I don’t disagree. If nothing else, it forces Republicans in the House and maybe even the Senate to go on record supporting Trump’s crimes, so that maybe in the midterms we can take away their domination in Congress, but it is not the real solution. This administration is the GOP’s recurring wet dream for the last 40 years. They will do anything to keep Trump in office.

I would be okay with President Vance. We’d only have to deal with him for a day or two before some MAGAt offed him for daring to replace the God Emperor.

To get him removed from office, you have to first get the House to vote (50%) to Impeach him. That is actually doable. But then the Senate has to hold a trial and somehow get 67 senators to vote to convict him. That would take every Dem and Independent and something like 20 Republicans to vote to convict. I agree with you, but I don’t see that happening.

The only other way is by using the 25th Amendment which says, in part:

Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President.

Vance and all of Trump’s appointed toadies would have to send a letter to the House and Senate saying Trump in not capable of being president. And even if, by some miracle that happened, the next step is for Congress to hold votes in both the House and the Senate needing two-thirds of both houses to declare that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office. Even if they somehow pulled that off in the House, it would still take 18 or 20 Republican senators to cross over and vote him out.

I just don’t see any legislative way out of this. The Republicans in the House and Senate are simply not going to let it happen. They have too much power and no morals.

In his case, he would probably only touch grass as he clawed his way out from 6-feet beneath it.

Johnson only happens if Vance is impeached along with Trump or for some other reason is unwilling or unable to serve as President. If Trump were to be removed from office, Vance would become president and would select a new vice President who would then be next in line for President.

Um, *raises hand* point of parliamentary procedure; people are suffering and quite literally dying right now. It’s already extremely ugly.

The first two times were like a jury declaring a person guilty, and then the judge came in for sentences and said, “eh but did he really do it? I sentence you to… no punishment.”

Not quite. The first two times were like a grand jury returning an indictment. That’s the House’s part of the equation. They have a vote requiring 50% of members to vote to impeach the president, effectively indicting him. The Senate then has to hold a trial that which takes a 67% vote to convict him and remove him from office.

Saying he has been impeached twice but not removed from office is the equivalent of saying someone has been indicted twice but not convicted. He hasn’t yet been convicted.

Shhhh! That’s supposed to be a secret plan!

My first thought as well.

Actually, it is unfair, unfair that anyone is homeless.

You’re not wrong and many people cannot afford to chose anything but the cheapest option.

I stand corrected that they were paid. I missed that. In my research to verify that I also learned that it is unknown how the peacekeepers were trained and that they were asked not to carry weapons. That makes two stupid people carrying guns getting a third innocent person killed.

Downvoted for the suggestion that anyone was legally authorized to murder bystanders. That is just a nonsensical statement intended to upset people.

Leavitt also told reporters that Iran “has never been closer to a nuclear weapon.”

“…being dropped on them.” she went on in her head.

If you are going to insist on wearing a mask and go to protests like this, rifle in hand, then it’s only a matter of time before there’s going to be a tragedy. How is anyone supposed to know if you’re a good guy when you look just like a bad guy? If Arturo had been carrying concealed, or at least kept the rifle on his back, this wouldn’t have happened.

State goons? The peacekeeper was hired by the protest organizers.

You know ow who we should elect as president?

I love the random ‘ow’ in there. I know it’s just a typo, but it really comes across as a metaphor for how just thinking of Trump as president causes me mental pain.

Everything old is new again. This is the same shit Dubya’s administration claimed in 2003 when they wanted to attack Iran.

There’s also all the sane washing.

Trump: Rambles through a press conference making no sense at all.

Media: What Trump is saying here is…

A fair point. Between the four, Fred, Donald, José, and Alex, only Alex has not been charged with a crime.

Are putting money in the pockets of billionaires? If yes, then no, you’re not shopping local.