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CBHagman

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4. This story needs to be disseminated more broadly...

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Tue May 26, 2026, 07:51 AM

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...not only because it presents yet another example of a pardoned individual who then committed additional crimes but because it provides crucial evidence that this administration intended to provide financial rewards to those who tried to destroy the United States.

Over the years I have encountered news stories from mainstream media in which reporters refer to Trump's "law-and-order agenda" without using quotation marks. People need to grasp the extent of the lawlessness.

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