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"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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Trump Impeachment: House Votes to Formalise Inquiry
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(Score: 1) by Scottingham on Friday November 01 2019, @06:13PM (2 children)
What crimes? Were they ever enumerated? Trump wanted Ukraine to publicly announce they were investigating, but never mentioned into what, or why? They wanted to be able to say 'Look, Ukraine said they'd investigating the Bidens...must be bad! Vote for me!'
Nepotism, while bad, is not a crime (kind of hypocritical to bring up though, given Trumps affinity for it). Not sure why you think I'd think (or any other person thinking what happened was illegal/impeachable) we're A-OK with Biden getting on that board. It's just that -
ugh, fuck this. I was going to continue, but this is a bad-faith bullshit cesspool.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 01 2019, @07:33PM (1 child)
Yup, anyone defending trump at this point is willfully ignoring reality and supporting corruption and outright criminal behavior. It is astoundingly clear, yet we continue to get the same blind bullshit as you say.
Aristarchus and Azuma are absolutely correct about this site.
(Score: 4, Interesting) by Azuma Hazuki on Saturday November 02 2019, @02:20AM
I hate that it's come to this! I never wanted to feel or think this way, these things, about a site like this! It had so much potential, so much promise, and to see it reduced to this...is nauseating. (Also I'm not too happy to be lumped in with Ari, as we have very, very different methods and I've warned him several times he's blown his own credibility with his stupid trolling approach, but what can you do?)
Have to say this, though: it's been a very educational ride, and one that's allowed me to see what crazy looks like and watch people being radicalized real-time. We have some sad, sorry cases on here who are going to die on this idiot hill, and die laughing. I've learned what it is to deal with beings who willfully, gleefully, maliciously, throw their humanity and critical thinking aside for nothing more than a brief feeling of superiority. I've learned that there are people who will happily sell their souls for nothing more than the equivalent of feeling like they're on the winning side.
All in all, it's things I've needed to learn, as it's a microcosm of a distressingly large segment of the US voting public. But it's been unspeakably painful and disappointing, too. The best I got out of this is giving myself permission to give up on people, to stop trying to pull their souls out of the solipsistic vortices they have willfully created and thrown said souls into, laughing all the while. These are not functioning human beings any longer; they are perverted mockeries, things that still wear a human skin. I have given myself permission to let them go, and defend myself and my peace from them if need be. But what a sad way to end...
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...