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FTFY
You forgot to mention the Parliamentarian.
Republicans don't have a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate, and they've still been able to implement most of their agenda. They show a willingness to creatively use executive action and authority in ways no Democrat would ever dream of. Republicans ask, "what are the absolute limits of what I can accomplish with the authority I have now?" Democrats say, "well, we don't have a filibuster proof majority in the Senate, so I guess there's no point in trying anything."
Where was Biden threatening to revoke school funding for schools that don't teach comprehensive sex ed?
Why didn't Biden stop the flow of weapons and funding to Israel to fight a genocide?
Why didn't Biden reinstate Obama's Iran deal?
Why didn't Biden use rescission like Trump, and outright refuse to fund departments that were doing more harm than good?
Why didn't Biden let private groups set up abortion clinics on military bases in red states that ban abortion?
Why didn't Biden threaten to withhold funding from states that seek to restrict trans healthcare and other rights?
When it was clear that Trump was going to engage in a mass campaign of race-based immigrant expulsion and deny millions of immigrants their due process, why didn't Biden rapidly move cases through the system, giving millions of immigrants a fast track to citizenship?
Why didn't Biden use emergency authority to fight climate change? Why did he not use defense production laws to speed up the construction and deployment of renewables, as an act of protecting national security?
And on and on. Trump is moving mountains, using only the authority just the president has. He's not waiting for Congress, as he knows he doesn't have the votes to overcome a filibuster. Instead he finds every creative loophole he can to advance his agenda. None of these things would require Congress.
Democrats whine about the authority they don't have. They never try to use the authority they do have. The voters see this and rightfully ask, "wait, why should we give you more power, you're clearly incompetent and not using the power you have right now."
I get your point, but the answer for most of your questions is that the supreme court would fast track everything and shut him down, democrats in congress would backstab each other and biden in an effort to show that they were taking the high ground, and all of the media would spew unending "biden is violating the constitution!" diatribes. Maybe he still should have done all of it, but...
Oh, wait, there was one question that wouldn't have been covered there: the israwel one. Biden wants to lick israwel's groin just as much as any republican.
Two wings same fascist bird. Both parties are owned by Israel. We need a revolution
Except... We've had periods where this is absolutely not true. Cycle still holds.
Stop finger wagging at the people voting and maybe address the real problem here.
In the past they have had a majority with context that some of the Democrats are only with the party because 90% of the Republican platform is malicious intent.
And in brief periods when it's not true, they do something that benefits millions of people and then gets dismantled over next years by the next admin. Meanwhile everyone fails to see the difference between "doing some small good" and "doing a lot of bad" and elect more evil people because the small good was too small
"Democrats arent respsonsible for their failures"
The party can only be failed, never fail is a line so many on lemmy love to use. Especially when shown how little the dems care
They are helping rich friends of the oligarchy, which is bipartisan