I've been lurking on dk for about a decade, reading pretty much daily, and always loved the community here.
Now I'm puzzled and disturbed enough to use my first diary to ask WTF is happening here right now?
Are we infested with trolls? Have we all fallen to some propaganda? Has dk just changed a lot when I wasn't looking? Did I somehow phase into bizarro world where the dk community is no longer a cure for MAGA FUD but a propegator of it?
Why is every other story like "Oh no, should we replace Biden? Maybe we'd be more likely to beat trump and the MAGAs by running a basket of lemons or an old photograph of Ronald Regan with a coffee ring on it?"
The idea of Biden stepping/pushed out is a MAGA wet dream. So is the idea of his support softening over the narative that he is a doddering fool.
"Oh no, he's old, and sick with a cold, and not fiery enough today, and the debate sucked, and he looks tired after all that travel he just did, not to mention, you know, the work he puts into all that presidenting he does. Maybe we should just put him out to pasture." Man, stfu.
Joe Biden beat trump. He filled his administration with a lot of solid competent people. He's patched up many of the gaping wounds that trump and the magas left in our country, economy, democracy, health, credibility, and standing in the world. He has a good, solid character, cares deeply about this country, it's people, and our democracy. He respects the rule of law, believes in expanding freedoms, and sees himself as a servant of the people.
He's been an effective president and imo a damn good one (mostly) and will continue to be so. Or in the event that something happens to him, he has a fine administration and a fine vice president to carry on.
Joe Biden is the tip of our spear.
Fascism is here. You want to end up with king trump and a christian nationalist state?
Shut up about breaking the tip off the spear and just put your hand on it and push.