One way to press the issue is to pound the theme, RESIGN.

Of course he won't, because he has no shame. That's not the point.

The call to resign galvanizes our side. A good old-fashioned shaming reminds people of what decency and respect used to look like. Good people everywhere will be encouraged to join in hounding him out. His supporters will lose their desire to speak when the numbers overwhelm. That is the point.

Nothing *else* happened

meaning he was not convicted by the Senate and removed. But impeachment itself is important for history and posterity's sake; it's a protest by Congress to say this is unconstitutional conduct. That lays down a marker for future presidents, and it is important in and of itself.

This was the first president impeached twice. The second one peeled off members of his own party. That's why Johnson won't bring it up again, unless he is forced: there is a real danger of the tipping point being reached as the conduct becomes more lawless and conditions more dire.

The questions of should he or will he be impeached are two different ones. No doubt he deserves it. Things would need to get even worse before a Republican majority brings it up. The question of Senate removal by two-thirds is another, much higher bar. And whether it is politically advantageous for us is yet another question, which I believe is much less important for the country, but worth considering.

Ironically, it might take something not explicitly unconstitutional but politically untenable to prod the Republicans to dump him: explicit evidence of child rape. That's because Republicans love power more than the country or Constitution, sadly.

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Coping strategy.

They can't deal with the fact that they are unpopular, so they manufacture and repeat these excuses. Their followers who hear it can't deal either, so they latch on to any theory that preserves their image of a persecuted majority, regardless of how implausible.

Here is something you can do.

Make all your future donations at oath.vote.
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The site is set up to highlight close races in need of a little push, but you can search for individual races if you prefer.

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Boy, am I glad I read that.

I'm going to study it again more carefully. It makes sense that our allies, especially Raskin, would not abandon the fight for our democracy but would work away from the cameras to build consensus.

I think the fact that the only reasonable ones were retiring old members and new ones, which coincidentally means they either weren't around during the email hacks of 2016, or are retiring and don't care, is significant, It makes me believe even more in the kompromat theory, that Russia hacked both parties' emails, but only released the one so they could threaten the other — carrot and stick — into doing Putin's bidding. That's their MO.

Multiple election offices report receiving mailed ballots misdirected from other states

A free press is in the Bill of Rights,

but he calls the free press “the enemy of the people” and “lugenpresse.” Check.

He has no authority over the Legislative branch, yet is demanding that the next Senate majority leader relinquish their advise-and-consent power to allow recess appointments, which he will abuse. That's a hell of an overreach. Check.

He wants to deport illegal AND legal immigrants of a certain skin pigment. Check.

He wants to increase immigration from countries like Norway that are majority white. Check.

The Constitution limits the power of the president. At every opportunity, he seeks to remove restraints on his power. He has called for suspending the Constitution, despite swearing to defend it. Check.

He says he wants to be a dictator on day one. Did you miss that?

Yes. Fascists want the population afraid, confused, fearful.

We don't have to give them any of that.

A Stoic philosopher put it this way: “The one who suffers before it is necessary, suffers more than is necessary.” In other words, pre-crisis anxiety is useless and even counterproductive.

We should reach out to friends and neighbors, form or join like-minded groups, and resist when and where we can. But until such crises are upon us, worry and anxiety do not help. Calm and clear thinking about what is happening will show us what we need to do in the moment. Rational planning for eventualities is helpful, but keep in mind that not all their plans will begin, and even fewer will succeed.

After this, there will be more than 7 swing states.

Way, way more.

Women live everywhere. Most people either are women, came from a woman, or know a woman they care about. Decent men can see the assault on women's rights for what it is. They will show up too. It won't be close.