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Not much the house will do considering all the republicans are making bank while he has been in office. They will never vote against him, even if he kills one of their family members, they will just say it was gods will or some shit.
Nothing will change with these impeachment hearings, but it is nice for the history books i guess.
If I had a nickle for everytime articles of impeachment came up during this administration I could probably go get myself an extra large double double.
They haven't tried to impeach this asshole nearly as much as they've needed to.
This should have been a constant, non-stop effort since Jan 20th of 2025. The Dems have completely fucked themselves to Trump to the point even he has said he's surprised how little push back there is.
Its too little too late. They can't stop him in time for whatever the fuck is going to happen now.
At the very least, they should have been doing this for every violation of the constitution he's done to make the country aware of what's happening.
Yeah, this should've been going since at least the ICE bullshit started, at latest. One resolution fails? Another one, right then. Keep it going, constantly, Enemy At The Gates style. Make them defend the position, make them justify it to their supporters.
There should have been a non-stop effort to impeach him since January 6, 2021.
Well, he was only in office for 14 days after that, so it kind of took care of itself...until Jan. 20, 2025.
Impeachment also makes it so you can't hold office again.
Democrats decided we needed to move on.
Just like we did with Nixon.
I swear to God Democrats are like Charlie Brown thinking that Sally isn't going pull the football from him.
If the law were followed, he would have been ineligible to run again due to treason. But the law only applies to poors now.
Hey, it keeps getting the same ones re-elected. No reason for them to change.
Successfully impeaching him after he left office may well have been enough to keep him off the ballot in '24.
Honestly, I’m all for it and wish the dems had been doing it even more.
It’s not about success at this point; it’s about making it resolutely clear through the voting record which members of congress are seditious traitors abrogating their oath of office. Makes it much easier for the Nuremburg II lawyers, in other words, if/when a future reckoning happens.
Honestly, I’m all for it and wish the dems had been doing it even more.
Same here. And for the record, until now usually it has been Al Green introducing articles of impeachment alone, but doing it anyway because it's the right fucking thing to do. I have nothing but the deepest respect for that, because it has NOT helped him politically, but he does it anyway, like the sign at the State of the Union address: where the fuck were his Democratic colleagues??? Even if it goes nowhere, I appreciate that there's at least one Dem in DC not politely ignoring the total illegality and unconstitutionality of what the orange chancre does.
This time, though, it is John Larson of Connecticut introducing the articles of impeachment, a guy who's been in Congress since 1999. I never heard of him, so I looked him up. And while this impeachment is still the right thing to do, Larson is 100% a party man, never steps out of line, and has never done this or anything like it before.
But in an unrelated note, Wikipedia says that, "For the first time since 1999, Larson faces serious Democratic challengers." Better late than never, but I have to ask myself, would Larson even be bothering if his own ass weren't on the line because progressives -- not R's, not D's, but progressives -- are overturning almost every single election they're appearing in with shock wins, often with unexpected double-point leads?
I'll take a Hail Mary pass, but it would go over a lot better with me if I didn't think he was doing it solely to save his own seat.
I’ll take a Hail Mary pass, but it would go over a lot better with me if I didn’t think he was doing it solely to save his own seat.
Power never acts out of altruism, only out of self-interest. If you want things to get better, you have to put enough pressure on those in power that the things that are in their best interest are also the things that are good for society. If Larson is under enough pressure that he thinks impeaching Trump is his best strategy then that's a good thing.
You would have way more money than that. You'd have enough to buy a pardon for Trump
the third impeachment will totally do something
the next step would be removal from office, but that didn't work the last two times. By all means, try again, but I expect this douchbag to have a third and fourth term, and all the bullshit that entails.
I mean, the guy literally threatened to do war crimes.
And he actually DID them too
It just adds to the already committed war crimes
No, that kind of moral equivalence is what Trump plays on.
Take for example: "All politicians lie"
But!
"Read my lips, no new taxes" is qualitatively different from "They are eating the cats! We are deporting rapists and murders!"
Surely you see the difference
Obama war crimes bombings at least he worked with the State Department and DoD lawyers to come up with a legal theory and framework. It obviously blurred some boundaries. But it was qualitatively different from literally threatening genocide after consulting (as far as we can tell) nobody.
Oh sorry if I was unclear, I'm trying to say he's not threatening to do war crimes, he already has will and will continue to do so if the States allow him, not that all politicians do x. He is certainly not the only one who would, just one of the worst recent examples we have to date.
it wont matter unless we can also impeach/imprison the people protecting him.
It's symbolic, which is all Congress is good for now.
Oh great, Trump might get impeached again. Surely it'll work this time!
Why are you so cynical? Surely he still hasn't been impeached... this week.
Fuck that! They know it's useless! 25 him. Or 86.
Articles of impeachment #6963714 for the trump administration
Wake me up when one finally passes so he can simply ignore it all and continue anyways because in the US nobody gives a shit about anything anymore as long as they make money
He’s already been impeached twice. It’s the Senate that keeps dropping the ball.
He’s already been impeached twice. It’s the Senate that keeps ~~dropping the ball~~ pussing out.
There, fixed it.
That too
Ralph Nader co-authored this, and it features the phrase “9/11 2.0”
I didn’t know that colloquially used quips like version-numbering non-software concepts were in fact real and professional legalese used by very serious men who absolutely expect it’ll work this time
very serious men
my dude, i've written two laws. maybe three. depends how you count. i am literally the least serious person i have ever met. you have your expectations for government waaaaay too high.
Holy shit my rep Larson actually actively doing something (that yes, will go nowhere, but there should be like 200 impeachment submissions by now for all the things he's done that are actually impeachable, not to mention the stuff that's just abhorrent)
His criminal lawlessness has invited blowback against the United States and its citizens risking 9/11 2.0.
Seriously? I mean I agree with the sentiment, but putting the words "9/11 2.0" just reeks of amateur and unprofessional writing. If you're going to write articles of impeachment, don't sound like a teenager.
It's written for the masses to understand. Seems about the right level of writing for a country where half the population can barely read.
And that is the inherent problem -- "the dumbing down" as Sagan once wrote.
I have this dream where an administration treats education like the moon shot 2.0
With incentives, funds, and regulatory relief to encourage & reward innovation, like what Ukraine's government did with drones. But... with education.
We built a complex world and failed to enable people to manage that complexity. I'm handing the presidency to MAGA, America handed a complex system to a bunch of morons who can't manage it and they're breaking everything.
Third time’s the charm…
Sadly most of Congress supports what Trump is doing. This is the Republican Party on full display.