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  "Visit TrumpRx.gov"

Holy crap, the grift never ends! Is he even allowed to do that, use a .gov address to peddle dodgy meds?

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"He can't do that" means nothing when the law is never enforced.

Hatch Act won't be enforced until the next administration and next DOJ.

At least. I'm not hopeful.

> Hatch Act won't be enforced until the next administration and next DOJ.

How did that last administration's dwelling on persecuting the one before it turn out?

While I don't like the current one and certainly agree that some of its actions are totally unethical, once it's over can we just move on and look forward, not back?

This sounds like something criminals would say / want.

How do we move forward?

Prosecuting criminals.

That'll only work here if there are reforms to the pardon power while we're at it. Any convictions a Democratic administration manages to obtain will be pardoned the next time a Republican gets in.

That Jan 6th participants were almost uniformly let off the hook is a stain that will continue to haunt us until pardon power is finally reigned in.

Agreed

More than prosecution we need politicians elected who are willing to reform. Even if those reforms reduce their power as well

Both is fine.

Prosecute, and get rid of the loopholes that made it necessary to do so.

"Justice must be seen to be done."

Without consequences for illegal behaviour, there's no incentive for bad actors to not continue acting bad. This, in no small part, explains why we are where we are today - a misplaced attempt to 'move forward' by ignoring illegal actions.

Without holding those who do wrong to account, positive movement will always be dogged or straight-up negated by those who do wrong without facing justice.

> How did that last administration's dwelling on persecuting the one before it turn out?

They were way too slow about it.

I hope the next one is faster.

The only possible way this country has a future is if crime is actually punished. If the members of this current administration who committed criminal acts do not actually suffer the consequences then what is to stop the next one?

Has the Hatch Act ever been enforced? Every administration in the last 20+ years have had people violate it but as far as I can tell nobody has been found guilty.

What do you mean by dodgy meds? These are just the normal meds you can get at any pharmacy. They also aren't even peddling them. They just link to pharmacies or provide discount codes.

what are the dodgy meds? it provides a discount at the pharmacy if you pay cash and skip insurance. are you from here?

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