Biden STUNS ALL With Last Minute Policy | The Kyle Kulinski Show

[@kacee3352]

If the legal system was honest about cracking down on corruption, at least 2/3 of Congress members would already be indicted.😡😡😡

[@alabamaflip2053]

I think you are being very kind with your fraction.

[@LonneLou]

For sure or at least 70%.

[@orlandoguitarist]

I would add at least 3/4 of law enforcement agencies and judges!

[@romasimpson3064]

And who destroyed the justice system especially the supreme court’s it that orange buffoon who started this because he is a gangster and did not want to pay for his crimes and still does not and it is people like you who helped him

[@LontEnCaras]

@@LonneLou probably even more like 90%

[@Someonewhoprobablyexists]

My whole opinion has pretty much always been that the US legal system is FAR too corrupt and incompetent to be given power over life and death. A system where your punishment for a crime is more often than not inversly correlated with your net worth is not a system worth trusting.

[@ogre706]

Precisely. There's also a whiff of hypocrisy for a state with as much blood on it's hands as the U.S., to be 'punishing' someone with death. How much death and destruction of innocents is this country responsible for, directly and indirectly? And now it's going to punish others for heinous crimes? Laughable.

[@TheErikaShow]

🎯 Period. The end.

[@jamesjones-s8w]

Well said.

[@MisterZimbabwe]

That's incredibly poignant. Not something I'm used to seeing in the KZbin comments section!

[@LynetteA68]

TOTALLY AGREE!!!

[@realandsurreal]

He should have ordered the DOJ to eliminate the policy of not prosecuting sitting presidents. If anything, the president should be held to a higher standard than anyone else.

[@shirleypryor5092]

Yes!

[@geraldinesmith4307]

Absolutely

[@FirstaccountGotcensored]

Only after they charge biden with all the crimes he actually committed.

[@FirstaccountGotcensored]

So they can go after their political opposition again? Terrible idea

[@victorbernard1256]

@@realandsurreal so we can have perpetual lawfare? Each side prosecuting the opposition. Can you say Banana Republic and not the the cloths store.

[@WileyChicken]

I am 57 and on Social Security disability and I’m living with my parents. If not for them, I don’t know what I would do. I would be homeless. And the kicker is that I get just enough to not qualify for food stamps or prescription help. It’s crazy what they think people can live on

[@secretsquirrel16m]

I am 73 and a retired veteran. My health care is really good. My income is decent. Having these advantages is good, but the same advantages should be for everyone. I wish you well. As hard as progressives like Bernie Sanders try to improve things, So called centrist Democrats along with republicans block efforts to help the poor.

[@lisae6725]

53 and very similar situation. I also “make too much for SNAP. I get nothing but my SS and Medicare Advantage.

[@Anna-b8e1t]

Many of us are on disability I really can not work. But trump has given president Elon permission to steal our SS, SSDI, veterans healthcare insurance Medicare Medicaid foodstamps.

[@michaeld4861]

Right, the federal poverty line is like $14k/year. It's insane.

[@Think-dont-believe]

Yes so glad DT got in office. Now ss won’t be taxed. Tips not taxed. No cash apps reporting over 300 to IRS. Cc interest rate capped at 10%. Write off Auto loan interest. Offering free online college

[@The_Way_Out77]

*Bernie Sanders on economic inequality* 1. On Wealth Distribution: "A nation will not survive morally or economically when so few have so much, while so many have so little." 2. On Political Power: "Are we prepared to take on the enormous political power of the billionaire class or do we continue to slide into economic and political oligarchy?" 3. On Middle-Class Struggles: "For 40 years, the American middle class has been disappearing. Millions of people are working longer hours for lower wages despite a huge increase in technology and productivity." 4. On Corporate Greed: "In the United States today we have the most unequal wealth and income distribution of any major country on earth -- worse than at any time since the 1920s." 5. On Collective Action: "Let us wage a moral and political war against the gross wealth and income inequality... let us understand that when we stand together, we will always win." 6. On Economic Justice: "This is what income inequality means in America, and why the gap between the very rich and everyone else is growing wider." 7. On Systemic Change: "Now is the time to alter our government... to create a government which represents all Americans and not just the 1%." 8. On Corporate Influence: "The billionaire class fully understands what is at stake... How could anybody defend the top 400 richest people in this country owning more wealth than the bottom half of America?"

[@ny3683syr]

Like a fool, I often argue with righties regarding the issues you itemized. They don't believe these problems exist. I kid you not. I am old, and lived through the post WWII decades before Trickle Down Economics took over our nation. IMO, I experienced life when economic conditions allowed many people the opportunity to get ahead, instead of only a few. In my youth, homelessness meant a few single guys who rode the rails and camped out near the train tracks. It didn't mean 770,000 people disabled with physical and mental illness and vets with PTSD, or families and working people who were priced out of their housing.

[@0-0-0-2]

Republicans don’t know how to read more than 1 paragraph

[@sparkyman8249]

the absolute sad part is most Americans are stupid when voting .... they don't vote in their best interests, they don't do ANY research info on topics to be voted on and they rely on what "feels" right

[@NickElls-nj3wz]

And yet America rejected Bernie. WTF??? And look what you get in return.

[@dianegreen1937]

Ain't gonna happen, too ignorant, racist, greedy and uncaring. It's been terrible for the poor for generations and none cared, now that most are impacted now, we have a problem! 🙄 🤷🏾‍♀️

[@alliet.7582]

We have 700,000+ unhoused, and over 10 MILLION empty houses. There are three brand new apartment buildings in my neighborhood. I only see lights on in about half of the units. The problem isn't a lack of housing; its a lack of AFFORDABLE housing. We need federal rent protection that legislates how much rent can be based on the average income for the neighborhood.

[@ComplicityMedia]

This is an income issue. Minimum wage must be abolished it is illegal. The American people need a qualifying direct cash income to be responsible citizens who can pay for and manage the inflated and ever increasing cost of living.The Homestead Act and the Oklahoma land rush shows Americans are entitled to land business home & property ownership title.We are done with homelessness and acting like you must qualify to be housed or playing head games like passing off the tiered shelter system as legitimate housing.

[@brettwary2431]

It’s NEVER just one thing. It’s a combination of issues surrounding legislators purchased by dark money from our greedy corporations. It’s the stripping down of the rehabilitation part of the social services funding throughout the 80’s. It’s the breakdown of our entire education system due to poor legislation around funding and oversight. It’s the breakdown of morality due to soaking developing brains in social media and internet porn. It’s due to the fraud and greed in the housing industry. It’s due to the limited market for building materials because the Reagan/Bush admins systematically stacked the courts and then instructed the DOJ to stop prosecuting the predatory pricing and anti-trust laws to break up all of these big box monopolies we have setting prices now on all building materials. At the same time, legislation and corruption systematically weakened the unions and their ability for collective bargaining for higher wages. Biden and Harris were fighting all of this and that’s why the billionaires threw all their money behind Trump. He is the problem and so is DOGE and we need to start laying out these timelines and connecting the dots for people instead of focusing on these single item issues that they all hope we will stay outraged about long enough to keep Trump or elect the next billionaire that is able to maintain the propaganda and merchandising machine he and FOX and Musk created. They built a brand “MAGA” to attract the same voters they intend to hold down with low wages and high profit pricing. Start putting this out more simply at a 5th grade level (where the majority of our population ends up with their ability to read and reason) and you may see more burning their flags, hats, and t-shirts to vote for the legislators who are working to improve the poverty gap and improve our education system.

[@itsjustme7487]

​@ComplicityMedia I can see using minimum wage for teens who are working part-time during school breaks and summers if they aren't getting health care from their employers. But it should be at least $15 dollars.

[@victorbernard1256]

@ Shouldn’t teens be getting insurance from their parents. According to Obama care they get that until 26.

[@Wordlesschaos]

@@victorbernard1256Not all teens have living or present parents.

[@AldenRogers]

How about the “policy” of not ignoring the constitution and its plain, clear, direct wording of trump’s constitutional disqualification…

[@bobbii]

Gotta get a SCOTUS that isn't bought and paid for

[@UTubeHandlesSuck]

First we'd have to use asset forfeiture to seize Clarence Thomas back from Harlan Crow.

[@lapnhan2041]

Your secular talker love Trump

[@Simsim3e]

Exactly, DT isn't afraid to do anything now. He's not going to obey the Constitution.

[@annettehunter9743]

Exactly what I ask. Biden never mentions 14thA sec 3 but he is delighted to announce he will attend the inauguration?? Happily hand your country over to a malignant narcissist why don't you?

[@eric2500]

President Biden is welcome to stun me every day until he leaves office. Happy New Year, Krystal, Kyle and Everybody.

[@NotoriousLightning]

I got stung by a sweet honeybee.

[@dandotvid]

Let's be honest here, he's no longer in charge. That's why these actions seem shocking.

[@jastawa]

don't hold your breath

[@smungul1]

@@dandotvid so you think President Musk is in charge Moran.

[@victorbernard1256]

@@dandotvid I don’t think he was ever in charge. He’s a puppet

[@intellectually_lazy]

so many family members of the victims of shocking, horrendous crimes have still fought the death penalty

[@anthonywalkling8365]

Yeah. Because some people have a moral problem with someone being killed essentially in their name. Justice should not be about vengeance. It should be about compensating the victims and their family (as much as that's possible)

[@iansanchez966]

Hey Kyle, glad you finally talked about the Biden commutations. Solid move, it's a good thing he did it

[@eamonnfanton2165]

As an Irishman I am totally against capital punishment. Mostly because of the reasons Kyle gave, there been so many innocent Irishmen convicted of crimes in both Ireland and the UK that we later found out were convicted because the 'authorities' had to convict someone to show the public they were on top of terrorism and other crimes. We later found out that there was absolutely no evidence and what evidence was presented was false evidence created by the police and courts to gain a conviction. But I am also against capital punishment in general and thankfully it does not exist in Ireland. Many that have murdered are themselves victims of mental illness often exacerbated by the total lack of care by the very state that now wishes to execute them. Others have been released onto the street because the prison were full without the previous orders of the court being carried out (drug rehabilitation, metal issues not being addressed etc). How many of those in death row are there because previously the state let them down or did not address their issues when previously being made aware they had serious issue prior to the offence being committed. Does the State not share some of the responsibility in these cases? Without doubt there are murderers that have no excuse for their actions, their greed, their domestic abuse, their religious bigotry or their sheer hatred of one specific section of the population (homosexuals, etc) but still legal murder resolves nothing, Give them a full life sentence without parole would still be my preference. I find it strange that if I was to murder someone in the street it is somehow different to the state then murdering me because they claim it is not murder but execution. All it takes is for some laws to be changed and suddenly anyone who opposes a right wing or government with extremist views for ordinary people to suddenly be facing death sentences. People will say that will never happen, but history show that it has happened in many countries and repeatedly through the years. If there was no death sentence in the first place you make scenarios like this impossible, but with a death sentence although very unlikely they become possible.

[@DebriannaMansini]

Agree absolutely

[@jmurphy2404]

We the people should never give to our government the power to kill us. Never.

[@CF-3300]

I know right. What kind of monster would kill an innocent child rapist?

[@danpowell3953]

@@CF-3300If they are innocent, then yes, they should not be killed (or punished).

[@DaddyWarlocks]

​@@CF-3300those kinds of criminals make it hard to take a consistent stance but it's not impossible. If murder is wrong, then it's wrong for everyone. If we don't have a state sponsored child rapist, we shouldn't have a state sponsored murderer. If a crime is bad, we shouldn't allow it in certain situations. It should be not allowed, full stop.

[@janestarr4403]

Thank you for explaining the difference between a pardon and commuting a sentence. Life without parole is not a get out of free card.

[@bahamaroot]

Like Trump handed out by the dozens and will again.

[@SusanButler365]

We got rid of the death penalty in Australia. The last state to ban it did so in 1985. In 2010 the federal government passed an Act that prevents any State from bringing it back. I’m old enough to remember the last execution in 1967. Knowing that innocent people in the US - and probably here too - have been murdered by their government is why I am totally against it. And knowing that the legal system is stacked against certain groups.

[@ShadsonTexasRap]

Innocent people die from homelessness as well. If Australia treats convicted murderers better than innocent homeless people, then that makes no sense whatsoever. If you can justify free living expenses for murderers, then you can justify it for anybody (a universal from each according to their ability, to each according to their need, aka socialism). I think Australia made the bad move.

[@vincesmith2499]

Being against the death penalty is a totally sissy viewpoint.

[@johnmanpls5577]

@@ShadsonTexasRap”bad things still happen therefore we shouldn’t make other bad thing happen” 🤡

[@johnmanpls5577]

@@ShadsonTexasRapit’s the state that dictates what is a crime - they could criminalise the most harmless actions and then determine the punishment. If death penalty was back in Australia you’d have every other government calling for the death penalty on people that ‘deserve it’ and don’t deserve it.

[@lovesgucci1]

I’m a big proponent of the death penalty but there needs to be changes. For one, if the prosecution has strong evidence to convict, they shouldn’t need to dangle a plea deal for a life sentence. Plea deals in death penalty cases should be abolished because there’s a strong chance that false statements will be used & the real perpetrators will get life & the accomplice that wasn’t the aggressor gets the 💉. Also, DR convictions that were prior to modern DNA testings should get a chance at a retrial or resentencing, unless other evidence was just as strong (ie: video of the crime.) You should really look at the specific monsters that Biden commuted on federal DR & you’ll understand the anger of the victims’ families ‘ the public. I would’ve been totally fine if he commuted a handful after he evaluated certain cases, even if I disagreed, but his handlers just commuted all but the infamous cases. Look into the Kaboni Savage‘s case, it was a local story (Philadelphia) but Biden thought he was a better man than the Boston monster?

[@toniweston4330]

Take it from a person who worked with the homeless. Never volunteer to a social worker that you couch surfed for even one night. If you spend A night in doors it changes your status and effects money that's available. Don't give up all your secrets. Silence can be very calming. It can help all involved the chance to think & focus.

[@dancingdragon3]

This should surprise me but it doesn’t. Every way we do things here is backasswards.

[@suetrublu]

I second this as a former mental health wonk.

[@schoolingdiana9086]

Don’t tell them you’re showering at a friend’s, either, and make sure you show up to any appointment/meeting needing a shower. They think if you’re meticulous in your personal hygiene that you can’t be homeless. I was MORE meticulous when I was homeless than when housed, because I was out in dirtier environments, but they don’t see it that way.

[@robcraigmyle3892]

An institutional culture of humiliation.

[@nancychandler367]

What a great collaboration for Democracy. MTN and Secular Talk. Keep speaking Truth. 🇺🇸

[@aerialmistress3623]

And TMR

[@Talon58]

Happy New Year America 🥂, Let's hope in this new year, people decide to take care of each other, instead of always wanting to berated one another. Good luck to all America.

[@themtbrowns]

Let's be honest, Trump probably doesn't know the difference between a pardon and commutation.

[@JOBdOut]

Trump doesnt know the difference between his ass and a hole in the ground

[@AuntieMamies]

I thought that when I saw what he said about it. Like, he probably doesn't even know that he's lying

[@HarryNicNicholas]

he probably needs an advisor to change his diaper.

[@Alfador42]

This

[@MikaLoka-df8pn]

i agree but can u be honest and admit Biden also didnt even read what he signed?

[@charliecampbell197]

I am not a Christian but my natural human morality agrees with the commandment “thou shalt not kill”.

[@DaisyRoman-jk6hz]

Thank you for reporting the truth. Wishing you a prosperous New year.

[@Shadowjester1985]

He's not a reporter, he's a commentator

[@smlorrin]

My position on the death penalty has always been exactly the same as yours. I can't stand the thought of innocent people being put to death. I also don't like the fact that it's not equally applied; certain groups of people seem much more likely to get the death penalty vs. life in prison without the possibility of parole..

[@barbaracarpenter1260]

The American way.

[@bernicearaujo3922]

I agree!

[@joelnathan7184]

Arkansas has death penalty sentences , but 7 videos from different angles, testimonials of dozens of citizens, 2 State Troopers ,2 Deputes, and 3 city police isn't enough evidence to convince jurors to hand it down.

[@AegixDrakan]

Yup, same. If you can't do it without getting innocent people, you can't do it at all.

[@john.premose]

I find the act itself to be barbaric, no matter how it's administered, it's still with the intention to kill and you can't get around that.

[@buddhacook1087]

I heard a child say one day, after someone was put to death for killing a person. The child's response was ...... "When are the people who killed that man going to be killed for killing him?" I was at a loss for words & thought "out of the mouths of children, such simplicity." Who's going to kill the person who killed a person for killing a person. I no longer believe in the death penalty because of this very question. A passing Aussie

[@delos2279]

This is why intent matters so much in the legal system, and ethical considerations in general. Otherwise the same eye-for-an-eye logic could be applied to any violence including accidents and self defense. Enforcement of laws, which an anarchist (or child) might call 'state violence against the individual' are on the other hand, collective self defense of the society and hopefully created and determined by that society (democracy). On that note we have to ask what is the intent behind life in prison vs capital punishment. To me it can be justified in principle in extreme cases, but I don't trust the state to have that power. Particularly in a country where authoritarian-minded administrations could easily abuse it for purely cynical purposes.

[@Richard-d1y]

What? You needed a child to say this?

[@botanicalitus4194]

I dont believe in it either but this logic is really goofy and not profound at all. Its not hard to answer that question: "Well, the person who was put to death hurt innocent people and is thus a danger to society, and its also unfair for them to continue living when they took that away from someone else who had not hurt anyone. Therefor, the people who are responsible for putting the guy down wont be put down, because they are only delivering justice and not taking an innocent life" There are plenty of valid reasons to oppose capitalpunishment, lets not use fake-deep moral arguments. There is a reason that sentence came out of the mouth of a kid and not an adult

[@absolstoryoffiction6615]

Oh, so keep the Devil?... Interesting.

@@botanicalitus4194 now imagine that exact thinking is made by ISIS, Saudi Arabia, China, North Korea, the Mexican cartels, ... Who draws the line between innocent and guilty is VERY important.

[@frostfree7]

I have always been against the death penalty because of either mistakes or blatant planting of evidence.

[@jl8410]

The documentary “The Thin Blue Line” is a perfect argument against the death penalty.

[@SharonTrew]

It also does not act as a deterent and more people of colour get death than whites..plus many in prison have mental health or developmental problems..

[@B_Bodziak]

Since 1980, over 183 death row inmates awaiting execution have been released and had their convictions thrown out -- most due to new evidence/advances in DNA. The Innocence Project estimates 11% of those who've been executed or sentences to life were actually innocent of the capital offense that put them there. One innocent person out of a thousand is unacceptable. One out of 100 is unacceptable. We're talking 1 in 10.

[@sugarskull2392]

I agree. The death penalty also is not a deterant to murder. The murder rate is higher in the states that have the death penalty, than it is in those that don't.

[@MrBazBake]

I'm from Texas. Forensics analysts hired by governor Rick Perry found massive evidence planting and corruption. He fired that team and hired a new team and then ended the investigation preemptively when the new team he hired found the same. Also, when we talk about America as a planet on Earth instead of an island of exceptional individuals who the rules don't apply to, it gets uglier... Only 10 of 200 countries have used the death penalty in the last decade. We're one of them. This puts us next to Saudi Arabia and a few military dictatorships on the moral spectrum. And we still DEBATE this as if it's a normal thing to have diverse opinions over. 😬 When it comes to human rights for prisoners, America is in the bottom [edit: .5%, not .05%] for incarceration and cops killing people and bottom 5% for executing prisoners. And this has been exactly the same for decades. Bush, Obama, Reagan, Trump, Biden, Clinton... there's been no difference in our place in the list all this time. We grew up accepting that this insanity is normal. Can we just admit that we've been fascist this whole time and all these people handwringing over definitions are more afraid of the word than the policies? 🙄

[@pureevilfnord]

People who work at local news stations aren't usually rich, so they experience health insurance horrors like the rest of us.

[@lastguyminn2324]

I used to work in local news. It was the worst health insurance I've ever had.

The funny thing is that a lot of pro-death penalty people are against euthanasia.

[@warriorwaitress7690]

To be fair, I'm personally the reverse of that: staunchly against capital punishment and very much pro-euthanasia. I am an Oregonian; we were the first jurisdiction in the world to enact a death with dignity law. I saw the process up close when my stepdad - who was suffering greatly with zero chance of recovery - availed himself of it in 2019. But he chose it in order to end his suffering. Death row inmates do not, and too many of them are innocent of the crime they're being executed for.

@@warriorwaitress7690 I am too, like you, the reverse of what I said.

[@georgemcneeley7386]

I was all for the death penalty until I watched this video. I agree with you now thanks for opening up my eyes. Keep up the good work that you do. Love watching you Happy New Year 🍾🎆🎇🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸

[@lara-ce2kg]

After the election I've taken a news break and unsubscribe from almost all news channels. But I can't bring myself to unsubscribe from this channel. You still give me hope

[@chrisdonovan8795]

Hope is what got us here. Faith in the system got us here. Anger was needed.

[@andreahughes1]

Same for me!

[@victorbernard1256]

@@lara-ce2kg I for one have happy as can be, there is hope with Dementia Joe leaving

[@karensagal8230]

@@victorbernard1256 Yet Joe actually did things for ALL Americans, NOT just the rich! Do you really think trump is fully cognizant?

[@victorbernard1256]

@ yes, you may not like Trump but he is Cognizant. Joe didn’t do anything he’s a puppet. Have you red the WSJ report Joe has been a vegetable since 2020. There was a Democrat Congressman who tried to reach him before the Afghanistan disaster, he was unable. Do you think Joe and Mika and the mainstream media properly reported Joe’s cognitive state ? You realize I hope, that if the mainstream media wasn’t so corrupt, maybe Joe would have been forced out in 2022 and the Democrats could have had an open primary and may have won the election. You libs live in mushroom field letting the media feed you BS and keep you in the dark. Biden was incapable of being President in 2020. The mainstream media LIED to you big time. Do you accept that or are you in denial? Libs love to call the rest of the people stupid but, all along it was the left that was living in a cult. To such a severe point you actually think Joe Biden has wisdom. In reality, Joe Biden is literally a sniveling idiot.

[@robertjameslarsen]

I had to watch twice because I got distracted by my need to organize that bookshelf behind you.

[@SatiricalSpartan]

Support local journalism

[@Newton-Reuther]

The real ones, not Sinclair Broadcasting. ❤

[@gregallen4272]

Be careful because a lot of local news is given free if they use Foxxx news or ABC both are very right wing biased. Because both are owned by Billionaires who use because to there advantage

[@mikeneill6813]

I subscribed to Meidas Touch, Legal AF + All its Affiliates. Worth a look see.

[@cl5470]

I would, but all of them are astroturfed white nationalists. In rural areas, "local" news only survives because it's funded by foreign governments.

[@Shadowjester1985]

Support local journalism and raise awareness on what local news reporters actually do ( they're not just talking heads with fake voices reading from a teleprompter).

[@roxanneklein2289]

I’ve always been opposed to the death penalty as it is government sanctioned murder. Life without parole sounds quite drastic … and long. BTW I’m 83 so I know what it feels like to live a long time.

[@jean9h]

You tell it, girl!! 😊

[@tree_alone]

83 years is not a long time

[@josemadrid2913]

Totally agree with you young lady

[@sparkyman8249]

I have been married over 40 years -- I also know what "life without parole" feels like 😄

[@Dr4shk0]

@@sparkyman8249 that's just sad.

[@ireneroeder4977]

We are killing someone because they have murdered someone. In reality, we are also killing someone. Killing is never okay.

[@nancykingfisher2979]

Excellent common sense reporting in a time when common sense is hard to find.

[@dl2725]

Here from Canada where the death penalty was abolished several decades ago--I actually had a sit-down with a criminal defense lawyer around 15 years ago who had been instrumental in making this happen (then in his 90s). He spoke of witnessing a client's execution by hanging, and it was still with him. He didn't want to, but it was a last act for a client he could not help. Thank-you, Kyle, for remarking on how the violence of the death penalty is something that has been washed over and tidied up, so that we can pretend it is not what it is. If you wouldn't want to watch it, you shouldn't want it to happen privately.

[@buckocean7616]

What does it say about America that families would pack picnic lunches, gather the whole family together to go watch a "good lynching"? There is a dark sickness in a large portion of society, and these days they think they're the majority. I hope they're wrong. 💙

[@victorbernard1256]

@@buckocean7616 You do realize the people who watched the lynchings lived about 150 years ago. By the the way, a time when the French were still using the guillotine in public. So your comment is outdated about 150 years

[@buckocean7616]

@@victorbernard1256 Emmet Till was lynched in 1955. That was within my lifetime. Not exactly ancient history. If you believe black folks haven't dealt with extrajudicial punishment in recent times, I know you're not looking for truth. Educate yourself.

[@djcmission]

I appreciate your take on these commuted sentences. We are correct. 😮

[@byEssins]

Kyle when an advertiser wants to have a conversation: 🙅🏻‍♂️

[@kouadio4231]

Cenk in the same situation : 🤑...🙏...🙇🙇 😂😂

[@simiansam5179]

Not blonde enough 👱‍♂️

[@leevc2037]

He's already been bought out by "Big Seltzer" so he's set for life lol

[@Tragick_Sin]

Kyle is jewish, believe me he willtal the monwy at a moments notice. He is just to radical and anti business that no one wants to sponsor him so he has to cope with making everyone think hes holier than thau

[@Froggy-tk5zv]

@@leevc2037who?

[@lyndamarr4985]

Happy New Year to you and your family and friends if you go out this be careful

[@Cillekat]

Death penalty is insane to me. Murder is murder. Also when committed as revenge by state or country. I'm Danish so I grew up believing it is wrong.

[@Richard-w9r]

Here in Washington state, we had a prosecutor years ago named Norm Maleng, a republican (in very liberal king county) who never pursued the death penalty for a very republican reason, it was too expensive. The cost to the taxpayers for appeals on death penalty cases was more than triple the cost of a life sentence.

[@foxxoboxxo1611]

Typical WA state L.

[@russellfrancis813]

​@@foxxoboxxo1611you mean based

[@skierprincessakify]

I’ve tried to explain this to MAGA pro death penalty advocates, they absolutely don’t get it.

[@lisae6725]

Look at how the prisons are set up in Alabama. They actually make people go work full time at fast food places, and they get to keep 60% of the wages, and have to pay fees for rides. They can even get 72 hour weekends, but if they ask for parole they get denied saying they are a threat to the public. How fucked is that? That is still slavery! They aren’t allowed to call in sick or deny extra shirts or they lose things. It’s disturbing that this has been allowed to go on. I can only imagine the corruption that’s in our police system with these For Profit prisons

[@schoolingdiana9086]

@@foxxoboxxo1611Did you actually read the comment before making your own? Please show me where there is a liberal REPUBLICAN.

[@stephaniedennis9461]

President Biden made a statement about why he commuted the sentences of most on Death row and why he did not for the 3 remaining as sentenced. It has been reported on independent media and can be found on KZbin if you check through the videos on that day. Personally I think that he truthfully gives his reasons for taking this action

[@Reed-2big]

Which independent media. The is my only social media.

[@montamiddleton9318]

​@@Reed-2bigThe media news on TV. Even my local news station covered bidens reason. Now if you think fox news covered it they probably did. But in way that would reflect the worst decision Biden ever made so to make daddy trump happy .

[@Reed-2big]

@ I get 3 independent news, letters, daily. That’s why I asked. Intercept, right now is having funding issues. My local channel is owned by Sinclair! We haven’t had connectivity for about a week, but I do think I saw the reasons several places.

[@alondathomas293]

@montamiddleton "The worst decision Biden ever made"? What the hell is that? trumpy boy running for office and people taking his dumb ass seriously is the worst decision this country ever made. "Make trump happy"? What the hell is that supposed to mean?

[@lovesgucci1]

Kaboni Savage was a better man than the other 3 monsters? Is that what you’re saying?? Did you even look into the cases of those commuted??

[@stephaniedtaylormoynier7043]

Thank you Biden for my raise in my disabiity thank you so much. I know you care about the disabled. We who can not work. I am disabled with arthritis I have days cronic pain in my neck. I take Tylenol And pain patches A care giver to help me dress. Thank you Biden. Trump shame on you. I hope you never wake up struggling through the day. In pain.

[@alabamaflip2053]

If you weren't a government worker, then it did not get raised.

[@singlelifeok]

I hope Trump doesn’t take away your disability.

[@avpljm155]

That's mighty kind of you to not wish the pain and struggle you wake up to every day upon Trump

[@marshalbaek5580]

I agree with half of what you wished for donald...

[@Frrstrcheryl]

Trump has never suffered consequences so he has no empathy.

[@trinity5283]

I wish he would have signed a bill that would make women equal in this country of ours. That’s a bill that has never been signed

[@brookemcgilvray3781]

Biden is Catholic. Catholics do not believe women are equal to men. He's never gonna do that. Religious men will never view women equal to men. Full stop.

[@Stoicisbetter]

ERA now!

[@amanofnoreputation2164]

Probably the most encouraging KZbin comment I've read all year. And I'm a pathetic creature enslaved to this website who sees thousands of them every year.

[@TheyreBetterDry]

tbh, whenever i see news about the usa like this i constantly think “damn, this is the richest country on earth?” because, it really doesn’t feel like it should be, right? it’s a political circus and a machine to enforce hierarchies, and i just feel bad for all of my american friends when i see stuff like this tl;dr: yeah the usa is messed up and i agree with this comment

[@DM-ro2kb]

Here is a list that includes some of the things so far Biden has signed for women. www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/03/08/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-celebrates-first-anniversary-of-the-establishment-of-the-white-house-gender-policy-council/

[@jorgeccasillas2914]

Totally agreed with you. Good job. Happy Holidays!

[@stevenjohnson891]

Kyle you have a logical and rational opinion about justice and capital punishment. That article needs to be rewritten and studied in terms of modern forensic science used in these convictions.

[@B_Bodziak]

183 former death row inmates awaiting executions have been exonerated since 1980 due to advances in forensics

[@morganseppy5180]

​@@B_Bodziakmany of them poor black men. Go figure

[@billmoss2165]

Thanks!

[@imogen2092]

I’m Canadian. We don’t have the death penalty. I’m against state-sponsored murder. Besides the death penalty is the most expensive part of the criminal justice system, costing taxpayers an average of $1 million more per offender than a life sentence without parole.

[@Roguerebel297]

There’s no way that’s true. How can the recurring cost of keeping them alive for the rest of their lives in jail cost more? Even including the extra cost of trial time I’m not sure.

[@imogen2092]

@ it is true. Google it.

[@ringostarrBestBeatle]

read "just mercy" by bryan stevenson. knew how screwed up criminal justice/conditions are in this country, but this book genuinely so strongly changed my perspective towards rehabilitation even more so

[@sharoncarlisle9453]

A fantastic book, and movie as well!

[@roxanaheath8098]

Thank you for bringing this topic up. Same thoughts for me.

[@RobinHeath-s3r]

Happy Birthday Kyle🎉

[@Jsjdudjendudh]

I'm glad he pardoned his son before worrying about any of these things ....

[@santanalz]

That's what burns your ass? Grow up lol.

[@castrinecubique983]

Biden is barely there anymore. This is all his staff doing this.

[@TheKad33]

He’s still a dad. At the end of the day “fk yall, that’s my only son left” 🤷‍♂️

[@richietwoshoes9531]

Trump would had a feast with Biden’s son , 💙

[@zeynepgulsu1899]

you can't beat evil with evil. no matter what, taking life is evil, pure evil.

[@gretapantophlet9201]

I agree with Biden 💯

[@lovesgucci1]

Kaboni Savage

[@zeeone4492]

Biden is funding the gen O side of Palestine

[@gretapantophlet9201]

@ all past presidents my dear, everyone of them 😅

[@tedscott1478]

Well said sir !

[@timmy5468]

If we know that 4% are not guilty. How many are not guilty but not part of the 4%? Too many over zealous state prosecutors covering for the system.

[@229andymon]

I expect a lot of those criticising this will call themselves “Christians”…

[@citizenx8710]

Well, Jesus did receive the death penalty. So they are trying to be consistent with their Lord and Savior.

[@lindahowell9396]

​Jesus didn't condone it. He died innocent of crimes. @citizenx8710

[@suetrublu]

This Christian is 100% against the death penalty

[@fori6377]

I honestly feel secular talk is one of the leading thinkers in a new movement that could be considered the dissident left. This new type of leftwing politics that opposes the system in favor of workers could be the way to save America!

[@mikeboyer5463]

Kyle needs to collaborate more with other left wing media and go on MSM more when he can. Kyle is good at debating the right and making them look really bad in many different ways.

[@migarsormrapophis2755]

If that's true, that's a bad sign for the movement, considering how Kyle clearly didn't have his finger on the pulse of America this election. I'm afraid he's gotten far too connected to the MSM.

[@nakfoor1846]

I agree! Since he married Krystal, I think their beliefs have formed a synthesis that I liked to call "new Kyle and Krystal" (trademark). They are emerging as leaders!

[@highzen7107]

The dissident left was a part of the khive

[@georgewashington3555]

@@migarsormrapophis2755 How exactly do you think he did not have his finger on the pulse of America. Kyle never changes. He is a progressive.

[@lisareed4396]

You do keep it real and I love that you're a bit like an Aussie😂

[@FactsAdvocate]

"An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind," Mahatma Gandhi.

[@revenant2943]

Every moron who repeats this quote never practices it. It's a hallmark of virtue signaling. You honestly wouldn't be saying this at all if your family or loved ones were murdered. Don't be a hypocrite.

[@captaincanada5139]

He was a super pedo on top of a coward who cares what he said !

[@sallyprzybil2404]

Great quote!

[@Vulmathrax]

I would rather be blind than dead.

[@SaintBuick]

He wasn't such a good dude, but even a blind squirrel finds a nut every now and then.

[@dennisspqr]

I'm on the no death penalty full stop position. A democratic state should not have the power to kill one of its own citizens. There is an ethical reason. Murder is wrong and a state should not descend to that level. Even for murderers. It should be an ethical principle. And there's a 'legal ' reason. If such power falls into the wrong hands, or as you said will inevitably affect innocent people, you have a problem. I'm not American and comment from outside the US so it's up to you. I'd like to point out that with the death penalty you stand out amongst all democracies and your allies and partners as you do with the right to carry guns and having no universal health care. Three issues that only exist in your country compared to all your peers, death penalty, guns, lack of universal health care. And all three have somehow to do with death through your own society and its setup. .

[@F1jones]

Funny that while Trump was being prosecuted, they parroted "If they can do this to him, they can do it to you." Seriously, the government can already kill us, and they think his trial was OTT?

[@theMosen]

Yeah, I've said it elsewhere and I'll say it again, life feels cheaper in the US than it does in (western) Europe, and I believe that's one of the main reasons why the US has a so much higher homicide rate. I think all of the reasons you listed contribute to that.

[@atengawolsrep]

A good comment, food for thought.

[@christopherpederson1021]

this isn't a democratic state. keep dreaming

[@ApocalypseInherited]

Uhm, remember the lockdowns? They had been authoritarian to the max worldwide, the US was barely any better, and the only reason many americans outside of liberal cities and Democrat states,still remained relatively free after the 2 week lie, is our guns. The main issue is the left keeps taking weapons from law abiding citizens, and criminals will break the law anyways, getting said weapons. But nah. The wolves get teeth and claws. Gotta make sure the sheep don't have either. Guns would be only for the government ( I mean, did we forget WW2 Germany?) or criminals, but only one is legally owning them.... Yeah. I'm also of the belief that the majority. ( 75 percent plus) Of shootings on a mass level are orchestrated. Ever since the Gretchen whitmer ( gov of Michigan)kidnapping case... And the FBI plotting that entire thing. Nah. Don't trust Govornment. At all, outside my local one. So tell me bud, what's the stabbing rate in your countries that ban guns? ( cue Art the clown smile) yeah. Getting rid of guns didn't get rid of violence, and your stab rate increased, didn't it bud? Some exceptions to the increased stabbings. Japan, or Norway. Oh. Wait... Norwegians own guns and if not mistaken, literally ARE trained to use them before usually having their own life as an adult. Why aren't they violent? America approaches guns, and healthcare wrong. As for the death penalty... Your talking to a Luigi supporter. Litigation doesnt work. Complaining doesnt work. Voting also doesnt. " those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revolution inevitable. " JFK. Who I believe the CIA and Intel communities killed. Seems to me, peaceful revolution is neigh impossible now.

[@therealvirgoqueen6553]

Happy Blessed Peaceful & Prosperous New Year Kyle 🥂🍾🥳🥳🥳🥳🙏

[@DebNielsen1958]

THANK YOU!!!!

[@Bamboohugger]

Can't believe the Dems still haven't pressed to free Leonard Peltier, imagine what that would do for Biden

[@valeriewedel2775]

Peltier represents what old white men fear. Biden will never want Peltier to be free even though we all know he is innocent and wrongly imprisoned. Peltier stands against white imperialism and colonialism. Biden is terrified and enraged by that.

[@brentoncarter4275]

You can’t believe the 94 crime bill, war criminal guy doesn’t care about normal people? Grow up

[@af2585]

same. I was sure Joe would release him :(

[@angelikalindenau943]

Absolutely. There isn't even a secure conviction to the best of my knowledge. Leonard Peltier must be released.

[@LordMesa]

It would do nothing. If anything it would make him less popular

[@TinaSummers-k6g]

Thy u Kyle very much for the absolute truth ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@PLK-plr]

Biden did the right thing!

[@Edd_LShore]

His handlers made him do the "right" thing

[@SmallSpoonBrigade]

He should have commuted all of the sentences to life without possibility of parole. This sort of thing doesn't really energize the base the way that it could, but it does energize the right just as much as if he had commuted all of the sentences. It's something the Democrats do a lot, they got the ACA passed without a public option, and the GOP still spent a bunch of time destroying it the way that they would have if there had been a public option. But, because there was no public option, it's allowed the prices to climb higher and higher and a good chunk of the voters in states that didn't expand medicare are in a worse position than they were before the ACA was passed. Obama could have whipped the votes if he didn't have this naive view of what a statesman is. Just about any statesman was able to find a way of dealing with the problems rather than just capitulating.

[@MaijaKarklins]

Almost.....still playing god. Either it's wrong to kill people or it's not.

[@harmonic5107]

​@@MaijaKarklinsit's definitely wrong to kill *innocent* people. But saying "it's wrong to kill people" full stop is a fantasy. If someone is actively shooting people, would it be wrong to kill them to stop them from killing more people? I understand how you can justify that these people are not *actively* killing people this very second. But to say it's categorically wrong is false. Morality is a personal issue bound by social stigma. What you personally think is right or wrong is not the universal truth. Some base their morality on fiction. Others base it on science. Still others base their morality seemingly randomly. The only thing that matters is the social contract we sign by existing under the rule of the nations we are either born in or move to. Not to say those rules can't change. But it is to say, Biden is operating fully within his morality and is within the bounds of his social contact. So I don't have any issues with it.

[@victorbernard1256]

@@PLK-plr I don’t think has a clue about what he did. Does he even know he did anything ? The most incompetent President ever

[@ChannelH.Dunbar-lw7qg]

The 14th Amendment definitely needs 2 be enforced

[@LeslieDavis-jo3tm]

Since I assume you're not Native American, the 14th amendment would've applied to your ancestors. How bout if they removed the amendment and it was retroactive if they abolish it, you'd have to go to your homeland. Your ancestors came from somewhere else. You do know that if the deportations are in fact going to happen even Donny says we may have a recession or depression. Do you know anyone who wants to go work the essential low paying, back breaking jobs that immigrants do? They are vital to our economy and pay billions in taxes per year. That's far more than rich people and corporations do. It's a shame you can't learn to appreciate people who have come here like our ancestors did, to make a better life for their families.😮 If you look up, the true statistics will tell you Americans commit more of the crime, than the immigrants. I wish you and your loved ones a very Happy and Healthy New Year!!!!!!❤❤❤❤ Leslie

[@XcuzeTheMessDeer]

It was meant for the children of freed slaves. Not everyone else

[@Remedy462]

It won't because there is enough liable deniability in Trump's rehetoric during Janurary 6th. I believe he is morally guilty and should be held accountable for committing an insurrection, but he wanted his supporters to show force but hold restraint, the typical contradiction and pussyfooting Trump usually does, that legally, rhetorically lets him off the hook. I repeat though, In my opinion, Trump is guilty of Insurrection against the United States Government, he just technically isn't by our United States Law.

[@summermeyers2520]

I cant believe they're trying to argue about it. It's a very straightforward & clear-cut; Insurrection=disqualification. DUH

[@NoAIStudios]

You know what... we probably could by suing state governments a lot. The lines in it: "No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." I never realized it before, but that completely changes the 10th amendment: "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people." Because that combo means any right you have at the federal level exists at the state level. So states banning books, banning drugs, banning... well... anything... it's straight up is unconstitutional. "Powers not prohibited to the states are reserved by the states or the people" and "No state can abridge privileges or immunities." So basically states are prohibited to abridge the possibility of federal privileges. That's... massive. Also stands as a firm reminder that "states rights" aren't about "states rights vs federal rights" but "state rights vs citizen rights".

[@obernudelful1555]

I wrote my philosophy exam paper on the death penalty.There is no moral reason in favor of it that holds.

[@Keith-b4v]

Best bill is the 'No Corruption Act', but it should go further with sentencing the guilty 25-50 years if found guilty for corruption.

[@wenettehamilton7585]

Ya,, and insider trading😂.

[@milqueto4st231]

Yeah. This will certainly deter people from doing a corruption. 😒

[@marseldagistani1989]

@@wenettehamilton7585 And re define Lobbying as corruption

[@charlesallan-ks6gq]

​end citzens united

[@celiamirabal8678]

Thank you for reporting 😊

[@alanoconnor859]

This is commentary, not reporting/journalism

[@Shadowjester1985]

​@@alanoconnor859THANK YOU

[@nunyastinkinbusiness]

Thank you for this post, and Happy New Year!!!

[@trinaderickson9733]

A pardon absolutely DOES NOT erase a crime. It doesn't make the person innocent of the crime. You will still have a crime on your records. You will still have to report that crime to employers and it will still be on your background check. A pardon simply diminishes the punishment and restores rights. A simple Google search will explain it.

[@kennybachman35]

A pardon = admission of guilt.

[@CriticalLion275]

Thankyou for explaining this idiot about what pardon means. 👏

[@Funky-Joe]

Also that yes ​@@kennybachman35

[@marcblanchet678]

You are so right. scuze me, im off to be the ambassador to France.

[@kennybachman35]

@@sarelvanderwalt5219 expungement is permanent erasure of the criminal record. A pardon is an admission and acceptance of guilt. Those are opposites.

[@JanMerillat]

Indiana just put a man to death on December 18. He was found to be mentally ill but all his appeals were rejected.

[@janetmontgomery-r6j]

I write letters for amnesty international on issues of death penalty.... They do very thorough investigation into the cases they send to their networks of supporters for action. The cases are horribly misjudged and presented in larger numbers than you would think particularly in... Sorry USA.. And other countries. Very often a person is picked out as guilty... Ethnicity faith political view. Journalist or teacher and horrificly those with learning disabilities. Scary

[@ChristineKennell]

Well, you can thank the higher-ups in charge for taking away facilities that house and helped mental illness. It cost to much money in 1980 so they let them be on the own.

[@ericbray4286]

Reminds me of that case where Clinton let a profoundly mentally incompetent man be executed, Ricky Ray Rector asked if he could save a portion of his dessert for after the execution.

[@cybervigilante]

@@ChristineKennell That was a Reagan thing, oh Reagan-worshippers - which oddly, a lot of Dem leaders are.

[@barkerbikepirate4916]

Idk about Indiana but in NY where I am from, the state has closed mental hospitals so that there are not enough to treat the need for mental health care. NY prefers to just put people in a cage. Jail is a revolving door for those who need mental health treatment.

[@susanwetter3107]

You are right! People should watch "The Green Mile" with Hanks! Great film!

[@KnarfStein]

Biden needs to appoint Jack Smith as a federal judge!

[@wickedcabinboy]

@KnarfStein - That would be a justifiable reward. He's earned it. Still, I'd like to see him remain a prosecutor going after all the other Trump connected criminals.

[@lastguyminn2324]

I am against the death penalty in all cases. In addition to the horrific cases of innocent people being murdered by the state, it's expensive and barbaric. It doesn't bring peace to anyone, and an eye for an eye will just leave the world blind. Life in prison without parole protects the public, punishes the guilty, and takes the higher ground.

[@badraccoon333]

It's literally worse torture to leave them in prison. American prsions are terrible. I love it when moralists try to do the right thing but always end up fucking it up worse cause they are naive. 😅

[@F1jones]

@@ReverendFather_UncleRuckus I'm atheist, but I always wonder how people who think that God can do no wrong (I'm not saying you agree, but a majority do) can turn around and determine what should and shouldn't "be on this planet."

[@lastguyminn2324]

@DonMarzzoni But where's the line? How much evil is too evil? And if there is any reasonable doubt that the person committed the crime, they shouldn't have been convicted in the first place.

[@lastguyminn2324]

@@ReverendFather_UncleRuckus But where's the line? How much evil is too evil? How do you begin to quantify that? Plus, if there is reasonable doubt, a person should not be convicted in the first place.

[@leprekhantar347]

By that logic is putting someone in jail for abduction just as eye for an eye? You are taking someone and putting them in a room for years because they took someone and put them in a room for years.

[@anjou6497]

Love your t.shirt and jacket by the way, Happy New Year. 💙🎇🐾

[@natalieharless1715]

I'm a newbie watcher, Kyle, & you're fantastic!!!! TY!!!! HNY! 👏👍💯❗👌

[@BryanRezendez]

I'd rather not be alive than be trapped in an 8x8 room with big bubba.

[@Kehwanna]

Would a voluntary S-word (dang KZbin making me walk on eggshells) option for those serving long sentences be ethical? Provided for people thar qualify for it, such as a 68 year old serving 20 or 30 years. Human-traffickers and kidnappers on the other hand should spend life in prison since they were fine with keeping people locked up for life.

[@Patricia-b5g7v]

Biden did a good job. Tks I’m learning so much from you.

[@danielgriffith8911]

HAHAHA! Good one!

[@juliewake4585]

The homeless stats are interesting. Channel 4 in the UK showed a 30 minute piece about the homeless in Las Vegas, which was fascinating. Btw the thought of the death penalty is horrifying. The USA is one of the very few “civilised” countries who still have this. It is incongruous with civil society.

[@SicCeboo]

The death penalty is still around in the US because of racism. Historically it has been disproportionately used against minorities. Which is also why the “death cocktail” science is extremely experimental.

[@jp4546]

The US is not a civilized society.

[@MrBazBake]

We're the only "civilized" society that has it. Which means we're not a civilized society. Only ten countries have used the death penalty in the last decade. Look at the list, it's nuts who's on it with us.

[@douglemay7989]

Just like forced births.

[@MariaRogers-xh5od]

Basically we are a sick and twisted country!

[@ace_woe]

He should try enforcing the 14th amendment...

[@OGCHUCK1]

Keep denying reality

[@verng8864]

Absolutely 💯

[@nakfoor1846]

@@OGCHUCK1 We as Trump supporters need to admit that we are traitorous AF.

[@ace_woe]

@@OGCHUCK1 I see you're denying reality as we speak 🤣 Trump absolutely encouraged and enabled an attempted insurrection... your stubborn refusal to acknowledge that fact is your problem, not anyone else's 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@Jeannie-d2u]

Totally agree! If I learn that Biden plans to attend T🍌ump's inauguration, I'll get physically sick 🤢🤮!

[@0jmreitler9]

It doesn’t matter if clips go viral. It doesn’t matter what “bombshell”is dropped, or what Republican embarrasses themselves, nothing changes and trump moves forward with no penalties, no culpability, no punishment.

[@frankpentangeli7945]

Dude, a federal pardon DOES NOT wipe out a conviction. The conviction remains and is not expunged, and a person who has been pardoned must still disclose the conviction if required. What the pardon does is to restore certain rights and freedoms that were removed by the conviction.

[@schoolingdiana9086]

Unless they know that they need to file extra paperwork to also get it expunged.

[@cmdrcrimbo]

wow 4% of people on death row are innocent thats almost 1 in 20

[@kennybachman35]

47%* and that’s just death row cases, they haven’t even begun evaluating regular cases.

[@Pandaman1279]

Outdated numbers

[@commodoor6549]

More like 1 in 25

[@kennybachman35]

@@cmdrcrimbo 47%*

[@kennybachman35]

@ 11.75* out of 25.

[@marshaschenkel6438]

I feel exactly as you with regard to the death penalty. Exactly as you feel.

[@maryeggers]

Pardon is also the person being pardoned is guilty. They’re free but still guilty. That doesn’t go away.

[@alabamaflip2053]

This is true. In fact, part of the pardon is admitting you are guilty.

[@thjbird]

And Trump pardoned so many of his fellow criminals. They were all guilty.

[@thjbird]

It’s important to understand that Biden commuted the sentences of death row inmates to prevent a bloodbath as soon as Trump took office. Before 2020, there had been three federal executions in 60 years. Then Trump put 13 people to death in six months with the help of Bill Barr. The Roberts Court sat on their hands and enabled this depraved killing spree.

[@aaronjung5502]

As a death penalty abolitionist, I would say my position is less that the person in prison has a right to their life and more that it’s fundamentally dangerous to allow the government to kill people outside of emergency situations where there is no other option.

[@YamiHoOu]

Exactly, it's bad on the collective psyche for the government to be allowed to kill its citizens.

[@Metsa25]

The problem with saying "We'll ban capital punishment except for special cases" is that who decides what constitutes a special case. In an era where there are states where OBGYN's are risking a murder charge every time they see a patient, who might lose their pregnancy spontaneously , do we really want to give some good 'ol boy, maga judge the ability to classify that as a special case? A society is judged on how it treats it's most vulnerable members. That would include, children, the elderly, and it's prisoners. We the people shouldn't be killing people.

[@gregr3720]

I don't think they said, "We'll ban capital punishment except for special cases." Maybe the most horrific cases. The President decides. Prisoners are in prison for a reason. They can't all be a mistake.

[@victorbernard1256]

@@Metsa25 why would you be confused about who decides? We have Juries who decide guilt or innocence, we have judges. It’s pretty obvious who decides. The court decide. What’s the confusion?

[@Metsa25]

@@victorbernard1256 It was rhetorical. My point is that there wouldn't be a consistent standard. There are judges who will twist the guidelines to the breaking point to get to the conclusion they want. At least three judges currently on the Supreme Court swore they would not revisit an established precedent, yet at the first opportunity they threw out Roe guaranteeing women's rights would be set back fifty years. Judge Cannon, of the Southern District Court of Florida (a Trump appointee) defied one hundred (or more) years of precedent concerning the appointment of Special Counsel when she threw out Trump's classified document case. The only way to guarantee that the rules governing the use of the death penalty will be adhered to is to abolish it.

[@victorbernard1256]

@well rhetorically speaking we need mandatory sentencing to take out the inconsistency. You agree ?

[@Metsa25]

@@victorbernard1256 Would you explain to me what you mean by mandatory sentencing?

[@dominiquefree5536]

Life in prison is worse than death.

[@alabamaflip2053]

If the prison is ran right. You can't let someone sentence to life in prison write books, do TV interviews, have internet or in other words be able to live a great life without any responsibility. If a prisoner serving life has it better than our working poor then that is a problem.

[@Virjunior01]

​@@alabamaflip2053 you're forgetting the part where they're stuck in a box with no freedom and a strictly enforced schedule/curfew/no privacy. People don't want to go to prison for tons of reasons, and it's a simple as you seem to be.

[@biggmann4792]

@@alabamaflip2053 I think you missed the point of his post, I would say that no punishment should be worse than death, let alone death itself

[@lovesgucci1]

No it’s not! There’s a reason that prisoners on death row fight to get their sentence commuted to life. Humans adjust to their daily lives

[@angelabarnes3121]

Agree. Death is too easy. Live the rest of life behind bars.

[@toastedcheeze2357]

my co-worker is homeless. I'm barely able to keep a roof over my head.

[@Rowsy91]

do you guys work at a sweat shop?

[@annjepsen1621]

Do you enjoy being a terrible person? ​@@Rowsy91

[@SixOneNiner23]

I’m getting stalked by priv intel over a rumor started by some girl I hooked up with and never called back and going to corn pub 8 years ago. Crooks won’t let me keep a job and hacked and entrapped me on Twitter over absolute BS.

[@citizenx8710]

​@@Rowsy91 Have you seen the cost of rent across this country? Home prices have soared and interest rates have been high.

[@MAYK1NG]

Well done on all counts

[@michelefreitag9773]

Abolish the death penalty!

[@CrunchyDark]

We can do that AFTER we take care of the traitor-in-chief, Marjorie Traitor Green, and Maybe Jim Jordan.

[@feralLove]

💗✊️

[@feralLove]

💗✊️

[@ErickCraftz]

@@michelefreitag9773 except for racist murderers apparently.

[@juliewake4585]

Like most civilised countries? Yes of course.

[@tonydalton459]

I’m not American, and I’m opposed to the death penalty. I don’t believe that the State should be putting people to death, and not just because some innocent people will probably be put to death. It’s not about shedding a tear, or losing sleep over the death of a clearly guilty person (I wouldn’t) but I still don’t think any Government should be in that business. On the other hand, I’m quite happy to see some people live out their life behind bars.

[@DeborahLucci-e6f]

@tonydalton459 Perfectly said.

[@Jammylune]

You r a plain ignorant and and criminal by cheering fot the deaths of other innocent people murdered by murderers ...

[@countfosco1]

@tonydalton459 The prisons they put the IRA in are better than yours, and the English hated the IRA. You all have a punitive mindset. Your society (based as it is in cruelty) creates the monsters, many of whom sit on the Supreme court and become president.

[@bbo7002]

I don't love Biden, but I'll give him credit where it's due. Let's go, Dark Brandon!!! Capital punishment is unacceptable. The state should not be able to merc its own citizens, and way too many innocent folks get caught up in the system.

[@Graywylfen]

I love how "Right to Lifers" are pro death penalty.

[@andybrice2711]

Well, in fairness, they would argue that a foetus is a child. And everyone would agree that a child is innocent and does not deserve to die. Whereas many people would argue that murderers do deserve to die.

[@colepuleo6809]

To be fair those innocent babies with heartbeat's just like you and I that are getting murdered everyday. They are a lot more innocent than the vast majority of people on death row.

[@Rhaevyn-Hart]

@@colepuleo6809 I'm going to assume you're a Christian. If not, my apologies. But here is some food for thought: Life begins at birth - with the first breath. (Genesis 2:7) Fetuses are not persons (Exodus 21:22-25) Life is not sacred (Deuteronomy 28:18-24) God will kill unborn fetuses (Isaiah 13:18) God will destroy fetuses in utero (Hosea 9:10-16) Lovely book, by the way. Ahem...

[@junemewhort7551]

IMO the death penalty is barbaric in all instances. I am Canadian. Americans spout a lot of religion, but use the OLD Testament an eye for an eye? And that allows for State murder.

[@shadowoflugia]

I mean to be “fair,” most fervent Christian Americans do focus mostly (or solely) on the Old Testament in all their dealings lol.

[@Mac_Raymond]

yeah it's much better to have state sponsored lifetime imprisonment and slavery.

[@timtheskeptic1147]

Well, jebus said that not one jot or tittle of "the old law" will be ignored. That's an endorsement of OT Law.

[@lyndaanderson6165]

and the last person in Canada who got the death penalty was innocent. That was years ago.

[@robertwoods3873]

@@timtheskeptic1147 Paul's writing contradicts it. He says Christians are free from the Law because they have Christ.

[@catalinasanchez5098]

I agree with you.

[@KicktheSky34]

I agree. Good move, a civilized society should have better options, but I'm not shedding any tears over these three.

[@skierprincessakify]

Same, these 3 I can live with.

[@dinafisher199]

I think Biden did the right thing commuting the 37. I think it's about damn time that government officials are being held accountable with real action. Go Joe 💙💙💙

[@rdragon193]

I think they should be given a choice, because life in prison supposedly can be bad, but no idea if that would make a difference. It is odd seeing Biden do something to protect criminals lives though, I’ll specifically remember his disregard for human life. Life imprisonment is expensive. Much more likely he is using their lives to make a buck for one of his pals.

[@jaxcoss5790]

​@@rdragon193🙄🙄🙄

[@ShouryaRathore]

Joe is a true christian- unlike Trump. Every human deserves a chance to reflect and atone.(well most of em)

[@valerielewis7870]

There definitely shouldn't be a death penalty.

[@olenajohnson9980]

Thank you, president Biden❤

[@BurningMyBra]

Homelessness in America exceeds two million Americans. Women with children don’t surface for the Point in Time Count Women veterans don’t surface People are living in Sheds, cars, trucks, abandoned buildings and many, many tents and cardboard boxes. That’s the American Dream!

[@a.t.nelson1670]

I am so happy he is getting stuff done before the sh*t show tornado gets in. Thanks, Kyle, for keeping us informed and Happy New Year to you.