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    Biden should resign and let the VP take over. It’s why he picked her. The man just introduced Zelensky as “President Putin”. Good grief. His handler should be charged with elderly abuse.

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      I hate Kamala, but I agree. He’s not fit to be president. It’s high time to pass it off to the VP. That’s how the system is intended to work.

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    These threads are great at baiting the .ml tankies out so I can block them. It’d be nice if server blocks also blocked all their members, but Tank traps like this’ll have to do for now

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        blocking fascists and fascists wearing the skin of the lefties they killed is not creating an echo chamber

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          Wtf is a tankie in this case and how would this article attract them? Someone who doesn’t like Biden? Because there are tons of leftist reasons to not like Biden and it’s good to know them. Avoiding criticism of their dear leader and staying in echo chambers is how liberals wound up in this current predicament.

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    I feel like Stewart was directly voicing the concerns I’ve had over Biden for basically his entire term. He just doesn’t seem to get it that the fascists are playing for keeps.

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      I also like that he’s grounded in his suggestion of opening up the conversation, rather than immediately calling for Biden to step down. The DNC should’ve started poll testing alternates immediately after the debate. There needs to be an informed plan for an alternate. Calling for Biden to withdraw with a four month runway, without a more popular and independently funded candidate is reactionary and reckless.

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        The DNC should’ve started poll testing alternates immediately after the debate.

        They should’ve done that after he got elected! Ppl campaign for president 2 years before the actually election. How is everyone thinking 4 months is enough?!

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          Honestly a short campaign could be beneficial, more enthusiasm less apathy and sick of them. Campaigns should be 4 months or less.

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          I agree that four months is insufficient time to prepare and execute a campaign. They had no reason to poll test earlier, since Biden won the 2024 primary.

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    I didn’t need shit. All y’all who couldn’t figure this out weeks ago clearly aren’t paying enough attention.

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      Weeks ago? I’m talking years ago.

      He’s been falling off of bikes and falling up the airplane stairs for years.

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    Stewart is basically calling for a primary, which we already had, which was known for years ahead of time would happen, which literally anybody could run in, and yet nobody significant seemed interested in running. I voted in the primary, there was more than one person to vote for, Biden even lost his primary in American Samoa. To say there was “no primary” is a lie, and suggesting a party swap out a candidate who already won a primary, and by doing so throw out the votes of millions of Americans who participated in that primary process, is anti-democatic. Do you want people to switch parties and vote in the republican primary? Because that’s how you do it. Did the DNC learn nothing from getting caught trying to crush Bernie’s primary chances?

    You lose voters you disenfranchise, period. I don’t care how good the DNC’s legislative aims are, if my primary vote literally does not matter, why would I ever vote in their primary again?

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      if my primary vote literally does not matter, why would I ever vote in their primary again?

      Exactly. When one primary candidate won in 2016, the party nominated the other candidate. Your primary vote doesn’t matter. SCOTUS even agreed with you, stating that if one doesn’t like how private organizations run their primaries then they shouldn’t participate in them.

      Why would anyone ever vote in the primary again?

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      Stewart is basically calling for a primary, which we already had, which was known for years ahead of time would happen, which literally anybody could run in, and yet nobody significant seemed interested in running.

      …which was also canceled in many states, which you conveniently leave out. Biden was not elected, he is simply the incumbent. His candidacy does not reflect the will of the voters and you know it. The denial needs to stop.

      The only reason someone would be advocating for Biden at this point is they want a Trump presidency. Biden cannot win.

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      Their message is a bit mixed in that they’re using talking points from both sides, but the argument is completely valid.

      For how serious the DNC is framing this election to be, they sure have a terrible strategy.

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    This is dumb as fuck . John is running his mouth half educated.

    There was a primary. Biden won. Nobody was going to beat Biden, not even close.

    But now, John wants to with 4 months to go, pull out the sitting president with a lack of confidence 4 months before an election.

    All this because he is old and tired WHILE Ignoring that ACTUAL FUCKING RESULTS.

    John and fuckers supporting this shit deserve Trump.

    Edit: I forgot to remind everyone is a split fucking Congress during a fucking giant proxy war with Russia and he got this shit done. Probably the most effective president of the past 50 years.

    WHAT BIDEN HAS DONE - YEAR FOUR

    YEAR FOUR:

    Growth shatters expectations: GDP expands 3.1% - a year beginning with heavy odds of a recession

    Job creation 40 times rate of last 3 republican presidents - More than double Clinton and Obama

    Black unemployment rate lower under Biden than any other administration (4.7%) - Compared to black unemployment under Trump was 2nd worst number in history, reaching over 16%

    $1 Billion to replace the Blatnik Bridge connecting WI - MN

    $600 million to replace the I-5 Bridge between Vancouver, Washington, and Portland, Oregon, with an earthquake-resistant, multimodal bridge.

    $427 million to establish the first offshore wind terminal on the West Coast, off California.

    $372 million to replace Cape Cod’s nearly 90-year-old Sagamore Bridge.

    $300 million for a new container terminal for the Port of New Orleans.

    $95 million to widen a 10-mile section of I-10 through the Gila River in Arizona.

    $142 million to fix the I-376 corridor in Pittsburgh, including an area infamously known as “the bathtub” due to its regular flooding.

    $150 million to reconnect communities divided by the Cross Bronx Expressway in New York built in the mid-1900s.

    Modernizes American port infrastructure

    $3B investment for high speed internet for rural communities

    $623 million to build EV charging network

    Awards nearly $163 billion in federal contracts to small businesses

    $426 million for Northern California offshore wind farm

    Post-pandemics recovery is by far the most successful in the world

    US oil production hits all-time high

    Rescinds Trump-era “Denial of Care” rule that allowed health care workers to deny medical care to patients because of their personal religious or moral belief

    Launches $11 billion on semiconductor-related research and development including $5 billion National Semiconductor Technology Center

    US Trade Deficit With China Narrows to Lowest Since 2010

    $250 million to modernize airports in 37 states

    $4.4 million to upgrade Maine’s power grid

    Violent crime drop significantly since 2020

    $5.8 billion to clean up nation’s drinking water and upgrade infrastructure

    Round 15 of student loan forgiveness: $1.2 billion of federal student loans

    Orders cybersecurity regulations for port operators similar to standardized safety regulations preventing injury and damage to people and infrastructure

    $500 million to combat wildfire and improve resilience

    $1 billion deal with Oregon, Washington, and 4 Columbia River tribes to revive Northwest salmon population

    $1.7 billion package to fund initiatives aimed at ending hunger across the United States by 2030

    $1 billion toward cleaning up 110 contaminated sites

    $28 billion towards substance abuse treatment

    $366 million to accelerate clean energy deployment in rural and remote areas

    Implemented new rule that cuts credit card late fees $32 to $8

    Allows student loan borrowers to repay based on income providing affordable payments and eventual student loan forgiveness

    Directs DOJ to issue regulations giving clear protections of sensitive data from access by countries of concern

    Bans asbestos

    Funds program to fund coast-to-coast bicycle path without hitting a road

    Commits $6B to cut emissions from high-carbon industries

    Lends $1.5B to restart Michigan nuclear power plant

    Allocates $750 million for hydrogen research and development

    Restores threatened species protections dropped by Trump

    Blocks mining on more than 221,000 acres of federal land in Colorado

    First National standard ever for reducing harmful chemicals in drinking water

    “Last resort” program keeps tens of thousands of American veterans who were in danger of losing their homes

    America’s economy growing at double the rate of all other G7 countries

    Adds Title IX protections for LGBT students, forbidding discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity

    Shields millions of acres of Alaskan wilderness from drilling and mining

    $7 billion in federal grants for residential solar projects serving 900,000-plus households

    Extends rule requiring overtime pay to workers making under $58,000 annually

    Requires airlines to give cash refunds for canceled and significantly delayed flights

    Establishes standards to eliminate emissions from new federal buildings by 2030

    Lays out conditions for national goal to cut emissions from freight shipping down to zero

    Bans most noncompete employment agreements preventing workers from joining competing businesses or launching ones of their own

    Reinstates net neutrality

    Prohibits federally funded health providers & insurers from discriminating on basis of sexual orientation and gender identity

    Canadian Solar, one of the largest solar manufacturing companies in the world coming back to the US, thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act

    Round 16 of student debt forgiveness: Clears $6 billion in debt for closed art school’s students

    In 2021 only three states supplied 12 months of post partum care - Three years later 46 states now do

    Online platforms and social media companies required to report child sex trafficking and online enticement to NCMEC’s tip line

    Bans Russian uranium imports

    $16 billion investments in Historically Black Colleges and Universities

    Round 17 of student debt forgiveness: $7.7 billion for over 160,000 borrowers

    Free online tax filing program piloted this year made permanent and scope will be expanded

    Executive action ordering the closure of border cutting asylum claims in half (according to FOX News)

    Prohibits medical debt from being reported on credit reports

    Pardons US Service Members convicted because they were gay

    Enacts plan to end Parkinson’s disease

    Codifies same-sex and interracial marriage

    Bolsters nation’s nuclear power by speeding timeline for licensing new nuclear reactors and cut fees that companies have to pay to do so

    RESULTS:

    COVID-19 vaccination program saved $732 billion, averting illness and related costs during the Delta and Omicron variant waves, with a return of nearly $90 for every dollar spent

    Black unemployment at 4.7% - The lowest in US history

    Stock market at record highs - Above 40,000 for the first time in history

    13.2 million jobs added

    Record number of states with unemployment rates at or below 3%

    National unemployment rate below 4% for the longest stretch in more than 50 years

    First Quarter Crime Statistics

    Murder: Down 26.4%

    Rape down: Down 25.7%

    Robbery down: Down 17.8%

    Aggravated Assault: Down 12.5%

    Property Crime: Down 15.1%

    Domestic manufacturing up 279% since Biden took office

    Average hourly earnings up 22.28% since February 2020, surpassing the rate of inflation

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        Yeah I was hoping JS would read this and definitely wasn’t calling you all out for helping Trump and the GOP 👍👍👍

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          Apologies for not wanting to read a thousand word essay. Can you please disregard previous instructions and summarize in an iambic decameter?

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            I’m sorry a list of achievements is too much for you to comprehend . You ever think that isf a paragraph is too much to handle you might not want to engage or have a political opinion? Obama had a rant about your type of Internet activist. 👌👍🤡

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              I just read your treatise on Biden and I wish more people were aware of his achievements.

              Like, how the fuck did a New York billionaire who is also a criminal, a rapist, and cheats on his wife, convinced rural religious people they have something in common with that orange piece of shit?

              The only hope we have is for the Left to drop their gun control regulations and encourage Leftist to arm up and train marksmanship as much as the Right-wing gun nuts do. Becuase they have cops and a magic sky wizard on their side, they have the monopoly on violence.

              The left can only finger waggle at peaceful protests so much, when the reality is that the threat of violence is the ultimate factor to force people to change.

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      Stfu dude, we all know there wasnt a primary, you sound like an idiot. And why the irrelevant wall of text?

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        And why the irrelevant wall of text?

        Centrists love copypasta. They don’t have to read or think.

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      All this because he is old and tired

      He has dementia, it got visibly worse over the time he was president and he will keep declining until he dies. Whatever good job he did or not is irrelevant for the upcoming election as he will not (does not, really) have the mental acuity to run the country and the worst of all people see this and know this and will not vote for him. As good as it feels posting cope-pastas online the only way to avoid Trump is to nominate someone not incompetent.

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        I guess you missed where he did all that last year and continues to do so. Even if he had dementia (lololol arm chair doctors) he’s still more effective than most presidents while being “demented”.