#Hardball

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2026-02-10
Thelonious08Thelonious08
2026-01-18

This guy is absolutely right.

Sitting around doing nothing

or letting our elected representatives sit around doing nothing

is absolutely unacceptable

Thelonious08Thelonious08
2026-01-04

"I expect evil people to do evil things

I also expect people selling themselves as a bulwark against those evil people to fight tooth and nail against the evil things evil people do

only one of these groups is currently performing according to expectations"

@tvsadam.bsky.social‬

unofficial mirrorRafaello@mastodon.world
2026-01-03

Trump hated his first two impeachments with the fire of a billion suns. He fears impeachment now, and mentions it sometimes during his rants.

Get his crimes on record and make his loyalists own them. The American people deserve to hear the crimes listed.

Not impeaching emboldens his base more.

#ImpeachConvictRemove #NoKings #RaiseTheBar #PrimaryThemAll #DemandMore #DoSomething #NoDo #uspol #USPolitics #journalism #media #socialmedia #impeach #impeachment #MakeThemFight #Hardball

unofficial mirrorRafaello@mastodon.world
2026-01-03

Stop saying, "They'll never impeach him." Low expectations grant them permission to continue to do nothing. (Which is a relief to them.)

Demand integrity. Expect better of them. Require them to do their jobs and honor the oaths they swore.

Stop giving them permission.

THEY. ARE. LISTENING.

#ImpeachConvictRemove #NoKings #RaiseTheBar #PrimaryThemAll #DemandMore #DoSomething #NoDo #uspol #USPolitics #journalism #media #socialmedia #impeach #impeachment #MakeThemFight #Hardball

unofficial mirrorRafaello@mastodon.world
2026-01-03

We see people saying “Republicans will never vote to impeach or convict Trump.”

To which we say:

Not with that attitude they won’t.

Our job is to remind everyone that yes, Republicans can. And yes, they did before. Because repeated messages spread, and we want to reinforce possibility over doom.

#ImpeachConvictRemove #NoKings #RaiseTheBar #PrimaryThemAll #DemandMore #DoSomething #NoDo #uspol #USPolitics #journalism #media #socialmedia #impeach #impeachment #MakeThemFight #Hardball

unofficial mirrorRafaello@mastodon.world
2026-01-03

We know that taking action for impeachment isn't for everyone. Doomers gonna doom!

In the meantime, we are going to keep fighting for the country all of us deserve.

#ImpeachConvictRemove #NoKings #RaiseTheBar #PrimaryThemAll #DemandMore #DoSomething #NoDo #uspol #USPolitics #journalism #media #socialmedia #impeach #impeachment #MakeThemFight #Hardball #Raskin #JamieRaskin

unofficial mirrorRafaello@mastodon.world
2026-01-03

Thank you, Rep. Ramirez @ramirez.house.gov, for aligning your votes with your words. You use the words 'wannabe king' and 'authoritarian' and back it up by supporting impeachment.

We wish the rest of your colleagues who talk a big game about Trump being dangerous or tyrannical would do the same.

#ImpeachConvictRemove #NoKings #RaiseTheBar #PrimaryThemAll #DemandMore #DoSomething #NoDo #uspol #USPolitics #journalism #media #socialmedia #impeach #impeachment #MakeThemFight #Hardball #Ramirez

unofficial mirrorRafaello@mastodon.world
2026-01-03

Does Rep. Raskin @raskin.house.gov, the Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee for the 119th Congress, need us to call his Rep for him?

#MD08 #Epstein #coverup
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unofficial mirrorRafaello@mastodon.world
2026-01-03

“It’s important we push for impeachment of President Trump after 20-plus years of trying to find a resolution with our abuser and enablers.”

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unofficial mirrorRafaello@mastodon.world
2026-01-03

"Now here’s the catch: Republicans use this tool constantly. Democrats? Almost never.

And that’s not because they can’t; it’s because they choose not to."

It's just one way that Democrats have chosen not to fight.

Listen to the whole episode here:

gaslitnation.libsyn.com/impeac

#ImpeachConvictRemove #NoKings #RaiseTheBar #PrimaryThemAll #DemandMore #DoSomething #NoDo #uspol #USPolitics #journalism #media #socialmedia #impeach #impeachment #MakeThemFight #Hardball

unofficial mirrorRafaello@mastodon.world
2026-01-03

"Unanimous consent is a very real procedural quirk that gives every single senator, regardless of party or seniority, enormous power. All they have to do is deny consent. Just say no, and legislative business slows to a crawl."

#ImpeachConvictRemove #NoKings #RaiseTheBar #PrimaryThemAll #DemandMore #DoSomething #NoDo #uspol #USPolitics #journalism #media #socialmedia #impeach #impeachment #MakeThemFight #Hardball

unofficial mirrorRafaello@mastodon.world
2026-01-03

Congress has been tossing away power for many months. In June, on Gaslit Nation @gaslitnation.bsky.social:

"Meet unanimous consent: the Senate’s dirty little secret, and the power Democrats refuse to use. Imagine if all it took to stop the Senate in its tracks was one simple word: No."

#ImpeachConvictRemove #NoKings #RaiseTheBar #PrimaryThemAll #DemandMore #DoSomething #NoDo #uspol #USPolitics #journalism #media #socialmedia #impeach #impeachment #MakeThemFight #Hardball

unofficial mirrorRafaello@mastodon.world
2026-01-03

Members of Congress are fretting about the power they've been throwing away with both hands.

Our position has been, and continues to be, that they must honor their oaths. Power unused is power surrendered.

Read here: archive.ph/LUCAu

nytimes.com/2026/01/02/us/poli

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unofficial mirrorRafaello@mastodon.world
2026-01-03
Thelonious08Thelonious08
2026-01-03

RE: sfba.social/@jtgd/115829994245

So many people do the counterproductive.

"The Cons won't impeach their glorious leader." is prescribing action to them. It pre-excuses their behavior.

Doing that takes all the pressure off 'em. It lets 'em off the hook.

We need to do the opposite of that.

Thelonious08Thelonious08
2026-01-03

Last time we voted him out we got a violent coup attempt

Right now he's preparing his third inauguration because his private army of unaccountable masked thugs loyal only to him is growing, and he knows he can just toss ballot boxes into the ocean with impunity.

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