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Cake day: June 15th, 2023

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  • The 25th Amendment was passed after Kennedy was assassinated. The succession went cleanly afterwards, but it exposed the problem that might happen if a future incident put the President into a coma, or made it so he was still technically alive but unresponsive. That is the situation it was meant for. That’s why the standard is so much higher than for impeachment – it’s meant for situations that have no other alternative.

    (This is also why the President simply has to declare “Nah, I’m good” to get his powers back under the amendment.)



  • I think the issue the last times was that Democrats took Omar’s advice too closely – “If you come at the King, you’d best not miss”, so they tried to focus their efforts on particular things they thought they could build a compelling story about: the Ukraine/Russia stuff in the first impeachment, and Jan 6 in the second. They didn’t fathom how Republicans would just ignore it all.

    I used to be in the camp that if given a House majority, Democrats shouldn’t go there again. But I’ve changed my mind. They should definitely go there but this time put it all in. Every single thing that we all shook our heads and said “They wouldn’t have let anyone else getaway with it”. Send over 150 counts individually cited, with receipts.

    If nothing else, if Republicans are in charge and summarily dismiss it, all the crazy shit they let him get away with will be on the record. And, if somehow Democrats gain control of the Senate, too, I’m sure Chuck (or whoever else is running things) will have no problem forcing a vote on each charge individually. Call it "Infrastructure Month " in the Senate…