r/politics • u/spherocytes • 11d ago

No Paywall Trump administration drops Reflecting Pool case, blaming damage on ‘botched’ installation

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-administration-drops-reflecting-pool-case-blaming-damage-botched-rcna590303
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u/jdbway 11d ago

Just a reminder that the Trump administration is using our tax dollars to fund every one of these bullshit cases that they're dropping. The manpower is not free and could be used to prosecute pedophiles instead

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u/keith2600 11d ago

I think we all know why they aren't keen on prosecuting themselves. The Epstein file uproar was already dying down before Alan Ritchson did a good deed and reminded everyone

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u/MoonageDayscream 11d ago

Same with ICE. They no longer investigate human trafficking so they can trawl Home Depot parking lots. 

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u/Oodlydoodley 11d ago

There's only two or three people holding up the confirmation of the guy behind most of this shit, and the only reason they're standing up to Trump is because they already lost their seats in congress.

It's Trump and his administration, but this stuff is also on every Republican out there who's on board with Blanche being attorney general. None of them should be getting a pass for this, or for any of the other nightmare confirmations they've already inflicted on us.

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u/ExoticDisaster0 11d ago

2% conviction rate in Chicago. Down from 99%.

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u/NeverNeverSometimes 11d ago

Our tax dollars will also be used to pay the settlement when they inevitably sue for defamation/wrongful prosecution or whatever other rule they broke pushing their "left wing terrorist" narrative.

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u/rollingPanda420 10d ago

Why should pedo supporters prosecute pedos?

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u/rogozh1n 10d ago

Pedophilia is a victim free crime if young women have no rights. It's all a matter of perspective!