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Donald Trump abused his powers in a lot of "there's no recourse except impeaching him" ways and Biden mostly refused to do any of that and the reward he's received is that the Centrist Norms-Guarders who actually pretend to care about that stuff have now all called on him to step down.
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No one actually cares about this stuff! You will not be rewarded for following DOJ protocol. You will be rewarded if you use as much power as you can get away with to make life better for your constituents, the same way Republicans use as much power as they can get away with to fuck us!
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Anti-Bernie Dems in 2016 and 2020 would always go like "oh exactly HOW will you do all this stuff" and to me that was never the point - I believed Bernie would keep pushing on every lever he could reach trying to get us to those goals and I didn't believe Clinton or Biden would.
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And it turns out that was absolutely correct for Biden! He's done a lot given his restrictions but when push comes to shove, he backs down a lot! Maybe that's good for Restoring Norms or whatever but it turns out no one gives a shit! I don't give a shit and the Norms Enforcers definitely don't!
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When our institutions fail we can't sit back and put our faith in the sacred power of the institutions
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Imagine if Biden had made the court's corruption an issue, all the way back at the Harlan Crow painting story. We might not even have this ruling!