3w ago

Dems join GOP to kill vote impeaching Trump over Iran strikes

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Just a moment...

Time to get together and get some dumb Dems voted out of their seats!

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any dem that voted against this will not get my vote. I don't care how close the seat is. If you can't uphold the most basic level of constitutional responsibility, you are no better than a conman Republican.
- You're 100% right, but it's not like impeachment seems to do anything about the Trump problem. What's a third impeachment gonna do?
  
  It shows us which Dems are brave and which ones are cowards, by forcing a vote.
  
  This is the 17th.
  Go see.
https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/roll175.xml (this is not a raw XML file, don't be fooled.) Anyone in italics in the YEAS section is a Democrat that voted to table the impeachment.
- Thank you! Absolutely insane that this article mentioned that 128 Democrats were so spineless but almost entirely refused to tell us who. (Not unexpected, mind you, but still insane.)
Happy that my current representative has a spine. I'm in the midst of a move, and my new representative, not so much. Just emailed him to let him know I'll be campaigning against him in the future.
The political system is completely fucked. The democrats will not save us. I think going grassroots with direct action is currently the best way to both resist, and build horizontal decentralized power that isn't prone to corruption.
find local communities and get involved to make connections
We can effect things drastically with a general strike. This targets the establishment's income streams, and can bring a fascist government to its knees if done on a large enough scale.
Contact a union and attempt to unionize your workplace so that the general strike is even more effective (plus, ya know, better pay and working conditions as a bonus!)
This method would not only work in the US, but anywhere in the world.
Union Suggestions:
🌍 Global: IWW (Français) - (Español)
🇦🇷 Argentina: FORA
🇦🇺 Australia: ASF-IWA
🇧🇷 Brazil: FOB
🇧🇬 Bulgaria: ARS, CITUB
🇩🇪 Germany: FAU
🇬🇷 Greece: ESE
🇮🇹 Italy: USI
🇳🇱 🇧🇪 Netherlands & Belgium: Vriji Bond
🇪🇸 Spain: CNT
🇸🇪 Sweden: SAC
🇬🇧 United Kingdom: UVW
Continuing to participate in publicly visible resistance demonstrations like 50501 (the next one is July 17th) to encourage others to stand up with you and prove to that there are millions of others who will join them in the fight. A large part of Nazi Germany's success in taking over the country was a lack of massive public demonstrations against the new regime, making people feel helpless and afraid to take a stand.
If we put in the work, we can resist this and we can win. Look at how effective these methods were when used in Chile in 2019.. If we completely reject the political system and rebel on a mass scale, there is NOTHING they can do to stop us.
Honestly, I don't care. It's not like anything was ever going to happen on this front anyway. I'm sure they figured this was a free opportunity to show voters that they don't always toe the party line.
- When the party line in question is "don't belligerently attack people, ya war criminals", it's okay to toe that line.
  
  I'm not saying they were right, I would've voted to impeach too, I'm saying it will have zero effect on the world so there isn't much sense in getting upset about it.

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