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President Joe Biden warned Monday that a Supreme Court ruling granting presidents broad immunity from prosecutionwould make an unchecked Republican Donald Trump “more emboldened to do whatever he wants” if he regains the White House in November’s election.

Biden, under intense pressure after his disastrous debate performance against Trump last week, urged Americans to think carefully about their election decision and signaled he had no intention of dropping out of the race.

Criticizing the decision by the court’s conservative majority — which all but guarantees Trump will not face trial in Washington ahead of the November election over his actions during the violent riot on Jan. 6, 2021 — Biden said it now fell to the American people “to do what the courts should have been willing to do but will not. 

“The American people have to render judgment about Donald Trump’s behavior.”

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[–] [email protected] 269 points 5 months ago (6 children)

Fuck that. Biden should make them regret this decision. If his candidacy is as DOA as everyone is pretending it is, then there's no incentive to play by the rules. Move fast and break stuff and get some shit done for a change.

Also,

Biden, under intense pressure after his disastrous debate performance against Trump last week

They just had to get it in there. Not a mention of Trump making shit up the whole time, or the raving lunatic shit he's saying on the campaign trail. 90 minutes of Biden being low energy and it's all over. "The other guy is too old, maybe we can do a little fascism. That will be OK, right?"

[–] Audacious 95 points 5 months ago (7 children)

Insane that I have yet to see an article about trump lies during the debate. All I saw was Biben be replace bs articles.

[–] [email protected] 46 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Because Trump lies. It's old news. There was no way that debate was going to play well for Biden. He had nothing to gain. People voting for Trump are voting for Trump, people not voting for Trump are either Voting for Biden or staying home. Biden has to convince people not to stay home, not convince people not to vote for Trump.

The people that vote for Trump are people so sick of the current state of politics they want to burn it all down. Very few actually think he's a great president. He's a troll vote. Biden's performance made more people want to watch the world burn.

[–] iAmTheTot 31 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Almost every article I saw posted following the debate touched on Trump's falsehoods.

But also, Trump lying is not news. He lied all the way to his 2016 win, and lied decades before that, and still lies now. Absolutely no one new is going to be convinced that he's bad because he lies. If absolutely anyone is thinking of voting of Trump at this point, him lying is not going to be the deciding factor.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Biden shared this today on social media.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 months ago

No, not insane. 100% expected. This is the danger of electing an obligate serial liar. We have all been accustomed to his bullshitting. About the size of crowds, about how much money he has, about how fucking oppressed he is, about stolen this and unfair that, etc. No one has the energy to give a fuck anymore. It’s all old news.

I fear the only way out of this is violence.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Biden has the period between election and inauguration to get really weird if he loses.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 5 months ago (2 children)

It’s crazy that this is the kind of shit we’re counting on now. It used to be the Guardrails and then it was the Wheels of Justice grinding exceedingly fine and now it’s Maybe Something Good Will Happen at the Last Minute

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[–] [email protected] 151 points 5 months ago (1 children)

“I know I will respect the limits of presidential power as I have for the three-and-a-half years, but any president, including Donald Trump, will now be free to ignore the law,”

"Yes we may be in a steel cage wrestling match. But I'm still going to follow gentlemens rules. Those tables, chairs and ladders are off-limits to me; My moral superiority will win the day."

Tom Howard voiceover: "It didn't"

[–] [email protected] 50 points 5 months ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 68 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Nah, this is his cousin. I'm on a budget here.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago

You could have gotten his brother Clint for cheaper.

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[–] [email protected] 103 points 5 months ago (47 children)

Biden literally has the power to do something now, but is instead using this to campaign? Infuriating, we got you in office already, to protect against this exact thing from happening. Stop sitting on your ass and do something if you want the American public to forget the debate.

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[–] [email protected] 99 points 5 months ago (7 children)

He needs to take the gloves off. The traitors are literally acting out their plan for a civil war and democrats are waiting there bent over to take it.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 months ago (1 children)

"We keep letting other people make the world worse, and no one seems to love us for it. What gives?"

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago (1 children)

We tried nothing and we're all out of ideas.

  • The Democratic Establishment
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[–] [email protected] 87 points 5 months ago (2 children)

This speech was a capitulation by Biden. He basically said 'no, executive isn't going to check the judiciary.' His response is 'people need to vote's? What? Where's the vision or game plan to overturning this?
It's so fucking simple to grasp the shortfalls here.

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[–] [email protected] 57 points 5 months ago (5 children)

Damn it, democrats. Quit being little bitches. For 30 years ive watched you roll over or play nice and its gotten us screwed over. Have the 5 or 6 Supreme Court justices who decided this hung for treason. Show a country that's sick of corruption. Politicians used to be afraid of the stick. America quit carrying one decades ago.

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[–] [email protected] 47 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (15 children)

Could this response be any more weak and flaccid?

Wake the fuck up! It’s not someone else’s problem to solve. It’s yours.

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[–] Audacious 41 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

Biden needs to make some harsh executive orders, fixing the court (adding more judges or removing them), disbarring Trump from running and forced jailing, then claim all the bullshit changes made by the bad apples are unconstitutional and be reversed.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 5 months ago

He should have all the justices arrested and put in Gitmo indefinitely, then jam 6 Dem justices to the court and have them undo all the shitty decisions over the last two decades. Arrest enough senators and house memebers to pass decent legislation and ban Trump from being eligible. Then arrest Teump.and have him put to death for treason. Arrest the rest of the Jan 6th insurrectionists and throw them in Gitmo too.

Then put the structures in place to cover the things that let the Republicans set up a dicatorship so we can have a democracy again.

But no, he will.play fair and shoot himself in the dick so that the slide into fascism continues.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 5 months ago (2 children)

but nope. Just voices of concern as usual.

it's infuriating they do fucking nothing

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago

Now now, his hands are always tied and he can never do anything. He's the president, not a king.

Oh wait. Guess that particular goalpost has got to move now.

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 5 months ago

A gesture that has no meaning and even less significance

"To the violent, non-violence means nothing"

[–] [email protected] 22 points 5 months ago

America is absolutely cooked. Biden won’t do shit.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 months ago

FUCKING DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT THEN JOE.

Get off your geriatric ass and do something..

[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Spineless fucking pseudo-conservative.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago (2 children)

He needs to pledge to over turn this, and citizens united, put the us on a trail path

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago

show, don't tell.

but you're a pussy so you won't. and we're gonna have to see what TFG actually does with it.

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