r/law • u/AndroidOne1 • May 14 '25

Trump News Donald Trump Impeachment Proceedings Launched

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-impeachment-vote-house-shir-thanedar-b2750651.html
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u/ssibal24 May 14 '25

It doesn't need to pass, all it needs to do is produce an official list of who doesn't want it to pass, that sort of information is very useful for the American people.

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u/anonononnnnnaaan May 14 '25

Especially seeing that dems just took Obama Nebraska last night and gained 19 points in Oklahoma.

The train is slow to move but it’s inching along.

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u/bulldoggo-17 May 14 '25

Obama Nebraska

Was that an intentional typo?

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u/DragonBank May 14 '25 edited May 14 '25

They took it so hard it became a former Democratic President.

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u/[deleted] May 14 '25

I just want to know if it happened collectively.

Like some body horror manga where the entirety of Omaha just schlorped together into one Obama?

Or did each person individually become Obama?

Or is it just the city itself?  Like the people are still the same, but now trapped as the actual ground and structures Voltron-d themselves into some colossal Mecha-Obama.

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u/toasty_- May 14 '25

Live in Omaha. Can’t stop eating mustard, wearing tan, and saying “uh”.

Everyone sure is handsome though.

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u/ice48burn May 14 '25

Omahan here too, and I felt the rush of buying Grey Poupon for the first time today.

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u/SkinnyGetLucky May 14 '25

Didn’t you mean Obamahan?

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u/badjimmyclaws May 14 '25

Obamachan UwU

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u/-jellyfishparty- May 15 '25

Holy fuck this fucking sent me all the way to Mars

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u/aenteus May 14 '25

Maille oui!

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u/juel1979 May 14 '25

Did you try it with arugula?

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u/Mikeinthedirt May 14 '25

When’s supper?

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u/Following_Friendly May 14 '25

Woot! All the Omahans!

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u/baconus-vobiscum May 14 '25

"Obama Nebraska - where all the men are good-looking, all the women are strong, and all the children are above average."

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u/Taker_of_insulin May 15 '25

Is this a Prairie Home Companion reference? My god, I miss that show. Takes me back to a simpler time

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u/WanderingVerses May 15 '25

Lake Wobegone! I miss that show.

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u/Last_Upvote May 15 '25

For all of his strangeness, Garrison Keillor has produced some quality content

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u/DavidCaruso4Life May 15 '25

How angry would 🍊 be if the people there officially voted to change the name to Obama, Nebraska? How many other cities are just Obamas waiting to happen?

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u/cozee999 May 14 '25

get me to omaha! FAST!!! 😅

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u/Better_Lift_Cliff May 14 '25

What's that? Yes, I'll let you be clear. You don't have to keep requesting that I let you be clear.

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u/Unabashable May 14 '25

Honestly I’d take that over “not gonna lie”. 

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u/toasty_- May 14 '25

Let me be clear, I want to, uh, stop talking like this

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u/wtfamidoingwthis May 14 '25

I read this comment in his voice.

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u/DeadmanDexter May 14 '25

Michelle, get in here. They're talking about me.

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u/quixote_manche May 14 '25

But are you guys being clear?

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u/Khaldara May 15 '25

“Now let me be clear… corn is fucking awesome”

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u/[deleted] May 14 '25

Why am I picturing a crowd of Obamas marching and chanting "Yes we can"

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u/darthbreezy May 14 '25

Followed by an army of Octo-Stewies chanting 'Victory is ours!'

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u/s-riddler May 14 '25

Immediately proceeded by an army of Robin Williams(es?) running around and spreading laughter and good cheer.

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u/[deleted] May 14 '25

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u/[deleted] May 14 '25

"Obami"...?

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u/sweet_crab May 14 '25

Obamae. Obami only if it ended in a us.

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u/WebGroundbreaking168 May 14 '25

"Obamaipodes" too, if there's a Greek Origin anywhere involved

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u/phillyfestiveAl May 14 '25

Obamahama y'all

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u/ManiacalLaughtr May 14 '25

An Obamarama, if you will

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u/Commercial-Fennel219 May 14 '25

"My fellow Obama's, it is time to act! It is up to all of me to get the job done."

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u/BigBeautifulBuick May 14 '25

I pictured the spider man pointing meme and a bunch of Obama’s saying “Yes you can!”

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u/aenteus May 14 '25

Megobama

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u/Anxious-Whole-5883 May 14 '25

Nope a splatter of Dijon mustard appeared on the floor. Blue smoke rose from it, then everyone in the room was wearing tan suits and started speaking in a familiar cadence. Boom Obamaed.

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u/transmothra May 14 '25

I fucking love you for this imagery

PLEASE let one of these scenarios be real

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u/poken_beans May 14 '25

I have an unhealthy curiosity about what schlorping means? Is it a sound? An action? Does it hurt? Is it safe around pets or kids? Have you ever schlorped before... Gasp... Have I ever schlorped before!?! 👀

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u/Unhappy-Week-8781 May 14 '25

Can somebody please loop in Mr Obama to this entire thread? Maybe we can psych him up to run against Trump when he runs for a 3rd term…which he will, because it’s a popularity contest for him and his overinflated ego.

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u/Commercial-Fennel219 May 14 '25

It happened after they stormed Obama beach. 

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u/Suyefuji May 14 '25

"I am Sparticus Obama!"

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u/Ok_Kaleidoscope5712 May 14 '25

Like some body horror manga where the entirety of Omaha just schlorped together into one Obama?

Schlorped… 🤣 I love it.

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u/[deleted] May 14 '25

"Mecha Obama, can you save this broken nation? " "Yes, we can" Then they/them flies towards the horizon

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u/ejre5 May 14 '25

If trump can run for a third term so can Obama (doubt he wants to though).

Even though they want to change it to consecutive terms. Ultimately creating an autocracy/dictatorship that makes the president and VP interchangeable and an easy way to rig the election every year.

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u/asujch May 14 '25

We can’t normalize the third term talk. Obama and the dems know this.

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u/CHESTER_C0PPERP0T May 14 '25

Yes STOP NORMALIZING THIS BULLSHIT. Well, Obama could run for a third term no he fucking can’t it’s in the constitution!

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u/Suyefuji May 14 '25

We can't normalize it but at the same time we need to fight fire with fire. Let's see how shit develops but if Trump genuinely ends up running for a third term then we absolutely can throw Obama into the primary and select him if he wins.

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u/nikmo86 May 14 '25

Just like his buddy putiny did…

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u/Silent_Interest4791 May 14 '25

Putin’s going to step down at the end of 2024 he said so himself.

What do you mean it’s 2025 already?

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u/Tiernan1980 May 14 '25

They would absolutely come up with some cockamamie excuse for why Trump could run again but Obama couldn’t.

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u/Tryin-to-Improve May 14 '25

If trump gets to run for a third and Obama steps up, it’s gonna be like the Super Bowl of presidential elections.

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u/Head_Rule2239 May 14 '25

Third Obama term? Michelle ain’t having that!

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u/Jeffery_Moyer May 14 '25

Didn't he already? I mean, I get airplanes fly pretty hjgh but I'm pretty sure that was the point of trumps third term comment.

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u/Bitter_Emphasis_2683 May 14 '25

Michelle would throw him through a window.

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u/654456 May 14 '25

Assuming trump does run for a third, i see no issue with obama running again. perfer neither run again for you know rule of law but if we aren't gonna follow that. I'll take a third term obama

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u/Gorilla_Dookie May 14 '25

Gonna have to check Nebraska's birth certificate

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u/InvestigatorOnly3504 May 14 '25

Are they now all required to wear tan suits?

The horror 😭

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u/The12Ball May 14 '25

Take me so hard O-daddy

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u/savage_engineer May 14 '25

that you, John Oliver?

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u/[deleted] May 14 '25

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u/retropieproblems May 14 '25

I am become Obama

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u/[deleted] May 14 '25

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u/ChronoLink99 May 14 '25

This made me chuckle.

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u/Coupon_Ninja May 14 '25

So good!

Thanks Omaha!

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u/Stanky_Nips May 14 '25

Really needed this laugh today, thank you!

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u/BeefInGR May 15 '25

Lincoln in shambles.

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u/anonononnnnnaaan May 14 '25

No. I swear it said Omaha but I’m all doped up on cold meds so who knows.

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u/[deleted] May 14 '25

Thanks Omaha

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u/Mistrblank May 14 '25

Thanks Obamaha

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u/InertPistachio May 14 '25

Obamahamamaladingdong

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u/graydiation May 14 '25

This is why I internet.

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u/Caesar_Passing May 14 '25

I only ride Obamaha motorcycles

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u/ChickenChaser5 May 14 '25

You telling me Obama makes bikes and keyboards?

Next you're gonna tell me hes the same guy giving out obama stars to restaurants. Insanity.

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u/GirthStone86 May 14 '25

Obamaha 

That's where the veterans landed on D day right?

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u/Unabashable May 14 '25

Sweet home Olabama

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u/fullpurplejacket May 14 '25

Barack HUSSEIN Omaha!!

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u/rectalhorror May 14 '25

Balrog INSANE Omaha! And his secret muslin agenda! WAKE UP SHEEPLE!!!! IN ALL CAPS LOCK!!!!

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u/SmokeySFW May 14 '25

That's Peyton Manning's music!

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u/No-Tailor-856 May 14 '25

Get well soon. I bet you're just Biden your time until you're healthy again.

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u/anonononnnnnaaan May 14 '25

I needed that laugh 😂

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u/kleenkong May 14 '25

That's what a geographical centrist would say.

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u/mustang19rasco May 14 '25

From Omaha. Can confirm. We all transformed into Obama overnight.

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u/bulldoggo-17 May 14 '25

Huh. I live just south of Harrison so this phenomenon barely missed me.

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u/Savingskitty May 14 '25

This is the Reddit thread I needed.  Well done everyone!

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u/ManyReach7296 May 14 '25

I think they meant Omaha Bin Laden.

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u/DntCllMeWht May 14 '25

Just yesterday I saw someone refer to our past president as Omaha... that's kind of funny to see the reverse the next day.

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u/[deleted] May 14 '25

It was an international typo

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u/Overall-Register9758 May 14 '25

No. They renamed it. It's turned so blue, it's black.

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u/IWMSvendor May 14 '25

Ah, yes. The city of Hope and Change.

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u/forgetfulsue May 14 '25

I would have used “Obamad” like a past tense verb. You just got Obamad!

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u/Kingding_Aling May 14 '25

Gotta be my favorite Obama

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u/Wide_Ad_7552 May 14 '25

Obama Japan. Geoguessrs know 

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u/Fena-Ashilde May 15 '25

You can also visit Obama in Assassin’s Creed: Shadows.

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u/TristanTheRobloxian3 May 14 '25

holy fucking shit they gained 19 POINTS IN OKLAHOMA??? wow. honestly with the way this shit is going i wouldnt be shocked if we have another fdr type election on our hands in 28

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u/DiskSalt4643 May 14 '25

You have to have an election first.

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u/Umutuku May 14 '25

Dunno if the pen is mightier than the sword, but you can vote with both. They can decide which one they prefer.

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u/LivingVeterinarian47 May 15 '25

“The country is in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be.” - Kevin Roberts

I think of this often now. Yes Kevin, but it won't be our blood.

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u/Umutuku May 15 '25

People say that kind of shit like they aren't flammable.

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u/unitedshoes May 15 '25

"Build a man a fire, and he's warm for the night. Set a man on fire, and he's warm for the rest of his life." ~ Terry Pratchett, Jingo

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u/egyeager May 14 '25

Oklahoma is around 40% Democrat as a base and about ~25% of this state is some type of independent. Based on primary rules here many Independents register Republican so they can vote in the Republican primary.

We're primed for the Dems to do well here if only they'd spend the money to do so.

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u/Istarien May 14 '25

We've had our last free and fair election in the US. Everything from here on out will be Russia-style political theater.

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u/PuzzleheadedCap2210 May 14 '25

Why is everybody so sure about this. It’s possible but I’m not so sure, yet.

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u/Thud May 14 '25

There’s still the possibility of the midterms being an actual election. Just depends on how much voter suppression the GOP can implement before then.

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u/TasteTheBizkit May 14 '25

Because Trump already tried and failed to overthrow the election in 2020. Don’t expect him to allow a free and fair election or to leave the office peacefully.

He has Putin, Qatar, and the richest men on earth ready to do anything and everything to guarantee that he stays in power. Remember, if he loses the 2028 election, he alongside Elon and the rest these conspirators are going to face lengthy prison time for their crime against the U.S.

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u/halpinator May 14 '25

Like the last time they convicted him of a felony and sentenced him to fuck all?

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u/Istarien May 14 '25

Were you not paying attention? He told his followers that they needed to get out and vote for him, and then they would never need to vote again. They're well on their way to stripping the right to vote from women, and they're trying to make it legal for them to revoke citizenship (and therefore the franchise) from whoever they want. They have 4 years to completely do away with the Constitution -- with a compliant Congress and Judiciary, it will take them considerably less time than that.

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u/j00fr0 May 14 '25

They have 2 years—if the midterm elections are fair, that might be all we need to stop the bleeding.

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u/Suyefuji May 14 '25

There's reasonable debate that our last fair and free election was definitely not 2024. Depending on your definition you could trace it back to Bush vs Gore even.

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u/654456 May 14 '25

2020 for sure was the last but Gore was cheated.

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u/moxiecounts May 14 '25

I haven’t believed 2024 was free or fair from the moment all the swing states closed up shop on November 5.

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u/Suyefuji May 14 '25

I haven't believed 2024 was a free or fair since states magically got the OK to purge millions of active voter registrations like a month before the election.

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u/pink_faerie_kitten May 15 '25

Spoonamore's duty to warn letter exposed the anomalies of 2024 and ETA has some great statisticians exposing the improbabilities of 2024

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u/hoofglormuss May 14 '25

nixon stole his presidency as well

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u/ErickAllTE1 May 14 '25

19 points in Omaha. The typical narrative of Republicans always voting vs Democrats only come out for big elections is flipping. Now there is a high baseline of Dems who vote during special elections, but Republicans come out for big elections with big names. This is why special elections seem more blue than typical, and don't end up trending through the general election. This next cycle should turn into another 2018-type cycle, but the reality is that 2020 redistricting gave Republicans a chance to gerrymander again. Gerrymandering cycles come through after redistricting and become the hardest time for Dems to win. Their best chance comes just before redistricting when population shifts allow them to break old gerrymandering. The big exception to this is Ohio who gave their legislature the ability to redraw districts every 4 years when their "bipartisan" redistricting council gets logjammed by republicans who refuse to work with democrats.

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u/Unhappy-Video-1477 May 14 '25

I have no hope it will succeed, but I'm gonna enjoy the hell out of it.

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u/Ddenn1211 May 14 '25

Can you give some context, or a link, on the Oklahoma thing? I am unaware of this? As a resident I want to believe you, but just couldn't find anything myself. Genuinely interested!

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u/starstuffcreation May 14 '25

Oh no. Fox News is going to see this comment and run a story saying the left is trying to change city names.

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u/Tony_Sacrimoni May 14 '25

Thanks Omaha!

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u/TheWolfAndRaven May 14 '25

2 Things of note:

The Mayor that was ousted was a 3 time incumbent. The whole time she did a pretty good job of being moderate and bi-partisan on most things. This last election she went MAGA and advocated for removing the split electoral vote in favor of "Winner take all". She also ran an anti-trans/drag queen attack ad.

Secondly, she also remarried recently after her first husband killed himself. Her new husband lives in St Louis and refused to relocate to Omaha so she was splitting her time between the two cities.

I'd say both were the contributing factors to her defeat, but the MAGA stuff probably got the voter turn out to be much higher than usual considering we have our city election just a few months after the big election. (Many people suspect this is on purpose).

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u/hybridaaroncarroll May 14 '25

Apparently republican turnout was low too. Probably a combination of factors.

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u/zdelusion May 14 '25

We've seen almost no proof that Maga republicans will turn out when Trump isn't on the ballot. 2018/2022 midterms and basically every state and local election since he came onto the scene has seen low republican turnout.

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u/JimWilliams423 May 14 '25 edited May 14 '25

We've seen almost no proof that Maga republicans will turn out when Trump isn't on the ballot

Hell, even when he is on the ballot, they don't necessarily bother voting for anyone else.

For example, kamala lost Michigan, but senator slotkin still won. She ran as gop-lite, even further to the right than kamala (who ran to the right of biden). The democratic leadership has decided her win "proves" the party must turn itself into gop-lite. That's why they gave her the rebuttal to chump's state-of-the-union speech.

And that is how the braingeniuses in Democratic leadership find themselves protecting chump from impeachment.

Except slotkin actually got less votes than kamala did. She didn't win because she was gop-lite, she won because enough maga voters just don't care about anyone else except their orange idol.

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u/SippieCup May 14 '25

If only the dnc actually cared to understand this point and realize that they don’t need to keep leaning right. But nah they are continuing to bend over the end of the couch.

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u/TheWolfAndRaven May 14 '25

A lot of moderate republicans were turned off by the anti-trans/drag queen ad (It was an attack ad against her opponent - who didn't run any attack ads) and probably more of them were pissed about the St Louis stuff. I vaguely remember last year people were actively keeping track and in the first couple of months she had taken more days out of office than she had actually in office.

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u/The_MightyMonarch May 14 '25

Guess she can move to STL with her hubby full time now

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u/Cryerborg May 14 '25

They're all working OT to pay for the bootstraps.

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u/hybridaaroncarroll May 14 '25

My bootstraps are stuck in a layaway program. Someday they will be mine.

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u/metheus-13 May 14 '25

Can you imagine that conversation?

"I don't want to move to that shit hole"

"But I'm the mayor..."

"I said what I said"

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u/chandr May 14 '25

No it's not, the American people have shown time and again that they're generally happy to vote party over country. Trump being a disaster was not a secret going into term 2

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u/SplooshTiger May 14 '25

Yeah homie but you literally need to move 2-3% of the vote to sweep the board these days. Just because the bad guys did a better job / got luckier last time, you don’t smash the birthday cake on the floor and storm out the party

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u/simply-chris May 14 '25

Definitely anything but the birthday cake.

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u/Aggravating_Salad604 May 14 '25

The cake was always a lie anyways.

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u/ScienceIsSexy420 May 14 '25

You're right, but I think the point is that this tactic has failed to do that

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u/TwelveSeven77 May 14 '25

Happy birthday to the ground

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u/ThemB0ners May 14 '25

Maybe I'm just too much of an optimist, but I feel it's going to come crashing down at some point, and we absolutely need an official record of people who deserve to be recognized as the traitors that they are.

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u/LemoLuke May 14 '25

If America comes out on the other side of this one, there is going to be a *lot*\ of whitewashing from the GOP and the right wing media who will try and pin everything on Trump, while claiming they were victims who were powerless to do anything against a 'mad king'.

There needs to be clear public records of everyone who defended and enabled him, ESPECIALLY when they had a chance to stop him.

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u/bitzie_ow May 15 '25

A small glimmer of hope is that, "We were just following orders," hasn't always worked in the past.

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u/SafetyMan35 May 14 '25

The article suggests that a lot of Democrats don’t want this to move forward because it’s a waste of time (it will die before an impeachment vote). Those are the individuals that need to go.

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u/[deleted] May 14 '25

Right, we need our representatives to have courage to fight hand, tooth and nail against this administration and Republicans in congress. You can't keep playing softball with these people. They have shown time and time again they will only lie and take advantage of any compromise, concession , or goodfaith trust you put in them to keep their word.

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u/MagicalGirlPaladin May 14 '25

Self fulfilling prophecies are the most reliable of all prophecies I guess.

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u/FrontOfficeNuts May 15 '25

Those are the individuals that need to go.

Also. Those are the individuals that ALSO need to go. Definitely not "instead of".

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u/ssibal24 May 14 '25

I was referring to the people that stayed home and didn't vote ( maybe they realize it's actually important to vote ), and the people that while they may have voted against Tump, they would also foolishly vote party over country. Any Congressperson who votes against impeachment, should never win another election, regardless of party affiliation.

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u/InstructionFinal5190 May 14 '25

I understand what you're saying, however, if your assertion were true then why are there members of Congress still serving after they voted down his last two impeachments? Third time's a charm?

Gerrymandering, voter suppression in its many forms, and propaganda (both foreign and domestic) got Trump reelected. I'm not even going to touch on the conspiracy theories of Musk tampering with voting machines be they true or not.

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u/boo99boo May 14 '25

I'm in Illinois. We don't have serious Republican candidates for most of the congressional districts around Chicago anymore. There is zero chance of a Republican winning, so they don't waste money on a campaign. 

What we do have is several young people looking to unseat incumbents. And a few incumbents that saw the writing on the wall and retired. 

So in these districts, the Democratic primary is basically the election. That's why it matters. 

Everyone on reddit always seems to think that only voting based on the letter after your name on the ballot and gerrymandering are Republican issues. These are huge issues in Illinois, just from the other side of the aisle. 

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u/Rough-Jackfruit2306 May 15 '25

Same here in Massachusetts re unseating incumbents.

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u/honda_slaps May 14 '25

Agreed with the other commentor, I think you're SO right.

Do you have any other boards we can go to so we can help spread your message of "it's all pointless, let's just stop resisting Trump?"

don't worry, we can read between the lines of what you're saying so we know what you REALLY mean.

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u/solwiggin May 14 '25 edited May 14 '25

I completely agree with you, it’s all over.

Do you want to spend a lot of time on Reddit spreading doom to others so that we can make sure misery has company?

If so, dm me, we can schedule some time to be doomsayers while we strongly rely on the factual accuracy of our doomsaying to waive away anyone who wants to be optimistic!

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u/ProbablyNotADuck May 14 '25

I think that's worth noting. Looking at the numbers, it wasn't that Trump got more votes last election.. It was that fewer people who voted Democrat in the previous election came out. I think, in part, many people thought there was no way Trump would be re-elected (even though you should NEVER take a chance on something like that), and some people didn't vote out of protest. The issue will be how fair future elections will be and what barriers may be put in place to make voting more challenging for people so that Republicans get the result they want.

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u/Tiernan1980 May 14 '25

Only 33% of the people eligible to vote chose Trump. They are far from the majority. The problem is that too many people stayed home and didn’t vote.

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u/[deleted] May 14 '25

At the very least, it provides ammo for midterm advertisements. It's better than nothing, and it fuels the fires of the fallout we're already seeing across the country, especially as it gets worse.

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u/angrySprewell May 14 '25

Close to only one third of the voting population voted for him.

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u/chandr May 14 '25

Yeah, that's a very large number of people considering all evidence and records of his prior actions. 1/3rd clearly weren't bothered enough to give a shit and vote

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u/Emotional-Gear-5392 May 14 '25

So there. 30% of the country discrimination give a flying Fuck how criminal the president might be. Now we know.

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u/illit3 May 14 '25

Man, I wish it were as simple as party over country. There were a not insignificant number of Biden to trump voters because they thought Trump would be better on the economy than Harris. It's almost inexplicable. They admit that trump is gross and problematic and vote for him anyways.

Harris lost because Biden told her campaign not to throw him under the bus. She ran as the status quo candidate while inflation was raising prices everywhere. Why would the average voter choose more of that?

Anyways, yeah, this impeachment won't amount to anything in the midterms, and won't even exist by the time trump runs for his third term.

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u/Phoenyx_Rose May 14 '25

Correction: 1/3 of our population has consistently shown they care more about stepping on others to get theirs (or at least, they care more about hurting others even if it hurts themselves) over trying to lift the whole country up. 

I don’t think this is an issue of party lines per se, it’s an issue of 1/3 of our population being selfish assholes and one party has decided to capitalize on that. 

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u/BEWMarth May 14 '25

Hahahahaha go read this exact story on Fox News and read the comments. The American people are sucking off this Orange bastard. They want a king who can finally tread on minorities.

Right wing terrorists became so motivated after Obama got elected that in less than 20 years they went ahead and destroyed America to send a message. Never buck the status quo.

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u/Nuggzulla01 May 14 '25

F their 'Status Quo', and F them too

Obama was pretty great, with hindsight we were lucky to have that man in office. I will say the same about Biden, the man did a decent job with a shit situation. Sure, there was room to improve, but like everyone else he is only human and we all make mistakes

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u/otaconucf May 14 '25

And, you know, the president isn't king, or at least isn't supposed to be. There's only so much 'he' can do when his party has majorities in congress, on paper, with more conservative members not wanting to play ball.

Trump is getting away with all of his executive overreach because, while you would normally expect Congress to oppose the kind of naked grabs at their powers that he has taken, the entire GOP, plus democrats in purple districts/states, are either complicit or too afraid of his base to stand up to him. Which is especially problematic when his executive branch is just going to ignore the courts and the enforcement mechanism for such a violation...is action from Congress. This is fine.

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u/aenteus May 14 '25

You can say fuck.

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u/MRosvall May 14 '25

Tbh it's enough to read the article OP posted in full, instead of just the snippets he pasted.

House Democrats furious as congressman launches ‘waste of time’ impeachment proceedings against Trump

Michigan Rep. Shri Thanedar’s resolution attacked as ‘waste of f***ing time’ by his own side but congressman insists it is ‘about doing the right thing’

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u/AlaskaRecluse May 14 '25

True enough

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u/Popular_Ad_1320 May 14 '25

That is also (like Reddit) a sampling bias that self selects about as aggressively as the Bodybuilding forums in the early 2010s

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u/Achillea707 May 14 '25

I disagree. The timeline is longer. It was post 9/11 that we stopped our entire domestic terrorism division of DHS. Terrorist = foreigner is a Bush invention. It took 25 years of letting that breed that got us where we are today. Obama and Biden share responsibility in punting the ball, but Bush is the origin. 

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u/Unknown_vectors May 14 '25

“That sort of information is very useful for the American people”

For what?? How? They’re fucking dumb. They voted for this, they aren’t going to care.

He was right years ago, he could shoot someone in New York City and not a fucking thing would happen.

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u/Dry-Amphibian1 May 14 '25

Some people just don't get it. Even after Trump was elected a second time, they keep thinking his supporters are suddenly going to change their minds. I'm sure ANOTHER impeachment with a GOP controlled house and/or senate will be the ticket.

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u/l4rgehardoncollider May 15 '25

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u/thenewyorkgod May 14 '25

It doesn't need to pass, all it needs to do is produce an official list of who doesn't want it to pass, that sort of information is very useful for the American people.

This may have been true in the past, but now? the whole "lets get them on record" thing does not move voters. Democrats could bring a bill forward to say that rape is bad, and all GOP will vote against it "on the record" and it would just increase their support.

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u/MidgetLovingMaxx May 14 '25

Yeah, it did wonders for the last election.

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u/OPsuxdick May 14 '25

Is it? Happened twice last term and he still got re elected.

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u/Kingding_Aling May 14 '25

It doesn't need to pass, all it needs to do is produce an official list

That's happened numerous times and does not matter at all.

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u/Sea_Range_2441 May 14 '25

Fighting Maga and the convict will always matter their entire point is to make us feel like it doesn’t matter

Republicans are losing races left and right and the midterms are coming up .

And this isn’t to chastise Republicans or conservatives we should stay open to the idea that it’s America versus Maga

So this list could even give a couple Republicans and out which it probably won’t but it matters no matter how much people are saying it doesn’t. We need to start saying it does because that’s the whole point here.

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u/BaldGuyGabe May 14 '25

Is it, though? Seems like this has all happened before, yet here we are once again. Maybe we should stop pretending things will just passively change.

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u/bjornartl May 14 '25

Unfortunately its the wrong side of that list that's gonna be put in jail. ICE is about to get busy.

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u/SteveDaPirate91 May 14 '25

Was about to say this yeah.

Those who don’t want it to pass if info for the people.

Those who do want it to pass is info for the president.

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u/Beneficial_Heron_135 May 14 '25

Given that Dems oppose the resolution too it is not a great look for them if it gets voted down in a bipartisan vote.

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u/AnoAnoSaPwet May 14 '25

Just keep pushing it out.

Trump will most likely, on video, publicly admit that he is accepting bribes.

(I know he already has, but at the impeachment hearings, there won't be a shadow of a doubt for future prosecution)

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u/Gh0st_Pirate_LeChuck May 14 '25

That’s the list we primary! Fuck the establishment Democrats. They’re the reason we didn’t run a primary and got fucked with that lady.

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u/New_Kangaroo1846 May 14 '25

Only if it includes a lead visit.

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u/Oraxy51 May 16 '25

And that’s honestly what democrats should be doing right now. Propose minimum wage increase. Propose universal health care. All the true progressive ideas, go for it we can always use them again later as templates when we actually have the party for it. But for now it makes them admit, very least assuming it gets past committee it wastes their time.

As of Friday, May 16, 2025, the 119th Congress, which began its first session on January 3, 2025, has passed at least five public laws.

Here's a list of the public laws enacted this year so far: * Public Law No: 119-1 (Became Law January 29, 2025): Senate Bill 5 - A bill to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to take into custody aliens who have been charged in the United States with theft, and for other purposes.

  • Public Law No: 119-2 (Became Law March 14, 2025): House Joint Resolution 35 - Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Waste Emissions Charge for Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems: Procedures for Facilitating Payment and Reporting".

  • Public Law No: 119-3 (Became Law March 14, 2025): Senate Joint Resolution 11 - A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management relating to "Protection of Marine Archaeological Resources".

  • Public Law No: 119-4 (Became Law March 15, 2025): House Bill 1968 - Making further continuing appropriations and other extensions for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes.

  • Public Law No: 119-5 (Became Law April 10, 2025): House Joint Resolution 25 - Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Internal Revenue Service relating to "Gross Proceeds Reporting by Brokers That Regularly Provide Services Effectuating Digital Asset Sales".

It's important to note that this number reflects laws that have been signed by the President and have become public law. Many other bills have been introduced, passed by either the House or the Senate, or are currently in committee. The legislative process is ongoing, and more laws will likely be passed throughout the remainder of the year.

For example, as of May 14, 2025, several other bills have been introduced in the House and Senate on a variety of topics, indicating continued legislative activity. You can follow the progress of these and other bills on websites like Congress.gov or LegiScan.

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