The thing they’re doing differently is being owned by a Chinese company. If TikTok was simply a US based social media corp, no one would care.

The users give the site a pretty broad license for their content. Calling it the user’s data is a moot point.

Don’t even recall if the Lemmy instance I use has a TOS, but it’s likely the server owner has similar rights just by the nature of how this tech works.

It’s easy to send a protest vote in March. Let’s see how everyone feels in October.

Nothing says “outsider” like having your portrait hanging in the White House!

Well they’re innocent civilians, not bargaining chips. I’m never going to agree that people need to sit in jail so they can serve as leverage. That’s a horrible stance.

If given a choice between 40 days of peace and 0 days, I’d pick 40 and work on an extension during that time.

I can’t imagine turning down an offer that stops this war even for a short while. I’m sure the Palestinians would appreciate a month off from this shit.

His policy and legislative agenda have basically stalled after the house turned republican in the midterms

Not just stalled, it’s completely dead. The House GOP is clearly not gonna pass anything if it gives Biden even the slightest of wins.

His proposed immigration plan is basically what the republicans have wanted (Increased security, border wall. closing the border. being assholes). he’s basically handed them everything they’ve been demanding, short of shooting asylum seekers on sight.

And it still didn’t pass the GOP-controlled House. Tells you a lot about what his options are for legislation right now, doesn’t it?

I’ll be happy to entertain the conversation of him dropping out, but only if the Progressive Caucus can tell us who they’re voting for instead. Since they seem to have no one and have essentially started endorsing Biden, I really don’t understand who people expect to run in his place. The primary has already started. Votes are already being cast. It’s too late friend. We’re barreling towards a “lesser of 2 evils” election because that’s what the base voters of both parties want. I can’t make that sound exciting. All I can tell you is to vote in spite of that, because there’s always other things on the ballot that are worth your time as well.

The numbers I quoted were for the general, not the primary. We can’t draw too many conclusions from a protest vote in a state where they all knew he was gonna win anyways. It’s one of the reasons they were able to voice their concerns like this. Biden wasn’t really being challenged so why not use your voice to put a number on just how many people aren’t all-in on Joe?

What immigration policy are you referring to? What does “flak harder on important policies” mean? The primary is already well underway and he’s winning by huge margins so why on earth would he drop out?

I completely sympathize that there isn’t anything nearly as exciting about voting for Biden when compared to folks like Bernie and Obama who actually inspired people. However, this election isn’t going to be one of those. Both parties are going all in on the “vote for us to save America” schtick alongside their usual party platform. Wish I had a better way to frame it, but this is definitely one of those “lesser of 2 evils” elections. All I can really say is that you gotta get used to it. It’s rare that you get to vote for exactly what you want (I’m still waiting for Elizabeth Warren to be the nominee, and I’m probably gonna have to let that one go unless there’s a huge shift in the party towards her).

A lot can happen in the next 8 months but I don’t think this war is gonna be one of those things. Even after Bibi’s raid/invasion on Rafah it’s not like this is gonna magically end.

Just for context, there were 100K protest votes but Biden won Michigan by over 150K in 2020

Congress WANTS to send that money. Biden can’t just unilaterally cut that off without risking big consequences back home, like a government shutdown.

Also, those last 2 paragraphs you quoted sum up the problem quite well.

Yes but no one’s going to be trying to deport him, or ban his family from entering the country, or pass laws about which bathroom he should be using, or what contraceptives he’s allowed to buy, or what books he’s allowed to read.

Was that the deal that fell through because Hamas doesn’t want to release everyone? It’s really getting hard to keep track.

And I think you can tell that at the end of the day Biden can’t force jack shit. Taking away resources is not going to lead to peace it’s going to make everyone more desperate and irrational.

Ya lost me at not supporting Ukraine funding.

And why no mentions of forcing Hamas to release all the hostages?

What deal? Both sides just walked away from a temporary ceasefire deal this week.

How’s he supposed to force a permanent ceasefire when neither side wants to even agree to a temporary one?

Yeah now that everyone’s used to multiple profiles in streaming apps, having a separate kid-friendly version is kinda redundant

So much dysentery…

Parents lose their minds if they can’t contact their child at any moment. Some schools/teachers ban them already but I imagine some PTA meetings about this will be total shitshows.

Israel isn’t hopeless, Bibi just has to go