The Presidency of the Joes: more like INFRASTRUCTURE WEAK

[Trolly]

JFC, if we’re using the opioid epidemic as a pretext for the War On Drugs, can we fucking lock up the Sacklers?

[Riverman]

Lol no, duh. In fact, you can’t even sue them.

Judge Blocks Lawsuits Against Sackler Family As OxyContin Bankruptcy Talks...

As of right now, it looks like they will get to keep about $10 billion and be immune from any future accountability.

[MysteryConman]

The Sacklers basically getting immunity reminds me of Chris Rock’s bit, just change out Philiip Morris for Purdue Pharma.

Alcohol: Tastes great, I love it, you love it, we all love it. Kills motherfuckers every single day…Cigarette’s the most dangerous product known to man. Kills motherfuckers every single day. Cigarette’s so dangerous it kills motherfuckers that don’t smoke. That’s how dangerous cigarettes are…People talking out of their necks into a fucking machine like, “Hey, what’s up, man, I love cigarettes, this shit is cool.” But it’s alright ’cause it’s all white. Shit, could you imagine if the Philip Morris family was a bunch of jheri-curled niggas from Mississippi? Do you know how illegal a pack of cigarettes would be? You would get sixty years just for a pack of Newports. -Chris Rock

[superuberbob]

Honestly, I think the paragraph before that is even more insightful

Now, when it comes to acquiring a fortune, when it comes to acquiring wealth in the United States of America, different people have gone about it in different ways. There’s a saying about wealth, there’s a saying about fortunes, and the saying is, “Behind every great fortune there’s a great crime.” And some of the richest, most powerful people in the United States are the descendants of drug dealers . Kennedys, Brockmans, it’s all drug money. They call it bootlegging but that’s just a white word that means drug dealing. They didn’t sell boots, they sold the crack of their day, OK? They killed cops and kids, and that’s cool, good for them. Now… when it’s time for other people to come up and acquire wealth the rules change. One of the number one rules when it comes to acquiring wealth goes like this. The rule is, only the white man can profit from pain . Only the white man can profit from pain. So if you’re black or brown, you can make money and prosper and get rich in America. But whatever you decide to do, it better be positive. Cos if one person is harmed, you will be destroyed, OK? Every now and then Oprah has a show where she’s just giving away money. You know why? She’s trying to keep the Feds off her back.

[jmakin]

I have said and still believe that there’s a very real chance that last year’s election was compromised and mail in voting saved us from some bad outcomes.

[MysteryConman]

For sure. I’m glad you found the extra context.

[Basic]

@superuberbob

Behind every great fortune there’s a great crime

[PaulMcSwizzle]

There is 0% chance it gets struck down in its entirety.

[StimAbuser]

Also won’t it take time for it to reach the supreme court? Giving us time to win elections and possible get enough senators to pack the courts if they try any bullshit.

[i2i]

https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1375448566865485833?s=21m

[mosdef]

Does anyone know how that works? It’s kind of hard to track how far everyone is driving, except on tolled interstates where I guess you could just add a pollution tax onto the toll.

[JackBando]

Wine Cave Pete at it again

[Riverman]

Oh good a technocratic shitlib policy that will hammer the working poor, what a great fucking idea Peter

[FuncrusherPlus]

I wonder what the odds would be on a jury finding someone guilty if they murdered a Sackler?

I’m guessing fairly low. Everyone knows someone caught up in that trap.

[DrChesspain]

Seems like just tinkering with the Federal Gas tax would be easier and equally “fair,” if the goal is to make drivers pay for the improvements.

[NotBruceZ]

If you were on a jury for the trial of someone who murdered a Sackler, would you vote to convict?

• Yes
• No
• Maybe
• Don’t Know

[WichitaDM]

That Pete thing is a perfect example of a major problem of most Dem politicians. They don’t have a firm grasp of reality for everyday Americans because they have basically never lived that life. It would be like me trying to set policy for inner city housing projects or something. I would be flying blind. It’s also one reason I think AOC is as good as she is. She lived her life as a normal person prior to politics. She has friends who are normal people she can empathize with.

Meanwhile Pete is living this lifestyle in the tail end of his formative years:

[pyatnitski]

That was more-or-less the policy that set off the gilets jaunes (yellow vests) protests here in France. So I’m sure it will go down a treat.

(Was a tax on petrol, so effectively increased with each mile driven.)

[TrueNorth32]

Except that EVs are going to eventually drive down gas tax revenue bigly.

[StimAbuser]

My initial take that Biden was the absolute worst candidate might have been wrong.