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The jury reached a verdict in the corruption trial of Chicago “slum landlord” Tony Rezko, the sleazy best friend of Barack Obama. Rezko was a prominent fundraiser for Obama back in the day, and even helped him buy his Hope Mansion in Chicago, and then they started dating, but Obama was too careerist commit to a gay relationship on the side. And that’s a good thing, because Tony won’t be around for trysts no mo’! He was convicted of “12 counts of wire and mail fraud, two counts of money laundering and two counts of aiding and abetting bribery.” But what’s the worst the judge could throw at him for such petty misdemeanors? Oh: “300 years in prison.” So what? Obama will pardon him in January, 2017, because why not? [Chicago Tribune]

Mitt Romney’s been all over Mike Huckabee’s pardons this week, talking about how the Mittster never pardoned a single criminal in all his years as governor, because that’s a spectacular fucking accomplishment. Bronze Star recipient Anthony Circosta would tend to disagree with the implications of Mitt’s assessment of his pardoning record, though.

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The Washington Post did two interesting things today: Columnist Ruth Marcus ripped Paul Krugman a new one, and a turkey was interviewed. We will focus on the latter. MORE »

So, remember how Bill Clinton left office in a flurry of pardons? And there were all kinds of allegations of family members taking money to ask for said pardons? Yeah, some scandals never die.

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A brave patriot calls on President Bush to commute the 5-game suspension of fellow Texan Roger Clemens. [IT IS HIGH, IT IS FAR, IT IS... caught]

Predict who Bush pardons, win a dinner. Predict who President Thompson pardons, win a night of drinking alone until you forget what country you live in. [The Hill]

Don’t worry, everyone. Scooter Libby may have have had his sentence commuted, but there’s still a good chance for justice to be served. Because the President can still pardon him, any time he wants and for any reason! MORE »

Bush finally manned up and did the right thing — kinda sorta didn’t-really-pardon Scooter Libby. MORE »

Word on the street is, Bush is blowing up at anyone who even asks him about pardoning Scooter Libby. Dude doesn’t want to talk about it right now, ok? MORE »

No, it’s true, he said something noncommittal about it! MORE »

He doesn’t much care for pardoning humans, but George W. has once again taken part in the tired, joyless tradition of releasing a pair of gruesomely obese turkeys that were specifically bred to be eaten. MORE »