It is appalling that there are not enough Republicans in the House and Senate willing to impeach and convict all of the criminals in the executive and judicial branches of our government, including the mob boss, Trump himself. We are aware that our country is sinking in a cesspool of corruption and criminality. The GOP majorities are aware of this and have the power to stop it; we should not have to live in the MAGA swamp until the next congressional elections.
I agree! Unless there is a 100% assurance for conviction, impeachment is just words! "Orange satan" has been impeached twice, has that stopped him? Hell no! It only emboldens him to do much worse! Impeachment means nothing to this person, or to the MAGAs in congress and/or the Supreme Court!
I agree with you completely Anthony . While I love Steve, the question I have is why he is concerning himself with Hakeem Jerfries statement ? Is this going to become a war of words on what the dems are supposed to do in the future, as opposed to who has all the power right now. I want to see more people of position and power speak out now. The level of corruption staggers the imagination. It runs thorugh every area, business, government, media outlets.. I don't see how we can right this ship.. Certainly worrying about what Hakeem has to say is the least of my worries. I remember Nancy didn't want to impeach him the first time . She wanted to work on things we need.. alas she had to, she said, he was self impeaching. Lastly, I don't think we can wait until 2026 for things to get fixed . The pressure has to be put on the gop now. lost in america
I agree with Steve, just bc our current Dem leadership is not in control and able to take action, their words at this time are important in stsking the position needed that will require action in the future. What's being said now is he's not bad enough to replace and that's just incorrect on every level.
Remember also that the Republicans should never have allowed the incompetent nominees through. There has to be a consequence for all this. Some things you just cannot let slide.
We need leadership now. Willing to stand up and tell the truth not to cower down and say oh we have bigger battles and save our ammo...
I wrote this response (below) to a similar comment by Cathleen Labate:
"He (Hakeem Jeffries) should pursue impeachment of everyone in Trump's regime, including (of course), Trump. His reasoning is that since there is a GOP majority any House vote to impeach would fail. But, I agree with you and David Sheussler, GOP reps should be forced to go on record as refusing to impeach the men and women who are destroying this country and threatening everyone around the globe.
Threatening is exactly why the MAGANAZIs haven’t called for impeachment. Or the Dems for that matter.
If they brought up a bill or action to impeach they would be doxxed, swatted, shot at, kidnapped, their children and family harrassed or hurt, etc, etc, etc.
This is where the MAGANAZIs have brought us as a nation. Sadly, it didn’t take a long time. And also depressing is that the people of Tennessee have re-elected a MAGANAZIs which they think is a better alternative than a progressive Dem.
Of course, it is bad news that Van Epps won; however, the election results have shown that even in this deep red district many people have become aware of what a danger the MAGAGOP is:
"Van Epps defeated state Rep. Aftyn Behn (D) for a Nashville-area House seat that went for President Trump by over 20 points last year. According to voting data on Tuesday night, he won the seat by roughly 9 points, raising alarm bells for some in the GOP who fear the surprising competitiveness of the race could be a bad omen for next year."
We should not have to wait until next November's elections; but, our side is going to win overwhelmingly and MAGA politicians will be forced to answer for their crimes and corruption. I can't stop hoping and believing that this must and will happen.
It still astounds me that the voters in TN could vote for the MAGANAZIs. After everything they / we have seen, heard and experienced. They still voted for the NAZI. Van Epps even thanked our orange imbecile POTUS for his victory.
If we ever get out of this ditch we need to have a "Nuremberg style" hearings and trials. Stockholm syndrome will not be a defense. They need to be tried for their crimes and their actions in destroying our republic.
So, yes Behn lost in a place that the annoying orange won by over 20 points but, the people of TN just don’t see the writing on the wall ( yet ). A year from today we will have our answer. Will the orange imbecile accept the results of the mid-terms? That is what worries me the most.
They know damn well that the majority of Americans, and I include many "normal" GOP's, hate what is happening to our country! That is why they are scrambling to gerrymander the hell out of our country! They don't want their enemies, the Democrats, to win at any cost! What has happened in less than a year, is insane, as well as criminal! Yet, we have weaklings in congress-Cruz being a good example-who would never say or do anything against "orange satan's" wishes! They will be reelected again and again, while we who love democracy, will suffer the consequences!
When people talk about war crimes, they always reach for Calley or Medina. Fair enough. But Hegseth reminds me of something worse: the guys who turned atrocity into a flowchart.
America has never just produced the gunmen. We’ve also produced the bright, ambitious “strategists” who sit under fluorescent lights and rename murder as “lethality,” as if a new label makes the blood less real. Those men scare me more than the ones with rifles, because they make barbarism sound professional.
Look at the Phoenix Program. It didn’t need a thousand Calleys. It needed a handful of clever operators who believed chaos could be “managed.” That’s where the real sickness lived: in the bureaucrats who wrapped brutality in jargon until nobody could tell the difference between a policy and a crime scene.
That’s Hegseth. Not a warrior. Not even a villain in the classic sense. He’s the middle manager of Calleys. The guy who mistakes nihilism for strategy and calls it doctrine. That’s why impeachment isn’t some symbolic gesture. It’s the bare minimum for a country that wants to stay a country.
Schmidt is right. But the danger isn’t just the man committing the crime. It’s the one who builds a system where the crime becomes the job description.
I'm a little older than you are, Steve, so I always remember the VietNam war as the "first" war that I was familiar with as I saw my father watching it on the nightly news. I was still in elementary school when the war began, yet I always remember hearing about My Lai and William Calley. I just read your previous post about what actually happened that day, and the links to American Experience with more of the history. I did not know anything about Hugh Thompson, but will now remember his name and his story.
You are a font of knowledge and I thank you for providing this important and (sadly) relevant information about today's unlawfulness coming from the trump regime.
He and the criminals running his regime will have to be brought to justice....one day. I hope that I live long enough to see it.
Please Steve, that's an insult to Yoko Ono, the brilliant artist and peacemaker. It's also an insult to John Lennon who was nothing of a fraud, like Hegseth.
Rather than vilified, Calley is symbolic of the recklessness that is now being celebrated as "policy", a policy that is opaque...but...this, and Somalis in Minnesota, East Wing anger, the Six Senate "villains" who should be executed...all are diversions from Epstein. Only Epstein files and The Felon's part in it will crack his veneer in the eyes of his minions. Only Epstein!
He is the head of the “Department of War Crimes.” Minority leader Jeffries can not read the room. He should be replaced if he can’t see that the majority of voters are hungry to punch back. Is he worried that there will be backlash like there (supposedly) was for Trump’s impeachment? Or is he just incapable of seeing that Pete Hegseth is a danger to our Country through sheer incompetence?
People tend to focus on the Christian Nationalist symbol tattooed on Hegseth's right chest but my eye always goes to the flag with assault weapon image on his arm.
When a child, I scotch taped a little flag image to the fridge. My father, (1st Lieutenant Artillery WWII), instructed me to fly it correctly, the Union blue with stars on the left.
Note how Hegseth's flag flies the wrong way... yet the attached assault weapon aims right.
He should pursue impeachment of everyone in Trump's regime, including (of course), Trump. His reasoning is that since there is a GOP majority any House vote to impeach would fail. But, I agree with you and David Sheussler, GOP reps should be forced to go on record as refusing to impeach the men and women who are destroying this country and threatening everyone around the globe.
"Pete Hegseth, RFK Jr., Kristi Noem, Pam Bondi, Kash Patel and Emil Bove should all be impeached. Faithfulness to duty requires it." Yes, Steve, we are all aboard the "Ship of State" that has already steered into the metaphorical iceberg. It is terribly difficult to turn around a huge ship. Not only faithfulness to duty requires it. The survival of our experiment with democracy requires it. Morality, values, empathy, respect for the rule of law, integrity---good heavens, the list is endless of what else requires impeachment and removal of these wastrels. This is the old tv show "The Gong Show" that brought on the least talented, cringeworthy folks to get thrown off stage. If we pretend to normalize this presidency, his Cabinet of Losers, his affirmation of all of their illegal, inhumane actions, then how might we ever pretend to have a nation after 2028?
Why does Hegseth always shout and talk so rapidly he sounds like he's amped up on something. I can't stand his arrogance and insolence. He's become untouchable, just like trump.
That is why Trump wants the Department called The Department of War, not The Department of Defense! I am sure that we will see more war crimes before this is all over!
It is appalling that there are not enough Republicans in the House and Senate willing to impeach and convict all of the criminals in the executive and judicial branches of our government, including the mob boss, Trump himself. We are aware that our country is sinking in a cesspool of corruption and criminality. The GOP majorities are aware of this and have the power to stop it; we should not have to live in the MAGA swamp until the next congressional elections.
If there is a way to bring impeachment to a vote it should be done, they may not impeach and or convict, but we can have their vote on record.
A Conviction must accompany Any impeachment.
I agree! Unless there is a 100% assurance for conviction, impeachment is just words! "Orange satan" has been impeached twice, has that stopped him? Hell no! It only emboldens him to do much worse! Impeachment means nothing to this person, or to the MAGAs in congress and/or the Supreme Court!
Exactly!
I agree with you completely Anthony . While I love Steve, the question I have is why he is concerning himself with Hakeem Jerfries statement ? Is this going to become a war of words on what the dems are supposed to do in the future, as opposed to who has all the power right now. I want to see more people of position and power speak out now. The level of corruption staggers the imagination. It runs thorugh every area, business, government, media outlets.. I don't see how we can right this ship.. Certainly worrying about what Hakeem has to say is the least of my worries. I remember Nancy didn't want to impeach him the first time . She wanted to work on things we need.. alas she had to, she said, he was self impeaching. Lastly, I don't think we can wait until 2026 for things to get fixed . The pressure has to be put on the gop now. lost in america
I agree with Steve, just bc our current Dem leadership is not in control and able to take action, their words at this time are important in stsking the position needed that will require action in the future. What's being said now is he's not bad enough to replace and that's just incorrect on every level.
Remember also that the Republicans should never have allowed the incompetent nominees through. There has to be a consequence for all this. Some things you just cannot let slide.
We need leadership now. Willing to stand up and tell the truth not to cower down and say oh we have bigger battles and save our ammo...
I wrote this response (below) to a similar comment by Cathleen Labate:
"He (Hakeem Jeffries) should pursue impeachment of everyone in Trump's regime, including (of course), Trump. His reasoning is that since there is a GOP majority any House vote to impeach would fail. But, I agree with you and David Sheussler, GOP reps should be forced to go on record as refusing to impeach the men and women who are destroying this country and threatening everyone around the globe.
Threatening is exactly why the MAGANAZIs haven’t called for impeachment. Or the Dems for that matter.
If they brought up a bill or action to impeach they would be doxxed, swatted, shot at, kidnapped, their children and family harrassed or hurt, etc, etc, etc.
This is where the MAGANAZIs have brought us as a nation. Sadly, it didn’t take a long time. And also depressing is that the people of Tennessee have re-elected a MAGANAZIs which they think is a better alternative than a progressive Dem.
It’s always darkest before it REALLY gets dark.
Of course, it is bad news that Van Epps won; however, the election results have shown that even in this deep red district many people have become aware of what a danger the MAGAGOP is:
"Van Epps defeated state Rep. Aftyn Behn (D) for a Nashville-area House seat that went for President Trump by over 20 points last year. According to voting data on Tuesday night, he won the seat by roughly 9 points, raising alarm bells for some in the GOP who fear the surprising competitiveness of the race could be a bad omen for next year."
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5631143-democrats-optimistic-tennessee-results/
We should not have to wait until next November's elections; but, our side is going to win overwhelmingly and MAGA politicians will be forced to answer for their crimes and corruption. I can't stop hoping and believing that this must and will happen.
It still astounds me that the voters in TN could vote for the MAGANAZIs. After everything they / we have seen, heard and experienced. They still voted for the NAZI. Van Epps even thanked our orange imbecile POTUS for his victory.
If we ever get out of this ditch we need to have a "Nuremberg style" hearings and trials. Stockholm syndrome will not be a defense. They need to be tried for their crimes and their actions in destroying our republic.
So, yes Behn lost in a place that the annoying orange won by over 20 points but, the people of TN just don’t see the writing on the wall ( yet ). A year from today we will have our answer. Will the orange imbecile accept the results of the mid-terms? That is what worries me the most.
I don't think Hakeem said he is not bad enough to replace.
They know damn well that the majority of Americans, and I include many "normal" GOP's, hate what is happening to our country! That is why they are scrambling to gerrymander the hell out of our country! They don't want their enemies, the Democrats, to win at any cost! What has happened in less than a year, is insane, as well as criminal! Yet, we have weaklings in congress-Cruz being a good example-who would never say or do anything against "orange satan's" wishes! They will be reelected again and again, while we who love democracy, will suffer the consequences!
When people talk about war crimes, they always reach for Calley or Medina. Fair enough. But Hegseth reminds me of something worse: the guys who turned atrocity into a flowchart.
America has never just produced the gunmen. We’ve also produced the bright, ambitious “strategists” who sit under fluorescent lights and rename murder as “lethality,” as if a new label makes the blood less real. Those men scare me more than the ones with rifles, because they make barbarism sound professional.
Look at the Phoenix Program. It didn’t need a thousand Calleys. It needed a handful of clever operators who believed chaos could be “managed.” That’s where the real sickness lived: in the bureaucrats who wrapped brutality in jargon until nobody could tell the difference between a policy and a crime scene.
That’s Hegseth. Not a warrior. Not even a villain in the classic sense. He’s the middle manager of Calleys. The guy who mistakes nihilism for strategy and calls it doctrine. That’s why impeachment isn’t some symbolic gesture. It’s the bare minimum for a country that wants to stay a country.
Schmidt is right. But the danger isn’t just the man committing the crime. It’s the one who builds a system where the crime becomes the job description.
I'm a little older than you are, Steve, so I always remember the VietNam war as the "first" war that I was familiar with as I saw my father watching it on the nightly news. I was still in elementary school when the war began, yet I always remember hearing about My Lai and William Calley. I just read your previous post about what actually happened that day, and the links to American Experience with more of the history. I did not know anything about Hugh Thompson, but will now remember his name and his story.
You are a font of knowledge and I thank you for providing this important and (sadly) relevant information about today's unlawfulness coming from the trump regime.
He and the criminals running his regime will have to be brought to justice....one day. I hope that I live long enough to see it.
Please Steve, that's an insult to Yoko Ono, the brilliant artist and peacemaker. It's also an insult to John Lennon who was nothing of a fraud, like Hegseth.
His wife is a babysitter or chaperone
Steve is not insulting Yoko, he is just reporting what the Pentagon staffers call her.
I'm sure you're right. They're insulting to Yoko and John, then.
Jeffries just bent the knee to a possibility. He capitulated before anything had been made manifest.
A coward's coward, he advertised what we are in for if he becomes speaker. Jeffries is the greatest disappointment in politics I've ever experienced.
Rather than vilified, Calley is symbolic of the recklessness that is now being celebrated as "policy", a policy that is opaque...but...this, and Somalis in Minnesota, East Wing anger, the Six Senate "villains" who should be executed...all are diversions from Epstein. Only Epstein files and The Felon's part in it will crack his veneer in the eyes of his minions. Only Epstein!
Put them on the record, Hakeem.
He is the head of the “Department of War Crimes.” Minority leader Jeffries can not read the room. He should be replaced if he can’t see that the majority of voters are hungry to punch back. Is he worried that there will be backlash like there (supposedly) was for Trump’s impeachment? Or is he just incapable of seeing that Pete Hegseth is a danger to our Country through sheer incompetence?
People tend to focus on the Christian Nationalist symbol tattooed on Hegseth's right chest but my eye always goes to the flag with assault weapon image on his arm.
When a child, I scotch taped a little flag image to the fridge. My father, (1st Lieutenant Artillery WWII), instructed me to fly it correctly, the Union blue with stars on the left.
Note how Hegseth's flag flies the wrong way... yet the attached assault weapon aims right.
I know what my father would say to this imposter.
Bring back Dee Dee Myers’ book, “Why Women Should Rule The World”.
Why doesn't Jeffries support impeachment of hegseth?????
He should pursue impeachment of everyone in Trump's regime, including (of course), Trump. His reasoning is that since there is a GOP majority any House vote to impeach would fail. But, I agree with you and David Sheussler, GOP reps should be forced to go on record as refusing to impeach the men and women who are destroying this country and threatening everyone around the globe.
Thank you for helping me understand his position!
If Jefferies is not going to impeach Hegseth , then he is the wrong guy to be Speaker. Dems need to stop bringing a butter knife to a gunfight.
"Pete Hegseth, RFK Jr., Kristi Noem, Pam Bondi, Kash Patel and Emil Bove should all be impeached. Faithfulness to duty requires it." Yes, Steve, we are all aboard the "Ship of State" that has already steered into the metaphorical iceberg. It is terribly difficult to turn around a huge ship. Not only faithfulness to duty requires it. The survival of our experiment with democracy requires it. Morality, values, empathy, respect for the rule of law, integrity---good heavens, the list is endless of what else requires impeachment and removal of these wastrels. This is the old tv show "The Gong Show" that brought on the least talented, cringeworthy folks to get thrown off stage. If we pretend to normalize this presidency, his Cabinet of Losers, his affirmation of all of their illegal, inhumane actions, then how might we ever pretend to have a nation after 2028?
Why does Hegseth always shout and talk so rapidly he sounds like he's amped up on something. I can't stand his arrogance and insolence. He's become untouchable, just like trump.
Hegseth thinks shooting guns and killing people makes you powerful, what a joke
Hegseth is the Secretary of War (Crimes). If you want to quibble we could call him the Secretary for War Crimes.
That is why Trump wants the Department called The Department of War, not The Department of Defense! I am sure that we will see more war crimes before this is all over!
Welcome to Trump-land!