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[–] [email protected] 88 points 4 months ago (42 children)

All of these things definitely were in the news, of course. They just don't STAY in the news, and the public memory hole works fast.

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[–] [email protected] 52 points 4 months ago (7 children)

Biden has made significant progress for the average person during his presidency, which is disheartening given the potential for even greater impact. It seems he knows that simply meeting basic expectations will be enough to outdo previous leaders.

[–] [email protected] 94 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Significant progress is disheartening. Ok.

Tough room.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Lemmy is full of those childish people I met in college.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I suspect it's also full of foreign agents acting on bad motives. That and children for whom this is their first election, who are caught up on ideals instead of slow and steady progress.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I wawnt ever thang I wawnt. If it isint all I wawnt it isint gud enuff.

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Now give me single payer healthcare/Medicare for All, and I'll be a happy camper.

[–] [email protected] 47 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (15 children)

We need more Democrats in Congress for that. A third of the Senate and all of the House are up for election in November. Attendance at the polls is crucial for down-ballot candidates just the same as presidential.

Vote in November, or be ready to accept what a Republican President, Congress, and SCOTUS decide for you.

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 4 months ago (10 children)

He can't do that.

People keep saying the things Biden have been doing are weak, half measures, but they have no idea what he's actually capable of doing without Congress.

He literally tried to wipe away a significant amount of student debt. He tried to fulfill that promise without Congress. The Supreme Court stopped it.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 4 months ago (24 children)

which is disheartening given the potential for even greater impact

What potential? Without Congress or the Supreme Court, what potential things could Biden be doing that would have "greater" impact that he isn't doing?

Something that doesn't require a new law, and won't be shot down by a hostile conservative court?

Please give me examples.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Without Congress or the Supreme Court

Pretty sure the potential lies in changing this.

Vote. Not just for president, but for every office you're able to. Because this shit isn't just "Trump did it!" or "Biden didn't do enough!" It's also the legislators, and a lot of the judiciary they approved (and probably pushed during the Trump administration). Not to mention all the state and local reps that initiate most of the policies that affect people.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

They can't give you any examples and neither can the dorkuses downvoting you. Biden has accomplished a lot with the maggats playing the "I don't wanna" game whenever a dem is in office. He not only had to dig us out of the hole the orange menace left us in, he also has to cure cancer, be the first human to step on Mars, etc and even then people will find something to bitch about.

With any luck (and a lot of hard work) we will have Biden for a second term and then a dem to replace him in 2028 so at least 12 years of the adults running things. Then maybe we can get some shit done and stop trying to tread water at best.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago

But don't you think getting the 10 commandments in our classrooms will make things soo much better? 🙃

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 4 months ago (2 children)

If only politics were about policy and not popularity.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 4 months ago (29 children)

But they did make headlines, that's how we know about these. The FTC and FCC doing their job more is good and makes headlines.

It's good, don't get me wrong. But man it feels like table scraps compared to a lot on what Biden ran on in 2020.

[–] [email protected] 58 points 4 months ago (6 children)

Not really. The average person knows more about trump's bowel movements than these accomplishments. The average undecided voter is lazy and needs information spoon-fed to them. That's why it matters what is reported in the media.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 4 months ago (3 children)

And also, the people who run the media have very fucked up priorities. Biden's NLRB can make historic strides in bringing unions back into American working life and they every so often run a story about it if there happens to be something they can say that has the word "Starbucks" in it.

But, if either Biden or Trump ever farted on camera, it would be all we heard about for a month.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 4 months ago (5 children)

Expanding internet access in rural areas with the Build Back Better plan. That alone was a massive investment into our infrastructure.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Meanwhile: "Good isn't perfect, so fuck that and fuck you."

Too many people are all too ready to say that improvement isn't enough, it has to be a perfect and complete solution or else what was the point.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Wait... no medical debt goes to your credit report? Is this a thing now or is it something he's working on?

[–] [email protected] 27 points 4 months ago (7 children)

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/medical-debt-may-be-wiped-from-credit-reports-heres-why-thats-a-big-deal/

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has proposed a rule that would remove medical bills from credit reports, a ban that would prevent lenders from considering those debts when making decisions about whether to issue loans.

The proposed rule change, announced Tuesday, would also increase privacy protections, help raise credit scores and prevent debt collectors from using the credit reporting system to coerce people to pay.

. . . The proposed rule is open for public comment through Aug. 12, with the bureau working toward a final rule that would take effect next year.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (14 children)

But it's BlUe mAgA which is why I support red maga winning! /s

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