https://www.messageboxnews.com/p/the-25th-amendment-isnt-coming-to

«The Vice President and a majority of the cabinet send a notice to Congress stating that the President is unable to perform his duties. At that point, the Vice President becomes Acting President.

The President then has the opportunity to dispute this. The Vice President and cabinet must reaffirm their declaration, and Congress must assemble and vote within 21 days. A two-thirds majority in *both* chambers is required to keep the Acting President in place.

By now, everyone has come around to the idea that removing Trump via impeachment is an impossibility. If the Senate wouldn’t convict Trump on his way out of office — right after he sent a mob of his supporters to murder them — it’s hard to fathom a scenario where they’d vote to remove him now.

And the degree of difficulty on the 25th Amendment is much, much higher than traditional impeachment.

It starts with getting J.D. Vance and a majority of Trump’s cabinet to vote for his removal. Look at that roster of sycophants and incompetent lackeys and tell me which one of them would put loyalty to country over loyalty to Trump. I can’t think of a single one, let alone enough to constitute a majority.

Even if somehow that happened, you’d still need two-thirds of both houses to remove him. (For comparison, impeachment only requires a majority in the House and two-thirds of the Senate.)

And let’s say all of those impossible things somehow occur — we still end up with J.D. Vance as President and Mike Johnson as Vice President.

What a win!»

Not that I want to speak anything into existence, but what will it look like when Trump wants to do A Very Bad Thing? How many high-ranking (military) officers will be willing to be fired? How fast will Congress move to get a 2/3 majority? Will they act before Trump and Hegseth work their way down to an officer willing to do The Thing? If The Thing happens, will this country give anybody up for a war crimes trial? If not, will we have our own (fair) trial?

https://newrepublic.com/article/208579/trump-cfpb-warning-signals-economy-recession

«What they want in this instance is to shut off any warning lights that might dare blink red about the economy. It’s bad for business, and if a bust is coming they’d prefer we suckers don’t know in advance. We may get crushed, but the big players will get bailed out, like always.»

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/pastors-denounce-trump-ice-crackdown-evangelical-churches-rcna264166

«Amid ICE arrests and detentions, attendance has dropped and churches have closed. “You’re deporting the future of American Christianity,” a Latino evangelical leader said.»

Maybe don’t vote for straight-out racists next time.

(I did not read the article.)

«Mr. Hegseth had been pressing Mr. Driscoll and General George for months to remove the officers from the promotion list. But Mr. Driscoll and General George refused, citing the officers’ long records of exemplary service.»

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/us/politics/hegseth-fires-general-randy-george.html?unlocked_article_code=1.YFA.qiRU.IL1nDXShZJx3&smid=url-share (gift)

Because guess who actually won the popular vote?

That doesn’t mean we should give up on passing it (state by state), but it IS an argument against anybody on the right saying it’s just a Democratic gimmick.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/30/style/cpac-scene-maga.html?unlocked_article_code=1.XFA.6-ld.-85_Fh0J_1E-&smid=url-share (gift)

Pretty sure racism lives on, though. It’s eternal.

https://newrepublic.com/article/208322/pete-hegseth-religion-war-iran-sadism-rage

I wonder if Twain was truly being satirical when he wrote *The War Prayer*?

Or was it based on actual prayers he had heard?

https://prospect.org/2026/03/30/apr-2026-magazine-when-ice-blows-through-rural-america-minnesota/

«Salazar herself had always been told by family members to hide her emotions and keep her head down. Despite this, she couldn’t help but cry at an Albert Lea City Council meeting on February 9, when she gave a public statement about how ICE was affecting her family.

“Both my daughters are carrying their passports,” she said, wiping a tear away. “I shouldn’t have to send my kids that are U.S. citizens with their passports because I don’t know if they’re going to be detained.” Her voice hitched. “I can’t even allow my mom to go outside during the day when I am not home.”

She described to me her work organizing Cinco de Mayo and Mexican Independence Day celebrations for city residents, which she has done for years.

“Everybody loves the music, the food, the parties,” she said. “But are you saying you just love our music? You just love our food? But you don’t love us enough to fight for us to stay here?”»

https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB965

The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact has passed the Virginia legislature by 21-19 in the Senate, 61-36 in the House.

The closeness in the Senate shows why every vote at the state level counts. Maine just narrowly defeated an attempt to repeal it. Once this thing goes into law, Republicans will never stop trying to take it down.

https://www.nationalpopularvote.com/63-support-national-popular-vote-president-pew-poll