More pardon madness

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Xsmml97RYjU

 

Basic facts about Trump’s use of pardons—and how it is different from Biden’s pardons

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/IzaYYn01CNM 

 

OMG: Trump's SHOCKING announcement about America 250 | Another Day

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHgkarMwoVQ 

Donald Trump Just Stole Your Money

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Rh1GC3ObgcE

 

President signals more mass pardons in pipeline; Vance leaves Pakistan after Iran peace talks break down

“I’ll pardon everyone who has come within 200 feet of the Oval [Office],” the president reportedly said in a recent meeting, garnering laughs from the room, according to a Wall Street Journal report citing an anonymous source...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/12/trump-news-at-a-glance-latest-updates-today

 

Rep. Madeleine Dean on POTUS Pardon Corruption (Norm Ornstein guest host) (Al Franken podcast on YouTube)

Guest Host Norm Ornstein welcomes Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-PA) to discuss legislation they're working on to curb the President's pardon power after the onslaught of blatantly corrupt pardons from the Trump administration. Rep. Dean was the former impeachment manager for Trump's second impeachment, so she also addresses how the blanket pardon of January 6th insurrectionists is especially grotesque.

We also discuss the latest on the "stolen documents" case and what Trump might have intended for them. Plus, people are making LOTS of money on insider trading around the Iran War.

Rep. Dean shares her thoughts on the ICE brutality her constituents in Pennsylvania and around the country are facing. And she shares her first hand account of the Dilley detention center, where ICE is mistreating detainees and neglecting children.

LEARN more about Rep. Madeleine Dean: https://dean.house.gov/biography

LISTEN to Norm's podcast "Words Matter" with fellow friend of the show David Rothkopf: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dsrs-words-matter/id1420216970
Interview: 

https://youtu.be/YQ0RzXaI0rw?si=t7TzG2GWRUQm476e

Trump's CORRUPT Pardons Trigger MOBSTER ANTICS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lx8Do9fTkkc

 

We Investigated the 5 Most Corrupt Presidential Pardons

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/bzErxgFFlMI

 

Mark Leibovich on Hegseth, Trump, & More! (Al Franken podcast on YouTube)

We're joined by the great Mark Leibovich from The Atlantic to run through some of the wild stories fresh out of Washington. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth is facing criticisms on multiple fronts: Not only was it reported that he ordered the killing of two survivors from a bombed alleged drug trafficking boat, a Pentagon Inspector General also found that he put American troops' lives in danger with his reckless messages on Signal. Could we see Trump turn on Hegseth?

We also recap the marathon Cabinet meeting. Secretary of State Marco Rubio spent his time kissing Trump's ass, and Trump (when he was awake) broke out into an maliciously racist rant about Somalis.

Plus, we talk MORE shady pardons (including the former Honduran President and convicted drug trafficker), Trump's sinking approval ratings, and Dick Cheney!

READ Mark's writing in The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/author/mark-leibovich/

Interview: 

https://youtu.be/b1r59fQtQ6I?si=yyrkVr5RlGqavtQ4

What evil reason did Trump have for pardoning 70 people?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=km2mbSrTJ24

 

‘A classic authoritarian tactic’: outrage over Trump’s pardons for friends and allies

Ex-prosecutors and legal scholars say US president 'meting out pardons for blatantly corrupt and self-serving ends'

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/11/trump-pardons-justice-department

 

Joe Biden says US is facing ‘existential’ fight with marginalized groups ‘dramatically under attack’

In sporadic public appearances since leaving the White House, Biden has hit back against new reporting that alleges a "cover up" by the then-president's closest aides to hide his frailty and decline from an American public who polls showed believed he was too old to serve another four years… 

The White House and congressional Republicans have amplified the claims, opening investigations into whether Biden was in control when he made a series of notable clemency decisions at the end of his presidency. In an interview with the New York Times this month, Biden said he orally authorized every pardon and commutation issued during his term and called Republicans who said his staff abused the presidential autopen "liars"…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/01/joe-biden-national-bar-association-awards-speech

 

‘Don’t forget’: mural brings attention to the January 6 rioters pardoned by Trump | Art and design | The Guardian

A giant new mural, titled Wall of Shame, has launched in Brooklyn, New York, to remind people of the alleged crimes committed by more than 1,500 Maga loyalists…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/07/wall-of-shame-january-6-pardons 

 

Durbin Plays Video Questioning Trump's Cognitive Abilities At Judiciary hearing in Biden cover up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0G3cB1vYuq0

 

Trump Pardons Reality TV Stars, RFK Jr. Dials Back COVID Vaccines & JD Vance grifts in Vegas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23x2fQY0WJU

Why fired Justice Dept. pardon attorney says Trump pardons cost $1B - The Washington Post

She arrived at the number by adding up all the money that people who were pardoned allegedly owed in restitution, based on how much they were convicted of stealing. Some pardon recipients had not been sentenced, which means that a judge had not yet ruled on prosecutors' calculations of what they owed back to their victims…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/05/01/liz-oyer-trump-pardons-restitution-1-billion/

Reparations for Jan 6 insurrectionists? Schiff Joins Shadow Hearing to Expose Danger of Trump's Pardons

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BtHtB9_R5g

 

Trump offers a problematic defense of his latest controversial pardon

…pardons are available to perceived political allies with whom Trump sympathizes…

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-offers-problematic-defense-latest-controversial-pardon-rcna198622I

 

Trumpers fully support his decision to pardon insurrectionists — just don’t get into the details

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/drlCf4ZywW0

Clashes over abortion clinic safety intensify after Trump’s pardons: ‘I knew that threats would increase.’ - POLITICO

Democratic lawmakers have introduced bills in Illinois, Michigan, New York and elsewhere to restrict demonstrations outside of clinics, increase criminal penalties for people who harass doctors and patients, or allocate more funds for abortion providers to buy security cameras, bulletproof glass and other protections… 

The moves come in response to President Donald Trump pardoning abortion protesters convicted of federal crimes and reducing enforcement of a decades-old law that prohibits interference with anyone seeking reproductive health services….

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/19/abortion-clinic-safety-trump-pardons-00234319