• gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works
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    3 days ago

    Yeah - Biden tried that, and literally nothing impactful actually happened, and then they all just threw up their hands and said “well, we tried, that should be good enough”

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      3 days ago

      The United States has a huge problem with presidential pardon power. Anyone serious about accountability needs to advocate for getting rid of it.

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        3 days ago

        It’s not even just the pardons really, it’s the fact that so much of government runs on vibestm and the belief that elected officials will always act in good faith. So the pardons need to be reformed but a lot more things do as well. Like the fact it’s literally impossible to do a constitutional amendment now.

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      3 days ago

      Biden delivered big wins that should be propelling us now except that trump destroyed all of it in six months.

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        3 days ago

        Biden and his admin did some good things, for sure, but by and large he simply continued entrenching the status quo and didn’t meaningfully listen to the American populace - unless it was through the filter of the DNC/DCCC’s fuckwitted consultant class, who have been a cripplingly parasitic negative influence on the party for basically the entire span of time I’ve been politically aware.

        Remember:

        nothing will fundamentally change.

        I believed him when he said it, and he sure as fuck followed through.

        Not to mention, his whole full-throated, carte blanche support of Israel in their genocide of Gaza (and I do mean to include the decades-long lead up to Oct 7, as well as the IDF’s retaliatory / punitive / expansionist / ethnic-cleansing actions after that point). Schumer’s one of the few politicians off the top of my head who’s more of an Israeli sycophant than Biden.

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          I disagree with parts of the analysis, but this:

          the DNC/DCCC’s fuckwitted consultant class, who have been a cripplingly parasitic negative influence on the party for basically the entire span of time I’ve been politically aware.

          I am 100% on board for. Their consultants suck and need to be set adrift as soon as possible. Hopefully republicans will pick them up and start losing constantly.

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          2 days ago

          his whole full-throated, carte blanche support

          Let’s try not to rewrite history here.

          He publicly voiced disapproval. He threatened arms shipment cancellations. He worked to negotiate a peace deal.

          While those things ultimately didn’t work, they don’t fall under the “full throated carte blanche” category.

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            1 day ago

            He publicly voiced disapproval.

            He lied, yes.

            He threatened arms shipment cancellations.

            And didn’t follow through.

            He worked to negotiate a peace deal.

            BeHiNd ThE ScEnEs

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        2 days ago

        The internet loves to pretend Biden wasn’t one of the most progressive presidents we’ve ever had. The internet loves to fall for Republican and foreign disinformation and believe Biden didn’t net a ton of important wins for Americans.

        It’s a combination of disinformation and people being too lazy to pay attention to current events.

        Was Biden the best president in U.S. history? Nah. Was he actually a good president? Yeah, he was.