Peak Bond was when the young me saw him fly the jet pack off the balcony in Thunderball and I found out that was a real thing. Nothing else could ever compare.
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Peak Bond was when the young me saw him fly the jet pack off the balcony in Thunderball and I found out that was a real thing. Nothing else could ever compare.
That one really needs "Thank you for your attention to this matter."
I guess as long as his AI Ghost is still running JD won't be president. If he ghosted with grok, it would be an improvement. He'd only be lying half the time.
When I see him babbling laboriously to belabor labor in a Labor Day address with the camera squarely on his pumpkin face, I'll believe. Meanwhile, release the Epstein files.
Flat Trumper here. There's a huge trophy poster behind the figure on the stairs that does not appear in the mirror. Doesn't seem possible from the reflection angles.
The regime is as brittle as glass. Trump is the only thing holding their coalition together and he is weak in body and spirit. Impeachment and Epstein revelations could have a decisive impact. Not unstoppable at all.
The big mistake the Founders made was not anticipating that there would be political leaders (including Presidents and Congress) with no integrity, no conscience, and no shame, but with a ready toolbox of the deadly sins.
I campaign for impeaching Trump, partly to muck up nefarious biz of the House with bad press for the regime. Impeaching Bobby and his worm would serve those goals, + anger & weaken Trump, + elim a danger to the country. Should be an easier target than Trump. Widen the net? @citizensimpeachment.com
Is there a weedwacker attachment for the M-4 rifle?
The barrel makes me wonder what they cook their fries in.
Based on people I have talked to in the 'burbs, this is a popular position.
Yes and no. I think most of the agenda conforms to their plan, but Trump is now coloring outside the lines. They don't like tariffs. They don't like corporate extortion. They don't like messing with the Fed (see convoluted SCOTUS ruling). I think he'll awaken a sleeping giant at the oligarch's lair.
We only need a handful of R reps to impeach. They don't care about us, but those in purple districts can be made to care about their voters. Conviction is another matter, but imagine how much better opinion of the Dems would be if they were fighting back when the midterms come around.
Thank you. Yours is the kind of voice we need behind this message. Impeachment serves important goals even if we don't (yet) have Senate votes to convict. It puts the regime on defense, magnifies his high crimes to the public, gives resistance a rallying cry, and slows the (bad) biz of the House.
Approval of Dems in Congress is around 20%. So whatever strategy they are using is not working for their voters. If the strategy is based on this consulting crap, the jury has spoken. We can't go into the midterms with approval lower than Trump.
I believe that President "Donald Trump leading the way" swore an oath to preserve and protect the Constitution, with his hand almost on a Bible. A "revolution" is the opposite. She just said that he is violating his oath, along with every single person at that table. Show this to the military.
To the ramparts again. The enemy is at the gates. The castle ablaze. Now let's argue if our leaders have purity again! 2028? Without action now, we won't make it to 2026 with democracy intact. "There is only one thing worse than fighting with allies, and that is fighting without them." Churchill
Steps: 1) Impeach Trump, early and often. 2) All hands on deck supporting publicity of his High Crimes 3) Demonstrations and non-violent resistance. >>> It’s only one historically unpopular man and a handful of Repub reps to get back in the game. It’s not the beaches of Normandy <<<
of their constituents, the world will change. With Trump impeached (not necessarily convicted), the regime goes from offense to defense. We approach the midterms in a solid position to switch off Trump II with enough intact gov’t to start re-building after the arson. So what to do?
There’s nobody on the GOP bench to inherit his demagoguery, or the devotion of his followers, or the political muscle that those followers give him to force Congress into submission. Corrupt SCOTUS can rule all day, but if half a dozen GOP reps shake free of their fear and look to the demands . . .
I'm not buying the despair. The regime is not robust at all. It rests on a Jenga block of one tired, ignorant, demented old man. Pull that block & the whole structure collapses. The coalition that brought Trump to power & keeps him there is cemented by a cult that's personally loyal to him . . .
Great analysis. I've got a simpler one. Approval of Dems in Congress is around 20%. So whatever strategy they are using is not working for their voters. If the strategy is based on this consulting crap, the jury has spoken. We can't go into the midterms with approval lower than Trump.
The ultimate megaphone is repeated impeachment. Each effort can raise public awareness of Trump's High Crimes and show that there is a path to halting the regime's takeover of the government. Simple and clear Articles should be the language. Conviction (tho nice) is not the goal. Awareness is one.
It's false advertising. I thought it was "Defend the Homeland" from the guy on the poster and got all excited.
There are a lot of myths on social media about impeachment. Which ones have you heard? citizensimpeachment.com/impeachment-...
In answer to the question "What do you do now?" Call your Representative. Tell them to introduce, support, or cosponsor impeachment resolutions against Trump now. Senate conviction (tho nice) is not the goal. United opposition against the regime and public exposure of his High Crimes are goals.
We can't go into the midterms with Dem approval rating same as or lower than Trump. Dem voters want to see leaders fighting against the regime. Newsom is doing that. Maybe a few Dem Representatives should intro an impeachment to show their fighting spirit and regain support from their own party.
I wouldn't break out the champagne yet. SCOTUS will get this. They'll rule that the Texas plan is OK because Texas, but California is unconstitutional because of something their Ouija board showed in a Constitutional séance.
Fixed it: "We have just begun the process of subjugation."
Give some good reasons why you don't think it's right. I'd love to debate.
There is something we can do that has not been tried in this context. Any House member can do it. Although unlikely to remove Trump, it will have a delaying effect in the House and give an opportunity to publicize abuse. It's called Impeachment. Start tomorrow and do it as many times as they can.
I am right now writing a true family story over generations. The patriarch made a fortune buying up the businesses of Jews expelled from Czechoslovakia before WW2. His name is in the Holocaust museum. Is that where Vance wants his name?
This is exactly what people need to do, resist to the best of their ability. Would the whiners have been willing to make sacrifices you describe (and their families as well)? It's easy to pin the burden on somebody else. Read the news to see their accomplishment. I thank them for their service.
I don't see the problem. Looks like 6'3" and 224 lb to me.
I agree that the Guv's trolling is effective, but impeachment is a way to get a lot more voices into the chorus, with the bonus of gumming up the House and maybe changing some minds on this train wreck regime.
Now how do you think he'd react if we threw some nice impeachment articles with lots of public exposure of his High Crimes onto the fire?
Now how do you think he'd react if we threw some nice impeachment articles and lots of public exposure of his failings onto the fire?
The bullshit from Dems in that story is too much to refute this late at night, so I'll just recycle one reply. We can't go into the midterms with Dem party approval rating same as or lower than Trump. Dem voters want to see leaders fighting against the regime. If not, don't count on them for help.
@georgewhitesides.bsky.social Why don't you get a piece of this adulation? This is what voters want to see. YOU have the power to bring-co-sponsor-support House impeachment resolutions right now. Don't worry about party disapproval or Senate conviction. Do what you can control! signed, constituent
BTW, I just remembered this gem: bsky.app/profile/sstr...
Wonder what kind of flags the Confederacy will be flying?
This is an excellent summary. Since we're talking about history, I'll offer the attached strategies from 2500 years ago. Choose your own adventure, but most of all, make a plan.
Bless your heart if you worry about the 2028 elections and Newsom's suitability. We'll have long since been overrun by secret police and mil and Gavin will be in a camp or take a long walk on a short pier, along with many of us. Right now we have a chance, if we get behind leaders who will fight.
We can't go into the midterms with Dem approval rating same as or lower than Trump. Dem voters want to see leaders fighting against the regime. Newsom is doing that. Maybe a few Dem Representatives should intro an impeachment to show their fighting spirit and regain support from their own party.
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I wish I could like this 10 times.
Random thought of the day: The most dangerous defect in the Constitution is proving to be putting all of the guns under control of one person. Congress and the Judiciary should have police forces & the states should have Nat Guard not subject to control by the Exec. Otherwise, there is no check.
Misplaced anger. The majority of these folks had prestige law enforcement jobs that took years of education and training to get (unlike today's ICE). They probably took pride in them and in public service. Now they are reduced to this idiocy and humiliation by a mad king. Anything Trump touches...
After some re-calibration, I'm all better now . . .
Great statement. How about signing on to an impeachment effort? You don't have to get a conviction, just tangle up the blitzkrieg. Piss him off, slow the regime down, and show your fortitude. You could even mention Epstein. You have the power.
Rep Green's had one subject: Iran bombing. While that's not bad, there's enough wiggle room for the Rs to say "everybody does it". It's messy and hard to sell to public. There's plenty of fodder for more cut and dried Articles that can get popular supt. www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/new...
Let's look at the 2. Rep Thanedar's had a good list of Articles, lots of High Crimes. The Dems torpedoed it because it was a "distraction" from the Big Beut Bill. How'd that work out for them? BBB passed anyway, on schedule. Dems should be all about distraction! www.politico.com/live-updates...
It didn't even get that close. He's now Jehn E Kennedy.
The only book it was trained on was by Lewis Carroll.
Recycling this: Some R Senators are cultists and long ago gave up their soul. Some are just stupid. Some are greedy & will do anything for $. Some are Libertarians that subscribe to "drown in a bathtub". But Cassidy meets the "full knowledge" requirement for sin. Don't know how he can sleep at night
The enemy is at the gates, the castle is on fire, and those on the ramparts bicker among themselves about their ideological purity. Then they wonder why everyone makes jokes about them. "There is only one thing worse than fighting with allies, and that is fighting without them." Churchill
I don't know, but if he punched anything harder than a couch pillow with his wrist like that, he wouldn't be signing any more executive orders.
Here's a suggestion as to what to do about it that includes that exact statement as one reason. Impeach early and often. Give the regime something to think about besides solidifying its power.
Somebody told him there were a lot of leaks at the White House.
and she replied "the Senator has not yet taken a position on impeachment, would you like to state your position." I did, in detail. She said "You know that he previously voted for impeachment twice in Congress?" Asked for my zip code and said she'd pass the message. Engaged, polite, responsive.
Maybe I'll regret defending him, but my experience was different. I called Sen Schiff in response to your "call to action" campaign. I didn't use the script because I decided it was too confrontational for an intro call. I reached a female staffer (didn't catch the name). Asked for his position ...
"There may be no single mass act of non-cooperation that everyone can participate in, that is more than momentary, and that paralyzes The Situation." I don't think that is true. Using the system exactly as it's designed, the people can force a reckoning. Deluge Congress with calls for impeachment.
That is kind of a hillaryous statement. But irony is dead.
Makes sense to me. If it could be done before the Texas ripoff, it would mean mutual disarmament in a stupid war that nobody can win that only adds more partisan chaos to our unstable society. If it saves his seat, too, that's ok. Keep in mind Newsom faces an uphill battle in CA. Victory not assured
Why Congress Should Support Impeachment of President Donald Trump Reason #2: Political Survival I wonder if the self-preservation instinct is strong among Representatives.
Why Congress Should Support Impeachment of Donald Trump Reason #1: Integrity - His Oath and Theirs Easy to get bogged down in the endless swamp of High Crimes and Misdemeanors, so here's a zoomed out ethics argument.
Thank you for your brilliant research. I'm working on a book based on a true story that has its roots in those times and events. The first hand accounts you compiled provide important insight into those times. I'll buy your book.
Why Congress Should Support Impeachment of Donald Trump Reason #1: Integrity - His Oath and Theirs Easy to get bogged down in the endless swamp of High Crimes and Misdemeanors, so here's a zoomed out argument. @georgewhitesides.bsky.social Thank you for your attention to this matter... Constituent
This is quite literally a very shiny thing to distract us from the regime's real high crimes and misdemeanors. And Epstein.
I called Sens Schiff and Padillo in support of your effort. Have you released any overall results? I get the lack of enthusiasm from senators. With no credible impeachment effort in the House, they see no political benefit to sticking their neck out. Even if their party's approval is submerged.
This is quite literally a shiny thing to distract us from the regime's real high crimes and misdemeanors. And Epstein.
Just listen to him. He heard of a trade deficit and that sounds bad, like losing money. He heard of a trade surplus and that sounds good, like making money. That is all. Similar concept to those immigrants from the asylums.
Well, we should put him right back in there. First President to be impeached 10 times?
I think about this idea all the time. Seems like every quality journalist is going independent and blogging somewhere or another. Nobody I know is going to have 10 subscriptions to substacks to assemble their own paper. There needs to be another integrated news source to do what WAPO used to do.
I ain't no lawyer, but I scanned the linked doc and found this: 28 U.S.C. § 364(1) (“The judge [convicted of a felony] shall not hear or decide cases unless the judicial council of the circuit... determines otherwise.”). Text says this is for state or federal. Could the perjury be a state felony?
"He's lost the step. This is not the same Trump..." This is the message that would give Trump's supporters psychological permission to jump ship. If it's not the same guy they idolized, there is no betrayal. Why is this not being shouted from the rooftops?
It seems incompatible with the French Laundry. But Trump is a successful populist with golden toilet seats, so we know it can work. If Newsom can and will work on the emotions of the populace, along with selling the truth, then he's the right guy to set fire to the regime.
"He's lost the step. This is not the same Trump..." This is the message that would give Trump's supporters psychological permission to jump ship. If it's not the same guy they idolized, there is no betrayal. Why is this not being shouted from the rooftops? I never thought of Newsom as a populist...
Not now. But there's a ton of emotion around Epstein. More with Medicaid cuts, FEMA fails, prices, labor shortages etc. Populist Ds (AOC Bernie / town halls, etc.) must carry truth to R voters and stir them to action. R voters are key. Want to know how your Rep has shafted you? Let me tell you...
If we wait 18 months to do something, the country will be unrecognizable. Gerrymandering will be the least of our problems. Right now, the police state is a potential. By then, it will be reality.
Half of the battle is to get our own side to join the fight. Polls hint that Dem reps are headed for electoral destruction if they don't. That should motivate. If the Dems unite, only a handful of R's required to impeach. The public does not insist that the Dems win (convict), only that they fight.
I agree, but something can be both a duty and a strategy.
From the look of it, they'll have a long wait. How do they expect to get control of Congress with an approval rating of 20%? Dem party members, Ind, and the public ain't buying what they're selling. Even Trump's is better. Think about police state. What will this chart look like by the midterms?
"May God bless everyone . . . and I hope it will be enjoyed for years and years to come" . . . by those who can afford to pay $1200 for a round of golf.
Serial impeachment is the seed of a plan. It has limitations and risks that should be discussed. If you think it is unworkable, please propose your own plan. Do nothing is not a plan, it only ensures that their plan will rule. Same for wait and see. Violence is already taken. It's in their plan.
I respect plans. The Right’s brain trust got a lot of smart people together and made a detailed plan for the regime if Trump won. It’s working (to our dismay). Why? They made a plan, did lots of advance work before the election and implemented it quickly after. That’s how you win. Where’s our plan?
Impeachment is a House function and has lots of power and advantages outside of removal. Conviction is unlikely. If it happened, Trump is a demagogue with a cult-like base at the root of his power. JD has no such base, zero charisma, and no fear factor with Congress. Much easier to to counter.
Not my Party, reg Independent since 1980. Trump is a disaster for all USA, not just Dems. Dem approval rating 2021 after 2nd impeach was over 40%. The only oppo efforts that should be considered now are legal. Anything else plays into the regime's hands. Impeach is only one step to the end result.
Nice, convincing argument of the moral imperative for "as much as possible and as long as possible" impeachment efforts. As you pointed out, some say that impeachment is a political loser. Want to know what a political loser looks like? It’s any course of action that gets your party 20% approval!
I am outside the beltway and I want want to talk about Epstein. I also want everyone else to talk about Epstein. Please talk about Epstein. PS What the hell's going on at Axios? PPS Impeach early and often.
I'll use the short form slogan: In case of emergency, impeach early and often.
Proposed alt explanation: Trump and Musk MAD (mutual assured destruction). Trump has secret police, INS, and sketchy Musk paperwork. Musk has minions embedded into every agency of gov't and plenty of time and oppty to gyn up ransomware. Either gets to far out of line, the other pushes the button.
I just don't understand. Rupert owns Fox. It hasn't deviated from its role as state propaganda outlet. Yesterdays mentions score was Obama 53 Epstein 1. Rupert owns DJ and WSJ. Continuing to release embarrassing Epstein stuff and laughing-off lawsuit. Can anybody explain?
This and every other shadow docket ruling is consistent with SCOTUS fulfilling its Federalist / Libertarian mission. Shrink the gov't into the bathtub using temporary rulings. Once the drowning is concluded, say "just kidding" and try to restore some constitutional balance. Good luck with that.
I can't think of a better outcome than shutting down the House. The ordinary course of biz since the new Congress has been protecting the regime takeover of the government and passing laws to facilitate it. I preach serial impeachment to stop it. This was faster, more certain, and R self-inflicted.
I've seen this same clip re-posted a dozen times just in my feed. Trump is the master of distraction. He needed outrage to distract from Epstein and so concocted this garbage. It's working. We keep repeating it and it drives Epstein out of the news, even on Bluesky. Better to comment than re-post?
If we wait until the midterms to impeach Trump his fascism will be fully entrenched whatever the election outcome. You can't wait around to deal with that cancer. The approach should be "impeach early and often." It can be done.
Interesting. I consistently urge people not to shoot their allies with the enemy at the gates and burning the countryside. However, the "secret society" stuff is troubling and we see the terrifying power of cults every day. Benefit of the doubt, eyes open.
Here's a graphic that illustrates that concept in detail. Note the last five items. bsky.app/profile/sstr...
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