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Beartracks

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25. When Trump and Republicans accused Biden of supposedly "weaponizing the Justice Department"...

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Sat Jan 17, 2026, 01:08 AM

6 hrs ago

... they made it sound like that kind of thing was bad. Golly gee, it turns out what Trump and Republicans meant was, "If you elect us, we will weaponize the Justice Department."

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When Trump and Republicans accused Biden of supposedly "weaponizing the Justice Department"... Beartracks 6 hrs ago #25

So maybe the authorities in Minnesota... mwooldri 6 hrs ago #26