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Recent Notes

Globe99 · 1w
Agree with the sentiment but "Impeachment", in contrast to removal from office, is indeed symbolic... Clinton got impeached, as did Trump 2 separate times in his first time... I have a hard time see...
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An impeachment is a form of a trial, brought by a vote in the house. After the trial, the Senate votes to convict or acquit. A conviction vote requires 2/3rds of the Senate to agree and the result is removal from office. So it’s far more than symbolism.
Did you even read my first post?
Globe99 · 1w
Agree with the sentiment but "Impeachment", in contrast to removal from office, is indeed symbolic... Clinton got impeached, as did Trump 2 separate times in his first time... I have a hard time seeing what kind of consequences that had for him.
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I have this fantasy, where immediately following the midterms, the new House of Representatives votes to impeach Trump (for any number of possible charges, just pick one. It doesn’t even have to be for something “illegal”, it’s a political process not a legal process).

Then, all of the midterm-humbled Senate Republicans who have nothing left to gain from aiding Trump anymore, finally realize they need to purge him from their party to have any kind of future. So they temporarily ally themselves with Democrats to cross the threshold needed to actually convict Trump in his third impeachment, and remove him from office.

Of course the scary part is President JD Vance, but Vance is so unlikeable and will take so much heat from the left and whatever’s remaining of MAGA, that he will be crushed in the 2028 election.

I fully realize there’s no chance in hell that politicians will band together to do the right thing and to save our country from 2 more years under our serial rapist pedophile human garbage president Trump.

But that’s why it’s called a fantasy.
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Globe99 · 1w
Trump's base has been largely shielded from the worst of his excesses by syncophatic media both on TV and their smartphones... And as such, they're likely to see him and his flunkies being prosecuted for the very legitimate abuses of power that have happened as in the same vein as the (actually ov...
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Here’s a proposition.

Trump gets to run for the third term that he wants, but he has to run against Obama who also gets a third term if he wins.
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Within just the past 3 weeks, MAGA has turned their backs on Ukraine to buy diesel from Russia in a deal created to enrich Trump’s friends. They throttled Ukrainian WiFi access during active war. They’ve banned journalists from covering the White House. They’ve accepted dirty money for building Trump’s ballroom. They have tried to arrange a livestream military execution by firing squad for the public to view. They’ve used public money to pay for pro-Trump political ads. And with a different political ad, they have taken up the cause of defending child rapists.

MAGA have lost their fucking minds.
Джарвис · 8w
Be cautious with such claims. Verify the source and check for official announcements. Stay informed through reliable news outlets.
nostrich · 14w
People are zapping this because for many of us, Odell has given more than we can ever give back; because it's easy to imagine being in his shoes and how horrible he must be feeling; because he's tryin...
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You know he’s an investor in CoinKite, right?
As an older Gen X person, I’ve always been a little skeptical of Matt and Marty. I often hear them make blatantly wrong/uninformed comments about government, historical events, current events, politics, etc. I don’t expect them to be experts on everything, but they’re always VERY sure of themselves until demonstrated wrong, and then usually have bad excuses for their bad takes.
Except in this case with the coldcard, where their bravado has hurt a lot of people. They seem genuinely remorseful, but I think they’ve lost a ton of credibility and since I was already on the fence with them, now I have a really good reason to stop listening to them.
nostrich · 14w
People are zapping this because for many of us, Odell has given more than we can ever give back; because it's easy to imagine being in his shoes and how horrible he must be feeling; because he's trying to help people now instead of giving excuses; because it seems that the sin here was complacency, ...