Thinking a protest travel business would do well over the next few years. Since Americans are unwelcome outside of America..transport Yankee
folks to USA protest hot spots, travel with like minded people..include good food.
I think we’ve finally reached the point where millions of Americans are getting concerned enough to demand their Republican representatives start working for their constituents or resign.
I'd be interested in your ideas of the 25th amendment.
True, but it is a good start. The cult rallies around Trump’s personality. If he is gone, would fans still rally around Memeface Vance or Small Johnson? Both have dismal approval ratings now. When Trump crashes the market & kills jobs, it is okay, but if Vance did, we’d have a run on pitchforks.
No constitution, no union, no union, no country, no country, no president. So, yeah, let's push the button and see what happens, what the hell. 🤷♂️ Maybe we end up with groups of states, and go EU style, who knows. Either way, something's gotta give, when all's said and done.
If the market continues to implode and we go into a Depression, EVERYBODY should be calling for impeachment. He lied to Americans about EVERYTHING. Sure, Dems knew that, but R's didn't. At some point R's will have to come around, no?
Got to love how clueless & carefree Trumpers are. They will come around when Fox News & Rogan start getting concerned. Until then, they are spinning this as a “necessary reset” that will bring jobs back. Rs in Congress won’t move until they get more pressure. Calls help, so will more public shaming.
The U.S. needs to implement a "No Confidence" system to enable voters to remove any president who fails to maintain support of their constituents. America needs to be able to deal with Trump.
Which won’t happen because they got rid of all the highest most important in our govt FIRST, as you do in a premeditated coup, & replaced with loyalists
Here’s a thought, not sure if it’s legal. Blue + swing states hold federal taxes in escrow, use what is needed 4 services harmed by the current occupant of our WH + whatever is left over handed back when we have leaders in our White House + the majority who obey the rule of law.
If the Constitution is suspended, we are no longer bound to remain in the same nation. "Breakaway republics" has a nice ring to it. We get to keep the Constitution and the rule of law; they get the fascism, tariffs, and corrupt oligarchy.
The problem is that they have rigged and broken the system so badly that we can no longer make the changes we need (e.g., gun safety after Sandy Hook). And the MAGA cult is beyond reaching; they will break anything we try to build if they are part of it.
A kickass note (from Ben) to inspire all that can go to rallies today. The WI Reps did rock, but the WisDems (plus all of us that supported them) went atmospheric...
No, what I’m saying is that if this government believes the constitution is no longer applicable then I’m under no obligation to follow it or re-sign up to it after they figure out it was in their benefit.
If the constitution is suspended Trump’s life will be at primary risk. All of his people would be fair game. Veterans will finally be let loose to clean up this domestic threat.
Correct. If there's no Constitution, there's no union of states. As independent countries, states could eliminate tariffs on their goods / services to other states and countries.
This is when we have to find our faith in the Union. Hard times yes. But divisionism? To be picked off one by one by some future Hitler or Putin? Or bullied economically by China? No.
I hear you, but at some point we have to reconcile that maybe we are a people who don't have shared values. The majority of people in Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, etc., have almost nothing in common with those in Mississippi, Oklahoma or Utah.
I think we’re going through a national mania. I mean that literally. I think parts of this country have been affected very badly by post industrialization. We’ve adapted much better on the coast. But the interior is a shambles. And it’s made them vulnerable to the cult of Trump.
We’re kinda too big. Breaking up into European-sized countries based on regions of the US ie PNW, NE, SE, etc, may be the way. We do have distinct cultures. We’d be the American Union via a vis the EU.
It's not the states trying it. It's the Federal Government saying we are post-Constitutional. The Constitution is what binds the states together. No Constitution = No United States.
If you can deport people to a gulag with no due process and give the presidential dictatorial powers and there are zero checks on this power and abuse- the constitution has already been thrown out!
The Supreme Court could declare Trump is no longer president because he is in rebellion against the Constitution. The Supreme Court has the final say on interpretation the Constitution. Trump can be taken into custody and any attempt to stop that may be considered joining the rebellion.
I should point out that I am not a lawyer, and am speculating. We seem to be headed to a confrontation with the Supreme Court and Trump refusing to recognize the validity of the courts power. That will be a Constitutional crisis that this country has not seen before.
We've been in a Constitutional Crisis, which means we don't operate remedies legally and Constitutionally available to us.
That ship sailed with "immunity" and being allowed to be on ballots despite insurrection and treason with Ukraine in term 1 and all of the Mueller Report.
We've been in one.
We are already there.
Tonight is a judge-ordered deadline to return a snatched person.
A judge had considered ruling Trump's agents are in contempt.
YOU.ARE.THERE.
At some point, you may have to exert more pressure that may be uncomfortable for you.
Our ancestors did it for us.
We, the People have the final say on the Constitution.
NEVER FORGET: Articles I, II, III are by, for, and of us.
Courts are not our lords.
We are p-whipped, folks.
Not fit for democracy.
Only fit for autocracy since we don't seem to want to use our voices and power.
"I hope someone will fix this."
The Constitution is no longer reliable or viable. Trump proved it is a worthless piece of imagery & illusion. Out dated and over rated. Pitch it! People Power is the new constitution and getting Republicans back on their heels so they are forced to help the people to save themselves.
The hostile takeover of the United States government we are now living through, with the full collusion of the Republican Party, reflects years of effort by Trump, a convicted felon, to create an environment propitious to smash-and-grab governance.
— Ruth Ben-Ghiat
Trump continues to run roughshod over the constitution and making a joke of our government. We have to stop this nonsense in its tracks by any means necessary. Enough is enough.
As someone who loves France but was always proud that our Revolution was so much less bloody, I really hope we don’t descend to unmitigated violence. A very well aimed mitigated violence ought to be enough.
Yeah - January 6, 2021 would have been just as over the top if if the "left" had filed dozens of frivolous lawsuits and attacked the Vice President and Congress to keep a losing Democrat in office.
But the courts allowing Trump on the ballot in 2024 and none of those above Enrique Tarrio and Elmer Stewart Rhodes in the chain of command to escape seditious conspiracy charges should have been greeted with the same volume of outraged white faces in the streets we are seeing now.
Comments
PS. If the constitution is suspended it means he’s not really president and we can arrest him.
Arresting him might take some diplomacy.
Well up, you know what I mean.
Yam Hitler can't derive his power from the Constitution at the same time he eviscerates it.
folks to USA protest hot spots, travel with like minded people..include good food.
Mr. Cuban? Mr. Gates? Any help?
I'd be interested in your ideas of the 25th amendment.
New President!
New President!
New President!
New President!
Please let us get a new President!
#SpaceKaren while on student visa, in violation of US Immigration Laws, had a job/ worked.
In addition, he LIED about it in his #immigration papers.
Unless they have "disappeared" those records, he may be subject to #deportation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70nHmlapu7w
tRump's a real NOWHERE MAN, sitting in Mara-Largo land
Making all his Evil plans for Oligarchy.
#TrumpIsDestroyingAmerica
What would happen next?
One option: the VP takes over
Another: the majority Party votes to choose a new President
Either way, I'm not sure those are better outcomes
@kenmartin.bsky.social @corybooker.com @indivisible.org @randompammit.bsky.social
https://open.substack.com/pub/benwikler/p/wisconsins-election-analysis-and
Lots and lots of work went into that win from Ben and the crew at state-level to boots on the ground door knockers.
I’m not enamored with a document made during slavery and when women and non-property owners had no representation!
I would need a new document based on the rights of man!
Instead, we need to work hard well ahead for 2026 and 2028 and special elections in between, and we need to fight now with our voices and our feet.
But it’s temporary.
Unless the question is how do we screw our future selves.
Then we must defer to the superior methods of America.
That ship sailed with "immunity" and being allowed to be on ballots despite insurrection and treason with Ukraine in term 1 and all of the Mueller Report.
We've been in one.
Tonight is a judge-ordered deadline to return a snatched person.
A judge had considered ruling Trump's agents are in contempt.
YOU.ARE.THERE.
At some point, you may have to exert more pressure that may be uncomfortable for you.
Our ancestors did it for us.
NEVER FORGET: Articles I, II, III are by, for, and of us.
Courts are not our lords.
We are p-whipped, folks.
Not fit for democracy.
Only fit for autocracy since we don't seem to want to use our voices and power.
"I hope someone will fix this."
— Ruth Ben-Ghiat
VOTING AGAINST,
MAKING 🇺🇸 SAFER,
Doesn't tell you that,
tRump is WORKING FOR RUSSIA & AGAINST THE 🇺🇸,
not sure, what it will take⁉️
Would being forced to speak Russian, do it for you❓
WTFU FOLKS❗
But it was a lovely thought, for a moment.
Also: there are more of us than there are them.
Not against it but I think I see it.
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/guide-declarations-martial-law-united-states