In three weeks, Donald Trump has imploded whatever positive image the United States might have had internationally.

    • @Glytch@lemmy.world
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      831 month ago

      If only she had retired when there was a chance to replace her with a progressive instead of hanging in until she died.

      • @Empricorn@feddit.nl
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        171 month ago

        “Progressive”!? I wouldn’t even be that optimistic. All she had to do was retire when her health was failing and Democrats could get someone fair and nonpartisan appointed.

      • @MutilationWave@lemmy.world
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        Obviously a very intelligent woman yet so fucking stupid at the end. I wonder if she wasn’t already in the clutches of dementia when she decided Hilary was certain to win.

    • @inv3r5ion@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      361 month ago

      One, she should of retired under Obama, and two, the US has failed as a country since bush stole the 2000 election and nobody did shit about it.

      • @Bacano@lemmy.world
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        Didn’t Obama have a chance to name a justice and kicked the can until Trump got there? These clowns are working for the same corporate circus.

        Some say the US failed when it allowed Nixon to get away Scott free.

        • @grue@lemmy.world
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          241 month ago

          Didn’t Obama have a chance to name a justice and kicked the can until Trump got there?

          Why the fuck are you blaming that on Obama instead of McConnell? That’s some fucking blatant spin.

          • @leadore@lemmy.world
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            Wow, so history is already being rewritten to change it into Obama fucking around and not bothering to nominate a Justice (the fondest dream of every president), instead of knowing that McConnell who was Senate majority leader (repubs controlled the Senate), blocke it and refused to allow a vote on Obama’s nominee (Merrick Garland). JFC, it wasn’t even that long ago and people have already forgotten, or never bothered to pay attention in the first place, or believed some propaganda they came across. We’re so doomed.

            • @peregrin5@lemm.ee
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              Hand shaking meme:

              Fascists 🤝 Leftists

              Center: Using misinformation to blame Democrats for literally everything.

              Leftists need to grow some damn braincells and accept responsibility for putting the US in this situation.

              Russia loves how easily manipulated they are.

          • @AppleTea@lemmy.zip
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            If you wanna get mad at Obama, he campaigned on closing Gitmo, but did nothing while in office. You know, that same facility Trump is currently using to detain people.

            • @Soggy@lemmy.world
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              61 month ago

              Congress blocked him on straight closure but they went from 250 to 41 detained there under his administration. Trump stopped all closure progress, Biden got the number down to 15, and now we have Trump again.

              “Did nothing” is worse than exaggeration, it’s not like you have to lie to make Obama look like the massive disappointment he was for progressives.

          • @inv3r5ion@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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            -11 month ago

            And the democrats did nothing to stop the blatant power grab. They always act powerless and republicans do whatever the fuck they want.

            • Doug Holland
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              The Democratic Party is the Washington Generals. They’re part of the show, but they’re not there to win.

        • Bizzle
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          171 month ago

          Not punishing the Confederacy, in my opinion, is where this country went to hell.

      • @archchan@lemmy.ml
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        301 month ago

        Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

        Though I’d hardly signal her death out as the defining factor or turning point of the US’s decline…

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        In theory, if Ruth Bader Ginsberg chose to retire when she was sick, instead of continuing to act on her principles until she died in office, we wouldn’t have a Conservative dominated Supreme Court. It would have changed who got to appoint her successor.