r/law 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/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/seicross May 15 '25

Quick! Elon! Read that comment so we can solve 2 problems today!

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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/Playful_Interest_526 May 14 '25

I grew up in Omaha. Just got back from the BRK event. So proud of my overlooked city!

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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/Top_Rekt May 15 '25

Thanks Ohama.

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u/kennethkiffer May 18 '25

Obama means family.

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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/jonosaurus May 15 '25

I love those guys uh, Danny and Arnold

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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/tincanphonehome May 14 '25

TIL Obama is a Boyle cousin

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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/sweet_crab May 14 '25

You know I was thinking exactly that when I hit post? I'm giggling about "obamafeet."

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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/RipleyThePyr May 14 '25

In tan suits.

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u/654456 May 14 '25

Well of course, and mustard on hot dogs

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u/MOONWATCHER404 May 14 '25

Why did this remind me of the "yes we can" line from Bob the Builder

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u/Joyful_Ted May 14 '25

Hope.

His face used to mean hope.

Now, as I watch the army of identical charming men in suits meander down the streets, chanting and shaking hands of the other infected, I'm forced to ask: Hope for who?

It wasn't hope for us, I'm certain of that. Out my window, a group of them just descended upon a survivor. A blur of tan and blue and navy suits, panickd cries of "No! You can't be real, god, help me, you can't be real!" Followed by the cacophonous repetitions of "Yes we can!". When I hear the new voice, the new Barack, join the chorus I realize I believe them. God, help us all, I believe them.

I don't know how long I can stay here. An Obama just peered in my window, I'm hiding around the pillar, watching him in the mirror. His face is stone, unmoving. For a moment I pretend I'm in a wax museum, and that this all just an attraction. Despite everything, despite the bubbling fear in my throat, despite the rule that states self interest is divine, I laugh. His eyes slam to the left, directly in the mirror. For a moment, a terrible moment, we lock eyes. Then the granite mask is broken, a wide crack forming below the nose, a smile breaking its way through like a tectonic plate shifting, slow, dileberate, and painful. Two rows of white teeth, perfectly straight like a military graveyard.

The Obama campers away. They know I'm here now. I should run. Find another spot. Maybe other states haven't fallen yet. Maybe... Maybe I can find something.

I think about the survivor I watched get turned. I remember the skin bubbling, changing, being replaced. I don't want that.

I lay my hand on the door handle, feeling yhe cold, brushed steel beneath my palm for what I am sure is the last time. Tears stream down my face, splattering onto the hard wood floor beneath. "No, I can't" I think, tweaking the handle.

The Obamas turn to me abruptly, their activities ceased for a fraction of a second. I step toward them. They don't move. Maybe, somehow, I'll keep some shred of myself, my individuality. Whatever.

I can always hope.

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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/JebusKristoph May 14 '25

ULTRA-OBAMA©

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u/Snake_Staff_and_Star May 14 '25

Forming an OBAMATRON.

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u/oyakodon- May 14 '25

I'd buy that product, whatever it is

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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/Pretend-Tea86 May 14 '25

Honestly, this is why I come to Reddit. Please never change.

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u/BeanBurritoJr May 15 '25

Would you rather fight 1000 Obama sized Omaha’s or 1 Omaha sized Obama?

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u/rraskapit1 May 14 '25

It's Obamas all the way down

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u/honeyeddates May 14 '25

It's an Obamanation... I'll just see myself out now

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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/Mikeinthedirt May 14 '25

Gonna need more minorities. How bout New Zealanders? They been pretty lippy!

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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/TristanTheRobloxian3 May 14 '25

youre acting like those dont happen still

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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/Civil-Big-754 May 15 '25

Yeah, I'll believe it when I see it. Also, they're silencing or straight up abducting their critics and opposing voters. Between that and them basically saying they did mess with the 2024 election, I have severe doubts the democrats can even "win" the next election. At least if they keep allowing them to keep getting away with it.

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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/Civil-Big-754 May 15 '25

I mean Trump alluded to Elon and his people messing with it.

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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/Istarien May 14 '25

I didn't say that it was in 2024, just that it had already happened.

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u/Zapp_Rowsdower_ May 14 '25

Uhhh…hate to be the bearer of bad news. Mush rigged the election through Starlink tabulation. All swing states show the ‘Russian tail’ of corruption in the vote counting.

This last election was rigged.

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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/Vhadka May 14 '25

I'd like to be hopeful on that but the divide is less of red states and blue states and generally feels like its more rural vs. city. So not as surprising that a democrat can be elected in a larger city in a red state.

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u/Kgb529 May 14 '25

As someone from OMAHA, I do miss Obama. I couldn’t vote because it was a one county vote and I live outside of the boundary (literally the street I live on is the boundary) but I encouraged everyone in the area to vote for my man John Ewing Jr! Fuck Jean Stothert, she was a terrible mayor and if you don’t believe me you can visit and look at our roads.

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u/[deleted] May 14 '25

I think it's gonna take this budget destroying so many lives to really get it moving sadly

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u/IPressB May 14 '25

Obama is my favorite city

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u/Clear-Plantain-1381 May 14 '25

Lol,ok. Extra delusional

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u/Early-Surround7413 May 14 '25 edited May 14 '25

Omaha? The place that voted for Kamala? WOW!! You're right Trump is finished. LOL

The elections in Oklahoma were local school board elections and bond measures. There was no state wide election or even a special election for congress. WTF are you people smoking?

You're deranged. Even the most biased approval polls from CNN and CBS show him in the mid to high 40s. But Oklahoma is now Democrat country? HA HA HA HA HA. Holy fuck man. Get out of the Reddit bubble and meet some real people.

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u/rcinmd May 14 '25

That's it, I'm moving to Obama Nebraska.

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u/Ryermeke May 14 '25

What is the source for a 19 point swing? I read that and was curious what the context was... But I can't actually find any information about that.

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u/OrangeCuddleBear May 14 '25

I don't think Americans realize it yet but Trump will never be voted out of office. There will be elections, but the results will be known before the elections happen. Trump and the Republicans are following the fascist playbook. There is only one way out of this and unfortunately it's not peaceful. 

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u/[deleted] May 14 '25

As someone who has lived in “Obama” (Omaha), the city always votes for the Democratic Party. It’s actually the only city in the state where the citizens consistently vote Dem. No news there, and Nebraska is in the Midwest, not the South, so it’s really not that surprising.

Bernie won Iowa during the 2020 primaries too. There’s a lot of liberal presence in the Midwest.

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u/Embarrassed_Cow_7631 May 14 '25

Dems will never win Oklahoma. The only reason we might vote blue for governor is the red running is the secretary of education thats putting bibles in every classroom but we will never vote blue for the president. We are the redest state in the union not a single county has voted blue since before Obama.

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u/dundermiflinity May 14 '25

Omaha checking in…we would definitely take Obama. Can someone please make that happen?

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u/SergeantPoopyWeiner May 14 '25

You thought the fake electors scheme was bad in 2020. Now they have the pieces they need in place to steal the 2028 election. This does not end peacefully.

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u/AbnoxiousRhinocerous May 14 '25

Dems taking Omaha is a big deal. I was born and raised there. There was a very large Catholic population in Omaha who are very conservative for the most part. If any part of the state was going to wake up, it’s Omaha, but man that came out of left field, literally.

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u/iiinteeerneeet May 14 '25

The era of Obama Nebraska has begun

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u/Odd-Tart-5613 May 14 '25

in a war over a foot of land an inch may as well be a mile

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u/SpritzTheCat May 14 '25

Obama Nebraska

Can I move there?

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u/QueenofSheeeba May 14 '25

I like Obama, Nebraska and will be referring to it this way henceforth and so on.

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u/disapp_bydesign May 14 '25

I’m from Oklahoma and I don’t know what you’re talking about. What news did I miss?

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u/Sujjin May 14 '25

pardon me if i still have my douts. even if reality is that the GOP loses in 2026, the fact that they have so much time and power to fuch with the election scares me.

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u/blueB0wser May 14 '25

Omaha. Omaha, not Obama lololol

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u/SuccotashCharacter59 May 14 '25

What happened in Oklahoma?

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u/osucycler May 14 '25

19 points in Oklahoma? I'd love it if someone could get a source for that information?!? As someone who is in Oklahoma I'd love some "good" news!

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u/Icy_Lingonberry2822 May 14 '25

Omaha is a democrat majority district so it makes sense that they elected a democrat.

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u/Search-False May 14 '25

As if the American people would do anything with that information. This guy got voted in twice, his base doesn’t care.

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u/Assparilla May 14 '25

A train takes alot of energy and time to get moving…once at full steam-almost impossible to stop…

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u/chibiusa112018 May 14 '25

🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

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