Nobody is in session, and the senate aren’t even looking at impeachment proceedings from what I can see on their first day back. I don’t see war resolution either. I can obviously be 100% wrong. I’m not an anybody I just have the link. it’s below.
The dems still don’t have the votes 🤬 I’m pissed off too
The same reps that cannot agree on a budget and willing to go on vacation while the govt is shut it down, would never agree on a war powers act.
Can you imagine having to take a vote every time we launched an attack on Iran to see if they agree. It might help if DOD and the Treasury would tell them how much each missile fired cost the taxpayer.
I have been watching Iran War videos. The narrator aptly interjects there goes your universal healthcare as the missiles land.
Lawyers are not in the truth business. They get paid to defend whomever is willing to pay them regardless of guilt or innocence. Truth is irrelevant casualty in the courtroom, where only legal twists and turns confuse the judge and jury. Trials that take weeks should be outlawed as that just gives time to numb the jury.
All truth, all of it. I had a thought and looked it up yesterday, how many lawmakers, members of Congress whatever you wanna call them, are retiring or not seeking re-election whenever their time comes… SIXTY EIGHT.
I use my Google/Gemini at home, which wasn’t extremely precise, it doesn’t like to be 👀 (it’s easier for me at times) but it was definitely Republican heavy. I don’t blame a single one of them.
I guess it could just be their time to retire? But that’s a very large number! 😳
Not large enough. Time to sink the boat and have them all go home. No budget and allowing the govt to shut down.. you do not get paid, no vacation .... you stay in session until govt is running. Term limits so they can make the hard choices and stop worrying about re-election. Need to install certain mandatory trip wires that never stop military, air controllers, security paychecks. Good time for China to take Taiwan.
Excellent summary David. Thank you. As for motivation to vote. I along with many friends and family voted, not for Trump. I was motivated for years. His first term in office was very bad. This second tine around is delusional and dangerous.
We need a trial against him for gross abuse of the Office of POTUS, and soon. If we are a proud nation we will show that we do not tolerate corruption. We got Nixin to quit and this time no pardons. Pardons defeat the purpose.
Impeachment would be better because if the president were convicted, he and the entire administration would be removed which is not the case using the 25th Amendment.
Not only will the REPUBLICANS in the senate not vote to impeach the *literally* demented president,
BUT they choose to avoid voting on the WAR powers resolution. They would rather run along home and hide - while people continue to get killed- and toddle off home, which they did on 9th April. And won’t return till the 13th at 2:30pm. No rush. Just hundreds more lives lost while you’re on a long weekend, which wasn’t in the calendar to begin with 😠
Here’s the link to the days planned in session for April - 3 days.
The senate currently do NOT have anything there about impeachment of the president from *what I can tell*. Don’t take that as fact though. I’m not a certain anybody. Or a bot. I’m folding laundry, my cat is sitting on it 😐
Great article! I know Al Green brought articles of impeachment earlier this year and not many Democrats stood with him and it fizzled out -- disappointing. I like pursuing any and every action against Trump, the Republicans, and everyone committing crimes to enrich themselves.
Committing multiple crimes, rather than only one, should not excuse someone from accountability, and neither should the fact the congressional numbers are not in the Democrats' favor stop them from pursuing impeachment.
Perhaps now is the right time for Democrats should run on a platform of healthcare, education and the environment (and no foreign wars), which would give additional motivation to voters to show up at the polls, especially younger voters. Unfortunately the DNC will probably let corporate donors and consultants influence their planning and decisions, rather than motivating working and middle class voters with a progressive platform including Trump's impeachment.
David, I think that if the impeachment process passes the house, it may have a very good chance of getting through the Senate. I get the sense that, quietly, there is enough votes or there will be. All those that live in fear of Trump would possibly get ready to bring down the hammer, quietly, swiftly, before the threats and attacks come at them. Like the Senate approval of the Epstein transparency bill.
I am new here and usually do not leave comments, but this post definitely warranted one.
Thank you David for your thorough explanation of the different processes. Impeachment is the most feasible resolution to control this out of touch madman.
Man a little accountability would be nice. I get having it on the record, only problem is see is the fanta menace will have shuffled off this mortal coil long before anything happens. Still better to get it on record and hopefully use it later
Our beloved country has been spinning its wheels in the sand since the Great One descended the Golden Escalator to the delirious, triumphant cries of a hired mob of "supporters." His first term was godawful, yet at the 2018 midterms, Dems managed to take the House, but the Senate picked up even more Rethuglican seats, gleefully stymying anything the House Dems tried.
We paused for 4 years of Uncle Joe, a man I generally admired and supported, but NOT the man to steer the nation out of troubled waters in a way suitable to both sides (no, I don't know who'd have been better, but I'm talking reality).
The poorly educated swallowed all the propaganda whole, stormed the Capitol, yet accomplished nothing. Even jail terms did nothing as the Poorly Educated countered with just enough votes to put the lunatic back into the Oval.
Now, here we sit, hamstrung.
We pray for the midterms to flip things.
Why?
Taking the House in 2018 got us nowhere.
Yes, I am bitter. Angry. Depressed. Pessimistic to a degree never seen before, to coin a phrase. 💩
Thus, I think that even if a House vote to impeach succeeds, the Rethuglican Senators will never convict. He could have publicly shot someone to death in the middle of 5th Avenue, and it wouldn't matter. He would claim it was part of his official duties and therefore he'd assert immunity, and his pet black-tobed-gang-of-six would uphold him.
Twenty-fifth Amendment? 🤣🫥🙃🤪🙈🙉🙊
So I am bitter. Angry. Depressed. And deeply pessimistic.
The poorly educated is central to how T got elected. Red states literacy much less than Blue states. Quite ironic that a rich blue state ivy league educated greedy guy gets elected by the exact opposite poor illiterates he looks down on.
Since Repubs want better ID for voting, how about requiring all voters to have a high school diploma as evidence of citizenship to vote. Sorry bubba, your 6th grade certificate and gun ownership will not cut it.
Isn't there anyone in Congress with a brain?
They're supposed to be lawyers. They didn't figure his attorneys would jump on this?
Nobody is in session, and the senate aren’t even looking at impeachment proceedings from what I can see on their first day back. I don’t see war resolution either. I can obviously be 100% wrong. I’m not an anybody I just have the link. it’s below.
The dems still don’t have the votes 🤬 I’m pissed off too
The same reps that cannot agree on a budget and willing to go on vacation while the govt is shut it down, would never agree on a war powers act.
Can you imagine having to take a vote every time we launched an attack on Iran to see if they agree. It might help if DOD and the Treasury would tell them how much each missile fired cost the taxpayer.
I have been watching Iran War videos. The narrator aptly interjects there goes your universal healthcare as the missiles land.
Lawyers are not in the truth business. They get paid to defend whomever is willing to pay them regardless of guilt or innocence. Truth is irrelevant casualty in the courtroom, where only legal twists and turns confuse the judge and jury. Trials that take weeks should be outlawed as that just gives time to numb the jury.
All truth, all of it. I had a thought and looked it up yesterday, how many lawmakers, members of Congress whatever you wanna call them, are retiring or not seeking re-election whenever their time comes… SIXTY EIGHT.
I use my Google/Gemini at home, which wasn’t extremely precise, it doesn’t like to be 👀 (it’s easier for me at times) but it was definitely Republican heavy. I don’t blame a single one of them.
I guess it could just be their time to retire? But that’s a very large number! 😳
Not large enough. Time to sink the boat and have them all go home. No budget and allowing the govt to shut down.. you do not get paid, no vacation .... you stay in session until govt is running. Term limits so they can make the hard choices and stop worrying about re-election. Need to install certain mandatory trip wires that never stop military, air controllers, security paychecks. Good time for China to take Taiwan.
I know 😣 but realistically that’s not going to happen. Hopefully they’ll get a few and work on others
Excellent summary David. Thank you. As for motivation to vote. I along with many friends and family voted, not for Trump. I was motivated for years. His first term in office was very bad. This second tine around is delusional and dangerous.
Mary Kay…AMEN! 🙏🏼
Remember a vote for Harris would result in higher inflation .. gas prices, war in the middle east. Shame on you for causing this.
We need a trial against him for gross abuse of the Office of POTUS, and soon. If we are a proud nation we will show that we do not tolerate corruption. We got Nixin to quit and this time no pardons. Pardons defeat the purpose.
To hell with the impeachment then, go for removal....
Impeachment would be better because if the president were convicted, he and the entire administration would be removed which is not the case using the 25th Amendment.
Not only will the REPUBLICANS in the senate not vote to impeach the *literally* demented president,
BUT they choose to avoid voting on the WAR powers resolution. They would rather run along home and hide - while people continue to get killed- and toddle off home, which they did on 9th April. And won’t return till the 13th at 2:30pm. No rush. Just hundreds more lives lost while you’re on a long weekend, which wasn’t in the calendar to begin with 😠
https://www.congress.gov/days-in-session/119th-congress
Here’s the link to the days planned in session for April - 3 days.
The senate currently do NOT have anything there about impeachment of the president from *what I can tell*. Don’t take that as fact though. I’m not a certain anybody. Or a bot. I’m folding laundry, my cat is sitting on it 😐
Jessica Denson wants him [DJT] removed.
Great article! I know Al Green brought articles of impeachment earlier this year and not many Democrats stood with him and it fizzled out -- disappointing. I like pursuing any and every action against Trump, the Republicans, and everyone committing crimes to enrich themselves.
Committing multiple crimes, rather than only one, should not excuse someone from accountability, and neither should the fact the congressional numbers are not in the Democrats' favor stop them from pursuing impeachment.
Perhaps now is the right time for Democrats should run on a platform of healthcare, education and the environment (and no foreign wars), which would give additional motivation to voters to show up at the polls, especially younger voters. Unfortunately the DNC will probably let corporate donors and consultants influence their planning and decisions, rather than motivating working and middle class voters with a progressive platform including Trump's impeachment.
Exactly. Who gave Harris the billion dollars for the election? Corporate money on both sides has ruined democracy.
David, I think that if the impeachment process passes the house, it may have a very good chance of getting through the Senate. I get the sense that, quietly, there is enough votes or there will be. All those that live in fear of Trump would possibly get ready to bring down the hammer, quietly, swiftly, before the threats and attacks come at them. Like the Senate approval of the Epstein transparency bill.
I am new here and usually do not leave comments, but this post definitely warranted one.
Thank you David for your thorough explanation of the different processes. Impeachment is the most feasible resolution to control this out of touch madman.
Man a little accountability would be nice. I get having it on the record, only problem is see is the fanta menace will have shuffled off this mortal coil long before anything happens. Still better to get it on record and hopefully use it later
Our beloved country has been spinning its wheels in the sand since the Great One descended the Golden Escalator to the delirious, triumphant cries of a hired mob of "supporters." His first term was godawful, yet at the 2018 midterms, Dems managed to take the House, but the Senate picked up even more Rethuglican seats, gleefully stymying anything the House Dems tried.
We paused for 4 years of Uncle Joe, a man I generally admired and supported, but NOT the man to steer the nation out of troubled waters in a way suitable to both sides (no, I don't know who'd have been better, but I'm talking reality).
The poorly educated swallowed all the propaganda whole, stormed the Capitol, yet accomplished nothing. Even jail terms did nothing as the Poorly Educated countered with just enough votes to put the lunatic back into the Oval.
Now, here we sit, hamstrung.
We pray for the midterms to flip things.
Why?
Taking the House in 2018 got us nowhere.
Yes, I am bitter. Angry. Depressed. Pessimistic to a degree never seen before, to coin a phrase. 💩
Thus, I think that even if a House vote to impeach succeeds, the Rethuglican Senators will never convict. He could have publicly shot someone to death in the middle of 5th Avenue, and it wouldn't matter. He would claim it was part of his official duties and therefore he'd assert immunity, and his pet black-tobed-gang-of-six would uphold him.
Twenty-fifth Amendment? 🤣🫥🙃🤪🙈🙉🙊
So I am bitter. Angry. Depressed. And deeply pessimistic.
The poorly educated is central to how T got elected. Red states literacy much less than Blue states. Quite ironic that a rich blue state ivy league educated greedy guy gets elected by the exact opposite poor illiterates he looks down on.
Since Repubs want better ID for voting, how about requiring all voters to have a high school diploma as evidence of citizenship to vote. Sorry bubba, your 6th grade certificate and gun ownership will not cut it.