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Randahl Finkrandahl@mastodon.social
Nov 11, 2026, 8:27 AM
Maybe Pete Hegseth will be impeached after all, despite last night’s vote failing.
It appears, Pete Hegseth was only saved from impeachment in last night's vote because 11 Democrats were absent, of which several claim that a police escort of a bus blocked traffic, preventing them from reaching the Capitol.
Nancy Pelosi was in San Francisco receiving an award. One Democrat was recovering from a medical procedure.
It all now depends on Thomas Massie bringing his resolution to the floor again.
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gnaddriggnaddrig@mastodon.social
Nov 11, 2026, 8:31 AM
@randahl
Oh, it looks like Massie hates Hegseth enough to do that.
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Ulrich Popp :jf:HoSnoopy@m.efg-ober-ramstadt.de
Nov 11, 2026, 8:36 AM
@randahl This is, maybe a part of Putins "guided democracy" ?
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MokhtarStorkMokhtarStork@zirk.us
Nov 11, 2026, 9:47 AM
@randahl There is no way he can escape... so too the rest...
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RingtheBellagainRingtheBellagain@mastodon.social
Nov 11, 2026, 10:34 AM
@randahl Sorry, but then the #Democrats should have waited, until they were complete. I have little understanding for such dysorganisation.
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Jim Roothamjrootham@mastodon.acm.org
Nov 11, 2026, 12:00 PM
@randahl It turns out the Republicans had the votes in hand to kill the resolution (214 voted 20 minutes later). Who is writing these headlines and why?
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Lynn DLynnD@cosocial.ca
Nov 11, 2026, 1:16 PM
@randahl @Compassionatecrab I keep thinking that getting rid of Hegseth before the Democrats control both houses might not be the best idea. Yes, he absolutely must go, and he should be charged with war crimes. However, given that it is now clear that the Republicans are still falling in line, dime-store Himmler (Miller) would just put in someone much worse as acting Secretary or the Senate ram through an a new appointment, and that one might be competent, unlike drunk Pete.
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WellsiteGeoWellsiteGeo@masto.ai
Nov 11, 2026, 2:09 PM
@randahl I
It says something that the US is so fearful and violent a place that buses *need* police escorts.
Or alternatively, police escorts of buses are common enough that the Thought Police use it as a (credible?) excuse.
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Marc Etiennefnordius@muenchen.social
Nov 11, 2026, 2:29 PM
@randahl so, basically what happened was that Johnson, coward that he is, waited until more Democrats weren’t present than Republicans yet still had quorum, sprung the vote and closed it before the absentees had a chance to return.
It’s a schoolboy level trick, and one that only delays, doesn’t actually kill the impeachment motion. After all, there’s no such thing as double jeopardy in impeachment.
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