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[–] BuckFutter@timeyak.com 50 points 1 week ago (4 children)

In other news the Trump administration announces the dismantlement of the DOJ as all crime is now legal. Hoorah!

[–] davidgro@lemmy.world 30 points 1 week ago (2 children)

That's not true. It's only legal if you are rich enough.

[–] BuckFutter@timeyak.com 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ahh so true, so its likely to be renamed to the Trump Justice department or some other stupid bullshit name lol

[–] ApeNo1@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 1 points 1 week ago

Navigating the DC area became much more challenging after all the streets, roads, and highways were renamed after Trump.

[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

"For my friends, everything. For my enemies, the law."

[–] Malica@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

We passed legal crime decades ago

[–] BuckFutter@timeyak.com 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yahhh and it doesn’t look it’ll change in the coming decades either. Only hope is to become a millionaire lol. Hows that working out?

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You have to be a millionaire to buy a house in many places. You have to be a billionaire to get away with anything. Maybe the half billionaires too, but they have to hire lawyers, the billionaires own lawyers already.

[–] BuckFutter@timeyak.com 2 points 1 week ago

yah so true...wasn't it revealed that Juliani was auctioning off pardons at $5million a piece...so yah, Billionaire status is needed.

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Might as well just make it official that laws don't apply to the rich

[–] BuckFutter@timeyak.com 6 points 1 week ago

That certainly seems to be the status quo for at least several decades, they latest new twist is that you can barter for a presidential pardon now…lol

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Only by companies though, lol

[–] BuckFutter@timeyak.com 10 points 1 week ago

Lol, yep, This message brought to you by Citizens United! Thanks Raegan.