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Fun facts!

85% of people arrested with fentanyl at the border as U.S. citizens.

The vast majority of people arrested here for trafficking children are U.S. citizens (and children are over 3x more likely to be trafficked by an acquaintance or relative than they are a random kidnapper).

"Illegal aliens" commit less crime than natural born U.S. citizens.

Violent immigrants, perverted trans people, and incompetent DEI hires are all moral panics. You hear so much about them because the Republican party has nothing to offer that will make your life safer or easier.

Did this stupid mother fucker really refer to the Prime Minister of Canada as "governor"? Can't tell if pushing the 51st state bullshit or he's just that fucking dumb!

..pardoned..Ross Ulbricht..

Good. He should have been free the whole time.

https://reason.com/2018/07/25/ross-ulbrichts-murder-for-hire-charges-d/

I love that out minister Joly flat out told CNN, and I'm paraphrasing, "if we are being honest America is a net exporter of immigrants and drugs to Canada. Don't lie and say this is about drugs or immigrants it isn't. It's about destroying the Canadian economy so you can annex us for everything that makes us one of the most desired countries in the world to live."

Seriously fuck America

Pardoning Ulbricht is the incredibly thin silver lining of Trump's presidency. These drug war advocates talk like they really believe this problem can be solved with criminal justice, meanwhile they defund harm reduction education and make healthcare inaccessible. It's diabolical.

It's always been nothing but smoke and mirrors with Trump

The thing he cares about is making you think he cares

The grift is always his focus

my assumption is that he wants a guy like that to assist in the operations of a new american run private cartel network, after they have ousted mexican cartels who cant be reasoned with to give up their profits to the US Oligarchs and private contract groups. they get a chance to install their own american run mexican cartel in mexico, and take over their drug trade for private funding operations. it would explain the 3000 troops they sent to the southern boarder, among other "official" reason.

this guy will help them with connecting with private sellers, to private clients, and logistics. im also assuming that this "new silk road" will be heavily monitored under the guise of decentralization and privacy, for use in things like blackmail, and coercion of users. or simply to attack other drug trade networks by undermining their image and pricing.

but what do i know? im just some guy in a bathtub.

Didn't he also pay to have someone assassinated?

Edit - yep.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/silk-road-drug-vendor-who-claimed-commit-murders-hire-silk-road-founder-ross-ulbricht

If any of these worthless politicians actually gave a shit about drug abuse, they would end prohibition and offer basic social services.

Never gonna happen regardless of the politician's brand.

I also want to point out that when whites are addicts, they go after the dealers. When blacks are addicted, they go after the users

Worse; you could buy people from the silk road. Wives, children, ~~nanny's~~ slaves... Along with military equipment, drugs ofc, stolen goods, and pretty much anything illegal that has a buyer.

Had a friend that liked buying drugs there, and would send me screenshots of some of the insane ads he found. He was pissed when it got shut down, and moved to a market called 'Agora'.

Broke off that friendship quite a while ago and haven't heard about it since. Not really my scene...

Ross Ulbricht's release was a deal with the Libertarians for their endorsement. Silk Road did not offer weapons and he did not hire a criminal to murder anyone. The FBI staged the whole thing. They forced his old roommate to pose as a murder victim. He later appoligized. A pretty messy affair and Ulbricht's release is justified. Even though Trump only did it to gain Libertarian votes.

To be clear, he doesn't care about illegals either, except as a talking point to get Murcans fired up.

https://www.newsweek.com/immigrant-deportations-removals-trump-biden-obama-compared-chart-2026835

As much as I hate Trump, I don't think this is the "gotcha" it is being portraied as by this tweet. Silk Road was one of the best things to happen for the "safer use" movement of all time. The ability to not have to deal with shady street dealers and order from darknet suppliers on a platform that had legitimate reviews and an escrow system was a huge improvement to the safety of drugs users. It meant a much lower risk of contaminated drugs or getting scammed out of your money.

Of course Ross allegedly also attempted to hire a hitman, which is how he got caught, cause the hitman was an undercover agent, so he allegedly is not a good guy regardless of how you think about him helping people get access to cleaner drugs, but that's besides the point the author of the tweet is trying to make

Pardoning him was however a good thing, given price gouging regarding medications