Or a person who can convince people to be their worst selves. “He was a living, breathing poison, contaminating all those around him, stripping them of any prior morality they might have held to; melting their empathy and converting it to hate.”
I, frankly, don't give it a year! Trump will a) crash the economy and we'll be in the biggest recession since 1992 or b)Trump will be forced out by the 25th by JD and his billionaire benefactors, namely Peter Thiel 🤔
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He definitely deserves more credit for the amazing accomplishments he achieved. He navigated through an unprecedented shadow presidency and a biased media. He worked hard for America!
Too bad that "luster" didn't shine through for the last four years huh?
That would have been a good time for it. Not a year later.
But of course, that luster will never come. When Hunter's laptop is made public to all, you will have nothing but shame to look back on. Shame and treachery.
What luster ?they have ran this country into the https://ground.now I'm no red nor am I all blue .but just looking back at what has happened well I Smh.
They want to talk trash about Biden, but, we hardly saw him because he was CONSTANTLY working. I'm going to get some Trump "I did that" stickers and pit them on egg price stickers, just like they did with Biden stickers at the gas pumps.
1. It would gain considerable luster today if he'd just have the evil rapist insurrectionist motherfucker and all his criminal toadies arrested on their way to the Inauguration, announce the election results were obviously cooked, and that Harris was going to be Inaugurated today instead of Trump.
2. Of course, for that to have a chance to stand up for any length of time, he'd also have to arrest Thomas, Alito, and Kavenaugh in the same sweep and hold them all without bail. Let them see what pre-trial detention is like. A little karma for the entire country. Sigh. I'm livin on dream time.
He could have done so much more- like not putting an enabler into the AG seat -but what he did accomplish puts him as one of if not perhaps the best single term president.
That's a misleading statement. The pardons were issued to individuals who have already served their sentences, not to "enemies". This is about justice, not politics.
Historians will look kindly on all that Biden has accomplished. Just the Infrastructure Act alone: 72,000 ongoing projects, 207,000 miles of road, 12,300 bridges, 1,500 airports. And of course, all the jobs those projects handed out.
Pardons only matter if the rule of law is followed. Dictators don't care about that, and if they need to pay lip service to "law and order," they just change the law to their liking and follow that. We no longer have a democratic republic. People willingly threw it out.
Biden's legacy, together with his administration, will eternally be that of their full fledged support of Zionist Israel in the commission of a genocide, broadcast daily in bloody detail into billions of homes all over the world.
An historical fact that can't be undone, remembered forever.
I do not mean that, no. Reframing retaliation against a terror attack as genocide, is inaccurate. If you want to find someone to blame for the grotesque loss of life on both sides, look at Hamas.
I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant - MLK
Reading vicious comments by MAGAts is testing how well my BP meds are working. They're like a pack of slobbering hyenas when the prey manages to slip away from them.
I’m glad he did, makes no sense wasting taxpayer money on more partisan congressional witch hunts. I’m tired of seeing those from both sides of the aisle to tell you the truth.
I think this generation of Democrats will be remembered for doing absolutely nothing at all to stem the tide of fascism and other far righ ideologies. They sleepwalked into getting the current guy elected not once, but TWICE
This alone is not enough. It will be hard for me to forgive him for not bowing out of his reelection campaign sooner, allowing a proper primary. Single biggest reason Trump was able to win I think
That and poverty doubling. Child poverty doubled plus a third. Homelessness rose 18% in 2024 alone. The low unemployment rate was due to people losing benefits. That’s who stayed home
If Biden & Harris had just blasted the GOP & opposed them, or if they’d just opposed genocide, they would have won
Not so sure about 'gaining luster'. Don't get me wrong, voting for him or Harris would have likely been one of the easiest decisions I'd ever made. Nonetheless, his miscalculations over the past year will cost us dearly for decades. I question whether U.S. can ever recover from where we've landed.
From where I'm sitting, Joe's presidency has plenty of luster.
These latest pardons just made my heart lift and brought me to tears. 💙 The only way he could do ANY better would be if he.....
I approve this statement -he should have had more support he did way more good than the few mistakes. I’m disgusted with the democrats who didn’t have his back either they threw VP Harris to the wolves basically.
Clooney is dead to me. In early June he called the White House to bitch at Biden for being mean to his wife, a month later he wrote that op-ed. We built celebrities their platforms by supporting their art, we can make them irrelevant too.
And this crybaby shit diaper bitch is a draft dodger and he has ridiculed veterans over and over again. I’m so disgusted right now. I can’t even think straight. I’m sorry I’m at work on the grave shift and yes, I’m angry right now.
I’m also highly disappointed in Americans. I’m a Californian. My grandpa gave his life for this country. My other Grandpa he’s 99 years old and he has to watch this after he sacrificed his life & health in the Navy in the Korean War. It’s horrible.
I’m a Californian and my grandpa served in WWII, my dad in Vietnam, and I went to Afghanistan. 90% of my family voted for Trump. It’s disheartening, but it definitely shortens the Christmas card list. 😁
Thank you for your service and your sacrifice. My dad grew up without his father and my grandma was a widow. I know that James Preston is flipping over in his grave in Brussels Belgium right now he was only 25. And yes, I’m sad and I’m teary-eyed.
Right! Thankfully, only one person I know of in my family who happens to not be actual blood voted for this demon oh, and also a step cousin showed her true colors the last time around and I cut her completely off
I agree! there are a lot of celebrities I dislike now, It is a long list. I don’t wanna watch their movies or listen to their music. And I certainly don’t want to hear what they have to say about our democracy & our constitution. They have the $ & the means to leave the rest of us do not
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That says as much or more about the state of affairs in US politics than it does about Biden's legacy; a country of that size and these are the only choices.
I have respect for you but on this we disagree. Biden should have been the transitional president he said he would be. I will always blame Biden & the Dems who didn't intervene for trump's reelection.
I know Biden has been a great President now, wait until all his CULT loose everything b/c groceries, etc are so high, maybe then, they will wake up but I doubt it.
Good morning Mr King ! Although I like listening to my radio while I work from home, it won’t be happening today. I cannot stand to hear that orange madman’s name repeated all day. It’s a scary sad day, how did we get here?
Trump will go full Orban in a month. no more elections, one of his sons will become the new king after diaper don dies
"four more years"
it is over
no more elections
not even midterms
he will appoint mayors and govenors
You’d think the “why is he riding in a car with trump”/“threat to democracy was bs” morons could read between the lines. But then again, if people could read the lines we’d probably be in a very different situation.
He is a war criminal and should be in The Hague. Any luster of a democratic presidency is well and truly encrusted in the blood of thousands of Palestinians. He could have done so much for America with the Billions they sent to Israhell. And Now the Nazis are back. They really fucked that one up
I truly think this administration built back better. I often wonder how a Biden presidency would have been without Covid and the effects, or a second Trump presidency picking up in 2021. I believe Biden did the best he could and history will look back on him kindly.
I doubt that. Old Joe set a dangerous precedent. He’s the one forcing government censorship & using the judicial system to go after political opponents. He also forced mandates to jab or no job. My friend will never have their health back bcuz of that forced jab & now they can’t work.
Highly disagree. Biden will forever be remembered in the history books as the weak old man who stood by and allowed Trump back into the White House. This pardoning act wouldn't have even been necessary if he did his one job: protecting our democracy.
Literally all Biden could do to protect us from Trump (after Congress utterly failed to do its job) was see to it that the Democratic party didn't lose.
Joe Biden had a Dem majority in the Senate through his entire time in office. He could have easily appointed a different, more aggressive AG besides Garland and still have him pushed through.
And you are underselling how much of a massive blunder his hubris made when he chose to run for reelection.
I understand your point, and I agree that Congress has also failed in an insurmountable way. But my original point was that we had a president for 4 years who didn't push what power he has to go all-in after a man who blatantly tried to steal the presidency. Any sign that he took it seriously.
Hire an Attorney General who could do his fucking job and not some Heritage Foundation stooge. Step aside last year and let the Democrats hold an open primary.
You know, this attitude of "well, what's the point" and giving up before even trying is a big part of why the Democrats had their asses handed to them nationwide.
Apparently Korea and America is the exact same country, with the same institutions, branches of government, and voting populace with the same ideological pursuits.
Going to guess they have a still functioning judiciary. We have a corrupt SCOTUS that gave Trump immunity & gutted our voting rights act. Republicans played the long game & won.
Unfortunately, you are completely wrong. Biden should have announced day one that he would not run. He should have encouraged the Dems to primary and build excitement. He should have fired Garland. Trump getting re-elected is very much on him and his accomplishments pale in comparison.
I wish he had made the list a little longer. The people from his administration who testified against him deserve extra protection because you know he won’t honor their whistleblower protection!
In my mind, it always had luster. He was the only one who could defeat Trump in a very dark time when thousands were dying needlessly or tossed to the garbage. His speeches always make me sob with hope. I will aways admire him and I will yearn for him to be back in the grimmest days ahead.
He should NOT be given the keys to our house. It was stolen and he admitted it. It’s like opening the chicken coop to the wolf and sayin, “here, mind these for me.” 🤦🏽♀️
It means he sees the obvious threat of MAGA and trumps words, look at their actions they do not care about decorum or rule of law they would try anything to destroy their opposition.
His presidency has luster with me right now. A decent man doing his best to help others. The fact that he's bookended by the worst president of all time will only make Biden look better. (He can't look worse than 45/47.)
Biden should have halted all deportations, given out all relief for natural disasters, released all funding knowing shit we are in for...instead Drump allowed to put into action plan before beginning his term thx to no help Biden except a 'warning.' Seems CA only state pushing back within its powers
as if it isn’t his faults and failures that made 47 possible. please get a grip and realize the moment we’re in, how dire it is, and who utterly failed to stop it.
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That would have been a good time for it. Not a year later.
But of course, that luster will never come. When Hunter's laptop is made public to all, you will have nothing but shame to look back on. Shame and treachery.
But I’m glad they were pardoned. These folks have been demonized and hounded enough by the mob.
My belief is history will be kind to them and show them as the brave ppl they are.
Or Elon enables him by threatening all the members of Congress.
Stephen King, The Dead Zone
I’m not feeling all to fuzzy for the man who ran on being a one term president that was going to hand it off to the younger generation.
He didn’t and still claims he would’ve beaten Trump. It would’ve been a worse loss if he didn’t move on.
how can we nominate the guy who f*cked Anita Hill and voted for the Iraq war ?
In 2021, re Covid, I said: Biden has been such a failure he should not be the nominee in 2024
when Biden passed CHIPS, I said:
corporate welfare to failing companies like Intel , just for DoD
An historical fact that can't be undone, remembered forever.
I watch, hopeful for justice.
Crooked roads end badly;
Biden says,
"Welcome home."
Dignified yet ominous,
America's fate uncertain.
Trump’s presidency is a grift. Again.
Biden and Trump are two heads on a snake.
Once the tariffs begin hurting them, I expect them to start calling them Biden tariffs, for instance.
If Biden & Harris had just blasted the GOP & opposed them, or if they’d just opposed genocide, they would have won
These latest pardons just made my heart lift and brought me to tears. 💙 The only way he could do ANY better would be if he.....
😊
https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/1i5nagp/congresswoman_suggests_trump_admitted_musk_rigged/
Recipes.
"four more years"
it is over
no more elections
not even midterms
he will appoint mayors and govenors
Trump Admin invalidates all Biden pardons
???
😫
"I freed wrongly imprisoned people, & provided immunity to those I knew would be unfairly targeted by the incoming administration".
"And you trump, what did you do?"
"I expedited the executions of prisoners on death row".
https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/politics/2024/02/19/biden-14th-in-scholars--presidential-rankings--trump-last
Under our Constitution, protecting our democracy is Congress' job.
You want to protect democracy? Stop electing performance artists to Congress.
Who has to approve his cabinet?
Who writes the legislation the President signs, and can veto if they refuse?
Who has the authority and process to remove a President from office between elections?
You can argue that he failed there.
But it should never have come down to that.
And you are underselling how much of a massive blunder his hubris made when he chose to run for reelection.
I'm also a little twitchy about the President (ANY President) using Executive power to get a political opponent out of the way.
Not a good precedent to set.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/01/17/yijh-j17.html
Oooo those good old Democratic times.
🤦🏻♂️
I agree...
If Biden had half as much support, as he had criticism we would be having a very different day.