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The insurrection clause -by Tom Tomorrow (Original Post) kpete Jan 2024 OP
Off to the greatest page with ye! EYESORE 9001 Jan 2024 #1
Would be funny if it weren't so scary and true. /nt bucolic_frolic Jan 2024 #2
If these things weren't so expensive, I'd punch the laptop screen. Probatim Jan 2024 #5
The people who say that the 14th amendment article #3 does not cover Trump can't or will not read ... Botany Jan 2024 #3
yep yep i agree oldinmtdem92 Jan 2024 #6
Google Green Bay Wisconsin 2016 election Russia Trump. USA today Botany Jan 2024 #7
Well the Democrats had control of the house and senate. Lucky Luciano Jan 2024 #16
I might be wrong but I think they are hiding just how deep into America the Russians got... Botany Jan 2024 #22
Excellent usage of double "in" btw! GreenWave Jan 2024 #21
Double "in"? ShazzieB Jan 2024 #29
here you go... GreenWave Jan 2024 #31
many in the Dem party openly say he's a Russian puppet -- e..g HRC and Nancy Pelosi-- and some in the media do LymphocyteLover Jan 2024 #9
Bottom line.... The Steele Dossier was and still is correct Botany Jan 2024 #11
It was an excellent post, no apologies necessary redqueen Jan 2024 #14
FYI on the pee pee stuff which took place in November of '13 Trump is reported to have gone to .... Botany Jan 2024 #18
totally agree and the way the GOP has put their heads in the sand about all this should shame them forever LymphocyteLover Jan 2024 #28
K&R 2naSalit Jan 2024 #4
The Trump Court will not disappoint dalton99a Jan 2024 #8
this is so deeply true and frustrating LymphocyteLover Jan 2024 #10
Don't laugh, one of these scenarios will come to pass. Wednesdays Jan 2024 #12
The Federalist Society Six will probably use excuse #4: "the people should decide." sop Jan 2024 #13
That's their go-to answer. k55f5r Jan 2024 #19
Political cartoon of the Decade! Tarzanrock Jan 2024 #15
If they can invoke a 16th century witch-hunter to justify overturning abortion rights..... lastlib Jan 2024 #17
Print this out, paste it to the back of a postcard and mass mail it to them. If it's on a postcard people will see it Hotler Jan 2024 #20
Fascism On The March Old Enough 2 Jan 2024 #23
...And the bleat goes, and the bleat goes on. Ford_Prefect Jan 2024 #24
Great cartoon LetMyPeopleVote Jan 2024 #25
Tears odins folly Jan 2024 #26
Sadly plausible since the Subversive 6 turned SCOTUS into the Extreme Cult. Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2024 #27
Most excellent. I only hope it doesn't turn out to be true. Martin68 Jan 2024 #30

Botany

(70,897 posts)
3. The people who say that the 14th amendment article #3 does not cover Trump can't or will not read ...
Mon Jan 15, 2024, 10:27 AM
Jan 2024

… it is all right there. If violated your oath to protect and defend the Constitution or took
part in an insurrection against our democratic elected government you are ineligible to
hold elected office.

Btw when will the media and the Democratic Party admit that he was installed by Russia
in order to hurt America?

oldinmtdem92

(47 posts)
6. yep yep i agree
Mon Jan 15, 2024, 10:37 AM
Jan 2024

the russians put trump in in 16 it is very clear to us that can read. and are not assholes.

Botany

(70,897 posts)
7. Google Green Bay Wisconsin 2016 election Russia Trump. USA today
Mon Jan 15, 2024, 10:54 AM
Jan 2024

The Russian Agents who hacked into the Wisconsin voter d-bases and flipped the results
left behind their Russian email addresses just to taunt the American people. Exit polls showed
Hillary winning and Russ Feingold was @ a > 95 % chance of winning.

We need to see the un redacted Muller Report along with the other proof of the Trump/Russia
connections such as Alfa Bank’s 2,500 hook ups to the Trump campaign’s computer server
in Lititiz, PA. (New Yorker).

Lucky Luciano

(11,281 posts)
16. Well the Democrats had control of the house and senate.
Mon Jan 15, 2024, 12:17 PM
Jan 2024

They opted not to release the unredacted Muller report. Very disheartening…but it does tell us that democrats didn’t want it released because they had two years to do so and clearly thought it best to not release it.

Botany

(70,897 posts)
22. I might be wrong but I think they are hiding just how deep into America the Russians got...
Mon Jan 15, 2024, 12:36 PM
Jan 2024

… and still are because look @ how much of the GOP is blocking help for Ukraine, how
blatantly people like Ron Johnson repeat word for word Russian talking points, and that
Putin is working to reinstall Trump in ‘24.

LymphocyteLover

(5,751 posts)
9. many in the Dem party openly say he's a Russian puppet -- e..g HRC and Nancy Pelosi-- and some in the media do
Mon Jan 15, 2024, 11:04 AM
Jan 2024

I don't think you're going to get a statement signed by all Dems and people in the media to this effect though

Botany

(70,897 posts)
11. Bottom line.... The Steele Dossier was and still is correct
Mon Jan 15, 2024, 11:21 AM
Jan 2024

In that Trump was in debt to Russia, China, and Saudi Arabia before the 2016 elections. Hell
Trump just admitted that he took $8 million in bribes as President from foreign countries for
services he did for them as President. The pee pee stuff in the dossier is just an aside.

The man needs to be in jail for his crimes. We executed the Rosenbergs for doing what he did.

Sorry to wander in this post.

redqueen

(115,113 posts)
14. It was an excellent post, no apologies necessary
Mon Jan 15, 2024, 11:52 AM
Jan 2024

You're spot on about the pee stuff, so of course it was a convenient distraction from the more serious and substantial issues

Botany

(70,897 posts)
18. FYI on the pee pee stuff which took place in November of '13 Trump is reported to have gone to ....
Mon Jan 15, 2024, 12:20 PM
Jan 2024

…. a club in Las Vegas in March of that year that had “water sports” shows with the some of the
exact same Russians that were at the meeting @ Trump Tower in June of 2016. Putin who was KGB and
learned that Trump’s sweet spot was golden showers and no doubt set him up to be blackmailed
with video of Trump and a pee pee show in November of 2013 but the important parts of the Steele
Dossier was that hostile foreign governments* had their hooks into Trump for millions of dollars.



* China was a big one and in 2017 China spent millions on rooms @ Trump’s D.C. hotel 5 million of
which ended up in a Chinese bank account for Donny. The man is owned end of story.

LymphocyteLover

(5,751 posts)
28. totally agree and the way the GOP has put their heads in the sand about all this should shame them forever
Mon Jan 15, 2024, 04:53 PM
Jan 2024

Wednesdays

(17,744 posts)
12. Don't laugh, one of these scenarios will come to pass.
Mon Jan 15, 2024, 11:40 AM
Jan 2024

I'd bet even money on it.

If we're lucky, the SCOTUS will not take up the case, letting the lower court's ruling stand.
IF!

k55f5r

(233 posts)
19. That's their go-to answer.
Mon Jan 15, 2024, 12:23 PM
Jan 2024

But, if the people "deciding" are deciding to join a mob, mob rule is by definition illegal...

Tarzanrock

(128 posts)
15. Political cartoon of the Decade!
Mon Jan 15, 2024, 11:58 AM
Jan 2024

Political cartoon of the Decade! Prescient. It's going to be a real hoot to watch those "bribe taking" Fascists on that corrupt Court twist themselves into pretzels with their bonehead Federalist Society "strict constructionism" and "texturalism" over the clear and unambiguous plain meaning of the 14th Amendment and their idolatry of "State's Rights."

lastlib

(23,617 posts)
17. If they can invoke a 16th century witch-hunter to justify overturning abortion rights.....
Mon Jan 15, 2024, 12:17 PM
Jan 2024

...then imposing divine right of kings is easy-peasy.

Hotler

(11,593 posts)
20. Print this out, paste it to the back of a postcard and mass mail it to them. If it's on a postcard people will see it
Mon Jan 15, 2024, 12:30 PM
Jan 2024

and maybe read it all the way to it's destination. These Justices are thin skinned. It would bother them if they got a few hundred in the mail. An example of good trouble.

P.S. Use Art Vandelay for the sender name with a fake address.

Old Enough 2

(91 posts)
23. Fascism On The March
Mon Jan 15, 2024, 12:46 PM
Jan 2024

The unholy Trinity of the GOP, Supreme Court and Soft onTrump Media almost assures us of a Fascist Tsunami in 2024. Hey Tom Tomorrow, Save Us!!!

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