@memeorandum@universeodon.comBiden on 2024 reelection bid: 'I don't have any regrets' (Filip Timotija/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5327026-joe-biden-2024-reelection-bid-no-regrets/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250531/p22#a250531p22
@Techmeme@techhub.socialMicrosoft hires ex-Biden administration lawyer Lisa Monaco as president of global affairs and promotes ex-Trump official C.J. Mahoney to general counsel (Ina Fried/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/05/30/microsoft-policy-promotes-trump-official…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comTrump Tariffs Face Threat at Supreme Court -- Over Rulings That Blocked Biden (Greg Stohr/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-31/supreme-court-rulings-against-biden-now-threaten-trump-tariffs
http://www.memeorandum.com/250531/p38#a250531p38
@jrm4@mastodon.socialI supported Bernie Sanders against Clinton.
Just posting because I believe it's good to admit one's mistakes.
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/bernie-sanders-kamala-harris…
@steve@s.yelvington.comTrump isn't removing "illegal immigrants."
He's manufacturing them.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-allows-trump-revoke-legal-status-500000-immigrants-r…
@tagesschau_eil@mastodon.social📢 Früherer US-Präsident Biden an Prostatakrebs erkrankt
Der ehemalige US-Präsident Joe Biden ist an Prostatakrebs erkrankt. Nach Angaben seines Büros handelt es sich um eine aggressive, aber behandelbare Form der Krankheit.
➡️ https://www.tagesschau.de/…
@timbray@cosocial.caPretty amazing. And yet, the majority of Americans won’t see this story because the truth is paywalled but the bullshit is free. Which feels more and more to me like one of the world’s most important problems.
https://masto.ai/@Nonilex/114580574368958399
@ubuntourist@mastodon.socialJoe Biden diagnosed with ‘aggressive form’ of prostate cancer, his office says.
How long before Mad King Donald says something crass? (He who would arrest anyone for similar comments about him?) There should be a betting pool... 😏
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m
@MAD_democracy@journa.hostMargaret Sullivan in The Guardian
Yes, the media’s Biden coverage was flawed. But its reporting on Trump is far worse
#Journalism #Press
@blaise@mastodon.cloud" 'We really do need to be honest about whether the former president was capable of doing the job,' Vance told reporters" - While lying freely about whether the *current* president is capable of doing the job, of course!
J.D. Vance asking for honesty is like a man with no arms asking for a backrub. It will surely benefit him, but it's guaranteed he'll never respond in kind, whether he wants to or not...
@nemobis@mamot.frThe near-total repeal of the #InflationReductionAct, as passed by the US House, would increase USA carbon emissions by 150 MtCO2eq/year by 2030 (for power generation alone) and 1 Gt/y by 2035. (While also increasing costs nearly everywhere.)
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@unchartedworlds@scicomm.xyzBiden's record on covid
Saw a comment along the lines of: "seems unfair to criticise Biden's record on covid, while the situation now under Trump is so much worse".
But I don't think of them as separate. Biden's government _contributed_ to how covid stands under Trump.
If Biden's lot had taken the opportunity to educate people (at least the ones open to considering science findings) that
- it's airborne like smoke
- an empty room can hold infectious virus
- air filters, UV and fresh air reduce the levels of it
- masks work better the better they fit
- you can be infectious without/before symptoms
- you're fairly likely still to be infectious for 10 days, a few people longer
- current vaccines don't stop you catching it or transmitting it
- it can mess with your immune system so you're more likely to catch other things
- vaccinated people can still get Long Covid
- it's not "mild", it's just that the damage is quiet
then even if they hadn't done anything more to address the problem, people would be in a far better position to deploy their own common sense.
And unlike funding or laws, that investment in _knowledge_ is something it would be difficult for Trump's lot to roll back.
But Biden & co chose instead to play down the risks, and explicitly or implicitly mislead people (e.g. the 5-day quarantine, which contradicts the real infectious period).
So, yes it's worse now, but they _contributed_ to how it is now. They chose to encourage misapprehensions and confusion, and the effects of that choice are still playing out now.
Not letting them off the hook on the grounds of being comparatively "less bad", when they themselves laid some of the foundations of the current state of play.
#covid #Biden #USPol #CovidIsntOver
@benrosstransit@mastodon.socialIt's crazy to think a big nomination fight over Gaza, identity politics & how hard to twist the knife in Joe Biden's back would have helped Democrats win last year.
@scottmiller42@mstdn.socialMy best wishes to President Biden and his family. Hoping for a full and complete recovery.
#PresidentBiden #JoeBiden #CancerSucks
@Gord1i@fosstodon.orgI really enjoyed this interview with Lina Khan, who was chair of the FTC in the States until recently. Really refreshing to hear a competent, serious young person in #PublicService, in contrast to the chaos often being wrought by incompetent and unserious "elders"
@scottmiller42@mstdn.socialMy best wishes to President Biden and his family. Hoping for a full and complete recovery.
#PresidentBiden #JoeBiden #CancerSucks
@Gord1i@fosstodon.orgI really enjoyed this interview with Lina Khan, who was chair of the FTC in the States until recently. Really refreshing to hear a competent, serious young person in #PublicService, in contrast to the chaos often being wrought by incompetent and unserious "elders"
@blaise@mastodon.cloudTell me you're a complete ignoramus without telling me you're a complete ignoramus...
@ubuntourist@mastodon.social
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jarretberenstein (6m):
Trump is upset that Business Insider compared Don Jr. to Hunter Biden, which is obviously a ridiculous comparison.
Hunter Biden's dad loves him.
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stevehofstetter replies (1m):
Don Jr. is nothing like Hunter Biden. Hunter Biden is a RECOVERING cocaine addict.](https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/525/425/711/909/587/original/06ed22785f14a939.jpg)