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[–] 71 points 2 years ago (65 children)

Biden has been a fine president, but notably failed to do a number of things that are important to me such as legalizing marijuana, codifying into law RvW, ending Citizen's United, increasing the minimum wage, etc. I like Joe Biden, and he's way better than the other guy, but I wouldn't say "great".

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  • [–] 112 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (38 children)
  • [–] 100 points 2 years ago (17 children)

    And the things he could do unilaterally (student loan forgiveness), he absolutely tried to do , but was cockblocked.

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    Most Americans don't know how many reps are in the Senate or House

    I'm not talking about Lemmy either. I mean your average person on the streets, especially in Bumfuck, IA. It doesn't affect them enough to care.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Well the only thing stopping a president from doing something is the will of the civil service to do it and the will of Congress to impeach them. Trump proved that. Why are we still playing gentlemen's rules?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Trump is hardly notable for just doing things. Monroe told Europe to fuck off in the Americas or else with zero approval or power to enforce it. Jackson proved that by forcibly removing Indians from their lands. Lincoln did lots of questionable things during the Civil War. FDR basically joined WWII without congressional approval. Reagan managed to have people commit treason and have congress grant them immunity. Bush created gtmo as a prison camp. Obama proved it with the gulf drilling moratorium.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Same with Marijauna, one of the first things he did was call for rescheduling by the DEA who have been too busy masturbating in corners. He did, however, pardon a ton of people over weed offences.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    He did, however, pardon a ton of people over weed offences.

    How many?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    In Early October 2022 he pardoned all simple marijuana possession charges via executive order. All of them.

    "More than 6,500 people were convicted of simple possession between 1992 and 2021 under federal law, and thousands more under D.C. code, the officials said."

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago

    If you cant hold him accountable for not getting minimum wage increase because he can't do it unilaterally why give him credit for things he cant do unilaterally, like the infrastructure bill? Clearly he didn't do that unilaterally either so why should he get credit? You can't have it both ways.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)
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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    It's astonishing to me the supposed number of "informed" people with their moral purity on Lemmy don't know basic US civics. But hey trendy nicknames worked for the low intelligence maga voters no reason it doesn't work on them. Maybe they'll realize it when Trump takes power again.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    Proceedings to add, delete, or change the schedule of a drug or other substance may be initiated by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), or by petition from any interested party, including:

    The manufacturer of a drug

    A medical society or association

    A pharmacy association

    A public interest group concerned with drug abuse

    A state or local government agency

    An individual citizen

    Not quite unilateral, but seems like he could lean a bit on Becerra and get the re/de-scheduling started. Congress handed that authority to the executive branch years ago.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    https://www.forbes.com/sites/sarahsinclair/2024/01/18/dea-considers-rescheduling-cannabis-what-this-means-for-us-and-global-reform/?sh=1ee5279b743f

    That is happening, maybe slower than any of us want ( and honestly probably time a bit to help in the election), but the rescheduling process had begun.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (8 children)

    The Railroad Union was all him. He can raise the minimum wage of federal workers, contractors, and sub contractors. He could have ended the Remain in Mexico program. He could have set the DOJ to monopoly breaking. He could have stopped supplying Israel. He could direct HUD to begin buying housing for direct rental programs...

    The list goes on.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago* (6 children)

    The executive can't make laws. Only congress can do that. And right now that means for those things to happen, Democrats have to control the House and 60+% of the Senate.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

    All those things have to be done through Congress. If he had the majority to do it and didn't do it, that would be a good reason to hold it against him.

    If we want Congress to act we need to make sure he has the House and the Senate, and best to do it is to vote in upcoming election and make your friends and family to do the same

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I was really really really hoping Gerrymandering would be a key issue for his administration.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    He set Harris on that issue early on, which is basically code for "it's not a priority, will probably fail, and I don't want to be associated with failure". Which was kind of self fulfilling, because the VP just doesn't have the stature to strongarm anyone into a reform.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    Then vote Democrat across the board. He needs a majority in both the House and Senate for some of those, and a super majority to go against the Supreme Court afaik.

    Voting matters. If you want results, Biden needs the numbers.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Joe Biden is trapped in the White House. The Republicans refuse to let him out unless he pardons Donald Trump and let him be president. He needs your help but we can help him stop the Republicans from taking over the country.

    All he needs is the 16 digits on the front of your mom’s credit card, as well as the 3 digits on the back but you must hurry, he doesn’t have much time.

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