> In spite of all this nonsense from the left, we are going to win. We're in the process of taking this country back. No one in the audience should be despairing.
> In a dissent, he explained why he believed the high court should've taken the case: OSHA's power, he argues, is unconstitutional.
> "Congress purported to empower an administrative agency to impose whatever workplace-safety standards it deems 'appropriate,'" Thomas wrote. "That power extends to virtually every business in the United States."
Holy hell
Hating OSHA is some Saturday morning cartoon villain shit
and the people who believe the nonsense Clarence Thomas is spitting out don't ever seem to grasp that the people employed there know far more about the subject than some fancy judge who's really only there on the grace of his Republican Masters who give him kickbacks
@Wipqozn You got that right, pal. Especially for those working during the pandemic in a job that required close enough contact to the public to get infected.
I'm not even sure if stepping down would be the right move.
Thing is, from what I understand, Biden has done a really good job the past 4 years. The a Democrats are just really bad at communicating that, especially to the right (although that is probably impossible).
He's supposedly been the most progressive USA president in a very long time.
@Wipqozn It's true! By virtually every metric, Biden has done an outstanding job and has been a great president. It makes this whole situation just hellish.
You know who is really at fault here? Obama. No shit. He wouldn't get behind Biden in 2016, supporting Clinton instead. Leading to the nightmare of Trump.
@Wipqozn The one thing I think is inexcusable and dragging everything down is that they are obviously keeping Biden out of the spotlight and out of many kinds of free-form interaction with the press or people. So we do not know how fit Biden actually is because this information is actively controlled, I do not think it is unreasonable to assume a pessimistic view on Biden's actual condition under these circumstances
What I noticed on my own perception is that it was mostly driven by my perception of Biden during the last election. I have no idea how much that perception is still valid at all today
I think the democrats must go hard on the "you vote for an administration, 2 SCOTUS justices, and policy, not a president" angle. There are dozens of highly qualified secretaries, directors and other core policy makers that will be chosen by the next president, and them being competent and sane is WAY more important than the chance the president is getting a bit old
@Nzall I think that message is too complicated for the average person to digest. There's a reason why the most successful politicians are the ones with short, simple slogans. Substance doesn't matter.
@MadScientist I think what we're seeing here is something anyone with elderly parents or grandparents has experienced. They've got good days and bad days. I think the debate was a bad day, and I think it's made them afraid of him having anymore bad days in public.
@Wipqozn The debate alone isn't necessarily the problem, but combined with the White House hiding Biden and avoiding press conferences this is just a terrible look and leaves plenty room for imagination of how bad it might actually be behind the scenes
I bet everyone's concerns would be resolved if Biden just released a disco break dancing video
I think another problem is that Trump is just so loud and confidently wrong, that it makes Biden look even worse by comparison. The stuff Trump says is total nonsense, but he's loud and confident so people just assume he's in good shape.
