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[–] saymuskonemoretime@lemmy.kya.moe 10 points 17 hours ago

Wow that brings me joy. Silkroad is where I bought my first drugs

[–] AlDente@sh.itjust.works 31 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This was one of the biggest requests of the Libertarian Party and Trump followed through with it. Could you imagine the Democratic Party agreeing to any demand from the Green Party in an attempt to get votes?

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 day ago

I can imagine them agreeing to all sorts of things!

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago

Didn't Donald the Jester say something about fighting crime before the election? And then he drops thousands of hard criminals back on the street?

[–] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 29 points 1 day ago (1 children)

He referred to the prosecutors as scum and said they were the ones who were persecuting him like it was some purely political shit when he is an incredibly prolific fraudsters, rapist, and traitor. He should have been arrested during the Jan 6th insurrection and never allowed free again.

His reasoning was that Ross was a libertarian and this is to honor the libertarian movement that supported him... dude! He labeled the fucking drug cartels terrorist organizations and Ross enabled so much drug trafficking it isn't funny. How the fuck do people not see through that?

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Here's my convoluted conspiracy theory for how this makes sense.

  • Trump launches Trump Coin

  • Trump pardons crypto drug dealer, but not paper drug dealers

  • Crypto market booms

  • Trump sells coin to whichever idiots he hasn't scammed yet

[–] VerifiedSource@sh.itjust.works 4 points 18 hours ago

I also think this is some crypto bro shenanigans. Ulbricht might even have billions in Bitcoin stashed away somewhere for a juicy payback.

[–] AngryRobot@lemmy.world 1 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

That cryptoscan was to allow untraceable bribes from enemy nations.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 15 hours ago

You can already do that with any cryptocurrency using a mixer. And some of them already have strong privacy built in or available as add-ons.

[–] SilentStorms@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Trump is a demon, but this was a good call. His sentence was wildly disproportionate to what he did.

[–] MothmanDelorian@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (9 children)

Didn’t he try to hire a hitman?

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[–] xor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 day ago

even a broken clock is right twice a day…

this was probably timed to distract from the whole, nazi salute controversy.

[–] lzfm@lemmus.org 20 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

He will have him executed.

[–] Dkarma@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Lol explain the logic here... Russian asset gonna execute another Russian asset cuZ?

[–] VerifiedSource@sh.itjust.works 2 points 18 hours ago

Asset doesn’t mean Russia has full power over them, only that they’re acting to their advantage

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[–] HappySkullsplitter@lemmy.world 116 points 2 days ago (3 children)

"The scum that worked to convict him were some of the same lunatics who were involved in the modern day weaponization of government against me."

He called Ulbricht's prison sentence "ridiculous."

I clearly recall Trump being president from 2016-2020, Ulbricht was sentenced to life without parole in 2015.

If it was so ridiculous, why didn't he pardon him on his first term? What changed to make it such an immediate priority now?

[–] Podunk@lemmy.world 74 points 2 days ago

Because he needed the libertarian vote this time in order to win. Its a very cheap promise that guarantees votes and doesnt alienate anyone that doesnt care. Honestly, the fact that he followed through suprises me.

"But why didnt he need the libertarian vote in 16?"

Because he never intended to win the first time. The first run was a fluke. He wanted to play victim and run the media circuit for profit.

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 43 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Back then he thought Bitcoin was bad and a scam. This time someone showed him how to make money by creating a scam coin and doing a pump and dump, so now he's pro Bitcoin. So pro he'll get rid of all regulation so pump and dump scams are completely legal.

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[–] breakfastmtn@lemmy.ca 133 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Trump said he had called Ulbricht’s mother to tell her he would pardon her son “in honor of her and the Libertarian Movement, which supported me so strongly”.

Wildy transactional.

So... does "full and unconditional" mean he's also pardoned for the murders-for-hire? Or just for being a drug lord and America's Next Top Website Boy?

[–] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 56 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I'm actually kind of impressed he kept his word. That's unexpected

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[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 22 points 1 day ago

He was never convicted on murders for hire, charges were dropped

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[–] joel1974@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

Drug cartels are cheering.

[–] LittleBorat3@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (3 children)

OMG Trump did a positive thing 🤯, maybe by mistake

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[–] stevedice@sh.itjust.works 42 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I remember this guy being a fucking idiot that paid for several fake assassinations of fake rivals. It was pretty funny.

[–] owl@infosec.pub 43 points 1 day ago (7 children)

It is funny in hindsight, knowing the assassinations were a scam. But he thought they were real, he talked in great detail about them and payed for them. This is missing from the article, I believe it was part of his indictment.

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[–] BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca 69 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Tough on drugs... For people who aren't white

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[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago

Oh... He's not even the real Dread Pirate Roberts!

[–] nomy@lemmy.zip 61 points 2 days ago (10 children)

Wow, holy fuck, I never thought it'd happen. Even a broken clock is right twice a day I guess.

This dude is about to have a very lucrative career.

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[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

This is a win for drug cartels

[–] twistypencil@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I didn't even notice that this happened:

Today, President Biden granted Leonard Peltier executive clemency and commuted the remainder of his sentence.

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 11 points 1 day ago

commuted the remainder of his sentence.

Commuted it to home fucking arrest, not even full clemancy.

[–] Rhoeri@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago (40 children)

It’s so easy to see who bough his bitcoin “scam” now, isn’t it?

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