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Leonard Peltier? Edward Snowden?
They aren't related so sucks for them
Who are... people the state wants to murder?
The pardon train is just getting moving. They've likely had a team taking applications and looking for cases for at least a few weeks now. December and January are generally when that bears fruit.
I will be gobsmacked if Biden pardons any political prisoners/dissidents.
In my opinion he just did one.
I mean, I don't give a fuck about somebody smoking crack and buying a gun, but Hunter Biden is in no way a political prisoner or a dissident. If anything he belongs in prison for his corruption along with probably every other high ranking politician and their children.
Oh, I forgot everyone is corrupt, so any charges are automatically justified. Yeah that's not something a dictator would say at all...
Crackhead with a plum job on the board of a foreign energy company? Nothing to see here!
Don't go to Wall Street then. That's not evidence of anything but being connected to wealthy people.
Do I look like a judge or something? I don't need require evidence to have an opinion about the impropriety of the crack head failson of a top US politician being given a well-paid, do-nothing position on the board of an energy company. Do you require evidence to think it's shady that the Saudis bailed out Jared Kushner's NY real estate investment?
Back to the point: Hunter is not a "dissident". I don't really care though-- I'd pardon my son too. But you know what else I'd do? Pardon a bunch of people who actually deserve it.
Oh so you're just admitting that it's a double standard against Hunter then.
What the fuck are you talking about?
You don't care about the facts. You said so yourself. You're just here to hate on Biden and his son.
Jesus Christ what a waste of time you are.
Edward Snowden is sort of a Russian state puppet nowadays
I'd go to Russia to if my government was threatening to kill me or lock me up forever.
We have numerous examples of outed whistleblowers serving a few years in prison and then being released. Even Chelsea Manning was released early after attempting a full rip of the classified documents she had access to.
The only reason for him to run to Russia or have a fear of his life was if he was already a Russian asset. And it's worth noting, that's generally a 20 year sentence, not death. Plenty of examples there too.
Chelsea Manning is a national hero who was tortured in US prison for 7 years. During that time she spent over a year in solitary confinement, and as a result of this internationally-condemned practice she tried to kill herself multiple times.
If you knew you would be subject to indefinite torture, wouldnt you flee to Russia too? Why would you subject yourself to living conditions so brutal that you decide killing yourself is the best option?
She was not tortured. Or rather if she was tortured then so is every inmate. She did receive special treatment.
That happens when you're a traitor
It's good actually to betray evil people.