This is up there with web developers not respecting the Back button.

Fuck you in particular, Microsoft website.

If they have to move to the right out of a sense of self preservation that kind of illustrates my point. The existence of NPR only matters in so far as it is able to speak truth to power, it has been steadily losing that ability.

Not really, NPR is a staunch supporter of the neoliberal establishment and function the same as MSNBC or other corporate outlets. They help prop up the corporate right wing of the Democratic party and suppress the center/left.

They've failed to elevate any of the very real criticisms of Biden, the only time they host criticism is when he's moved left even the smallest amount, then they're all over it.

They're also extremely susceptible to adopting the political terminology and framing provided by the far-right and seem incapable of recognizing that they're being played. It's why they describe the genocide in Gaza as a "war" still, describe people like Manchin as "moderates" and "centrists", and why they demonize people like Sanders as "the far left".

It makes people uncomfortable to hear, but NPR is corporate conservative more than it is center/left or even liberal really. They have been instrumental in moving the Overton window to the right, mainly out of political incompetence and self-interest.

Who's been backing him? Well....you have been, NPR. Religiously no matter what he does.

Turns out a system that is concerned entirely with quarterly gains can't address long-term problems, go figure.

This interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos, meant to be damage control, has only further enraged Democrat politicians and big donors who, since that calamitous Trump debate, have pressed the President to step down.

There is some bitter humor in seeing the party elites get the same stonewalling treatment that the anti-genocide coalition got months ago (which they helped reinforce). Doesn't feel so great when it's happening to them too I guess.

Easy question really; the press is no longer a check on our government, it's largely there to pump out propaganda and studiously ignore anything that threatens the power of the elites classes.

Funding a genocide and providing the literal bombs and bullets to carry it out is complicity. Other countries doing it is utterly irrelevant.

I disagree, being complicit in genocide and pretending you can still stand for something is exceptionally stupid.

Regardless, you can't win an election without the anti-genocide contingent, so you should instead focus your criticisms on those committing the genocide and trying to extort voters into supporting it.

Luckily the anti-genocide demographic of the party hasn't backed down and the pressure they helped create might actually get Biden to step down at this point. It wouldn't have been a possibility if people caved on genocide like you think they should've. Democratic conservatives know they've over-extended themselves thinking theu could still do the same old "lesser evil" schtick and now they're scrambling to do their job.

The people who aren't guarunteed to vote democrat not matter what fall into two major categories 1) anti-genocide center left. These people want to be able to vote democrat, but simply can't compromise so far to the right as Biden has gone. Pressing the brakes on Israel support is not a super high bar, this group is looking for any sign that the Democrats are capable of listening 2) people who saw the debate performance and think Biden is too old.

Neither of these groups are hard to capture, and the reason most people aren't strongly calling for any specific candidate is probably because everyone understands it would foster divisiveness and be pointless. The most logical choice would be Harris; she would get access to Biden campaign funds, she's been in the whitehouse, she's a woman when abortion is on the ballot, she's responsible for Biden's support by black voters and she has distanced herself from Biden's braindead support of Israel. And, of course, she's not ancient.

So if I was speculating I would say it would be her who would quickly move to the front of whatever convention process might happen if Biden stepped down, but more importantly I think people are being unspecific because they don't need a specific person, they need "Not Biden" because at this point Biden is a surrogate for a Trump win. So think of it as "Not Trump".

And Democrats were complicit the whole time, ignoring the explicit warning signs in their blind greed for more corporate money.

I was thinking about it, and I feel like the only demographic that wants Biden to stay in are Israeli trolls.

They're the only group that benefits by either Biden or Trump win, I think that's why there's such a weirdly forceful push to shut down discussion of Biden leaving, it would mean a chance that a non-Zionist might win. But if it's Biden v Trump Israel gets a faithful genocide supporter either way.