#biden is a laughingstock

[commonsensecommentary]

“ . . . at trial, Mr. Biden would likely present himself to a jury, as he did during our interview of him, as a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory." <— And this addle-brained old man is President? Worse yet, he wants to be re-elected? If you’re wondering why America is falling apart, start right here!

[compacflt]

Hi, big fan of your fics. I've just found your Tumblr and binged everything Icemav-related. When reading about Icemav's political beliefs, I've gotten curious. Does Bradley share the same political beliefs as Ice (and Mav)? Does being raised by them or them pulling his papers influence how he votes? Or there are other factors in the play (e.g. generations, social media)? How about Jake and the other Daggers? How does this young generation of the Navy perceive politics (elections, gender, etc.)? My apologies for bombarding you with questions. But as a non-American, American politics have always been something we must pay attention to. I've seen many interesting interpretations on Tumblr but it feels more or less wistful than realistic, but I might be wrong (again not an American) so I would love to see your perspective on this. Thank you.

a good politics roundup post before i leave this blog

icemav & their conservatism: here, here, here

ice’s NECESSARY conservatism as commander of the pacific fleet (i.e. officers who are most likely to get promoted to the highest ranks do NOT break the service line when it comes to domestic politics, so by necessity ice would’ve had to keep his mouth shut, he Cannot be both a four-star and a revolutionary, like he just can’t; and being a revolutionary is otherwise antithetical to his character anyway): here, here.

and the original “ice & mav politics post” which is being updated here: here

I’ve gone back and forth on everyones politics over the last year of me being involved with these characters, but let me just tell you where I’ve ended up headcanoning them politically, if ur interested

ice: reagan democrat. “educated moderate” who was more right-leaning pre-9/11. now just a regular ol liberal (did you SEE those gay little round glasses in tgm? no way this guy isn’t a straight-up lib) with absolutely no strong feelings about most domestic politics besides “fascism bad”. Has some foreign policy opinions that areeeee questionable at best, like all members of the military elite (hangman voice: DO NOT ASK ICEMAN ABOUT CHINA. WORST MISTAKE OF MY LIFE). foreign policy neoliberal favoring the dovish side of the spectrum. A force conservator (“let’s save our military assets [read: my boyfriend maverick 🥺] for when we really need them, not for any old conflict. the deterring specter of the American war machine should outweigh the risk of underperforming”). He’s in favor of marriage equality of course, but treats it like a privilege and not a right. would be sad/upset if it got repealed but wouldn’t necessarily fight for it. “well at least my marriage will always be legal in california so i just won’t leave, problem solved.” Normie median Biden voter.

mav: political wildcard tbh. original 1986 mav is DEFINITELY right-leaning (i think i’ve written elsewhere, “he fully believes bill clinton is an affront to god”). i get young republican vibes from him. Full on patriotic (but dispassionate) 1980s reaganite anti-commie neoconservative. but after the 2010s i am very confused tbh. Tom cruise’s political aura is an insanely confusing one. idk. No matter what, Mav has some Hot Takes that a.) can immediately be shot down by ice using Facts and Logic at any time and b.) are not strictly partisan. He’s registered democrat just to support marriage equality (his marriage is his top priority but he doesn’t care about Other gays’ marriages, only his own), doesn’t care about any of the party’s other lines. Votes however ice tells him to. I get real “kind clueless libertarian” vibes from 2022 maverick tbh. Especially with the “isolating himself in a hangar in the middle of the mojave desert.” that has a political connotation to it for sure. bro just does whatever he wants out there

also, ice & mav live in San Diego, which… while in blue/democrat leaning California…is famously a bastion of right-wingers & has a hitler particle level off the charts… (sorry its not my favorite place in the world). That’s why they’re both continually so disgusted by San Francisco (a metonym for effete liberal homosexuality). Theyre from San Diego, hatred of SF & liberal SF politics is kinda par for the course down there.

Bradley: as u will see in the extras i definitely hc Bradley as an activist, but because he’s… in the navy and also like in his 30s… It’s not college campus activism, it’s just “things all of us in the left wing can agree upon” activism. so, like, BLM or pride, etc. He’s an “in this house we believe” yard sign liberal. He is 38 years old. hes a solid millennial so not politically hip with the kids (me)

Bradley & ice/mav disagree on the VISIBILITY of politics. Ice & mav, who did live through the vietnam era draft/near-dissolution of American society in the 60s and 70s, are not in favor of possibly losing their job/honor they have fought and killed for, for the sake of a political statement. And they believe their relationship IS a political statement, whereas Bradley would rather encourage them to treat their relationship like, I don’t know, a relationship that has a right to exist independent of politics!

Jake and the other daggers: idk. i don’t really give a shit about the daggers sorry. They r blank slates 2 me. jake especially is canonically frat-boy sexist in a way that gives me the heebs, much like original 1986 maverick and ice. But the navy tends to be the most left-wing (or thought of as left wing in common thought) service of the military, if that helps. But it is also the most traditional service of the military, and by traditional I mean BRITISH!!!! 🇬🇧💂there’s so much pomp and circumstance and hoity-toitiness that comes from the navy’s origins in the Royal Navy. A lot of sticking to outdated tradition in the very fabric of the navy itself, while the navy’s enlisted demographics shift younger and more left-wing/“revolutionary…” some interesting conflicts there. Like that one sailor who got blasted by multiple congressmen on social media for (with permission!) reading a poem about their queer identity on the USS Gerald ford’s intercom a few months back, if I remember correctly. Hoo boy the Takes that day were wild. Younger Americans tend to be more liberal but YMMV with officers, who are by nature trying to uphold outdated traditions of the navy for the sake of keeping the navy a unified service

i am of course writing carole as a christian republican who has gay friends and a gay kid not by choice but by the Grace of God

[qqueenofhades]

I was wondering if you think things would have gone differently for McCarthy if he had immediately shut down the Biden impeachment idea, what with no evidence and all? Personally if I was in congress and saw someone willing to go to such lengths to try to court just a few extremists/crazies in their own party, I’d be super worried about what they would demand next from him

No, because he was 100% in a no-win situation of his own making. He bent over backward to appease the crazies by bringing the "impeachment" investigation, which instantly proved to be a total disaster exposing the complete absence of any actual evidence and was seen as such by everyone, including Fox. Because McCarthy sold his soul to get the job in the first place by pandering to the most extremist elements of the GOP House caucus, he willingly agreed to the situation where just one loony would be able to introduce a motion to vacate him -- which, uh, is exactly what just happened. This was a ticking time bomb, and it's extremely hard to feel bad that it went off. Chekhov's Matt Gaetz, or something.

Basically, Kevin was damned-if-he-did, damned-if-he-didn't. He enraged Democrats by bringing the sham impeachment and by going on TV and blaming them (as he continues to do even now) for "not wanting to pass" the budget deal, when they were the only reason the government didn't shut down. He had repeatedly lied to them, kissed up to Trump, and otherwise been profoundly untrustworthy. He didn't have enough spine or character to shut down the impeachment business, and even if he had, he would have been even more compromised in the eyes of the far-right lunatics (blah blah "Hiding The Truth About Biden's Crimez And Working With Democrats To Stop It!"). Who indeed would have tried to remove him on that alone. This was all completely predictable and unavoidable from the moment he sold every single scrap of principle or customary House rule just to futilely attempt to appease the worst people alive, get his paws on the gavel for barely 9 months, and accomplish literally nothing, thus to go down in flames as a literal first-in-history laughingstock. Hope it was worth it, Kev!

[justbeingnamaste]

Joe Biden appeared to wander off at the G7 summit in Italy, with officials needing to pull him back to focus. As world leaders applauded a parachuting presentation, Biden could be seen trailing off and stepping away from the group, appearing to talk to an officer packing a bag. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who is hosting the meeting of world leaders, then pulls back the US president to get his attention so he can rejoin his fellow world leaders.

World laughingstock.

[nerdby]

I hope all you extremists who accused Kamala of being a warmonger and blamed her for Biden's actions are pleased with yourselves. Trump wants to make the Gaza strip into a resort and he'll be able to do it thanks to all the idiots who sat out the 2024 election or worse voted for him.

Thank you for showcasing exactly why the leftist movement in the US is a laughingstock.

[justindignant]

#Trump will kill #millions of small businesses with 150% tariffs on #China

But hey, #tech #bros get a break.. All those #billionaires get whatever they want

They said #Biden was #incompetent

This #moron might decide to start a war. He has no clue what is really going on, they #spoon feed him #garbage and he #laps it up.

Is there any person with a voice that will speak out?

Here is how we get him

A pump and dump is a financial crime, a felony.

This #TrumPump was the ultimate #PumpnDump, $50 Billion taken in days... well ultimate until this tariff bs.

I think he tipped #Congress off, they all bought in, so now they can't say anything ^-^

This is enough to #prosecute. Can we get one #Democrat to call out the #Crypto #Scam?

btw- the other reason...

This is #Soros Bro aka Scott #Bessent. He is killing the dollar on purpose. #Traitor

This is the #Republican #Budget: $55T #Debt Ceiling

It's passed the #House and the #Senate will "#debate" it soon.

Announcing we are borrowing another $20 Trillion... is announcing the dollar will be worth half in 10 years... or a lot less if it's no longer reserve currency and you're the last one out...

Call your uncle the bond trader and ask him what happened last week.

Or I'll tell you. Hedge funds buy billions of $US #Bonds to prop up the govt. Goldman Sachs and the like play the market with billions on 10x credit... the #fake #tariff #numbers

caused the stock market crash which made the bond market go the wrong way for Goldman. Now they could get a margin call and then they have to sell bonds which is really bad because China and Japan started dumping their bonds. This could go sideways real fast... esp if there were a war.

All the dominoes are in place... meanwhile #Elon seems to control #Donald... Perhaps the only way to prevent #WWIII is to #arrest #Musk and put him in a faraday cage

Everyone talks about The Salute, but there many other #Nazi similarities

A #VW #Commercial by #Hitler, #Tesla by #DJT

Have you heard of #False #Flags? Attack yourself and accuse others to play the #victim and take the scrutiny off yourself

When the #TeslaFires started, #DOGE was under fire because it is a #Fraud

Hey we saved money!

No money saved with a Trillion for a shiny new #Boeing! #AirForce #F47 #Jet - who tf buys a boeing? #Laughingstock

and a new $1 Trillion dollar Defense budget

Money Saved. $0

Kids, this is the slippery slope of Fascism.

We are there. If your Peeps don't get it... maybe try turning off all phones and wifi for an hour, then discuss it, preferably over a peace pipe

This is it, are you going to fight to save the USA, or allow the dollar to collapse and the criminals to walk away with Trillions while they turn America into #Skynet #Slave state.

You were blessed to be born in exciting times....

ps- Nero Fiddled While Rome Burned, but so did the Romans.

That's what the pron is all about. #Viagra and #Sex is everywhere... to keep you distracted from TrumpCo #Treason

[vomitdodger]

Reminder this “guy” was in charge of nuclear fuel and radioactive waste for the commies.

Biden will go down in history as a complete and utter corrupt laughingstock of the world. History will destroy him and his whole corrupt family.

[blackswallowtailbutterfly]

Have you seen the influx of female leftists saying they will not be voting for Kamala but will be voting third party? I asked a woman what the solution is in this election, she said to vote third party, i raised my concerns about abortion and anti-lgb legislation if Trump were to take office and her response was "we are privileged and deserve to lose access to abortion rights and gay marriage if it means we could get an anti imperialist candidate in the future if third party gets enough funding, abortion is not important" and i am baffled. i have intense fears of pregnancy and would probably end my life if i became pregnant. i never want children. forced birthing disgusts me and i don't want women to carry children they don't want to term. Abortion is on the ballot for my state this year :( What do you think this will all culminate in to?

I don't know. I'm not from/in the USA so I don't have insider knowledge. And even if I did, I couldn't say. When Trump initially ran in the primaries for the 2012 election he was a laughingstock (we shall overcomb!). When he ran in the primaries again for 2016 I thought for sure he'd be laughed out again...but he wasn't. Still, I thought surely he was too ridiculous and outrageous to win against Clinton, but then as the campaign wore on, well...

I just don't know. I'm hopeful. I'm hoping everyone who couldn't bear to vote for Biden will vote for Harris in addition to those who would have. I hope enough people who voted for Trump the first time and have been screwed over will vote Democrat.

After all, my aunt, who was a lifelong Republican voter instead voted for Obama in his second term. Her husband, also a lifelong Republican voter, angrily and grudgingly voted for Clinton against Trump. Because he hated Clinton but he hated Trump more. Since swinging their votes they've been voting Democrat for federal elections ever since. So I'm hoping there will be more people who do that.

Honestly, project 2025 scares the shit out of me for the worldwide environmental implications and for the social implications on the people in the USA. Not to mention the supreme court decision about presidential acts.

I guess what I can say is, for everyone around the world, stock up on staple foods while you can and learn your local edible weeds and bugs. If you have a garden, grow hardy edible plants, or edible plants that it's easy to save seeds from. Within reason, certain medicinal uses of plants would be good to know too. And I'd also say try to get some things in order in case you have to flee.

As for pregnancy specifically in the States, maybe it's time to insist on no PIV or he gets a vasectomy at least until things are better? I know that doesn't help in the case of rape, forcible or coercive, but it would not be selfish of you to insist on that boundary with an intimate partner. Maybe set some money aside just in case. Abortion in Canada is expensive without a provincial healthcard but it is perfectly legal. Delete period-tracking apps, though, in case your states tracks that.

[somethingusefulfromflorida]

The vast majority of House Republicans still support Kevin McCarthy as Speaker, so do you think they'll try to re-elect him? If so, will the dissenters cave in again or will they hold the line and keep voting him down no matter how many ballots? If they really want him gone, he's gone, so who will replace him? it won't be a freedom caucus nazi like gaetz or green or boebert, they won't be able to scrounge majority support from McCarthy's wing, but it certainly won't be someone good. it won'[t be someone sane, it won't be someone level-headed, it will pretty much have to be someone even more willing to bow down to the far-right extremists because they hold all the cards.

I thought for sure back in January that Democrats would cave and help the majority of the Republicans elect a "compromise" candidate, but not a single one voted against Hakeen Jeffries, so I feel confident that they'll hold the line now too. Question is, which faction of the Republicans will cave? If the far-right gives in again, they'll be national laughingstocks for electing someone they hate twice (not that they care about personal embarassment). Ultimately, I don't care who the GOP picks because I will never support them anyway.

Do we think any GOP "moderates" would be willing to back a Democrat? No Hakeem Jeffries, I know that for sure, but any House Democrat? Who is the most conservative Democrat? Would they back them? Would the rest of the Democratic party be willing to back their furthest right member with GOP support? I'd hope not. It's more likely than the alternative; if the freedom caucus keeps delaying shit and making the rest of their party look bad, the party could unite with Democrats to vote to expel them from the House entirely, but the number of vacancies this would open would lead to a Democratic majority, so they'll never go for it. Maybe they could selectively expel one or two just to show they mean business, to get them back in line so the adults in the room can get back to governing instead of wasting time with a circus. It'll never happen. The clowns run the show, and they'll all coalesce behind someone who is nearly industinguishable from McCarthy but more willing to do what gaetz and green and boebert say. Impeach Joe Biden three times? Sure! Shut down the government in November? Why not!

[eruhamster]

he caused a great deal of our current problems including the inability to declare bankruptcy on student loans, but pretending he cared about fixing those problems. he wiggled his way into presidency by pure happenstance of having been a VP pick by a better(albeit still evil) president to satisfy conservatives, and managed to accordingly trick people in later years that he'd always been left-leaning and not famously so conservative he was barely even a democrat, and even with that he was going to lose so they had to convince almost all the democratic candidates ahead of him to drop out. he was no one's first choice. and then he became president and proceeded to not do anything he ever promised to do (par for the course) but made sure that the thing he would be known for, is genocide. boots on the ground genocide now. even nixon had attempted to force israel's hand to declare a ceasefire on a non-genocidal, actual war that he deemed was going too far with the yom kippur war, by refusing to help - and that was only stopped when israel threatened nuclear weapons if they did not comply. even nixon tried to get israel under control, and for lesser reasons, than biden. biden has not only let genocide in israel continue unabated, but as of now, and the reason why i made this post- is that the stupid fucking pier they decided to make brought "aid" that had US soldiers hidden inside it, and they helped massacre 200 palestinians in a refugee camp.

i cannot comprehend this 'lesser evil' people still spout. this man is going to go down in the history books as one of our most evil, most inept, most damaging presidents.

edit: seems like its possible rather than it being a matter of us soldiers on the ground it may have been just the US working with israel considering it's their pier. i've seen both reports on twitter. i'm no journalist and this is tumblr, use your own brains

but every idiot going "oh but other presidents--" biden is uniquely obsessive about israel and the genocide in gaza is uniquely supported by this specific president, who has ensured this will be his legacy. that's why I mentioned nixon. even nixon was different in his approach to israel. there is nothing else biden will ever be known for than causing problems decades prior then giving empty promises to fix them now, being a laughingstock when he gets up to the podium, and genocide. many evil politicians, like obama, were at least charismatic or had something they championed (ACA for obama, even if it was a half-measure, for instance). biden is one of the presidents who does not have that. what sets him apart as a president is being old, being incompetent(or unwilling) to stop growing instability, and most of all - genocide. sucking israel's cock in a way never seen before even among our worst, most bloodthirsty presidents. He is not THE worst. but he is one of them. reagan, nixon, and bush may be ahead of him, but he is incredibly high up the list. if you argue with this you do not value palestinian lives, sorry.

also voteblues just get blocked so stop bothering

yeah no biden is going to go down as one of the most evil pieces of shit we had as president for absolute sure

[mugiwara-lucy]

Let me explain something to where even it'll sink into your unhinged libtard brain. President Trump isn't "picking fights with allies". He asked them quite nicely to tighten their side of the border but they grandstanded and refused so they are FAFOing. America First.

Was him "asking nicely" before or after he was talking about using military first?

And how's "America First!" working out for ya? The economy is in the SHITTER. He was handed an AMAZING economy that Biden helped recover from when Shitbreak fucked things up the FIRST time that he fucked up AGAIN in TWO MONTHS. (People don't know this but prior to November 6th, the economy was the ENVY of the world). The tourism industry is SHOT (and who can blame them? Who the hell wants to come to a country where people are just snatched up and thrown to a TORTURE PRISON for having a little melanin in their skin? Not to mention them moaning and groaning about immigrants being bad when there's LITERALLY ONE FUCKING UP THE GOVERNMENT and won't go away because he's so annoying). The "meritocracy" is just full of mediocre white guys like Pete Hegseth who has made the military an INTERNATIONAL LAUGHINGSTOCK. Prices have gone up (and will go up even MORE with Shitbreak tariffing ALL OTHER COUNTRIES so I hope you listened to me and stocked up), Chaos and Disarray are rampant, lives are being destroyed (with Elonia slashing jobs haphazardly and ICE just snatching up any and every one) and NO ONE likes America right now.

"America First" will be America even more Alone than North Korea.

Also that was used by NAZIS in the 50s so.....

[bllsbailey]

Here's Where You Can Shut Off Merrick Garland's Goodbye Video

These people insult everyone’s intelligence. Less than four days until we’re rid of the incompetent scum that’s made us poorer, less safe, and the laughingstock of the world. On January 20, the American revival under Donald J. Trump begins, and the end of this failed Biden experiment gets hurled into the dustbin. It was a presidency built on lies, where a braindead executive putzed around, his staffers illegally pushing policy, and his son could maximize the influence peddling that this crime family has engaged in for years.  

Joe Biden has destroyed the Department of Justice. The man who politicized the Senate Judiciary Committee’s handling of Supreme Court nominations finally corrupted the Justice Department as a parting gift to his unremarkable career in public life. The irony is that he used the ‘corrupt DOJ’ line as cause to pardon his disgrace of a son, Hunter. Biden did lasting damage to constitutional norms, siccing the DOJ onto agencies investigating Hunter, namely the IRS, and going after Trump, pro-life activists, and parents at school board meetings.  

This parting video from Attorney General Merrick Garland is laughable:

“We have strengthened the norms that safeguard the Justice Department's independence and integrity.” 

This man needs to be drug tested. You can shut it off at this part, where he says there aren’t two separate rules for Democrats or Republicans. Man, where have you been for the past six years?

Garland has even infuriated liberals who felt he dragged his feet on the Trump indictments that are now being trashed due to the former winning the 2024 election. It’s over. The lawfare failed. Do you remember when liberals wanted this guy on the Supreme Court?  

Biden is the kiss of death to everyone and everything. Please go away, you stupid, old man. 

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[justbeingnamaste]

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have destroyed this country from within in 4 short years .

- Wide open border with millions pouring in. - Horrible economy. - out of control crime (with over 6000 precincts not reporting crime data to the FBI to fudge the numbers.) - Loan rates the highest in years. - Groceries through the roof. - Gas has doubled or tripled since Trump. - We're on the brink of WWIII. - completely shutdown our own energy independence. - We're the laughingstock of the world. - Communists lawfare on their political opponents. - 100s of Billions to illegals and Ukraine and nothing to our own citizens. - Warrantless spying on citizens. - activist judges throwing political opponents in jail over nothing. - Election interference and cheating in every way possible.

What's Kamala and the Democrat party's answer to this disaster?

… "You're weird." 😂

[welllostinlondon2]

We're not laughing, we're concerned. The American presidency race, has turned into Help the Aged.

[the-eternal-quest-for-balance]

Democrats

Making the United States the laughingstock of the World.

[deblala]

The US Govt Under Joe Biden Has Become The Laughingstock Of The Planet

https://allnewspipeline.com/The_US_Govt_Under_Joe_Biden_Has_Become_The_Laughingstock_Of_The_Planet.php