POKING AROUND 48 HOURS AFTER THE DESECRATION

There are 650 days until the midterm elections. Poking Around is longer because there is more bullshit to deal with now. I’m going to have to start working on this earlier.

From the Department of Law and Order Be Damned: Following his pardoning of 1,500 insurrectionists and violent criminals who assaulted police, ConvictedFrelon34 continued to demonstrate his commitment to law and order and to punishing drug dealers by giving a full and unconditional pardon for Ross Ulbricht, the creator of the unlawful Silk Road drug marketplace who was convicted of drug trafficking. Ulbricht was sentenced in 2015 to two terms of life in prison without the possibility of parole after being convicted on charges that included distributing narcotics online. Silk Road facilitated more global drug transactions than perhaps any other in history. Millions of pills were bought and sold using his encrypted site. During the campaign, ConvictedFelon34 promisted to do this to gain support from the Libertarian Party, who consider Ulbricht a hero (among their many other crimes against intelligence and sanity). He announced the pardon on Lies Antisocial, saying that he called Ulbricht's mother to inform her of the pardon "in honor of her and the Libertarian Movement, which supported me so strongly." He added, "The scum that worked to convict him were some of the same lunatics who were involved in the modern day weaponization of government against me." This is another example of ConvictedFelon34 listening to MAGA influencers and adopting their ideas since he has none. He never even heard of Ulbricht before and knows nothing about his case. He even spelled his name “Ulbright” in the pardon announcement.

From the Department of Reality’s a Bitch: Convicted Felon’s pardoning of the January 6 criminals has gotten pushback from Washing DC police officers. The brother of Officer Brian Sicknick, who took his own life after being beaten by one of these thugs, said “This is a betrayal of decency. We now have no rule of law. Trump is a poor excuse of a man.” Officer Aquillino Gonnell: “It’s a desecration to our service and the sacrifices made to keep everyone safe.” Another current officer said, “I just worked about 14 hours making sure Trump's inauguration was secure and peaceful, got home, read about this. Thanks America.” Representative Jaime Raskin posted: “Why were they pardoned? Were they innocent? Were they denied due process? Are they reformed and rehabilitated and no longer a threat to society? Or were they pardoned simply because they were willing political soldiers for Donald Trump when he incited an insurrection against the government?” Democratic House leader Hakeem Jeffries posted: “House Republicans are celebrating pardons issued to a bloodthirsty mob that violently assaulted police officers. What happened to backing the Blue? Far right extremists have become the party of lawlessness and disorder. Don’t ever lecture America again about anything”

From the Department of The Party of Law and Order Strikes Again: Editor of the right-wing website The Blaze Daniel Horowitz: “One of the things we need to do is to finally use impeachment against corrupt federal judges. A good place to start is with DC district judges like Beryl Howell, Trevor McFadden, and Randolph Moss who violated all legal norms on J6 cases at every stage of the legal process. There needs to be a reckoning.” Senate Majority Leader John Thune to CNN, after being asked his opinion of the pardons: “We’re not looking backwards, we’re looking forward.” Sen. Chuck Grassley to Semafor: “I’m just talking about the Biden pardons.” Senator Tommy Tuberville: “I am 100% for every one of the pardons. They’ve been there long enough.” When asked if that included rioters who injured police officers, he said, “No, that’s not acceptable. But I didn’t see anyone do that. Now, if I see it, I would believe it, but I didn’t see that video.”Senator Susan Collins told CBS that she does not support pardons for those who were violent, but she wasn’t sure if Trump pardoned anyone who committed any violence. After a Capitol police officer who heard about her comments sent her a video of insurrectionists physically assaulting him, Collins then said it was “a terrible day for our justice system for two reasons - Trump and Biden’s pardons.” Grrrrrrrrr.

From the Department of These Scum Will Always be Worse and More Stupid Than You Can Imagine Border Czar Tom Homan says there is a good chance ICE agents will go into school classrooms to seize migrant children to take them to detention facilities for deportation. He was asked on Fox whether doing that would be highly impactful to all students and negatively affect the learning environment at those schools: “Absolutely. But then again, you know, what's our national security worth?”The World’s Dumbest Fuckwit, ConvictedFelon34, reposted a screenshot from a fake Tom Homan parody account, thinking it was Homan, on Lies Antisocial that said elected officials who protect migrants from deportation should be put in jail and charged with felonies.

From the Department of Fight Back: The ACLU immediately filed a lawsuit against the executive order ending birthright citizenship on the grounds that it is unconstitutional and violates the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution. Attorneys General in 17 states executive order. Proving Irony is dead and its bones turned to dust, Blaze Editor Daniel Horowitz posted: “As always, the ACLU makes sure to pick the most liberal circuit. They filed their birthright lawsuit in New Hampshire federal court. The First Circuit has only Democratic appointees on its active bench, and zero Trump appointees among senior judges.” When asked about Trump judge Kaczmaryk in Abilene, who gets all far right looney suits, he had no answer.

From the Department of Of Course They Did This Shit: The ConvictedFelon34 Maladministration warned federal workers in roles related to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) on Tuesday that they would be placed on paid leave in less than 24 hours. All websites and social media accounts related to DEI and accessibility are to come down by 5pm today. The Maladministration has directed all federal DEI employees be placed on paid leave by 5pm Wednesday evening. The State Department has suspended flights bringing previously approved refugees to the United States, cutting off access to protection in advance of the timeline set by President Trump in a new order pausing the program; this includes Afghan refugees who worked with the United States, some of whom are married to active-duty military personnel. Also. ConvictedFelon34 this morning rescinded a Lyndon Johnson executive order that prohibited segregation for federal contractors. Those who think It Can’t Happen Here need to reconsider.

From the Department of When Will You Eat That Hamberder, You Worthless Motherfucker?: This morning, ConvictedFelon34 posted on Lies Antisocial a demand for an apology from Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde, calling the homily she gave yesterday “nasty and not smart.” He posted, “The so-called Bishop who spoke at the National Prayer Service on Tuesday morning was a Radical Left hard line Trump hater. She brought her church into the World of politics in a very ungracious way. She was nasty in tone, and not compelling or smart. She failed to mention the large number of illegal migrants that came into our Country and killed people. Many were deposited from jails and mental institutions. It is a giant crime wave that is taking place in the USA. Apart from her inappropriate statements, the service was a very boring and uninspiring one. She is not very good at her job! She and her church owe the public an apology!” (“you owe ME an apology”) Rep. Mike Collins (R-Ga.) Posted on Xitter (that’s pronounced “Shitter”): “The person giving this sermon should be added to the deportation list.” Bishop Budde is now receiving death threats from the basement dwelling thugs wjo worship the Orange Motherfucker. Those who still think “It can’t happen here” need to rethink things.

From the Department of This Is What Happens When You Get Dropped On Your Head Too Often: Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-FL, pretending to be from AL) regarding the National Cathedral “controversy”: “You think you’ve seen it all. Of course I’ve been up here in this clown show for four years in Congress and watched the radical left spew hate all over the place and push an agenda that I don’t even recognize. But for this bishop to do this to President Trump after a weekend of, as you said, talking about god more than ever, talking about how he was spared to give an opportunity maybe to change this country back to something that it should be, it just absolutely amazes me how far these people go.”. These inbred MAGA shitbirds hate it when they come up again a religious leader who actually follow the teachings of Jesus, as opposed to the Southern Baptist con artists. Compassion and love? That shit’s for losers. Go fuck yourself in your face, you dumb fucking inbred peckerwood dimbulb - we really should have ethnically cleansed the South of your traitor ancestors, Senator, when we had the opportunity.

From the Department of Hey You Dumbfucks - What The Hell Did You Expect?: The Fraternal Order of Police, the cop union that endorsed ConvictedFelon34, and the International Association of Chiefs of Police - who also endorsed him - now claim they were “totally blindsided” by ConvictedFelon34 giving pardons to all the January 6 Insurrectionist Criminals.

From the Department of It Not Only Can Happen Here It Is Happening: The Justice Department is directing its federal prosecutors to investigate for potential criminal charges any state or local officials who stand in the way of beefed-up enforcement of immigration laws under the ConvictedFelon34 Maladministration. The memo, written by acting Deputy Attorney General and former defense attorney for the Orange Motherfucker) Emil Bove, also instructs the Justice Department’s civil division to work with a newly formed Sanctuary Cities Enforcement Working Group to identify state and local laws and policies that “threaten to impede” the Maladministration’s immigration efforts and potentially challenge them in court. Bove wrote: “Indeed, it is the responsibility of the Justice Department to defend the Constitution, and accordingly, to lawfully execute the policies that the American people elected President Trump to implement.” Hey, you ambulance-chasing proof we should “kill all the lawyers,” (at least the Republican ones) implementing a fascist takeover is NOT “protecting and defending the Constitution.”

From the Department of It’s Happening Right Now!: The Pentagon is sending some 1,500 troops to help secure the southern border. Acting Defense Secretary Robert Salesses is expected to sign a release order on Wednesday, according to the Associated Press, but the exact number of troops and which ones would deploy is still unclear and could fluctuate. The expected deployment comes just two days after ConvictedFelon34 signed an executive order authorizing U.S. Northern Command (NORTHCOM) to draft a plan for sending troops to the border.

From the Department of Of Course He Did: One of the nearly 200 executive orders that ConvictedFelon34 signed on Tuesday reversed several critical policies that President Biden had put in place. Among those was lowering drug costs for Americans. With the stroke of his pen, Trump removed a $2 price cap on certain generic drugs, did away with a provision that would improve access to high-cost therapies for Medicaid recipients, and ended an effort to expedite the evidence-gathering process for new drugs. Without the implementation of these and similar plans focused on reducing costs, Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries will continue to face high out-of-pocket expenses for prescription drugs, and will have limited access to important - sometimes essential - prescriptions. President Biden’s Executive Order 14087 decried that Americans spend far more than “those in other countries for prescription drugs, and one in four Americans who take prescription drugs struggle to afford their medication.”

From the Department of I’m Really Going To Miss Joe: With literally minutes left in his presidency, Joe Biden on Monday granted clemency to Leonard Peltier, the ailing Native American rights activist whom the U.S. government put in prison nearly 50 years ago after a trial riddled with misconduct and lies. In a statement as President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration was underway, Biden announced he is “commuting the life sentence imposed on Leonard Peltier so that he serves the remainder of his sentence in home confinement.” Peltier has been in prison ever since the federal government accused him of murdering two FBI agents in a 1975 shoot-out on Pine Ridge Reservation. There was never evidence that Peltier committed a crime, and the U.S. government never did figure out who shot those agents. But federal officials needed someone to take the fall. The FBI had just lost two agents, and Peltier’s co-defendants were all acquitted based on self-defense. So, Peltier became their guy. His trial was rife with misconduct. The FBI threatened and coerced witnesses into lying. Federal prosecutors hid evidence that exonerated Peltier. A juror acknowledged on the second day of the trial that she had “prejudice against Indians,” but she was kept on anyway. The government’s case fell apart after these revelations, so it simply revised its charges against Peltier to “aiding and abetting” whoever did kill the agents, based entirely on the fact that he was one of dozens of people present when the shoot-out took place. Peltier was convicted and sentenced to two consecutive life terms. Peltier, now 80, has maintained his innocence the entire time he’s been in prison. He’s mostly blind and uses a walker to get around. He was hospitalized twice last year for diabetes-related problems. Former U.S. Attorney James Reynolds, who prosecuted Peltier, has since said it was a mistake, that there was never evidence to convict Peltier and has personally urged Biden to grant him clemency.

From the Department of AOC For President 2028: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez reiterated Tuesday night a core tenet of the country amid criticism of a gesture made by billionaire Elon Musk during President Donald Trump’s inauguration celebrations: “We hate Nazis.” AOC spoke to her followers on Instagram on Tuesday, a day after Musk used an arm gesture, twice, that resembled the Roman salute adopted by the Nazis. “This is the United States of America. And I don’t care what Elon Musk is doing behind a presidential seal. In this country, we hate Nazis, kind of like a foundational, defining thing. Two of probably the most foundational, defining things about American history is that we beat the Confederates and we beat the Nazis, and I don’t know what side people may be on today, but I still am not rocking with anyone sympathetic to Nazis. And I will do that until I am six feet in the ground.”

Ending with this from The Department of Bad News For ConvictedFelon34 Is Good News For America: Variety reports that ConvictedFelon34's clusterfuck desecration of democracy on Monday had 24.6 million viewers. “That’s a lower total than what was achieved by both of the two most recent inauguration broadcasts: 27% below the 33.8 million viewers who tuned into Joe Biden’s presidential inauguration in 2021, and 21% below the 31 million who watched Trump’s first inauguration in 2017.”

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