Impeachment of Trump and Inauguration of Biden (#120)

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So fast moving. Here we go again....

she might even have to get paid employment.

I hadn't even thought of that! 'Design consultant'? Some sort of consultant anyway, with a complex company structure based in the Caymans.

@borntobequiet

She could set up a girl band with her body doubles.

Genius.

Melanias Aloud.

The body doubles are hilarious. Or he's paying her SHED loads of cash to smile while wearing shades.

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@Destinysdaughter

She'll probably just find another rich man to sponge off!

I was going to ask: "Who would want Trump's used goods?" but thought again.

I'm sure Melania has been putting money aside for years. Possibly all in Barrons name

@cyclingmad

If only we had the equivalent in the UK and could impeach Tony Blair leading our troops into a false war and now sitting back reaping ex Prime Minsiter benefits with blood on his hands

We do. Parliament has the power to do that - after all, it tried and excuted Charles Stuart (a trial a lot of US lawyers reference when it comes to the powers of the Constitution).

The problem is parliament has been castrated captured by the party system - same as the US. And as in the US, the two-party loser-gets-fucked approach fails when societies become complex. With the added problem that the two parties that benefit from it have no incentive to release the pressure that builds up until you get an explosion.

Part of the problem is people being curated into voting Republican Tory who are then comprehensively failed again and again by ... the people they voted for.

Very few scholars have ever suggested that revolutions aren't inevitable in any form of government.

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Theory was, Melania was good to go with the divorce settlement until he unexpectedly won the election, so she was obliged to stay to get the payout she wanted. Like Trump, she's all about what's good for her (and possibly their son). That statement she put out after the storming of the Capitol was the most self-serving piece of rubbish I've seen in a long time.

Biden is massively against capital punishment, theres no way he would have pushed through the first federal execution of a woman for 60 years or however long it was

The other problem re Tony Blair, the Iraq war and the UK equivalent of impeachment is that the Tories wholeheartedly went along with him, cheering all the way.

How true are the Melania body-doubles?

Are they just a jokey rumour, or is it likely to be true?

Dunno if that's a dumb question as I've never paid attention to Melania till now.

Thanks to those who explained

"Impeachment" sounds much more alarming than charged.

I've only just remembered Clinton was acquitted.

She could set up a girl band with her body doubles

This made me laugh! The Body doubles leaving the WH...

twitter.com/VVilmeros/status/1325204626648559619

As far as her divorce settlement, that is one of the reasons she spent months in NY, not moving in to the WH. She has renegotiating her pre-nup.

What will be the UK time for inauguration coverage on TV? Will I need to stay up overnight?

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Biden is massively against capital punishment, theres no way he would have pushed through the first federal execution of a woman for 60 years or however long it was

I wonder what the possibilities of a constitution amendment prohibiting capital punishment would be ? Although I suspect - like the ban on slavery - it would be predominantly the Southern States that would oppose it.

@FATEdestiny

What will be the UK time for inauguration coverage on TV? Will I need to stay up overnight?

From memory I think it usually commences at midday EST - so about 5pm our time - but I think that is the actual swearing in itself, there's all the prelude and speeches, etc before hand.

Ah well so much for this thread just being about the impeachment its now descending into bitching about a woman and making stuff up instead of just sticking to facts and truths. What a shame but to be expected I suppose.

Thansk everyone for the facts around the impeachment, learnt a few things.

Will leave you to carry on bitching

Although Trump clearly deserves some form of censure, the way everything is being handled is playing right into the conspiracy theorists hands. Biden takes over, freedom of speech is curtailed. No matter how deserved the ban actually is, this will be how it's twisted.

Melania entered the political fray all on her own terms, cyclingmad.

And it's still only just after 5am eastern time in the US so there's not exactly a lot happening regarding the impeachment.

cyclingmad oh purleeeease.... Melania is complicit in all of this, and by default she is going to get discussed. This thread is not just about the inauguration, it is based on the last 5 years, hence it being number 120.

However, if you are uncomfortable with discussion about Melania (also a birther by the way, footage out there), you can ignore that bit.
Although I am curious as to what we've made up?
The body doubles maybe? Not Proven but not Unproven either, so I'll accept that.

I wonder where Kayleigh Mcenany is in all of this. If I recall correctly the last time she graced us she looked teary and unsure. Has she been fired?

Also I note that in Trumps video he said Covid 19 and not one of his usual China Virus slurs.

The whole impeachment process was predicated upon honourable men (I use that word deliberately).

However it's been corrupted into an obscene sort of groupwank, where most people who vote do so in the knowledge that they want to commit similar crimes in future without being punished as well. Effectively they have become judges in their own cases.

But as long as this all happens in the open - reported on daily by a free press - and people are still happy to vote Tory or Republican or Labour or Democrat, you ain't fixing nothing with words.

We return to revolution being not only inevitable. But necessary.

Perhaps we've got this wrong, and last week should have gone further ?