It’s been like that since about 2016
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It's been like that a lot longer than that. It's just that most of the damage leading up to 2016 was under the surface and most people didn't read their damage reports.
I’ve been seeing this meme since 2016.
Like two years of the Biden admin were okay, somewhere between the height of the pandemic and the Gaza Genocide, but otherwise yeah.
49 Republicans, 48 Democrats, 2 independents in the Senate, and a House majority Republican. That just means all bills/laws made from 2023-2025 were dictated by Republicans in that time. There are a lot of terrible Democrats, but people lie to themselves that we will get laws written by Democrats during any of that time. Most people on here saying "well Biden was President" are pro authoritarian, pro fascist regimes.
If Democrats had absolute control, we'd still be on a slow boat to oblivion. That is no doubt an improvement over the express train we are on, but let's not pretend the Democratic establishment has anything in mind for the future of the middle class but utter destruction.
Oh, and Congress didn't exactly need to put a gun to Biden's head on Palestine.
so what is it you want? Murder? Terrorism? Spell it out so we know what you are saying. Because many Democrats are stupid, doesn't excuse you from your words
Not if you consider the deafening silence of Biden doing less than nothing to insure nobody like Trump could take office again. Or even his blinding inability to undo the BS Trump did his first term... He was basically screaming from the hills that this was going to happen again for those who could hear past the silence.
It was not Biden's job to prosecute his political opponent, nor should it ever be a president's job. Unlike past examples, like Ford for Nixon, he did not pardon Trump.
Biden did so many great things that helped people, selflessly, that it's hard to list them all. Here is an attempt at only some of the things:
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expanded overtime pay eligibility to millions
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forgave $186 Billion of student loans despite constant pushback from Republican AGs and courts
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increased audits for the rich, which payed for itself and more
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allowed over-the-counter birth control to hit the markets
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pardoned thousands of marijuana convictions, commuting 2500+ sentences
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awarded $286 million for schools student mental health programs
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replaced more federal vehicle fleets with all electric
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expanded solar and wind power across the nation
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drafted new anti-redlining predatory mortgage regulations which went into effect in January
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a crackdown on hidden fees from service providers, ticket sellers, and banks
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forced Chinese companies to properly report SEC Filings in order to remain publicly tradeable
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expanded less carbon intensive farming practices in the USA
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expanded nature conservation and national parks more than any past president, including $4 Billion for the preservation of the shrinking Colorado River
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cut federal funding for career training programs which trap their students in more debt relative to their post-graduation earnings
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brokered a peace deal in the Congo
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strengthened alliance with Japan and South Korea over countering potential threats from China and North Korea
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funded medical research for things like cancer, countering the previous cuts by Republicans
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helped Class-A railroad workers to have industry-wide paid sick leave, albeit after he undercut their strike he still aided them in getting all of their demands in the following months
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literally penned the first and then only AI oversight and regulation with his AI Executive Order
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investigated grocery store price gouging and blocked mergers such as Krogers-Albertsons
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The Respect for Marriage Act which protects gay marriage
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protected LGBT+ Service Members and Veterans
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signed multiple executive orders protecting lgbt+ throughout the federal government including "prevent and combat discrimination on the basis of gender identity or sexual orientation" and "advance equality for LGBTQI+ individuals"
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appointed the first openly LGBTQI+ Cabinet Secretary, White House Press Secretary, and White House Communications Director, the two first openly transgender people to ever be confirmed by the U.S. Senate, and the first out lesbian to achieve the rank of Ambassador.
It was not Biden's job to prosecute his political opponent,
Bull fucking shit it wasn't. The President is the chief law enforcement officer in the Federal government, and his "political opponent" was the most dangerous criminal we've seen in decades. Yes, it was his fucking job to make damn sure the DOJ did theirs.
- Give it up. We know what he did and what he tried to do. You assume we don't, but we just have higher standards than you.
It was not Biden’s job to prosecute his political opponent,
His "political opponent" attempted to overthrow the elected government of the United States, while sitting in the office of the president. What Trump did, treason isn't even a strong enough word for.
The administrative branch, through the United States attorney general, decides which crimes or laws it pursues in applying and which ones it doesn't. It is 100% the job of the administrative branch, The Presidency, to prosecute a former government official, especially of the outgoing administration, for treason.
And not one fucking iota of those, allegedly, "good things" Biden did matters now: Because Biden failed in his duty to prosecute Trump. And honestly, I'll leave it for others to nitpick the absolute absurdity being extolled in that list you've come up with. The one that caught my eye at a glance is the bit about rail workers.
Fuck Biden. Worst president of the past 100 years (with one exception) and the man who sealed the fate on the downfall of the republic.
Worst president of the past 100 years (with one exception)
1 exception? Just one?
That guy is super-duper racist and hates Obama. He's cool with Trump, though.
Excuse me are you accusing me of racism?
I'm making a joke at your expense.
I'm on the fence if its even hyperbole. For all the faults of all the presidents of the past hundred years, none of them directly contributed to the downfall of the republic in the way Biden has. Its hard to understand historicity in real time. We really don't know whats going to necessarily get remembered or how.
Like, genuinely, who is worse? The guy who says "I'm going to burn the building down" or the one who, in a position of power to stop them, makes the conscious decision not to? Trump has never not said exactly what they are going to do. They are the quiet part-out-loud manifest. And Biden chose to believe something different. They had all the power to simply arrest Trump on day 1 of their office. Put him behind bars on that day, begin the investigation. Take it seriously, like Brazil has, like South Korea did. Biden
McKinley is one of the biggest pieces of shit that ever lived. I'll live with PTSD forever because of the decisions of Bush. Trump. Well. Of course.
But Trump could have been stopped. We didn't need to have him as President again. Trump was polling like shit. He was deeply unpopular, even though he won. Trump is a consequence of the decisions and the decision making framework of Biden and Democratic leadership.
lol sure bud... Making sure PROVABLE unconstitutional shitpiles do not gain power isn't in the job description... but it should be.
Have fun getting ChatGPT to puke out that list for you?
I don't fucking care if he personally cured cancer. The fact he allowed the festering tumor that is Trump to fester is still despicable. The fact he gave people no hope such that they wouldn't turn to the convenient lies of Trump is despicable.
Have fun celebrating your pile of shit covered in Fabreeze. Us people out here in the real world aren't going to be convinced by a list of intangibles.
I particularly love how you celebrate help for thousands of people in a country with hundreds of millions, but you keep drinking that copium koolaid!
Your style of willful ignorance is EXACTLY why Democrats lose to lying shitstains like Trump.
I personally wrote that list, albeit like a week ago. I don't use AI for anything, ever, I think an LLM is a liability machine.
If presidents can send opponents to prison on a whim our democracy would have ended a long time ago.
It wouldn't be on a whim. It would be for provable, demonstrable violations of the constitution, but you go ahead and keep pretending that presidents are kings.
Treason is treason, and that fuck is GUILTY AS CHARGED. Anyone who disagrees is just a fucking ignorant accomplice.
It's the courts' responsibility to sentence people for provable, demonstrable violations of the law. Indictments were brought against Donald Trump, but then millions of assholes reelected him, and here we are.
lol there were a thousand things he could've done, but didn't. That's the point! He did NOTHING to prevent this.
Despite a clear and present threat to the country, he did NOTHING. That's a dereliction of duty. Period. When Trump DOES prevent the next Democrat from winning, you will see what the president can actually do.
In any case, defending a president as above the law is not only utterly pathetic and moronic, it's literally also an unconstitutional position... Congratulations on defending a stance Trump has.
Congratulations to Democrats on utterly failing to defend every single axiom this country is supposed to be founded on and handing the keys to lunatics.
They proved they are less than useless, and you fucking idiots still picachu-face at the populace choosing "anything else" over something provably inept...