politics
Welcome to the discussion of US Politics!
Rules:
- Post only links to articles, Title must fairly describe link contents. If your title differs from the site’s, it should only be to add context or be more descriptive. Do not post entire articles in the body or in the comments.
Links must be to the original source, not an aggregator like Google Amp, MSN, or Yahoo.
Example:

- Articles must be relevant to politics. Links must be to quality and original content. Articles should be worth reading. Clickbait, stub articles, and rehosted or stolen content are not allowed. Check your source for Reliability and Bias here.
- Be civil, No violations of TOS. It’s OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a (pejorative, pejorative). It’s NOT OK to say another USER is (pejorative). Strong language is fine, just not directed at other members. Engage in good-faith and with respect! This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban.
- No memes, trolling, or low-effort comments. Reposts, misinformation, off-topic, trolling, or offensive. Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to "Mom! He's bugging me!" and "I'm not touching you!" Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.
- Vote based on comment quality, not agreement. This community aims to foster discussion; please reward people for putting effort into articulating their viewpoint, even if you disagree with it.
- No hate speech, slurs, celebrating death, advocating violence, or abusive language. This will result in a ban. Usernames containing racist, or inappropriate slurs will be banned without warning
We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.
All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.
That's all the rules!
Civic Links
• Congressional Awards Program
• Library of Congress Legislative Resources
• U.S. House of Representatives
Partnered Communities:
• News
view the rest of the comments
It’s just a joke, bro! Unless…
It's not like he's blanket pardoned over a thousand hard criminals that attacked federal officers and property or anything. I'm sure this is nothing.
Trump has no sense of humor, he doesn't know how to joke
Y'all are the actual government of an entire country. You shouldn't be making fucking jokes in the first place especially when it pertains to the law. And if this was a joke, it's not even a very good one.
The Donvict operates this way, testing the waters to see how far he can go and see what might stick.
my kid reverts to "im just joking" when they know they fucked up, and they are 8. is the potus an 8yo?
That’s not fair. 8 year olds aren’t nearly this dumb.
Doesn’t he say he’s the same person he was when he was 4 and proud of it?
7, but yes, he's said that he's the same person he was in first grade.
I personally believe him on this one.
It’s not absolute.
The leaders of a first world nation are no different from YouTube clown shows.
in december when both houses are returned to sanity the work of overturning pardons one by one will start
there will be no safe place for these people
I'll believe it when I see it. Maybe if you manage to primary candidates that have a spine and will actually do this.
(But yes, everyone should vote blue in general midterms, because the electoral system is cooked and the alternative is messed up beyond words. Especially those who believe Dems are just pretending to oppose fascism or sometjing - the more the Dems win, the more their bluff gets called. And one can say: "Okay, we voted blue and blue won. Now what?")
Lol out loud