US Joe Biden News Megathread - The Other Biden Derangement Syndrome Thread (with a side order of Fauci Derangement Syndrome)

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Let's pretend for one moment that he does die before the election, just for the funsies. What happens then? Will the nomination revert to option number 2, aka Bernie Sanders? Or will his running mate automatically replace him just the way Vice-President is supposted to step in after the Big Man in the White House chokes on a piece of matzo? Does he even have a running mate yet?
 
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Oxous said:
GOP has declared it's banning Republican candidates from participating in presidential debates in 2024. The debates in their modern form were always pretty dumb so I've got no issue with it
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That's weird. Like.. I'm not even sure what this means or the point of it. Do debates matter? Not at all, and if this is the decision of some gen x/millennial political genius who has decided the GOP isn't gonna play these bullshit games anymore good on them. Except I'm pretty sure the silents are still deciding things for the GOP so this is weird.
 
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StarkRavingMad said:
So my confidence in Barrett after the oral arguments was not unfounded. That's good, at least.

Not shocked about Roberts whatsoever (I was sure he'd cuck on the OSHA mandate as well), and I'm firmly shaking my head at Kavanaugh once again. Ugh.
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Yeah, this is pretty much what I expected, a split ruling that upheld the CMS mandate.

I can only imagine the boomer-tier reasoning for that split.
 
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Meat Target said:
And anyone who opposes it is a domestic enemy.
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So I'm a domestic enemy simply because I know that this voter rights bills bullshit and is actully a cheat bill.
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They probably will, and tbh the CMS mandate standing is a victory for them and I hope every justice that voted for it burns eternally in the fiery pits of hell. But c'est la vie.
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It seems like a win win for both sides type of situation. Everybody gets a slice of cake type of thing.
 
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Some Badger said:
That CMS mandate is gonna fuck over health centers in rural America. I get that it was a hard sell and I'm not a healthcare worker myself so this doesn't affect my employment prospects, but I'm still upset that it's been upheld because we all know that these hospitals and urgent care facilities out in fumbuck nowhere that require CMS money to maintain operations are gonna be bleeding employees and will probably be understaffed for at least a couple months, if not longer. More lives are gonna be lost by understaffed rural health centers than they will from covid.
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They probably see that as a feature, not a bug. The Professional Managerial Class absolutely hates rural America with a passion.
 
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Getting tard comed said:
That's weird. Like.. I'm not even sure what this means or the point of it. Do debates matter? Not at all, and if this is the decision of some gen x/millennial political genius who has decided the GOP isn't gonna play these bullshit games anymore good on them. Except I'm pretty sure the silents are still deciding things for the GOP so this is weird.
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The GOP primary debates were where Trump got popular as he busted down dudes one by one. Probably has a lot to do with that - nobody wants Trump bashing them in front of the nation again.
 
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LurkTrawl said:
The GOP primary debates were where Trump got popular as he busted down dudes one by one. Probably has a lot to do with that - nobody wants Trump bashing them in front of the nation again.
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Is this all debates or the debates between the republican and dem? I understood it to be the latter but glad to be corrected... Either way, sounds like a decision leading to less transparency than more.
 
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Mister DNA said:
This is good news. However, doesn't this just mean that private employers aren't going to be subjected to federal penalties for not requiring vaccines? Is there anything that prevents them from independently making vaccination a condition of continued employment?
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There's certainly a legal argument to be made about private employers requiring their workers to be vaccinated. For one, employers in an overwhelming majority of industries prior to 2021 didn't give a shit if you were up to date with your flu shots so long as you showed up to work healthy and didn't pose a health risk to your coworkers. There would have to be a legitimate argument made to continue the practice of vaccine requirements for private employees indefinitely, which I presume is the end goal for the control freaks running the show in Washington. Since Omicron is infecting more people but the symptoms are on par with the seasonal flu according to testimonies beyond counting at this point, there's an argument to be made that the severity of the virus (or lack thereof) does not warrant emergency requirements for inoculation.

Of course, I'm kinda just talking out my ass, but my argument is more of an appeal to common sense. Therefore, it will be soundly ignored by the panicked, vaxxmaxxed majority.
 
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Not surprised the healthcare one stands. While I dislike it, it's also the most actually constitutional on pure procedural grounds and was argued for poorly. I dislike it, but it was actually the right call for what SCOTUS was presented.

Notably, Kavanaugh and Roberts both left the door open for a better challenge on it.
 
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HandsomeDan said:
Am I understanding that this only keeps the "stay" on the mandate and that all of this still has to be decided?
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Yes, however part of being entitled to such a stay is showing that the applicant is likely to succeed on the merits of their underlying lawsuit. The opinion makes it clear that 6 justices think the applicants are correct on those merits and will likely rule accordingly when/if the time comes.
 
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StarkRavingMad said:
The same people in 2020 who said that healthcare workers are our "heroes" are now the same people in 2021 who support them getting fired over not getting a vaccine.

These people are the most disingenuous, insincere, selfish, and ghoulish fucks on the planet.
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I agree, there should be a clip showing their flip-flopping opinions of these SOBs.
 
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