But simply removing him from office in January 2021 wouldn’t have stopped himself from coming back. Blame Mitch McConnell and the Republicans in the Senate for not removing him from office during the second impeachment. And blame Merrick Garland for not pursuing the criminal case earlier and more diligently. And blame Kevin and Karen for voting for him again.
It's a nonsensical label for females who were enthralled by Trump. Obviously, not you! Ever think of adopting a nickname that better describes you? (yeah, I hate it when people usurp MY name, too.
Ya that’s what I thought it meant but wanted to check first before judging. I find it a bully tactic. I’ve had it used against me when I tried explaining my opinion on an issue.
It's not only about female Trump supporters. A Karen is any white, arrogant, entitled, spoiled middle-class woman who is very demanding and uses her class privilege to get her way and make life miserable for others, especially those who serve her in restaurants, stores, etc. My sister is called Karen and it annoys the hell out of her that her perfectly normal, respectable first name has been coopted to mean something negative by stupid influencers. Bear your name proudly--don't let them take it from you!
It refers to basically any woman who complains and gives off a sense of entitlement. a willingness and desire to complain, and has a self-centered approach to interacting with others. My daughter has called me one when we were shopping and I complained when I was returning something and they were giving me a hard time. lol. I heard recently that it is not used anymore- younger generation now uses the name 'Jessica'
Adam--Thanks for your brilliant insights and wrapping your head around such an unbelievable action statement taken by our President. He's now likely to fast-trot himself toward declaring the Insurrection Act. Let's keep up our protests, postcards, letters, email, and phone calls to our congressional folks.
Looking forward though, I think that there are years and years and years ahead of us shoring up the weaknesses in our systems of government. Some small, some perhaps insurmountable. Age restrictions and term limits would be a start.
But what about the DoJ?! I think that the DoJ should become the fifth estate, however, I am at a loss for how that structure would be staffed/filled.
I’ve been reflecting on how to make the DoJ more independent. Lots of pitfalls, because of its broad scope: both managerial, prosecutorial and also advisory. One could imagine the prosecutorial function being hived off into a semi-independent agency, although I’m fairly certain that is a pretty underbaked idea. There are certainly lessons to be learned from other nations, if only we’d take our heads out of wherever they been put and look around at the lessons history (apologies, I hope I didn’t offend anyone by using that term) or other societies have to teach us….
Thanks, and I agree particularly about where our heads have been.
I am repeatedly stumped by our hubris and self-exultation. Take healthcare as an example. Why do we (the US) need to try to reinvent the wheel on so many major items?! There are plenty of examples to copy from, ones that have real data showing lower costs per capita, universal coverage, and much better outcomes. Another would be privacy protections. Yet another would be pew-pew controls. And on, and on...
No. The prosecutorial function is not independent in France and it is subject to lots of abuses too, but for good or bad, the shadow of the Works Wars, and colonialism still hang over France’s leaders, there are some restraints on this abuses. And the French are not afraid to take to the streets and barricades — witness the many revolutions of the last 250 years.
One thing I do very much like is the possibility of pursuing high officials in court for crimes committed while in office. SCOTUS has more or less made indictment of a sitting president impossible and the statute of limitations will often run out before a/he leaves office and can be prosecuted. The French rule prohibits prosecution while the president is in office, presto allow her to get on with national affairs, but tolls the statute of limitations so that it doesn’t start to run again until after she has left office. The recent convictions of Sarkozy for his various acts of corruption are good examples of how that would work. Transposing that to the US, it would not have been necessary for Jack Smith to seek dismissal of the indictments against Trump, the prosecution would just be put on hold and pick up again when (¿ if ?) he leaves office.
I’m sure that scholars have many examples of what has been done around the Globe and what works and what doesn’t. But America has grown increasingly anti-intellectual and risks losing all that knowledge, alas.
It seems like a great idea, Diane. Practically, I believe members of Trump's Regime One Cabinet would figure that two more weeks were hardly worth the effort. Needless to say, the chances of the Trump II Cabinet doing anything, other than slither around like slugs, are Zero!
Well, the whole point of the 25th amendment back then and removing him even if there was two weeks left so that he could never ever hold public office let alone get back into the White House again. That would’ve prevented him.
Nancy, imho, Congress should've stopped him at the gate. The Senate has procedures that could've been used to stall and impede and disrupt all the nominations of these unclean followers in his cabinet, etc. Watch Tad Stroemer's post on this.
I’ve been thinking the same thing lately…where are Bush, Clinton, Obama and Biden??? They need to put out a united statement and start influencing the powers that be to take this lunatic out of office!!!
America voted for this and refuse to do anything about it while the rest of the Planet is held in checkmate. Americans are only concentratated on themselves which is why Trump was elected. Now the rest of us will do the same and America will regret it. No one to blame but yourselves .
This is not tied to dementia, Personality Disorder, yes, not Alzhiemers. When we spew BS like that, we become no better than the Far Right. It's just regurgitated insults and does nothing.
This is a sweeping statement that is very difficult to make without specific evidence not available to the public. The manifestations of cognitive decline are different in all people. One thing i have observed as a physician is that cognitive decline will limit a person’s impulse control, and allow for socially unacceptable behavior to manifest which a person may have suppressed when cognitively intact. I believe it is a possible explanation for what we are seeing.
Before when? It would seem that he has become increasingly unhinged as of late. I agree that he has always been megalomaniacal and an asshole, but recently he has crossed a rubicon that he may not be able to retreat from. I see progressive decline.
His last "Presidency". Sure it's worsened. He's surrounded himself with even more 'Yes men' then before. He also was basically granted immunity. He's more emboldened.
I have known of him since the 70s and nothing in his history can be found in which he behaved as a reasonable human, nothing! There is barely a positive adjective that can be used to describe him.
I don't think it is regurgitate don't insults. I think it is very real. Trump needs an intervention. He needs to be removed from his role as president. He is more & more dangerous to America; every day he is mouthing off something crazy.
Trump is obsessed by the Nobel Peace Prize for one reason:
Barack Obama won it.
Not JUST because Obama was president before him, but because Obama is a Black man.
To Trump, that makes Obama his inferior. Seriously. His racism has been a cornerstone - for lack of a better word - of his existence his entire life.
This racist motivation is parallel to why Jonathan Ross shot Renee Good:
Her final words - "I'm not mad at you, dude" - were her speaking to him as an equal.
Ross is a misogynist who views all women as inferiors, and THAT is why he shot and killed her.
It's the same page:
Trump is willing to drive the entire world into a catastrophic war because he didn't win a prize that a Black man did while Ross shot and killed a woman because she dared to speak to him as an equal.
The sheer cruelty of MAGA world is almost unbelievable.
His obsession is about Obama everything to do with Obama.
Ross calling her “fuckin bitch “ after unleashing bullets into her killing her is evidence of his systemic misogyny. Men that use that word to women do not think that woman / women have value.
After he sent her car careening down the road to plow into another park car, he walked down there casually and calmly, and looked in the window, thinking to himself that he got that “bitch” that was trying to get away. Abusers do not like women they abuse and they have no value to get away from them.
They are abusive men being able to act out all of the abuse, emotional physical, racism, misogyny all their hate and their anger, unbridled getting paid for it. Doing behaviors that would otherwise land them in jail. They are not law-enforcement.
People talking about retraining ICE is crazy talk. They need to defund it.
All of our taxpayer money being spent recklessly and carelessly to do nothing but evil.
The goal is to incite a crisis and a riot fueling fear and anger reaction so the insurrection act can be declared. Something that should’ve been done on January 6.
Everything is psychological projection
Every accusation is a confession.
Again this article by the PhD talking about narcissistic collapse is reality about what we’re living through
You know--great point: he still had his phone--could have called 911. He didn't even check for a pulse when he walked to the car. Then, ICE refused to let anyone else check and see if they could help her. THAT'S what makes this guy a murderer. He had time to think after he shot--That makes his subsequent actions premeditated. And the excuse that he was still "traumatized" from being injured earlier? THAT implicates whoever released him to return to duty without a mental health evaluation--if one was even considered. Accessories before the fact.
100% agree. Biden was probably losing it, but I always thought "how ridiculous". Trump is only 3 years younger, has always acted like a nut, and now, even worse. The media just twisted what was obvious, and didn't say the obvious: that Trump was even with Biden, and much more vindictive.
I don’t understand how they dare to show their faces in public. At least Just Dance hides his true appearance under all that makeup — is it to avoid being recognized when the face paint comes off?
Well, with the ability to call in any State's National Guard, which is supposed to be controlled by the Governor of that State, and ICE, we're pretty much in Nazi Germany now.
No one respects him and his delusional words put us all at risk. Those on the Supreme Court who still have a sense of obligation to the Constitution should rein him in wherever they can! It’s now urgent!!
I don't think they give a shit. They have jobs for life, mansions wherever, millionaire bank accounts. They're living the Life of Riley. Why would they give one shit about a third world war or the tariffs, unless it directly affects them? And it's the same for most Magas. Unless it's directly affecting them, they just call Trump's antics "fake news".
It is way past time for rump to be placed in a "home". He needs a secure room with no way out, two mirrors so he doesn't get lonely and a dumb phone that only plays recordings. He can also have a world map so he will see that Greenland isn't this huge piece of property. It is just a large island.
It all alarms me, to the point that my daily life seems compromised when by all appearances, nothing has changed. What's changed is that I am in constant state of feeling unsettled and alarmed. I can protest, and I do. I can vote, and I always do. I can contact my legislators. I have. But the craziness continues because those in a place to stop him have abandoned that role in favor of becoming servile to it. So, Adam, I appreciate that you describe so well the dangers. You have a wonderful way of expressing the dangers, but until Congress , and maybe even SCOTUS (although I think hope for the latter is past), steps up, I fear that all of the lovely language is for naught. We can't even force the DOJ to follow the law and release the Epstein Files. No law is sufficiently potent. So alarm is a mild word for how I feel. (How's that for a morning downer.)
I tried to contact Sen Rick Scott, FL, (certainly not my choice) this am and had trouble with the site he uses for contact; for one thing the contact phone # had been removed. Then when I tried to send my comment—several times, it wouldn’t go through. I finally called the 202 # to patch me through to leave a message. What I’m hoping is he’s getting more negative comments, suggestions than he wants to bother with.
Well, ‘the darkest hour is just before dawn’ … but dawn WILL come.
Personally, I see this also through the eyes of bible prophecy. Rev. 12:12.
When we get too bogged down emotionally that’s the time to take a ‘time-out’ and enjoy the things in our life that we do have control over & appreciate - ‘the fight’ can continue without us temporarily & we will be refreshed when returning to the ‘fray’.
— I suspect this is where the saying ‘He who fights & runs away, lives to fight another day’ comes in. 🌿
If it wasn't so negatively impacting peace and prosperity of the entire world, then it would just be sad: the same way he flicked off the heckler at Ford this week - at his age, so sensitive to criticism, lusting after power, childish.
That guy is no longer “poor” - 2 go-fund-me’s on his behalf netted more than a couple years salary — 100’s of 1000’s. 💰 He wasn’t greedy tho & shut them down within a couple of days.
That guy is no longer “poor” - 2 go-fund-me’s on his behalf netted more than a couple years salary — 100’s of 1000’s. 💰 He wasn’t greedy tho & shut them down within a couple of days.
I am alarmed, I am frightened but the question remains, what is going to have to happen to make this madness stop??? My concern is that midterms may be too late to turn this sinking ship around.
the trump monster apparently thinks his personal validation and our nation's interests are one and the same. and all the people who could be hurt by him are not at all important ... or necessary to the world. only he exists. yeah, he's completely delusional, insane, and dangerous.
We are in more than a crisis. This is a moment of constitutional defense. Please use the following tactical roadmap to coordinate our "one voice" response to Congress.
THE TACTICAL STRIKE PLAN
• RESTORE HOUSE LEADERSHIP: Demand a Motion to Vacate the Speaker (House Rule IX) to bypass the legislative bottleneck.
• CHECK EXECUTIVE POWER: Demand Articles of Impeachment for the President regarding unauthorized military escalation.
• HALT THE ENABLERS: Demand the impeachment of AG Bondi, Sec. Hegseth, and Sec. Noem to stop the consolidation of the DOJ and the military.
THE CALL SCRIPT
Call the House switchboard at (202) 225-3121. Tell them:
"I am a constituent and a member of the Human Firewall. I demand the Representative co-sponsor a PRIVILEGED RESOLUTION TO VACATE THE CHAIR and file ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT against the President and his Cabinet enablers. We are watching your use of RULE IX today."
• The Impeachment Path: The House of Representatives has the "sole Power of Impeachment." They can choose to define Miller as a "civil officer" and pass Articles of Impeachment. Historically, the House has very broad discretion to decide who fits this definition.
• The Legislative Path (Defunding): Since Miller’s position is within the Executive Office of the President, Congress can use the Power of the Purse to explicitly defund his specific office or salary. This is often faster than the impeachment process.
dumpy is not doing all these things by himself. He has advisors who refuse to tell him no, making them just as complicit as he is. But the buck stops with him even though he never takes responsibility for any of his actions unless they benefit him personally.
Yes, I am alarmed, but I have been since dumpy rode down that tacky escalator.
25th amendment time is long past due.
Agreed. Mike pence should’ve done it after January 6.
But simply removing him from office in January 2021 wouldn’t have stopped himself from coming back. Blame Mitch McConnell and the Republicans in the Senate for not removing him from office during the second impeachment. And blame Merrick Garland for not pursuing the criminal case earlier and more diligently. And blame Kevin and Karen for voting for him again.
Agree but who is Karen?
It's a nonsensical label for females who were enthralled by Trump. Obviously, not you! Ever think of adopting a nickname that better describes you? (yeah, I hate it when people usurp MY name, too.
Ya that’s what I thought it meant but wanted to check first before judging. I find it a bully tactic. I’ve had it used against me when I tried explaining my opinion on an issue.
It's not only about female Trump supporters. A Karen is any white, arrogant, entitled, spoiled middle-class woman who is very demanding and uses her class privilege to get her way and make life miserable for others, especially those who serve her in restaurants, stores, etc. My sister is called Karen and it annoys the hell out of her that her perfectly normal, respectable first name has been coopted to mean something negative by stupid influencers. Bear your name proudly--don't let them take it from you!
Male chauvinist bully tactic!
It refers to basically any woman who complains and gives off a sense of entitlement. a willingness and desire to complain, and has a self-centered approach to interacting with others. My daughter has called me one when we were shopping and I complained when I was returning something and they were giving me a hard time. lol. I heard recently that it is not used anymore- younger generation now uses the name 'Jessica'
Agreed!!
Adam--Thanks for your brilliant insights and wrapping your head around such an unbelievable action statement taken by our President. He's now likely to fast-trot himself toward declaring the Insurrection Act. Let's keep up our protests, postcards, letters, email, and phone calls to our congressional folks.
I have done all five of those suggestions over and over again ..... what's next?
10,000%
Looking forward though, I think that there are years and years and years ahead of us shoring up the weaknesses in our systems of government. Some small, some perhaps insurmountable. Age restrictions and term limits would be a start.
But what about the DoJ?! I think that the DoJ should become the fifth estate, however, I am at a loss for how that structure would be staffed/filled.
I’ve been reflecting on how to make the DoJ more independent. Lots of pitfalls, because of its broad scope: both managerial, prosecutorial and also advisory. One could imagine the prosecutorial function being hived off into a semi-independent agency, although I’m fairly certain that is a pretty underbaked idea. There are certainly lessons to be learned from other nations, if only we’d take our heads out of wherever they been put and look around at the lessons history (apologies, I hope I didn’t offend anyone by using that term) or other societies have to teach us….
Thanks, and I agree particularly about where our heads have been.
I am repeatedly stumped by our hubris and self-exultation. Take healthcare as an example. Why do we (the US) need to try to reinvent the wheel on so many major items?! There are plenty of examples to copy from, ones that have real data showing lower costs per capita, universal coverage, and much better outcomes. Another would be privacy protections. Yet another would be pew-pew controls. And on, and on...
No. The prosecutorial function is not independent in France and it is subject to lots of abuses too, but for good or bad, the shadow of the Works Wars, and colonialism still hang over France’s leaders, there are some restraints on this abuses. And the French are not afraid to take to the streets and barricades — witness the many revolutions of the last 250 years.
One thing I do very much like is the possibility of pursuing high officials in court for crimes committed while in office. SCOTUS has more or less made indictment of a sitting president impossible and the statute of limitations will often run out before a/he leaves office and can be prosecuted. The French rule prohibits prosecution while the president is in office, presto allow her to get on with national affairs, but tolls the statute of limitations so that it doesn’t start to run again until after she has left office. The recent convictions of Sarkozy for his various acts of corruption are good examples of how that would work. Transposing that to the US, it would not have been necessary for Jack Smith to seek dismissal of the indictments against Trump, the prosecution would just be put on hold and pick up again when (¿ if ?) he leaves office.
I’m sure that scholars have many examples of what has been done around the Globe and what works and what doesn’t. But America has grown increasingly anti-intellectual and risks losing all that knowledge, alas.
It doesn't matter who's to blame. Get off of that. It does NOTHING.
Do you have any constructive suggestions?
Let's start by not sitting here, pointing fingers.
💯
And those who voted for him.
absolutely.....
It seems like a great idea, Diane. Practically, I believe members of Trump's Regime One Cabinet would figure that two more weeks were hardly worth the effort. Needless to say, the chances of the Trump II Cabinet doing anything, other than slither around like slugs, are Zero!
Well, the whole point of the 25th amendment back then and removing him even if there was two weeks left so that he could never ever hold public office let alone get back into the White House again. That would’ve prevented him.
And we would not be in this mess
Mike Pence was and is boot-licking coward.
Pence might be just a bit too pacifist; I reserve the term coward for McConnell.
Right now, I think any of the living past presidents are cowards. There has to be SOMETHING they can do!!
Nancy, imho, Congress should've stopped him at the gate. The Senate has procedures that could've been used to stall and impede and disrupt all the nominations of these unclean followers in his cabinet, etc. Watch Tad Stroemer's post on this.
That's not accurate. I wanna know where the eff our GOOD, TRULY PATRIOTIC, LOYAL TO THE PEOPLE AND THE CONSTITUTION military are!
This is the only solution. This insane, corrupt, criminal regime MUST be removed!
We can't just "wait for the midterms" for cryin' out loud. The American people are being attacked (and killed) by this regime.
I’ve been thinking the same thing lately…where are Bush, Clinton, Obama and Biden??? They need to put out a united statement and start influencing the powers that be to take this lunatic out of office!!!
That doesn't matter
We know this. He's not in the picture right now.
there are no adults in the room to invoke the 25th.
For the 25th amendment you need a MAJORITY of the cabinet to say yes
With this cabinet it will never happen
Please check before you suggest something
This is how toddlers act. This is so embarrassing.
This how mad men act.
YES! He needs to have ALL of the toys/shiny bright things..."F the rest of the kids!"
At least they can learn to be better
Yes, his only positive feature is that he serves as a pitiful examples
America voted for this and refuse to do anything about it while the rest of the Planet is held in checkmate. Americans are only concentratated on themselves which is why Trump was elected. Now the rest of us will do the same and America will regret it. No one to blame but yourselves .
This is not tied to dementia, Personality Disorder, yes, not Alzhiemers. When we spew BS like that, we become no better than the Far Right. It's just regurgitated insults and does nothing.
This is a sweeping statement that is very difficult to make without specific evidence not available to the public. The manifestations of cognitive decline are different in all people. One thing i have observed as a physician is that cognitive decline will limit a person’s impulse control, and allow for socially unacceptable behavior to manifest which a person may have suppressed when cognitively intact. I believe it is a possible explanation for what we are seeing.
Except...he was like this before. His behavior hasn't changed.
Before when? It would seem that he has become increasingly unhinged as of late. I agree that he has always been megalomaniacal and an asshole, but recently he has crossed a rubicon that he may not be able to retreat from. I see progressive decline.
His last "Presidency". Sure it's worsened. He's surrounded himself with even more 'Yes men' then before. He also was basically granted immunity. He's more emboldened.
It's worsened bigly.
Yeah, because he cares even less.
I have known of him since the 70s and nothing in his history can be found in which he behaved as a reasonable human, nothing! There is barely a positive adjective that can be used to describe him.
Exactly
Ys totally unhinged. It’s a crime that nobody in the WH is reeling him in. It’s their fucking job! This is why loyalty to a man is so dangerous.
I don't think it is regurgitate don't insults. I think it is very real. Trump needs an intervention. He needs to be removed from his role as president. He is more & more dangerous to America; every day he is mouthing off something crazy.
Summary: Trump is insane.
Trump is obsessed by the Nobel Peace Prize for one reason:
Barack Obama won it.
Not JUST because Obama was president before him, but because Obama is a Black man.
To Trump, that makes Obama his inferior. Seriously. His racism has been a cornerstone - for lack of a better word - of his existence his entire life.
This racist motivation is parallel to why Jonathan Ross shot Renee Good:
Her final words - "I'm not mad at you, dude" - were her speaking to him as an equal.
Ross is a misogynist who views all women as inferiors, and THAT is why he shot and killed her.
It's the same page:
Trump is willing to drive the entire world into a catastrophic war because he didn't win a prize that a Black man did while Ross shot and killed a woman because she dared to speak to him as an equal.
The sheer cruelty of MAGA world is almost unbelievable.
Isn’t it interesting/odd that a person who openly hates black people paints himself orange? Trump IS ‘colored’.
It’s a medical thing with Trump - rosacea - red blotchy skin.
His obsession is about Obama everything to do with Obama.
Ross calling her “fuckin bitch “ after unleashing bullets into her killing her is evidence of his systemic misogyny. Men that use that word to women do not think that woman / women have value.
After he sent her car careening down the road to plow into another park car, he walked down there casually and calmly, and looked in the window, thinking to himself that he got that “bitch” that was trying to get away. Abusers do not like women they abuse and they have no value to get away from them.
They are abusive men being able to act out all of the abuse, emotional physical, racism, misogyny all their hate and their anger, unbridled getting paid for it. Doing behaviors that would otherwise land them in jail. They are not law-enforcement.
People talking about retraining ICE is crazy talk. They need to defund it.
All of our taxpayer money being spent recklessly and carelessly to do nothing but evil.
The goal is to incite a crisis and a riot fueling fear and anger reaction so the insurrection act can be declared. Something that should’ve been done on January 6.
Everything is psychological projection
Every accusation is a confession.
Again this article by the PhD talking about narcissistic collapse is reality about what we’re living through
https://open.substack.com/pub/frankgeorge8675309/p/this-is-not-politics-its-the-next?r=eit6y&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay
You know--great point: he still had his phone--could have called 911. He didn't even check for a pulse when he walked to the car. Then, ICE refused to let anyone else check and see if they could help her. THAT'S what makes this guy a murderer. He had time to think after he shot--That makes his subsequent actions premeditated. And the excuse that he was still "traumatized" from being injured earlier? THAT implicates whoever released him to return to duty without a mental health evaluation--if one was even considered. Accessories before the fact.
He wasn’t ‘traumatized’ from earlier — he was VENGEFUL.
Renee was his proverbial ‘pound of flesh’.
Now he feels very macho … but maybe also afraid of legal repercussions.
Mara, well said!!
Sadly, so.
Oh wow. Bingo Mara.
And today, MLK Day — Trump just HAD to (….. ) all over it.
TWO black men receiving the Nobel Peace Prize! Donnie’s head is exploding! 💥
So what do Republicans say to this? Is there any recognition of the danger?
They were too busy talking about Joe Biden’s mental state, which was just a diversion and projection about what they were covering up
100% agree. Biden was probably losing it, but I always thought "how ridiculous". Trump is only 3 years younger, has always acted like a nut, and now, even worse. The media just twisted what was obvious, and didn't say the obvious: that Trump was even with Biden, and much more vindictive.
I don’t understand how they dare to show their faces in public. At least Just Dance hides his true appearance under all that makeup — is it to avoid being recognized when the face paint comes off?
I think there is, but as to its size and intent....I don't know
Not sufficient to do anything, it appears.
Well, with the ability to call in any State's National Guard, which is supposed to be controlled by the Governor of that State, and ICE, we're pretty much in Nazi Germany now.
As the saying goes, history does not repeat itself, but it rhymes. We're definitely in rhyming mode with the world's dictators, past and present.
They are brainless cowardly sheep
I’ve been alarmed for 10 years now. We didn’t even get a reprieve during the Biden years. Please make it stop.
Indeed. It’s like 🍊is already serving a third term.
No one respects him and his delusional words put us all at risk. Those on the Supreme Court who still have a sense of obligation to the Constitution should rein him in wherever they can! It’s now urgent!!
Unfortunately, the Supreme Court is very compromised
Change that to 6 Justices of the Supreme Court are compromised. 👍
How can they though? Serious question.
I do not see the SC issuing warrants, and the SC cannot charge individuals outside of a case currently in front of them AFAIK.
The DoJ and the FBI are captured.
This is a huge gap in our current structure.
As Bonnie says below : SCOTUS can ‘stop the tariffs & uphold the congress’s war powers which Trump is usurping’.
At least they can stop the tariffs. They can also uphold Congress’s war powers which Trump is usurping. I doubt they want us to start a world war!
I don't think they give a shit. They have jobs for life, mansions wherever, millionaire bank accounts. They're living the Life of Riley. Why would they give one shit about a third world war or the tariffs, unless it directly affects them? And it's the same for most Magas. Unless it's directly affecting them, they just call Trump's antics "fake news".
It is way past time for rump to be placed in a "home". He needs a secure room with no way out, two mirrors so he doesn't get lonely and a dumb phone that only plays recordings. He can also have a world map so he will see that Greenland isn't this huge piece of property. It is just a large island.
He'll need a globe to see the size of Greenland in perspective. Flat maps exaggerate the size, just like Donffrey Trumpstein does. Ask Stormy.
Hopefully a home with iron bars.
Don’t want to make a martyr of him - must also consider MAGAs going berserk.
It all alarms me, to the point that my daily life seems compromised when by all appearances, nothing has changed. What's changed is that I am in constant state of feeling unsettled and alarmed. I can protest, and I do. I can vote, and I always do. I can contact my legislators. I have. But the craziness continues because those in a place to stop him have abandoned that role in favor of becoming servile to it. So, Adam, I appreciate that you describe so well the dangers. You have a wonderful way of expressing the dangers, but until Congress , and maybe even SCOTUS (although I think hope for the latter is past), steps up, I fear that all of the lovely language is for naught. We can't even force the DOJ to follow the law and release the Epstein Files. No law is sufficiently potent. So alarm is a mild word for how I feel. (How's that for a morning downer.)
I’m with you Nancy. The effort to keep the faith is wearing thin. But we must.
I tried to contact Sen Rick Scott, FL, (certainly not my choice) this am and had trouble with the site he uses for contact; for one thing the contact phone # had been removed. Then when I tried to send my comment—several times, it wouldn’t go through. I finally called the 202 # to patch me through to leave a message. What I’m hoping is he’s getting more negative comments, suggestions than he wants to bother with.
Well, ‘the darkest hour is just before dawn’ … but dawn WILL come.
Personally, I see this also through the eyes of bible prophecy. Rev. 12:12.
When we get too bogged down emotionally that’s the time to take a ‘time-out’ and enjoy the things in our life that we do have control over & appreciate - ‘the fight’ can continue without us temporarily & we will be refreshed when returning to the ‘fray’.
— I suspect this is where the saying ‘He who fights & runs away, lives to fight another day’ comes in. 🌿
Thank you for your positive and helpful words!
I saw a meme that said Norway should rename Greenland to “Epstein Island” so that Trump will stop talking about it!
If it wasn't so negatively impacting peace and prosperity of the entire world, then it would just be sad: the same way he flicked off the heckler at Ford this week - at his age, so sensitive to criticism, lusting after power, childish.
And that poor guy was suspended for exercising his free speech rights.
The United Auto Workers Union is standing behind him. Due to strong Union negotiations, he can't be fired.
Good! But he had to put up with grief nonetheless.
That guy is no longer “poor” - 2 go-fund-me’s on his behalf netted more than a couple years salary — 100’s of 1000’s. 💰 He wasn’t greedy tho & shut them down within a couple of days.
Oh no. The Ford employee?
That guy is no longer “poor” - 2 go-fund-me’s on his behalf netted more than a couple years salary — 100’s of 1000’s. 💰 He wasn’t greedy tho & shut them down within a couple of days.
I am alarmed, I am frightened but the question remains, what is going to have to happen to make this madness stop??? My concern is that midterms may be too late to turn this sinking ship around.
Way too late. This is an emergency. States have rights but can they use them? Will they? Without law enforcement or a military….
the trump monster apparently thinks his personal validation and our nation's interests are one and the same. and all the people who could be hurt by him are not at all important ... or necessary to the world. only he exists. yeah, he's completely delusional, insane, and dangerous.
We are in more than a crisis. This is a moment of constitutional defense. Please use the following tactical roadmap to coordinate our "one voice" response to Congress.
THE TACTICAL STRIKE PLAN
• RESTORE HOUSE LEADERSHIP: Demand a Motion to Vacate the Speaker (House Rule IX) to bypass the legislative bottleneck.
• CHECK EXECUTIVE POWER: Demand Articles of Impeachment for the President regarding unauthorized military escalation.
• HALT THE ENABLERS: Demand the impeachment of AG Bondi, Sec. Hegseth, and Sec. Noem to stop the consolidation of the DOJ and the military.
THE CALL SCRIPT
Call the House switchboard at (202) 225-3121. Tell them:
"I am a constituent and a member of the Human Firewall. I demand the Representative co-sponsor a PRIVILEGED RESOLUTION TO VACATE THE CHAIR and file ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT against the President and his Cabinet enablers. We are watching your use of RULE IX today."
Add Stephen Miller to that too.
Is he impeachable? I've never understood the White House staff thing.
Congress has two primary paths:
• The Impeachment Path: The House of Representatives has the "sole Power of Impeachment." They can choose to define Miller as a "civil officer" and pass Articles of Impeachment. Historically, the House has very broad discretion to decide who fits this definition.
• The Legislative Path (Defunding): Since Miller’s position is within the Executive Office of the President, Congress can use the Power of the Purse to explicitly defund his specific office or salary. This is often faster than the impeachment process.
Good … and I understand Dems already have put forth articles of impeachment for NOEM … for what it’s worth.
If not, he can be investigated and held accountable for his crimes against our country.
He's batshit crazy and he's dangerous. All we are going to get from congress are a bunch of supposed lawmakers with Hot Air collecting a paycheck.
Everything that’s being done. Every evil thing that’s being done is being done using OUR taxpayer money.
With no stopping it.
He and all of them think it’s their personal checking account.
Yup. While he collects his riches from Venezuela to Qatar at our expense.
Exactly. Just think of all the people in this country (and others) who could be helped with the billions of taxpayer dollars wasted on all of this.
Since the billionaires seem to be pulling the strings they should be paying increased taxes.
dumpy is not doing all these things by himself. He has advisors who refuse to tell him no, making them just as complicit as he is. But the buck stops with him even though he never takes responsibility for any of his actions unless they benefit him personally.
Yes, I am alarmed, but I have been since dumpy rode down that tacky escalator.