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[–] 111 points 2 years ago (14 children)

No Biden, your legacy will be that your ego was so big, you let your country fall into fascism rather than relinquish power. He never should have run for 2024, and the DNC should have had an actual primary.

Nothing else he did during his term will end up mattering nearly as much as how it ended.

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    [–] 59 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/08/16/biden-oil-drilling-production/ :

    As he campaigned for president in 2020, Joe Biden made a bold promise at a New Hampshire town hall, adding repetition for emphasis: “No more drilling on federal lands. Period. Period. Period. Period.” […] The Biden administration has now outpaced the Trump administration in approving permits for drilling on public lands, and the United States is producing more oil than any country ever has.

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

    His end is similar to Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

    Held on too long to power and totally fucked their legacy.

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    [–] 54 points 2 years ago (14 children)

    Oh word, is marijuana legalized Joe?

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    [–] 53 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (35 children)

    Green energy, EV investment, union empowerment (inb4), student debt relief marijuana pardons and likely rescheduling, infrastructure, drug price controls, Chips act, PACT act, non-competes banned (by FTC along 'party lines'), pardoning people kicked out of military for being gay, supporting Ukraine, etc, etc.

    People saying he didn't do anything have their head in the sand.

    Is this where we cue "but he didn't do everything, everywhere, all at once"?

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

    inb4

    You lost me the moment you thought the strikes were only about sick days. Look up the unions' demand and you'll see that sick days were only one of many, and Biden still gave them less of those than they demanded.

    Edit: Typo.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago (24 children)

    and likely rescheduling

    Cannabis is still Schedule I.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago* (14 children)

    Going to copy paste my comment from elsewhere


    He started the process for medical marijuana legalization in 2022 via rescheduling to schedule 3 (Harris had called for full legalization, Biden only called for medical). It's not as simple as a singular executive order when done without congressional action alone. The existing law makes the process very convoluted to reschedule. Lots of steps inbetween with people that have actively tried to slow it down

    The formal rule for it ended up being fully proposed in May 2024, and the DEA has dragged it out and kept delaying it. The DEA managed to push the inital first hearing out until Dec 2nd and there keep being legal challenges from outside groups to push it back further and further


    Dems also tried getting it through via legislation which is much faster. Passed in the house but it died in the senate

    https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3617

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    [–] 42 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    When he said he wasn't ever going to pardon his son, I knew that wasn't true, and so did he. There was no reason to lie, yes it's a political witch hunt, and the only reason they went after him is because of who he was, but he knew that.

    That's another reason why I am disappointed in Biden.

    The democratic party needs all of its leadership gone, people like Pelosi are keeping the party down at the expense of the American people.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago

    I'm actually of the opinion that he really meant what he said when he promised not to pardon his son. But then after the election I believe he was disappointed with the democratic party and the American public and realized that leaving his son in prison under Trump and a fully Republican Congress was dangerous (he'd already lost all of his other children). And decided to go against his own word. He really had nothing to lose in doing it. And I don't think he gives a damn shit about the Democratic party anymore. I mean, I know I don't.

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    [–] 32 points 2 years ago (8 children)

    He kept his word that nothing would fundamentally change.

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

    idk he certainly did some decent stuff, and tried to do even more while being blocked by the other branches, but he broke his word several times.

    I'll miss the boring politics as we faceplant back into potus orange haired toadus

    It's been fine waking up every day simply concerned about the economy and people experiencing terrible things from afar, soon my morning concerns will include our local immigrants, a christofacist state, political retribution against some of the few politicians with some integrity, a further broken judicial system, broken education, banned abortions, broken social security, further broken health insurance. Ugh

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    [–] 28 points 2 years ago

    Senile old man with a giant ego can’t remember what he’s said or what he’s done. A sad state

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

    Your legacy is going to be a combination of the worst moments of Neville Chamberlain and Paul von Hindenburg. Nothing else.

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

    Somebody crosspost this to NotTheOnion, because...

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

    Tell that to the railroad workers friendo

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    [+] 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
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