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All of these things definitely were in the news, of course. They just don't STAY in the news, and the public memory hole works fast.
Because they're fucking bread crumbs. What you want us to hold a parade over credit card fees while housing, education, healthcare and food continue to become more expensive and Biden's cabinet works to suppress wages? Neato.
Ya, basically Biden is only able to solve minor first world problems instead of any sort of meaningful attempt on any of the several huge issues.
This isn't all his fault, he's not a king and can't do whatever he wants, but I also don't often find my own managers all that happy with me when all I can say I've accomplished is minor, non-critical tasks and haven't even started on the major work they want accomplished. Making a report look nicer and fixing the break room coffee machine isn't going to cover for failing to launch our latest product. Americans are right to be disappointed in their government and we should be disappointed in our media for failing to stick to larger issues.
I'm more disappointed in the people who keep voting conservative blockers into the senate and house than I am that biden won't circumvent them.
I’m disappointed in them and fucking livid at shitbags like Sinema who run on a platform and gleefully give the middle finger to everyone while they do the exact opposite once in office.
This isn't an accident. The same thing happened during Obama's presidency.
People don't want to face facts: The Democrat party is filled to the brim with pro-corporate trash.
Especially since Biden was brought into that position to do precisely that. Do some pet projects but not challenge the underlying root issues of inequality and peoples economic situation. Because that would be against the interests of the billionaire "donors" of the Dems and Reps.
"pet projects"? 🤦♂️ jfc you people.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal
Yes. They are pet projects compared to what other presidents have achieved and what is needed to change the country to an economically, socially and ecologically sustainable new status quo. Biden is preventing that change together with his DNC buddies who want to make sure the inequality in the US stays, the interests of the super rich are kept and the white upper class remains in power.
BIDEN is preventing change? 🤦♂️ jfc you people.
Why do you limit yourself and your political demands to the little box given to you instead of demanding to see the horizon?
I'm open to taking mushrooms.
He could have stayed out of the rail strike, he could have not gone around congress to ship weapons to Israel and he could have told Yellen not to make suppression of worker wages her goal.
You're trying to deflect blame away from him as if we're all expecting him to do things he can't. Biden isn't acting in our interests and it should come as no surprise that means we're not interested in voting for him again.
Do you think not voting will make the world better? Biden isn't perfect and I'll continue to pursue progressive candidates in primaries, but I don't see what anyone gains by not voting or voting for someone who's definitely going to do a lot more that I disagree with. I didn't disagree that America has a right to be angry with him, regardless of any excuses, but you still live in reality and have to deal with the situation you have, not the one you want.
Tell us you don't know anything about how the rail strike got resolved and what the outcomes were...
They're steps in the right direction, but in general I agree with the sentiment. We need much more drastic changes.
Blame congress for 99% of that. The president doesn't have as much power as people seem to think they do.
I know this will get downvoted to hell, but jesus the hypocrisy of these sort of statements blows my mind.
It's not hypocrisy. Republicans first tried to overthrow the government in the 1930s. They've aimed at ending democracy for a century at least. The reason Trump can do it has nothing to do with presidential powers. And everything to do with fascists in Congress. Who would support it.
That you think it's some sort of failing of Democrats or Biden. Just speaks to a completed lack of understanding, and no desire to engage with reality. That's why you'll be down voted.
It's rich for you to evaluate my desire to engage with reality from a person who's trying to defend a party that produces 80 year old candidates from the primaries and then wondering why young people won't vote. Historians are going to have a field day dissecting your delusions.
I'm not defending them. I criticize them often. What I am doing, is commenting on your childish behavior.
I know why young people don't vote. Especially those that have been radicalized like yourself. With no strategic/critical thinking skills. Ain't none of em good.
Bulllllllshit. I can tell from your comment lecturing young people and leftists is where all your focus is.
Take that energy to moderate voters electing procorporate trash in the primaries. Those are the people who lack strategy.
Lol, I'm a Dejacque Libertarian/anarchist. They aren't going to listen to me either. Do you are more than welcome to keep proving my points. And acting the victim pretending that it's all because you're somehow so much more left than anyone else LOL. That sort of rhetoric is only a victim of itself.
I mean, you can call yourself whatever you want bud. But if you only spend your time lecturing young people and leftists about strategy you're indistinguishable from another moderate democrat voter electing pro-corporate trash in every election.
If you think having strategy makes you a moderate. That's a you problem. And one I'm glad not to have. Everyone needs strategy if they want to get something accomplished. And you'll learn that someday.
Your "strategy" is the same strategy the moderates have had for decades. It's a failure.
Here's mine: I don't vote for procorporate trash. Period.
LOL such bad reasoning. I'm not fond of much of what they've done but I'll give them this much they've actually accomplished things where people with your mentality haven't. Good luck with that:-)
They elevated Trump in the 2016 Republican primaries and then lost to him in the general election.
Your ability to assess the success of a strategy is suspect sir.
And your petulant childish behavior is without bounds. Listen I've never once questioned your commitment or political alignment. Yes I've commented how you behavior is childish. Which it is and that's one thing. But I've never questioned your intent. Just the efficacy of it. And you've proven over and over again by impuning upon my commitment calling myself and others no true lefty. Because we disagree with you. You could not be displaying anymore petulant childish behavior.
Even your last response here was completely disingenuous purposely missing the point. Yes they f***** themselves over with trump. But on the regular they actually get things accomplished. Whereas people like yourself who constantly harp on others, denying their identities. Are the exact reason why people in general don't take the left very seriously and why the left as a group struggles to get anything accomplished. Have fun with your Purity tests.
The difference is that Biden is following the rules of office, while Trump has said he's going to blatantly disregard them.
And Trump will take credit for it all and his idiot believers will eat it up.
In the exact same way Biden took credit for people returning to work after covid
Did you know that a lot of folks that received aid during the pandemic call it the "Trump check"?
Do you think he takes credit for that?