~Half of the US for the last 24 hours 8 years
~Half of the US for the last 24 hours 8 years
Feeling completely gutted and hopeless. Not sure what I'm supposed to do. Fearful for my friends and family.
Biden was a good president. He didn't do everything I wanted but he was a good president.
I agree. I was referring more to how close we came in 2020 to having Trump again.
Then again one could argue the current situation is worse
Biden was a good president.
Counterpoint: No he wasn't.
He didn’t do everything I wanted
He signed off on a handful of bills that reinflated a depressed economy one more time, while the quality of life in the US continued to decay. Then he threw vast fortunes away on Silicon Valley boondoggles and foreign military interventions, while climate change ravaged the interior of the country. Finally, he cemented a swath of Trump Era policy on immigration, Latin American foreign policy, abortion, and voting rights through a combination of continued reinforcement and inaction.
And to top it all off, he insisted on running in a virtually uncontested primary, then fumbled the nomination to his woefully unprepared VP a few months before the election.
One final point. If you look at states that have increased their reliance on revenue from fossil fuel extraction and you look at states that trended more conservative during the last eight years, you'll find a troubling trend. O&G money has been powering the GOP since Reagan. But every subsequent Democrat in office has worked to make the industry more lucrative for businesses that conspire towards their ouster. Its been a recipe for defeat for a generation. Also, not terrible good for ecological conditions or foreign policy.
Biden shut down the Keystone XL Pipeline, funded countless green power expansions.
Biden protected forests made vulnerable by the previous Trump admin, protected streams again, and got the EPA back in shape after the previous admin had a Coal Lobbyist running it.
Biden rescheduled Marijuana, pardoned hundreds of nonviolent marijuana convictions.
Biden attempted three different times to cancel all student debts but in the end only managed to get the SAVE plans enacted.
Biden increased access to healthcare.
Biden signed into law a Same Sex marriage bill.
Biden's "inaction" on abortion is actually nothing to do with Biden but the fault of a stacked SCOTUS and deadlocked congress.
Biden did happily endorse a border security bill, but the Biden admin also condemned Texas barbwire fences along the river and instead wants to process immigrants and only persecute criminal immigrants. The previous Trump admin went after everyone, ironically letting the actual criminals run free as resources were wasted elsewhere.
Netanyahu came to Washington DC to beg for more aid because it was drying up. Despite decades of support from Biden, he was very restrained with how much he offered Israel and instead sent Naval vessels to provide aid to Palestinians. He has repeatedly told Netanyahu in public and in private, according to leaks, to end this war.
Under Biden the FTC has given out record breaking fines and prevented massive mergers.
Biden was not a great president but he was a good fucking president.
No, no he wasn't. If he were a better president, we wouldn't be in this predicament. The best thing he did was drop out of this race, and still, his policies left so much to be desired, that Harris lost the popular vote AND the race.
I voted Harris, by the way.
We will be okay. We WILL.
We're going to be fine. Make sure to stay close with any vulnerable friends (lgbtqia+, immigrants, people with darker skin.) And if you fit into any of those categories try to really connect with your community and your neighborhood for safety. Our personal bonds will be very important.
But really, nothing is going to change for a while. The trumpers who voted for him are still going to be working their shitty dead end jobs pretending they saved America with nothing changing or getting better for them. We're still going to be working and worrying and preparing for the worst but things will similarly not change for us. It's mostly going to be the rich getting richer and regulation dying.
There will be deportations. It will mostly be for undocumented people. If you know any undocumented "illegal" immigrants or children of them try to make sure you have a way to contact them because things will be messy for them. There will be hate and more hate crime.
Most of what trump wants is money and praise. He probably doesn't really care about anything else. Those are just voter issues and the people who voted him in come third if at all.
Just stay close to people if you can. Your best safety net is people who can vouch for you and vulnerable peoples best protection is you vouching for them and being there if they need something. W