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I'll address both points here as you seem to have a misunderstanding of how the Senate works, and Democrats' views on abortion. The simplicity of "they had plenty of chances to codify Roe v Wade for decades" implies two assumptions to me: That you think parties always vote in lock step, and that filibusters don't exist. This is assuming a bill has cleared the House of Representatives. So to codify Roe v Wade, you need a majority of Representatives to vote Yea on the bill. It then goes to the Senate where you will need 60 votes to override the incoming Filibuster. Democrats have never been entirely pro-choice in their history, so even with a Senate super majority you can assume you'd still have some "Nays" who would allow a Filibuster which would ultimately kill the bill.Nah, they had plenty of chances to codify Roe v Wade for decades. And the fact that there would be a few Democrats that wouldn't support codifying Roe v Wade would also show that Democrats like to talk but not take action.
Consider the Affordable Care Act. Democrats had 255 seats during the vote, and the motion BARELY passed due to the possibility of the bill funding abortions with public funds. Do you really think they could have just codified abortion when they barely passed the Affordable Care Act with a super majority in the House and Senate? This isn't Democrats who "like to talk but not take action" as you put it. This is Democrats who are openly pro-life, as is their voter base. Is it right? Probably not. Is it fair? Definitely not. It's just how it is. All that said, the implication that the stars have lined up perfectly for codification multiple times is false.
This is pretty vague. As far as US Presidents go he's the only one who's ever actually done anything to combat Islamophobia, so I'm not sure what you're even talking about.As per my last message, Biden can actually show he cares and is fighting to carry out his promises. He's not doing himself any favors tweeting stuff like "I'm against Islamophobia" when he's playing a huge part in fueling that.
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I feel like you think you're the only voter that exists in this country.Biden just signed into law banning TikTok if it doesn't sell to an American company. Why are Biden and Dems so hellbent on ruining Dems' chances to win 2024? Like, I know he's in Israel's pocket, and the politicians are scared of how powerful TikTok is in informing people, but this is ridiculous. If Trump promises to fight for TikTok, then he's definitely way more likely to win.
Voters in the USA care about their kids, and their privacy, and the average person here is strongly anti-China (PRC, not necessarily Chinese people). This was a Bipartisan bill that easily cleared both the House and Senate with support from both parties. The amount of data that TikTok records from its users is fucking scary, and I say that as someone in InfoSec. I refuse to put that garbage on my phone (any social media, but especially TikTok). Companies in China can't opt out of providing data to the Communist Party of China, so there is a very real concern about the amount of information the Chinese Government will have on US Citizens. Whether you like it or not, it's not in our national interest to have the largest form of Social Media in the pocket of the PRC. They can use it to influence elections, and even to spy on their own ex-pats.
The only demographic that cares that TikTok could potentially be banned is the demographic that routinely doesn't show up to vote.