A general pardon for offenses.
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Apparently, it could all come back to some interesting speculation in a forthcoming article by one of SCOTUS Justice Roberts’s former clerks who teaches at University of Chicago Law. Two prominent conservative law professors have concluded that Donald...
by annieli
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on Fri Aug 11, 2023 at 12:00 PM PDT
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I’ll start off by saying that I’ve been a proud financial supporter of Amnesty International, for the past 33 years. Their nifty calendar adorns my wall, right beside Elvis. And I do plan to continue donating to this fine organization, in spite of the...
by SandraLLAP
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on Mon Feb 28, 2022 at 04:54 PM PST
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What do you think that the ideal immigration policy for the US should be? Personally, I think that the Democrats are moving in the right direction in regards to this, with Joe Biden’s proposed immigration reforms—though I am unsure as to just what the...
by ExtremelyAgile
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on Wed Mar 03, 2021 at 02:40 PM PST
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Not exactly new news — this came out in February of this year, but I must have missed it, so just to refresh our memory » Amnesty International is calling for the US to drop charges against Julian Assange: that relate to his publishing...
by orange dog
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on Wed Sep 02, 2020 at 07:22 AM PDT
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“It looks like the coronavirus is being weaponized as yet another element to bring down Donald Trump," Rush Limbaugh, February 26, 2020 The Man Who Lost The Popular Vote has said much the same, accusing Democrats of “politicizing the coronavirus,”...
by Ian Reifowitz
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on Sat Feb 29, 2020 at 10:46 AM PST
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Kelly wants the leaker found, being it is close to treason. I want the whistle blower protected ! Who ever person is, did our country a service, being exposes what the President is doing WRONG for our country. This can open the eyes to all America...
by Posenroots
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on Wed Mar 21, 2018 at 11:16 AM PDT
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After the news began leaking out that Democratic leadership and unpopular President Donald Trump had come to a deal that would protect the DACA program’s recipients in our country, the online right wing lost its freaking mind.
Oh, geeze.
But...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Fri Sep 15, 2017 at 01:20 PM PDT
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If in fact, President Trump’s power to pardon anyone is absolute, then he should step up to the plate and pardon all the Dreamers. Prove to the world he is not a racist and that he possesses genuine compassion for people who want to Make America Great...
by Starrwriter
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on Thu Sep 14, 2017 at 02:05 PM PDT
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On Wednesday, in a single afternoon, 640,000 people who hadn’t paid their fines for minor offenses such as parking violations, drinking in public, spitting, littering, walking a dog without a leash,...will no longer have to fear arrest.
Many were...
by Tevye
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on Thu Aug 10, 2017 at 07:06 PM PDT
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I read your diary with the over 2000 comments — I doubt there’s a chance you’d catch a small comment buried in there asking this.
There are some folks who — rightly or wrongly — got hit with the NR status (or whatever it’s called when they can’t rec...
by GreyHawk
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on Wed Nov 30, 2016 at 09:59 PM PST
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Dear Markos,
This community has suffered greatly over the past year, we have lost some of our most vigorous and forthright voices.
Today, I wake and learn that Jim Wright of www.Stonekettle.com has been banned from the Book of Face. For doing...
by Angela Marx
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on Fri Nov 25, 2016 at 07:46 AM PST
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The bar has been set so low for Trump, Trumpnecks and Wasillabillies, think ( supporters of Donald J Trump) that if he coughs without passing gas, he has scored a big win and his poll numbers rise. If these knuckle draggers were looking for leaders...
by Vetwife
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on Thu Sep 01, 2016 at 03:40 AM PDT
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Donald Trump just brought a group of (white) grieving parents on stage at his Arizona rally to tell their heartbreaking stories of the murders of their children by the hands of brown people. Well, not dark brown people but maybe sort of Mexican-brown...
by badhusky
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on Wed Aug 31, 2016 at 09:33 PM PDT
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It seems like every single day we hear about Trump’s wall(and more recently about his ‘deportation squads’), and hear - from Democrats and many Republicans too - about how it’s a stupid idea that will never come to fruition. We have heard for years...
by namkcuR
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on Wed Aug 31, 2016 at 03:21 PM PDT
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“No one has the right to trade away our hard-fought legal protections for free speech and the right to health, and much less to do it behind closed doors,” said Suzanne Nossel, executive director for Amnesty International USA. Leaked TPP draft text...
by mbhiii
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on Wed Aug 03, 2016 at 01:00 PM PDT
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standpoint
At the opposing pole of contemporary worldviews held by the Religious Right stands the Spiritual Left. Its relationship to the Political Left is analogous to, but more poorly defined
by wdhorden
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on Mon Feb 22, 2016 at 06:38 AM PST
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Starting this month, California will be granting one-time amnesty for unpaid traffic and non- traffic infraction tickets. The program will go until March 31, 2017 and offers ...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Tue Oct 06, 2015 at 02:47 PM PDT
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I am indeed privileged. For many reasons. For this diary, i will speak of the privilege of being able to Serve. And where you can end up because of it.
Because of fortunate circumstances,and ...
by Tevye
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on Sun Sep 27, 2015 at 03:50 PM PDT
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Addiction is its own prison
Under a new policy that began this past June, opioid addicts (heroin, et al) who voluntarily turn themselves in to the Gloucester,
by Walter Einenkel
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on Mon Aug 17, 2015 at 12:48 PM PDT
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“First and foremost, we are a nation built on the rule of law.” These reassuring words from President Obama came during unsettling anti-police riots in Ferguson, MO. But times have stayed ...
by jccayford
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on Fri May 01, 2015 at 03:00 PM PDT
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