I think there’s a significant difference between someone who caught a case for having an ounce on them and a guy busted with enough weed to fill a swimming pool, regardless of my personal feelings about marijuana. Framing it the way you are makes it sound like he’s the former and that doesn’t capture the scope of what he was up to.

Either way this guy is clearly a shit head. If you want to make the argument that all marijuana charges should be pardoned and expunged then I suggest you find a different poster boy for the campaign because this guy is not helping your case.

Weed is definitely comparatively tame to hard drugs but 220,000 lbs of anything is insane. That’s not just some dude trying to make a living.

Besides Trump is the last person in the world that needs less scrutiny on the people he pardons. Just today the news broke that he pardoned Giuliani and others who tried to help him steal an election. The dude is literally pardoning people who commit crimes on his behalf. If you find yourself saying something that could reasonably be interpreted as defending his use of pardons then there’s a good chance you’re on the wrong side of the issue.

That’s true, but it’s also intensely pessimistic. Take the opportunity to celebrate the rare wins that come along.

I wish I knew anyone who gave me as much benefit of the doubt as you give Democrats. I don’t get why it’s apparently so difficult for you to imagine that they don’t have your best interests in mind.

Set a reminder to read this comment again in two months and see if that’s how this plays out. I’m not sure how many times Democrats need to help Republicans fuck you over before you understand that neither party’s leadership has any intention of doing something else.

I guess it’s good that people paying double for shitty healthcare causes “frustration” but I would hope for a bit stronger reaction than that.

If anyone, politician or private citizen, hasn’t figured out that Republicans lie by now then that person is too stupid to function without a caretaker

They’re not making these arguments in good faith so there’s no point in treating them as such. If tomorrows problem requires taking the opposite position from today then they will do so without hesitation. Recognize these as the self-serving, useful in this particular moment, lies that they are and move on.

So your argument is that Donald Trump is not an adjudicated rapist?

It’s not a lie at all but OK

We already know Trump is a rapist who likes underage girls. That has been proven without a doubt on multiple occasions. What does hanging out with another guy who does so change, especially since that’s another thing we’ve already known for years?

Yeah with one of these

You had to know that this comment would end up with one downvote at one point or another lol

Mamdani’s election is encouraging but let’s not jump the gun and call NYC socialist. There are a million reasons why implementing his policy proposals will be difficult. Now is not the time to become complacent. We started the race strong but the finish line is nowhere in sight.

Not the thin little bitch fibers were talking about for home use anyway. Need some of those thicc subsea fibers for that.

The Middle East, obviously

I have had several Trump voting friends tell me they would have voted for Bernie Sanders instead if it was an option. I think we misunderstand at least some of those voters. If progress is not on the table some percentage of people will vote to burn it all down. It’s not the choice I would make but it is consistent in its own unique way.

You do not want a constitutional convention in this political climate. Amending the constitution requires 3/4 of state legislatures to ratify the amendment. Considering a solid majority of states have Republican controlled legislatures, the only things we’re likely to get from a convention are amendments banning DEI initiatives and trans people in sports, or something even worse.

Are you trying to make sense of a MAGA soundbite again? They don’t exist to make sense.

Why wouldn’t he continue to do what works?