this post was submitted on 03 May 2024
159 points (97.0% liked)

News

32397 readers
3696 users here now

Welcome to the News community!

Rules:

1. Be civil


Attack the argument, not the person. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Good faith argumentation only. This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban. Do not respond to rule-breaking content; report it and move on.


2. All posts should contain a source (url) that is as reliable and unbiased as possible and must only contain one link.


Obvious right or left wing sources will be removed at the mods discretion. Supporting links can be added in comments or posted seperately but not to the post body.


3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.


Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.


4. Post titles should be the same as the article used as source.


Posts which titles don’t match the source won’t be removed, but the autoMod will notify you, and if your title misrepresents the original article, the post will be deleted. If the site changed their headline, the bot might still contact you, just ignore it, we won’t delete your post.


5. Only recent news is allowed.


Posts must be news from the most recent 30 days.


6. All posts must be news articles.


No opinion pieces, Listicles, editorials or celebrity gossip is allowed. All posts will be judged on a case-by-case basis.


7. No duplicate posts.


If a source you used was already posted by someone else, the autoMod will leave a message. Please remove your post if the autoMod is correct. If the post that matches your post is very old, we refer you to rule 5.


8. Misinformation is prohibited.


Misinformation / propaganda is strictly prohibited. Any comment or post containing or linking to misinformation will be removed. If you feel that your post has been removed in error, credible sources must be provided.


9. No link shorteners.


The auto mod will contact you if a link shortener is detected, please delete your post if they are right.


10. Don't copy entire article in your post body


For copyright reasons, you are not allowed to copy an entire article into your post body. This is an instance wide rule, that is strictly enforced in this community.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
all 8 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 30 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Sounds like criminal conspiracy to me, but even though he conspired to steal $billions from ordinary Americans, this POS is free to go golfing.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The principle is: Try to steal an ice-cream and you risk going to jail for life. Try to steal steal the entire ice-cream company, and you will get off with a slap on your wrist.

[–] protist@mander.xyz 17 points 1 year ago

Asked about reports that the FTC was considering recommending Sheffield face criminal charges, FTC spokesperson Douglas Farrar told CNN: “The FTC has a responsibility to refer potentially criminal behavior and takes that obligation very seriously.”

I bet we do see criminal charges coming from this. We're seeing the effects of the Biden Admin's policies changing the direction of lots of executive departments, including the FTC, DOJ, DEA, and EPA, among others

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'll believe that there'll be consequences when I see it.

[–] kameecoding@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Also big oil, Money pleeeeease!

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[–] BruceTwarzen@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago

Fat old boomer does fat old boomer stuff