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[–] slothrop@lemmy.ca 70 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Bomber is a Trumper.

quelle suprise!!!

[–] Manjushri@piefed.social 30 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Was that ever actually in doubt? There are crazies on both sides, of course, but most of them and virtually all the violent ones are on the right.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 33 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Wait, the call is coming from inside the house, and you are telling me it is NOT a trans antifa ACORN BLM person?

Also: not "openly political". Who could possibly guess at what his political views might be? Believes total bullshit about an election, placing pipe bombs and going to a protest in support of Taco....gosh, I guess we'll just never fucking know. Let's chalk this up to being aN iNdEpEnDeNt.

[–] RunningInRVA@lemmy.world 31 points 1 day ago

And where might they have gotten election conspiracy theories, I wonder.

[–] ryper@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Aren't those election conspiracy theories basically government policy these days?

[–] spongebue@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

Yeah, I was honestly wondering what an election conspiracy theory could possibly be coming from Kash Patel's FBI.

[–] santa@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] FoxyFerengi@startrek.website 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm pretty sure the way Trump wrote the pardon for Jan 6th (extremely vaguely) means this guy will get a pardon.

[–] santa@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

He wrote it to pardon future criminals? That sounds legal. /s

[–] FoxyFerengi@startrek.website 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

It is actually legal. We know he used the pardon in a corrupt way, but the pardon being upheld for people who haven't gone through court yet has legal precedent dating back to the civil war.

[–] santa@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

I guess laws matters more when it works to advantage of party supported by conservative justices of SCOTUS.

[–] favoredponcho@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago

Is that how the justice department characterized it?