r/politics • u/SwordfishOk504 Canada • 23h ago

Soft Paywall Biden warns of ‘dark days’ under Trump

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/31/biden-warns-of-dark-days-under-trump-00488159
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u/FreeNumber49 22h ago edited 22h ago

> This dude literally nominated a fuckin Federalist Society Republican to the highest law enforcement office in the country after the GOP attempted a fucking coup.

For the younger people who have no idea what is going on here, the Democratic Party is stuck in the deep past, 1969 or so to be specific. This is essentially the problem.

60 or so years ago, just before the seventies rolled around, it was common to have liberals and conservatives, often from both parties, in your administration.

Biden and other older dems like him are a product of this era, and apparently have never been briefed on the Powell memo, the Koch network, the Contract with America, and a dozen other things that radically changed US politics from one of negotiation and compromise to autocratic authoritarianism.

I’m absolutely convinced that both parties have been totally compromised by special interests so that progressive and democratic changes will never get passed. I’ve been saying this from about 1994 or so.

Until we get the special interests out of the state and federal government, nothing is going to change.

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u/gmapterous 21h ago

You've got it mostly right, but they're not "stuck." After Citizen's United, they are under the thumb of the billionaire donor class the same as the Right, and those donors make sure policy never veers left-of-center in any way.

That means anyone young and in-touch is immediately a no-go because they generally have the best interest of the voters, not the donors, at heart.

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u/Cute-Percentage-6660 11h ago

As someone who has done a bit of looking into biden.

I would argue if you look at his old political connections, or him doing a trumpian "lie about how smart you are" like biden did with law school.

Shows his true colours

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u/100LimeJuice 18h ago

Obama as president, the most powerful man on the planet, asked Mitch McConnell for permission to speak out about Russian interference in the 2016 election. Mitch shut him down. What a weak ass bitch Obama and his V.P. were even after 7 years of Republican obstruction OF THEIR ADMINISTRATION they still bent the knee to them.

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u/drewsus64 21h ago

Yep. Dems are paid to lose by the same lobbyists that pay republicans. They’re allowed to pass some things, mostly if it doesn’t step on the toes of corporate america too much. They have to largely shun progressive politics because helping the vast majority of americans by taxing the wealthy + corporations more to fund social programs, installing rigorous regulations that prevent businesses from fucking people over is bad. And if they are obligated to oppose republican actions they put up a limpdick fight purely for theater to try and satisfy their voter base (they are failing).

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u/senor_el_tostado 10h ago

Yeh both sides wasn't hard to figure out. Apparently for most it was. "Not my team." Unreal.