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In reply to the discussion: A Demented, Corrupt President Just Tried To Turn The Country Into A Fascist Dictatorship By... [View all]Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)42. Meanwhile, CRYSTAL MASON is facing FIVE YEARS in prison
for casting a provisional ballot in 2016, that she was informed by federal officials that she could make.
But unlike Felicity, Ms. Mason is not wealthy or a celebrity or white.
FIVE YEARS IN JAIL FOR CASTING A VOTE. Think about that the next time some candidate talks about justice and prison reform being essential.
Rapists, drug dealers and wife-beaters serve less time. And white high school boys who sexually-assault young women get breaks from white judges because they are "good boys" from "good families" and are graduating to go to "good schools."
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A Demented, Corrupt President Just Tried To Turn The Country Into A Fascist Dictatorship By... [View all]
TrollBuster9090
Sep 2019
OP
"We're officially a Putin-style dictatorship, with a democratic facade."...No we are not!
Perseus
Sep 2019
#12
I had changed the word 'dictatorship' to kleptocracy by the time you commented, but the key word
TrollBuster9090
Sep 2019
#14
I read it too. McCabe is a patriotic, dedicated servant to the FBI and to this country.
no_hypocrisy
Sep 2019
#54
McCabe's conduct was referred to the DOJ for prosecution by the FBI Inspector General.
former9thward
Sep 2019
#38
In a 24/7 news cycle, there's plenty of time for both Celebrity Sentencing and real news . . .
MrModerate
Sep 2019
#51
About every third movie I see or book I read the evil mastermind is Russian. It's been that
brewens
Sep 2019
#52
I share your outrage. Infotainment has normalized so much, I wonder if we will survive this.
Evolve Dammit
Sep 2019
#62