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{{Infobox person|name=Joe Biden|image=Joe Biden.png|image_size=200|birth_date=November 20, 1942|birth_place=Scranton, [[Pennsylvania]], [[United States of America|United States]]|nationality=Statesian}}
{{Infobox politician|name=Joe Biden|image=Biden wearing Trump hat.png|image_size=250|birth_date=20 November 1942 (age 81)|birth_place=Scranton, [[Pennsylvania]], [[United States of America|United States]]|nationality=Statesian|political_orientation=[[Imperialism]]<br>[[Neoliberalism]]|political_party=[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]}}


'''Joe Biden''' is the 46th and current president of the [[United States of America|United States]] and has been president since January 20, 2021. Previously, he had been vice president under [[Barack Obama]]. Before that, he represented the [[tax haven]] state of Delaware as a senator for 36 years.<ref>{{News citation|newspaper=Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy|title=Delaware: An Onshore Tax Haven|date=2015-12-10|url=https://itep.org/delaware-an-onshore-tax-haven/|archive-date=2022-05-09}}</ref><ref>{{News citation|author=Joseph N. DiStefano|newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer|title=Joe Biden’s politics can be explained by Delaware’s shadowy past|date=2019-07-04|url=https://www.inquirer.com/business/joe-biden-delaware-roots-segregation-moderate-democrats-20190704.html|archive-url=https://archive.ph/Z3t5I|archive-date=2022-05-09}}</ref> As a senator, he claimed that desegregation would create a "racial jungle."<ref>{{Citation|year=1977|title=Busing of Schoolchildren|page=251|quote=Unless we do something about this, my children are going to grow up in a jungle, the jungle being a racial jungle with tensions having built so high that it is going to explode at some point.|title-url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112104078842&view=1up&seq=255}}</ref> His anti-terrorism initiative classifies people who oppose [[capitalism]] as "[[Anarchism|anarchist]] violent extremists."<ref>{{News citation|date=2021-03-01|title=Domestic Violent Extremism Poses Heightened Threat in 2021|url=https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/21_0301_odni_unclass-summary-of-dve-assessment-17_march-final_508.pdf|newspaper=Office of the Director of National Intelligence}}</ref>
'''Joseph Robinette Biden Jr.''' (born 20 November 1942), nicknamed '''Genocide Joe''' for his support of the [[Palestinian genocide|genocide against Palestinians]],<ref>{{Web citation|author=Philip Weiss|newspaper=Mondoweiss|title=Biden became ‘Genocide Joe’ thanks to the Israel lobby|date=2023-11-29|url=https://mondoweiss.net/2023/11/biden-became-genocide-joe-thanks-to-the-israel-lobby/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240601000900/https://mondoweiss.net/2023/11/biden-became-genocide-joe-thanks-to-the-israel-lobby/|archive-date=2024-06-01}}</ref> is a [[United States of America|Statesian]] lawyer, [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] politician, and mass murderer who has been serving as the 46th [[President of the United States]] since 20 January 2021. Previously, he served as [[Vice President of the United States]] under [[Barack Obama]]. He was also a senator in the [[tax haven]] [[state of Delaware]] from 1973 to 2009.<ref>{{News citation|newspaper=Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy|title=Delaware: An Onshore Tax Haven|date=2015-12-10|url=https://itep.org/delaware-an-onshore-tax-haven/|archive-date=2022-05-09}}</ref><ref>{{News citation|author=Joseph N. DiStefano|newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer|title=Joe Biden’s politics can be explained by Delaware’s shadowy past|date=2019-07-04|url=https://www.inquirer.com/business/joe-biden-delaware-roots-segregation-moderate-democrats-20190704.html|archive-url=https://archive.ph/Z3t5I|archive-date=2022-05-09}}</ref> As a senator, he opposed [[desegregation]], arguing it would create a "racial jungle",<ref>{{Citation|year=1977|title=Busing of Schoolchildren|page=251|quote=Unless we do something about this, my children are going to grow up in a jungle, the jungle being a racial jungle with tensions having built so high that it is going to explode at some point.|title-url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112104078842&view=1up&seq=255}}</ref> and was the architect of many draconian [[tough on crime]] laws which disproportionately affected [[people of color]].<ref>https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/trump-campaign-press-release-fact-joe-biden-was-the-architect-mass-incarceration</ref> His anti-[[terrorism]] initiative classifies people who oppose [[capitalism]] as "[[Anarchism|anarchist]] violent extremists."<ref>{{News citation|date=2021-03-01|title=Domestic Violent Extremism Poses Heightened Threat in 2021|url=https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/21_0301_odni_unclass-summary-of-dve-assessment-17_march-final_508.pdf|newspaper=Office of the Director of National Intelligence}}</ref>


== Broken campaign promises ==
== Early life ==
Biden promised to increase the national minimum wage to $15 per hour, although he admitted it would not actually happen.<ref>{{News citation|author=Natasha Korecki, Christopher Caledago|newspaper=Politico|title=Biden privately tells governors: Minimum wage hike likely isn’t happening|date=2021-02-18|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/18/biden-governors-minimum-wage-469898|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220324114238/https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/18/biden-governors-minimum-wage-469898|archive-date=2022-03-24|retrieved=2022-05-01}}</ref> He additionally promised to cancel "a minimum of $10,000" in student debt per borrower, however this has yet to come to fruition over two years later.<ref>https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1241869418981920769</ref>  
Biden opposed the 1960s counter-cultural movement. He avoided the [[Vietnam War]] draft for medical reasons and then condemned students protesting against the war.<ref name=":0">{{Web citation|author=[[Jeremy Kuzmarov]]|newspaper=[[CovertAction Magazine]]|title=Exclusive Series: Biden’s Foreign Policy History and What it Portends for his Presidency|date=2021-01-11|url=https://covertactionmagazine.com/2021/01/11/exclusive-series-bidens-foreign-policy-history-and-what-it-portends-for-his-presidency/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221005151439/https://covertactionmagazine.com/2021/01/11/exclusive-series-bidens-foreign-policy-history-and-what-it-portends-for-his-presidency/|archive-date=2022-10-05|retrieved=2023-01-06}}</ref>


== War Crimes ==
==Senate==
On February 25, 2021, Biden bombed Syria, killing 22 people.<ref>{{News citation|journalist=Dan De Luce, et al.|date=2021-02-25|title=Biden orders airstrikes in Syria, retaliating against Iran-backed militias|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/u-s-bombs-facilities-syria-used-iran-backed-militia-n1258912|newspaper=NBC News|retrieved=2022-02-07}}</ref>
Biden first campaigned for the Senate in 1972. Biden supported increasing [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] funding in the 1980s after [[Jimmy Carter]] tried to cut the CIA's staff by one-third. Biden supported [[Ronald Reagan|Reagan]]'s bombing of [[Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (1977–2011)|Libya]] and invasion of [[People's Revolutionary Government (Grenada)|Grenada]].


== References ==
In the 1990s, Biden supported the U.S. war against [[Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1992–2006)|Yugoslavia]]. He also supported [[Bill Clinton]]'s $1.3 billion [[Plan Colombia]], which helped the [[Republic of Colombia|Colombian]] army kill thousands of civilians while targeting supposed guerrillas.<ref name=":0" />
 
Biden strongly supported the [[Iraq War|U.S. invasion of Iraq]] in 2003.<ref name=":1">{{Web citation|author=[[Benjamin Norton]]|newspaper=[[Multipolarista]]|title=In mind-blowingly hypocritical UN speech, Biden tries to rewrite history|date=2022-09-22|url=https://multipolarista.com/2022/09/22/un-speech-biden-war/|retrieved=2022-02-24}}</ref>
 
== Vice presidency ==
As vice president, Biden oversaw the U.S. invasions of [[Afghanistan]], [[Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (1977–2011)|Libya]], [[Syrian Arab Republic|Syria]], and [[Republic of Yemen|Yemen]] and the bombing of [[Islamic Republic of Pakistan|Pakistan]] and [[Federal Republic of Somalia|Somalia]].<ref name=":1" />
 
==Presidency==
Hardly the popular favorite, Biden's victory was secured by backroom deals of ex-president Obama.<ref>{{News citation|author=Glenn Thrush|title=‘Accelerate the endgame’: How Barack Obama nudged Bernie Sanders out of the race|date=2020-04-14|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-nyt-barack-obama-bernie-sanders-democrats-20200414-tdpw52c46vgqjjevu54attf4yu-story.html}}</ref><ref>From @eshaLegal Thread: [https://twitter.com/eshaLegal/status/1369386575176556559?s=20&t=4mb43w-AHpOedR8LyujW2g 1. Obama helps barely coherent Biden clinch the nomination.]</ref>
 
Biden promised to increase the national [[minimum wage]] to $15 per hour, although he admitted it would not actually happen.<ref>{{News citation|author=Natasha Korecki, Christopher Caledago|newspaper=Politico|title=Biden privately tells governors: Minimum wage hike likely isn’t happening|date=2021-02-18|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/18/biden-governors-minimum-wage-469898|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220324114238/https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/18/biden-governors-minimum-wage-469898|archive-date=2022-03-24|retrieved=2022-05-01}}</ref><ref>From @eshaLegal Thread: [https://twitter.com/eshaLegal/status/1369391701509480456?s=20&t=4mb43w-AHpOedR8LyujW2g 7. Fails to raise the minimum wage]</ref> He additionally promised to cancel "a minimum of $10,000" in [[student debt]] per borrower, however this has yet to come to fruition over two years later.<ref>https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1241869418981920769</ref>
 
Despite Biden claiming to support the [[Amazon.com, Inc.|Amazon]] union movement and unions in general<ref>{{Web citation|date=2019-10-27|author=Joe Biden|title=The Biden Plan for Strengthening Worker Organizing, Collective Bargaining, and Unions|url=https://joebiden.com/empowerworkers/|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/https://joebiden.com/empowerworkers/}}</ref> the [[National Security Agency]] (under the Biden Administration) secretly re-granted Amazon a $10 billion dollar contract<ref>{{News citation|date=2022-5-5|title=Amazon Gets Huge Contract Despite Biden’s Union Pledge|author=Matthew Cunningham-Cook & David Sirota|newspaper=The Lever|url=https://www.levernews.com/amazon-gets-huge-contract-despite-bidens-union-pledge/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/https://www.levernews.com/amazon-gets-huge-contract-despite-bidens-union-pledge/}}</ref> that was granted to Amazon in August 2021.<ref>{{Web citation|title=NSA Awards Secret $10 Billion Contract to Amazon|url=https://www.nextgov.com/it-modernization/2021/08/nsa-awards-secret-10-billion-contract-amazon/184390/|date=2021-08-10|author=Frank Konkel|newspaper=Nextgov|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/https://www.nextgov.com/it-modernization/2021/08/nsa-awards-secret-10-billion-contract-amazon/184390/}}</ref>
 
In June of 2022, Biden appointed Andrew Briggs, an opponent to social security, to the Social Security Advisory board.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Lorie Konish|newspaper=CNBC|title=Addressing Social Security’s funding woes will take political compromise, Biden nominee to advisory board says|date=2022-08-11|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/11/changes-to-fix-social-security-to-take-compromise-says-biden-nominee.html}}</ref>
 
=== War crimes ===
On February 25, 2021, Biden ordered airstrikes in [[Syrian Arab Republic|Syria]], a country that the United States of America is not at war with, killing 22 people.<ref>{{News citation|journalist=Dan De Luce, et al.|date=2021-02-25|title=Biden orders airstrikes in Syria, retaliating against Iran-backed militias|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/u-s-bombs-facilities-syria-used-iran-backed-militia-n1258912|newspaper=NBC News|retrieved=2022-02-07}}</ref>
 
==References==
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Latest revision as of 00:58, 5 November 2024

Joe Biden
Born20 November 1942 (age 81)
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States
NationalityStatesian
Political orientationImperialism
Neoliberalism
Political partyDemocratic Party


Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. (born 20 November 1942), nicknamed Genocide Joe for his support of the genocide against Palestinians,[1] is a Statesian lawyer, Democratic Party politician, and mass murderer who has been serving as the 46th President of the United States since 20 January 2021. Previously, he served as Vice President of the United States under Barack Obama. He was also a senator in the tax haven state of Delaware from 1973 to 2009.[2][3] As a senator, he opposed desegregation, arguing it would create a "racial jungle",[4] and was the architect of many draconian tough on crime laws which disproportionately affected people of color.[5] His anti-terrorism initiative classifies people who oppose capitalism as "anarchist violent extremists."[6]

Early life[edit | edit source]

Biden opposed the 1960s counter-cultural movement. He avoided the Vietnam War draft for medical reasons and then condemned students protesting against the war.[7]

Senate[edit | edit source]

Biden first campaigned for the Senate in 1972. Biden supported increasing CIA funding in the 1980s after Jimmy Carter tried to cut the CIA's staff by one-third. Biden supported Reagan's bombing of Libya and invasion of Grenada.

In the 1990s, Biden supported the U.S. war against Yugoslavia. He also supported Bill Clinton's $1.3 billion Plan Colombia, which helped the Colombian army kill thousands of civilians while targeting supposed guerrillas.[7]

Biden strongly supported the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003.[8]

Vice presidency[edit | edit source]

As vice president, Biden oversaw the U.S. invasions of Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, and Yemen and the bombing of Pakistan and Somalia.[8]

Presidency[edit | edit source]

Hardly the popular favorite, Biden's victory was secured by backroom deals of ex-president Obama.[9][10]

Biden promised to increase the national minimum wage to $15 per hour, although he admitted it would not actually happen.[11][12] He additionally promised to cancel "a minimum of $10,000" in student debt per borrower, however this has yet to come to fruition over two years later.[13]

Despite Biden claiming to support the Amazon union movement and unions in general[14] the National Security Agency (under the Biden Administration) secretly re-granted Amazon a $10 billion dollar contract[15] that was granted to Amazon in August 2021.[16]

In June of 2022, Biden appointed Andrew Briggs, an opponent to social security, to the Social Security Advisory board.[17]

War crimes[edit | edit source]

On February 25, 2021, Biden ordered airstrikes in Syria, a country that the United States of America is not at war with, killing 22 people.[18]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Philip Weiss (2023-11-29). "Biden became ‘Genocide Joe’ thanks to the Israel lobby" Mondoweiss. Archived from the original on 2024-06-01.
  2. "Delaware: An Onshore Tax Haven" (2015-12-10). Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy.
  3. Joseph N. DiStefano (2019-07-04). "Joe Biden’s politics can be explained by Delaware’s shadowy past" The Philadelphia Inquirer. Archived from the original on 2022-05-09.
  4. “Unless we do something about this, my children are going to grow up in a jungle, the jungle being a racial jungle with tensions having built so high that it is going to explode at some point.”

    Busing of Schoolchildren (1977) (p. 251).
  5. https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/trump-campaign-press-release-fact-joe-biden-was-the-architect-mass-incarceration
  6. "Domestic Violent Extremism Poses Heightened Threat in 2021" (2021-03-01). Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
  7. 7.0 7.1 Jeremy Kuzmarov (2021-01-11). "Exclusive Series: Biden’s Foreign Policy History and What it Portends for his Presidency" CovertAction Magazine. Archived from the original on 2022-10-05. Retrieved 2023-01-06.
  8. 8.0 8.1 Benjamin Norton (2022-09-22). "In mind-blowingly hypocritical UN speech, Biden tries to rewrite history" Multipolarista. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
  9. Glenn Thrush (2020-04-14). "‘Accelerate the endgame’: How Barack Obama nudged Bernie Sanders out of the race"
  10. From @eshaLegal Thread: 1. Obama helps barely coherent Biden clinch the nomination.
  11. Natasha Korecki, Christopher Caledago (2021-02-18). "Biden privately tells governors: Minimum wage hike likely isn’t happening" Politico. Archived from the original on 2022-03-24. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
  12. From @eshaLegal Thread: 7. Fails to raise the minimum wage
  13. https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1241869418981920769
  14. Joe Biden (2019-10-27). "The Biden Plan for Strengthening Worker Organizing, Collective Bargaining, and Unions" Archived from the original.
  15. Matthew Cunningham-Cook & David Sirota (2022-5-5). "Amazon Gets Huge Contract Despite Biden’s Union Pledge" The Lever. Archived from the original.
  16. Frank Konkel (2021-08-10). "NSA Awards Secret $10 Billion Contract to Amazon" Nextgov. Archived from the original.
  17. Lorie Konish (2022-08-11). "Addressing Social Security’s funding woes will take political compromise, Biden nominee to advisory board says" CNBC.
  18. Dan De Luce, et al. (2021-02-25). "Biden orders airstrikes in Syria, retaliating against Iran-backed militias" NBC News. Retrieved 2022-02-07.