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[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 82 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Man, is it something about kblin that makes people think everything is a conspiracy? These comments are something else, It's such a benign post lol

Keep posting, jeffw, someone has to keep news feeds going one way or another. I appreciate it at least!

[–] hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 21 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I don't know what it is about kbin, but it seems to attract really shitty people

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[–] borari@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

I’d also like to thank @jeffw@lemmy.world for posting news from a really well rounded combination of sources. I’d also like to plug !ImproveTheNews@fedinews.net, the articles are a synthesis of other articles from various biased sources, with the slant of each source described and a brief summation of the narrative they are pushing. It’s a really interesting and informative way to do non-biased news imo.

[–] jeffw@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

Thanks! Idk how well rounded my sources are though lol, I mostly pull from stuff I’d describe as centrist to moderately left

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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 47 points 7 months ago (2 children)

53% disapprove, 43% approve

Doesn't seem like cause to celebrate...

[–] Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world 137 points 7 months ago (18 children)

I don't care if people like Biden. They just need to vote for him over the alternative.

Besides, a lot of the country has already decided they're going to hate him regardless.

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 110 points 7 months ago (20 children)

I don't like Biden. I disapprove of his job performance. And I will desperately support his candidacy for president. He must win.

[–] Pan_Ziemniak@midwest.social 23 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I dont like biden. I approve of some of his policies. I dig forgiving student loans. I like the updated infrastructure plan, esp that it specifically targets the state that just had issues with their roads floading and is in desperate need of more jobs (VT). And i like the Texan high speed rail idea. Texas being annoying as shit aside, a high speed rail between two massive metropolises is exactly what we need. Not to mention the big 3 cities in TX already historically vote blue in the general so trying to energize that crowd ahead of the election seems a little optimistic, but not as misplaced as some would have u believe.

Biden is still Status Quo Joe to me. He still represents the continuation of neoliberal policies that keep us from addressing the climate crisis, but he does not represent a disruption to the democratic process but rather its continuation. With the youth being more aware of the climate situation, the draconian foreign policies we hold, and on the whole supporting a wider array of left leaning policies than any generation prior, biden is the only sane choice.

[–] Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 15 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (4 children)

He still represents the continuation of neoliberal policies that keep us from addressing the climate crisis

Joe has done a TON for climate change. He wanted to do more (earlier versions of the infrastructure bill basically called for moving the entire grid to renewables), but he didn't have the majorities. If we can deliver a majority in the house and Senate that doesn't rely on Manchin and Sinema, you'll see big climate change legislation with teeth, I can almost guarantee it.

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[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 13 points 7 months ago (8 children)

Energizing the cities in Texas also forces the GOP to spend time and money defending their strongholds. Biden doesn't need to win Texas, but if voters show up and elect more down-ballot representatives at state and local levels, that will be good for Texas and by extension the rest of the nation.

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[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 12 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Oh I hated him since the 1990s when he wrote the crime bill. Hated him in 2020, and hated Hillary in 2016. I still voted for both of them. Voted for Gore in 2000, despite not liking him. I actually liked Obama in 2008, not so much in 2012

I would absolutely shoot Trump, and his entire family tree in the head, if I thought for a second that I could get away with it. That scam artist wouldn't have gotten my vote in 2004 when he thought about running as a Democrat, he sure as fuck isn't getting my vote now that he's gone mask off Republican.

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago (6 children)

I should note that Obama had a sub-50 approval rating in 2012 when he beat Mitt Romney. But Romney also wasn't pulling in record-breaking primary vote totals or seeing huge groundswells of MAGA-tier support.

Biden coasted to victory in 2020 thanks to a pandemic everybody hated and four years of Trump fresh in their minds. I don't think he has those advantages anymore.

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[–] Roflmasterbigpimp@lemmy.world 33 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Keep posting, you doing good!

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