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  Maybe the real plot to kidnap the Governor was the jail sentences we served along the way
context: This needs to be  the lead story on every news outlet in America for the next three days. Everyone needs to hear that you go to prison for 16 years for this shit. >
  
  Us govt wanted life in prison.  He got off easy. >
  
  Yeah the judge really threw the booklet at him. >
  
  Pamphlet >
  
  200 word "essay" >
  
  More of a comment, really >
  
  If it was up to me these guys would be deported to Siberia where they belong… BUT 16 years? Hopefully Atleast a decade? I’ll take it man. Fuck these guys >
  
  I'll take it too but imagine if they were a poor African American selling loose cigarettes. Straight to the death penalty!
  Factor in all kinds of good behavior and parole. This dude might do 5 years if he's lucky. >
  
  If it's Federal Prison the most you can shave off your sentence for good behavior is 54 days for every 365. So, my math says he would only get 2.36 years off his overall sentence of 16 years. >
  
  And this is why it works.  Federal sentences only let you shave of 15% of the time for good behavior.
  This isn't a state charge where your out in half the time.
  He also has to serve 5 years on probation after getting out.  The soonest he has his privacy back is about 19 years if he behaves himself. >
  
  Let’s get the guys shooting power stations next. >
  
  I work in the area in WA that's been hit recently. It's so annoying having to deal with all of our computer equipment, servers, security systems, etc.. during prolonged power outages.
  I can't imagine how shitty it is for the people whose homes were hit. This was all done on the same weekend that we had one of the worst ice storms in decades. 
  The cops up here have been on some kind of restricted strike akin to quiet quitting, they're understaffed, and certain legislation up here has made the cops pretty apathetic to actually catching criminals. Hopefully now that this has made national news they'll make it a priority to investigate what's going on. >
  
  What legislation has even affected them badly?  Police budgets keep on rising. The public said “hey stop shooting unarmed civilians” and the whole fucking force decides to ignore crimes like a bunch of useless babies. >
  
  Their budgets didn't rise as much and they didn't like being told what they can't do. They don't want to be accountable. That's basically it. >
  
  
  Their budgets didn't rise as much and they didn't like being told what they can't do. They don't want to be accountable. That's basically it.
  
  This\^\^\^\^
  Their feelings were hurt. >
  
  As a friend of mine put it after I pointed out here in Chicago we just keep throwing money at our cops: "Okay, fine. They didn't defund the police. They defanged the police."
  So all the money in the world ain't enough. We gotta smile and pat 'em on the back, too. No matter what. >
  
  MAGA conspiracists are quite upset about this and trying to deflect on the FBI’s Facebook page. Go check it out for the latest in right wing conspiracies and vitriol against the FBI. >
  
  The same FBI that has been headed by a Republican appointee ever since Nixon? >
  
  Are you telling me that law enforcement is predominantly Republican for some reason? I don't believe you. >
  
  Huh, almost like both attract people with low empathy and sociopathic behavior. >
  
  These useless pieces of shit were going to murder someone that was looking out for their best interests, I’d give them more than 16 years, but I’m no judge. >
  
  With any luck, they'll see the error of their ways by the time they're up for parole and become model citizens again.
  Of course, the same amount of luck would have me winning the Megaball. >
  
  
  With any luck, they'll see the error of their ways by the time they're up for parole and become model citizens again.
  
  Just like the Beerhall Putsch!
  Oh wait. >
  
  Hey, come on, that Hitler guy wrote a book while he was in prison.  Didn't that launch his career as a renowned author? >
  
  An author whose work was notably present in the bedside shelf of twice-impeached former US president Donald J. Trump, I believe. >
  
  Oh, come now.  You think he actually read a book?  At best he had it dictated to him little by little until it was complete, then forgot everything but the title. >
  
  He had to have an illustrated version made. >
  
  Why do they always look like thumbs? >
  
  Why is it that the white supremacists are always the least supreme whites? >
  
  When you think you're entitled to rule because of your skin color, but you're also inept and as dumb as a sack of hammers, violence is the go to solution to get what you want. That's why these blunt brains usually live by a "might makes right" mentality. >
  
  The reason these people are so obsessed with white superiority, is that being white is the only way they can justify their "right to rule". Without it, they have nothing. So they cling to it with everything they've got. >
  
  Boebert will complain about this. >
  
  She gets off on stuff like this. Doesn't need a man. >
  
  Which is good b/c she is likely too old for her husband. >
  
  I downvoted you solely to be able to upvote you twice. >
  
  Thank you!😆 >
  
  They did such a great job of showing that Whitmer has the grit needed to be president. >
  
  Absolutely and I too think she should run for Pres. Her calm and unwavering ability to continue on with her work in the face of this shows she remains cool under pressure and can continue carrying out her duties, even when her very life is under threat - and not by some vague, general threats as nearly all politicians receive - but by a real life plot that was in the process of being carried out. She has what it takes, is smart, articulate, and reminds me of a young Nancy Pilosi. Someone who can get things done. 
  In an effort to 'silence her forever' these thugs may have rocketed her to the highest echelons of government in the end. Ironic and fitting. >
  
  I agree with your statements which is why I am bothered when I see signs around saying "My Governor is an Idiot". >
  
  Paired with the “Too Confusing! Too Extreme!” Signs you can tell which households have a collective room temperature IQ. >
  
  I’m in Macomb county and it is a MAGA cesspool. >
  
  Same. My neighbors still have their Tudor Dixon signs up >
  
  Gentle reminder that liberals don't do this. >
  
  But what about the far-left antifa extremists who keep threatening everyone with free health care? >
  
  Such fascists, those antifascists. >
  
  Like long Covid we now have long MAGA >
  
  
  Every time [Trump] ramps up his violent rhetoric, every time he fires up Twitter to launch another broadside against me, my family and I see a surge of vicious attacks sent our way.
  This is no coincidence, and the president knows it. He is sowing division and putting leaders, especially women leaders, at risk.
  
  Terrorism is integral to MAGA Republicans’ political strategy >
  
  We normalized the most insane shit during the Trump era.
  Trump directly attacked the Governor relentlessly. He would always dog whistle who the next victim of his cult should be >
  
  Now do the same with the maga terrorists hitting the power substations >
  
  Sentence is a fucking joke.  Should be 50 years at least.
  IDGAF that he's 39 and will be 55yo convicted felon when he gets out.  It's not good enough.  Too many people behind bars for much longer sentences for much, much less serious crimes like pot and any drug crimes >
  
  I couldn't agree more! The judge was quoted as saying, "It’s too much. Something less than life gets the job done in this case,” later adding that 16 years behind bars “is still in my mind a very long time.”
  In what world? I would posit to say that this judge is completely disconnected from the pulse of the this country if they are under the impression that a 16 year sentence is all that is required to deter future domestic terrorists from plotting against elected officials. >
  
  /r/beholdthemasterrace >
  
  shocking amount of racism against half-orcs in here >
  
  When he gets out, she will no longer be Governor. So in a way, his plan worked.