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A place to share screenshots of Microblog posts, whether from Mastodon, tumblr, ~~Twitter~~ X, KBin, Threads or elsewhere.

Created as an evolution of White People Twitter and other tweet-capture subreddits.

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  1. Your post must be a screen capture of a microblog-type post that includes the UI of the site it came from, preferably also including the avatar and username of the original poster. Including relevant comments made to the original post is encouraged.
  2. Your post, included comments, or your title/comment should include some kind of commentary or remark on the subject of the screen capture. Your title must include at least one word relevant to your post.
  3. You are encouraged to provide a link back to the source of your screen capture in the body of your post.
  4. Current politics and news are allowed, but discouraged. There MUST be some kind of human commentary/reaction included (either by the original poster or you). Just news articles or headlines will be deleted.
  5. Doctored posts/images and AI are allowed, but discouraged. You MUST indicate this in your post (even if you didn't originally know). If an image is found to be fabricated or edited in any way and it is not properly labeled, it will be deleted.
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[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 33 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I have a prediction to make.

I don't believe Trump will pardon most convicted Jan6ers.

He might pardon one or two here and there, but the bulk will stay locked up.

The reason is twofold:

  1. Most of the Jan6ers have nothing to bargain with, Trump won't waste his time pardoning people who he can't use...
  2. These are dangerous people, they have shown that they are willing to attack the government, and that is not what he would want now.
[–] Draces@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He'll pardon them in time to help him get that third term

[–] Furbag@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Most of them will be out before the end of his second term because our justice system is a mockery of itself and the punishment for attacking the seat of government with intent to harm or kill the congresspeople inside is essentially a slap on the wrist. A few years in prison was the typical sentence. Some got only a few months and are already out, others are in there for up to 15 years.

Genuinely he won't have to pardon more than a handful of them anyway if he just waits until he's leaving office for (hopefully) the last time and then he can say he made good on that promise. But make no mistake, he does not care if those dedicated and loyal followers who flew to D.C. on his command and committed treason in his name rot in prison for the rest of their lives. We could only be so lucky.

[–] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

He was nearly killed by exactly one of those kinds of people. No way will he pardon them.