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OldBaldy1701E

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1. Let me offer a bit of reality to the author.

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Original post)

Tue May 5, 2026, 01:20 PM

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It used to be a felony to willfully offer money or gifts in exchange for support at the polls. A conviction used to carry fines of as much as $250,000 and imprisonment of up to two years.

These days, if you can pay, you can walk. Those penalties are too contingent to be of any use anymore. The DOJ is just another 'pay to play' scheme now, as well as Cheetolini's personal revenge army.

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