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The New York Times @nytimes.com

After being granted clemency for their crimes by President Trump, Jan. 6 rioters and their lawyers have been pushing the Trump administration to pay them restitution for what they believe to be their unfair prosecutions.

aug 31, 2025, 9:55 pm • 150 73

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Vernon Kelly @vdkelly005.bsky.social

Restitution? Child please. Get in line because black people are still.owed reparations.

sep 1, 2025, 7:33 am • 0 0 • view
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Dreembarge @dreembarge.bsky.social

In a country run by a felon, crime pays.

sep 1, 2025, 12:45 am • 1 0 • view
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tonyriz.bsky.social @tonyriz.bsky.social

LOL. They’re stupid. Given a pardon doesn’t relieve them of being found guilty. If anything, officers’ families can sue them in civil court.

sep 1, 2025, 12:35 am • 1 0 • view
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TspofCourage2025 @tspofcourage2025.bsky.social

Oh HELL NO!! No effin way! Join the fight for rule of law with 50501, mobilize.us, Indivisible, 5calls, ACLU, Democracy Forward, the DCCC, NPR, PBS & ALL WHO BREAK THEU THE GASLIGHTING & BS!! Passionate peaceful protests matter. Ripples matter. Apathy is killing our democracy. Stand up. Speak out!

sep 1, 2025, 3:09 am • 0 0 • view
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mitxelena14.bsky.social @mitxelena14.bsky.social

Can a tax attorney please advise me how to stop paying taxes?

aug 31, 2025, 11:23 pm • 1 0 • view
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badscientist97.bsky.social @badscientist97.bsky.social

They can have compensation, in the form of the awards Jamie Lee Curtis's character received in Everything Everywhere All at Once.

aug 31, 2025, 10:55 pm • 1 0 • view
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Mike Molloy @mikesmolloy.bsky.social

You get a new car, and you get a new car!!

aug 31, 2025, 10:58 pm • 1 0 • view
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minnrico.bsky.social @minnrico.bsky.social

We should take them to Civil Court to pay for all the damages they did to our US Capitol

sep 1, 2025, 12:29 am • 1 0 • view
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Angel415 @angel415.bsky.social

FUCKING ENTITLES LITTLE GRIFTING BITCHES

aug 31, 2025, 10:52 pm • 0 0 • view
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Alan Jenkins @alanjenkins.bsky.social

As Trump floats the possibility of "compensation" for January 6th Insurrectionist Rioters, it's important to remember what many of them did, and for whom. Check out Issue #2 of 1/6: The Graphic Novel at tin.al/7LAD or www.OneSixComicsStore.com #RememberOneSix

sep 1, 2025, 12:34 am • 2 0 • view
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R_Franks @rfranks.bsky.social

Fuck them. And him.

aug 31, 2025, 10:21 pm • 1 0 • view
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Jill Reeves @mjillreeves.bsky.social

Unbelievable.

aug 31, 2025, 11:52 pm • 1 0 • view
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detoxthegop.bsky.social @detoxthegop.bsky.social

Maybe resurrect all available video of each persons actions during J6 who are making claims of 'unfair prosecution'.

aug 31, 2025, 10:19 pm • 2 0 • view
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RepugnantCon @repugnantcon.bsky.social

Yeah, that's not how it works when you either plead guilty or were found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt

aug 31, 2025, 10:28 pm • 1 0 • view
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Pat Thomas @pthomas51.bsky.social

Beyond outrageous.

aug 31, 2025, 11:01 pm • 2 0 • view
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pinkpanther2008.bsky.social @pinkpanther2008.bsky.social

Wow. We, the people, do not want that. They are criminals.

aug 31, 2025, 10:06 pm • 13 0 • view
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LaIslaBonita @laislabonita.bsky.social

Obscene

aug 31, 2025, 10:11 pm • 2 0 • view
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steelydan @steelydan-2.bsky.social

They better worry more about retribution than restitution. They , like Trump, are going to pay for their sins.

aug 31, 2025, 11:44 pm • 1 0 • view
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skjellb.bsky.social @skjellb.bsky.social

Wait, white folks looking for reparations now?

sep 1, 2025, 1:48 am • 1 0 • view
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gcm5.bsky.social @gcm5.bsky.social

They’ve lost their minds.

aug 31, 2025, 10:07 pm • 11 0 • view
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gcm5.bsky.social @gcm5.bsky.social

That you New York Times for reporting this so we know the scoundrels are pursuing money. They’re grifters and cons just like their dear leader.

aug 31, 2025, 10:05 pm • 4 0 • view
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Peter Frampton Geraci @framptongeraci.bsky.social

Oh, fuck all the way off…

aug 31, 2025, 9:55 pm • 12 0 • view
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gilles77170.bsky.social @gilles77170.bsky.social

Dystopia...

sep 1, 2025, 6:18 am • 0 0 • view
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prbecker56.bsky.social @prbecker56.bsky.social

If you accept a pardon, you’ve admitted to your crime. What restitution are these criminals owed?

sep 1, 2025, 1:16 am • 2 1 • view
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rag1944.bsky.social @rag1944.bsky.social

Say it isn’t so!

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venividistupui.bsky.social @venividistupui.bsky.social

Seems about right. How about a flat in the future Gaza riviera for each of them?

aug 31, 2025, 10:22 pm • 2 0 • view
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Hnrykssngr @hnrykssngr.bsky.social

Absolutely fckn not

aug 31, 2025, 11:28 pm • 1 0 • view
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Susan Harman @susanharman.bsky.social

You have got to be kidding.

aug 31, 2025, 11:04 pm • 1 0 • view
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L'Astucieuse 🇪🇺🇫🇷🇺🇸 @astucieuse.bsky.social

JFC, are we going to reward sedition now?! Have we fallen that low in the United States?

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Love that Turbo @vjmcdonnell.bsky.social

Yes they have. Sure Trump is in the White House doing his best to be a Dictator.... And keep the Epstein Files hidden

sep 1, 2025, 6:11 am • 0 0 • view
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PB @pierrebou.bsky.social

Yes. You have elected a convicted felon, pathological liar and Heritage Fundation's puppet.

sep 1, 2025, 6:16 am • 1 0 • view
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angiesgirl.bsky.social @angiesgirl.bsky.social

Because they put in some real work trying to overthrow the republic, terrorizing the Capitol and resulting in the deaths of several heroes and one idiot of their own. Unadulterated treason. They should be locked up. And pay compensation to survivors. So sick of these whining traitors.

aug 31, 2025, 10:36 pm • 1 0 • view
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blueskymm.bsky.social @blueskymm.bsky.social

Criminals at large

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Ken Daman @kendaman.bsky.social

And it’ll happen.

aug 31, 2025, 10:08 pm • 1 0 • view
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Borders Abound @bordersbarking.bsky.social

They deserve cages.

aug 31, 2025, 11:06 pm • 1 0 • view
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Elizabeth Wilson @elizabethwilson5.bsky.social

What about the family of police officer Brian Sicknick who died in hospital after collapsing at the U.S. Capitol suffering two strokes after being assaulted with pepper spray by two rioters? How about the other officers who were beaten with fists, metal bike racks, tased, had a heart attack, etc….

aug 31, 2025, 10:02 pm • 22 0 • view
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RoseyDee @roseydee.bsky.social

Seems like nobody actually cares apparently.

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angrycassandra.bsky.social @angrycassandra.bsky.social

Girl…

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TheEagles @theeagles.bsky.social

They want Trump to reward them for trying to overthrow the free and fair election and keep him in power! They didn't deserve a pardon and they don't deserve compensation!

sep 1, 2025, 12:43 am • 2 0 • view
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269purplefox.bsky.social @269purplefox.bsky.social

I can’t think of a more corrupt and fucked up government than ours. This is wrong and pathetic.

sep 1, 2025, 12:47 am • 1 0 • view
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c-ulter25.bsky.social @c-ulter25.bsky.social

The words escape me to describe this move. Unconscionable is one.

aug 31, 2025, 11:11 pm • 1 0 • view
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isosolies.bsky.social @isosolies.bsky.social

They were pardoned, they're not innocent. They dont deserve or are entitled to compensation. Accepting a pardon means you have to also accept your guilt.

aug 31, 2025, 10:16 pm • 1 0 • view
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Partly Cloudy @ksunny.bsky.social

You really need to work on not normalizing this stuff. Write a checklist of things that you’d need to see to call this fascism. Then when those happen (or already did) say it. Celebrating violence? Fascist.

aug 31, 2025, 11:31 pm • 1 0 • view
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Mark McPeek @mamcpeek.bsky.social

Traitors, all.

aug 31, 2025, 11:59 pm • 1 0 • view
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khyizang @khyizang.bsky.social

The traitors were pardoned. They remain guilty of their crimes. That doesn’t go away. They deserve nothing.

aug 31, 2025, 10:22 pm • 2 0 • view
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Dave @illinibrowndog.bsky.social

Fuck that and fuck ever single one of them. They willingly and knowingly chose treason and insurrection, they can all fuck off forever. No penny of my tax dollars should ever go towards any of them.

aug 31, 2025, 10:58 pm • 0 0 • view
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Jeff Hesse @jwhesse.bsky.social

Un-f’ing believable.

aug 31, 2025, 11:37 pm • 1 0 • view
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Stuart McIlwain @darthemiras.bsky.social

Erm...no. You had your sentence pardoned, but you have still been convicted of a crime as a result of due process. Win an appeal against your conviction (if you can) and try again for your payoff.

aug 31, 2025, 10:16 pm • 2 0 • view
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belllena52.bsky.social @belllena52.bsky.social

You have got to be kidding

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gvent.bsky.social @gvent.bsky.social

Woeful and egregious!

aug 31, 2025, 10:28 pm • 1 0 • view
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gvent.bsky.social @gvent.bsky.social

Their prosecutions were fair! Trump pardons were not fair on the victims of assault including the Constitution! Empirical evidence shows that Trump’s pardons were driven by his personal retribution upon the Justice personnel who rightly convicted the rioters! A riot which Trump instigated!

aug 31, 2025, 10:27 pm • 7 0 • view
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gvent.bsky.social @gvent.bsky.social

Piss off!

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Phantom Thief @gearcinco.bsky.social

Found the compensation room

aug 31, 2025, 10:21 pm • 2 0 • view
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Kath @kh87.bsky.social

And while you're at it, why not make Jan 6th a public holiday as well? I despair 😭😭

aug 31, 2025, 11:16 pm • 2 0 • view
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Bruno Champoux @brunochampoux.bsky.social

America is a disgrace.

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eaglequest.bsky.social @eaglequest.bsky.social

There’s no point in paying taxes in a corrupt country, especially when criminals are in charge.

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M Plaxton @mplaxton.bsky.social

Well, pardons include an admission of guilt, so how does that work???

aug 31, 2025, 10:20 pm • 2 0 • view
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Paul Arzooman @zoopaul.bsky.social

Money-grubbers.

aug 31, 2025, 10:00 pm • 1 0 • view
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dmcal1.bsky.social @dmcal1.bsky.social

No way, no how. They owe us for the damage they caused and compensation for the officers that were injured.

aug 31, 2025, 10:02 pm • 7 0 • view
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mrspeedymichigan.bsky.social @mrspeedymichigan.bsky.social

Its ok. He's setting the scene for part 2, the real removal of traitors POS with no consequences!!!!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

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norbizness @norbizness.bsky.social

Democratic Commercial 2025: The Republicans were silent while Trump pardoned people who hospitalized cops and trashed the Capitol. Democratic Commercial 2026: The Republicans were silent while Trump paid people who hospitalized cops and trashed the Capitol with your taxes.

aug 31, 2025, 9:56 pm • 25 0 • view
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jake1313.bsky.social @jake1313.bsky.social

Omg, you’ve got to be kidding me?? And here I am, waiting for them to be put back in prison once Trump’s dead!!

aug 31, 2025, 10:06 pm • 5 0 • view
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Mavis Lee @mavislee.bsky.social

😅🤣😅Lmfaoooo! Your comment made be laugh! Thanks! 😊

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Susan Hendrick, Esq. @susanhendrick.bsky.social

If they accepted a pardon then it is an admission of their crimes and they are not entitled to compensation of any kind.

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azi7.bsky.social @azi7.bsky.social

I expect nothing less from those thugs.

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Blue Pill Phil @bluepillphil.bsky.social

Incredible to me how with all of the footage and evidence to prove what happened on that day, half of this country believes these people are heroes and were just there on a "field trip."

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glenallen06040.bsky.social @glenallen06040.bsky.social

Don't these criminal rioters know that their pardons were never about them personally, but instead just an act of revenge by a poor excuse for a man that can't admit he was beaten in the 2020 Presidential Election? It's already in the history books & there to stay. TRUMP LOST the 2020 election.

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Cynthia J Krueger @cynthiakrueger.bsky.social

Pardons are granted after admissions of guilt, correct?

aug 31, 2025, 9:59 pm • 4 0 • view
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Mavis Lee @mavislee.bsky.social

Good point.. not eligible for compensation. Trump didn't think it through. Neither did the traitors who attacked our capitol... but then again they're MAGA.. They're not known for their thinking skills...

aug 31, 2025, 10:14 pm • 5 0 • view
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Tzippy Shmilovitz @tzipshmil.bsky.social

Merrick Garland should never show his face in public again.

aug 31, 2025, 9:57 pm • 14 1 • view
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AG.CALKINS @seancalkins61.bsky.social

Probably will

aug 31, 2025, 9:58 pm • 1 0 • view
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fstop414.bsky.social @fstop414.bsky.social

good….now give all the george floyd rioters compensation too….

aug 31, 2025, 10:42 pm • 1 0 • view
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Michael Anderson @yousseffix.bsky.social

President Trump: “Voter ID must be required for every vote, no exceptions! I’ll issue an executive order to enforce this. No mail-in voting, except for the seriously ill and military overseas. Paper ballots only!” For more follow me

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youngbarn.bsky.social @youngbarn.bsky.social

What a joke!

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mfiq45pos.bsky.social @mfiq45pos.bsky.social

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meneem0t0.bsky.social @meneem0t0.bsky.social

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father0f3.bsky.social @father0f3.bsky.social

This administration will do that. 50/50 split. Half goes to rioters and half goes to the felon.

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Twist @supercoiled.bsky.social

Fuck them to hell and back - and back again.

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Mavis Lee @mavislee.bsky.social

TAX DOLLARS paying bona fide TRAITORS for turning on their country... imagine that....smh thehill.com/regulation/c...

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ChatIvre @chativre.bsky.social

Where’s their “gratitude” JD Vance?

aug 31, 2025, 10:46 pm • 2 0 • view
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freehuman67.bsky.social @freehuman67.bsky.social

They deserve some kind of restitution for what they were put through.

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Mavis Lee @mavislee.bsky.social

😅🤣😅 yeah, now we're going to pay criminals? Trump didn't exonerate them, that's only done through the legal system.. he told them they're not being held responsible for their traitorous actions.

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freehuman67.bsky.social @freehuman67.bsky.social

Were those his words? I must have missed that. They were held without being charged in solitary confinement for months. This is supposed to be the USA not some Communist 3rd world dictatorship.

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rkfilm.bsky.social @rkfilm.bsky.social

Fucking ridiculous.

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de-bbie-p.bsky.social @de-bbie-p.bsky.social

Maybe the Jan 6 rioters can also call for the police to kiss their feet.

aug 31, 2025, 9:57 pm • 7 0 • view
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Randum Dood @randumdude.bsky.social

Unfreakingbelievable.

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Marydoll @marydoll.bsky.social

Nice little can of worms opened up by the idiot in power.

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08fatboy.bsky.social @08fatboy.bsky.social

All those assholes should be deported to a communist country where they belong. They are one of the biggest embarrassments to the country other than leader Trump. We don't need garbage like them and their families in the country.

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Mr. Kitzel @mrkitzel.bsky.social

I just found the quintessential definition of “chutzpah”.

aug 31, 2025, 10:19 pm • 1 0 • view
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SirNYC @sirnyc.bsky.social

Once we get rid of Trump can we revoke their pardons?

aug 31, 2025, 10:52 pm • 2 0 • view
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Shayne from Missouri @cultofsignal.bsky.social

Our Government will never be solvent again after this trophy-wife-stepmom-has-daddy's-credit-card-spending-spree administration.

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TravelingMan, keep on truckin @travelm.bsky.social

Poor babies, they got in trouble for the attempted coup and now they want compensation? You can’t make this shit up. 🤦‍♂️

aug 31, 2025, 10:05 pm • 1 0 • view
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No Billionaires @zil.bsky.social

Fuck you, fascists!

aug 31, 2025, 9:57 pm • 0 0 • view
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DPTigre @desertpunktiger.bsky.social

I doubt they'll get that handout from Trump of all people.

aug 31, 2025, 9:57 pm • 1 0 • view
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bselena.bsky.social @bselena.bsky.social

Trump is not interested in fighting crime he is interested in financing crime… no doubt he will pay them …

aug 31, 2025, 10:01 pm • 4 0 • view
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👍 @ranmull.bsky.social

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bellboy905.bsky.social @bellboy905.bsky.social

New York Times editors push a self-described “dictator” into feeling invincible. (Great idea!)

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mfiq45pos.bsky.social @mfiq45pos.bsky.social

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Robin Willig❌👑 @grammala.bsky.social

Trump should pay out of his own pocket for the service (to him!) of these rioters.

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Dirk Wilbury ™ @dirkwilbury.bsky.social

Fuck those yahoos.

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Angel @fireface972.bsky.social

bsky.app/profile/kris...

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Explain Him Jim @explainhimjim.bsky.social

It’s about January 6 rioters, after getting clemency from President Trump, now demanding financial restitution from his administration, claiming their prosecutions were unjust.

aug 31, 2025, 9:56 pm • 2 0 • view
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dcovey.bsky.social @dcovey.bsky.social

And after that we’ll nominate them for a Nobel Peace Prize.

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jhkayejr.bsky.social @jhkayejr.bsky.social

Blue states should prosecute any of these motherfuckers that have any link to their jurisdictions

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VickieShaughnessy, I brake for butterflies🌾 @shaughmoor.bsky.social

Ashley Babbit's family is getting 5 million.

aug 31, 2025, 10:34 pm • 1 0 • view
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SLOYCIA85 @sloycia.bsky.social

Oh. Now they want money?

aug 31, 2025, 10:07 pm • 4 0 • view
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hazmatmonkey.bsky.social @hazmatmonkey.bsky.social

I've got your compensation hanging, assholes. How about the air farce military funeral for a violent traitor? Go screw.

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