Driving on a smooth fire lane in Wisconsin can trick a driver into pressing the accelerator a little harder; the road looks solid, the horizon feels close, and the warning signs seem unnecessary. It’s only when your engine siezes while plummeting to the four-foot drop in the shoulder that the bill comes due.
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That’s the kind of road Elizabeth Holmes would build.
After serving part of an 11-year sentence tied to fraud and conspiracy stemming from her company, Theranos, Holmes has petitioned President Donald Trump for a pardon.
Holmes never held a weapon or ordered violence against others. But she sold certainty: people followed because her promise felt clean, modern, and darn near noble.
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