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highplainsdem

(62,444 posts)
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 04:56 PM 5 hrs ago

Ossoff: Trump apparently promised pardons for entire WH staff, which is what you do when you run it like a casino

Ossoff: "Trump apparently promised pardons for entire WH staff, which is what you do when you run it like a casino. Maybe the West Wing is too busy placing bets on the war to care, but American are getting hurt...in Trump’s America the well-connected get stock tips & everybody else makes sacrifices"

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-04-12T19:55:54.921Z
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Ossoff: Trump apparently promised pardons for entire WH staff, which is what you do when you run it like a casino (Original Post) highplainsdem 5 hrs ago OP
A casino that got the largest fine in US history. Blue Full Moon 5 hrs ago #1
"...which is what you do when you run it like a casino." J_William_Ryan 5 hrs ago #2
ty & Sen Jon Ossoff! Cha 4 hrs ago #3

Blue Full Moon

(3,528 posts)
1. A casino that got the largest fine in US history.
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 05:00 PM
5 hrs ago

106 counts of money laundering to Russians using slot machines. Jim Baker used it as an example for voting fraud being done by insiders.

J_William_Ryan

(3,508 posts)
2. "...which is what you do when you run it like a casino."
Sun Apr 12, 2026, 05:34 PM
5 hrs ago

Which is what you do when you run it like an organized crime boss.

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