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Chasstev365

(8,030 posts)
Sun May 3, 2026, 07:56 AM Yesterday

Let's all make a pact:

When the Orange anus' reign of terror ends, we will fight with all our might to not allow Republicans to get away with trying to distance themselves from Trump.

I can hear them now: " I was never fully on board with Trump and exercised my independence on several occations." And the media will let these statements go unchallenged to allow this false narrative to take hold.

HELL NO: Everyone of them abdicated their power as a co-equal branch of government to allow Trump's multiple examples of his abuse of power. We cannot let them get away with it!

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Let's all make a pact: (Original Post) Chasstev365 Yesterday OP
Count me in! -misanthroptimist Yesterday #1
i get to hear cassidy's ads rampartd Yesterday #2
Oh this 100% Six117 Yesterday #3
Haven't supported repubs in many years. The past few have not helped me change...nt Wounded Bear Yesterday #4
I'm there SuzyandPuffpuff Yesterday #5
NO QUARTER! ✊ ColoringFool Yesterday #6
We are going to have to start with adding ADHD medication alongside the fluoride in our... Ol Janx Spirit Yesterday #7
The corrupt corporate media will let them get away with it SocialDemocrat61 Yesterday #8
They're the ones who need to be held accountable the most. Initech 23 hrs ago #21
FAUX is the worst SocialDemocrat61 23 hrs ago #22
Sounds good to me. Keep them close to trump - about 6 feet under. erronis Yesterday #9
I'm in! Joinfortmill Yesterday #10
We will need to hold a majority of political offices wnylib Yesterday #11
Accountability has always been lacking JT45242 Yesterday #18
This time more than ever, accountability is absolutely essential. wnylib 22 hrs ago #23
I've heard that... jmbar2 Yesterday #12
He's just the one they've been looking for lame54 Yesterday #13
The number one issue is to ensure the proper people are elected that will Bev54 Yesterday #14
What? Cirsium Yesterday #15
The orange won't wash off. CrispyQ Yesterday #16
Love it! Chasstev365 Yesterday #17
ALL IN! ancianita 23 hrs ago #19
Count me in! calimary 23 hrs ago #20
"Who? I don't think I ever heard of him. Oh, him? He was just the cofffee boy. He was President?!? struggle4progress 22 hrs ago #24
If the next Democratic President says "we have to look forward, not backwards" LiberalLovinLug 21 hrs ago #25
I think they'll deflect all Trump questions by jumping to bashing Democrats instead. 50 Shades Of Blue 21 hrs ago #26
NEVER FORGET!! Jilly_in_VA 21 hrs ago #27
I'll add my name to your pact, slightlv 20 hrs ago #28
;-{) BOO! Goonch 20 hrs ago #29
I'm in!! MeNotThatKindOfOrc 20 hrs ago #30
Can Abdul El-Sayed 20 hrs ago #31
Totally agree with this but .... FakeNoose 18 hrs ago #32
If they did not impeach or convict, they are derelict Qutzupalotl 14 hrs ago #33
They should have to wear red M's for Maga the rest of their lives oldmanlynn 14 hrs ago #34
Quislings should be forever shunned, while criminals should be prosecuted. n/t Mister Ed 7 hrs ago #35

-misanthroptimist

(1,822 posts)
1. Count me in!
Sun May 3, 2026, 08:16 AM
Yesterday

Normally, I'm terrible at holding grudges. I am quite willing to make an exception for the trumpsters.

rampartd

(4,836 posts)
2. i get to hear cassidy's ads
Sun May 3, 2026, 08:17 AM
Yesterday

a guy who actually did vote to impeach and trump endorsed his opponent is playing so hard to the audience of 1 it hurts.

Ol Janx Spirit

(1,053 posts)
7. We are going to have to start with adding ADHD medication alongside the fluoride in our...
Sun May 3, 2026, 10:32 AM
Yesterday

...water supply--because Americans have the attention span of fruit flies.

How do we organize politically to hold people to account when voters can't--or won't--even remember the what happened last week--much less last year?

If they did we wouldn't have a President [REDACTED] now.

This is how the Rs slither out of accountability--just like they did last time.

And, unfortunately they know all too well that all they have to do--as evil as it is--is keep Ds from doing anything to make the economy actually work for everyday Americans and presto chango they are back in office regardless of what they did or whom they supported in the past.

I'm not sure how we best tar and feather Rs with the destruction of the MalAdministration, but we do need to try--I am just not sure how effective it will be given the electorate we have.

But I will join in that pact!

SocialDemocrat61

(7,946 posts)
8. The corrupt corporate media will let them get away with it
Sun May 3, 2026, 10:33 AM
Yesterday

while still trying to tie every elected democrat to everything that Clinton, Obama and Biden ever did in their lifetimes.

Initech

(109,077 posts)
21. They're the ones who need to be held accountable the most.
Sun May 3, 2026, 02:33 PM
23 hrs ago

Trump happened because one network came in and fucking wrecked that actually made America great. That network is Fox News, and they are giddy watching Trump destroy the country day by day.

If we don't put some of these fuckers in prison for life, it's going to keep happening and getting worse. Fox News is the 800 pound gorilla in the room.

erronis

(24,325 posts)
9. Sounds good to me. Keep them close to trump - about 6 feet under.
Sun May 3, 2026, 10:36 AM
Yesterday

Uh-oh. I smell a grand jury in my future.

wnylib

(26,334 posts)
11. We will need to hold a majority of political offices
Sun May 3, 2026, 10:50 AM
Yesterday

for at least a decade or more in order to restore democracy.

So we have to pull ourselves together in a strategy for that purpose and convince more people to join us. With a majority in Congress, we could have a list of laws to pass toward goals in a few categories, e.g. protecting voters' rights and dealing with racial redistribution shenanigans. If it requires a Constitutional amendment, so be it.

Other goal categories-- balance the SC with enough justices to cover all federal districts. Establish some ethical rules of conduct for SC justices. Find a way to enforce them. Perhaps with fines or grounds for impeachment.

Establish an investigative group of prosecutors to expose the multiple MAGA crimes. One of the things that Timothy Snyder has pointed out is that accountability is essential to restoring democracy and ending cults. The citizens need to see and experience the rule of just (as in justice) laws as the norm in a democratic society.

So we will need leaders with broad vision, good organizational skills, the ability to choose competent people and delegate responsibilities to them, and a clear focus on the goal of democracy restoration.



JT45242

(4,087 posts)
18. Accountability has always been lacking
Sun May 3, 2026, 01:55 PM
Yesterday

Confederate leaders...nope
Klan and others (tulsa massacre) ... Nope
America first na I collaborators including old man drumpf... nope
Nixon, a new...nope
Reagan, Baker. Et Al buying off the Iranian...nope
Bush 1 and billy barr and the contras...nope
Bush 2, Darth cheney, WMD and torture war crimes...nope
Jan 6...nope

Not holding my breath for real accountability...the lack of it for 160 years is why we are here now

wnylib

(26,334 posts)
23. This time more than ever, accountability is absolutely essential.
Sun May 3, 2026, 03:13 PM
22 hrs ago

Without it, democracy in the US will permanently die.

I think that there are Dems who realize that, like Jeffries, AOC, Raskin, Schiff, Ossoff, Warnock, and Newsom. There are also former and current Republicans who realize the need for accountability, like Michael Steel, George Conway, and even Liz Cheney.

Plus a host of attorneys who will be willing to take whatever legal actions are necessary.

I am not willing to give in to defeatism.




jmbar2

(8,101 posts)
12. I've heard that...
Sun May 3, 2026, 10:51 AM
Yesterday

...if a dog on a farm killed the chickens, the farmer would tie a dead chicken around the dog's neck until it started to rot.

This is what we need to do, metaphorically, to those who enabled him. The stench will never go away.

Bev54

(13,500 posts)
14. The number one issue is to ensure the proper people are elected that will
Sun May 3, 2026, 10:57 AM
Yesterday

look at supreme court expansion and rules for members of the supreme court. This of course means the end of the filibuster and if you have dems that don't want to do either, it will never happen.

And elect those who will aggressively seek indictments on ALL those crimes (and there are a lot) committed by the administration and their backers.

Also elect those who are willing to make changes to the constitution to update it to cover the world today.

I think most people want that but many politicians only want to be re-elected not work for the betterment of the country. Make sure you elect the "right" people; as everyone now knows, elections have consequences.

Cirsium

(4,057 posts)
15. What?
Sun May 3, 2026, 12:42 PM
Yesterday

We need to look forward. We need to turn the page. We can't be navel gazing about the past. We need to heal the nation. The future is what we should focus on.



"We would needlessly be diverted from meeting those challenges if we as a people were to remain sharply divided over whether to indict, bring to trial, and punish a former President, who already is condemned to suffer long and deeply in the shame and disgrace brought upon the office he held. Surely, we are not a revengeful people. We have often demonstrated a readiness to feel compassion and to act out of mercy. As a people we have a long record of forgiving even those who have been our country’s most destructive foes.Yet, to forgive is not to forget the lessons of evil in whatever ways evil has operated against us. And certainly the pardon granted the former President will not cause us to forget the evils of Watergate-type offenses or to forget the lessons we have learned that a government which deceives its supporters and treats its opponents as enemies must never, never be tolerated."

- From President Ford’s statement on pardoning Richard Nixon, 1974

Forgiveness? Oh sure. The problem? The right wingers never forgave us for taking down Nixon, for resisting the war machine, for fighting for Civil Rights, and have been waging war against us ever since, culminating in the current nightmare.

CrispyQ

(41,062 posts)
16. The orange won't wash off.
Sun May 3, 2026, 01:05 PM
Yesterday

I think I'll make a yard sign that says that, for when he dies.

struggle4progress

(126,587 posts)
24. "Who? I don't think I ever heard of him. Oh, him? He was just the cofffee boy. He was President?!?
Sun May 3, 2026, 03:37 PM
22 hrs ago

Since when? Oh, I may have heard something about that, but I wasn't paying attention. I'm sure I never voted for him! I endorsed him? Are you sure? Well, it's just your word against mine, now, isn't it? ..."

LiberalLovinLug

(14,740 posts)
25. If the next Democratic President says "we have to look forward, not backwards"
Sun May 3, 2026, 04:12 PM
21 hrs ago

I'm going to lose my shit

Jilly_in_VA

(14,553 posts)
27. NEVER FORGET!!
Sun May 3, 2026, 04:36 PM
21 hrs ago

We cannot EVER let them off the hook for this. EVER. Our long national nightmare may be over at that point, but we can't EVER let them forget who they are and what they allowed them to do to our country. EVER.

slightlv

(7,890 posts)
28. I'll add my name to your pact,
Sun May 3, 2026, 05:10 PM
20 hrs ago

but would like for another to be made that would see every republican deep-sixed from every government position to which they've dug in their heels. Otherwise, we'll never be free as a people again.

FakeNoose

(42,105 posts)
32. Totally agree with this but ....
Sun May 3, 2026, 07:19 PM
18 hrs ago

... the main evil "partner" that allowed Chump to sneak back into the White House has been the US media. Other than a few exceptions, the US media has been complicit enablers of Chump's ultra-conservative and self-promoting agenda.

They can't pretend they didn't help him win in 2024. It's not like they didn't help carry out his evil plans in 2025 and '26.

Qutzupalotl

(15,848 posts)
33. If they did not impeach or convict, they are derelict
Sun May 3, 2026, 11:58 PM
14 hrs ago

and must be hounded from office in shame.

Oh, you were being blackmailed? Then you are a security risk and should resign.

oldmanlynn

(833 posts)
34. They should have to wear red M's for Maga the rest of their lives
Mon May 4, 2026, 12:03 AM
14 hrs ago

The stain of their cowardice and lies on this great nation

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