US President Joe Biden used his farewell address to the nation to deliver stark warnings about an “oligarchy” of ultra-wealthy individuals and a “tech-industrial complex” that infringes on Americans’ rights and threatens the future of democracy in the nation.

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      14 days ago

      Eisenhower, like Biden, actually helped create the problem.

      Biden could have, and should have, gone hard against Trump and his fellow insurrectionists.

      Instead he chose to appoint Merrick Garland, a man whose legacy was turning a blind eye to Timothy McVeigh’s accomplices in the wider Militia Movement.

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    14 days ago

    Shame he didn’t do anything about it while he had the chance. What is it with us presidents and doing nothing about the important issues, and only bringing them up on their last day.

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    14 days ago

    The whole speech was here’s everything I was aware of but didn’t address

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    14 days ago

    If Biden really was worried about democracy he had 6 months of Roberts approved blanket immunity to actually do something about it.