収束ゾーンでのライフ: Life in the Convergence Zone

nnnNNGNGH I shouldn't be doing this so late but I keep not doing it so

OKAY. You know what's happening with Pence and the 25th Amendment, right?

Let's go over it real quick.

He keeps (reportedly) going back and forth on yanking Trump via the 25th Amendment.

Really, he _really_ doesn't want to. He's already facing the base's wrath. This would push them even further over the top and so honestly I kinda get it. Shit's gonna be even scarier for him.

But he knows he should. And the Democrats know he should. And this whole impeachment timetable, sure, some of it is legit rules issues.

But some of it is also trying to force him to go ahead and do it. Pull him out via the 25th Amendment - or we'll impeach. Again.

Difference is: this time, the Senate will convict. I'm pretty sure. I think they're pretty sure too. Not sure about removal, definite on the "no more runs for president" part.

The fact that _this_ is happening is the _only_ reason Pence is still thinking about the 25th. As things fall apart, remember how we got here.

If the possibility of imminent impeachment goes away, so will ANY talk of the 25th Amendment solution. The Senate GOP do _not_ want to have to take that vote. Not again, not with what's happened.

It's either political suicide (defend the seditionist fascist) or political suicide _and_ personal danger (convict/disallow future runs for office).

That's the beast they've created.

That's not what it should be about, but it is.

They have to make this choice, and of them, _for them_, the 25th Amendment is the _least_ personally damaging. They need to talk Pence and the remaining cabinet into removing Trump that way, to avoid the fallout from the trial.

And that's the _politics_ reason why the Democrats need to be charging full-steam ahead on impeachment, and why _we_ need to be hammering the Democrats constantly not to let up.

I mean _constantly_. Hi, @RepDelBene - impeachment. NOW.

Because I've seen too much of this crowd working for too long. If they can scuttle their way out of definite action? Most of them will.

This is one of those rare moments when nonstop bombardment - tweets, phone calls, email, whatever - can matter.

Do. Not. Let. Up.

Because Tr*mp cannot be allowed to finish his term. He's got to go. 25th amendment or impeachment - or at least impairment against running again - these HAVE. TO. HAPPEN.

Because either way, we've got a fascist insurgency now. The question is whether their orangefarbener Anführer is involved in 2024, and whether we get to do all this - all _this_ - again.

On top of everything else.

We can't have that.

Impeach. Remove. Now.

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4. What is happening in Portland and what does Trump hope to gain?
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6. An Oregon senator warned of the threat of martial law as he condemned Trump's deployment of federal agents in Portland and other cities
7. Trump predicts 'most corrupt election' in US history while making false claims about mail-in voting
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9. Police: Richmond riots instigated by white supremacists disguised as Black Lives Matter
10. Videos Show How Federal Officers Escalated Violence in Portland
11. Elite Border Patrol Unit Is Among Federal Agents Deployed to Portland
12. Here’s how to prepare for Trump rejecting the election results in November
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16. NYC is taking after Portland
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2. Off-duty officer who drove car through protest crowd ‘no longer employed’ by Seattle police
3. Cop who threatened to kill protesters shoots, kills colleague who knocked on door, affidavit says
4. MINNEAPOLIS: The Police Have Been Spying on Black Reporters and Activists for Years. I Know Because I’m One of Them.
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1. SEATTLE: Seattle City Council pressed to defund police, move 911 response dispatchers out of department
2. SEATTLE: Seattle Police arrest photojournalist Brad Fox, who photographed them arresting a protestor for doing, apparently, nothing.
3. CHICAGO: The Chicago Police Department has shut down its Arrests API after reporters caught the PD lying about recent arrests.
4. CHICAGO: Chicago Police Department arrest API shutdown is its own kind of ‘cover up’
5. SEATTLE: Majority of Seattle council pledges to support Police Department defunding plan laid out by advocates
6. MINNEAPOLIS: MPD think they are in a zombie movie.
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9. TORONTO: Dana Larsen: Toronto cops barrage fellow officers with porn and abuse
10. SEATTLE: I was arrested, jailed and assaulted by a guard. My ‘crime’? Being a journalist in Trump’s America
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12. DAVENPORT, IOWA: Court: Officer who stomped on suspect’s ankle cannot be sued
13. SEATTLE: Seattle PD says budget cuts will "make" it go whites-mostly.
14. $23 million cited as Portland protest damages was mostly tied to coronavirus closures

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11. Seattle City Council member seeks to create first-responder alternative to police
12. Driver accused of hitting protesters, killing one, held on $1.2 million bail
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13. AUSTIN, TEXAS: White Officer of Austin Police Department gropes the breasts of a woman as she continously demands a female officer

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5. Portland police arrest 8, fire crowd-control munitions

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2. Fired Wilmington cop: “We are just going to go out and start slaughtering them f—— ni—–. I can’t wait. God, I can’t wait.”
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