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Politico @politico.com

A judge reluctantly authorizes a refund of restitution paid by a Jan. 6 rioter. It is the first time a Jan. 6 rioter who was convicted and then pardoned will get a refund.

aug 28, 2025, 10:07 pm • 311 171

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Bonez Glass @bonezglass.bsky.social

aug 28, 2025, 11:52 pm • 2 0 • view
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rdmill2228.bsky.social @rdmill2228.bsky.social

Bullcrap.

aug 29, 2025, 5:24 am • 0 0 • view
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Christopher ShoYu 正友 @christopher-shoyu.bsky.social

Please stop calling insurrectionists "rioters". It wasn't just a riot, it was far worse, it was an insurrection, an attempted coup. They attempted to change the outcome of an election through violence. They are INSURRECTIONISTS.

aug 29, 2025, 1:18 am • 0 0 • view
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catherineanntuc @catonahottinroofus.bsky.social

This is outrageous! We are now giving refunds to insurrectionists? They committed a crime for God’s sake! Many of these Judges are not fit to do their jobs! Our government is run by criminals!🤬

aug 28, 2025, 10:22 pm • 33 4 • view
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ginny1956.bsky.social @ginny1956.bsky.social

This is the failing United States of nothing

aug 29, 2025, 7:20 pm • 0 0 • view
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dirkelee.bsky.social @dirkelee.bsky.social

😡

aug 28, 2025, 11:41 pm • 1 0 • view
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orangedeflector @orangedeflector.bsky.social

Marvelous The level of stupidity in Orange land is truly amazing What’s a new President going to do to restore the government?

aug 28, 2025, 11:31 pm • 7 0 • view
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ginny1956.bsky.social @ginny1956.bsky.social

🙄

aug 29, 2025, 7:21 pm • 0 0 • view
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SammyTheCat @sammythecat.bsky.social

Goodbye, Law and Justice! We will miss you!

aug 28, 2025, 10:31 pm • 2 0 • view
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genxjennifer.bsky.social @genxjennifer.bsky.social

That’s a shame.

aug 29, 2025, 12:03 am • 0 0 • view
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deedeehwse.bsky.social @deedeehwse.bsky.social

This is so disgusting. They will all be in trumps private army.

aug 28, 2025, 10:53 pm • 6 0 • view
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Texasippi Hippie @texasippihippie.bsky.social

What a fucking slap in the face to law abiding citizens.

aug 29, 2025, 1:59 am • 0 0 • view
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justjaxy.bsky.social @justjaxy.bsky.social

So, they received a refund for a penalty charged for a crime they committed. The crime was participating in an attack on the Capitol building, including destroying property and injuring people who were there to protect the building and people. But now, we pay them back and pay for damages. Perfect.

aug 28, 2025, 10:54 pm • 1 0 • view
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mepher41.bsky.social @mepher41.bsky.social

Antifa and Black Lives Matter looted and burned cities to the ground. Injuries and death- not even a smack on the knuckles😳

aug 29, 2025, 12:57 am • 0 0 • view
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CC @casaconnie.bsky.social

Yvonne St. Cyr - representing Idaho.

aug 29, 2025, 5:02 am • 0 0 • view
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Moldy Teeth @moldyteeth.bsky.social

Absolutely fucking disgusting.

aug 30, 2025, 12:56 am • 0 0 • view
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vicpescocostanzo.bsky.social @vicpescocostanzo.bsky.social

All the more reason that everyone that broke into the capitol should have been carried out in a body bag. All their assets, home, savings, retirement, securities, kids college money seized to pay for the damages and their spouses and children put out on the streets homeless and destitute.

aug 30, 2025, 3:23 am • 0 0 • view
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irmam.bsky.social @irmam.bsky.social

Meanwhile trump threatens “leftist” protestors with 10 years of jail with no parole for defacing federal property www.politico.com/news/2025/08...

aug 29, 2025, 12:49 am • 0 0 • view
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GreylokSparrowHawk @greyloksparrowhawk.bsky.social

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aug 29, 2025, 12:49 am • 0 0 • view
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drakologist.bsky.social @drakologist.bsky.social

This is utter bullshit

aug 29, 2025, 3:34 am • 0 0 • view
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ginny1956.bsky.social @ginny1956.bsky.social

Unbelievable!

aug 29, 2025, 7:19 pm • 1 0 • view
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carljungfranz.bsky.social @carljungfranz.bsky.social

* The Republican Party has declared civil war on democracy vis a vis default to Donald Trump for fear of being "Being primaried" . *

aug 28, 2025, 10:44 pm • 7 1 • view
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maiday108.bsky.social @maiday108.bsky.social

Is someone going to see that the cost of damages caused by the rioter comes out of that restitution?

aug 29, 2025, 3:46 am • 1 1 • view
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behonestfair.bsky.social @behonestfair.bsky.social

🤮

aug 29, 2025, 3:53 am • 0 0 • view
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Dan the Beav 🦫 @14osu.gobeavs.app

I can’t even read this beyond the headline…lest my blood boil

aug 28, 2025, 10:21 pm • 2 0 • view
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MartinOshady @martinoshady.bsky.social

That’s bullshit

aug 29, 2025, 1:30 pm • 0 0 • view
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AdvoAmy @amykvet.bsky.social

This is so fucked up! #fascism

aug 29, 2025, 11:00 am • 1 0 • view
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foghornleghorn1357.bsky.social @foghornleghorn1357.bsky.social

This sucks.

aug 29, 2025, 4:30 am • 1 0 • view
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dama217h.bsky.social @dama217h.bsky.social

we the american elected pres trump in a landslide bc we rejected dems' j6-false narrative. J6 WAS A PEACEFUL PROTEST AGAINST 2020 STOLEN ELECTION, w/c agitators turned into a riot. www.mediaite.com/politics/thi...

aug 29, 2025, 1:35 am • 1 0 • view
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Jan Colton @jancolton999.bsky.social

Gross.

aug 29, 2025, 1:10 am • 0 0 • view
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catlady49ers.bsky.social @catlady49ers.bsky.social

Paid for with our taxes. 😡

aug 29, 2025, 12:16 am • 0 0 • view
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RobertCalifornia816@bsky.social @rjharris816.bsky.social

Way to go Merrick garland

aug 29, 2025, 4:16 am • 1 0 • view
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proudcanadian151.bsky.social @proudcanadian151.bsky.social

Sickening

aug 29, 2025, 12:40 am • 1 0 • view
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IceCoffeeNOice @jason2759.bsky.social

👎 hard no

aug 29, 2025, 7:23 pm • 0 0 • view
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politi-kat-srq.bsky.social @politi-kat-srq.bsky.social

Can't wait to see the Trump administration personally refund the $billions being wasted on illegal ICE raids and internment camps.

aug 29, 2025, 12:46 am • 0 0 • view
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SAM @samierens.bsky.social

The convictions are still very much on record!!!!! How is this possible? This judge is a moron!

aug 28, 2025, 10:14 pm • 18 1 • view
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chadtheripper.bsky.social @chadtheripper.bsky.social

She appealed the conviction, and was pardoned during this. Therefore the judge approve the refund.

aug 28, 2025, 11:26 pm • 3 0 • view
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SAM @samierens.bsky.social

Still a convicted felon in my book! Every J6er is a criminal, in my opinion! I’ll go so far as to say that every god damn one of the J6’ers that breached the fences and walked into the controlled area VIOLATED THE LAW OF TRESPASSING!!

aug 28, 2025, 11:58 pm • 9 2 • view
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ginny1956.bsky.social @ginny1956.bsky.social

It’s disgusting

aug 29, 2025, 7:21 pm • 1 0 • view
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SAM @samierens.bsky.social

Agreed! ✌🏻💙💙💙🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸. Can you imagine if any democrat exalted a criminal??

aug 29, 2025, 10:36 pm • 1 0 • view
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ginny1956.bsky.social @ginny1956.bsky.social

He’ll no!!

aug 29, 2025, 10:44 pm • 1 0 • view
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chadtheripper.bsky.social @chadtheripper.bsky.social

I'm with you there. Every one of them that entered the building should be found guilty of trespassing. But that didn't happen, exaggerations and lives have been lost.

aug 29, 2025, 12:11 am • 2 0 • view
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poolside424.bsky.social @poolside424.bsky.social

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Temple Mathews @temple69.bsky.social

Absolutely disgusting everybody who is riding there should’ve gone to jail. Oh wait they did and then some orange Chito pardon them and turn them into proud boys who have nothing to be a proud of who are terrorizing America you couldn’t ride a horse scenario.

aug 29, 2025, 5:28 am • 0 0 • view
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Bret @ketchsparrow.bsky.social

Nothing says “we love you, you are very special people” like a blanket pardon effectively condoning their actions. What would his response be if it were BLM or Antifa activists doing exactly the same thing right now?

aug 29, 2025, 1:21 am • 0 0 • view
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mitchschwartz87.bsky.social @mitchschwartz87.bsky.social

Let's give them all a big steak dinner for trying to overthrow our government. Now Tr©mp can continue the work from the White House.

aug 30, 2025, 7:35 pm • 0 0 • view
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4everwoke.bsky.social @4everwoke.bsky.social

Shame on this nation!

aug 29, 2025, 4:33 am • 0 0 • view
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ggshazzie.bsky.social @ggshazzie.bsky.social

WTF! Unbelievable and completely disgraceful!

aug 29, 2025, 4:11 am • 0 0 • view
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Mrs.Pop or Judith @mrspop.bsky.social

Cool; smear shyte, break windows steal sht And you do t have to pay? Glad to hear how reluctant this judge was Man I hate the regime

aug 29, 2025, 6:55 am • 0 0 • view
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Neuroics @neuroics.bsky.social

We need Nuremberg trials when this shit is over.

aug 28, 2025, 10:58 pm • 1 0 • view
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ZAC @sandcrawler1990.bsky.social

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sylviaplath9999.bsky.social @sylviaplath9999.bsky.social

x.com/RickyDoggin/...

aug 29, 2025, 4:38 am • 0 0 • view
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sylviaplath9999.bsky.social @sylviaplath9999.bsky.social

And it should continue.

aug 29, 2025, 4:38 am • 0 0 • view
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kidibean.bsky.social @kidibean.bsky.social

So wrong

aug 29, 2025, 2:58 am • 0 0 • view
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yinzer64.bsky.social @yinzer64.bsky.social

Great…..bet the asshole spends the doe on porn and ammo. Hopefully he’ll fuck up and rot in jail for something else….they all seem to want to go back.

aug 29, 2025, 9:25 am • 0 0 • view
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publicradiogirl.bsky.social @publicradiogirl.bsky.social

aug 29, 2025, 2:10 am • 0 0 • view
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Suzanne salvin @qeisus.bsky.social

Fuck this

aug 29, 2025, 2:12 pm • 0 0 • view
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Karen’s not a Karen @kt2690.bsky.social

So the Jan 6th insurrectionists get Mulligans?

aug 28, 2025, 10:58 pm • 3 0 • view
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Admiral of Aotearoa @knightchunkman.bsky.social

Fucking bullshit. They weren’t found not guilty. They were pardoned by a felon.

aug 29, 2025, 5:54 am • 2 0 • view
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Hiah✨ @hiahthanyou.bsky.social

No freaking way….

aug 29, 2025, 1:21 am • 0 0 • view
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Fredo @fredvilleneuve.bsky.social

At ashli will get nothing

aug 29, 2025, 3:11 am • 0 0 • view
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lindaisee.bsky.social @lindaisee.bsky.social

Call DOGE - Clear fraud and waste!!

aug 28, 2025, 10:38 pm • 2 0 • view
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Rudi G. @ru264.bsky.social

WTF. This not a government of the people; it’s an outright theft of the national treasury.

aug 29, 2025, 2:48 am • 0 0 • view
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JoJo @jojones2000.bsky.social

Great, insurrection pays. What have we become?

aug 29, 2025, 1:49 am • 0 0 • view
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alitica.bsky.social @alitica.bsky.social

You got to be F kidding me.

aug 28, 2025, 10:35 pm • 2 0 • view
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mepher41.bsky.social @mepher41.bsky.social

Will you be able to sleep tonight?

aug 29, 2025, 12:55 am • 0 0 • view
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Kevin @lefthanddem.bsky.social

It just goes to show you how they use the Constitution to benefit themselves. How they can trample it and receive a pardon and be rewarded even getting an ice position. Fucked up huh? Time to LEGALLY get these fools removed from positions of authority

aug 28, 2025, 10:50 pm • 3 0 • view
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davester31.bsky.social @davester31.bsky.social

GOOD TO KNOW for future reference

aug 29, 2025, 6:38 am • 0 0 • view
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medicinebudha @themedicinebudha.bsky.social

If you live in one of these districts, PLEASE go vote in the special election ~ Virginia's 11th ~ September 9, 2025 Arizona's 7th ~ September 23, 2025 Texas' 18th ~ November 4, 2025 Tennessee's 7th ~ December 2, 2025

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cklig.bsky.social @cklig.bsky.social

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ididntvote4him-0.bsky.social @ididntvote4him-0.bsky.social

Does no one in the current government have any courage? Gutless pussies, every one...

aug 28, 2025, 11:54 pm • 4 0 • view
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Double C Tech @doublectech.bsky.social

So they got paid to commit treason!? This is a whole new low for America!!!!

aug 29, 2025, 12:44 am • 1 0 • view
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simonsays2.bsky.social @simonsays2.bsky.social

Disgusting.

aug 29, 2025, 11:32 am • 1 0 • view
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𝕲𝖎𝖔𝖛𝖆𝖓𝖓𝖎 𓆝༄⋆。° 𓇼 @hijodeloceano.bsky.social

I hate the god fucking damned United States

aug 29, 2025, 12:50 am • 0 0 • view
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Vijay @vijaysimon.bsky.social

A fucked up soil in a fucked up country..

aug 29, 2025, 12:32 pm • 1 0 • view
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Amber @amberrajen.bsky.social

Banana Republic.

aug 28, 2025, 10:09 pm • 21 0 • view
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selteam.bsky.social @selteam.bsky.social

Such total bullshit!

aug 29, 2025, 1:17 am • 0 0 • view
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Гаагарин @zasepay.bsky.social

say hello to anarchy

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Thomas Mizelle @simplybhomas.bsky.social

This is sickening.

aug 29, 2025, 1:44 am • 0 0 • view
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cjcmaddog.bsky.social @cjcmaddog.bsky.social

We live in looney toons country right now. We got to grab it back.

aug 29, 2025, 12:52 am • 0 0 • view
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⛵Emmanuel Bethoux ⚓ @emmanuelbethoux.bsky.social

👀

aug 29, 2025, 7:23 pm • 0 0 • view
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proudguy.bsky.social @proudguy.bsky.social

ONE OF THE MOST DISGRACEFUL ACTS DONE TO OUR COUNTRY. When on GODS GREEN EARTH WILL ALL OF THESE FUCKERS PAY FOR THEIR SHITSHOW???????

aug 29, 2025, 1:52 pm • 0 0 • view
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🇨🇦 canadian_lone_rider @stephane-24.bsky.social

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 every day is a TV show

aug 28, 2025, 11:53 pm • 2 0 • view
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littlexxx6.bsky.social @littlexxx6.bsky.social

Disgusting

aug 29, 2025, 11:20 am • 1 0 • view
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dejonna.bsky.social @dejonna.bsky.social

🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

aug 29, 2025, 4:27 am • 0 0 • view
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🌴 @unapologeticval.bsky.social

Fuck this place.

aug 29, 2025, 2:51 pm • 0 0 • view
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gtjr.bsky.social @gtjr.bsky.social

This is sick.

aug 29, 2025, 6:34 pm • 0 0 • view
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EVERYTHING'S COMPUTER 👊 🇺🇸🔥 @psycho-tron.bsky.social

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DrJT4Real @drjt4real.bsky.social

But can we grab ‘em by the pussy? You can do anything.

aug 29, 2025, 4:01 pm • 0 0 • view
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lm100.bsky.social @lm100.bsky.social

😵‍💫

aug 29, 2025, 7:27 pm • 1 0 • view
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Rebecca Williams @dragonhousestudios.bsky.social

Damn!

aug 29, 2025, 5:38 am • 0 0 • view
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Viktor Jóhannes @bluedotling.bsky.social

😵‍💫🤬

aug 28, 2025, 10:40 pm • 1 0 • view
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Not My Cat @tamarz.bsky.social

But I thought being pardoned means you accept your guilt -- so why should he get the money back?

aug 29, 2025, 8:25 am • 0 0 • view
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J. Michael Bossert @jmbossert1.bsky.social

Trump was the instigator in 1/6 & pardoning HIS criminals was expected but horrific.

aug 28, 2025, 10:56 pm • 4 0 • view
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Pratchet @pratchet.bsky.social

Failed state

aug 28, 2025, 10:56 pm • 2 0 • view
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continentaldivide.bsky.social @continentaldivide.bsky.social

Pay him in nickels.

aug 29, 2025, 2:28 am • 0 0 • view
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greatfulllife.bsky.social @greatfulllife.bsky.social

Outrageous!!!!!

aug 28, 2025, 10:48 pm • 0 0 • view
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Barbara Thomas @barbthomas.bsky.social

Simply outrageous.

aug 29, 2025, 12:24 am • 0 0 • view
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blue-zombie.bsky.social @blue-zombie.bsky.social

I’m confused. Even tho pardoned, don’t you still keep the conviction on record? She is not ‘presumed innocent’ if she still has the conviction?

aug 28, 2025, 10:12 pm • 4 0 • view
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John Bellone ⁉️ @jbellone.dev

She didn’t have a conviction. They dropped the charges and she gets a refund.

aug 28, 2025, 10:14 pm • 6 0 • view
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c-orus.bsky.social @c-orus.bsky.social

charges were not dropped. st. cyr was convicted on 2 felony counts: obstruction and interfearing and sentenced to prison. a pardon does not remove this from her record. in all other cases reaching court, judges have refused to order "refund".

aug 28, 2025, 11:05 pm • 2 0 • view
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John Bellone ⁉️ @jbellone.dev

I didn’t say it did, but article references the felony convictions being dropped. She appealed and was pardoned on appeal. Judge says she is no longer guilty in eyes of the law.

aug 28, 2025, 11:42 pm • 3 0 • view
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chadtheripper.bsky.social @chadtheripper.bsky.social

She appealed the conviction, and was pardoned during this. Therefore the judge approve the refund.

aug 28, 2025, 11:27 pm • 0 0 • view
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ajrulz.bsky.social @ajrulz.bsky.social

Fdt

aug 29, 2025, 12:56 am • 0 0 • view
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Nsoke@bsky.social @nsoke.bsky.social

What prompted that?

aug 28, 2025, 11:31 pm • 4 0 • view
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Pam🫘🧶💙🏳️‍🌈 #NoKings🚫👑 @pmmcdaniel.bsky.social

The pardons, I guess.

aug 29, 2025, 1:43 am • 0 0 • view
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BigSpider 📎🚫🤴 @bigspider.bsky.social

Now we’re paying them for attacking us…?!?!?!

aug 29, 2025, 3:14 pm • 0 0 • view
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👍 @ranmull.bsky.social

WTF! 🤬🖕🤯

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Redheadbmf @redheadbmf.bsky.social

Sick

aug 29, 2025, 12:35 am • 0 0 • view
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Some old fart @unclegus1967.bsky.social

probably spend it on truth social swag.

aug 29, 2025, 11:54 am • 0 0 • view
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Your neighborhood autism creature @splumpi.bsky.social

So her family can get money but mine can't. Lovely

aug 28, 2025, 10:33 pm • 2 0 • view
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nothingbutrrouble.bsky.social @nothingbutrrouble.bsky.social

They should pay them in pennies dropped from a helicopter.

aug 29, 2025, 3:10 pm • 0 0 • view
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Violet @violetbunnikins.bsky.social

WTF?!?!?! 'Scuse me while I get sick to my stomach... 🤢

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Two Cents @sickofthestupid.bsky.social

A pardon doesn't mean you weren't guilty. It shouldn't mean your victims aren't compensated.

aug 28, 2025, 10:55 pm • 2 0 • view
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chadtheripper.bsky.social @chadtheripper.bsky.social

What victims? These were court fines and fees. She also appealed the conviction so the judge was stuck with innocence.

aug 28, 2025, 11:30 pm • 2 0 • view
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Two Cents @sickofthestupid.bsky.social

It sets a bad precedent. And the judge wasn't stuck with anything. She was pardoned so there was no need to hear the appeal.

aug 28, 2025, 11:44 pm • 3 0 • view
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mepher41.bsky.social @mepher41.bsky.social

Are you referring to no cash bail pertaining to violent criminals with repeated offenses? That sets a bad precedent don’t you think?

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Two Cents @sickofthestupid.bsky.social

Bail is set bdfore guilt has been determined and whole innocence is assumed. Which factors a judge considers aren't a matter of legal precedent. Restitution doesn't equate to bail.

aug 29, 2025, 2:17 am • 1 0 • view
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Two Cents @sickofthestupid.bsky.social

There were around $2.7 billion in damages and extra costs as a result of Trump's riot. We shouldn't have to eat those costs given that it was all the result of crimes with clear perpetrators. Someone shouldn't get a refund just because other criminals didn't pay what they owed.

aug 28, 2025, 11:54 pm • 0 0 • view
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mepher41.bsky.social @mepher41.bsky.social

Am I missing something? When I think of clear perpetrators it reminds me of Antifa and Black Lives Matter.

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Two Cents @sickofthestupid.bsky.social

If you're really missing something it's probably intentional.

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chadtheripper.bsky.social @chadtheripper.bsky.social

Definitely not 2.7 in damages, maybe with added security and upgrades. But even if it was, the judge never charged for that. These were just Court fees/fines that wouldn't go to pay back anyway.

aug 29, 2025, 12:02 am • 0 0 • view
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Two Cents @sickofthestupid.bsky.social

March of this year politicos had an article about what Trump's pardons cost ghe taxpayers. That's their number.

aug 29, 2025, 12:39 am • 1 0 • view
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T Lee Keene @tleekeene.bsky.social

Just criminal. So, CRIME does PAY!?

aug 29, 2025, 6:15 pm • 1 0 • view
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TeamBrenda ❌👑 @teambrenda.bsky.social

Only in America, you celebrate a Nazi insurrection terrorist 🤦🏾‍♀️ Stop fucking around and release the #EpsteinTrumpFiles 🪳🌮🤡

aug 29, 2025, 2:35 pm • 3 1 • view
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Justin Of Brooklyn🇰🇳🇵🇸 @neohxc.bsky.social

aug 29, 2025, 11:45 am • 1 0 • view
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flybydenver @flybydenver.bsky.social

So they get back all the beatings they administered to Capitol police officers?

aug 29, 2025, 12:45 am • 0 0 • view
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semperdubium.bsky.social @semperdubium.bsky.social

Ridiculous, abusive and unconstitutional

aug 29, 2025, 2:54 am • 0 0 • view