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Blue Owl

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11. As Jeff Tiedrich has frequently pointed out....

Reply to machoneman (Original post)

Mon Apr 24, 2023, 09:00 AM

Apr 2023

If you're a black man selling loose cigarettes on the street corner, justice is swift and terrible.

But if you're a lying sack of shit Republican who's playing by today's political rules, well then justice can wait another day or three, no big deal....

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Why hasn't Santos been charged with any crime yet? Forget his lies, what about the reports of.... [View all] machoneman Apr 2023 OP

Getting elected to high federal office is the best grift around. Irish_Dem Apr 2023 #1

So you're saying the DOJ is intentionally giving him a pass? brooklynite Apr 2023 #2

Someone is surely giving him a pass. comradebillyboy Apr 2023 #3

Life is not an episode of LAW AND ORDER where everything is resolved in 44 minutes. brooklynite Apr 2023 #5

Some problems never seem to get resolved at all. comradebillyboy Apr 2023 #6

Amen! blueinredohio Apr 2023 #7

And in the real world, investigations take time. onenote Apr 2023 #16

Let's see edhopper Apr 2023 #9

Yes. Marius25 Apr 2023 #15

He's in the top tier. Autumn Apr 2023 #4

He's already filed for the 2024 Campaign JustAnotherGen Apr 2023 #8

IOKIYAR nt Baltimike Apr 2023 #10

As Jeff Tiedrich has frequently pointed out.... Blue Owl Apr 2023 #11

+1 uponit7771 Apr 2023 #13

There's no laptop so there's no probable cause to investigate a crime/ sarc uponit7771 Apr 2023 #12

Because FEC and DOJ investigations take time in the real world. onenote Apr 2023 #14