https://twitter.com/NoahShachtman/status/1513308038622494725
LMAO
When Biden, who had vowed to run an “FDR-sized presidency,” did inject himself into the negotiations late in the fight, his contributions did more harm than good.
LETS GO BRANDON
Soon after Sinema finished speaking, Biden arrived at the closed-door Senate Democratic caucus meeting. Anyone hoping for a rousing call to action or LBJ-style browbeating was disappointed. Biden drifted from one side of the room to the other, at times speaking so softly that senators struggled to hear him, according to one source in the room. “His style was very much ‘I’m here among friends,’ ” the source says. “He decided not to give the stump speech of someone who stands up and says, ‘This is the moment that history changes in America and you all decide which way it goes.’ ” When Manchin asked Biden a question about the history of the filibuster, Biden’s answer was so unconvincing that Schumer motioned to Sen. Jeff Merkley to intervene and give a more substantive response, according to multiple witnesses.
Once the meeting was over, Biden walked to the crowd of reporters gathered outside the room and did something inexplicable: With the final vote still days away, he declared defeat. “I hope we can get this done, but I’m not sure,” he told the press. “Like every other major civil-rights bill that came along, if we miss the first time, we can come back and try it a second time. We missed this time.”
This is what libs will deny. If these people were actually "progressive" as they say they are, they could do so much stuff. Even Bernie could have done waaaay more than he has (even beyond how lame he is now). People could be occupying buildings, stalking politicians, using the state apparatus to make life miserable for other politicians, forcefully create media narratives to support a cause, like capitalists in this country always do (think "rise in violent crime, time to get more cops and vote for right-wingers!" type stuff). Literally all it takes is someone directing people. The CIA overthrows governments using less, using random annoying college students with free time and bad opinions.
I keep telling people they need to run for a public works office and shut off politicians water, or get in control of the permits office and send inspectors to hound right wing media figures.
It's clear that there isn't a single cool person with any kind of power in this country lol.
whoever runs the police unions seems to be getting the job done
It actually terrifies libs when you mention that Joe Biden could declare Donald Trump and everyone involved in the 1/6 riot terrorists and have them sent to Guantanamo without trial. Wait, so you don't want him to do so? But I thought they were the biggest threats to democracy and everything we stand for?