I remember how smug libs were when they were dangling that $2,000 carrot over everyone’s heads in 2020, saying things like “at least we know Biden won’t be vain enough to hold up the process just so the IRS can put his name on the check.”

Then we were shorted $600 (or more, if the clattering neoliberal machine deemed you unworthy of additional help during a pandemic) and that check came with an additional piece of paper with a long winded thing about where this money came from, concluding with “this [$1,400] fulfills a promise I made to you.” So on top of getting fleeced by these slimeballs and gaslit about how “600+1400=2000,” those of us who received our crumbs were treated to a full page ad where Biden congratulates himself for a job mediocrely done. I remember thinking, “surely this was an unnecessary waste of time and ink, and likely delayed the distribution of the checks” but of course because it wasn’t done by a it was fine, and there’s probably an obscure rule that required it so he’s just showing us how a real president is supposed to act, or something .

I have a turbolib friend that was needlessly combative with me when I brought up Joe’s long history of scumbaggery prior to even getting the nomination. I’ve been practicing for this year’s inevitable arguments, but I feel a lot more secure articulating my positions now that I’ve fully broken out of the lib cage.

I dunno, at least there’s a strategy there. And Biden has had four fucking years and he’s done nothing to get people motivated to vote or even register to vote. Not even going into his participation in genocide, it’s just a lack of strategy to the point of self-sabotage.

This is the basic gripe of Democrats the country over. The Democratic party absolutely sucks at between-election messaging. All of the great messaging campaigns that kept them relevant and positively viewed were all basically reactions to Republican fucks up. I mean, the House Freedom Caucus is actively trying to hand Democrats some good PR with their bullshit budget requests. Senate Republicans know it can come back to screw those up for reelection, too.

And what are the Democrats doing? Nothing? Releasing websites about abortion rights or some shit? Idk. The Democratic is really bad at the communications part of politics.

That's not true! They've uh...ehm.....

Somehow entire weeks have melted away and yet it feels like the longest three years of all time. Still can't believe his first term isn't far in the rear view

Something something ratchet theory something something barely do anything except empower and or agitate fascist movements.

There's not a lot he can do, there's no more institutional capacity for anything that can benefit average people. Unless it's military, the money has to "come from" somewhere. That could be "taxes" but we know how this works by now...