This is absolutely brilliant.
I love the idea but hate the thought they would just reprint and make more money.
Yeah, but we would get to say we had a female president.
Tihi.
45 + 47 equals 92. just thought i’d share that math fact if anybody was interested
Biden should do an “official act”, then resign immediately afterwards.
Like expanding the Supreme Court
Expand the Supreme Court to 200 people, appoint the most progressive persons out there. Federally legalize marijuana and drop all restrictions on it. Forgive all student and medical debt. Raise the federal minimum wage to $30/hr. Tax all rental income at 4,000%.
Sure it would probably all get undone before the Toupee hit 100 days in office, but what a sweet couple months that would be.
I was thinking long range lobotomy.
My 85 year old German mother-in-law (born in 1939 and moved to Canada around 1960), suggested the same thing.
(PS I’m an American living in Canada)
During his first term at the gym this little old lady was working out on the treadmill next to me and when Kelly Ann Conway came on the tv, she leans over and goes, oh that lady shouldn’t be alive. (paraphrasing to not get banned)
are you enjoying your healthcare?
Canadian here, the health care is useable. It keeps being underfunded atleast here in Ontario but you can get it with no cost… just be prepared to wait in ER.
I already wait in the ER for hours, then have the privilege of paying out the ass for it.
If you can wait in an ER there are people that have it worse… proper distributed healthcare outside hospitals would dramatically reduce this issue, GPs handle so much that the US handles through emergency rooms.
And removing the “presidential power to pardon”.
Ah yes, yes…that’s exactly what I meant.
It’s honestly the least he could do. Sure he was a good president with good policies but keeping your head down and fixing things that the GOP are only going to claim credit for isn’t helpful at the moment. The DNC has managed to turn decades of good will and evaporate it into nothing. So yes, giving us this small inconsequential win would not be too big of an ask.
First women president as an asterix is just sad.
fwiw she briefly had presidential powers a couple years ago when Biden was sedated for a medical procedure. Source.
Ehhh, “acting president” is not really PRESIDENT president, y’know?
The funny thing is reading the source article, when Trump had the same procedure, he didn’t make Pence the acting president because he didn’t trust Pence with presidential powers for even an hour.
Another wild thought: Biden could test the limits of presidential immunity.
Joe Biden should see if squatters rights extend to the White House.
Biden already worked under someone who had no problem killing US civilians Source. That escaped prosecution because it was an official act despite it being a clearly criminal act 18 U.S. Code § 1119
Didn’t Obama also kick out more illegal immigrants than a bunch of presidents before him? Maybe I’m misremembering, but I do remember nobody giving a shit about illegal immigrants being kicked out. Then Trump came and people freaked out, as if it didn’t happen under Obama as well.
Shit was weird.
Obama was literally known as deporter-in-chief and he deported more in his in either of his terms than Trump did in his four years Source. But be careful some smart ass is probably gonna start screaming you can’t say both sides, and you’re a foreign asset trying to depress the vote because they can’t be bothered to read.
thanks for sharing that. i was not aware of it. it’s particularly brutal that the link is fact checking ron desantis of all people, but i guess it’s not impossible for a republican to say something true on occasion (even if by accident).
i thought this quote from the link was particularly damning:
But did Trump deport fewer people than Obama? There are different deportation metrics, and Obama surpassed Trump’s numbers in each one.
Grandpa’s got a rifle, Grandpa’s got a scope, Grandpa sees you winning, Grandpa blasts a NOPE.
I don’t follow what you’re implying with this. Can you explain what you mean?
The short answer is that Trump said that the President can’t be held accountable for criminal acts done while in office, and the Supreme Court agreed. I believe he went as far as to say that the President is immune to prosecution for having political opponents assassinated, but I can’t remember if that’s true or not. Regardless, the implication here is that Biden should do whatever is necessary to prevent another Trump presidency since he has presidential immunity.
That he’s immune to democratic elections
So are a hundred million others
UniversalMonk, is that you?
I tend to prefer monk class for DND and other TTRPGs, but no, I’ve never gone by that user name.
Lol, is joke. An account named UniversalMonk used to be notorious for pretending not to understand subtlety to get people to state rule breaking things explicitly, after which that person could be reported/banned.
I thought it was funny for a while, but ended up blocking the account, so I’m not sure if it’s still active
Interesting.
I do find myself missing the subtle points of comments, esp in the more lefty areas of the fediverse. I hope I’m not breaking any rules when I ask. I am genuinely interested.
Here’s an article from 2023 where trump discusses pardoning himself.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/14/politics/donald-trump-pardon/index.html
Here’s an article from 2021 where trump discusses pardoning himself.
https://www.npr.org/2021/01/09/955087860/can-trump-pardon-himself
Here’s an article from 2020 where trump discusses pardoning himself.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/11/donald-trump-self-pardon
Here’s an article from 2018 where trump discusses pardoning himself.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/politics/trump-says-he-has-absolute-right-to-pardon-himself
This shit has been going on for ages. Biden should absolutely go fucking nuts.
No, you’re not! It’s just that the comment you replied to may have been alluding to violence, so if they clarified that explicitly in response to your question, they could be reported
I was thinking this too. Except he should do it right before Thanksgiving, so Kamala’s fist job as president is pardon the turkeys.
Oh no, those poor wealthy maga merch company owners would have to print something new knowing their cult would feel obligated to buy it?
Funny in theory but it’d just enrich the grifters. Yeah, the cult members deserve it…but I can’t get behind furthering the wealth divide
i like the way you think
That would be fucking brilliant.
I need you to understand that these diaper-wearing fucks would just buy both
And by the time they made it they’d have to pay tariffs on it 😂
Hilarious. I love it!
Just fuck off suddenly and without warning. Later losers!
How would Biden resigning late flip the outcome of the election? Sorry but i’m not 'Murican
EDIT: Oh ok
It won’t. This would make Trump 48 instead of 47 and make their merch all wrong.
Kamala would be be President for the remainder of Biden’s term. That would make her the 47th President. Therefore when Trump took office a few days later, he would be the 48th. All his merch that was produced would be incorrect and waste his and his supporter’s money.
As far as I know it wouldn’t, but Kamala is VP, so if he resigned she would be the 47th president for the remainder of Biden’s term. The joke is that the trump merch says 47 but now it would technically be 48 and they’d have to make new stuff.
Why are you people downvoting this lol
It’s a joke about numbers, dont have to be an American to get it.
