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“(With) today’s Supreme Court decision on presidential immunity, that fundamentally changed. For all practical purposes, there are virtually no limits on what the president can do. It’s a fundamentally new principle and it’s a dangerous precedent because the power of the office will no longer be constrained by the law even including the supreme court of the United States.”

Throughout his address, Biden underscored the gravity of the moment, emphasizing that the only barrier to the president’s authority now lies in the personal restraint of the officeholder. He warned vehemently against the prospect of Trump returning to power, painting a stark picture of the dangers such an outcome could pose.

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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago (2 children)

We need someone that will use every tool at their disposal to stop trump.

Biden has shown time and time again, that's he's just not willing to do that.

Stopping trump is more important than Biden, if he won't fight, and he won't get out of the way, and the party won't force him to...

It's time to ask why we still support the party. The voters are the irreplaceable part, not the party.

[–] ms_lane@lemmy.world 16 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

The problem with that, is now "every tool at their disposal to stop trump" is an object lesson in exactly what Biden is talking about.

'Every tool' means Every tool

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Biden could have expanded the courts 4 years ago, but he didnt.

This could have never happened.

Roe vs Wade could still be standing.

So much shit could be better, but Biden didn't want to fight.

[–] jazzup@lemm.ee 10 points 4 months ago

Biden could not have expanded the court. That requires an act of Congress. Even if the Democrats passed such an act in the House, it would have been dead in the Senate because they have never had the needed supermajority and none of the Republicans would have voted for it.

[–] retrospectology@lemmy.world -4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

"In my view, we need a strong Republican Party. We need a Republican Party that’s united."

-Joe Biden (~2011)

The man is just incompetent and nostalgic for the "good old days" when Dems and Republicans would play grab ass together and hoodwink the public together to protect the status quo and grow the wealth divide. This whole fascism thing, though clearly signaled decades ago, has him scratching his head. He simply doesn't get it and is too mentally calcified to keep up with the paradigm shift in politics.

[–] bolexforsoup@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

You grabbed a completely out of context quote from 13-14 years ago as you complain that he is nostalgic (for what…?)

Where do I begin?

[–] retrospectology@lemmy.world -2 points 4 months ago

It's not out of context, it's exactly what he said and meant. And he's repeated that sentiment on multiple occassions.

If you need a more recent example to ignore, in 2022 he attempted to make some kind of distinction between MAGA and non-MAGA republicans because he still is dumb enough to believe there's some contingent within the GOP that's not fully onboard with fascism. Even after the decades of lies and double-dealing, of Republicans pushing to capture the courts and voting consistently to strip Americans of their rights, it hasn't sunk in. Not even after January 6, after the whole party united behind Trump.

He actually thinks there needs to be a balance between "good" Republicans and Democrats, which is a deeply idiotic notion at this point and betrays the fact that he doesn't actually want to achieve any of the progressive policy he cribbed off Sanders to win in 2020.

[–] Freefall@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Wasnt trump still a Democrat back then? It's like people never change.....wait ...

[–] retrospectology@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Biden hasn't changed though. He's still the same old pro-austerity, pro-corporate, "respectably racist" Republican-at-heart conservative he's always been. You just can't see it because Trump is so much more extreme.