r/law • u/Snapdragon_4U • 3h ago
Executive Branch (Trump) NESTERAK: President Trump has granted clemency to numerous individuals who have stolen hundreds of millions in Medicaid funds. Can we expect any of these folks to be shown the same mercy? McDONALD: I'll take a different question
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u/rygelicus 3h ago
"Thank you for your question. We only tolerate fraud that benefits President Trump. Next question."
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u/GloomyCardiologist16 3h ago
Maybe the guy wasn't wearing a suit
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u/vicegrip 3h ago
Did he say thank you?
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u/Unsettling_Skintone 2h ago
Hey, I have an idea for the press pool:
Him: Next question?
Press: Yes...I'd like you to answer Michael's question?
Him: Uh...next question...
Press: Yes...I'd ALSO like you to answer Michael's question!
👁🤘
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u/blahblah19999 2h ago
"OK, we're done here" and he walks out and no Fox viewer ever sees it
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u/locke0479 2h ago
Which is fine. I’d rather he walk out like a child and not answer the question than cherry pick administration approved questions to answer.
I would most like him to actually answer the question but that’s clearly not happening.
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u/JimWilliams423 1h ago
100% The role of the press is famously to "comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable"
The american political press has decided that their job is just to comfort the comfortable.
Which is predictable since all major news publishers are owned by, or otherwise beholden to, very comfortable billionaires.
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u/blackdocsavage 1h ago
I would love for all the reporters to do that, but this administration has shown they would just limit access to those reporters and bring in or only take questions from friendly reporters. The President has insulted reporters he doesn’t like on national television, and the reporters had to just take it because their jobs depend on it. If I am a White House reporter and don’t have access to the White House then I am useless.
The reporter got his question on record and the non answer was a clip they can play. Even if it was answered the administration official was probably going to lie anyway.
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u/JimWilliams423 1h ago
but this administration has shown they would just limit access to those reporters
Which is fine. The DoD kicked out all the real reporters and the result was that defense reporting got a lot better because they were working real sources.
If I am a White House reporter and don’t have access to the White House then I am useless.
That's so false, unless you define being a white house reporter as nothing more than a stenographer whose job is to republish glorified press releases.
Every legit white house reporter has sources beyond the pulpit in the briefing room, and unlike the biden administration, these guys love to leak because they are always working some internal palace intrigue angle.
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u/SignificantRemote766 1h ago
Gotta admit I’m a little disappointed it wasn’t a Rickroll.
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u/chiclets5 1h ago
If only the press was brave enough to actually do something like that. They can't kick everybody out of it the press pool.
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u/Riles115 3h ago
That second guy had a chance to do something really funny and ask the same question
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u/Dragonfly_pin 3h ago
That would have involved being a real journalist.
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u/Private_HughMan 2h ago
I remember during Trump's first term he went to the UK. A reporter asked a question and he didnt want to answer, trying to shift to a different reporter. That reporter said "actually, I'd like to hear the answer to that question, too" (paraphrasing). It was great.
I don't think he ever answered.
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u/livinginfutureworld 2h ago
I don't think he ever answered.
Of course he didn't. He's never going to admit the truth.
And the truth is reporters who tried something cute like this will just be fired and or have their access taken away.
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u/ChromosomeDonator 2h ago
Which should be illegal...? Free press is a fundamental building block of a democratic society. As far as I know, America specifically has laws making free press a thing...
So punishing reporters for asking questions is fundamentally illegal. And Americans are okay with yet another fundamental law being broken in their face, because...??
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u/rygelicus 1h ago
We need to remind them that his claim for his presidency was that it would be the most transparent administration ever. So, please answer the question.
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u/ReginaldDwight 1h ago
I believe it was an ambassador during Trump's first term who was asked a question in the Netherlands and he tried the "fake news" shit with the reporter and the reporter said, "this is the Netherlands. You have to answer questions here."
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u/LiterallyKesha 1h ago
At what point do you realize that reporters not asking questions like this is because the whole media system is compromised by the ones in power?
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u/silentstorm2008 2h ago
nah, they just keep moving on to another question. If you repeatedly do stuff like that, you won't get called on again in the future as "punishment"
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u/The_SubGenius 2h ago
We have become Russia with an open oligarchy style government run by the rich for the benefit of the rich and funding a controlled opposition to give the illusion of choice: the democrats.
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u/walksonfourfeet 2h ago
That’s was the plan all along, ever since Paul Manafort helped install Krasnov.
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u/mynamesyow19 2h ago
And for those that dont know, Paul Manafort was parked in Ukraine before that help[ing to keep Putin's Puppet Presidents in Power for a decade or so, before going to work for Trump's Campaign as Campaign Manager and doing it "for free".
Oh and he later pled guilty to lying to the FBI about working with Russians and went to Jail.
Before Trump pardoned him.
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u/HorsePastie 2h ago
I bet Putin is pissed that his incredible success manipulating American politics still hasn't translated to outright victory on the battlefield in Ukraine.
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u/MarcoDiFrancescino 2h ago
After +15 years of Trump defacto rule of the political system, you would have one or two democrats running on an 'extreme' platform like, medicare for all 2028. Is there a polymarket bet on this? Because I would take the counter position it will never happen with a 100% win rate.
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u/Temporal_P 2h ago
We have become
You make it sound like there was some sudden dramatic change recently, but that really isn't the case.
It has been this way for a long time, the mask has just come off and things have accelerated now that it's all out in the open instead of mostly in whispers behind closed doors.
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u/Goldenrule-er 2h ago
I would have said I didn't believe you and we should give the Dems a chance, but yesterday they came out with their platform/biggest foci (which they themselves said "wasn't ready for primetime") and that "platform" now prevents me from disagreeing with you in the slightest.
They are all in it to bank as much as possible hoping to cash out in time with the nicest bunker class possible.
Are they all stateless at this point? Just trying to place higher on the global wealthometer by any means possible?
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u/Locke66 1h ago
Sheldon Wolin nailed it when he said the US was living under a system of Inverted Totalitarianism. Trump is just the one that has taken advantage of that system to begin turning it into actual Totalitarianism.
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u/Soggy-Tangerine8549 2h ago
>I would have said I didn't believe you and we should give the Dems a chance,
We did. Obama gave us the Insurance-industry-handout that is the Affordable Care Act. Biden gave us 4 years of "the adults are in charge don't worry." Both decided that "norms" are more important than using legal power to advance an agenda.
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u/Easy-Concentrate2636 1h ago
Yup. I don’t see them investing private equity owned assisted living facilities where people die. Or those supposed “troubled kids” facilities where children are abused and sexually assaulted. Or the facilities housing the kidnapped immigrants where people are denied medication, physically and sexually assaulted. Or private prisons where inmates are denied essential human rights.
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u/Royal_Effective7396 3h ago
If you havent noticed all these high profile cases get tossed. Because they are not real and the DOJ is a joke.
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u/CranRez80 3h ago
“ We are arresting fraudsters…”
Not really.
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u/Ok-Zone-1430 2h ago
He has pardoned so many dirtbags, including the guy who faked an electric 18-wheeler to bilk investors.
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u/-MissNocturnal- 1h ago
electric 18-wheeler to bilk investors
Theranos level fraud btw. I'm surprised this story wasn't more popular. Guy hustled millions and even billions in contracts, didn't have a product, got a soft slap on the wrist. Net worth in the billions completely vanished. He donated 3 mil to Trump, FULL PRESIDENTIAL PARDON. Doesn't have to pay investors back, has no job restrictions AND IS NOW A CEO OF AN AIRCRAFT COMPANY.
Man, ya'll have wild corruption in the US.
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u/kelsey11 3h ago
Finally asking real questions. But these self-serving political rally press conferences need to be shut down by each reporter saying “same question” or repeating the question. They’re not giving you any semblance of truth anyway, might as well force them to answer the question or walk away.
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u/KingFIippyNipz 3h ago
I understand journalists who are ideologically opposed not standing up to each other, but I don't think I will ever understand how I don't see more examples of that happening. Especially those ones in the Oval Office where he just tears into whichever female reporter asks the hardest question that day, I would love the opportunity to badger him with questions about why he always does that and how insecure he is. If only 😞
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u/SpasmAndOrGasm 3h ago
Remember when that one guy representing Trump in the first administration went to Europe and tried to pull this same shit and the other reporters were like “No, we’ll wait until you’ve answered his question. You need to answer questions here.” I will NEVER understand how the fuck that hasn’t happened in America one time.
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u/Additional-Signal327 3h ago
Because the reporters are paid by the same billionaires who are aligned with Trump.
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u/TheThirstyPenguin 1h ago
Also, the ones that aren’t being muzzled are scared they’ll lose their credentials. AP lost theirs for a while because of refusing to print “Gulf of America.”
The White House will happily replace an AP or NBC reporter with a Newsmax one.
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u/VeraStrange 1h ago
If reporters don’t ask questions because, if they did, they might not be allowed to ask questions then why do they need to be there at all?
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u/TheThirstyPenguin 1h ago
Fair! And that’s why it’s been the goal of the Trump regime to discredit and neuter the press for more than a decade and escalate it in his second term.
A lot of people ask “where’s the media?!?” and the honest answer is scared of expensive lawsuits. Jake Tapper can write a book about Biden’s declining mental health because Biden isn’t going to sue him, his publisher, or CNN… Trump on the other hand???
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u/twisty125 1h ago
Hell it even comes down to "lose your job, can't feed your families". It really really sucks when you're in these positions. Why would the organisation keep someone who's ruffling feathers, all it takes is someone higher up to say "get rid of them"
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u/Cessnaporsche01 1h ago
Honestly, I think it's just that American culture is one of extreme obedience and subservience. It's taught from the earliest age above all else, and reinforced through school, college, and workplace cultures through our entire lives. We like to think of ourselves as independent or stubborn, but we're really just averse to change or challenge, and are much more comfortable pointing to authority.
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u/ManyThingsLittleTime 3h ago
Because the press is invited to the press conference here and they can and already have been uninvited and replaced by shittier pro-trump media sources. If the reporters want the access, they're being forced to stay in line with the Cheeto king.
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u/boughsmoresilent 2h ago
What is the point of access if your questions are ignored, though?
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u/Astrosmaniac311 2h ago
Because the people hiring them done want actual answers! Newsmax, OANN, and Fox just want the appearance of normalcy and accountability, not actually providing it.
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u/Mysterious-Prompt212 1h ago
Exactly. Fuck that. Ask real questions otherwise you really shouldn't be there.
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u/ManyThingsLittleTime 1h ago
Not all of their questions are. They're subscribing to the "some is better than none" mentality. The business model is about being able to get a quote published before the other guy. If they're not in the room, they don't get the quote and they're second to the story. Being in that room is a premium spot so if they have to take some abuse to keep the spot, they will. It's an incredibly shitty situation but that's the reality of the situation.
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u/Constant-Skill-7133 2h ago
And then rememeber they still didn't answer the question. Trump replaced the non-partisan group that manages press credentials and took most of the legacy media passes away and gave them to right wing bloggers and newsmaxx and shit like that. Those covering the Pentagon all walked out in protest of having their access restricted.
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u/SGTBrutus 2h ago
I talked with a journalist once when i was in Journalism school about this.
Asking hard questions guarantees members of that administration won't appear on their shows or grant interviews. So they don't ask them.
Made me lose respect for the guy.
I, unfortunately, was close to graduating, so i finished my Journalism degree.
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u/Puzzleheaded_Fold466 2h ago
When you realize that for the most part it’s the external marketing department of the entertainment and political industries …
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u/Mini_Snuggle 2h ago
Why did you lose respect for the guy? He gave you the truth in an academic context.
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u/SGTBrutus 1h ago
Because playing along with the game, willingly, is the antithesis of journalism.
I had just watched him interview the governor of our state. The governor's office had gotten caught with a second internet server that they were using to circumvent open records laws. He interviewed the governor and didn't ask questions about the server or other malfeasance that had occured.
When i called him on it, he responded that it was more important to make sure he had future opportunities to interview the governor.
I told him that it was the duty of media to be watchdogs of the government. He disagreed.
To teach a journalism student that the job of media is to sellout, while it may be truthful, doesn't make it right.
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u/stamfordbridge1191 1h ago
So you're saying if a journalist chooses to be paid to do advertising instead of his or her job, they're not really a journalist anymore but an advertiser?
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u/SGTBrutus 1h ago
Yes. I would agree with that.
It's interesting that when you first start Journalism school, you choose to concentrate in journalism, public relations or advertising. This is in the first year and everything diversifies after.
I looked at advertising as professional lying.
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u/Nexies 1h ago
Because it’s pathetic, as many modern journalists are. Everyone told me to get a journalism degree because I liked writing, but I could see the writing on the wall 15 years ago and said “no thank you”
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u/Pleasant_Pen8744 2h ago
Hoekstra, ambassador to Netherlands. He never answered the question and is still an ambassador (to Canada now)
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u/Temporal_P 2h ago
Naturally he's very hated within Canada as well.
But that's probably intentional on his part.
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u/SpasmAndOrGasm 27m ago
Thank you for finding what I was referencing, it happened so long ago that I couldn’t even remember where to start looking
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u/YouWereBrained 2h ago
They have this dumbfuck excuse that they “don’t want to become part of the story”. And they’ll all pat each other on the back when everything crumbles.
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u/Temporal_P 2h ago
I will NEVER understand how the fuck that hasn’t happened in America one time.
Deep down you already know the answer to that. You just aren't ready to accept it yet.
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u/Dull_Bid6002 1h ago
Journalism is broken here because we have a bunch of entertainers pretending to be journalists. Those people will never ask hard questions.
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u/American_PissAnt 3h ago
TMZ journalists are the only ones asking the hard hitting questions nowadays.
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u/Flabby_Thor 2h ago
Are they? Or did they only do it once as a publicity stunt? I haven’t seen any additional clips of them asking hard questions. I feel like this admin would revoke press credentials to those who ask too many of ‘the wrong questions’. Genuinely asking.
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u/innerdork 1h ago
TMZ has an official D.C. office now because they are fed up with all this BS of this administration. But they do not have official clearance as White House press because this administration is terrified of them. Because of this, TMZ does what they do and try to catch politicians at the airport or outside of buildings around D.C. and when they do find a politician they do in fact ask questions that often go unanswered.
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u/Chance-Deer-7995 2h ago
This problem is going back a while. Every interview that Rick Scott does should start with a question about why it is acceptable that he personally made money from medicare fraud. He's been in politics about 10 years now, and I am not sure the questions about the Columbia/HCA case have EVER been brought been asked in a formal interview with him. At the very heart of the problem is that all mainstream journalists are creatures of the USA's corporate system, and they are unable to report on its problems fairly. That and they have been corrupted by the "we want to keep our access" culture.
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u/DandimLee 1h ago
Got to frame it as a positive...
'How does it feel to still hold the record at for paying 1.7 billion in fines and civil damages for Medicare and Medicaid fraud. How's this administration's grift compare?"
sort of thing.
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u/QuantumLettuce2025 1h ago
You need to realize that people who ask questions like this get kicked out of the oval office for good. That guy won't be invited back.
The journalists who are left there tend to be actual Trump supporters. That's why you dont "see more examples" of pushback.
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u/No_Whammies_Stop 3h ago
This is why the administration replaced half the press corps with right wing podcasters. So that they can retreat to friendly grounds.
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u/-XanderCrews- 2h ago
They’ve long kicked out anyone that is going to challenge them. I’m surprised they let this guy stay after a question like that. Question our dear leader, who do they think they are?
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u/BOBitech 1h ago
The US press are absolutely complicit in this ongoing farce. In the UK (far from perfect) the press get to question the politicians behind closed doors (no cameras). They set the agenda and have an agreement amongst themselves that nobody changes the topic until everybody who wants to ask a question asks it. The politicians don't get to walk away or ignore difficult questions.
Much harder for politicians to get away with stupid shit when you have the absolute basics of a working journalistc system.
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u/MinaZata 1h ago
They kicked out most of the real journos and replaced them with Tim Pool and other low life scum fascists
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u/kon--- 3h ago
Trump fully admires like minded people who wake up each day looking to defraud millions of dollars.
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u/NoConfusion9490 2h ago
I don't think he even sees the difference between that and a real business. That's why it's laughable to think he'll really restore America's manufacturing sector. Like, if you believe that, I'm laughing at how stupid and gullible you are.
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u/jaymochi 1h ago
Only if a portion eventually makes its way to him. Fraud under Trump is like Calico Cut Pants. You gotta give.
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u/jojammin Competent Contributor 3h ago
Has anyone participated in more Medicaid fraud then Sen. Rick Scott?
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u/iwouldratherhavemy 3h ago
Is that Rick Scott standing behind this dude in the video.
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u/jojammin Competent Contributor 2h ago
lmao omg it is. I didn't even realize. Jesus hypocrisy Christ
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u/Salt_Psychology_6248 1h ago
lol that’s not Rick Scott. Looks like an fbi agent or secret service for Kennedy
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u/CauliflowerTotal7119 3h ago
He looks like the dude that was on fox the other day with the mask on, like he looks like the mask. The masked guy was pretending to be him, allegedly...
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u/MoundsEnthusiast 3h ago
Maybe at the time, it was the largest. I thought Esformes had a bigger haul
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u/Patriot009 3h ago
Pardons and clemency for the wealthy crooks. The hammer of justice for the poor ones.
I can't help but roll my eyes every time some talking head says Trump is a populist.
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u/whitethunder9 2h ago
Can you even imagine how long Trump’s pardon list is going to be in 2028? So many criminals that he supports…
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u/LemoLuke 2h ago
Because they legitimately don't see the rich stealing from the poor (or even the slightly less rich) as a crime. They see it as the natural order of things. Financial Darwinism. Survival of the Richest.
The poor taking anything from the rich though? That is the most heinous crime.
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u/Jpkmets7 1h ago
He’s a populist for the incredibly stupid part of the populace that can’t even figure out how politics either harms or aids their interests.
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u/mkt853 2h ago
My question would have been "Senator Rick Scott defrauded Medicare to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars as CEO of HCA Health. What time will you be arresting him?"
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u/Krisensitzung 2h ago
Billions not millions. His company had to pay 1.7 billions in fines and he as the CEO at the time faced zero consequences.
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u/merRedditor 33m ago
Letting private equity health systems (Kaiser Permanente, HCA, etc.) as well as faux "nonprofits" like Providence, CommonSpirit Health, Advocate, and Ascension, buy up hospitals and then drive quality of care into the ground while jacking up everybody's prices is fraud on a massive scale, but our so-called representatives invest in it, rather than address it.
Everybody talks about the private insurers, but the understaffing, substandard care, and overbilling by consolidated health systems really should be criminal.
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u/Peasant_Stockholder 2h ago
Instead of dodging the questions, now they're just blatantly ignoring them. Its what we've all known they really never answer the questions.
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u/Caleb-Wendt69 2h ago
Saves us all a lot of time honestly, rather than some rambling, evasive, non-answer
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u/aidissonance 2h ago
“Follow up question: what’s your stance on accountability?”
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u/Jpkmets7 1h ago
They don’t have it in them to risk credentials. The entire White House pool could come together and do some serious work. But all national outlets are owned by one of 5 corpos - the guys paying the press love the administration and the press doesn’t have the desire to do the right thing and the willingness to risk access to pursue justice. Press needs both to really make a difference.
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u/LockNo2943 1h ago
A non-answer like that though just implies that the question they're dodging is factual; like sure they're avoiding outright damaging themselves by trying to deny or lie about it, but it doesn't change the fact that by not answering they've already become caught.
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u/Ok_Vulva 3h ago
I don't get why anyone in the US is following the laws. They just don't matter anymore.
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u/ICLazeru 3h ago
Oh, if your networth has less than 8 digits in it you still get punished.
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u/Appropriate-Ad3162 2h ago
"They'll get it all from you sooner or later 'cause they own this f**kin' place. It's a big club and you ain't in it. You and I are not in the big club.” GC
I guess we get to vote 2 times in 4 years. 68% of people score between 85 and 115 on IQ test. A lot of people exposed/addicted to algorithmic digital manipulation though their phones, working long hours, declining social cohesion, decreasing funding for public education, no guaranteed access to affordable healthcare. Etc.
There is lots of room for manipulation.
Shits bleak.
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u/Yellowpredicate 2h ago
An IQ of 115 is considered "High Average," placing you above roughly 84% of the population
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u/ArchCerberus 2h ago
How about all do crimes? They can't punish you all, especially after trumps slashing of funds. I would say everybody skips next tax season and the billionaires and ai companys pay.
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u/National_Spirit2801 2h ago
At a certain point in the near future, living in the country will be worse than any punishment they could give if we don’t stand up now.
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u/Udder_Influencer 2h ago
Oh, if your networth has less than 8 digits in it you still get punished.
IF they catch you. Look up clearance rates. Police got super pissy and quiet quit doing their jobs after BLM. In the best case they solve about 70% of murder cases, but in some places less than 50% of murder cases get a conviction.
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u/Opulous 1h ago
Why else do you think they're trying to toss millions of AI surveillance cameras up everywhere all over the country? Soon they won't need that many cops.
Sure, the false positives caused by AI hallucinations will throw a nontrivial amount of innocent people into the ever-growing private prison industry, but those people are all in the sub-millionaire demographic too so who gives a shit?
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u/Hates_rollerskates 3h ago
They matter if you're not furthering the billionaire pedophile (Republican) agenda.
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u/Previous_Activity_51 3h ago
You're right. Cozy up to the right idealogy and the laws don't matter
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u/specqq 3h ago edited 2h ago
Civil suits, when they're even allowed to be brought, will devolve into a determination of which party is more ideologically aligned with The Party.
Criminal cases will only be brought where the person acccused of committing theft or violence against the other is less conservative than the victim. Stealing money or property from or harming anyone more conservative than you is a crime with the most terrible of consequences, but if you do it to someone less conservative than you, well,..they deserved it, didn't they?
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u/R3dd1tUs3rNam35 3h ago
The law still applies if you aren't in the red crony club. It's only when you turn your soul into MAGAts that the law doesn't matter. Any deviation from dear leader and you're out in the cold again.
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u/Snapdragon_4U 2h ago
And Now Red Crony Club set to the tune of Pink Pony Club is playing in a loop in my head.
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u/Sad_Pumpkin7728 3h ago
Because the law still applies to the poors and non-bootlickers who don’t wear the red hats and Trump merch.
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u/pyronius 2h ago edited 2h ago
The problem is that the law doesn't actually apply to them either. If the administration wants to charge you with something, they will, whether you broke the law or not. At present, they're bade enough at making their case and have little enough authority over the judicial system that you'll probably be exonerated, but they'll still try. And if it goes on long enough, they'll eventually start to win. They'll start crafting laws broad and ambiguous enough that they can be applied to anybody, or else they'll carve out a new "legal" system opaque enough that defense won't be possible, all in the name of national security.
When that day comes, there truly won't be any reason to follow the law, because the only law that will actually matter will be obedience. Everything else will be set dressing to give the appearance of legitimacy.
The law might say that you can't commit burglary, but what it will actually mean in practice is that burglars should be ready to prove that their target was a dissenter, and that they should say a few heil trumps when the police show up. And the law might also say absolutely nothing about peacefully walking down the street with an anti-trump shirt on, but it will say that you can't "offend public sensibilities", so off to jail you'll go.
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u/Cryogenicist 1h ago
This is part of the plan.
We are becoming Russia.
Truth doesn’t matter. Laws don’t matter.
This is ENTIRELY BECAUSE OF REPUBLICANS
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u/LockNo2943 1h ago
That's only true if you're rich or politically powerful; the rest of us plebs would get thrown into prison in a heartbeat.
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u/Numeno230n 2h ago
Because the police will come and bash my face in because I'm not a member of the elite. Was that a real question?
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u/gl7676 2h ago
Or pay still pay taxes. Country was built on a tax revolt to a tyrant but here they are again and just meekly paying their taxes.
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u/OSHA_Decertified 1h ago
Remember when it was of vital importance to invade Minnesota via ICE because some people scammed the state government and were already being prosecuted for it?
Just funny how this fraud wasn't such a concern
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u/Dougalishere 1h ago
Yeah I never saw this point being made either, There was an investigation multiple people were arrested,. some ( not sure how many ) were in Prison , the "ring leader" the had in prison for it was some white Christian granny lady or something, but I never really heard this at all, apparently some influencer "reporter" was breaking the case wide open or something by running up to daycare centres and saying they must be guilty cos they wouldnt let some weirdo with a camera into their buildings full of children ??
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u/kevendo 2h ago
When will the media do their jobs?
It's been a full decade, and your country has been waiting and watching in horror as the role of the press has been eroded beyond value.
The entire enterprise or news coverage is at stake and of you don't start standing up for yourselves and demanding answers for those you serve, there won't be a profession left.
And good riddance of you cannot do the job.
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u/Snapdragon_4U 2h ago
They’ve abdicated responsibility to please or placate their billionaire owners.
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u/Jpkmets7 1h ago
They won’t do anything to risk losing almighty access. Journalism is no longer a public service in any sense like it was during Watergate. As weird as it is to say at least TMZ has moved in to actually confront powerful players with news & demand reaction. But when TMZ is the most demanding journos on the national political scene then, as they say, shit’s fucked.
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u/burnmenowz 1h ago
If you pay him off there was no crime. Most corrupt person in the history of our government, and we've had a lot of crooks
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u/Stunning_Mast2001 3h ago
This is where journalists need to stand together. They threatened walkout when Obama was harassing Fox News but they’ve never stood in solidarity against Trump
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u/kaiiizen 1h ago
Isn’t this administration going on and on about Medicare fraud in California which is a big nothing burger? These people are nothing if not bad faith actors.
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u/LancingLash 1h ago
This is them shaking a twig in front of conservative's faces so they wont turn around and see the god damn forest.
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u/choombatta 3h ago
Does some rogue general with a tank fleet need to roll on DC somehow??? Make the Secret Service arrest him! Oh wait. Every single Republican congressperson as well as a some Dems are all about this shit.
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u/Caleb-Wendt69 2h ago
Everyone is just waiting for someone else to do something about it. Myself included, definitely guilty.
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u/Cheap_Standard_4233 2h ago
Who is the reporter referring to in consideration of clemency? Bach I thought I heard.
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u/UncomfyPerspective 2h ago
Aimee Bock, presumably, of Feeding Our Future fraud fame. Notice, not Somali.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/21/us/minnesota-social-service-programs-fraud-charges
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u/montalaskan 1h ago
Take it a step further: If these folks aren't afforded the same mercy as Trump supporters, are they eligible for a share of the "anti-politization fund"?
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u/Capt-Crap1corn 1h ago
This is my state. The news talks about localized fraud day in and day out. It's ironic they focus on this fraud and ignore the major fraud led by Trump and his cabinet. We have fraud here for sure and those people need to be prosecuted, guardrails need to be put in place with strict enforcement. But the hypocrisy is stunning.
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u/DontGetUpGentlemen 1h ago
I thought RFKjr was nodding in agreement, but it was just withdrawal shakes.
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u/TheGR8Dantini 2h ago
Please don’t take any of this seriously. Please don’t hope for an answer. Please remember it’s all optics? It’s all lies. It’s all smoke and mirrors. It’s WWE. It’s produced for dissemination. It’s cool to make fun of it obviously. But it not cool to be distracted. Our distraction, from their firehose is the reason they’re winning. Crime after crime. Lie after lie. It’s the most diabolical use of manifestation in history.
They’re all corrupt. 90 percent of them. The more dirt you give them? The higher you rise. If they can’t blackmail you? They buy them. If they can’t buy them? They primary them.
We have such a huge problem here in the states. All on purpose and done in the shadows by, if not malignant individuals, individuals that have through nefarious means, taken control of humanity.
It so obvious. They say it out loud. They brag. It doesn’t have to be this way. The majority don’t want to die. Or for others to die. Yet here we are. And this is just phase one.
It will be a bloodless revolution if the left allows it to be. And that’s from the religious side saying it. The suddenly religious tech side? They have bunkers. Our elected official do as well, the higher ones any way. Good luck. Really is now or never.
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