Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) filed articles of impeachment against Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Wednesday, accusing him of abusing the powers of his office and undermining public health, putting Americans’ lives at risk.
He “has got to go,” Stevens said in a video announcing the impeachment articles. In an accompanying press statement, she said Kennedy, who rose to prominence as an ardent anti-vaccine activist, “has turned his back on science, on public health, and on the American people—spreading conspiracies and lies, driving up costs, and putting lives at risk.” She called him the “biggest self-created threat to our health and safety.”
It is very unlikely that an impeachment push will gain traction in the Republican-controlled Congress. No other Democratic lawmakers are backing the articles.
More evidence on the controlled opposition pile that will be completely ignored by the Dem guzzlers here.
Yeah, we should elect more republicans, amirite?
No they’re saying don’t vote. That always works out so good.
No, they’re saying we need to be WAY more proactive before the primaries to replace the traditional corpo-dems with people that will be substantially more progressive, and substantially further left on the overton window. Those candidates need to win their primaries and fix the party that’s currently broken by the corpo-dems.
No the rest of the world is saying “VOTE IN A THIRD OPTION AS THE TWO YOU HAVE ARE ASS!”
And to them I say, “LEARN HOW THE FUCK ELECTIONS WORK IN THE US BEFORE TRYING TO LECTURE US”
WE DID LEARN! WE FIND IT NOT TO BE A DEMOCRACY! AND WHY ARE WE YELLING!
And we keep telling you that isn’t how our system is set up but you aren’t interested in understanding.
Canada has a similar system (whichever candidate recieves a plurality of the votes wins the seat in the region) and has 5 different parties in their government.
Westminster-style parliament is far less “winner takes all” than the US system though. We don’t even really have an executive branch in the sense that the US does, and we have many more levers that can be pulled to topple an abusive government - including by royal decree.
In the US, if an official needs to be removed, they have to be impeached and convicted by their peers, after which they are removed and depending on what their position/home state/etc, they may leave a vacant seat or have a replacement appointed until the next elected. However in the case of the president, there is a clear line of succession, and it it virtually guaranteed that everyone in that line is ideologically aligned.
In Canada, there is a recall process that is initiated by the voters as a petition, put to a vote by the people, and if successful, that person is immediately removed and a by-election is called.
In the US, if the government can’t pass a budget, it shits itself and shuts down. In Canada, if the government can’t pass a budget, parliament is dissolved and there’s a new election - but everything else just keeps running based on the last successful budget.
Sounds like the US has a shitty system and they should improve it. None of that is relevant to actually developing a third party however. There is 1 single president but (theoretically) needs support of the House and Senate. Recalls and budgets are irrelevant to the issue of only having 2 parties.
No, I was not encouraging people in the US to vote 3rd party in the last election. But now is an excellent time to start working on some 3rd party candidates for 2028.
Officially we’re down to three, and the trend over the last decade is not promising:
It is a shitty system but fixing it is even harder because Constitutional amendments need 38/50 states to agree.
A Parliamentary system is pretty different from a Presidential one and we also don’t have a way to call a vote of no-confidence or otherwise change the government outside of the rigid election cycle, and Canada only really has two parties at the Federal level.
The current as well as the past several elections have resulted in minority governments: The party with the most seats does not have enough votes on their own to pass legislation. They need a 3rd party to vote with them in order to get anything passed. The NDP has also been the official opposition in the past.
There’s some movement in cities like New York and Seattle to elect 3rd parties to major positions but the problem isn’t really in urban areas. The Republican party is almost as much a religious sect as it is a political group and undoing the Christian Supremacy they’ve attached to is the kind of change that takes generations of education.
And our Prime Minister does not have royal powers like the US president. Pardons are rare.
Very true, but not relevant to the ‘third parties are impossible’ argument.
“No Way to Prevent This” Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens.
Maybe some day yankistanis will grow a fucking spine instead for using fear to trample on innocent lives.
Until then downvote and hope to shrug your problems away. It will surely work one of these days.
You’re right, every single voting adult in this country agreed on the current trajectory and aren’t being held captive by an electoral system designed to give unbalanced power to Southern slave states.
You think this is the only nation with a right wing problem?
It is the only world leader that is no longer a democracy that also tryes to shove its own “freedom” down our throats at every opportunity whose population thinks that they are an exception to every system of govenment.
Its like superearth but un ironic and very damaging.
And we keep telling you that it is your system that you all are responsable for and we don’t care that you use it as an excuse while dragging the rest of the world down with you.
My state has about as much political influence over Florida as Portugal has over Hungary. Being in the same union doesn’t mean that what they do has anything to do with me even if ours is dressed up as a single country.
Florida isn’t the place starting trade wars with the entire world.
Exactly, as you said you don’t understand and you aren’t interested in understanding. Thanks for making that clear.
I have never said in any way shape or form that I don’t understand the terrible us system. I think you must be confusing me with someone else.
Look, you did imply it. Whether you meant to or not. By answering “And we keep telling you that it is your system that you all are responsable for and we don’t care that you use it as an excuse while dragging the rest of the world down with you.” to “And we keep telling you that isn’t how our system is set up but you aren’t interested in understanding.” you are implying that the statement you are responding to is correct. It’s a ‘yes, and’ statement, like in improv comedy.
What are you doing to help?
Americans love their “France surrenders” memes, but when it comes to issues within their own country the response is always “there’s nothing we can do, why aren’t you fixing it for us?”
Not being an american, and active in my own community to make sure we never become even like you.
Thank you for your service.
LOL.
/facepalm
Wow, I’ve managed to say a lot of things without using any words, apparently.
Yah and you painted the entire post with a broad brush already, you can’t pretend to be offended.
I don’t even understand what you’re trying to say. How would you categorize my representation of “the entire post”? Please use quotes if possible.
This is just a weird, cynical take that makes you sound like the tankies who regularly escape .ml, where anyone who isn’t marching in an olive drab jumpsuit with a red star is a “dem loving liberal.”
It’s cynical, sure.
If you’re not a cynic towards politicians, you’re kind of a dumbass.
Why do you think that the establishment Dems aren’t backing this impeachment?
It was cynicism towards people in the post even before reading people’s comments, it’s deliberately inflammatory and I call that stupid attention-seeking shit out when I see it.
Watch out! The Tankie Terminator is on the scene!
Ok but that’s not what I said, so why make shit up? It hurts your feelings that much when people mention the DNC’s own actions?
Oh lord you’re one of them. Never mind, another for the list.
These comments read like Russian propaganda that only helps trump
Let’s turn this on its head then: what would be an acceptable way for me to provide any criticism whatsoever of a political party that doesn’t represent me well without being instantly called a *shuffles cards* Russian bot?
As if Russian bots were not just outted as major maga supporters. Do you live under a rock?! Maga is a psyop for m Russia to ruin America, and y’allkayda fell for it hook line and sinker
I didn’t fall for jack shit. You can criticize the bullshit useless DNC without wearing a red cap, you know.
You sure can, I was alluding to your “checks notes” as if that’s just some gotcha out of left field. You are free to criticize both parties, all parties or no parties. The fact you have this shit show because the other guy “checks notes” didn’t condemn Israel enough, unlike the guy that got in who is in bed with them and made the situation much worse, like everything he touches. Put your money where your mouth is or shut the hell up!
How about, “The system is broken in multiple ways, a list of which can be provided, and the behavior of most Democrats is merely a symptom or self-serving response to the state of that system”?
Yes all those DNC leaders are just innocent cogs in the system taking all their bribes that they just have to take.
So, are you saying that taking bribes isn’t in their self-interest, or that there are no repercussions from taking bribes which would be a flaw in the system? There are the first two items you can put on that list I was talking about.
So your logic is that politicians should always do something as long as it’s not illegal? That sounds quite MAGA of you…
Not the commenter, but I’m guessing the logic is less should and more will. We live in a world where most elites are sociopaths attracted to power like moths to light, and will always try to do the maximum they think they can get away with to benefit themselves. Proper political systems don’t get rid of this because its a human nature thing, they weaponize it by organizing power structures to align those interests with sections of the people
Agreed, so why can’t I criticize those people without Dem guzzlers blowing up my DMs calling me a Russian?
For someone who got so offended when someone supposedly put words in your mouth, you’re pretty eager to do the same. If you design your system to only work when altruism is your guiding factor, well, look around. And if there are no serious penalties for breaking the standards, well, again, look around. And if you think having a system like that isn’t going to attract people who are perfectly fine with screwing over the majority of the country for their own personal gain, guess what, we have a whole list of people who clearly have. If these don’t sound like problems with the system to you, at least you know what flavor the different colors of crayons are.
To put it succinctly, bad actors will abuse the system for their own personal gain. Whether it be a quarterback having a football slightly under pressure so he can throw it better or a politician buying and selling stocks based on the announcements or decisions they’re going to make in a few days, with no negative repercussions attached, then expecting anything less is a level of naivety I can’t hope to describe.
But why do I have to vote for the bad actors and like them? Why can’t I criticize them without being called a Russian or Irianian or whatever?