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  1. Today, in lieu of scheduled celebrations of a US that is held hostage by forces bent on dismantling democracy, I am re-posting an essay I wrote in September 2024, prior to the last election, about the considerable repair work that American democracy needs to protect itself from tyrants.

    netsettlement.blogspot.com/202

    #politics #USPolitics #4th #july4th #FourthOfJuly #US250 #US250th #Democracy #Freedom #Constitution #SCOTUS #ElectoralCollege #Gerrymandering #voting #impeachment #CitizensUnited #Rights #Corporations #Marriage #Abortion #Pardons #DEI #Religion

  2. Today, in lieu of scheduled celebrations of a US that is held hostage by forces bent on dismantling democracy, I am re-posting an essay I wrote in September 2024, prior to the last election, about the considerable repair work that American democracy needs to protect itself from tyrants.

    netsettlement.blogspot.com/202

    #politics #USPolitics #4th #july4th #FourthOfJuly #US250 #US250th #Democracy #Freedom #Constitution #SCOTUS #ElectoralCollege #Gerrymandering #voting #impeachment #CitizensUnited #Rights #Corporations #Marriage #Abortion #Pardons #DEI #Religion

  3. He should be required to list all income from selling #pardons

  4. [NYTimes-Gifted article]: Trump Administration Shuttered a Criminal Probe Into Fraudster’s Clemency By Kenneth P. VogelNicole Hong and William K. Rashbaum, June 21, 2026

    Federal prosecutors had been examining the circumstances behind the commutation of David Gentile’s sentence. He was aided by a Catholic priest friendly with the president.

    nytimes.com/2026/06/21/us/poli

    A toxic stew--the details on this are, what..? Galling..

    #pardons #corruption #trumpPardons

  5. [NYTimes-Gifted article]: Trump Administration Shuttered a Criminal Probe Into Fraudster’s Clemency By Kenneth P. VogelNicole Hong and William K. Rashbaum, June 21, 2026

    Federal prosecutors had been examining the circumstances behind the commutation of David Gentile’s sentence. He was aided by a Catholic priest friendly with the president.

    nytimes.com/2026/06/21/us/poli

    A toxic stew--the details on this are, what..? Galling..

    #pardons #corruption #trumpPardons

  6. "The staff wasn't supposed to serve her solid food, but they did, and she died."

    "The Coulsons were awarded nearly $19 million in damages but have yet to see any compensation from Schwartz."

    "Trump pardoned Schwartz."
    ———————————————
    Title: Trump Pardoned a Nursing Home Owner Who Owed Almost $19 Million to a Grieving Family
    Author: Jeremy Kohler
    Publication: ProPublica
    April 20, 2026
    ———————————————
    #USA #Pardons #Healthcare #Housing #Taxes #Lobbying
    propublica.org/article/trump-j

  7. "The staff wasn't supposed to serve her solid food, but they did, and she died."

    "The Coulsons were awarded nearly $19 million in damages but have yet to see any compensation from Schwartz."

    "Trump pardoned Schwartz."
    ———————————————
    Title: Trump Pardoned a Nursing Home Owner Who Owed Almost $19 Million to a Grieving Family
    Author: Jeremy Kohler
    Publication: ProPublica
    April 20, 2026
    ———————————————
    #USA #Pardons #Healthcare #Housing #Taxes #Lobbying
    propublica.org/article/trump-j

  8. Spectrum News 1: Gov. Beshear posthu­mously pardons 43 who helped enslaved people flee. “Gov. Andy Beshear, D-Ky., on Monday posthumously pardoned 43 people who were imprisoned for helping enslaved people escape to freedom, just days before Juneteenth. Beshear also proclaimed Friday, June 19, 2026, as Juneteenth National Freedom Day in Kentucky.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/06/16/spectrum-news-1-gov-beshear-posthumously-pardons-43-who-helped-enslaved-people-flee/
  9. Spectrum News 1: Gov. Beshear posthu­mously pardons 43 who helped enslaved people flee. “Gov. Andy Beshear, D-Ky., on Monday posthumously pardoned 43 people who were imprisoned for helping enslaved people escape to freedom, just days before Juneteenth. Beshear also proclaimed Friday, June 19, 2026, as Juneteenth National Freedom Day in Kentucky.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/06/16/spectrum-news-1-gov-beshear-posthumously-pardons-43-who-helped-enslaved-people-flee/
  10. A woman donates $1 million to Trump’s MAGA Inc.

    Weeks later, her son — convicted of federal tax crimes and ordered to repay more than $4 million — receives a presidential pardon from Donald Trump.

    Even more striking: the pardon request itself reportedly highlighted the family’s political donations.

    This is not necessarily corruption in the criminal sense.
    But it perfectly illustrates the growing perception of a “pay for access” system surrounding Trump’s political world — where money, influence and presidential power appear increasingly intertwined.

    #Trump #MAGA #USPolitics #PoliticalCorruption #CampaignFinance #Pardons #RuleOfLaw #DarkMoney #PayForAccess #AmericanPolitics

  11. A woman donates $1 million to Trump’s MAGA Inc.

    Weeks later, her son — convicted of federal tax crimes and ordered to repay more than $4 million — receives a presidential pardon from Donald Trump.

    Even more striking: the pardon request itself reportedly highlighted the family’s political donations.

    This is not necessarily corruption in the criminal sense.
    But it perfectly illustrates the growing perception of a “pay for access” system surrounding Trump’s political world — where money, influence and presidential power appear increasingly intertwined.

    #Trump #MAGA #USPolitics #PoliticalCorruption #CampaignFinance #Pardons #RuleOfLaw #DarkMoney #PayForAccess #AmericanPolitics

  12. The pardons were unconscionable, and now Todd Blanch has tried to pay the people responsible for attempting to kill this officer. Not to mention give Trump and his family, immunity for the last sixteen years of tax filings! #NeverforgetJan6th #pardons #J6ers

  13. As promised, here is the link directly to the interactive list of crimes.
    Lawfare finds 97 crimes, with some repeats. Previous studies found 33 criminals, with some recidivism, but not exposed to this detail.
    You can filter by type of crime, and search by name.
    #Jan6 #pardons #recidivist #criminals #fascist #USA #GOP #KKK #DEI #ICE #DHS #insurrection #coup #radicalized #white #supremacist #terrorists
    lawfaremedia.github.io/jan6-pa

  14. As promised, here is the link directly to the interactive list of crimes.
    Lawfare finds 97 crimes, with some repeats. Previous studies found 33 criminals, with some recidivism, but not exposed to this detail.
    You can filter by type of crime, and search by name.
    #Jan6 #pardons #recidivist #criminals #fascist #USA #GOP #KKK #DEI #ICE #DHS #insurrection #coup #radicalized #white #supremacist #terrorists
    lawfaremedia.github.io/jan6-pa

  15. Trump has created the equivalent to the Nazi brownshirts to intimidate and eliminate opposition.
    #trump #maga #nazi #pardons

  16. Is a pardon just a “lighter” version of forgiveness, or are they fundamentally different, despite obviously overlapping? Matt Mizenko explores this and other things on episode 15 of #YoureOnMuteThePodcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ #forgiveness #pardons #podcast

  17. "[P]aid himself millions of dollars from his nursing homes while diverting tens of millions owed to taxpayers and employees."

    "[F]ailed to satisfy at least 3 multimillion-dollar judgments awarded to grieving families."

    "[F]ull pardon."
    ———————————————
    Author: Jeremy Kohler
    Publication: ProPublica
    March 30, 2026
    ———————————————
    #USA #Housing #Pardons #Taxes #Lobbying #Healthcare #Courts
    propublica.org/article/joseph-

  18. "[P]aid himself millions of dollars from his nursing homes while diverting tens of millions owed to taxpayers and employees."

    "[F]ailed to satisfy at least 3 multimillion-dollar judgments awarded to grieving families."

    "[F]ull pardon."
    ———————————————
    Author: Jeremy Kohler
    Publication: ProPublica
    March 30, 2026
    ———————————————
    #USA #Housing #Pardons #Taxes #Lobbying #Healthcare #Courts
    propublica.org/article/joseph-

  19. The creation of this fund is a stupefying feat of self-dealing—part of a “settlement agreement” between the Department of the #Treasury, which #Trump controls, & the plaintiffs—Trump, 2 of his sons & their family business—who sued the #IRS for $10 billion over the leak of his tax returns. It will very likely result in an undeserved windfall to a legion of #Jan6 rioters who have already unjustly received #pardons from Trump.

    #law #DOJ #theft #TaxpayersMoney #kleptocracy #MafiaState #SlushFund

  20. The creation of this fund is a stupefying feat of self-dealing—part of a “settlement agreement” between the Department of the #Treasury, which #Trump controls, & the plaintiffs—Trump, 2 of his sons & their family business—who sued the #IRS for $10 billion over the leak of his tax returns. It will very likely result in an undeserved windfall to a legion of #Jan6 rioters who have already unjustly received #pardons from Trump.

    #law #DOJ #theft #TaxpayersMoney #kleptocracy #MafiaState #SlushFund

  21. EX POST!™ MAY 15, 2026

    America’s pardon system is changing.

    Critics argue pardons once meant mercy for the powerless. Now they increasingly protect the powerful and politically connected.

    Read the full Afternoon Edition: x.com/EXPostNewsMedia

    #EXPOST! #Politics #Trump #Pardons

  22. EX POST!™ MAY 15, 2026

    America’s pardon system is changing.

    Critics argue pardons once meant mercy for the powerless. Now they increasingly protect the powerful and politically connected.

    Read the full Afternoon Edition: x.com/EXPostNewsMedia

    #EXPOST! #Politics #Trump #Pardons

  23. #Canada is to establish a new and powerful law enforcement agency to investigate financial crime, in stark contrast to the US, where weakened federal investigators have struggled to pursue fraudsters and the White House has pardoned convicted money launderers.”

    Gosh, do you think our upstairs neighbors don’t have an absolutely #corrupt government?

    #financialcrime #pardons

    theguardian.com/world/2026/apr

  24. #Canada is to establish a new and powerful law enforcement agency to investigate financial crime, in stark contrast to the US, where weakened federal investigators have struggled to pursue fraudsters and the White House has pardoned convicted money launderers.”

    Gosh, do you think our upstairs neighbors don’t have an absolutely #corrupt government?

    #financialcrime #pardons

    theguardian.com/world/2026/apr

  25. Richard Nixon, the prodigal son and people running traffic lights – tech executive Matt Mizenko explores the difference between forgiveness and pardons on episode 15 of #YoureOnMuteThePodcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ #forgiveness #pardons #podcast

  26. Jimmy Kimmel Criticizes Trump Over Pardons During Late-Night Monologue

    📰 Original title: Jimmy Kimmel Goes There With Absolutely Vicious Trump 'Pedophile' Joke

    🤖 IA: It's clickbait ⚠️
    👥 Usuarios: It's clickbait ⚠️

    View full AI summary: killbait.com/en/jimmy-kimmel-c

    #politics #trump #kimmel #pardons

  27. “President Trump has repeatedly promised his top administration officials pardons before he leaves office, according to people who have heard his comments.”

    But w/Epstein he likely broke state/territory law. Staffers may’ve obstructed in those jurisdictions too. Potus can’t pardon those.

    wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-

    #USpol #law #pardons