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[–] OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 6 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Biden isn't going to do anything

[–] DeadWorldWalking@lemmy.world 2 points 44 minutes ago

Yeah lmao if you think the Dems will do anything besides consolidate power and give it to Republicans you have Stockholm Syndrome

They are all owned by the same class of oligarchs

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 5 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

Evil exit: glass the moon with nukes causing it to be 10% more reflective and drastically raise earth's temperature

[–] ValenThyme@reddthat.com 2 points 33 minutes ago* (last edited 32 minutes ago)

I don't think very much of our arsenal if any can hit the moon. Maybe space force could? I doubt they could glass over more than a small mare or two if so.

maybe draw a little dick on it?

[–] nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 18 hours ago

Biden was never the person to be tough on fascism, why would he start now?

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 21 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

Bidens 2019 promise to rich donors: "No ones standard of living will change"

Promise kept. Too bad he lost the lower and middle class with that, but it was past time for the charade to be over anyway.

https://www.axios.com/2019/06/19/joe-biden-wealthy-donors-demonize

[–] esc27@lemmy.world 69 points 1 day ago (2 children)

He won't do any of it... but,

  1. Order the immediate publication of all government climate research data
  2. Lease all climate monitoring satellites to the EU for 5 years.
  3. Order the complete destruction of all records of US secret agents, foreign assets, etc. operating outside the US.
  4. Pardon everyone convicted of federal drug crimes for possession of cannibis
  5. Order the complete destruction of all records of immigrants who entered the country under executive order but without any other legal protection
  6. Order the complete destruction of all heath records of government employees, especially those regarding gender affirming care and pregnancy.
  7. Share as much espionage data as possible on Russia, Saudia Arabia, etc. with trusted foreign nations.
[–] davidagain@lemmy.world 45 points 1 day ago

Warning on 3 and 5. The UK destroyed records of immigrants who were invited over to help rebuild Britain postwar and their children. Then a racist Conservative government deported a bunch of them who were children in the 1940s and didn't have proof of legal immigration status - the only legal documentation had been destroyed. These now old people were dumped back in the Caribbean having lived in the UK for almost their entire lives. It was brutal.

[–] AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think #4 already happened.

Yup, the only ones he didn't pardon were the ones with "intent to distribute", and those should probably be pardoned, and those driving under the influence, who maybe shouldn't.

https://www.npr.org/2023/12/22/1221230390/biden-pardons-clemency-marijuana-drug-offenses

[–] EtherWhack@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'd be worried about the ones charged with driving under the influence. It could easily be a way of profiling, given that there isn't any objective way to prove someone's high and not just having consumed within a couple days. The only current way that I know of is a field sobriety test, which can be a bit subjective.

[–] Anivia 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

given that there isn't any objective way to prove someone's high and not just having consumed within a couple days

You can do blood tests for THC, which are a reliable measure.

You are probably thinking of THC-COOH urine or saliva tests, which indeed will show positive for days or even weeks after you are already sober again, since THC-COOH is a metabolite of THC that takes very long to break down and does not have psychoactive properties

Just do it how Canada does it, they have a very reasonable cut-off value for THC blood concentration that even regular consumers with a tolerance for THC won't surpass while sober again

[–] AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works 4 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

You can, but did they in the cases in question?

Going forward, it's a good thing that a method exists to test if someone actually is driving high.

[–] Anivia 5 points 21 hours ago

Oh, I'm sure lots of them were wrongfully committed based on inaccurate urine tests or field sobriety tests, no doubt about that

[–] BigBenis@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The Dems have no spines. They let the Republicans play them like fiddles while they insist on maintaining decorum and "good faith" politics.

[–] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 5 points 4 hours ago (1 children)
[–] NateNate60@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

I'm sure the Democratic Party of the 1960s would surely agree with this graphic.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)

while I'm not trying to excuse biden of all people, who's responsible for the situation we're in... but in reality he can't do shit with the supreme court decision.

the supreme court didn't really say anything a president does is legal. they said it would still be illegal but we will stop you from prosecuting them of they're republicans.

the qualifications were purposely vague enough to allow republicans prosecute democrats and the supreme court hold up the prosecution saying it doesn't qualify, and throw it away if the prosecution is in the opposite direction.

[–] orcrist@lemm.ee 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

No, the qualifications weren't vague. Official acts have absolute immunity. That's clear.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

lol. I don't know if you're naive or conservative trying to legitimize it as a nonpartisan decision. they will be the arbiters of what's allowed to be an official act. if you're a democrat they can just say nah the president can't officially do this. that's the whole point.

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah but fuck it. Biden should make them prosecute him. Or more ideally, jail the justices who ruled in favor of giving king-like powers to a president.

Their decision was so outside the bounds of democracy that something needs to be done.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

if he had any interest he would've packed the court already.

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

Against expanding the court. Against single payer. Against eliminating the filibuster, Against using the 14th to get around budget hostage taking. Against womens reproductive rights. Against Sanders's push to stop weapons shipments in the genocide. Until now against long range missiles for Ukraine, against defund and reallocate, against citizens rights when dealing with police.

against against against.

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 103 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Come on, man. Use the last of your life force to release Dark Brandon one more time. The shows over after this no matter what.

[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 29 points 1 day ago (1 children)

'...preserve, protect and defend the Constitution...'

duty-bound to take donvict and all his comrades out, or at least round 'em up and ship 'em off to gitmo for a little island vaca. cruz would love that, winter's coming.

[–] PolydoreSmith@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago

…But he won’t do anything and we all know it. Their inaction is proof that all the cries of “democracy is in peril!” was a cynical tactic to drum up votes. If they were sincere about any of that, they would have had plans in place for these last couple months. Trump led an armed insurrection four years ago, but the democrats are more concerned with maintaining decorum and “reaching across the aisle” than they are with chasing even a vague semblance of justice.

Hell, they’re not even interested in going after Gaetz with any real sense of urgency or vigor. Nixon was pardoned and this is the law of the land. Remember, Democrats and Republicans though they may be, they still all work for the same organization.

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 73 points 1 day ago (7 children)

Politicians can’t and won’t save us. We have to save ourselves.

[–] psmgx@lemmy.world 36 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Learn to build guillotines

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[–] Microplasticbrain@lemm.ee 16 points 1 day ago

Don't do that, don't give me cope

[–] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 53 points 1 day ago (11 children)

As an official act:

Oops the records on student loans got misplaced, all paper backups are somehow gone too. Welp, I guess they don't have loans anymore.

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[–] NevermindNoMind@lemmy.world 58 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I heard the FBI has a file on Tulsi Gabbard and her activities with Russia et al. Biden could declassify that report to tank her becoming DNI. Mentioned on the "Hacks on Tap" podcast from yesterday, so this isn't just some social media conspiracy theory, it comes from plugged in politicos. Biden won't, but he could.

[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

A bunch he could declassify.

[–] nothingcorporate@lemmy.today 24 points 1 day ago

That would be awesome. Publish what the FBI found about Trump taking 10 million in cash from Egypt, Jeffrey Epstein's client list, and all the other bullshit we don't even know about.

I wish we lived in a timeline where he'd consider doing something so great.

[–] fox2263@lemmy.world 31 points 1 day ago (5 children)

I think…and I could be wrong… that the Supreme Court has to agree with said official act.

When they’re all corrupt, they won’t agree unless you’re their sugar daddy.

[–] nothingcorporate@lemmy.today 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

He should fire them as an official act, hire new supreme court justices who on his last day in office declare presidents can no longer do whatever the hell they want and kneecap Trump from undoing shit as soon as he gets into office.

Would he do something so cool? Of course fucking not.

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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 27 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"Buh... buh... when they go low, we go high!"

[–] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 1 day ago (4 children)

High? Biden should just reschedule weed to the least restrictive category and smoke weed on white house lawn while doing a twitch stream be like "Folks, I can't remember my name, but this is some good shit..." continues smoking weed

That's how you go high.

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[–] shittydwarf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Use his complete immunity to reset the courts

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 3 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

He could implement a max age on everyone paid by the federal government that would cover judges as well.

[–] Biggles@lemmy.myserv.one 2 points 4 hours ago

And presidents too. There's a minimum age requirement, but no maximum. In times past it was unthinkable anyone would vote for a geriatric dementia patient yet here we are.

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