midterms
By jerra b
17 Jan 2026 6:37 pm in No Holds Barred Political Forum
18 Jan 2026 3:40 pm
Blackvegetable » 18 Jan 2026, 2:24 pm » wrote: ↑ Never "mindless", always on point and inarguable.
I don't know if it is even possible to "gargle balls".
I got lots....
Let's wander back in the direction of the point - 'k?
Close enough. You're a mindless idiot.
btw
Gargle balls.
It's an expression used to help describe complete assholes.
I know you seen it before. Why act stupid about it now?
Please seat yourself.
I like the very things you hate.
I like the very things you hate.
18 Jan 2026 3:49 pm
DeezerShoove » 18 Jan 2026, 9:00 am » wrote: ↑ You actually believe he will be forced to leave office? I do not.
As for "tarnishing his reputation and political aspirations"...
The media and your liars/exaggerators have already penned his history.
Once your generation/community of truthers have faded from the soapbox pulpits,
I daresay real truth will overshadow your useless noise. Hell, even Nixon was not so bad years later.
For a 60 year old, you ain't that wise.
compared to trump nixon was an angel.
18 Jan 2026 3:53 pm
He wouldn't grab your ******, would he?
Maybe if you cleaned it up so it didn't look like an axe wound, you'd get some action.
18 Jan 2026 3:59 pm
How so?
Please seat yourself.
I like the very things you hate.
I like the very things you hate.
18 Jan 2026 5:44 pm
I don't spend much time in bath houses....DeezerShoove » 18 Jan 2026, 4:40 pm » wrote: ↑ Close enough. You're a mindless idiot.
btw
Gargle balls.
It's an expression used to help describe complete assholes.
I know you seen it before. Why act stupid about it now?
18 Jan 2026 5:48 pm
Are you aware that Grafty pardoned TWO crypto bankers for drug dealers, terrorists and child porn peddlers - one of whom bankrolled the Grafty Family Crypto grift to the tune of 2 billion.
Then he pardoned a Homduran coke trafficker accused of trading in 400 tons of blow.
18 Jan 2026 5:51 pm
Blackvegetable » 18 Jan 2026, 6:48 pm » wrote: ↑ Are you aware that Grafty pardoned TWO crypto bankers for drug dealers, terrorists and child porn peddlers - one of whom bankrolled the Grafty Family Crypto grift to the tune of 2 billion.
Then he pardoned a Homduran coke trafficker accused of trading in 400 tons of blow.
He had his reasons.
Just like Biden had his for **** ups.
You choose to hate.
Please seat yourself.
I like the very things you hate.
I like the very things you hate.
18 Jan 2026 5:55 pm
If you weren't aware, how would you know?DeezerShoove » 18 Jan 2026, 6:51 pm » wrote: ↑ He had his reasons.
Just like Biden had his for **** ups.
You choose to hate.
He gave some.
You have no idea what he said.
I gave you specifics..Just like Biden had his for **** ups.
What's not to hate?You choose to hate.
18 Jan 2026 6:03 pm
Homduran......wtf is that, assclown?Blackvegetable » 18 Jan 2026, 6:48 pm » wrote: ↑
Then he pardoned a Homduran coke trafficker accused of trading in 400 tons of blow.
If someone is only accused, why would he need a pardon?
18 Jan 2026 6:04 pm
please trump, grab rebelgator's ******.RebelGator » 18 Jan 2026, 4:53 pm » wrote: ↑ He wouldn't grab your ******, would he?
Maybe if you cleaned it up so it didn't look like an axe wound, you'd get some action.
18 Jan 2026 6:06 pm
RebelGator » 18 Jan 2026, 7:03 pm » wrote: ↑ Homduran......wtf is that, assclown?
If someone is only accused, why would he need a pardon?
trump pardoned him
18 Jan 2026 6:07 pm
Unless you're gonna claim Grifty didn't, you can spare me.
18 Jan 2026 6:09 pm
From what malicious prosecution?
18 Jan 2026 6:13 pm
no doge
no gerrymandering to get republican seats
no invading american cities
no outlandish tariffs.
no threatening to invade ally countries
no stopping aid to american pantries
18 Jan 2026 6:19 pm
\During the presidency of Juan Orlando Hernández (JOH, 2014–2022), Honduras was known for large-scale drug trafficking and corruption, as well as for its severe human rights violations, especially targeting defenders of land, environment, and journalists. On November 28, 2025, President Donald Trump announced on social media that he would issue a “full and complete pardon” to Hernández, an announcement that immediately raised serious concerns given the gravity of Hernández’s convictions. Just three days later, on December 1, Trump formally granted the pardon, and Hernández was released that day. This abrupt reversal came despite Hernández’s 45-year sentence, issued in June 2024 after a U.S. federal jury found him guilty of conspiring to import cocaine into the United States and committing related firearms offenses.
Below, we provide an overview of President Donald Trump’s pardon of former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández and its implications for justice, drug policy, human rights, and democratic governance in HondurasJuan Orlando Hernández charges and connections with transnational criminal organizations, including the Sinaloa CartelIn March 2024, a U.S. federal jury in Manhattan found Hernández guilty of three charges: conspiring to import cocaine into the United States, using and carrying machine guns and destructive devices to advance that trafficking conspiracy, and conspiring to use such weapons. The verdict followed extensive evidence presented by prosecutors showing Hernández’s role in a large-scale, state-enabled criminal network in which he leveraged the power of the Honduran government to protect and expand cocaine trafficking operations. U.S. authorities described the scheme as “state-sponsored drug trafficking,” emphasizing that Hernández used public institutions, security forces, and political influence to shield traffickers in exchange for bribes and political support. In June 2024, he was sentenced to 45 years in prison, a prosecution driven by the scale of corruption, the corrosive impact of his actions on Honduran institutions, and the consequences of his drug-trafficking activities for U.S. communities.Prosecutors documented that from at least 2004 until 2022, drug-trafficking organizations moved hundreds of thousands of kilograms of cocaine through Honduras to the
https://www.wola.org/analysis/juan-orla ... gn-policy/
18 Jan 2026 6:22 pm
Prosecutors documented that from at least 2004 until 2022, drug-trafficking organizations moved hundreds of thousands of kilograms of cocaine through Honduras to the U.S. under his protection.
During his sentencing, it was noted that over “400 tons” (or “hundreds of tons”) of cocaine were trafficked under this scheme.
The indictment alleges that JOH used the Honduran National Police and military to protect drug shipments transiting Honduras.
Weapons, machine guns, and destructive devices were used by the drug traffickers he conspired with to safeguard shipments.
JOH received millions of dollars in drug-money bribes from trafficking organizations and used those funds to finance his political rise and campaigns. As one key example, prosecutors said that a payment of about US$1 million was made by the Sinaloa Cartel (via its leader at the time, Joaquín Guzmán Loera, aka “El Chapo”) to JOH’s brother and close ally (also convicted of drug trafficking in the U.S.) in exchange for continued protection of the cartel’s drug-trafficking operations in Honduras.
Prosecutors argued that money from drug trafficking was used to bribe election officials and influence elections, helping to ensure JOH’s electoral victories in 2013 and 2017.
Contradictions in President Trump’s rhetoric and policies to address drug trafficking
The pardon of Juan Orlando Hernández, one of the few former heads of state ever convicted in U.S. courts for drug trafficking, carries profound implications for U.S. foreign policy, the rule of law, and anti-corruption efforts in the region. By overriding that conviction, the United States risks undermining its own justice system’s credibility, signaling that even the highest-level officials may be shielded when it suits political or strategic interests.
During his sentencing, it was noted that over “400 tons” (or “hundreds of tons”) of cocaine were trafficked under this scheme.
The indictment alleges that JOH used the Honduran National Police and military to protect drug shipments transiting Honduras.
Weapons, machine guns, and destructive devices were used by the drug traffickers he conspired with to safeguard shipments.
JOH received millions of dollars in drug-money bribes from trafficking organizations and used those funds to finance his political rise and campaigns. As one key example, prosecutors said that a payment of about US$1 million was made by the Sinaloa Cartel (via its leader at the time, Joaquín Guzmán Loera, aka “El Chapo”) to JOH’s brother and close ally (also convicted of drug trafficking in the U.S.) in exchange for continued protection of the cartel’s drug-trafficking operations in Honduras.
Prosecutors argued that money from drug trafficking was used to bribe election officials and influence elections, helping to ensure JOH’s electoral victories in 2013 and 2017.
Contradictions in President Trump’s rhetoric and policies to address drug trafficking
The pardon of Juan Orlando Hernández, one of the few former heads of state ever convicted in U.S. courts for drug trafficking, carries profound implications for U.S. foreign policy, the rule of law, and anti-corruption efforts in the region. By overriding that conviction, the United States risks undermining its own justice system’s credibility, signaling that even the highest-level officials may be shielded when it suits political or strategic interests.
18 Jan 2026 6:23 pm
Actual evolving results don't need factual interpretations of people believing live wasn't ever self evident. Theories, theologies, economics always suggest life exceeds adapting to the moment here.
People elect ideas, ancestors arrive by conception to replace those lived a lifetime since inception of original 16 great great grandparents of each existing ancestral lineages native to this atmosphere.
18 Jan 2026 6:24 pm
Prosecutors argued that money from drug trafficking was used to bribe election officials and influence elections, helping to ensure JOH’s electoral victories in 2013 and 2017.
Contradictions in President Trump’s rhetoric and policies to address drug trafficking
The pardon of Juan Orlando Hernández, one of the few former heads of state ever convicted in U.S. courts for drug trafficking, carries profound implications for U.S. foreign policy, the rule of law, and anti-corruption efforts in the region. By overriding that conviction, the United States risks undermining its own justice system’s credibility, signaling that even the highest-level officials may be shielded when it suits political or strategic interests.
This sets a troubling precedent, especially given the U.S. prosecutions of other powerful figures such as JOH’s brother and Mexico’s former public security minister Genaro García Luna, prosecutions that were hailed as breakthroughs in holding elites accountable for collusion with organized crime. It also has some similarities with the 2020 decision at the end of Trump’s first term in the Cienfuegos case, where the Department of Justice dropped a strong indictment against Mexico’s former defense minister at Mexico’s insistence, an episode U.S. investigators later described as defining the limits of U.S. security policy and damaging bilateral cooperation.
Regionally, the pardon could weaken cooperation on drug trafficking and corruption by eroding trust in U.S. commitments to accountability and the rule of law. It may embolden impunity for elites implicated in organized crime and corruption, while hampering future investigations that depend on the deterrent effect of credible prosecutions. More broadly, the pardon muddies U.S. policy messages on anti-drug efforts at a time when other U.S. actions frame counter-narcotics as a priority, and could signal to other governments that political considerations can trump legal accountability even in the most serious cases, diminishing the normative weight of U.S. justice efforts in the hemisphere.
Contradictions in President Trump’s rhetoric and policies to address drug trafficking
The pardon of Juan Orlando Hernández, one of the few former heads of state ever convicted in U.S. courts for drug trafficking, carries profound implications for U.S. foreign policy, the rule of law, and anti-corruption efforts in the region. By overriding that conviction, the United States risks undermining its own justice system’s credibility, signaling that even the highest-level officials may be shielded when it suits political or strategic interests.
This sets a troubling precedent, especially given the U.S. prosecutions of other powerful figures such as JOH’s brother and Mexico’s former public security minister Genaro García Luna, prosecutions that were hailed as breakthroughs in holding elites accountable for collusion with organized crime. It also has some similarities with the 2020 decision at the end of Trump’s first term in the Cienfuegos case, where the Department of Justice dropped a strong indictment against Mexico’s former defense minister at Mexico’s insistence, an episode U.S. investigators later described as defining the limits of U.S. security policy and damaging bilateral cooperation.
Regionally, the pardon could weaken cooperation on drug trafficking and corruption by eroding trust in U.S. commitments to accountability and the rule of law. It may embolden impunity for elites implicated in organized crime and corruption, while hampering future investigations that depend on the deterrent effect of credible prosecutions. More broadly, the pardon muddies U.S. policy messages on anti-drug efforts at a time when other U.S. actions frame counter-narcotics as a priority, and could signal to other governments that political considerations can trump legal accountability even in the most serious cases, diminishing the normative weight of U.S. justice efforts in the hemisphere.
18 Jan 2026 6:44 pm
Blackvegetable » 18 Jan 2026, 7:07 pm » wrote: ↑ Unless you're gonna claim Grifty didn't, you can spare me.
I always spare you.....I'll keep you around as long as it humors me.
18 Jan 2026 6:55 pm
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