Under DOJ standards and requirements, people seeking pardons generally must wait five years after release, demonstrate good conduct and remorse, and file petitions through the Office of the Pardon Attorney.

Trump has largely abandoned that process.
propublica.org/article/trump-p…

#News #Trump #Pardons #DOJ #CriminalJustice #Law #USPolitics #Jan6

How Trump Has Exploited Pardons and Clemency to Reward Allies and Supporters

The president’s second term has brought a flood of clemency for allies and donors — as well as felons, like him, who were convicted of financial wrongdoing.

^{cengiz.yar@propublica.org (ProPublica)}

One fact-check site indicates without detailed accounts, it's hard to calculate what #taxpayers paid for #JD_Vance's vacations. However, here's one account: "he’s racked up more vacation days than most Americans could dream of in a decade. ...
"His latest trip? A summer holiday in the Cotswolds...
"But this isn’t an isolated incident. This is vacation No.8 this year. "

The Hill thehill.com/opinion/lindseys-l…
#USPolitics #Affordability #SNAP

There's no one on this planet that the Dems like fighting more than the very few among them who actually want to serve their constituents and get shit done.

#USPolitics

What is it like to be a progressive in Trump country? Photographer Isabelle Zhao traveled from Alaskan outposts to the pine woods of East Texas, and discovered something unexpected: hope.

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#USPolitics #TrumpAdministration #DonaldTrump #MAGA #RepublicanParty #USA #UnitedStates

Think You Know Red America? Think Again | Atmos

From Alaskan outposts to the pine woods of East Texas, pockets of rural activism—and conversations across party lines—challenge assumptions about America’s political divide one year after Trump’s re-election.

^Atmos

I mean...it *sounds* like a good idea. I for one could really use a check from the government right now. But how come we've never heard anything about this "plan" before? (???)

#USpolitics #policy #healthcare #healthcarereform #governmentshutdown #shutdown #news #politics

axios.com/2025/11/08/trump-aff…

Jesus HOPPING christ.

If you're a constituent, flood Schumer's inbox. Flood all their inboxes. Better yet, call them. Holy fuck.

Why Does Schumer Keep Trying to Cave?

How the Senate Democratic leader and his Gang of Eight keep trying to snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory.

prospect.org/2025/11/08/why-do…

Here’s what occurred. It has been widely assumed that the group of eight mostly centrist Senate Democrats, who have been looking to broker a hollow deal on Republican terms, were free-lancing. In fact, they were acting with the express approval of Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and were reporting to him daily.

#uspol #uspolitics #politics #Schumer #ChuckSchumer #FuckChuck #fascism #FuckingIdiots

Why Does Schumer Keep Trying to Cave?

Most commentators, including me, concluded that the Tuesday election victory saved Democrats from capitulating to Republican demands to pass a simple continuing resolution to re-open the government, in exchange for vague assurances of a vote on Affor…

^{Robert Kuttner (The American Prospect)}

They don't want the government opening back up. Certainly not this year. Maybe not at all.

#uspol #uspolitics #politics #fascism #abortion #AbortionRights #AbortionIsHealthcare

Jason Stanley argues that the fears of sliding into authoritarianism are already too late—the U.S. is under an authoritarian regime led by a fascist leader. As is often the case, the normalization of authoritarianism in places like universitites is at least as damaging as the fascistic leaders themselves.

Universities *must* work to defend democratic values.

#Fascism #Authoritarianism #USPolitics #UniversityFreedom #Resistance motherjones.com/politics/2025/…

I study fascism. I’ve already fled America.

On this week’s “More To The Story,” former Yale philosophy professor Jason Stanley explains his recent move to Canada and calls the Trump administration’s takeover of the US government a “coup.”

^{Mother Jones}