In other words, to remove the president using the impeachment process, the forces of sanity would need to muster a two-thirds majority in the Senate. To remove the president under the 25th Amendment, they would need to do it in both houses.
Don’t kid yourself, folks: There is no magic bullet here. There is no constitutional magic bullet. There is no investigative or prosecutorial magic bullet—no Robert Mueller or Jack Smith. There is no combination of protests and elections or lobbying that can make this problem go away quickly.
There is, instead, a long hard slog ahead of us—a long hard slog of elections, advocacy, protest, litigation, and people fighting for their rights.
And there is a long hard slog ahead of Europe too in handling the disaster the United States has unleashed on the world. Because that is what managing a deranged person is like.
... This was long before George Conway wrote his famous Atlantic article about Trump’s malignant narcissism. Trump’s mental health was not a subject it was considered appropriate to discuss—at least not in a serious way, and I’m not a clinician, and Lawfare is not a medical or psychological journal. And yet, even then—eight months before he was elected the first time—there was “the small matter of Trump’s—there’s no polite way to say this—evident clinical symptoms. I’m not a psychologist qualified to make a diagnosis, but it simply has to be significant that it’s hard to have a serious conversation about Trump without using words like egomania, grandiosity, or narcissism.”
There was no escaping it. He was deranged—grandiose, egomaniacal, narcissistic, the sort of man who would get obsessed with acquiring Greenland and blow up America’s most sacred international commitments to get it done. The sort of man who would respond to not getting the Nobel Peace Prize by declaring he was no longer solely interested in peace. The sort of man who would take the medal from its rightful winner and feel no shame at the theft.
I will continue to post this every time someone insinuates that someone else should murder Trump/ICE Agents/ etc.
In the US we have the Second Amendment. The fascists have been the ones screaming and yelling about the Second Amendment, but the truth is that all Americans have the right.
Owning a gun isn't enough. Driving to Cabela's and picking up a vermin killing .22 is not enough. You should buy a proper rifle, a pistol, and a knife. (Bonus points for a shotgun) Then you need to train with said rifle, pistol and knife. Go to a range and shoot. Look for local self defense/hand to hand combat with knife classes and train.
I am not advocating for violence...far from it. But I am advocating for knowledge because owning a weapon and not knowing how to use it is a recipe for disaster.
PS: If you can afford it, buy suppressors. Especially for your rifles. Suppression for the common citizen isn't about stealth like in the movies, it is about protecting your hearing. Guns are LOUD. Much louder than you expect.
Most people who've never fired a gun vastly overestimate how far they can accurately shoot too. As someone who teaches newcomers let me just say a newcomer who can keep their bullets on target even at just 15 meters is rare. And with pistols, forget it, most newcomers need to start within 5 meters to be able to see where all their shots landed.
I think it’s better to leave the knife. Learn how use and to defend against batons/Tonfas/clubs. „Law“ enforcement uses sticks and guns, because they are relatively easy to use without putting yourself in too much danger.
Best advice i heard was that nobody wins a knife fight.
Oh I heard slightly different, the loser dies in the fight, the winner dies in the ambulance.
Yeah.... Pretty much anyone proclaiming to be an expert knife fighter is just a chud playing make believe.
The only way to win a knife fight is to be the only person with a knife, and you really don't need a lot of lessons about stabbing an unarmed victim.
I work in my state's only trauma 1 ward..... Attacking someone with a knife is not a quick or effective way to kill someone. If the other person has a knife as well, you are also going to get stabbed a bunch.
Pepper spray is what I would put in a kit instead. I would argue having some kind of cutting edge is a good tool to have, just not for self defense.
You’re not arguing for violence. You’re arguing for effective violence
Canadian should take the hint about arming and training themselves we have little time before they try to make a move and let’s be real canadian army will stand between 2 day and 1 week max the rest will be a war of sabotage and guerrila tactic which will/should include the non maple maga citizen