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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MarvinTheParanoidAndroid said:
Joe Manchin himself is a Democrat, yes? And this boiled down to his support? Really odd, I thought they were tribalist team players like the voter base. Are the establishment Democrats also infighting?
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I thought it was because he's in a deep Red district and thus has to moderate to avoid losing his seat.
 
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MarvinTheParanoidAndroid said:
Joe Manchin himself is a Democrat, yes? And this boiled down to his support? Really odd, I thought they were tribalist team players like the voter base. Are the establishment Democrats also infighting?
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Manchin (and maybe Sinema) is perhaps the last Blue Dog Democrat in Congress in a blood red state. He enjoys being re-elected and being the kingmaker more than asspats from AOC's Twitter followers.
 
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MarvinTheParanoidAndroid said:
Joe Manchin himself is a Democrat, yes? And this boiled down to his support? Really odd, I thought they were tribalist team players like the voter base. Are the establishment Democrats also infighting?
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Manchin is part of a fourth faction, left out of the Cabal. He's what's called a Blue Dog Democrat, a Democrat who is elected in an otherwise Republican state and carries stronger conservative leans than the average Democrat. In Manchin's case, he's been wavering on the "Democrat" bit of "Blue Dog Democrat" ever since they began really pressuring him.
 
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HTTP Error 404 said:
The pendulum, as it were, has started swinging back on murdering babies because they're inconvenient to their whore mothers, and I eagerly await seeing where this goes.
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No need to wait, I can tell you where this goes.

Child abuse. Lots & lots of child abuse. Child abandonment too.

I just can't wait to hear all the stories of fire departments being inundated with unwanted babies⸮ How exciting⸮

Oh & we're headed into an economic crash as well, no? Excellent timing, child abandonment flies high during economic strife.
 
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MarvinTheParanoidAndroid said:
Joe Manchin himself is a Democrat, yes? And this boiled down to his support? Really odd, I thought they were tribalist team players like the voter base. Are the establishment Democrats also infighting?
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Manchin is a Democrat in a state where every single county voted for Trump in 2016 and 2020. Manchin is seen more as a "blue dog" Democrat, although that is typically a designation in the House, he fits the definition, which is a more conservative leaning Democrat. They used to be more of a presence, but a lot of them were taken out after the Obamacare fiasco, where a lot of them fought against a lot of the provisions but were threatened to vote for the bill, then Pelosi basically left them to die during mid terms.
 
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Clockwork_PurBle said:
Would a "DINO" (Democrat in name only) be similar to a Blue Dog? There are quite a few people who run on the Dem ticket for local offices simply so they can run at all.
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They get that label but then again it is hard to say if it is an accurate title for them. A Democrat in the mold of JFK or RFK is damn near unrecognizable from the Democrats of today.
 
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CarlosDanger said:
Manchin is a Democrat in a state where every single county voted for Trump in 2016 and 2020. Manchin is seen more as a "blue dog" Democrat, although that is typically a designation in the House, he fits the definition, which is a more conservative leaning Democrat. They used to be more of a presence, but a lot of them were taken out after the Obamacare fiasco, where a lot of them fought against a lot of the provisions but were threatened to vote for the bill, then Pelosi basically left them to die during mid terms.
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Hmm, so not only is this person an older school Democrat, he has motive to fuck the establishment. Interesting.
 
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Holy fuck, take a look at this guys. Chinese investors are so pissed at Evergrande they're allegedly holding managers hostage

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Unfortunately the paywall the Strait Times has on their article discussing this blocks even the archive bot from logging its contents, but zerohedge quotes the important parts of it here:
And while we believe Evergrande's chaotic, freefall default poses such a catastrophic risk to the Chinese economy (a nightmare scenario echoed in graphic detail by Bloomberg) that a rescue will materialize, enraged retail investors now squatting at the company's headquarters claim to be holding management hostage in their offices, according to the Straits Times.

"I have with me Nanchang's top Evergrande representative surnamed Chen," said WeChat user Yang Qiwen, referring to the city in Jiangxi province in south-eastern China, in a post accompanied by a photo of a man lying on the floor.

"He can't leave the office. There are more than 300 of us (investors) stopping him," Yang added on one of at least three WeChat groups discussing the company's dire straits.
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Representative Anthony Gonzalez announced he will not run in 2022, Gonzalez is the Republican in the House that voted to impeach Trump.
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Ohio House Republican, Calling Trump ‘a Cancer,’ Bows Out of 2022

Representative Anthony Gonzalez, one of the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Donald Trump, is the first of the group to retire rather than face a stiff primary challenge.
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Oxous said:
Holy fuck, take a look at this guys. Chinese investors are so pissed at Evergrande they're allegedly holding managers hostage
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The Chinks rising up to their oppressors?! There might be hope for them yet.......
 
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The way Biden has handled this whole infrastructure situation has been comically bad.
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They literally cannot have a majority without turning the next omnibus legislation into a gigantic pork fest, Obama made the same mistake in his first term, and I think the only reason the Republicans didn't do the same in 2017 was because there were sufficient RINOs to torpedo any major bills out of spite.
 
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SeniorFuckFace said:
Why is it so difficult for a Government to cultivate its People and Country in achieving their greatest potential?

It just seems like what they are doing is such a horrificly massive waste of time, resources and energy...
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This is the way the game has been played for a long time. This was one of the primary threats Trump represented to the establishment. He wanted to get things done. You can't have pesky do-gooders solving problems. If they do, the career political fossils like Biden, Pelosi and their ilk have nothing to run on in subsequent elections.
 
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