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Cake day: June 24th, 2023

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  • Let’s look at his record as president:

    Pro choice

    Pro marriage equality

    Increased funding to the IRS

    Raised corporate taxes

    The largest investment in addressing climate change in history and rejoined the Paris Accords

    Appointed a liberal black woman to the supreme court along with over 200 more liberal judges

    Enacted student debt relief for more than 5 million people

    Capped healthcare costs for Medicare and allowed the negotiation of prescription drug prices

    Enhanced background checks on guns and closed loopholes

    Halted all federal executions

    That’s the antithesis of the modern Republican party









  • I touched on one of my pet theories as well; the Constitution was written assuming dueling would be a safety valve. Holding office was originally limited to land-holding men, so the high class. They were mostly the only ones that did dueling back then. It was technically illegal, but it was a law for the common folks. At the time dueling was often done with pistols, which was paradoxically safer than swords. A duel with a sword always ended with blood. A pistol duel could end with both parties missing (often intentionally) and be considered a finished matter. Both parties would agree to a compromise that preserved the honor of each.

    It sounds insane, but I suggest bringing back dueling. Just for federal elected officials though. Just the threat of a duel would make the assholes who take office just to enrich themselves run for the hills. They would never actually put their own ass on the line. You would actually have to believe in something enough to die for it to take office.