We're at War - March to Fascism, Republic Is at Stake, Hell Trump Yrs, Reign of Terror; All Biden's Done
- 'Why Isn't the Press Asking Trump to Drop Out? Aka Your Guide to Stop Getting Played,' Daily Kos, July 7, 2024. (I realized I should have added something about “doing something”, so I put that at the bottom). Edited.
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I’m hoping we’re near the end of our FreakOut™ over the debate last week. Wow. In all my years of being alive, being a father, being in the Navy, and paying attention to politics, I have not seen a meltdown of what is supposed to be a smart group of individuals as I’ve seen from (mostly white) Democrats. But it has to end, and it has to end now, because when the media latches onto something to lower Democratic votes, they will keep doing it until you stop reacting to it.
So, let’s discuss a few things, and let’s figure out how to keep people sane through all of this, because we are in a war. We are battling a press owned by billionaires that don’t want to see what a second-term of Biden will do to their bottom line. We are battling a party that is aligned with Putin. And we are battling a Supreme Court that is setting itself to be the Ruling Body of the US, placing the President as a figurehead under its control. We are the people to stop it, and we have to stop it.
- The 4 years under Trump and the 3 and a half under Biden, here’s a small synopsis:
The Trump years were hell, and the Biden years have been the best so far all around since FDR and the best for rights since LBJ. But let’s do a bit more detail.
- Trump’s Actual Reign of Terror: Right from the start, Trump turned his eye outwards, and declared Muslims and Latinos enemies of the state. He banned Muslims, including students that had been studying for years here, preventing them from coming back to finish their education. He put Latinos in cages, separated parents from children, and allowed the children to be shuffled into the adoption system to be picked up by actual evil Americans, who most likely call themselves Christians. But let’s not forget what his administration did to the executive departments. He completely neutered the State Department, cutting funding, eliminating positions, and that bizarre “You shall not look at Tillerson” thing. He tried to get every executive employee to sign a loyalty oath. He turned the Department of Education over to DeVos, who tried to destroy public education, tried to keep students paying for loans to fake colleges.
Oh, and how much money did he give to the rich? He and Republicans borrowed over $1 Trillion just to hand it over to billionaires, promising the rest of us a pizza a year, which most people didn’t receive. And, if you remember, the non-rich part of the tax cut expires next year. And last, but definitely not least: COVID. First, he kills of the CDC group monitoring for diseases in China. Then denies that COVID is real, and then that it won’t be a problem, and then that it will be over quickly, and then that if we’d just stop testing there wouldn’t be any other cases. Remember how his FEMA department was confiscating COVID supplies being bought by blue states and sending them to Florida?
- Oh But What Has Biden Done? I’m gonna give you a short list off of the top of my head. If you really want to know, there are plenty of lists somewhere on this site (If I find one after, I will put it here)...
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/7/7/2251970/-Why-Isn-t-the-Press-Asking-Trump-to-Drop-Out-Also-Known-as-Your-Guide-to-Stop-Getting-Played