ranting denouncing categories of people she disagrees with as ‘scum’, taking brief detour to rail against an ethnic group or two. The over-riding theme is the meaninglessness of others and hate, a word she must have used a good two dozen times. As you might expect of the psychopathic fantasies of a young teen, it was rambling and incoherent." . . .

Celebrity Murderer in New York City Shows Failed Promises of “Gun Control”

"Those gun control laws failed to disarm the murderer, yet they disarmed the victim. The news media overlooked that obvious fact."

Liberal Veteran Claims Trump Will Be Arrested December 20th Under Executive Order 13848 — Calls for Mob to Storm D.C. on Inauguration Day and Demand Trump Step Down if Arrest Doesn’t Happen

 Jim Hoft 

So if this guy has his way, Hamas hostages held in the tunnels of Gaza will stay till they are killed or merely raped and disfigured; Venezuelan gangs will still rule US cities, Iran will continue as a threat to the world, The education system will turn out more ignorant citizens, and the world will keep mocking america as a silly ineffective nation with a freakish government. TD

He also urged people to storm Washington, D.C., on Inauguration Day to demand Trump step down if the arrest doesn’t take place.

"For years, conservatives have been vilified as “conspiracy theorists” for claiming the 2020 election was rigged and stolen from President Trump.

"The mainstream media and liberal pundits mocked anyone who questioned the outcome, dismissing them as dangerous extremists or delusional crackpots.

"Now, the tide has turned, and the hypocrisy is glaringly obvious as liberals peddle their own wild predictions.

"Enter USAF veteran and vocal leftist Jerry Doran, who has taken to social media to allege that President Trump will be arrested on December 20th under Executive Order 13848.

"Doran, a nurse and substitute teacher, went further, urging a mass storming of Washington, D.C., on Inauguration Day if his so-called prophecy doesn’t come to pass.

"Suddenly, calls for public demonstrations, which liberals once decried as insurrections, are acceptable when they serve their narrative.

"According to Doran’s unhinged social media rant, Executive Order 13848*, signed in 2018 by Trump, will be weaponized to arrest the 45th President for conspiring with foreign actors to rig the election. He passionately encouraged leftists to prepare for mass mobilization if the arrest doesn’t happen by January 20th, the next Inauguration Day." . . .

*Executive Order 13848—Imposing Certain Sanctions in the Event of Foreign Interference in a United States Election | The American Presidency Project

Section 1. (a) Not later than 45 days after the conclusion of a United States election, the Director of National Intelligence, in consultation with the heads of any other appropriate executive departments and agencies (agencies), shall conduct an assessment of any information indicating that a foreign government, or any person acting as an agent of or on behalf of a foreign government, has acted with the intent or purpose of interfering in that election. The assessment shall identify, to the maximum extent ascertainable, the nature of any foreign interference and any methods employed to execute it, the persons involved, and the foreign government or governments that authorized, directed, sponsored, or supported it. The Director of National Intelligence shall deliver this assessment and appropriate supporting information to the President, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Defense, the Attorney General, and the Secretary of Homeland Security. . . .

". . .(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person."

Countdown to Chaos? Dangerous Weeks Before Inauguration

Frank J. Gaffney; Gatestone Institute

. . ."Collectively, we can bring to bear the kind of "situational awareness" that can help detect and expose the potential for harm before it is inflicted." . . .

"While much national attention is on the first 100 days of the Trump 2.0 presidency, there is growing reason to be concerned about the final days of Joe Biden's term.

"Among those with a powerful interest in disrupting the peaceful transfer of power to a new Trump administration are: the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), world government globalists, Sharia-supremacists, deep state bureaucrats and assorted homegrown and foreign-enabled terrorists, jihadists, and other revolutionaries.

"These hostile forces' ability to create chaos in the United States – especially collectively – cannot safely be ignored.

"The Chinese Communist Party, since May 2019, has been telling the people of China that their country is at war with the US. And the CCP has for years been preparing for a shooting conflict in the Western Pacific, as well as, over the past two years, inserting tens of thousands of its military personnel into the United States. Their mission could well be to carry out attacks on the US electric grids, transportation, communications, water resources and as much other critical infrastructure as possible. They have not been sent to vacation at the Grand Canyon.

"Whether Chinese Emperor Xi Jinping will pull the trigger in the immediate future will probably be a function of his pressing economic, political and demographic challenges at home and the prospect of the replacement of his controlled asset, Joe Biden, by his nemesis, Donald Trump.

. . . "As the federal government may for the next few weeks be part of the problem, it will fall to liberty-loving states to pursue six steps that can help mitigate this dangerous situation:

1. Raise awareness of the existence of threats.
2. Crowdsource information about the whereabouts and status of potentially hostile elements.
3. Enhance personal and community preparedness.
4. Heighten the readiness of the National Guard, constitutional sheriffs, other state and local law enforcement.
5. Protect critical infrastructure and likely targets.
6. Plan for contingencies, such as any effort to respond to chaos-inducing events with a declaration of martial law and efforts to postpone the inauguration. . . .

This will be settled at recess; The Constitution allows Trump to appoint the best Cabinet possible

Don Surber@ American Free News Network 

Charlie Johnston tweeted, “I have noticed an important theme to some Trump appointments: he is appointing people to head agencies that victimized them.

"The speed with which President Trump has appointed Cabinet members takes my breathe away. By my count, he is up to 6 after adding Matt Gaetz as AG and Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence on Wednesday night.

'Oh wait a second. On Thursday, he named RFK Jr. as his head of Health and Human Services. As Wilt Chamberlain tweeted, “God forbid we let RFK Jr. be in charge of HHS, otherwise he might do something crazy like fund experimental gain-of-function research in Chinese laboratories and cause a global pandemic.”

'"I believe that is called sarcasm. Readers know that I am a stranger to such a concept.

'"And then Trump made it 8 by picking ex-Georgia congressman Doug Collins to run the VA.

"Make that 9.

'Just before my bedtime last night, The Calvin Coolidge Projecttweeted, “President Trump has announced that Doug Burgum will be his Interior Secretary.”

"At this point 8 years ago, Trump had appointed no one. He was waiting for recommendations from the Republican Establishment.

"Trump has created a No RINO Zone for this administration. The speed this time reflects the quality of the appointments. MAGA is a magnet for heroes and he has embraced them all.

"However, the Senate must confirm his appointments to his Cabinet. No problem. The final paragraph in Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution reads:

"The President shall have Power to fill up all Vacancies that may happen during the Recess of the Senate, by granting Commissions which shall expire at the End of their next Session.

"Senate Majority Leader John Thune agreed to call a recess to let Trump’s appointees start their jobs immediately. On Inauguration Day, Vice President JD Vance as President of the Senate, can call a recess. Trump then appoints Gaetz and company. Formal confirmation can come later.

"The deal likely was cut during the campaign because at one rally with Gaetz on stage, Trump announced they had a secret they would divulge after the election.

"This Cabinet is the opposite of Lincoln’s Cabinet of Rivals. This is Trump’s Cabinet of Allies. He finally is getting an A Team of his own. The A stands for American.

"Trump’s voters have issues with the federal government and Trump’s appointments reflect the grievances from the people who live outside the DC cocoon." . . .

“Completely Illegal, Psychotic Order” – Trump Responds To Merchan Rejecting Immunity Arguments

 American Lookout   

"New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan rejected on Dec. 16 a long list of immunity-related arguments President-elect Donald Trump made in an attempt to throw out the guilty verdict he received earlier this year." Epoch Times

. . ."Donald Trump blasted the decision.

"Trump said, “In a completely illegal, psychotic order, the deeply conflicted, corrupt, biased, and incompetent Acting Justice Juan Merchan has completely disrespected the United States Supreme Court, and its Historic Decision on Immunity.”

Truth Social:

BREAKING: In a completely illegal, psychotic order, the deeply conflicted, corrupt, biased, and incompetent Acting Justice Juan Merchan has completely disrespected the United States Supreme Court, and its Historic Decision on Immunity. But even without Immunity, this illegitimate case is nothing but a Rigged Hoax. Merchan, who is a radical partisan, wrote an opinion that is knowingly unlawful, goes against our Constitution, and, if allowed to stand, would be the end of the Presidency as we know it. Merchan has so little respect for the Constitution that he is keeping in place an illegal gag order on me, your President and President-Elect, just so I cannot expose his and his family’s disqualifying and illegal conflicts….

….I am the only Political Opponent in American History not allowed to defend myself – A despicable First Amendment Violation! Merchan took the Manhattan D.A.’s Witch Hunt, that, according to all Legal Scholars, including Jonathan Turley, Elie Honig, Andy McCarthy, Alan Dershowitz, Gregg Jarrett, David Rivkin, Elizabeth Price Foley, Katie and Andy Cherkasky, Paul Ingrassia, and many others, is a nonexistent case, barred by the Statute of Limitations, and should have never been brought and, through his fraud and misconduct, gave it a semblance of “life.” While Deranged Jack Smith was sent packing back to The Hague after losing all of his politically manufactured cases against me, Merchan, who is far worse and even more corrupt than Smith in his fight for my hopeless political opponents, just cannot let go of this charade. Is it because of his conflicts and relations that he keeps breaking the Law? This has to stop! It is time to end the Lawfare once and for all, so we can come together as one Nation and, Make America Great Again.

Is this the Joe Biden you were admiring, Howard Stern?

 

Joe Biden Sparks Outrage For Commuting Sentence Of “Kids-For-Cash” Judge, Democrat Governor Says Biden “Got It Absolutely Wrong”   "Joe Biden fueled outrage after he commuted the sentence of a judge caught taking kickbacks in exchange for sending children to for-profit jails.

"Known as the kids-for-cash scandal, former Judge Michael Conahan received a 17-year prison sentence after he shut down a county-run juvenile detention center and shared over $2 million in illegal payments from the builder and co-owner of two for-profit lockups.

"According to Fox News, the illicit scheme is one of Pennsylvania’s worst judicial scandals.Another judge, Mark Ciavarella, was also involved in the scandal." . . .

Sandy Fonzo, whose son died by suicide after he was put in juvenile detention, said in statement Thursday that the commutation was “deeply painful,” adding “this pardon feels like an injustice for all of us who still suffer.”

‘Disgusting!’: Biden Slammed By Both Sides For Last-Minute Decision

President Biden got a lot of heat — including from members of his own Democratic Party — after he pardoned his son, Hunter Biden, late last month despite claiming for a year he would not do so.

NO SHAME: Joe Biden Calls For Stricter Gun Control After Pardoning Son for Gun Crimes

Joe Biden may set a dangerous new precedent with ‘pre-emptive’ pardons

. . ."After many liberals predicted the imminent collapse of democracy and that opponents would be rounded up by the Trump administration, they are now contemplating the nightmare that democracy might survive and that there will be no mass arrests.

"The next best thing to a convenient collapse of democracy is a claim that Biden’s series of pre-emptive pardons averted it — to preserve the narrative.

"Biden’s pardon list has replaced the usual Inauguration Ball lists as the “must-have” item this year. Pardon envy is sweeping over the Beltway, as politicians and pundits push to be included on the list of presumptive Trump enemies."