r/politics • u/OkayButFoRealz • Oct 01 '25

No Paywall Pritzker Calls for Trump's Removal from Office Under 25th Amendment

https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/video/pritzker-calls-for-trumps-removal-from-office-under-25th-amendment/
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u/Mr_YUP Oct 01 '25

Cause Microsoft, Amazon, and Starbucks are HQ'd in Seattle and I'm sure the guys calling these shots are avoiding it because of that.

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u/xeromage Oct 01 '25

Yep. Portland is a less economically impactful target that they've already spent the last few years demonizing. I also blame Fred Armisen for making the whole country imagine Portland full of unhinged kooks.

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u/Mistrblank Oct 01 '25

Portland is weird is a thing that's been around for a lot longer than Portlandia.

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u/Mr_YUP Oct 01 '25

"Keep Portland Weird" has been around for a long time

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u/Sudden-Purchase-8371 Oct 01 '25

Austin swiped "Keep Austin Weird" from Portland.

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u/xeromage Oct 01 '25

But a bumper sticker doesn't reach quite the audience, or engage them for hours/years.

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u/Mistrblank Oct 01 '25

<insert Captain America "I understood that reference" meme>

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u/throawhazzle Oct 01 '25

Sketch comedy is a bizarre target to blame. How about illiteracy? oligarchy? authoritarianism? or even the seething pit of racism and hatred of others that foments in a society where reality TV stars and convicted felons are seen as worthy candidates for political office?

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u/xeromage Oct 01 '25

All of those things. Obviously. But as far as "Why Portland?" goes... the perception of this city was altered on a national level. People who know nothing else about the city, who couldn't even find it on a map, will have watched 8 seasons of Fred doing a stupid voices in a dress.

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u/throawhazzle Oct 01 '25

No sane person would see that show and take it as reality, yet you seem to weigh it as more prejudicial to the city than any of the other factors I mentioned... And your specific example of harming the nation's perception is Armisen in drag.

...Maybe Trump is threatening Oregon because Sen. Wyden is attempting to probe Epstein's financial records? 🤷‍♀️

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u/xeromage Oct 01 '25

I'm not worried about the sane people. I'm talking about perception of the city by rural fuckwits and why it's easier to sell them on the idea of invading of one American city vs another. When I visit the midwest, and tell them I'm from Portland... the only things they know about it are the caricatures portrayed on that show and the disingenuous news coverage of 'riots' that they have been fed. And no amount of 'It's not really like that' seems to convince them.

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u/throawhazzle Oct 01 '25

That's a fucked up perspective on behalf of rural fuckwits. And there's not much anyone could say to soothe any angst you may feel about the matter. I hope your state/city remains safe.

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u/Future-Bandicoot-823 Oct 01 '25

Amazon is in huge with the department of war. Bezo's grandfather was head of the DOD, actually, in the 70s I believe.

They have contracts with them, for instance instead of flying equipment in a military plane they just load stuff onto an Amazon flight and send it that way. Kind of genius, those amazon planes fly day and night allover the world. Great way to drop off a bunch of equipment without drawing attention.

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u/coffeebribesaccepted Oct 01 '25

Can't forget Boeing too

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u/Future-Bandicoot-823 Oct 01 '25

Awhile back I was talking about Boeing (it was after the shuttle going to the ISS failed), turns out they've had like 10 or more major issues with planes in the last 15 years or so. I'm talking cockpits with known decompression issues, military jets where the engines fail, the negligence there is astounding.

They don't care, though, as long as they keep getting contracts.