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Glenn Eychaner's avatar

I have written my Democratic Senators and my spineless Republican weasel of a Representative demanding exactly this.

Stephen Strum, MD, FACP's avatar

call, each of us, commit to calling 10 Senators and/or Congressman per day; leave a message if you get voice mail.

https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

Congressmen and Senators- links to Washington, DC, telephone numbers.

https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

Susan Sommer's avatar

“The fact that removal is procedurally difficult does not dissolve the moral and constitutional obligation to demand it.” Exactly! Thank you, Mike. This is a critical post you have written and needs to be shared widely, including with the people we elected to represent us in Congress.

Mike Brock's avatar

I hope you will help me in that endeavor.

Karen Faith Anderson's avatar

I wish they would do that too protect our country. We can’t wait.

Harper Thorpe's avatar

DT’S PEACE ENVOYS DIDN’T FAIL

As “Board of Piece” of the action biz partners, Iran talks failing is a win for Kushner-Witkoff backers & BoP mbers Israel, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, & UAE. BoP needs a war to make money, ie reconstruction of Gaza, Ukraine, Iran ... Right, DT?💰

Trump is using the military and treasury of the U.S. to further the goals of his other job, Chairman of the Board of Peace grift. IMPEACH!!

Stephen Strum, MD, FACP's avatar

The Man Who Stole America, by Donald J. Trump & fellow criminals. Trump will be selling his book soon.

Patsy Landy's avatar

This is so on point! I just wish we had strong Democratic leadership 😥. We need fighters now more than ever.

Thanks for this excellent article.

Anecdotage's avatar

I'm sorry, but you're standing up in a whorehouse and screaming that fucking is immoral and has to stop.

Stopping all business in Congress to demand impeachment doesn't win Members campaign contributions and it doesn't win votes except perhaps and in the bluest of districts.

If you want to action on this topic it has to start with millions of people coming out in the streets. Demanding that members of Congress be faithful to their oaths of office is a completely vain exercise.

Mike Brock's avatar

I have more faith in the American people than you do, clearly. They just want someone to tell them the fucking truth. Not fucking talking points about "affordability".

Stephen Strum, MD, FACP's avatar

How many books, talk shows, comedians, substacks, are needed? The truth about Trump has been declared. The truth for Trump and his cohorts is to just "make it up."

The American citizenry has been told the Truth. The man and his cronies in power, don't give a rat's ass about what is right. Who voted him into office: TWICE.

Mike, you know, I think, the old saying: "Fuck me over once, shame on you. Fuck me over twice, shame on me." How many times does anyone need to put their hand on a red hot stove?

How many of the adults in the US of voting age watch the news for an hour a day or read a periodical or newspaper or make a comment on a substack.

You see what you want to see, and you hear what you want to hear.

I liked your commentary, despite not understanding your point: "just tell them the fucking truth." They have seen it, felt it, heard it and ignored it, and if not, the reaction of going to a No Kings demonstration and believing that a show of 7 or 14 million Americans out of 348,488,643 will change something is naivete. God, I wish it wasn't.

Stephen Strum, MD, FACP's avatar

Hallelujah. Yes, stand up and speak out. But there's a football game I just can't miss.

ACT: Action, Commitment, Togetherness but don't AIL (apathy, indifference to cause, lack of unity)

pete gee's avatar

Is it already too late for America to escape the vortex of this TRUMP/MAGA/GOP black hole?

Treason is everywhere afoot.

Yet your patriot Reveres are sounding like sad Cassandras!

I wish you luck ... and heroes.

Stephen Strum, MD, FACP's avatar

I agree with Mike's reporting on Iran. My surmise: It's Trump and Hegseth, in their infantile, big boy video game mode, blowing up people and places as if it were all just a gag.

And behind EVERY thing that Trump & Associates do, look for the deal. The great and experienced diplomat, Jared Kushner, and Steve Wycoff, probably could not get the Iranians to cough up trace minerals or oil or a Trump Hotel, so no deal, then kick their ass. No deal with Zelensky, withdraw support. No deal with Iran, bomb the crap and murder civilians. No deal with Venezuela.... not quite, but what happened to the regime change there??? That was opportunity to more easily do a regime change but Donny said no.

I would hope to see Trump removed from office, by impeachment or by any legal process but legality and justice in the US is a thing of the past and has been going downhill for decades.

Mike, I see your thoughts but even if the Democrats refuse to participate in any form of government business, Trump et al will operate as they are doing: No restraints, No attention to Rule of Law, and full disregard to follow the Constitution. Mike, your playing gin rummy, and they are playing a card game with rules that they have made up. Example: Epstein files release and Bondi's refusal to release more files.

We have met the Fascist, and he has taken over our house. His rules, are now House Rules. The complicit Republican Congress, The corrupt SCOTUS with Alito and Thomas, the lame Democratic Party during the Biden years, and the Founding Fathers who never dreamed that the citizenry could become so apathetic, or naive in who they would vote to be Commander-in-Chief ⇢ The Perfect Storm. Or, as Trump would say, "like you've never seen it before."

ONLY HOPE: massive demonstrations & I mean massive. Non-stop phone and emails to all members of Congress, no matter what state you live in and no matter what party affiliation.

Call and spend 2 hours of your day and make a list of each Senator and Congressman you call.

That's the glimmer of hope as I see it.

Now we have hit rock bottom.

Daniel Pareja's avatar

What's needed is not impeachment.

What's needed is a vote of no confidence.

A pity the US developed its political system before it had better examples.

Jyoti's avatar

We the people need to write and call every day demanding this remedy. They are traitors and we are powerful if we speak up and show up. Thank you for this post.

Colin Wilson's avatar

I too am concerned about the powers of an individual to begin a war. Which other USA Presidents have done this, legally or otherwise?