• randon31415@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    But if Biden can just ignore congressional oversight, what will this do? Can someone sue to enforce oversight?

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      8 months ago

      He’s currently behind the mango Mussolini in the polls and, other than “at least I’m not the other guy” being a much less effective strategy for an incumbent than a challenger no matter how awful the challenger is, this is the main reason.

      Biden may be a corrupt right wing reactionary, but he’s not enough of a fool that he’s not beginning to realize the fact that he probably has to change course on this or run a very high risk of losing the last fair and open US presidential election.

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        I’m voting for Trump just to piss off biden supporters.

        If they have a problem with me doing that, they can nominate someone who represents my interests.

        I’m gonna wear a big shirt if Trump wins that says, “I voted for Trump because democrats nominated Biden.”

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          8 months ago

          I can’t bring myself to vote for the guy that’s probably going to put me in a camp for being trans.

          Instead I’m voting for Hillary Clinton. It’s still her turn!

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    8 months ago

    Bernie should have won.

    Fuck everyone who voted for Hillary in the primary to guarantee a trump presidency.

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      8 months ago

      It was less that and more the Democratic Party completely rigging the election, and committing election fraud, in plain sight for the primaries.

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        It’s also the way baseless smears (he owns more than one home! He once wrote something that, if taken completely out of context, is misogynist!) were amplified by neoliberals. The same neoliberals that would throw a hissy fit if someone mentioned how much Hillary “earned” from speaking to banks and hedge funds.

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        the Democratic Party completely rigging the election

        Its very hard to do the “Vote Blue No Matter Who” rah-rah election dance in The Most Important Race of Our Lives, when you’ve got “elections are horribly run and routinely compromised by party insiders” rolling around in the back of your head.

        I’ve been a Texas resident for my entire voting life, and the GOP nakedly fucking with the elections process is just something I can’t talk about to anyone.

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      8 months ago

      Bernie should have won.

      Its funny, because one of the worst things about him has been his decades-long staunch support for the Israeli state.

      The big difference between Sanders and Biden is that he’s cognizant. The ship is turning on US support for Israel and Bernie sees it. But Biden’s got his head entirely lodged inside the Beltway news circuit. He’s more worried about how Claudine Gay’s firing is going to impact his poll numbers than what horrors Netanyahu plans to inflict on Gaza in order to force Palestinians into a Congolese exile.

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      If you followed the news, you would know that he has been critical of US support of Israel this entire time.

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            We shouldn’t ask nicely.

            How’s a no-fly zone sound? Cuz if South Africa succeeds in it’s case against Israel, the UN charter compels member states (including the US) to take action to prevent genocide.

            Defunding Israel is a good start, though.