Some Biden administration predictions:

-We will see some meaningful reform and reduction of ICE, because liberals have come to hate them over the last few years

-there will be minor and mostly cosmetic police reform, amounting to basically nothing
-the FBI will carry out some large publicized actions against militias and fascist organizations, because (again) liberals are scared of those

-there will be some crackdowns on left wing organizers / movements. Think standing rock. Probably after more protests hit next summer
-we will get some broadly functional coronavirus aid package, it won't be enough but will probably function better than what the Trump admin planned

-most reforms generally will focus on undoing trump executive orders, to much fanfare. the imperial presidency will expand
-there is certainly a good chance of a return to more competent foreign policy fuckery. Ie, coups that work

-civilian casualties from u.s. strikes will drop from their present outrageously criminal levels to the merely criminal levels of the Obama admin
-democrats will push for more gun control, what they get will depend on how Georgia runoff goes. But it will not be what they are currently advertising on their site

-i actually do think moderate but meaningful climate change policy is possible but it will be a massive battle
FYI since people have asked, here is a source about the substantial increase in drone strikes under Trump

chicago.suntimes.com/news/2019/5/8/…

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