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[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 2 points 46 minutes ago

ZERO consequences coming for that rotten cunt.

[–] HazardousBanjo@lemmy.world 10 points 12 hours ago

In the face of fascist paramilitary death squads going door to door, you can't even get every Dem to agree the fascist paramilitary death squads should be abolished.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago

How I wish this wouldn't fall predictably along party lines

[–] the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 8 points 14 hours ago

Unless there is a lengthy prison sentence there will be no justice.

[–] Randomgal@lemmy.ca 7 points 14 hours ago

Oh no. Lmao. -Noemi, probably

[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 57 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

and there will be consequences

lol.
lol.
lol.
lol.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 30 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

and there will be consequences

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

Only consequence I can predict:

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 12 points 21 hours ago (31 children)

Its on the rest of is to make consequences possible

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[–] Klear@quokk.au 1 points 20 hours ago

The Empire is attacking! Launch the X-Wing fighters!

[–] Sunflier@lemmy.world 8 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Great to see it happening, but I wish a Republican introduced it. Not only would it show there's a break for reason, but it'd also prevent it from being labeled a Democratic hoax, give it a reasonable chance of making it to the Senate, allow some Republicans to show an ounce of reasonableness to the cult's face, reassure some allies that the party in charge hasn't completely lost its mind, and serve as a warning to the cult.

[–] TheCriticalMember@aussie.zone 3 points 14 hours ago

You sure you really want that? If republicans start backing off now, people will forget all this, repubs will start winning elections again, the country will carry on like none of this ever happened, and we'll be right back here a few cycles from now. The only way to solve this problem for any length of time is to follow it to its bitter end, anything else is just kicking the can down the road.

[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 18 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I'm willing to bet 100 dollars that this will go nowhere with the help of Democratic leadership and their members voting against it.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 11 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

The number of co-sponsors has risen to 70 since this was published

Only one third of the minority party in the House.

Like, I'm not even mad at them. I just wish the party had over 70 people with more than an ounce of ethics or a gram of self-preservation instinct.

[–] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml 5 points 18 hours ago (4 children)

I mean impeaching cabinet members is kind of pointless innit? Trump can easilly find a replacement that is functionally identical. You have to cut the head off VP+President at the very least. But really just skip all that bullshit and start advocating for a Constitutional Convention, the US government is broken and a CC is the only non-violent option.

[–] krashmo@lemmy.world 12 points 17 hours ago

Why would you want a constitutional convention? Ratification of a constitutional amendment requires acceptance by 75% of state legislatures. 60% of state legislatures are controlled by Republicans, which as I'm sure you know is the party causing the vast majority of the problems you are referring to. Nothing good would come from that unless you are the type who wants to enshrine anti-DEI bullshit in the constitution.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 4 points 14 hours ago

A Constitutional Convention while the conservatives have this much power will do what?

[–] SynonymousStoat@lemmy.world 4 points 17 hours ago

Any new appointments would have to go through congressional approval. Of course they could potentially get rubber stamped by the Republican controlled Senate, but they are losing support of some of the Republicans in the Senate so it's not a guarantee right now. I believe Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) have both stated publicly that they will block any appointments to the Federal Reserve so I can see them or others potentially doing the same for other appointments. This being an election year probably has a lot of them considering how they can save face for what they've let occur over the last year. I'm still making a lot of assumptions so who knows what would happen.

[–] Cyberflunk@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago

No. Following procedure maintains a sense of lawful government. While the act will fail, we will have a record if we ever get back to freedom.

[–] rabber@lemmy.ca 7 points 20 hours ago (11 children)

What consequences? An angry letter from democrats asking to please stop?

[–] Montagge@lemmy.zip 5 points 20 hours ago

At worst she gets to go home to her millions of dollars, gets a TV deal, and America stays on the exact same course.

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[–] BC_viper@lemmy.world 3 points 20 hours ago

No there won't.

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