• @givesomefucks
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    412 months ago

    Ultimately, the decision rests with Biden on whether he stays in, and the president has been insistent this week that he’s not going anywhere. But these sources say that Biden is done — whether he drops out before November or loses to Trump on Election Day.

    It’s not Biden’s decision.

    The DNC is a private organization with a nonbinding primary.

    They could put Steamboat Willy on the ballot if they wanted to

    • @[email protected]
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      282 months ago

      His cabinet could also use the 25th ammendment and it pretty much kills his candidacy as well.

      • @very_well_lost
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        122 months ago

        Apparently he hasn’t had a full cabinet meeting since October 2023. Wouldn’t surprise me if his chief of staff is shielding him from the cabinet specifically over fears of them realizing just how compromised Biden is mentally.

        • @Asidonhopo
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          52 months ago

          You mean Chief of Staff Jeff Zients, former management consultant for Bain Capital?

          • @TokenBoomer
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            42 months ago

            I didn’t need to know that. The rot goes deep.

        • @[email protected]
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          42 months ago

          Jesus. That’s even more insidious. More selfish. “We can’t let the people with the power to do something know they should probably do something.”

          Great plan. Because they’re just opening up the country to bear the burden instead of his cabinet—whose fucking job it is to take care of this shit.

          Jesus Christ that pisses me off

          I’ve been saying that we know it’s a huge gamble to have another candidate at this point. But that gamble is worth it if they’re seeing that running him is a guaranteed loss. What the fuck

          • @TokenBoomer
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            22 months ago

            If that’s not hyperbole, maybe take a break from this clusterfuck and have some fun. It’s not gonna get better anytime soon. Have a great weekend.

      • @givesomefucks
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        92 months ago

        Yep. There’s lots of options.

        It’s just the people who can do it, are ones Biden put in power, so they don’t want to.

        Just like how we found out lots of shit needed changed after trump was president, there’s lots of shit we need to change after Biden too.

        We can’t just keep pretending another president will always do the right thing. We need an exit strategy for presidents like we’ve had the last two terms that routinely out themselves over the country

    • @brucethemoose
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      62 months ago

      But practically, he could split the party.

      Trump basically made the same threat back when he was an “undesired” candidate. They couldn’t get rid of him, because he’d just trash the party.

      • @givesomefucks
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        192 months ago

        But practically, he could split the party

        Bruh who the fuck would vote for Joe Biden if he wasn’t the Dem nominee?

        trump? Yeah, that threat has teeth, republicans are stuck with him

        But Biden? He doesn’t really have supporters, he has people who want to stop trump.

        • @[email protected]
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          22 months ago

          Not to mention, it’d be supremely out of character for him, not to mention the people around him, for that to ever happen.

          Trump? Yeah, he’d do that in a heartbeat. But if Biden were forced out, I don’t see anything like that happening. I’m no great fan of the guy, but he’s not that detached from reality.

      • @TokenBoomer
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        12 months ago

        Biden/RFK 2024. That’s a scary thought.

  • SatansMaggotyCumFart
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    152 months ago

    If he does decide not to run again what are you going to post about going forward?

    • @son_named_bort
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      82 months ago

      Probably about how the Dems replaced Biden with the wrong candidate or something like that.

      • @CleoTheWizard
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        22 months ago

        I mean it will almost certainly be Harris and then the news media would walk as close to the sexist line as they can with criticisms.

        Look at what’s already been said by her by normally left leaning outlets, they tear her down all the time

    • @chakan2
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      -22 months ago

      Hopefully…Hope. Simple Hope that we get a viable candidate to vote for.

      • SatansMaggotyCumFart
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        12 months ago

        There’s two candidates now, the way the system works is you vote for one or the other.

        Now if you want a different person you pick someone in the next primary and volunteer in their campaign and donate money to them.

        • @AbidanYre
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          52 months ago

          Or you sit on the sideline sniffing your own farts

        • @chakan2
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          -12 months ago

          You know this is the last time we get to vote right?

    • @return2ozmaOP
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      -62 months ago

      Keep hammering on the criticisms of our politicians and government.

        • @return2ozmaOP
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          -62 months ago

          There’s plenty more in the Dem party to go after. If Trump/GOP wins, I’ll be going after them too.

          • SatansMaggotyCumFart
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            132 months ago

            You’d wait until they win to go after the GOP?

            Why not start now?

            • @return2ozmaOP
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              -92 months ago

              They’re not in power and also, I do share links about Trump and the GOP.

              • Nougat
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                142 months ago

                They control two of three branches of government.

              • @[email protected]
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                92 months ago

                I don’t think it’s right to say that Republicans aren’t in power just because they don’t currently have the presidency.

              • SatansMaggotyCumFart
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                52 months ago

                If Trump/GOP wins, I’ll be going after them too.

                I took you for what you were saying, should I not do that?

                • @return2ozmaOP
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                  -32 months ago

                  I’m far left. I’m not a Dem or Republican. Politicians are not our friends. Not somebody you “want to have a beer with.” They work for us. We need to hold their feet to the fire.

          • @Eldritch
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            72 months ago

            The problem is. You can and should hammer the parties regardless of who has the presidency. You don’t. And it’s odd.

              • Ioughttamow
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                72 months ago

                Conservatives hold the house and the current regressive activist Supreme Court It also takes longer to build up administration than to destroy it. We’re still clawing our way back from 2016

              • @Eldritch
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                62 months ago

                They both are. Republicans control the house and much of the senate. Effectively control the judiciary. Democrats don’t control much even when they have a majority and strictly only control one of 3 branches of government at the moment.

  • @[email protected]
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    102 months ago

    And this article was written before he called Zelensky Putin and Harris Trump on the same day.

  • @[email protected]
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    102 months ago

    Jesus I am so fucking sick of having to walk on eggshells around the president’s ego. Trump was far worse, to be sure, but this is still very bad.

  • @JoeTheSane
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    102 months ago

    Dear Biden Campaign,

    Joe has done good work and it’s time to rest and enjoy his remaining time with his family. He can’t win it. Please fake a medical emergency so he can drop out with some dignity and let Harris run with it.

    Signed, Don’t Want My Trans Kids Jailed Or Killed

  • @jpreston2005
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    -22 months ago

    hey it’s return2ozma posting another bullshit article about nothing, wonderful.

  • @JamesTBagg
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    -42 months ago

    This muckracking and hit pieces focusing on the one viable counter to Trump are becoming tiresome. Why not present an alternate besides “let trump win.”

    • knightly the Sneptaur
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      62 months ago

      The alternative is to run a candidate that can generate real enthusiasm for the election, polling shows Harris is +4 vs Biden already.