I've been expecting the Democratic candidates to start RUNNING from Biden for months now. Frankly, I've been amazed that they haven't really done that.
United States Biden administration policies and actions - megathread
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Afghanistan and then Ukraine that's two very major fuck ups in a row
Zyobot
Just a time-traveling robot stranded on Earth.
Hmm.
Maybe Ukraine will get that ball rolling over the next few months? Because, even in a best-case scenario, I expect Biden to handle it about as well as a senile old vegetable who’s pushing eighty. (Which is to say… poorly, even if I’m being optimistic about outcomes here.)
Syzygy
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Rats on a sinking ship have more sense because if the democrats had any at all they wouldn't have bet on Biden perpetuating their corruption. His administration's lack of competence - because if we're being honest Biden as an individual may as well be a non-entity - and painfully apparent weakness has blown the lid on a number of their distractions for the American public. Even if they had the presence of mind to abandon ship no one would accept them, not the people already calling them spineless traitors and not the people who would see it as betraying the "war on domestic fascism"; too many bridges have been burned.
prinCZess
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Boy, I sure could go for some mean tweets, $2/gal. gas, and international status quo because the President was and/or knew how to act like a batshit insane maniac right about now.So the Conversations between trump and Putin were released, guess we know why Putin didn’t launch anything th past few years, apparently Trump threatened to nuke Moscow. And made a joke on how the gold on the kremlin would look melting off.
Trump talks about Putin, mocking Merkel and more at Mar-a-Lago
It was Presidents’ Day and Donald Trump looked especially relaxed. Wearing a white golf shirt emblazoned with the presidential seal, he was talkative without being combative.nypost.com
Someone might, conceivably, read that as sarcastic. I wish to assure you, reader, it is not. This administration has lived up to every word of Obama's assessment of Biden: "Don't underestimate Joe's ability to fuck things up"
49ersfootball
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GOP wave will be larger & NRSCC is getting aggressive in expanding the map of picking up more seats in the United States Senate.
49ersfootball
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This all but strongly guarantees Biden will be the LAST Dem President we'll have for awhile.
Zyobot
Just a time-traveling robot stranded on Earth.
Even so, let’s also be wary of any neocon Republicans who might be his successor(s). They may not be Democrats, but that doesn’t make them very effective or in line with the modern GOP base, either, so…
49ersfootball
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I should also note the US Supreme Court is almost certainly going to dismantle what's left of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, which be horrible news for voting rights advocates & civil rights advocates.
I wouldn't be shocked if they declare minority-majority congressional districts illegal (see DeSantis gutting & wiping out minority-majority districts in FL altogether).
Speaking of Ukraine this affair, and our inability to really punish Russia for it in any meaningful way, really shines a light on the Democrat's absolutely retarded energy policies.
Right now, the world runs on coal, oil, and natural gas, and there's no meaningful way to phase those out, at best we can supplement them with hydro power and nuclear power. So called "green energy" simply isn't ready for prime time and probably never will be.
Given that, we need to get the fossil fuels we need from somewhere. We can either do it domestically, where the money spent on it and made from it stay in the US, jobs go to US workers, and drilling is done under US environmental protection laws, or we can buy it from hostile, tyrannical regimes like Russia and Canada.
In terms of getting the fuels and power we need, either works, but creating dependence on power like Russia means that in cases like this, our ability (or specifically Germany's ability) to respond by cutting Russia off from financial resources and systems is limited, because it will be very painful for us as well. The only solution is to develop an energy policy that prioritizes independence first and foremost.
Right now, the world runs on coal, oil, and natural gas, and there's no meaningful way to phase those out, at best we can supplement them with hydro power and nuclear power. So called "green energy" simply isn't ready for prime time and probably never will be.
Given that, we need to get the fossil fuels we need from somewhere. We can either do it domestically, where the money spent on it and made from it stay in the US, jobs go to US workers, and drilling is done under US environmental protection laws, or we can buy it from hostile, tyrannical regimes like Russia and Canada.
In terms of getting the fuels and power we need, either works, but creating dependence on power like Russia means that in cases like this, our ability (or specifically Germany's ability) to respond by cutting Russia off from financial resources and systems is limited, because it will be very painful for us as well. The only solution is to develop an energy policy that prioritizes independence first and foremost.
49ersfootball
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Zelensky told NATO countries during zoom call meeting this might be the last time they might see him alive SMH.
Dude is staying till the end
49ersfootball
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Code for going down with the ship. Ukrainian Armed Forces doing the best they're doing to fight back against Russia.
I can at least respect that decision.
He just released a video of him in Kiev still.
Dude is going to hold out
