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[-] protist@mander.xyz 61 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Can you list out some of the legislation he's helped pass and some of his executive orders?

Edit: Instead of everyone continuing with the "here's one thing I didn't like" game, here's a non-exhaustive list for you:

  • Rejoining the Paris Climate Agreement
  • Rejoining the World Health Organization
  • Revoking permits for the Keystone XL pipeline
  • Ending support for Saudi Arabia's war in Yemen
  • Withdrawing from Afghanistan
  • Juneteenth National Independence Day Act
  • American Rescue Plan
  • Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
  • CHIPS and Science Act
  • Inflation Reduction Act
  • Honoring our PACT Act
  • Eliminating the Schedule F class of federal workers Trump created that stripped federal workers of job protections
  • Restoring collective bargaining rights to federal workers
[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

Well there's the time he lobbied Congress to take away the rights of striking railway workers.

And then there's the fact that he circumvented normal procedures to expedite weapons sales to Israel twice in December alone.

That's just two of many examples of him being on the side of the rich and powerful and against regular people every time there's conflict between the two groups.

[-] DarkGamer@kbin.social 21 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

How dare he… checks notes… prevent a national financial crisis but still worked to get the unions everything they wanted, and stand by our international allies in a crisis even when Congress won't.

I guess you'd prefer a reality where he takes the fall for the consequences of the strike, Republicans win, and Israel is thrown under the bus, providing an example to our other allies that we will do the same to them as soon as it's politically convenient. Brilliant politics.

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[-] protist@mander.xyz 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Those striking railway workers eventually got their demands for sick leave met in their contracts with continued support from the Biden Administration AND our national economy didn't grind to a halt

"We’re thankful that the Biden administration played the long game on sick days and stuck with us for months after Congress imposed our updated national agreement,” Russo said. “Without making a big show of it, Joe Biden and members of his administration in the Transportation and Labor departments have been working continuously to get guaranteed paid sick days for all railroad workers.

Source: https://www.ibew.org/media-center/Articles/23Daily/2306/230620_IBEWandPaid

[-] PopOfAfrica@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago

Yeah, I'm not really sure that's the point. The fact that the only changes that are allowed to get through are what the president allows is disheartening. The fact is, these workers should have been able to strike on their own terms without being shut down. What happens with a more hostile leader? What Biden did was defang the Union in that instance. Threw them a bone afterward, sure, but he defanged them.

[-] rayyy@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

Without making a big show of it

That's how Biden works! The corporate media is against Biden and it shows to those who can see. It's tough getting the real news and that's a massive problem for this country.

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[-] njm1314@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

I love that railroad Striker story because it just makes identifying people online so easy. Because whenever people online complain about it it's either one or two things, it's either they're completely ignorant of this actual scenario and what actually happened or they're just being intellectually dishonest on purpose.

[-] bigMouthCommie@kolektiva.social 4 points 9 months ago

false dichotomy: i support the freedom to strike and anyone who challenges it is a class enemy

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