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Irish_Dem

(69,059 posts) Thu May 1, 2025, 05:00 PM Yesterday

Experts on Nicole Wallace today saying that Trump has been letting high level M13 gang members go.

Some have been arrested, facing trial here in the US.
But the DOJ lets them go because they have incriminating information on Bukele.

No wonder Bukele is so happy to work with Trump.

All the stuff we see on TV are just performative stunts.
If the US really wanted to go after gangs, they would do their investigative work,
then make sophisticated, targeted arrests. Bring them to trial here in the US.

Not all the ridiculous rounding up of innocent people.

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Experts on Nicole Wallace today saying that Trump has been letting high level M13 gang members go. (Original Post) Irish_Dem Yesterday OP

Bukele apparently makes deals with M13 and other gangs obamanut2012 Yesterday #1

It must be bad if Trump doesn't want the info to come out at trial here in the US. Irish_Dem Yesterday #2

As did the previous El Salvadoran government... surfered Yesterday #4

Say what?.............. Lovie777 Yesterday #3

What do we expect from someone who pardoned cop killers? groundloop Yesterday #5

Our criminal president prefers working with other criminal leaders n/t AntiFascist Yesterday #6

You're kidding blue-wave Yesterday #7

He rose to power breaking gang power, but probably is on the take from them too. Irish_Dem Yesterday #11

You are likely blue-wave Yesterday #13

They will deal all the fentanyl bondi was bragging about apprehending Clouds Passing Yesterday #8

Trump would love a cut of the fentanyl trade, just like Putin. Irish_Dem Yesterday #9

The high-level gang leaders can afford to pay a Trump for Gold Cards which spring them from jail. John1956PA Yesterday #10

Good point. I didn't think of that. Irish_Dem Yesterday #12

Or he is leaving them out to crime and make a big PR stink later about it IbogaProject Yesterday #14

Yes. Exactly what I think Trump is doing. Irish_Dem Yesterday #15

President Psychopath knows all about... littlemissmartypants Yesterday #16

Or GO TO JAIL DO NOT PASS GO. Irish_Dem Yesterday #17

Maddow Blog-On fentanyl seizures, AG Bondi credits Trump with saving three-quarters of U.S. population LetMyPeopleVote 6 hrs ago #18

Trump is putting on a reality TV show. His cabinet reads their lines from his script. Irish_Dem 6 hrs ago #19

obamanut2012

(28,429 posts)

1. Bukele apparently makes deals with M13 and other gangs

Reply to Irish_Dem (Original post)

Thu May 1, 2025, 05:04 PM

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Irish_Dem

(69,059 posts)

2. It must be bad if Trump doesn't want the info to come out at trial here in the US.

Reply to obamanut2012 (Reply #1)

Thu May 1, 2025, 05:06 PM

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surfered

(6,456 posts)

4. As did the previous El Salvadoran government...

Reply to obamanut2012 (Reply #1)

Thu May 1, 2025, 05:23 PM

Yesterday

https://apnews.com/article/nayib-bukele-el-salvador-gangs-c378285a36d55c18f741c3f65892f801

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-54192736

Lovie777

(18,215 posts)

3. Say what?..............

Reply to Irish_Dem (Original post)

Thu May 1, 2025, 05:15 PM

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groundloop

(12,817 posts)

5. What do we expect from someone who pardoned cop killers?

Reply to Irish_Dem (Original post)

Thu May 1, 2025, 07:02 PM

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AntiFascist

(13,257 posts)

6. Our criminal president prefers working with other criminal leaders n/t

Reply to Irish_Dem (Original post)

Thu May 1, 2025, 07:08 PM

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blue-wave

(4,647 posts)

7. You're kidding

Reply to Irish_Dem (Original post)

Thu May 1, 2025, 07:11 PM

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Bukele is just another dirty rat?

I'd love to know what the dirty is that they have on El Presidente.

Irish_Dem

(69,059 posts)

11. He rose to power breaking gang power, but probably is on the take from them too.

Reply to blue-wave (Reply #7)

Thu May 1, 2025, 07:21 PM

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blue-wave

(4,647 posts)

13. You are likely

Reply to Irish_Dem (Reply #11)

Thu May 1, 2025, 07:23 PM

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on to something there.

Clouds Passing

(4,540 posts)

8. They will deal all the fentanyl bondi was bragging about apprehending

Reply to Irish_Dem (Original post)

Thu May 1, 2025, 07:15 PM

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Irish_Dem

(69,059 posts)

9. Trump would love a cut of the fentanyl trade, just like Putin.

Reply to Clouds Passing (Reply #8)

Thu May 1, 2025, 07:18 PM

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Putin is said to be heavily involved in sex and drug trafficking.
He is most likely the richest man in the world.
And needs a lot of cash to install his puppets in western democracies.

John1956PA

(4,008 posts)

10. The high-level gang leaders can afford to pay a Trump for Gold Cards which spring them from jail.

Reply to Irish_Dem (Original post)

Thu May 1, 2025, 07:20 PM

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Irish_Dem

(69,059 posts)

12. Good point. I didn't think of that.

Reply to John1956PA (Reply #10)

Thu May 1, 2025, 07:22 PM

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Of course they can pay the price to get favors from Trump.

IbogaProject

(4,330 posts)

14. Or he is leaving them out to crime and make a big PR stink later about it

Reply to Irish_Dem (Original post)

Thu May 1, 2025, 07:49 PM

Yesterday

There is some kind of angle with that, either they are informants, giving bribes or part of an ulterior scenario is underway.

Irish_Dem

(69,059 posts)

15. Yes. Exactly what I think Trump is doing.

Reply to IbogaProject (Reply #14)

Thu May 1, 2025, 07:51 PM

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Trump doesn't do anything unless there is something in it for him.

littlemissmartypants

(27,404 posts)

16. President Psychopath knows all about...

Reply to Irish_Dem (Original post)

Thu May 1, 2025, 07:52 PM

Yesterday

Performance "Art" because it's how he became famous.

I hope we can all gather together in front of him some day and in loud unison say, "You're fired!!"

❤️

Irish_Dem

(69,059 posts)

17. Or GO TO JAIL DO NOT PASS GO.

Reply to littlemissmartypants (Reply #16)

Thu May 1, 2025, 07:53 PM

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LetMyPeopleVote

(162,387 posts)

18. Maddow Blog-On fentanyl seizures, AG Bondi credits Trump with saving three-quarters of U.S. population

Reply to Irish_Dem (Original post)

Fri May 2, 2025, 03:53 PM

6 hrs ago

The attorney general claimed recent fentanyl seizures will save “258 million lives.” That's ... not quite right.
https://bsky.app/profile/hategop.bsky.social/post/3lo55aacmkn2d

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https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/fentanyl-seizures-ag-bondi-credits-trump-saving-three-quarters-us-popu-rcna204091

Take Attorney General Pam Bondi, for example.

The Republican AG appeared on Fox News this week, and marked Fentanyl Awareness Day with a curious claim. “In President Trump’s first 100 days, we’ve seized over 22 million fentanyl laced pills, saving over 119 million lives,” Bondi said.

According to the Census Bureau, the current population of the United States is over 341 million people. According to the attorney general, fentanyl laced pills were poised to kill roughly one in three Americans — which seemed difficult to believe.

A day later, Bondi attended a White House Cabinet meeting, where she gushed for quite a while about how awesome Donald Trump’s awesomeness is, before turning her attention to fentanyl seizures.
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/post/3lo27p7wrls2d

Link to tweet

After prefacing her comments by asking whether journalists were “ready” for her big announcement, Bondi credited Trump with saving “258 million lives” — or roughly three-quarters of the population of the United States......

So, a few things.

First, the Trump administration really should stop coming up with weird mathematical formulas. Readers who were baffled by what the DOJ told the Daily Beast can take comfort in the fact that they're not alone, though it's about as strange as the White House's tariffs formula.

Second, the first hint that this formula was flawed should’ve been obvious to Bondi and her team given that fentanyl-laced pills, though extremely dangerous, were never going to wipe out 78% of the American population.

Finally, let’s also not overlook a recent report from Reuters, which noted that under the Biden administration, there was a sharp decline in overdose deaths from fentanyl, but those directly involved in the anti-narcotics fight are concerned about a reversal due to “federal spending cuts instigated by” the Trump White House.

Irish_Dem

(69,059 posts)

19. Trump is putting on a reality TV show. His cabinet reads their lines from his script.

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Reply #18)

Fri May 2, 2025, 04:14 PM

6 hrs ago

None of it has any relationship to governance, truth, reality, professional leadership.

Trump is just going for ratings.

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