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My dad recently died, in part, of brain deterioration and dementia, so I get it.
But this is the US Government. They can and will Weekend at Bernie's him because being able to so directly manipulate the head of state means everyone in power can keep the market manipulation machine going and piling up their wealth.
And since the Dems opted not to 25 Biden in light of his evident mental deterioration, they have a precedent they can point at if anyone accuses them of malfeasance.
Gotta love the 2 party delusion that very terrible thing done by each party is conveniently excused because the other one did a similar wrong thing.
Wouldn't want to accidentally hold someone accountable for anything since Nixon.
I agree. It won’t stop them from trying to ride the gravy train of absolute bonkers that this administration has become. But it might change how they do it.
Whether it’s a weekend at Bernie’s situation like you mentioned, or AI generated speeches from a newly healthy Trump. The rich are just fleecing the populace to well to ever give it up now without direct and combined intervention of the people. Which so far mostly seems to be content watching it all happen.