Yeh all of this talk about impeaching is sop for the lazy minded. An impeachment isn't worth shit, unless it leads to removal. Trump has been impeached twice, yet there he sits. To remove him means 60 votes in the Senate, and we can't even trust our own Democrats, to wit, Manchin and Sinema, and they aren't the only ones. Check out the Democrats that have voted with Trump to approve his appointments, and to pass the continuing resolutions.
Good news is 33 senators are up for reelection. We need to litmus test each one during campaign debates, “WILL you vote to impeach DJT?”
And we need to be talking to the rest, winning them over. Many hate T, but are cowards. Instead of calling them descriptive & suitable names, it would be more intelligent and patriotic to re-establish communications and civil working relations with them.
Remember a core principle of democracy is tolerance: “I may not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.”
Your suggestion has appeal, however, as Machiavelli pointed out, people respond to fear, not love, not reason, not commonsense, but fear.
The Senate needs to fear us, more than they do MAGA and Trump. Now let's work on that.
You are correct about the 67 votes, thanks for the education, which means it is more of an uphill climb
Current composition of the Senate is 53 Republicans, 47Democrats
20 of the Republicans are up for reelection and 13 of the Democrats.
The Democrats are going to have to keep all 13 Seats, and pick up all Republican seats. In other words a clean sweep to get the 67 votes need to remove Trump.
Oh, that hurts, LOL. Never the less it is the truth. This talk of impeachment is a waste of time, actually plays into Trumps hand, unless we have 60 votes in the Senate and can remove him.
Put that in your stupid pipe and smoke it. Rebut me Daniel, with other than childish taunts.
This way only succeeds if there are honest jurors. A view about the legal system that has been reinforced over and over is "let them have their day in court - the verdict has already been decided anyway". It's all theater.
I (That's just me) have won cases when I was sent on kamakazi missions. I have seen numerous cases here in Baghdad By the Sea where jury nulification worked.
I was disappointed with the way the House managers handled the 2nd impeachment, which IMHO was winnable. They didn't call a single witness.
IMHO there are plenty of trial lawyers who could have done a better job.
The man is stark raving insane. He needs help. But he is too valuable in his deteriorating state. So no one will help him. They are happy to change his diaper. Dress his hand wounds. Slather his face in burnt cork. Dope him up. And push him on stage.
For the love of power.
Somewhere, Stalin and Hitler are rolling in their caldera's magma chamber, laughing, and setting many places at their fiery table for these vultures.
The world is to be ruled by an association of criminals, a cartel of gangster countries and gangster corporations. They will end up fighting amongst themselves, or actually, sending us to fight on their behalf, over who gains the most control over a dying planet.
Trump will do and has done anything he can get away with. The question is Will Europe pay the $1 billion and join his scheme. I hope not. There are signs that Europe has finally found it's huevos, even theonservative populist and Flemish nationalist prime minister of Belgium, Bart De Wever. was b;lunt at Davos yesterday https://www.thebulwark.com/p/old-europe-new-backbone-davos-trump-democracy-democrats
While Macron has been equivocating, as usual, Merz is hedging.
The only thing that is going to save us, is the world turning its back on us, it will hurt us economically but no pain no gain.
The King of the World is on the bow of the Titanic.....
After seeing the shape he is in day to day and at TACO Tuesday in Davos, we are closer every day to a Vance administration that will inherit the sinking ship.
Will JD cede his authority to Miller or will Peter Thiel take his place? Makes me sick thinking about it.
I hope the Board of Peace is as successful as his other ventures---bankruptcy or he just steals everyone's work or money. Maybe if he is busy trying to wrangle the "world" TRump will have less time to devote to destroying America.
The depth of corruption and depravity is astounding. The world knows it. We know it. Most Republicans choose not to know it. We are going to see him in court if he survives this term. Add the Board of Peace to the growing list. See you in the streets.
Third time is a charm. Funny you thought of this, Daniel, I tried looking up the Vegas odds the other day. I'm betting on American Justice too. So are all the people in the streets and the ones driving by honking. Vance played his hand way too early. Stupid move.
At one time, I thought Vance was a decent human being, before I learned he was the definition of a christofascist piece of crap:
AI Overview
"Christofascist describes a political ideology merging fascism with Christian identity, characterized by extreme nationalism, authoritarianism, militarism, and the belief in Christian supremacy, aiming to establish a theocratic-leaning state that suppresses diversity and enforces specific traditionalist social norms, often using Christian symbols for nationalist goals."
Indeed, as Davos demonstrated, Trump's megalomania is growing as his senility deepens. While there is little America can do to get the GOP off its power high and article 25 or impeach him, America is now without allies. Who trusts a leader who, along with his Defense Secty, constantly blabs to the press American plans for top-secret attacks and new weapons?
In Davos, we watched as Trump insulted and bullied everybody in the audience. He could not pronounce the names of the warring countries he pretends to have imposed peace upon. His brain is so shot, he tells the German-fluent audience that if it had not been for America, they would all be speaking German - instead of what? Piggy Latin?
America is alienating trading partners daily, as the US economy continues on its journey to the national debt graveyard that will stifle investments. While the world mocks us for keeping our addlepated president in office, our two biggest competitors, Russia and China, are capturing more market share. Meanwhile, Wall Street continues its drunken orgy on AI Kool-Aid, oblivious that the end is certainly nigh for their wealth and our democracy.
Life today is like watching a Wile E. Coyote cartoon as we flirt with the option of falling into the abyss of fascism or backing away to an uncertain fate of a collapsing democracy.
One of the most horrible human beings on the planet has likely decided it is hard work to become King of America. He is now scheming, as any good con man would, to set up a board of his choosing with a billion-dollar membership fee to decide how the world operates, providing it operates as one of the dumbest world leaders decides. Yes, Donny has decided he wants to be King of the World and is scheming how that can be done without the interference of national governments from members of the board. Not one cent from the U.S. treasury should be spent on this self-serving scheme.
Some people have no choice because of their position, status, or job responsibilities other than to stay engaged all the time. But to maintain sanity, I am going to do my best to maintain a Trump blackout one day each week in which any sight of the sick bastard or any news report or story, regardless of how compelling will be avoided, ignored, and escaped. We should all accustom ourselves to the experience of being sane again so that we will know how to act when this evil is gone from our presence in the near future. I recommend this for everyone but without any coordination. Everyone should choose their own day of the week, to be increased until the sight of him is totally eliminated. This should be demanded as a policy for media as well, for the few which are not controlled by the right-wing owners. Call it a sanity day, a Trumpless day, or just a day of relief from the mindless barrage.
this fool is crowning himself as the "Court Jester of the World"....unfortunately, a clown with his finger on the nuclear codes that was given the keys to be in control of our country by really ignorant people that voted for him...and the other group of stupid people that stayed home and didn't vote at all because they couldn't stand Harris either.....so this put a felon back in power for a second go around....which he's planning on never leaving....there won't be elections in '26 or '28... he's created a paramilitary police force, ICE, to make sure that happens....Our country and the world is now suffering at the hands of an imbecile that has never been held accountable for any of the crimes he's committed...and there are 100's ...his entire life.....$1Billion buys anyone a place on his "Board of Peace" ? .......give me a break !! ....tRump is like a rabid animal that needs to be put down, or he'll just keep on infecting everything he touches until it's all dead.
If this wasn't so dangerous it would make a great Bond movie! It has it all, EVIL leader, immense corruption, wannabe hangers on. All it needs is a hero to foil the plans of take-over. Hmmm, I can't think of one right off the bat, maybe there needs to be a Justice League with a host of superheroes. (I sure hope I picked the correct group because I know nothing about these movie franchises!)
I do think that the first item on the agenda for this group would be kicking out all the Palestinians, ALL OF THEM, & then create some Dubai type glimmering resort for the rich & famous & corrupt. Since trump will be in charge do you think it will named "trumpmania", you know along the lines of Hitler's plan for "Germania" to be the capital of the world after he conquered everyone?
And looking at that list of countries that want to join, just where will their entrance fee come from? I'll admit I don't know a whole lot about Mongolia & I really don't want to denigrate the country but my guess would be it would take a whole lot of sales of yak milk & yurts & Mongolian Bar-b-que to come up with that fee. Again, apologies to Mongolia it's the height of American hubris for me to denigrate that country but it does not appear to have an extra billion dollars laying around to give to "donnie dirt bag"! But I guess China might pick up the tab?
In any case I'd love to say this will go nowhere but the oligarchs are on the rise so I really can't see into my crystal ball anymore 🔮. A few months ago when I looked into that ball I didn't see the consternation about Greenland. I guess my soothsaying career has come to a screeching halt. I imagined a whole lot about what would happen in trump 2.0 but a BoP was nowhere to be found in that magical plasma that filled my crystal ball!
I think you are right about picking up the tab. Have not had the pleasure to visiting Mongolia--the Great Wall was as close as I got--but by all accounts it a very friendly country and the landscape looks magnificent. But it is also terribly polluted with very bad air in its capital city and a terrible amount of toxic waste lying around the mining areas (mainly coal, copper and gold). Those mines are owned by Chinese firms so my guess is that Beijing is slipping money to the Mongolian government to buy a seat on the Board and will then control it.
Seattle. What needs doing is putting Krasnov and the billionaires that put up the money to be put in jail. The will of the BoP is not a sovereign entity above the USA.
President Trump said yesterday that he had reached the framework of a deal with NATO over Greenland’s future, following a meeting with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, adding that he would not be imposing tariffs that were scheduled to go into effect on Feb. 1. Earlier in the day, Trump dialed back the prospect of military conflict with U.S. allies over Greenland during his Davos speech.
We have had a base in Greenland since the cold war, originally named Thule, it has been renamed Pituffik, and is part of Space Command. So whats a few more installations to protect Praxis City and resource extractors.
Don’t care about impeaching so much, as convicting, T and his corrupt oligarchy, for treason against this country and its principles.
Yeh all of this talk about impeaching is sop for the lazy minded. An impeachment isn't worth shit, unless it leads to removal. Trump has been impeached twice, yet there he sits. To remove him means 60 votes in the Senate, and we can't even trust our own Democrats, to wit, Manchin and Sinema, and they aren't the only ones. Check out the Democrats that have voted with Trump to approve his appointments, and to pass the continuing resolutions.
67 (2/3) votes in the senate, isn’t it?
Good news is 33 senators are up for reelection. We need to litmus test each one during campaign debates, “WILL you vote to impeach DJT?”
And we need to be talking to the rest, winning them over. Many hate T, but are cowards. Instead of calling them descriptive & suitable names, it would be more intelligent and patriotic to re-establish communications and civil working relations with them.
Remember a core principle of democracy is tolerance: “I may not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.”
Your suggestion has appeal, however, as Machiavelli pointed out, people respond to fear, not love, not reason, not commonsense, but fear.
The Senate needs to fear us, more than they do MAGA and Trump. Now let's work on that.
You are correct about the 67 votes, thanks for the education, which means it is more of an uphill climb
Current composition of the Senate is 53 Republicans, 47Democrats
20 of the Republicans are up for reelection and 13 of the Democrats.
The Democrats are going to have to keep all 13 Seats, and pick up all Republican seats. In other words a clean sweep to get the 67 votes need to remove Trump.
Do not rely on any Republican jumping ship.
Mr. Negative.
Malcolm Nance said, a few weeks ago or maybe more, that he didn't expect a single Republican to jump ship.
With respect to Bondi, he was wrong. Probably wrong about Noem, others.
None of these talking heads has inside info. The Dem members, like Garcia, Swalwell, talk to Republicans every day.
Oh, that hurts, LOL. Never the less it is the truth. This talk of impeachment is a waste of time, actually plays into Trumps hand, unless we have 60 votes in the Senate and can remove him.
Put that in your stupid pipe and smoke it. Rebut me Daniel, with other than childish taunts.
You (and virtually nobody on this site) ever tried a single case. The Senate is no different than any hostile jury.
The way to win is to convince the jurors to follow the oath and the jury instructions.
This way only succeeds if there are honest jurors. A view about the legal system that has been reinforced over and over is "let them have their day in court - the verdict has already been decided anyway". It's all theater.
I (That's just me) have won cases when I was sent on kamakazi missions. I have seen numerous cases here in Baghdad By the Sea where jury nulification worked.
I was disappointed with the way the House managers handled the 2nd impeachment, which IMHO was winnable. They didn't call a single witness.
IMHO there are plenty of trial lawyers who could have done a better job.
Check out what Jack Smith is saying today.
Oh, you appeal to authority. Yours? As if you were an authority. Don't you know that appeal to authority is a logical fallacy.
Fool, the senate is not a normal jury, it is full of partisans.
Trump is following the same logic as North Korea’s Kim family, which has created the world’s only Communist monarchy.
The man is stark raving insane. He needs help. But he is too valuable in his deteriorating state. So no one will help him. They are happy to change his diaper. Dress his hand wounds. Slather his face in burnt cork. Dope him up. And push him on stage.
For the love of power.
Somewhere, Stalin and Hitler are rolling in their caldera's magma chamber, laughing, and setting many places at their fiery table for these vultures.
If you can: VOTE
The world is to be ruled by an association of criminals, a cartel of gangster countries and gangster corporations. They will end up fighting amongst themselves, or actually, sending us to fight on their behalf, over who gains the most control over a dying planet.
Trump will do and has done anything he can get away with. The question is Will Europe pay the $1 billion and join his scheme. I hope not. There are signs that Europe has finally found it's huevos, even theonservative populist and Flemish nationalist prime minister of Belgium, Bart De Wever. was b;lunt at Davos yesterday https://www.thebulwark.com/p/old-europe-new-backbone-davos-trump-democracy-democrats
While Macron has been equivocating, as usual, Merz is hedging.
The only thing that is going to save us, is the world turning its back on us, it will hurt us economically but no pain no gain.
The King of the World is on the bow of the Titanic.....
After seeing the shape he is in day to day and at TACO Tuesday in Davos, we are closer every day to a Vance administration that will inherit the sinking ship.
Will JD cede his authority to Miller or will Peter Thiel take his place? Makes me sick thinking about it.
I hope the Board of Peace is as successful as his other ventures---bankruptcy or he just steals everyone's work or money. Maybe if he is busy trying to wrangle the "world" TRump will have less time to devote to destroying America.
The depth of corruption and depravity is astounding. The world knows it. We know it. Most Republicans choose not to know it. We are going to see him in court if he survives this term. Add the Board of Peace to the growing list. See you in the streets.
I published this yesterday. Watch but don't bet.
Betting odds that Trump will be impeached during his second term in office reached a record high on Monday in Kalshi's market. 59%
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-impeachment-odds-all-time-high-11383438
I think that it's more likely that both Trump and Vance have overreached and the pendulum swings toward justice (to paraphrase MLK).
Third time is a charm. Funny you thought of this, Daniel, I tried looking up the Vegas odds the other day. I'm betting on American Justice too. So are all the people in the streets and the ones driving by honking. Vance played his hand way too early. Stupid move.
At one time, I thought Vance was a decent human being, before I learned he was the definition of a christofascist piece of crap:
AI Overview
"Christofascist describes a political ideology merging fascism with Christian identity, characterized by extreme nationalism, authoritarianism, militarism, and the belief in Christian supremacy, aiming to establish a theocratic-leaning state that suppresses diversity and enforces specific traditionalist social norms, often using Christian symbols for nationalist goals."
Indeed, as Davos demonstrated, Trump's megalomania is growing as his senility deepens. While there is little America can do to get the GOP off its power high and article 25 or impeach him, America is now without allies. Who trusts a leader who, along with his Defense Secty, constantly blabs to the press American plans for top-secret attacks and new weapons?
In Davos, we watched as Trump insulted and bullied everybody in the audience. He could not pronounce the names of the warring countries he pretends to have imposed peace upon. His brain is so shot, he tells the German-fluent audience that if it had not been for America, they would all be speaking German - instead of what? Piggy Latin?
America is alienating trading partners daily, as the US economy continues on its journey to the national debt graveyard that will stifle investments. While the world mocks us for keeping our addlepated president in office, our two biggest competitors, Russia and China, are capturing more market share. Meanwhile, Wall Street continues its drunken orgy on AI Kool-Aid, oblivious that the end is certainly nigh for their wealth and our democracy.
Life today is like watching a Wile E. Coyote cartoon as we flirt with the option of falling into the abyss of fascism or backing away to an uncertain fate of a collapsing democracy.
One of the most horrible human beings on the planet has likely decided it is hard work to become King of America. He is now scheming, as any good con man would, to set up a board of his choosing with a billion-dollar membership fee to decide how the world operates, providing it operates as one of the dumbest world leaders decides. Yes, Donny has decided he wants to be King of the World and is scheming how that can be done without the interference of national governments from members of the board. Not one cent from the U.S. treasury should be spent on this self-serving scheme.
Some people have no choice because of their position, status, or job responsibilities other than to stay engaged all the time. But to maintain sanity, I am going to do my best to maintain a Trump blackout one day each week in which any sight of the sick bastard or any news report or story, regardless of how compelling will be avoided, ignored, and escaped. We should all accustom ourselves to the experience of being sane again so that we will know how to act when this evil is gone from our presence in the near future. I recommend this for everyone but without any coordination. Everyone should choose their own day of the week, to be increased until the sight of him is totally eliminated. This should be demanded as a policy for media as well, for the few which are not controlled by the right-wing owners. Call it a sanity day, a Trumpless day, or just a day of relief from the mindless barrage.
Nostradamus’ Third Antichrist has arrived.
this fool is crowning himself as the "Court Jester of the World"....unfortunately, a clown with his finger on the nuclear codes that was given the keys to be in control of our country by really ignorant people that voted for him...and the other group of stupid people that stayed home and didn't vote at all because they couldn't stand Harris either.....so this put a felon back in power for a second go around....which he's planning on never leaving....there won't be elections in '26 or '28... he's created a paramilitary police force, ICE, to make sure that happens....Our country and the world is now suffering at the hands of an imbecile that has never been held accountable for any of the crimes he's committed...and there are 100's ...his entire life.....$1Billion buys anyone a place on his "Board of Peace" ? .......give me a break !! ....tRump is like a rabid animal that needs to be put down, or he'll just keep on infecting everything he touches until it's all dead.
If this wasn't so dangerous it would make a great Bond movie! It has it all, EVIL leader, immense corruption, wannabe hangers on. All it needs is a hero to foil the plans of take-over. Hmmm, I can't think of one right off the bat, maybe there needs to be a Justice League with a host of superheroes. (I sure hope I picked the correct group because I know nothing about these movie franchises!)
I do think that the first item on the agenda for this group would be kicking out all the Palestinians, ALL OF THEM, & then create some Dubai type glimmering resort for the rich & famous & corrupt. Since trump will be in charge do you think it will named "trumpmania", you know along the lines of Hitler's plan for "Germania" to be the capital of the world after he conquered everyone?
And looking at that list of countries that want to join, just where will their entrance fee come from? I'll admit I don't know a whole lot about Mongolia & I really don't want to denigrate the country but my guess would be it would take a whole lot of sales of yak milk & yurts & Mongolian Bar-b-que to come up with that fee. Again, apologies to Mongolia it's the height of American hubris for me to denigrate that country but it does not appear to have an extra billion dollars laying around to give to "donnie dirt bag"! But I guess China might pick up the tab?
In any case I'd love to say this will go nowhere but the oligarchs are on the rise so I really can't see into my crystal ball anymore 🔮. A few months ago when I looked into that ball I didn't see the consternation about Greenland. I guess my soothsaying career has come to a screeching halt. I imagined a whole lot about what would happen in trump 2.0 but a BoP was nowhere to be found in that magical plasma that filled my crystal ball!
I think you are right about picking up the tab. Have not had the pleasure to visiting Mongolia--the Great Wall was as close as I got--but by all accounts it a very friendly country and the landscape looks magnificent. But it is also terribly polluted with very bad air in its capital city and a terrible amount of toxic waste lying around the mining areas (mainly coal, copper and gold). Those mines are owned by Chinese firms so my guess is that Beijing is slipping money to the Mongolian government to buy a seat on the Board and will then control it.
Seattle. What needs doing is putting Krasnov and the billionaires that put up the money to be put in jail. The will of the BoP is not a sovereign entity above the USA.
President Trump said yesterday that he had reached the framework of a deal with NATO over Greenland’s future, following a meeting with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, adding that he would not be imposing tariffs that were scheduled to go into effect on Feb. 1. Earlier in the day, Trump dialed back the prospect of military conflict with U.S. allies over Greenland during his Davos speech.
We have had a base in Greenland since the cold war, originally named Thule, it has been renamed Pituffik, and is part of Space Command. So whats a few more installations to protect Praxis City and resource extractors.
Let's see if Denmark goes along with this scheme.
Somebody has to call the bullies bluff.
Never, never give a psychopath a gun.
Yes, Tom, he is.