SCOTUS gives Trump immunity for "official acts while president" while ignoring that theft and dissemination of classified materials and attempting to overthrow the government are not official acts... What should Biden do with his new powers?...
As you can probably tell I am feeling pretty charitable all things considered...
This is definitely a defining moment for the Biden administration.
Biden now yields the power to squash MAGA.
The Supreme Court knew exactly what they were doing. They didn't want to be the ones releasing the blade of the guillotine. The power is now in hands of Biden.
He may as well go full banana republic, while he still can. The SC is basically daring Biden to play a game of chicken with Trump, as they are expecting Trump to win in Nov., and then use all those powers, because they know full well that Trump will do exactly that, while they assume Biden is too honorable and gutless to do the same, while he is still in office. And they are almost certainly right about that. It really is a hopeless dilemma and situation, as even if Biden is replaced, I see it as a toss up, as far as whether Trump would win over a decent replacement for Biden. In 2016, I have no doubt that Bernie or any other decent Dem candidate, would have beaten Trump, but now, with how the Dem Party has gaslighted the American public about Biden's dementia and betrayed their trust for so long, I don't blame them for being so angry at the party, that they might stay home or vote for Trump, simply out of spite for having been played by them. Why should they trust the Dems anymore, even if they replace Biden? I think too many people underestimate the power of basic emotions, like anger and betrayal, being more powerful than moralistic fearful appeals to "save our democracy", and campaigns that simply say, " he's worse than Biden", "we're not Trump" etc..... You can't beat something with nothing, and after the debate, the Dems have nothing, as well as a complete loss of trust with the voters...at least the ones who aren't MAGA or deluded Dem Party loyalists, which are not nearly enough to win the election with..
@TomMcGiverin For the sake of democracy Biden better grow a pair
@Unity I agree, but I have no hope of that, and I feel it's already too late for him, needs to step aside, or a Trump win is certain, and still very possible, even if they replace Biden with someone credible, and by that, I'm not talking Harris, Hillary, or MIchelle Obama. Too much baggage with all of them to be able to win. Biden is too out of it to change, and he never had any real guts or integrity, when it came to putting the country or the masses ahead of his rich corporate donors. That's exactly the problem, that any Dems, or independents like Bernie, who caucus with the Dems, and actually have a pair, end up being marginalized or run out of the party, because they offend the party's corporate donors, even if they excite and turn out the party's base and voters. It's all about the party favoring the donors completely over the voters. And they aren't even willing to be honest about that, much less things like Biden being demented and senile..
@TomMcGiverin Better to change his Vice President to someone more vocal and younger than he is.They can use this to counter the age thing being used against Biden. Someone noted for being strongly progressive who has a excellent presence and the ability to project confidence in himself. It also has to be someone willing to fight back and give no quarter...
Stop falling for the "senile and demented" crap the GQP is shoving down your throat and tell me how able you would have been in that debate if you had a summer cold at your age? And how about the exhaustion from running all over the world fixing the foreign relations Trump fucked up since he took office and continues to do while out of office. Don't even get me started on trying to fix the mess he made of our government...
My biggest fear is that Joe Biden is too decent a guy (or too weak) to do any of these things. America has been taken by surprise. Now we have 6 months to take these treasonous bastards by surprise. The Democrats have to turn up the aggression to level 10 and wipe this cancer out while we still have a chance. If I could have voted for all these options, I would have.
You can vote for all....
Done!