This is Biden's America

Yeah right. Can you say "scapegoat"? Not loudly enough, because this is what he also said, but nobody heard him, at least none of you.
https://nypost.com/2022/05/23/biden-praises-gas-prices-as-part-of-incredible-transition/
That right, he is deliberately helping raise the gas prices by supporting bad policies to persuade (force) you to switch to electric.

He will never seriously fight Putin, cuz then he will need a new scapegoat. But he might be more than happy to risk the lives of patriotic Americans on a war that doesn't mean a damn thing.

Is Biden rewarding Manchin for blocking his so-called agenda or does he have a method of persuasion working here?

President Joe Biden struck a deal with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to nominate Chad Meredith, a Republican anti-abortion advocate, to a federal judgeship on the Eastern District of Kentucky, Slate has confirmed. Under the arrangement, Meredith would take the seat currently occupied by Judge Karen Kaye Caldwell, a George W. Bush nominee. Caldwell submitted her move to senior status on June 22, which, once complete, will allow Meredith to take the seat. A lawyer with connections to the Kentucky governor’s office who is familiar with the agreement told Slate that Caldwell conditioned her move upon the confirmation a successor—specifically, the conservative Meredith. In exchange, McConnell will allow Biden to nominate and confirm two U.S. Attorneys to Kentucky.

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/07/biden-mcconnell-chad-meredith-abortion-kentucky-judge.html

That's a shitty deal.

Maybe an anti-abortion type would buy that kinda deal, but no thanks. Roe vs Wade was not a legitimate ruling, abortion is a state issue. Just as gay marriage is a state issue. Or in fact, a religious issue. Leave it up to the pastor, imam, or otherwise (not the government's business).

Here's what happens in that kinda "deal". There are nine justices, right? Yeah that's good. You should not have a tied court. Nope, no wait, one is dead. So you get one anti-abortion judge, which is relevant maybe 1% of the time (and that's if the guy isn't a freaking RINO), in the meantime, Biden stuffs the Supreme Court... Oh nvm, this is Kentucky. Yeah **** Kentucky.

If you ask me (what do you mean, "I didn't ask you"), Supreme Court should be free of presidential meddling. The potential for stuffing the Court is too great. In fact, for the checks and balances system to work, each branch of government must work differently. Which reminds me....
https://able2know.org/topic/571366-1


You may ask, "Where is the checks and balances? Each is independent of each other." Exactly . The last thing you want is for one section to be able to "buy" the others. For them to interfere with each other, they have to be free from any sort of meddling. They check and balance each other by meddling in each other's work, but none of them should have oversight in their election.

Danny Haiphong
@SpiritofHo
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12h
BREAKING: 7 of 10 Americans do not want Joe Biden to run for reelection in 2024 according to a Harvard CAPS–Harris Poll survey.

A majority want an independent candidate instead, backing up data that Americans would support a third-party if available to th

Ironic Icons Art
@Ironic_IconsArt
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Everyone screaming for
@POTUS
to expand SCOTUS should realize that he's appointing an ANTI-ABORTION federal judge right now. What kind of "bipartisan" justices do you think he'll nominate?

Power To Control
@Power2Control
When democrats tell you SCOTUS judges lied under oath, it was up to democrats to look at their actual history to see if what they said matched up with their actions

It should dawn on you by now that a president will to do anything and give anything to get what he wants (the classic sign of a sociopathic exploiter) should not be trusted to give you what you want. Just as they can make false deals for your enemies, they may have been dealing falsely with you. On the other hand, Trump has never lied about what he wants to do. If you then are his allies (or as at least not his foes), how much much genuinely good will he treat you?

If not, I guess you're pretty blythe about all this.

Ross Perot showed it is possible for an independent to be elected president. If he had the acumen to develop on what he began with, it was entirely possible. Only after settling for a less than adequate running mate and making egregious blunders did the possibility of it vanish. I would love to see Bernie go that route and take along a running mate such as Cortez or Nina Turner.

It looks as though Edgar's determination to stop any Democrat from beating whomever the Republicans choose as their presidential candidate in 2024...has accelerated to the point where his suggestions are now going from laughable to belly-hurting laughable.

Now he wants Bernie Sanders to team up with AOC and run as Independents in that election.

There is no way Edgar truly thinks that would be a winning strategy...and many reasons to think it is a strategy that would insure a massive defeat for the Democratic Party candidate. Any intelligent, sane person would see it that way.

So we are left with the suspicion that Edgar has affection for the Republican Party; the GOP notion of governance; and its most likely candidate at the moment, Trump (or a Trump look-alike.)

Tough to be sure why Edgar has such high regard for the Republican Party and its machinations...and for people like Trump. But in his defense, I will acknowledge that it is not an uncommon sickness.

Obama put it more succinctly than I or anyone else could when he told a fellow Democrat, "Don't underestimate Joe's ability to **** things up."

Nina Turner
@ninaturner
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5h
Holding people in power accountable isn’t dangerous, it’s democracy.

Republicans are worse—we know this.

This idea that criticism=attack is undemocratic.

Also, most progressives are pleading for Democrats to act, we aren’t attacking anyone.

The only thing that’s dangerous is Democrats gaining power in 2020 and not doing as much as they can with it.

By not using the power that is given to them by the people, the people won’t see a reason to give them power. Very simple math here.

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Edgar continues to reinforce the reason I said the things I said in my post:

https://able2know.org/topic/560074-49#post-7239324

I do note, however, that supposed Democrats who have decided to help the Republican attempts to recover the White House (or at least hamper Democrats from stopping the GOP from doing so)...are every bit as good as they at rationalizing their contrarian actions.

Independents make up 43% of American voters, yet less than 1% of our Senate and not sure if any are in the House. We are disenfranchised while at the same time being the largest block of voters. Independents (43%) v Ds or Rs (tied at 27% each)

The above is exactly why the right independent campaign could carry the day.

Edgar seems to think that "the right independent campaign could carry the day"...because 43% of voters are independents.

The BEST independent campaign could not "carry the day" in today's world if it had a crane at its disposal. The only thing an independent campaign can do is what it has done in the past...take votes away from one of the major parties. And if what Edgar considers the "right independent campaign" consisted of Bernie Sanders and AOC...I doubt that campaign would hurt a Trump campaign...or a surrogate Trump campaign even a tiny bit. Which means...

The Republicans and American conservatives are willing to swallow their pride (such as they have any) and defend an abomination like Trump...a classless, shyster, moron who attempted to steal an election as an incumbent...while the Democrats and liberals are excoriating a decent man like Joe Biden...on the basis of lack of lack of skill and capability...when the alternative is ******* Donald Trump!!!!

Just how ignorant must a position be in order for people to speak out against it?

I thought Mrs Clinton won the popular vote.

People who think Bernie Sanders would have done better than Hillary Clinton in 2016, remind me of people who think the election was stolen from Trump.

Different universe; different reality.