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The fact that they left these packages public on GitHub.. guys you do know you can make things private right? Just shows how dumb these people are honestly


Or they are emboldened in knowing there will be absolutely no consequences.

Go look at the list of pardons this administration has handed out. These guys won’t even be charged.


They were given a blanket pardon dating back to 2014. No crime even listed!


Sounds like another administration I know....


Ah, yes, the "both sides" argument. Yes, the Biden and Trump2 administrations are just the same. Move along...


When it comes to pardons, I actually believe Biden was significantly worse in that regard.


I don't see how you could come to that conclusion. Here are the facts:

Biden:

* Nonviolent Drug Offenders: Biden focused heavily on criminal justice reform, commuting the sentences of nearly 2,500 individuals convicted of nonviolent drug offenses.

* Death Row Inmates: He commuted the sentences of 37 federal death row inmates to life imprisonment without parole.

* Preemptive Pardons: Biden issued preemptive pardons to several individuals, including Dr. Anthony Fauci and retired Gen. Mark Milley, to protect them from potential future prosecutions.

* Hunter Biden: In a controversial move, Biden granted a sweeping pardon to his son, Hunter Biden, covering any offenses between January 1, 2014, and December 1, 2024.

Only the last one is at all controversial. I disagree with it, but it was clearly a protective pardon instigated by rhetoric and actions by Trump.

Trump:

* Political Allies: Trump frequently granted clemency to individuals with personal or political connections, such as Michael Flynn, Roger Stone, and Paul Manafort.

* Capitol Rioters: In a sweeping move, Trump pardoned over 1,500 individuals involved in the January 6 Capitol riot.

* Controversial Figures: He also pardoned individuals like former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich and Michele Fiore, a former Las Vegas City Council member convicted of misusing charity funds.

All 3 categories of Trump's pardons are controversial. 1 vs thousands.


Biden quite literally pardoned his family and cronies of any wrongdoing before leaving office.

Get back to me when you can form your own thoughts and don't need a GPT bot to write your arguments for you.


How is that relevant?


Because the topic of pardons was brought up?

Read through a discussion chain before responding to an individual reply.


I did read through it, i don’t generally just jump to a random point in the comment chain to start reading. The topic of something being brought up doesn’t necessarily mean its the topic being discussed. Keep your personal feelings in check and don’t react so emotionally.


You're missing something if you're tryijg to project feelings of emotion onto my comments based on my previous contribution to this discussion.

If you don't like a certain topic of discussion, you can always move on without being required to state your dissatisfaction.


Or they think what they're doing is righteous and they're proud of it. It isn't - DOGE is responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths through cuts to health programs - but I suspect they are deluding themselves into thinking it is.


> DOGE is responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths through cuts to health programs

That seems like a lot. Source?



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Saying something is false does not magically make it so.


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Data analysis is not a "random prediction". Calling it that does not make it so.


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Go help them then or donate to orgs that do.


I've started donating to TB-aid organizations.

But more than just money is gone. US-led organizations formed logistical backbones of these systems. Wads of cash won't replace the networks of people and things that are able to productively bring TB meds to people who need it.



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Do you have an actual rebuttal to the data?


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Do you have any evidence or analysis of this beyond your comment calling it fake? Do you honestly believe getting rid of disease prevention and treatment for children will not result in a single death? Do you have any evidence it was a "slush fund" and not actually being used for disease prevention and treatment? Do you honestly believe that people upset over children dying are lying, and instead are all upset that they are no longer able to access a supposed "slush fund"?


Not that it matters in this specific case, but on GitHub privated forks aren’t fully private: https://docs.github.com/en/pull-requests/collaborating-with-...


It's git. Just clone and push to a new, private repo (on or off of GitHub) without clicking "fork".


Making a fork of a public repo private involves using the git cli.


Ooh, scary!


What? They reused public packages that have been public for years. One guy made a public fork with some changes. Is that not what open source is intended for?


I think he’s saying that if their intent was to not get caught which you’d assume, they could have made a private repo instead of a public fork tied to a doge account


You misunderstand, open source is bad actually, when the heckin cheeto man is the one doing it.

Just as its only worth complaining about geriatric geezers in office until the cheeto man brings in young hackers, then the problem is that "the old impaired people were good, actually".

Don't observe. Don't think. Merely repeat the approved message.

> The Party told you to ignore the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.




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