Nov 4, 2026, 7:51 AMMe: *looks at midterm election results*
“Oh!”
Cautiously, very good.
Will we see impeachment proceedings? I think the possibility exists.
- Nov 4, 2026, 7:51 AM
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Nov 4, 2026, 7:52 AM@bloor Surely they would be imtangerinement proceedings? He's gone beyond peach.
Theolodiantheolodian@mastodon.socialNov 4, 2026, 7:57 AM@bloor on what grounds, and then wouldn’t that just give JD Vance a head start on the next presidential election?
- Nov 4, 2026, 8:08 AM
@theolodian I am pretty confident there are plenty of grounds a suitably minded house and senate could find. All the Russia stuff, the strait of Hormuz, Iran, the insider/family investing and pumping. Probably plenty of options.
Nov 4, 2026, 8:28 AM@bloor @theolodian there was someone on the radio yesterday arguing reasonably that there's no point in trying to impeach him *again*, and the smart play is to go after *all* his underlings instead.
On the basis that he'll be a lame duck for a couple of years and then gone, so it's better to cut off the next generation
- Nov 4, 2026, 8:39 AM
@ahnlak @theolodian Doesn't the idea of going after underlings rather go out the window with "Presidential Pardon" as an option? I realise he could just issue a sweep of them immediately impeachment proceedings started too.
- Nov 4, 2026, 9:22 AM
@bloor @theolodian you can't use those pardons for impeachment, apparently
- Nov 4, 2026, 9:23 AM
@ahnlak @theolodian I wasn't saying you could. What I was saying was Trump could easily protect all his underlings by simply pardoning the whole lot of them.
- Nov 4, 2026, 9:26 AM
@bloor @theolodian he can certainly try, but that assumes they're all still in his favour at that point.
There's also limitations around "pre-emptive pardons" so they might just keep quiet about it until he leaves?
CockneyLauriecockneylaurieNov 4, 2026, 9:23 AMYep that is the most insidious use of kingly power they need to get rid of ASAP.... but they won't!
- Theolodiantheolodian@mastodon.socialNov 4, 2026, 8:04 PM
@bloor there will be loads of investigations, and a lot of pressure to impeach. Ultimately impeachment is a political judgment, not a criminal one. However, it further undermines trust in politics if they don’t have a reasonable legal justification for impeachment.
penguin42penguin42@mastodon.org.ukNov 4, 2026, 2:02 PM@theolodian @bloor Yeh and in some ways Vance appears to be worse than Trump.
The democrats mustn't scare off the wavering voters they've gained if they actually want to get a president in.- Theolodiantheolodian@mastodon.socialNov 4, 2026, 3:48 PM
@penguin42 @bloor the problem is that midterms are an election without a manifesto. There is a wide range of politics amongst these new congresspeople. I’ll be amazed if they agree on a coherent approach.
Nov 4, 2026, 8:06 AMWe're just waiting for Trump to start saying it's all lies and the media are twisting things.
Nov 4, 2026, 8:10 AM@bloor I doubt it.