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MadLinguist

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2. And let us not forget the pardoning of Rod Blagojevich

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Wed Dec 3, 2025, 03:48 PM

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former democratic governor of Illinois who was convicted of corruption charges, principally his selling of the US senate seat of Illinois when Obama vacated it to become US President. This kind of quid pro quo leveraging of power warms the cockles of DJT's reptilian heart. Of course Blagojevich was pardoned. I'm sure his lobbying firm is busy all day long buttering the ass of some trumpian shell firm.

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The label "Democratic" is *gone* if the holder is crooked. UTUSN Wednesday #1

And let us not forget the pardoning of Rod Blagojevich MadLinguist Wednesday #2

Unfortunately there's a lot of corruption in our party that needs to be rooted out SunImp Wednesday #4

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