Pardons have a set price of $1 million. https://thehill.com/homenews/a...

With one important difference, this reminds me of the 1974 Emergency Highway Energy Conservation Act, which established a national speed limit of 55 MPH. States had to either adopt a state speed limit of 55 MPH, or else lose out on funding, i.e. get punished.

Of course, that was a law enacted by Congress, not an Executive order. I guess, traditionally, they say that for first quarter millennium of America, Congress held the purse strings because some inky piece of paper said they were supposed to, as if Congress could ever handle that much responsibility! Can you imagine?! Anyway, we've decided Fuck That Tradition, let's try something new and put a thieving tool in charge of the purse.

The USA has a similar problem with MAGA. Two sides of the same coin.

Why, is it going somewhere?

Everyone is a "terrorist" if you're a snowflake.

Do you by chance have a gadsden flag on your truck or yard?

* Only applicable to people darker than a latte or from one of those gay woke countries.

The stasi would be proud of this. Perhaps they would be a bit more discrete on the reasoning.

Can't wait for the people who call everyone else snowflakes denying others entry because they called Dear Leader an orange turd a decade ago.

I know a guy who spends 100x that on brownshirts.

Just about every movie today is subject to meddling from the studios and management. There's probably a handful of directors who are immune, Cameron, Speilburg, and Lucas come to mind. Kubrick too in his day.

They asked ABC, CBS, and NBC.

Fox and the other right wing channels would be 100% positive. Guess which network has the vast majority of viewers.

The media is owned by a handful of billionaires. In the past journalists would ask questions and follow up. Today the administration says all manner of crazy shit and not a single peep from any media outlet.

Prime example here. DeSantis says states allow "post birth abortions" and the interviewer carries on as if this is the truth. Anyone with a few morals would have asked for clarification. https://www.yahoo.com/entertai...

Narrator: The price jumped immediately afterward.

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Does this merger in any way benefit consumers?

No.

That should be the only question asked.