I don't want to seem sexist about this, but I'm also always on the lookout for very good women writers on Substack. You are sort of off the charts. There aren't many, and none of the others impress. But you sure do.
My favorite Substack writer is Trygve Hammer. His content is great, and his style is fabulous. Others I love reading are Mark Mansour, Qasim Rashid, Lucas Kunce, Bowers and Kerbel, and Parkhomenko and Youngman are a lot of fun. Scahill is excellent, as are Grim and Busse. But of the women, you are by far the best. Very intellectual, very well-constructed posts, and extremely solid and reliable content.
Ms. Oyer, this is a particularly clear and concise summary, as well as primer, of the current pardon/commutation situation. I particularly appreciate that primer/context/background. I am constantly frustrated by the lack of same in other content. I have seen a couple of your interviews on independent and MSM over the past couple weeks, and as a 26+ year federal manager myself (still hanging in there), I cannot tell you how much I appreciate your integrity and character. You were placed in an untenable situation, and have responded with not only dignity and grace, but also with a determination to inform citizens of, and help address the problem! Rare, indeed. Thank you so much for demonstrating the best of what we federal employees really are! If there is ever anything I can do to help you out, please do not hesitate to ask.
The idea of pardons, commutations and clemency is good but that’s dependent on the character of the president, isn’t it? Guidelines are evidently useless if there’s no teeth to them.
Is there no response to such flagrant disregard for the guidelines by Trump then? It’s just a 🤷🏻♀️ “sucks to be you” to the victims and defenders of law?
Either we make these guidelines a requirement with real enforceability or we stop pretending and just give whoever is in office complete power to veto/overturn any federal prosecution at whim or purchased price.
I had $50,000 I inherited stolen by a long time family friend, who was my mother’s financial advisor. He promised to take care of that money as I was a single mom of two, pregnant, poor all my life with no financial knowledge.
He stole it. I reported him. Long story short, SEC froze his accounts. He was arrested, tried, and sentenced to 18 months, which he served, and ordered restitution. Which he made small payments while on parole. And then dipped.
That alone is heartbreaking. BUT he still owes me and there’s a bench warrant out on him. Will I ever see that money? Short of amazing serendipity or grace, probably not.
To have him pardoned though? Freed from restitution? Able to waltz around freely as if he did nothing wrong?
I can’t even. My heart goes out to all the victims whose lives have been doubly shat upon. Truly, I send them my deepest compassion.
They elected him to upset the old Standard of doing things, so your saying he’s doing exactly what they wanted him to do? Are you trying to get him elected to a
Good read. You hit everything that my husband and I are experiencing currently. We are currently seeking another clemency consideration. Biden’s Administration commuted his sentence from 360-270 months which we are extremely grateful for; however, we still have 140 more months to go for a nonviolent drug offense. He is the ideal candidate and it’s extremely frustrating to observe all the celebrities getting clemency and we aren’t receiving any answers. We appreciate you and I pray that everything works out for you and your mission to keep the ‘little people’. You are doing the work of the people.
Ms Oyer, this is an exquisite discussion. You put me in mind of Steve Vladek and Mark Mansour, among one or two others.
Thanks for reading!
I don't want to seem sexist about this, but I'm also always on the lookout for very good women writers on Substack. You are sort of off the charts. There aren't many, and none of the others impress. But you sure do.
My favorite Substack writer is Trygve Hammer. His content is great, and his style is fabulous. Others I love reading are Mark Mansour, Qasim Rashid, Lucas Kunce, Bowers and Kerbel, and Parkhomenko and Youngman are a lot of fun. Scahill is excellent, as are Grim and Busse. But of the women, you are by far the best. Very intellectual, very well-constructed posts, and extremely solid and reliable content.
Thank you very much for writing this!
Thank you for reading!
Ms. Oyer, this is a particularly clear and concise summary, as well as primer, of the current pardon/commutation situation. I particularly appreciate that primer/context/background. I am constantly frustrated by the lack of same in other content. I have seen a couple of your interviews on independent and MSM over the past couple weeks, and as a 26+ year federal manager myself (still hanging in there), I cannot tell you how much I appreciate your integrity and character. You were placed in an untenable situation, and have responded with not only dignity and grace, but also with a determination to inform citizens of, and help address the problem! Rare, indeed. Thank you so much for demonstrating the best of what we federal employees really are! If there is ever anything I can do to help you out, please do not hesitate to ask.
Thank you so much, I appreciate it!
The idea of pardons, commutations and clemency is good but that’s dependent on the character of the president, isn’t it? Guidelines are evidently useless if there’s no teeth to them.
Is there no response to such flagrant disregard for the guidelines by Trump then? It’s just a 🤷🏻♀️ “sucks to be you” to the victims and defenders of law?
Either we make these guidelines a requirement with real enforceability or we stop pretending and just give whoever is in office complete power to veto/overturn any federal prosecution at whim or purchased price.
I had $50,000 I inherited stolen by a long time family friend, who was my mother’s financial advisor. He promised to take care of that money as I was a single mom of two, pregnant, poor all my life with no financial knowledge.
He stole it. I reported him. Long story short, SEC froze his accounts. He was arrested, tried, and sentenced to 18 months, which he served, and ordered restitution. Which he made small payments while on parole. And then dipped.
That alone is heartbreaking. BUT he still owes me and there’s a bench warrant out on him. Will I ever see that money? Short of amazing serendipity or grace, probably not.
To have him pardoned though? Freed from restitution? Able to waltz around freely as if he did nothing wrong?
I can’t even. My heart goes out to all the victims whose lives have been doubly shat upon. Truly, I send them my deepest compassion.
Every Trump pardon needs a box score with a +/- stat. Example:
Criminal stole millions from Soc. Security. Court-ordered to pay $4 million plus prison. Instead, criminal paid $1 million to Trump—and got a pardon.
Box score:
Trump + $1 million
U.S. - $4 million
Criminal + $3 million
(P.S. After I wrote this, I read about the $700M pardon.😳)
He just wishes he could pardon himself and remove responsibility for restitution for all his convictions. Hope that won’t ever happen.
They elected him to upset the old Standard of doing things, so your saying he’s doing exactly what they wanted him to do? Are you trying to get him elected to a
3rd term?
Good read. You hit everything that my husband and I are experiencing currently. We are currently seeking another clemency consideration. Biden’s Administration commuted his sentence from 360-270 months which we are extremely grateful for; however, we still have 140 more months to go for a nonviolent drug offense. He is the ideal candidate and it’s extremely frustrating to observe all the celebrities getting clemency and we aren’t receiving any answers. We appreciate you and I pray that everything works out for you and your mission to keep the ‘little people’. You are doing the work of the people.