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HRC Article:

WASHINGTON — Last night, President Biden signed the FY25 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) into law, which includes a provision inserted by Speaker Mike Johnson blocking healthcare for the transgender children of military servicemembers. This provision, the first anti-LGBTQ+ federal law enacted since the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996, will rip medically necessary care from the transgender children of thousands of military families – families who make incredible sacrifices in defense of the country each and every day. The last anti-LGBTQ+ federal law that explicitly targeted military servicemembers was Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, which went into effect in 1994.

Biden's press release:

No service member should have to decide between their family’s health care access and their call to serve our Nation.

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[-] macattack@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)
[-] VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone 29 points 5 hours ago

If only there was some way for him to stop it from happening.... Well, Joe, at least you tried.

[-] xenomor@lemmy.world 54 points 11 hours ago

Biden isn’t the worst president ever, but he’s a piece of shit. He was entirely not up to the task of our time, and that was obvious in 2020. His presidency had more to do with fulfilling an old man’s lifelong desire to sit in the big seat, rather than meet the needs of the citizenry. It was basically a make-a-wish project for establishment Democrats who desire gentlemanly order and aggrandizement more than any meaningful policy goals. This was a group project, and all of the self-interested facilitators that covered up his senility (going back before the 2020 race), are directly culpable in the emerging feudal reign that Republicans are orchestrating, as well as the unjust murders of hundreds of thousands of innocents in Gaza. I started his administration feeling weary but cautiously hopeful that we may have averted calamity. I end his administration having lost confidence in not only our government, but of our people. I could not have more contempt for the entire American project and all the hollow sentiments that cloak the inhumanity of it. Biden is such a clown.

[-] zbyte64@awful.systems 15 points 11 hours ago

He's literally patting himself for doing the best job he could instead of bowing out sooner.

[-] just_another_person@lemmy.world 12 points 11 hours ago

What a dumb take. If Harris had been in the Presidential seat, she would have lost by more.

Trump's fear mongering and lies are all that got him elected. Plain and simple. Putting ANY candidate up against a sitting president for re-election that just lies and says fascist bullshit non-stop is a sure winner.

[-] Tinidril@midwest.social 4 points 3 hours ago

Fuck no. Biden, Harris, and the Democratic consultancy machine did not run a presidency or a campaign that came within a million miles of supporting that claim.

In a populist age, like we are in, what beats right wing populists (fascists) is left wing populists. The Biden presidency nudged the party in that direction, but neither he nor Harris were capable of running a populist campaign.

[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

The Biden presidency nudged the party in that direction,

Well, the Biden administration briefly entertained some left-wing populist positions, which were unceremoniously jettisoned along with any credibility Democrats once had on the subject.

As Biden just did with the now-ridiculous notion that Democrats support trans people.

[-] Tinidril@midwest.social 2 points 2 hours ago

Biden made serious progress for unions, consumers, and in antitrust. I'm not putting him up for sainthood, but progress is progress. He was the most progressive president of the last 50 years which, sadly, is a super low bar.

Politics is compromise. Biden is not supreme leader of the United States. He shares power with Republicans. The Republicans will get some wins, and every one of them will be ugly and outrageous. If America wanted to support trans people, they should have elected a Democratic House.

[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 0 points 1 hour ago

The Republicans will get some wins, and every one of them will be ugly and outrageous. If America wanted to support trans people, they should have elected a Democratic House.

Our Democratic Senate voted overwhelmingly against trans people.

[-] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 hours ago

He should have bowed out of the race and let a primary happen, not resigned as president. I agree, any incumbent was fucked, but Harris didn't have to run as continuation and someone else entirely could avoid the association even further. Democrats need to play to win, and that includes (selectively) throwing kind uncle Joe under the bus if it helps.

[-] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 8 points 9 hours ago

This is not, in general, true, or else everyone would be doing it. Trump is a right-wing populist who's taking advantage of people's dissatisfaction with the status quo and the Democrats' unwillingness to change it. You need both sides for this equation to make sense.

[-] _core@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 hours ago

Exactly. The Ds wanted to keep things the way they were, to the point they threw Biden in last minute in 2020 for the Ds to rally around. The Ds had a supermajority with Obama and they did jack shit with it. Unless they abandon the status quo stance they have they will continue to lose, which with Pelosi pushing the old guy over AOC shows they haven't learned yet and will cling to the way things are until we boot them out with prejudice.

[-] just_another_person@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago
[-] Tinidril@midwest.social 1 points 3 hours ago

Yes. Neoliberalism fails wherever it is tried, and the US managed to export it across the western world. What's going on in the US isn't unique and the same dynamics apply.

[-] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 95 points 13 hours ago

Stupidity and cowardice. He’s a lame duck; he could’ve gone down swinging and let the next administration take the heat for this. But no, he had to show his true colors.

[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago

Stupidity and cowardice.

The defining characteristics of the Biden administration and the centrist wing of the Democratic party.

[-] Irremarkable@fedia.io 69 points 12 hours ago

This will be his legacy. Opening the door wide open to the wolves and supporting the worst genocide since Rwanda. And he deserves it.

[-] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 33 points 11 hours ago

I said it before and it bears repeating: he’ll be remembered as a combination of the worst failures of Neville Chamberlain and Paul von Hindenburg.

That’s it. That’s his legacy. Every other aspect of what he did - positive or negative - pales in comparison.

[-] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 24 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

I think he signed this one because the threat of what is coming is much worse. But I do agree, I wish Biden were a better man than he is.

[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

I think he signed this one because the threat of what is coming is much worse

I think he signed it because he hates all trans people. After a whole-assed year of supplying a genocide, he gets no benefit of the doubt.

[-] MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world 23 points 11 hours ago

It really is a shame. His administration did a lot of good stuff and ultimately it's going to be completely overshadowed by his inaction on a few really important issues.

I don't know if he could've prevented the coming disaster, but he sure as fuck could've put us in a better position to weather the storm, and he absolutely did not.

[-] Serinus@lemmy.world 0 points 9 hours ago

Could he have? Even if he takes drastic action (as an official act, of course), it's not guaranteed things will turn out better.

[-] Lemming421@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago

But at least he’d have tried… history remembers that too.

[-] horse_battery_staple@lemmy.world 7 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

What a stupid play. He doesn't benefit from this and it will now be used as a wedge issue by both Parties to rile up their base. Ignorant shortsighted policy. He's only encouraging division.

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