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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIs the anonymous NY Times editorial a way to distract from kavanaugh, and this was part of their
plan?
enough
(13,262 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,829 posts)In a way it just adds to the general awfulness of this administration.
still_one
(92,372 posts)to saying they are running a second government within our government.
What I don't understand is if this "resistence movement" exists, why don't they exercise the 25th ammendment?
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,829 posts)The vice president and a majority of the cabinet would have to declare the president unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office. If the president disputes that determination, which he surely would, two-thirds of both the House and the Senate must then vote to sideline him and put the vice president in charge. Do you really think a majority of the cabinet would declare Trump unable to serve; and even if they did, that two-thirds of both the House and the Senate would agree? Whoever comprises this "resistance movement" clearly can't do it by themselves.
still_one
(92,372 posts)verified it through multiple sources, because if there is a flaw or an inconsistency in this, we will all be screwed.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,829 posts)still_one
(92,372 posts)cannot help but think about how they pushed the WMD story, or what was done to Dan Rather, or the tactics of Project Veritas
Yeah, perhaps I am being a conspirisy nut, but I wouldn't put it past them
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,829 posts)still_one
(92,372 posts)still_one
(92,372 posts)Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)babylonsister
(171,079 posts)!
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)maybe we can sneak it it in before the bullets fly, perhaps literally, is not a good cover story.
Hope a Democrats demand a halt tomorrow over this along with the many other justified reasons.
Wonder if Shitler's personal security has been doubled tonight, the paranoia must be off the charts.
JI7
(89,262 posts)C_U_L8R
(45,019 posts)still_one
(92,372 posts)C_U_L8R
(45,019 posts)But apparently there's no such thing as a good Republican. Or at least they seem very rare.
still_one
(92,372 posts)I see here, that there is a resistance movement in the government actually running things, is that even legal?
I don't know if things are as obvious as they seem
C_U_L8R
(45,019 posts)Self-labeled themselves to be 'adults in the room' saving the country from a dangerously unfit President. In essence they are running an unelected shadow government.
If they weren't so selfish and thinking about their own jobs, they would uphold their oath and immediately invoke the 25th and deliver all their evidence to Congress and the media.
still_one
(92,372 posts)Response to C_U_L8R (Reply #5)
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bdamomma
(63,919 posts)comment. Kavanaugh should not be interviewed at all for this position, he is only there to protect this POS so called pResident.
Voltaire2
(13,123 posts)pnwmom
(108,990 posts)still_one
(92,372 posts)government is problematic, and I am not sure about it legality, which is probably why the source remain anonymous
pnwmom
(108,990 posts)still_one
(92,372 posts)understand it is saying a "resistance group" has taken over the functions of the government. That is big deal, and implies a government take over
Also, the NY Times had better be sure through multiple sources on its validity, because if not, the country is going to suffer immensley because of it. The blow back will be unstoppable
What perhaps gives this credibility is Woodward's book
pnwmom
(108,990 posts)that they got the piece from the particular Senior Administration official they think they got it from.