One of the greatest injustices of our time was President Joe Biden quietly and smoothly handing this over to a man he knew very well was going to do precisely what he's doing now...with the very worst yet to come.
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If I had a platform such as a Podcast I would absolutely use it to voice my opinion about what is happening in our Country.
Unfortunately, I do not, nor do I have a large name that anyone would know and or respect enough to even listen, it's just
me, a nobody, a single face in the crowd.
I struggle with that all the time. He had the CIA, Ukraines, Intel from the UK did he see anything that would make Trump a traitor to our country. If so why not do what is needed to secure our national security. The other hand I see him saying this what they wanted the trump voters! FAFO
I will never accept the fact that they smilingly handed the country to the Convicted Felon. There should have been an investigation. It makes me wonder who threatened them with what. It was weird AF.
Was it really, though? Everybody was warned countless times, yet the electorate bought in. What was Joe supposed to do? Can you imagine Jan. 6th all over the country if he had tried, I don't know what, to stop it?
Again, when anyone asks, "What was he supposed to do?" my answer is always: Protect democracy at all costs. He had more intel than we did. He knew it was far worse than what we were aware of. He knew this is exactly what would happen.
He had a constitutional responsibility to protect us from enemies, both foreign and domestic. He should’ve fired Merrick . He just handed us over like pigs to the slaughter.
Well first and foremost the fucking voters failed us. We absolutely have the most uneducated and misinformed citizens on the fucking planet. No need for 1 person to save us when we should have saved ourselves. We need new leadership and we need younger people starting from the local level.
This is the happiest Joe Biden ever looked, the day after Kamala lost. It was all about his ego. He had no business running for reelection. He said in 2020 he was going to be a bridge to the next generation of Democratic leadership, lol.
After that betrayal they all scurried off into the sunset never to be heard from again. Except on national holidays or remembrances of events that will likely repeat.
Biden was pissed because he was forced to withdraw from race, he didn’t really help Harris ,he knew trump would win yeah Biden fucked us Congress did to I think Biden was paid off by trump and now we will pay the price a lot of people bitching actually voted for trump and regret it now too late
Joe was given complete presidential immunity. He chose not to use because of old school decorum.
He knew what was going to happen when tfg took over and he still passed the reins, like it was just another day.
I've been saying this for months and I will continue to say it - he screwed us all.
@sarahkendzior.bsky.social warned us all that Joe was not going to upset the status quo, including keeping Garland in place. I despised reading it and prayed she was wrong.
She was right.
We've all had a little over 4 months to think about this. Let's not kid ourselves anymore. Biden failed during his administration to hold Trump accountable for J6. Tired of the BS about "he didn't want to interfere with DOJ". Fuck that...he swore an oath to protect this country from domestic enemies
The only alternative after the CR passes is for each state to withhold federal tax revenue. That revenue could then be used to fund state agencies that were formerly federally funded.
Joe Biden, regardless of what we think today, was 1 of over 70 million, who knew what was coming. The other 70 million were coerced with exactly what they wanted to hear, for votes. Some of those 70 million are waking up now, unhappy, understanding we're ALL screwed for the next 4 years!
☝️yup we knew, and we also believed in democracy to be protected not stolen. we also knew that even though he won because it was certified he has been noted saying they stole the election and now he is President but where is the Hope? where is the dignity?
Blame those that did not vote for the democratic candidates. Every one of you knew you were throwing your votes away voting for a third party or not voting at all could result in Trump winning. Plenty of missteps by Democracts but in the end it was the people who did not bother to vote who failed us
100% right 30% of voters didn’t vote guess you fucked and didn’t even cast a vote something so simple to do but people knew what was going on and chose to ignore
Joe should have not even attempted to run for a 2nd terms. The Democratic machine should have rallied around a new impressive leader and positioned them properly.
I loved Joe. I loved the clam, balance and wisdom he brought to the job. But - aware from the start of his own age - he said he was a 1 term president. He did his job and should have bowed out gracefully.
He couldn't even pass the John Lewis voting rights act. Ruled as though his hands were tied, despite the Supreme Court handing the presidency unprecedented power that we all knew Trump would use for evil. Joe didn't use it at all. Garland & he did almost nothing to protect the country from this.
I'm so mad that Biden handed over the reigns! Every fucking day I begged him not to relinquish his power! Reminded him that if Trump was immune, so too was he! I'm starting to think the shit about BOHEMIAN GROVE is true!!!
yeah, it's galling, but it's the way things are SUPPOSED to work. The outgoing guy is gracious to the incoming guy. Don't be mad because Biden didn't behave badly. He was honoring the office & tradition. Now, the fact that the First Felon has taken a giant dump on the country is another issue...
No. The way things are supposed to work is to do whatever is necessary to stop the destruction of democracy and the end of freedom. Had we played by the rules in WWII, we'd have lost.
Exactly - what if a murderer is trying to kill you, and the only way to not be murdered is to kill them. Do you say, well I'm not a killer and just let them kill you?
I’m still so angry at Joe. He should have used his SCOTUS power to stand up to the Fascist shitstorm he new was coming. At the VERY least, him and Kamala should have DEMANDED a hand count to verify the election. They know it was tampered with.
He was the President of the United States. He didn't need the "support" of his party. If you doubt that, I urge you to look at the decisions Trump is making with no one able to stop him.
There is absolutely no Constitutional precedent for this. The US House is in pure Constitutional breach at this moment. The Senate is useless. The SCOTUS is packed. This was and is a coup.
Well, what’s not unfunny about this is, that people said: T was already president and not everything went up in flames. So we know he won’t do anything too stupid this time, either. And that’s why I will vote for him.
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tRump has the support of his party, in all branches of government. No one in his party is *attempting to stop him, while Dems are censuring their lone member who spoke out.
Again I ask, what would you have had President Biden do?
I totally agree…I believed he had to have done something to protect us, or had set a trap for Trump. Nope, just turned over the keys and rode off into the sunset. 😭
The USA is lost for a generation. It elected a morally bankrupt, self-serving executive (President and then via advise and consent). It will need to acquire a moral opposition (does not mean transphobic etc). Address the enablers: oligarchic impunity, SCOTUS, Citizens United etc. Long, hard road
Sadly, I fear you may be right. You can “nazify” a civil service in months… real “de-nazification” takes years… training, guardrails, de-politicised oversight. How you’re going to get money out of politics, I have no idea but if you can’t do that, nothing changes
There is a lot I could say about what Biden could have done but the thing I think about most is, he had more Intel on what was happening behind the scene than we will ever know and he knew we were in deep trouble. Yet he chose to ignore and walk away.
No honor in that!
I’m sorry but knowing that a parade of Swasticars was on the horizon, legal spike strips should’ve been passed to put enforcement teeth in judicial decisions. To blow out the tires on those motherf*ckers. Instead, we have “decorum”.
I agreed with you on an earlier post. But don’t you think there would have been an instant outbreak of rioting? I kept thinking maybe Biden had some background plan going on and now I can’t seem to pull out of my depression. This country is now gone.
I can’t tell what it was, I wasn’t there. I can tell you in being aware of Joe Biden for 50 years, I don’t believe he was at all comfortable handing the keys to the country to traitor trumpmusk knowing what was in store for US.
Breaks my heart that there are people who still think he was a terrible president because of all the misinformation and propaganda, when in reality he was the best president of my lifetime.
His policies did more for the average person than anyone since Carter. He knew, he tried to fight, and the same Democratic Party shitting all over us now, shit all over him at the end. As much as I hate all of this, it wasn’t on Joe and the party deserves everything it gets.
The entire Democratic Party is politically weak, including Biden. We desperately need to clean house. Start by getting rid of anyone over 60, which shouldn’t be a hard ask.
Well assuming the vote count was correct then this election lays at the feet of the voter And those who chose not to vote. Dems , Joe Biden, Kamala told everyone what plans Trump had. President Biden and VP Kamala Harris worked their behinds off repairing the damage done by trump1.0 and they did it
Biden swore an oath to protect this country from enemies foreign and domestic and he failed miserably 😡 Biden had every right to have Trump arrested after 1/6 and especially after his refusal to turn over classified documents he stole 😡
Could not agree more.
His ego did not allow any DEM to gain enough traction to win. Then not checking to make sure the results were accurate was just giving up.
I am never believing any current elected DEM again when they say they will fight for America.
When it counted most, the FAILED US!
I think with him leaving with dignity was the end of an era which we may never see again.
Time to fight fire with fire. Need a new party the Democratics have hit the wall.
The call for recounts (as urged by cyber security experts),
the question of amnesty,
the objection to the certification;
all this should've occurred.
& yes; Biden should have salvaged his integrity (& the planet) by going full savior-mode Dark Brandon w/the added power of the insane immunity ruling.
Within the rule of law, specifically what would you expected him to do? He was never going to overreach like Trump. Garland is the one you should directing your anger towards.
Go rogue for the good of the country, people, and planet instead of going rogue for the ruin of the country, people, and planet as a certain orange blob is doing. To stop the orange blob from getting the chance to do that, as a matter of fact. Is that so horrible? There's enough anger to go around.
Shafting democracy and the Constitution is not a good idea. It's just going to give fascists justification and ensure they take over. If Biden had violated laws to nail Trump, I guarantee some equally or more evil ah would have risen up and used it as a rallying cry. He should have fired Garland.
That's what puzzles me; wasn't this obvious all along?
As obvious back then as it is now?
The dems rightfully called trump/Project 2025 an existential threat during Harris' campaign. They KNEW, alright.
And they informed/warned (if not fully; sufficiently) voters who might have been under-informed.
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Even worse, he allowed Trump (a private citizen) to operate a shadow government from his golf club and Elon to be his Putin envoy.
What don’t we know??
Unfortunately, I do not, nor do I have a large name that anyone would know and or respect enough to even listen, it's just
me, a nobody, a single face in the crowd.
Cheers 💙
We have NO idea what they did behind the scenes. Had it all been public the MAGAts would have burned down the Capital. 😡
He knew what was going to happen when tfg took over and he still passed the reins, like it was just another day.
I've been saying this for months and I will continue to say it - he screwed us all.
She was right.
The founding fathers couldn't conceive of such a possibility as they had trust in the American people to not allow such an event.
I just don’t even know what to say anymore .
We disagree but I love your posts.
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Again I ask, what would you have had President Biden do?
2. While I don’t share nor approve, I do understand the point: you voted for him, you deserve him.
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No honor in that!
Because he’s Joe Biden.
And here we are.
His ego did not allow any DEM to gain enough traction to win. Then not checking to make sure the results were accurate was just giving up.
I am never believing any current elected DEM again when they say they will fight for America.
When it counted most, the FAILED US!
Time to fight fire with fire. Need a new party the Democratics have hit the wall.
the question of amnesty,
the objection to the certification;
all this should've occurred.
& yes; Biden should have salvaged his integrity (& the planet) by going full savior-mode Dark Brandon w/the added power of the insane immunity ruling.
As obvious back then as it is now?
The dems rightfully called trump/Project 2025 an existential threat during Harris' campaign. They KNEW, alright.
And they informed/warned (if not fully; sufficiently) voters who might have been under-informed.