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President Donald Trump pardoned Steve Bannon, his former top strategist and campaign CEO, in a late-night pardon dump that rewarded many of the president s longtime loyalists hours before he left office.
Trump granted clemency to 143 people in the early hours of Wednesday morning, including Bannon, longtime Republican fundraiser Elliott Broidy and multiple lawmakers convicted of corruption. He also issued a full pardon to Republican operative Paul Erickson, who was convicted of fraud charges after coming under investigation due to his relationship with Maria Butina, the Russian spy who pleaded guilty to infiltrating conservative groups like the NRA.
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The list of people who did not receive a pardon, however, is equally notable. White House lawyers dissuaded the now-formr president from pardoning himself or his family members because doing so would amount to an unnecessary admission of guilt, according to The Washington Post. He also did not pardon per
It’s the dawn of a New Era.
An era of retreads from the Obama administration, whether it’s personnel, policy, or both.
An era of decreased energy independence.
An era of presidential family members less interested in negotiating Middle East peace deals and more interested in hookers and blow.
An era of increasing surveillance and silence, disguised as a “War on Domestic Terror.”
So maybe not such the dawn of a new era but the return of the malaise of the Obama years, with the added touch of Cancel Culture becoming official.
Insanity Wrap tries not to be too cynical, but today of all days that might not just be possible.
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