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US labour watchdog halts Apple cases after group’s lawyer picked for top job

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duxup ◴[04 Apr 25 13:22 UTC] No.43581973[source]▶
It feels like every pick of this administration is just someone who has a motivation for corruption.
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nine_zeros[dead post] ◴[04 Apr 25 13:38 UTC] No.43582200[source]▶
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danaris ◴[04 Apr 25 13:47 UTC] No.43582324[source]▶
I mean, genuinely, the problem here is not that Trump is a convicted criminal. There are many people who are "convicted felons" who are far more ethical, intelligent, and possessed of better leadership qualities than he is. In particular, a) anyone convicted of nonviolent drug offenses should not be considered suspect in anything like the same way, and b) more generally, if you base your determinations of people on what's legal, you put yourself at the mercy of whatever the current government decides is acceptable. This government should make very clear why that is not the best idea in the world.

No; the problem with Trump is the specific types of laws he broke. He broke laws around honesty, fair dealing, obstruction of justice, and, of course, the integrity of elections and our democratic process. He is, very plainly, opposed to democracy and the rule of law, preferring to replace it with cronyism and nepotism.

That's why he's bad for the country, not simply "because he's a convicted criminal."

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1. duxup ◴[04 Apr 25 13:49 UTC] No.43582357[source]▶
I think when people mention Trump and felon and other character issues, rapist, and so on ... it's really a reference to all of them adding up to who he is.

Less so a commentary on his list of problems.

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2. skeeter2020 ◴[04 Apr 25 14:21 UTC] No.43582836[source]▶
I agree. If you could somehow describe him to a 5-yr-old (without psychologically scaring them) they would accurately sum up the zeitgeist as "he's a bad person".