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Biden Inc: White House struggles to rein in potential family business conflicts (www.washingtonexaminer.com)          REEEEEEE!        
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JESUSJUGS 249 points ago +249 / -0

Trump had to give up all business dealings. They need to do the same.

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BoughtByBloomberg2 144 points ago +144 / -0

Make sure to phone the GOP and your local AG for why they aren't suing over emoluments and self enrichment.

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deleted 58 points ago +59 / -1
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Puppy528 27 points ago +28 / -1

Or find other options besides just asking.

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JerryNadlerBeltFund 9 points ago +9 / -0

Oh my god, you’re inciting violence by explicitly commanding people to murder officials!

Did I do that right?

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unicornpoop 6 points ago +6 / -0

Almost. Not enough trigger words. Gotta stuff "terrorist", "threat", and "national security" in there.

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JerryNadlerBeltFund 4 points ago +4 / -0

Maybe you're right. At the very least, it's a dog whistle to rally the white supremacists. Remember, it's not the words one utters; it's how they might be interpreted. I'm pretty sure that was the peach mint sequel justification.

Either way, I'm literally shaking.

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somercet 10 points ago +11 / -1

Exactly.

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BoughtByBloomberg2 1 point ago +1 / -0

Cause it's more profitable being the underdog and have a convenient excuse to never get things done?

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Brulz_Lulz 9 points ago +9 / -0

Exactly! Worst case scenario, you lose and create precedent, thus seriously damaging the Democrats ability to use this as a line of attack in the future.

Rat faced MSM: Mr. Republican congressman why haven't you divorced yourself from your irrelevant small business while in Congress.

Republican: Well as we saw in the court cases vs biden...

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South_Florida_Guy 77 points ago +77 / -0

Re: Trump: OMG this billionaire might get rich now because he's president! Conflict! Fraud! Shut it down!

Everyone else: these regular politicians got mega wealthy after they took office, no biggie

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Chopblock 15 points ago +15 / -0

MUH BOTH SIDES!

Well, there’s quite a big difference between what Trump was even accused of doing and what—

ALL POLITICIANS ARE CORRUPT!

Except unlike the rest of them Trump WASN’T a—

IF YOU STILL THINK TRUMP’S SANE THEN YOU’RE INSANE!

That sounds like a meaningless phrase you parroted off the televi—

PEOPLE ALL AROUND THE WORLD LOST RESPECT FOR AMERICA! HE’S PROVEN TO BE THE BIGGEST LIAR! HE THREATENED OUR DEMOCRATIC NORMS! HE SAID RACISTS ARE GOOD ON BOTH SIDES! HE WAS IMPEACHED AFTER MUELLER PROVED HE WASN’T EXONERATED!!!

*Takes deep breath

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KekistanPM 2 points ago +2 / -0

Except unlike the rest of them Trump WASN’T a—

Proof you know how to reddit

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Comanche_Moon 21 points ago +21 / -0

Now, pedes. I'm sure Creepy-Sleepy plans to donate his salary while he's in office. /s

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unicornpoop 2 points ago +2 / -0

These corrupt mega rich asshats won't even throw their crumbs to peasants.

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DickTick 7 points ago +7 / -0

I'm certainly not trying to defend the fucking Communists in the White House at the present moment, but if I'm not mistaken didn't all of Trump's children continue running his businesses? While also in and out of the White House?

I'm just trying to make sure I see both sides and doing my damnedest not to simply contribute to an echo chamber... Can be good but other times they can slowly destroy a movement from the inside....

So if I'm incorrect then I would love for someone to correct me because this would be a fantastic red pill to put in my repertoire "if" I am incorrect....

Edit - Id also rather not have apples to battleships comparisons... Either youre President and your children do continue running the family businesses while moving in and out of the White House constantly - or they don't... I don't really see how there can be much of a middle ground with the lack of transparency we have always had from every administration in American history... that would mean there's absolutely no way to prove if your kids did keep running their businesses and did keep coming in out of the White House or that they were doing everything above board and that nothing that ever went on in the White House affected or changed business dealings or proceedings....

So since there's no way to prove that, then to me personally anyway, it means that if you are President and you have children and those children continue running many millions of dollars worth of private businesses while their dad is President and they are still allowed to come and go in the WH, along with secret service protection an absolutely no way to know if dealings in the White House are affecting their dealings of the family businesses...... I just don't see how that could ever be a good thing, no matter who the administration is and, as much as I love Trump like an actual father, I honestly don't see how his administration was any different on this particular front.....

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WTXGRL 16 points ago +16 / -0

My issue with biden and his “business interests” is that, by and large, they’re ill-gotten. They’re not wealthy due to real estate and hotels, they’re wealthy from selling off America to the highest foreign bidders—and domestic bidders as well. Aside from his from his brother Frank, does anyone (including biden) have an actual title? Lobbyist...not a legit job...board member...not a legit job...every person in Biden’s (and it would appear, harris’) family has made their nut on the back of biden’s shady political career. And if Trump’s kids ran his legitimate businesses while Trump was in office, that’s wholly different from biden’s son, brothers, sister, etc. accepting cash for influence. So, I understand your effort to compare apples to apples with Trump and biden, but the two are incomparable.

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FLmanTampa64 2 points ago +2 / -0

Wrong, Hunter Biden was paid millions strictly because of his superior business negotiating skills and extreme intelligence. After all, Joe said he was the smartest man he knows, and we know Joe's opinion is beyond reproach.

Also, Hunter looks so intelligent and suave smoking a pipe.

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prophylactic 1 point ago +1 / -0

Nailed it. Lmao.

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Tejanopede 13 points ago +13 / -0

No fuck that. Don’t extend courtesies that they don’t extend to us. Don’t argue with logic, don’t reason with them, just run over them as much as possible. That’s all they do and it’s all they respect. Fuck these people, they literally STOLE a presidential election from you in the USA. I can’t say this enough. Fuck them.

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Monsterfan 3 points ago +3 / -0

You are correct. Even people here STILL don't get it.

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unicornpoop 2 points ago +2 / -0

Once upon a time in the Weimar Republic...

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DAR1783 8 points ago +8 / -0

As I understand it......Trump resigned from running his businesses and transferred ownership into a trust which would be a living trust, and run by his kids as trustees, who will inherit the properties and businesses held within the trust. Estate and tax planning within a family. Nothing wrong with it unless your name is Donald Trump, nothing wrong with the kids inheriting the Trump empire unless their name is Trump.
Then, obviously, crimes are automatically committed.
The problem with the biden family is their 'businesses' are just the tip of one planet sized black iceberg of corruption.
Now do congress. Another iceberg.

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Kag_Maga 3 points ago +3 / -0

Yeah I think you are right that Trump did not fully divest himself of potential conflicts of interest. One could excuse this by saying his interest were too manifold being that he is so wealthy and there was no good way .... blah blah blah who cares

I'm done holding myself to a standard that my enemies use against me. My sense of honorable combat includes ripping the nuts off of someone that is trying to kill me. Not sorry.

This is one of the great weapons used against conservatives, well after the elections were stolen from the most popular president in our lifetimes, all that goes out the window. We aren't conservatives anymore, we are patriots. And patriots.win

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Build_the_Narwhal 3 points ago +3 / -0

I'm done holding myself to a standard that my enemies use against me.

This.

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click2flush 2 points ago +2 / -0

Good question, but Biden needs to do WHATEVER they made Trump do or be called out, right?

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StartAgain 1 point ago +1 / -0

Democrats even accused Trump for not doing it. Notice they're not doing the same for Biden. Everyone can now see in plain sight what massive hypocrites they are and that the anti-Trump narrative was for them to get back into power.

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JBlaze056 107 points ago +107 / -0

Is the conflict that the Big Guy is not getting his full 10%?

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ProphetOfKek 64 points ago +64 / -0

We’ll circle back on that one later

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JudicialDredd 22 points ago +22 / -0

Umm.

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SpankyKopita 19 points ago +19 / -0

<shuffling papers>, uhhh, I'm, ahhh, <more paper shuffling>

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SupremeDearLeader2 9 points ago +9 / -0

Grabs hammer and sickle totem under podium, rubs it , relaxes .....

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NC_patriot 4 points ago +4 / -0

🤣

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Whoopies_tds 65 points ago +65 / -0

Joebama will sign an EO nullifying the Emoluments clause and the Enemy of the People will applaud it as another step in Joebama solving systemic racism.

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DickTick 6 points ago +6 / -0

Let's not kid ourselves here..... I think this originally started with Obama having plans to run it from the shadows but anyone with eyeballs can see that it was quickly co-opted by a gang of actual genuine communists, one's willing to go as far as they think is necessary to achieve their communist utopia...

If Obama wanted to do all of this insane shit then he would have most certainly hinted that or done it during his 8 years of being President... He could have gotten away with more in those middle years than just about any President in modern history... of course they did get away with a lot, but I'm just saying all of this extreme extreme far far left shit isn't coming from the Obama's. I guarantee you he is working overtime in the background right now trying to stem the fucking bleeding from the disaster this administration has been in the first two weeks.... I've never heard Obama push for the hyper socialist and communist bullshit that the millennials around Biden are demanding.. there is a reason Obama made his famous quote about "never underestimate Joe's ability to fuck this up"

I actually hope I'm correct because, if I am correct, then within a few months it won't just be us fighting against this administration - it will be parts of both sides. The actual moderate Democrats, that are only separate from Republicans on a very few key issues like abortion but are otherwise nearly identical and make up a fucking massive chunk of the population in this country, are not going to stand by forever once the glow of defeating Donald Trump wears off they are most certainly going to start attacking this administration on every front. You're already seeing a small bit of it with what's happening on Wall Street Bets. They place might be a good chunk conservative, but you can very easily see that it is made up of people from every side that have found common ground and a common enemy...

The ole' the enemy of my enemy is my friend deal....

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WU_HAN_FRU 1 point ago +1 / -0

I don't think anything is within any one person's control anymore.

I think Obama wants every bit of the far-left agenda, and more. This is beyond mere ideology anymore, too. As became clear over the past year, this is good vs. evil. Obama would only put the brakes on to manage the public reaction, but, like I said, this has taken on a life of its own, and I don't think he can control what he is partly responsible for setting into motion.

And they're all answering to the money, anyway. That's who is on top of this shitheap.

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Chopblock 1 point ago +1 / -0

I think you underestimate how much nefarious activity Zero managed to accomplish during his time

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cat4 1 point ago +1 / -0

I think their plan was to do this over a much slower period so people couldn't see it. Trump got elected and started opening peoples eyes and now they are having to do it much faster.

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acasper 43 points ago +43 / -0

Archive of Article

https://archive.vn/cS1Gr

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FlexPowerhouse 16 points ago +16 / -0

Atta boy, thanks for the archive. Clicks and fractional cents to those crap websites add up.

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acasper 16 points ago +16 / -0

Revenue for the site is certainly a part of it. That being said, the real resource you're restricting is the user data. The paid advertising markets seem to exist for the primary purpose of collecting as much data about individuals as possible and making an assload of money is merely a coincidence. Archives deprive them of data which is what really fuels the technocrats.

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muhqtardtho 10 points ago +10 / -0

Don't forget it proves stealth edits that are becoming more and more common.

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acasper 7 points ago +7 / -0

I admit to stealth editing for spelling for 50% of my posts.

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liberpede 4 points ago +4 / -0

Not all stealth edits are nefarious.

But it sure does set the stage for the ministry of truth...

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KekistanPM 3 points ago +3 / -0

I have a bad habit of editing 50% of my own posts because I came up with a better way to express my idea. It's like when you write a letter, drop it in the mailbox, and you're like "DOH I wish I didn't write that one sentence the way I did!!!"

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UndercoverSpez 5 points ago +5 / -0

You're the hero we don't deserve

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wethedownvoted 3 points ago +3 / -0

So nice of them to lead with the abstraction then slowly get to the specifics without sensationalization

With Trump it was SECRET CHINESE BANK ACCOUNT REVELATION then at the end, the bank account is dormant, contains $100, and was last used 16 years ago.

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rentfREEEE_since2016 30 points ago +30 / -0

“The administration has made it clear You can’t profit off the Biden / Harris name”

Globalists: “ of course! We know. 😉. Now Which niece would like me to give this $50 million dollar book deal to?”

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RiffFantastic 15 points ago +15 / -0

We were going to sign your step-daughter to a modeling contract anyways.

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SupremeDearLeader2 9 points ago +9 / -0

[ brushes out tangled armit hair ]

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Pickinpox 3 points ago +3 / -0

Nah he will just dread it out.

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goldkeyboardwarrior 21 points ago +21 / -0

It still cracks me up how the media was so upset that Trump invited his daughter, who was intelligent and a successful business WOMAN, into the White House to advise him for free, and the media went apeshit. Meanwhile, Biden's crackhead son is in a similar role, and the media is silent.

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dubler6 14 points ago +14 / -0

Hunter’s a good boy.

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toxicmale13 5 points ago +5 / -0

Dindunuffin

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behemoth887 13 points ago +13 / -0

u mean tries to cover up all potential fafmily business conflicts while the libs on the internet are deployed to say "well actually it's not that big of a deal"

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gamingthisandthat 12 points ago +12 / -0

LOL they want after trump for this. Bunch of bitches.

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RabidZoo 4 points ago +5 / -1

Mental gymnastics inbound

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rootGoose 11 points ago +11 / -0

“President Biden“ is a conflict unto itself.

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South_Florida_Guy 6 points ago +6 / -0

"Struggles" ok

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Tomm 5 points ago +5 / -0

If we had an honest press, he would be struggling to hide conflicts of interest and it would be a huge problem, This is blatant out in the open shit but most people don’t know or care about it because the press either isn’t covering it, or calling anyone who does a Nazi white supremacist conspiracy theorist. Problem solved.

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findthewarmspot 4 points ago +4 / -0

Biden is clean cuz the media says so!!! 🙄

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tootthebighorn 4 points ago +4 / -0

Potential? Potential you say?

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mikethemarine 4 points ago +4 / -0

Biden's campaign was dogged by allegations that his youngest son, **lobbyist-**investor Hunter, profited from the Biden name, specifically in China and Ukraine. His lucrative role with oligarch-linked Ukrainian energy company Burisma Holdings, for instance, was central to former President Donald Trump's first impeachment. since WHEN was Cunter biden a registered lobbyist, big daddy is the only one he lobbies

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RizzlieDoodad 3 points ago +3 / -0

Rules for thee

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Truglow 3 points ago +3 / -0

Potential?! Some one get he and his son on a plane to the Ukraine. I heard they have the welcome mat out for both of them.

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E-dantes 1 point ago +1 / -0

Oh, so this. Scandal of the century. Headline to read: "American President arrested by former Russian Soviet counterpart" 'cause muh russiadidit

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Mishabird 3 points ago +3 / -0

What do they mean by “potential”?

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Pirate_Lafitte 3 points ago +3 / -0

How does he give up the CCP?

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HiddenDekuScrub 2 points ago +2 / -0

Understatement of the year award goes to.....

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Jackpotsevens 2 points ago +2 / -0

"Struggles to rein in" suggests that they ever planned to or attempted to

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HangAllCommies 2 points ago +2 / -0

Rules for thee...

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winsome 2 points ago +2 / -0

C'mon, man, there's more dirt than that in these families.

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basedtexapede 2 points ago +2 / -0

Let me guess: these "potential family business conflicts" they're supposedly "reining in" are things that would be double extra racist Nazi impeachable if Trump or his family had done 5% as much.

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Tanmantime 2 points ago +2 / -0

I don’t think the Biden’s see it as a “conflict”, but more as a “perk”, putting it lightly!

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QueensOwn 2 points ago +2 / -0

Where are the State AGs subpoenas for records? They were crawling all over Trump why not here? What’s the difference? /s

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PurestEvil 2 points ago +2 / -0

Their business is to get foreign governments and big corporations funnel money into their pockets in exchange for favors. That's ok, it's not exactly a private business - it's rather normal bribery.

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Jleinf 1 point ago +1 / -0

So Hunter is cut off from his China, Ukraine and multiple other foreign country bribes to influence basement dad?

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TheSaltyProphet 1 point ago +2 / -1

Which family dealings? The child sex trafficking? The Satan cabal? The sad excuse for a piece of shit hunter? All the kids they have raped tortured and killed? Illegal Chinese business deals? I’m confused on which deals we were talking about...

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E-dantes 1 point ago +1 / -0

"Struggles" you keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

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ohpleaseuhhelpame 1 point ago +2 / -1

Crooked as crooked can be.

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MAGANYficent 1 point ago +1 / -0

Moron Joe had eight years, as Obama's left-hand man, to rein in his family contracts - it never happened. It won't this go around - hopefully, it leads to impeachmnent.

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Kilroy 1 point ago +1 / -0

Having Hunter quit his no show jobs on various international boards would be a good first step?

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NotaBagel 1 point ago +1 / -0

Trump should sell the White House. Talk about an art of a deal

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Brulz_Lulz 1 point ago +1 / -0

Shocking, not shocking.

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Alexius_von_Meinong 1 point ago +1 / -0

Ten percent for the big guy probably goes a long way toward keeping the peace.

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MagaHippie88 1 point ago +1 / -0

Her stepdaughter is ugly AF n investigation all them taxes.... <3 MAGA2021

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turdinthepunch 1 point ago +1 / -0

It would really be something if hunter bidens hedgefund got hugged to death. Then we could watch the chairman swoop in to rescue his family's investment as China comes looking to recoop their billions.

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swamp_clorox 1 point ago +1 / -0

it isn't only on the white house to reign it in. If only we had something like a checks and balance system that would make sure that this wouldnt happen. If it did, people would be prosecuted.

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iIndianaJones 1 point ago +1 / -0

Did you think they would?

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sonofliberty79 1 point ago +1 / -0

Your profits go down if you use the Biden name, that's like saying we make our breakfast cereal with lead.

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jackneefus 1 point ago +1 / -0

Biden Inc: White House struggles to r̶e̶i̶n̶ ̶i̶n 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗮𝗹 potential family business conflicts

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Grady_Wilson 1 point ago +1 / -0

Another scandal free Administration in the making.

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Destineed369 1 point ago +1 / -0

Well I’m sure they’ll find one that’s legal to tell us about.