With the president’s decision to drop out of the race, he has effectively begun a longer lame-duck period, which is historically when most presidential clemency grants have occurred.

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        this is a very real statement. There are very few people in federal prison on possession charges. No one found guilty of trafficking is ever going to be pardoned, and no one suggested that would happen.

        The vast majority of people guilty for possession are imprisoned on a state level, and Biden cannot pardon those people.

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          I mean as a lie, since cannabis hasn’t been rescheduled and was never gonna be under Biden.

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                  In the context of broken promises by the Biden administration regarding the bipartisan proxy war against minorities that we call the war on drugs.

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                    “If I have to create stories so that the American media actually pays attention… then that’s what I’m going to do”

                    -JD Vance -Ensign_Crab

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            There isn’t a clear yes or no answer to your question, since it is leading.

            Are you waiting for someone to be released from federal prison that was only charged with possession?

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              I’m not waiting for Biden to do anything. I saw how that went with rescheduling. You want to believe Lucy won’t pull the football away, go ahead.