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    Mega Thread - Donald Trump Pleads Not Guilty to Conspiring to Defraud the United States in Arraignment - Washington DC

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  • That would be a lot of political capital used for what? Why would Biden help Trump in any way?

    I would think of it less as "what could Trump give Biden" and more of "what could the MAGAs in Congress give Biden." Chances are good that a second-term Biden will need to work with at least one Republican-controlled chamber in Congress, and something like this might be what allows him to do something as simple as pass a budget.

    For better or for worse, Trump is almost literally the second coming of Jesus to a large number of Republicans, and commuting his sentence might be something that provides Biden some leverage that could allow his presidency to function. Again, not saying that's anywhere near an ideal outcome (I'd much rather see Trump rot in prison), but it wasn't an outcome I'd previously considered and one I could see happening.

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  • Chuck Todd mentioned on Meet the Press a few days ago that his pet theory is that Biden will commute Trump's [federal] sentence if Biden gets reelected (obviously, Trump pardons himself if Trump is elected). As much as I would hope that wouldn't be the case (honestly I've been convinced jail time is inevitable for Trump on these charges and this evidence), I think it's pretty plausible this winds up being the conclusion to this whole saga.

  • looking forward to the comments

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  • In that case, yodspeed my dude

  • Lemmy Shitpost @lemmy.world
    Flickertail @lemmy.world

    fird

  • Lemmy Shitpost @lemmy.world
    Flickertail @lemmy.world

    looking forward to the comments

  • How much snoot could a droop snoot droop if a droop snoot could droop snoot?

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  • Lemmy Shitpost @lemmy.world
    Flickertail @lemmy.world

    How much snoot could a droop snoot droop if a droop snoot could droop snoot?

  • Memes @lemmy.ml
    Flickertail @lemmy.world

    lol

  • Lemmy Shitpost @lemmy.world
    Flickertail @lemmy.world

    it's about damn time

  • Lemmy Shitpost @lemmy.world
    Flickertail @lemmy.world

    loss

  • Memes @lemmy.ml
    Flickertail @lemmy.world

    why am I the way I am

  • Opinion - What are your thoughts on password managers? Do you use one? Would you recommend it to others?

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  • I like the simplicity of password-store. It's just a simple wrapper around a text editor, gpg, and git that allows you to make an encrypted, version controlled password repository that you can sync between devices using GitHub/Gitlab/etc. It also doesn't lock you in to any app since the passwords are just stored in gpg-encrypted files.

  • Dear Red Hat: Are you dumb?

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  • *sigh* Do I have to go abandon Fedora now too? I really hope they don't pull a CentOS on that one

  • Redditors, how do you like Lemmy?

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  • A year ago, I viewed the Fediverse as an unnecessary, complicated framework created by a handful of well-intentioned individuals as a solution to a problem that wasn't really there.

    Today, I view it as a necessity.

    This past year has been a hard lesson for me to stop placing trust in massive, centralized web services like Twitter and Reddit and to start federating more of my online activity. There's going to be growing pains, but Lemmy has been pretty good so far and it's definitely going to be worth it in the end.

  • Reddit experimenting with blocking mobile browsers

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  • Between this and Twitter, I feel like "enshittification" is really the word of the past year. It's incredible to watch these massive social networks completely turn on their users in the name of profit.