Summary

Efforts to impeach Donald Trump for a third time are intensifying as he begins his second term.

The non-partisan group Free Speech For People launched the “Impeach Trump. Again” campaign, citing constitutional violations, including his alleged role in the January 6 Capitol riots and breaches of the emoluments clause.

The group also accuses Trump of campaign finance violations, xenophobic rhetoric, and abuse of power.

However, impeachment remains unlikely with Republicans controlling Congress. Democrats may revisit impeachment if they regain control in 2026.

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    “Surely, this time, impeachment will have consequences!”

    Even if it passes, he will never be removed from office. There is no low that Trump can sink to where Republicans will not fall in lockstep with him. It’s pointless.

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      Who gives a shit if they’re partisan. The fashies call everything left of trump partisan

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      Lol as proved last time, impeachment means absolutely nothing. It didn’t stop the last corrupt individual, in fact he was just reelected and is as corrupt, if not more, than before.

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        It’s certainly doomed, but democrats already get paid to be there so why not use every tool in the book? Time Congress is arguing about impeachment is time they’re not implementing fascist policies

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      the american democracy would be pretty good, if it wasn’t for parties… now it’s a never ending competition between two conspiracies

      • dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.world
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        And it’s not like we didn’t fuckin’ see it coming, either. Washington, with one foot out the door: “Don’t deify me, don’t form political parties.”

        So, guess what else nobody listed to him about?

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      Exactly. He’s been impeached twice and nothing happened. He should have been barred from office years ago. The entire process is nothing but political theatre for donors.

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      How many times did the magahats offer impeachment articles for Biden? The theater isn’t meant to be successful, but just a constant buzz for voters.

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      It’s a process. It is like filing charges against someone, and then the Senate holds the trial. The Senate found him not guilty. So there were no consequences.

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    FFS no. All it did the last two times was help him, because impeachment is basically impossible and he’s going to “win”.

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      Who exactly? Who is pretending they are doing something?? Is it democrats you’re accusing of pretending to do something?

      How about maybe you try reading the article next time instead of chiming in with edgy nonsense.

      It is a non partisan group called Free Speech for People. You’d have known that had you read the 1st paragraph of the article.

      Oh. And while we’re on the subject of pretending… even if you were right and it is the democrats pretending- at least they pretended to do something. Because so many of you flat out admittedly did nothing.

      And look what that got us.

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    Jesus Christ… NO.

    Same as the last two times, it’s a wasted effort without the votes in the Senate. If you can’t remove him, don’t bother. Focus on winning back the House and Senate in 2026.

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        Without the ACA I would’ve entered life-altering levels of debt (or died?) so I have a slightly more favorable view of democrats than this. Occasionally they move the needle, even if I find them incredibly frustrating.

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          They absolutely can do good things, I was mostly referring to the fact that they knew that what is happening would happen and yet put in zero protections to protect Americans from literal fascism, instead they used fear mongering as a campaign tactic.

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          ACA eas what the Republicans were pushing for 20 years ago. Obamacare was straight up a copy of Mitt Romney’s healthcare plan in Massachusetts, jjst at the federal level.

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            Did you know that when aragorn kicked the helmet, he broke his toe, and the yelling in the movie was actually his cries of pain they kept to enhance the scene?

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          I’m certainly glad the ACA helped you, and it certainly did address some major issues, but it was also massive wealth transfer to the top, and it had led directly into the financialization of healthcare that’s currently destroying the system. Doctors are leaving medicine in droves and regularly takes six months or more to get an appointment with many specialties.

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            It was a bandaid on a festering wound of already financialized Healthcare, it’s just continued to get worse as expected because the ACA was a half ass attempt at actually brining Healthcare to the people.

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              There was no large scale takeover of healthcare by Wall Street. There is a big difference between commercialization and financialization. By pumping billions into health are and allowing investors to siphon those billions right back out again, the ACA created a feeding frenzy. I’m old enough to remember a healthcare system that was largely owned and managed by medical professionals, not hedge funds and private equity.

              Then, of course, there are the larger impacts of income inequality that this exacerbated. The ACA was one of many things done by both Republicans and Democrats that turned this country into a Russian style oligarchy.

              It’s not incidental that the design for the ACA came from the same right wing think tank that produced project 2025. It’s all part of the same project.

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                It’s not incidental that the design for the ACA came from the same right wing think tank that produced project 2025. It’s all part of the same project.

                Actually, no. The design for the ACA was actually based on the healthcare reforms put in place by Mitt Romney when he was governor of Massachusetts, which were considered very popular and successful. The problem is that when they tried to make it go national, Republicans in general didn’t want to give Obama a win, so they gutted it as much as possible.

                Romneycare was pretty god damned good, even after the gutting it’s taken over the years. If the ACA was built on what Romneycare originally was, we’d probably be in much better shape than we’re in now.

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                  You sure about that?. What do you think Romneycare was based on? Romneycare had many of the same issues. It really doesn’t help the case that Obamacare’s implementation was worse.

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              It probably would have happened, but the ACA was like throwing gas on a fire or chumming for sharks. The individual mandate concept was specifically designed to derail actual reforms and accelerate wealth aggregation, and that’s exactly what it did.

              Do you think the Heritage Foundation was actually concerned about access to quality healthcare for everyone? We still spend even more person on healthcare than anywhere else on the planet, yet we still have 26 million Americans with no healthcare plan.

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          Ya I always laugh when people talk about how accurately the Simpsons predicts things. It’s like, no, politics is just that fucking cyclical and the writers were smart.

          I say were because it’s not what it used to be.

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          They could have prevented this from happening and chose to use the fear of fascism as a campaign tactic instead of putting in any protections. I’d say that’s a pretty big failure to govern.

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      This is actually counterproductive, the more times we do it when it’s guaranteed to lose, the less likely it is to work.

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      Ah, but this is the least effective way for Democrats to show their donors that they’re still “fighting” for them. The only thing that matters now is manufacturing some talking point to get more donations in 2026.

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      Impeachment is the check against his power. It would be better to convict, but the democrats need to make the argument and convince the people that Trump should be held accountable. Get Republicans in the Senate and House on record supporting Trump’s crimes, and then beat them in the midterm elections.

      Impeachment is how you win those elections. Rolling over and showing your belly is why Democrats keep losing before the fight begins.

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        After January 6 they got several Republicans on the record for impeachment and conviction. All it did was get almost all the ones who did the right thing primaried out, all of which have been replaced by MAGA faithfuls. Those who voted against were praised for it and given more power.

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          I mean, in a better world, we would have competent progressives who know how to run on an anti-fascist campaign. That we’re losing the fight is not a reason to stop fighting. It’s a reason to reevaluate our tactics and fight harder.

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            There are competent progressives who know how to run on an anti-fascist campaign. The Democratic Party stands in their way.

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        In this moment impeachment is a waste of time. They would be better served (1) governing super well in places they are in charge (to demonstrate they are the better option - something that is inconsistent today); (2) figuring out why people are voting for Trump; (3) developing strong messaging and strategy to win races top to bottom of the ballot. I’ve been unimpressed with their ability to both run and govern recently (with some exceptions here and there). Maybe it is catching up with them.

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          In this moment impeachment is a waste of time.

          Any time he’s focusing on that is time he’s not actively fucking shit up. Being obstructionist is what’s gotten the Republicans to the place they are now.

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            And he doesn’t get convicted and he’ll campaign on how nasty the Dems are. An impeachment without conviction is a “win”.

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                  Are you new? You win by convincing people that you’re right and they should vote for you. You can’t do that if you never make the argument because it’s too hard to win.

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        I think impeachment makes him stronger, it gives him whining, hysterical liberals to point at. Oppose and resist him, but just by calling out his BS, not trying to give him a traffic ticket and failing.

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        the democrats need to make the argument and convince the people that Trump should be held accountable

        The people don’t vote on impeachment. Convincing them won’t help.

        Get Republicans in the Senate and House on record supporting Trump’s crimes, and then beat them in the midterm elections.

        Oh you sweet summer child.