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[–] AeonFelis@lemmy.world 7 points 1 hour ago

The concept of autopen is ridiculous, but so is unpardoning turkeys. Then again - so is pardoning turkeys.

This whole country is ridiculous.

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago

I find it stupid the guy who signs pardons for bitcoin billionaires he never heard of is accusing somebody of autopenning pardons. OVER TURKEY PARDONS.

How is this a news cycle?

[–] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 6 points 5 hours ago

He’s such an asshole.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 5 points 5 hours ago

What an idiot. Next thing he’ll be calling entire years invalid or some idiotic crap.

[–] Jerb322@lemmy.world 8 points 6 hours ago

How fucking petty is this turd?!

[–] skuzz@discuss.tchncs.de 39 points 15 hours ago

Everything said by this admin is always a declaration of guilt. So, in this context, the 1984-translated version is: "people use my Autopen all the time without my knowledge." Which also explains how when he attended that wrestling event back in the spring, he was also somehow signing and authorizing (whatever terrible thing it was at the time, it's hard to keep track of) at the White House that Stephen Miller I think angrily announced while touching dolls.

[–] NatakuNox@lemmy.world 21 points 13 hours ago
[–] Dorkyd68@lemmy.world 34 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Jfc can he just shut the fuck up. One day, I just want one day

[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 14 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

You had a whole weekend some moths ago. People though he had died.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 17 points 13 hours ago (1 children)
[–] MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

The BEST weekend, some would say.

[–] Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 hours ago

Best SO FAR. The best weekend is yet to pass. Could be any day now.

[–] Jerb322@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

All the best people are saying it.

[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 99 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (2 children)

Opening the door to cancelling pardons.

Are you SURE you want to do this, Donald?

[–] FanciestPants@lemmy.world 11 points 14 hours ago

If Biden didn't say "No take backs", then pardons can definitely be canceled. That's what SCOTUS told me.

[–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 23 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Turkey pardons, where every year the President saves two turkeys from being killed and eaten. These do not open the door to anything.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 23 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Who's to say trump doesn't declair Biden as his family a bunch of jive busta turkeys?

You can't keep thinking in the old ways where things need to be legal or make sense for the GOP to blindly follow.

[–] Arcane2077@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 hours ago

d’éclair

[–] CubitOom@infosec.pub 98 points 20 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Someone needs to Photoshop that turkey about a foot back

[–] CubitOom@infosec.pub 8 points 17 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Tagger@lemmy.world 9 points 13 hours ago

That's what Trump said

[–] watson@lemmy.world 102 points 21 hours ago (6 children)

What is his obsession with “auto pen”?

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

What the fuck is an autopen?

[–] Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 hours ago

A device presidents have used in the past (and present) to help with signing their name.

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 118 points 21 hours ago (1 children)
[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 66 points 20 hours ago (5 children)

Trying to cast doubt on anything Biden signed into law.

If he's successful the democrats better spend just as much time reversing anything Trump has signed too.

[–] FaceDeer@fedia.io 17 points 19 hours ago

Just need to declare sharpies as an invalid signing instrument and that wipes everything Trump ever did.

[–] DrFistington@lemmy.world 9 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

That seems like it should be their platform. Retcon back to 2016, and repeal citizens United

[–] phdepressed@sh.itjust.works 4 points 16 hours ago

That's still only a start.

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[–] pilferjinx@piefed.social 13 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

He takes great pride in his own stupid signature and is offended that others don't give a shit as he does? Also, shit spamming the news.

[–] SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 6 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

His signature that looks like a death-metal band logo?

[–] MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

That's the nicest thing I've ever heard about his signature, and those logos deserve better.

[–] SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

Artistically, it's pretty bold. It's got rhythm, it's dynamic, it's insistent in its method. It's just that its legibility is worse than that of a Russian doctor's cursive writing, which for me is a visual companion to James ‘Blood’ Ulmer's ‘Timeless’. This is however fine for a death metal band logo — would work even better for grindcore.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 21 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

You start with the result you want and work backwards:

C. Everything Biden did should be undone.

B. Biden did something frequently

A. Say any use of innocuous thing is invalidated

You see it a lot online, when people say X is true because of Y. But if they admit Y is flawed, that doesn't change their mind about X. They'll just invent a new reason.

[–] ShellMonkey@piefed.socdojo.com 5 points 17 hours ago

I sometimes think he's just scared of the spooky pen moving like a ghost was using it...

[–] ApeNo1@lemmy.world 30 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

Trump has pardoned a bunch more turkeys recently than Biden ever did.

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[–] LMurch@thelemmy.club 18 points 19 hours ago

Biden still enjoying rent-free residency, I see. Cool.

[–] SethTaylor@lemmy.world 23 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Those turkeys must be immediately located and arrested! /s

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[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 11 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Secret Service had to tackle and restrain the White House head Chef who confused the Thanksgiving main dish for the President's turkey neck

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[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 16 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Trump gave out another pardon? This guy pardons more than my deaf aunt.

[–] dhork@lemmy.world 24 points 20 hours ago

It's a thanksgiving tradition to pardon a turkey, but he already pardoned Giuliani so he had to find another one

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 12 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

Pretty sure the turkey Trump pardoned was on the Epstein list.

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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 8 points 19 hours ago

"We're going back in time to the first Thanksgiving to get turkies off the menu."

[–] slothrop@lemmy.ca 12 points 21 hours ago

The obese pedophile rapist felon also called Pritzger 'fat'.

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