“What’s going to happen in this next election? I’m terrified about what could possibly happen, because our leaders matter. Who we select, who speaks for us, who holds that bully pulpit, it affects us in ways sometimes I think people take for granted,” Obama told Jay Shetty on his podcast “On Purpose.”

“The fact that people think that government — ‘eh, does it really even do anything?’ — and I’m like ‘Oh my God, does government do everything for us, and we cannot take this democracy for granted.’ And I worry sometimes that we do. Those are the things that keep me up,” she said.

“The bars are different for people in life. That I’ve learned,” she said.

Without naming Trump, she continued: “Other people can be indicted a bunch of times and still run for office. Black men can’t. You just learn to be good. And in the end, you benefit from that extra resilience.”

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    8 months ago

    Biden is a career politician who has backed a lot of shitty decisions in his time. He’s cutting blank checks to Israel while they are commiting a genocide.

    Despite all this, he is unequivocally better than trump right now. It’s not even close. That’s how fucked up it is. I would abstain from voting if literally the fate of LGBTQ, non-Christians, Migrants and women were not hanging in the balance on this election.

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      8 months ago

      You also need to remember no one agrees exactly so every politician will have done decisions you disagree with ……

      So, you’re saying you disagree with one foreign policy decision (that is supported by politicians and popular vote) and you’re balancing that against literal human rights for citizens?