At first, I was pissed that he didn't bow out two months ago.
Now I have nothing but respect for the man. He realized when to step aside and let his partner take the reign, and did so with effective enough timing to throw a massive wrench into the republicans' plans.
If Kamala wins, history will see him as the kind elder statesman who knew when to step aside for the good of the country.
Agreeing that it is wise to not grow overconfident.
We still are far from winning this battle.
Definitely should have happened 6 months ago, but better late than never - something about planting a tree.
This also robs the GOP of the hE's ToO oLd argument, which is one of their only effective attacks.
The less policies that target hispanics from voting, the purpler texas gets. My sister lives in Dallas and the support for Harris in the cities is colossal right now. They're a democrat president and a governor away from being swing, but those are hard to fight for.
The American public isn't yet ready for AOC in executive office, as great a she would be. Her time is yet to come.
Is there anything you'd recommend as a migration tutorial from someone who's used windows their whole life?
It's only a matter of time until he drops an n-bomb.
About to leave my job that I hate and start a new one :)
Yeah, I'm a little worried that everyone seems to have forgotten about P2025 already. And especially worrying that I've seen no mention of reinstating Chevron. Of all things this miserable SCOTUS did, that is easily the most damaging.
I bought a 75" TV last week and, as soon as I finish my CD, I am going to download a mod-ultimate version of Fallout New Vegas, and spend several months melting into my couch and playing it.
Spoiler candidate dude, sorry. I really despise Biden and the two party system, but there's zero choice here, it's Biden or fascism.
The right won't have a spoiler candidate siphoning votes in November, every state RNC is going to make damn sure of that.
I personally know one individual who was going to write-in RFK who will now be voting Harris. So far, it's definitely having a positive effect.
Whitmer was my pick for prez, so having her endorse Kamala, as scripted as it likely is, is still a ringing recommendation in my book. Kamala 2024.
At this point, I'm rooting for the germs.
Best chance to change the system is to get Biden in, then pressure a democrat-controlled govt to adopt change. Federalize first past the post, maximum age limits, limit lobbying. None of this has a chance of ever happening at all if the left cote is split and trump wins. If Biden wins, there's at least a chance, however small.
We're honestly lucky that the GOP landed on Trump as their dictator wannabe.
If it was someone with actual intelligence and political knowledge, we'd be utterly fucked.
my own little conspiracy theory i like to think about is that biden threw that debate on purpose lol.
The 1993 Super Mario Bros.
As campy and crappy as it is, it never fails to put a smile on my face and make me laugh, that movie rules.
The EXACT same thing has been happening with me and google captchas. I just switched to Proton VPn, and while I like it, the amount of capctchas I've had to poke through is ridiculous.
This is extremely helpful, thank you!
They like her, they're just pretending like they don't until after November.
For starters, by spending the last 4 years training a different candidate to beat trump this year.
But failing that, they could absolutely have prevented that disaster on the debate. They knew full well how the rest of America will react to seeing Biden look like that, and I find it no coincidence that it happened directly before The Supreme Court ruled to overturn Chevron and Grant immunity to Trump.
There's an extremely good Alternate History Hub video that just came out about, what if John Adams died before he became 2nd president?
It's REALLY good and goes deep into the divide between Jefferson and Hamilton. Awesome video from an awesome channel.
She parrots their racism and talking points like any other Maga freak. The only difference is, currently at least, how open and loud she is about it, which is bad optics for Maga - can't say the quiet parts out loud just yet. If they win, expect this harpy to be right by Donold's side.
Bro there's still no other option but to vote for her. The alternative is literally to set the country on actual fire.
Two party system fuckin sucks and yes it needs to be changed, but when the literal end of democracy is the alternative, there's no other choice.
I still use the same gmail I made when I was 10, roughly 2005-ish.
Here you go! My fault, I forgot the proper title.
He tried but the establishment stopped his momentum short. I was one of his diehards in 16.
I like Whitmeyer, and I feel that a lot of former Bernie Bros have gotten behind her. I hope she gets the nomination, though I strongly doubt it will be anyone but Kamala.
That said, regardless of who it is, absolutely voting for them no matter what.
Bernie hates the corporate establishment elites on the left a well as the right, and they knew the threat a Bernie presidency would be to them.
That's a really good point. Perhaps I am thinking too defensively. If someone as progressively strong as her does run, it will give them the excuse to ramp up their attacks on her, but also ramp up our attacks on them.
Midtown Madness, holy fuck there's a name I haven't heard in like 20 years. Hell yeah.
As an Ohioan, this jackoff does not speak for all of us. If he truly did, he'd be missing six more teeth, and drinking the fourth of his state-mandated six tall boys per day.
100% my thoughts exactly. It feels like I finally see the game being played now, and see now I as a pawn fit into their grand societal chess game.
As an audiophile who just joined lemmy, any recommended Fediverses? :D (and am I using the term right?)
My world, Radia, which centers around aura manipulation and those skilled enough to turn said aura into magical weapons and spells!
That's very true. I like the play of "more than a bit of chaos on both sides rather then stubbornly try and defy the headlines and possibly fail. As we see with Trump's truth social post, whining about getting back the money spent campaigning against biden. They're just as unprepared for this than the democrats.
That sounds fucking awesome
How difficult it is to remove Google's bloatware.
Really feels like Vance is being set up as the fall guy to blame when trump loses.
"If he had just picked someone else as VP, he would've won!" -conservatives in five months