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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    2 days ago

    We didn’t listen to Eisenhower; I don’t think we’re going to listen to Biden.

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      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.