“The FCC chair is clearly undertaking an effort to bully and intimidate independent journalism, which is a hallmark of authoritarian regimes where democracy is under siege,” said one critic.

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    All of that was irrelevant at election time. The only thing that would stop Trump at that point was voting for his only viable opponent.

    Yes, the Biden administration failed to do their job and stop Trump, but the American people did the same thing.

    This isn’t a zero sum game. Biden is culpable, and the people who didn’t vote for Harris are culpable. They aren’t mutually exclusive.

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      And I’m telling you, yet again, non-voters are in no way culpable. It was Biden’s job, and then Kamala’s job to gain voters. And they both did so terrible we ended up with Trump again. And again, if you think voting will save the US from fascism you’re incredibly naive.

      Also, it was never irrelevant. Again, the Supreme Court gave Biden immense power through their official acts ruling. He did absolutely nothing with it. He could have thrown Trump in prison and said tough shit. But he didn’t, and now we have Trump again.

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        In this argument, it’s your job to convince me. You didn’t. Therefore, you failed at this argument. Accept that failure, or accept that this logic is fucking circular.

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        You are supremely ignorant as to how the us government functions.

        Do you think the conservative controlled government would have declared biden throwing trump in prison an official act?

        Disingenuous fuck.

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        I guess you’re one of the culpable morons who didn’t vote.

        Again, both Biden and the voters are responsible for Trump being in power. Stop trying to pretend that not voting was some noble action. It wasn’t. It directly led to trump being the president.

        Also, the democrats running a bad campaign is a monumentally stupid excuse for ushering in fascism.

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          It was objectively noble, it didn’t support genocide. Meanwhile democrats did nothing to stop fascism or genocide and I’m supposed to blame non-voters for this? You all think voting would magically save us. As if it wouldn’t just be another 4 years before the next “biggest election of our lifetimes.”

          Also, just like where you’re placing your blame, your assumption is wrong.

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            Keep drinking that copium.

            Yes, you’re supposed to blame non-voters for this. There’s enough of them that Trump would have lost if they voted.

            Again, if your single issue was the Palestinian genocide, you’re not noble, you’re an idiot, and not voting was directly supporting the eradication of all Palestinians.

            And guess what? They’ll never get to vote again. This was the most important election in the history of the country, because the American people voted to end the USA, or just sat quietly and let it happen.

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              Voting either way was supporting the eradication of Palestinians. That’s the point your thick skull can’t comprehend. Again, this was inevitable because of democrats and people like you that stoke leftists division.

              Maybe you should focus on actually connecting with your community and organzing. Rather than trying to assign blame where there isn’t any.