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  • BoldTake [e/em/eir, comrade/them]
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    3 years ago

    Biden refusing to pack the court to protect women and defang the conservatives is worse than the chuds pushing to ban abortion in the first place.

    It’s an open betrayal of everyone who voted for him. “Nothing will fundamentally change” was a lie, he’s going to sit back and let this shit get worse while he shits his pants shaking hands with the pope.

    • SoyfaceKillah [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      how would he have done that? he doesn't even have enough juice get extended maternity leave or whatever.

      pack the court was a fantasy; if the left/progressives had the political will to make it tenable, a corporate dem would've never made it as the nominee.

      • star_wraith [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        He didn't have the juice to get the voting rights billed passed that, while objectively very good, would have absolutely helped Democrats electorally all across the country. How they didn't put the screws to Manchin and Sinema on that one, purely out of self-interest, shows how little power Biden has.

        • SolidaritySplodarity [they/them]
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          3 years ago

          Might not want to assume that Biden used all his tools to try and get it passed. Dem strategy is notoriously uninterested in power.

      • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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        3 years ago

        how would he have done that?

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heather_Bresch

        Bresch is the daughter of former West Virginia Governor and current U.S. Senator, Joe Manchin. Bresch has been a central figure in two controversies: a 2007 accusation of inflating her resume with an unearned MBA degree, and as the CEO of Mylan during the 2016 controversy over pricing of the company's EpiPen products.

        Order the DOJ to begin prosecuting Heather Bresch for price gouging. Tell Joe Manchin that the case will end as soon as Biden's legislative agenda is passed.

        Invite Sinema in on the meeting and let her know that you've got a filing cabinet with her name on it.

        • RNAi [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          Power has a lot of uses IF you want to use it.