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posted by martyb on Friday November 01 2019, @02:18PM   Printer-friendly
from the Red-Queen-Race dept.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50246324

"The US House of Representatives has passed a resolution to formally proceed with the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump.

The measure details how the inquiry will move into a more public phase. It was not a vote on whether the president should be removed from office.

This was the first test of support in the Democratic-controlled House for the impeachment process.

The White House condemned the vote, which passed along party lines.

Only two Democrats - representing districts that Mr Trump won handily in 2016 - voted against the resolution, along with all Republicans, for a total count of 232 in favour and 196 against."


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  • (Score: 1, Redundant) by canopic jug on Friday November 01 2019, @04:03PM (6 children)

    by canopic jug (3949) Subscriber Badge on Friday November 01 2019, @04:03PM (#914633) Journal

    There's a long list of incidents of treason, bribery, and other high crimes and misdemeanors the whole time he has been in office. It's just that some in the public seem to have become inured to criminality. Take the forged weather map, which is a federal crime [cornell.edu]. The press, being part of the problem, just laughed it off as did social control media. He really could just shoot someone, anyone, in the middle of the street and you all would just shrug it off, maybe even with a chuckle.

    There used to be a system of checks and balances between the different branches of the US government. We'll soon see if any of that system is left, but it's looking like the Republicans are instead going to treat this as a partisan issue rather than a constitutional obligation [bloomberg.com]. He's one of theirs, they need to help rope him in.

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  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Friday November 01 2019, @04:47PM (5 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Friday November 01 2019, @04:47PM (#914654) Journal

    The chuckle? Maybe. If he shot Pelosi, maybe.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 01 2019, @05:20PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 01 2019, @05:20PM (#914683)

      FBI? CIA? NSA?

      We've got a domestic terrorist hoping for the assassination of a congresswoman. Yall'qaeda picking up steam!

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 02 2019, @05:16AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 02 2019, @05:16AM (#914957)

        According to IRC, Ol' Runaway had to take some mandatory days off, for no discernable reason. You know what that means! Guys in the shiny black SUVs with the Nice Suits, and wires paid a visit to his bosses. Runaway may not be long for SoylentNews!

    • (Score: 2) by canopic jug on Friday November 01 2019, @05:32PM (1 child)

      by canopic jug (3949) Subscriber Badge on Friday November 01 2019, @05:32PM (#914695) Journal

      She has been protecting him for months for no apparent reason. However, it would not be out of character for him to turn on an ally, old or new.

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      • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Saturday November 02 2019, @03:22AM

        by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Saturday November 02 2019, @03:22AM (#914933) Journal

        That is nonsense. She's been holding back her fellow crazies, because she is lucid enough to realize this impeachment simply cannot go anywhere. Protecting Trump? Pelosi would eat his heart, if she had to climb up his ass to get at it.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 01 2019, @07:13PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 01 2019, @07:13PM (#914761)

      She'd cut his balls off if he tried.