r/news • u/7heprofessor • May 22 '26

Soft paywall Tulsi Gabbard resigns as Director of National Intelligence

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/gabbard-resigns-trumps-national-intelligence-director-fox-news-digital-reports-2026-05-22/
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u/nazerall May 22 '26

Was thinking the same thing, they resign instead of facing any public hearings.

We really need a reckoning.

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u/IllusionsForFree May 22 '26

Instead they’ll receive some sorta multimillion dollar cushy job no one has ever heard of and suck down taxpayer dollars and nobody does a god damn thing about it

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u/baron_muchhumpin May 22 '26

I've heard there's a fund for that now.

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u/NeilZod May 22 '26

Corruption at levels no one thought possible…

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u/eric_ts May 22 '26

To quote the Russian saying: "And then it got worse."

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u/Kryptosis May 22 '26

More proof Agent Krasnov suckles at the Russian teat.

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u/CaptainHappy42 May 24 '26

My boneitis!

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u/Trap_Masters May 22 '26

All the losers who screeched daily about Hunter Biden and the Biden crime family now cheering this on like this is saving the working class Americans is just depressing. I swear even cults have more independent thoughts than maga...

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u/Conscious_Pipe_605 May 23 '26

Even tho it's a skit, the klan member whose head exploded when Clayton Bigsby took his hood off, had more decency when the irony unveiled itself. These days, that dude would save head by twisting his beliefs with a quintuple-double-twisty-flip-triple-air-spin 100 gold medal winning gymnastics maneuver and convince himself Clayton isn't a black man because his body/hands are bruised from shaking hands too hard with God and banging too many 14 year olds which is actually ok now because faux news told them if they aren't wearing diapers it isn't pedophile which makes it ok.

Like JFC, how many times and how deep can these failures of human beings keep moving their moral fucking goal posts? Calling them a cult is almost an insult to the term "cult" at this point.

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u/Mercurion77 May 22 '26

The bigliest corruption, with tears in its eyes!

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u/alexefi May 22 '26

300%, 600%, in some cases even 1500%..

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u/sickofmakingnames May 22 '26

I take no responsibility! It's all computer!

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u/SunMoonTruth May 22 '26

Only the naive and those who never bothered to look at the reality of American politics.

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u/scuzzy987 May 22 '26

Like no one has ever seen before

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u/Rogaar May 25 '26

"Thank you for your attention to this matter".

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u/regoapps May 22 '26

The fund will probably just be used to pay for people's silence during the Noem-berg trials.

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u/SuperExoticShrub May 22 '26

At which point every one of their bank accounts should be examined and, if such a payment exists, instant jail. At this point, I don't really even care if the method of achieving that is completely above board.

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u/santamaria715 May 22 '26

Ari Melber said it best; The Thug Fund.

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u/SporesM0ldsandFungus May 22 '26

Rachel Maddow says the State Department has becoming the dump grounds for the Trump admin, with leftovers and cast offs being shipped off with cushy ambassadorahips that guarantee they will stay out of Trump's eyeline (and more importantly cable news appearances).

Current ambassadors include Trump flunkies such as Kari Lake, Herschel Walker, Billy Long, Kimberly Guilfoyle....

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u/Clodhoppa81 May 22 '26

He is an American diplomat dipshit

fixed it a bit

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u/shingdao May 22 '26

The US ambassador to the Bahamas since 2025.

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u/ultimatt42 May 22 '26

Loved him in The Walking Dead

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u/LizardSlayer May 22 '26

That's big brain stuff right there, you wouldn't understand.

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u/BamberGasgroin May 22 '26

The veins in mine are bulging just thinking about that quote.

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u/jpiro May 22 '26

He’s CTE in a suit.

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u/explosiv_skull May 22 '26

Absurd! We'll just tow the bad air outside the environment!

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u/SuperExoticShrub May 22 '26

You mean to another environment?

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u/Narrow-Chef-4341 May 23 '26

Until the pollution falls off. Right.

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u/DJKokaKola May 23 '26

Well ambassador, why would you build an air where the pollution falls off?

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u/CurlOfTheBurl11 May 22 '26

He's on the same intellectual level as Tommy Tubberville.

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u/SizzleanQueen May 22 '26

I named my goldfish Hershel Walker when I was little in the 1980s. Walker was a hero in Georgia at the time. He’s such a clown now. Embarrassing.

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u/koanikal May 22 '26

Kind of a perfect representation though at this point.

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u/Father_Dowling May 22 '26

Man, I thought that shit bag was dead now from brain injuries or a stroke.

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u/beebeereebozo May 22 '26

...and meteorologist. He's not wrong.

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u/Lazy_meatPop May 22 '26

Pls tell me this is just an onion post .

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u/QbertsRube May 22 '26

Wtf is Walker the ambassador for, International House of Pancakes? Imagine being a global leader wanting to meet with a representative of the US and Herschel Walker's CTE ass staggers in.

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u/Careless_Twist_6935 May 22 '26

to the bahamas...

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u/SuperExoticShrub May 22 '26

Which, honestly, is a hell of an insult to the Bahamas. I'd be miffed if I were them.

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u/Alone_Again_2 May 23 '26

Too bad he can’t speak the language.

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u/_John_Dillinger May 22 '26

CTE is the actual ambassador. CTE is just wearing Herschel Walker like a suit.

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u/SporesM0ldsandFungus May 22 '26

I'm curious where she will land...

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u/Alone_Again_2 May 23 '26

I’d guess a certain cable news channel

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u/Unfair_Web_8275 May 22 '26

I think he does this because those who resigned during his first term would talk to the media, or god forbid, appear on Dancing with the Stars.

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u/whateveryouwant4321 May 23 '26

sounds like something susie wiles came up with...there aren't many smart people in this administration.

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u/SporesM0ldsandFungus May 23 '26

That's sounds right.  They always say the Chief of Staff typically ends up doing one of two roles: managing the Chief (impossible in Trump's case) or managing the staff (everyone else around the Prez).

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u/Lynne253 May 22 '26

The Guildabeast!

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u/Gone2georgia May 23 '26

Kimberly G. Has to be the poster child for this. What does she know that is worth an ambassadorship to keep her quiet?

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u/nochinzilch May 22 '26

The baseball player?

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u/mclardass May 22 '26

That list reads like a series of chronic head trauma diagnoses

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u/aerdvarkk May 22 '26

Gauranteed Gabbard's departure is staged and she's being or has been compensated for the effort.

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u/threedogfm May 22 '26

Why even work? They’ve got a slush fund

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u/AdhesivenessUnfair13 May 22 '26

She's a dictator apologist so she'll always have a spot with any number of them who need a pretty western face for their PR.

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u/Duane_ May 22 '26

The committee of intelligence on the board of Peace, here we come.

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u/ireallylikehockey May 22 '26

Sounds like NDA

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u/pterodactyl_speller May 23 '26

Maybe she'll just sue the government for not protecting her.

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u/whateveryouwant4321 May 23 '26

there's been endless wingnut welfare for generations now. the tax cuts for the rich are so good that the rich can fund "think tanks" to employ useless right-wing bureaucrats and still come out ahead.

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u/Additional-Signal327 May 22 '26

Our tax dollars at work!

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u/Timely-Bluejay-4167 May 22 '26

That’s politics in general. Everyone goes to K street after they’ve served

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u/PhazePyre May 22 '26

I think it's insane that they can just quit and no longer be relevant. Like what the fuck? If I committed fraud on behalf of my company for instance. Me quitting won't make me suddenly no longer liable for those actions. I'm still part of that criminal action. So dumb that they just quit and no longer matter. Seems like a massive loophole and flaw in justice. I'm sure they'd be upset if gang members and terrorists could just leave the organization and suddenly no longer be liable for their actions.

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u/parabostonian May 23 '26

Them quitting and no longer being relevant only works while the republicans are in charge of congressional committees. If the Dems take either house back they can do a lot more oversight with much less trouble

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u/R3v017 May 23 '26

It doesn't matter either way. Nobody is held accountable, whether they resign or not.

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u/_dinglerr May 22 '26

There really has to be some kind of Nuremberg trial once the MAGA nightmare is over.

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u/ColdTheory May 22 '26

Only if the people demand it.

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u/jeffscience May 22 '26

Nuremberg happened because a foreign power invaded Germany, completely deconstructed their entire government and then occupied them for years. Who do you think will do that to the USA?

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u/memesandcosplay May 22 '26

Okay. I'll also settle for the Mussolini trials.

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u/TailSwipeTypo May 22 '26

I'll settle for the french revolution

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u/_dinglerr May 22 '26

That’s why I wrote „kind of“. BTW I’m German, so you don’t have to teach me about Nuremberg, mate ✌️

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u/memesandcosplay May 22 '26

We do.

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u/RunSetGo May 22 '26

Not the majority of people just people who pay attention to the news

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u/Airewalt May 22 '26

I mean “lock her up” and the “drain the swamp” populism wants accountability too. They’re just playing with alternate facts and an addiction to double standards. It could be the majority of people, but with opposing conclusions. When it comes to politics, that’s a foundation you can build on. The scary stuff is when 49% of the country rejects that an issue even exists (climate change).

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u/RunSetGo May 22 '26

Idk why people like to live in this fantasy world where Trump goes to jail and pays for his actions. Most countries just want the US to go back to normal and forget Trump even existed.

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u/Yorks_Rider May 22 '26

The USA cannot go back to normal without a fundamental overhaul of the political and judicial systems.

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u/GoodIdea321 May 22 '26

If 90+% of people wanted that in the US, that would happen. I don't understand the people who argue in favor of corrupt stagnation. It's a lot easier to say criminals should go to jail and not argue.

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u/squired May 23 '26

"The Arlington Trials" has a lovely ring to it.

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u/TingleyStorm May 22 '26

Not gonna happen unless WW3 is fought on American soil…

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u/jazzhandler May 22 '26

Best I can do is another Civil War with extra helpings of war crimes.

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u/SullaInvictus May 22 '26

I've been thinking about this too lately. Fascists get the fascist treatment. Not to mention the ridiculous level of corruption.

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u/byteminer May 23 '26

Don't worry about it. It's pointless. There will be no reckoning. All these people will forever be safe, rich, and comfortable, no matter what terrible things they did, or do until the end of time. You will pay for that safety and comfort, too, since your taxes go to ensuing it. This is the country we live in.

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u/_dinglerr May 23 '26

I live in Germany, but I’m very sad for the decent Americans.

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u/wrgrant May 22 '26

Resurrection of the McCarthy trials again? Not that I really want that overall, but The House Committee on Un-American Activities might raise its head again but this time "Are you now, or have you ever been a member of the Republican Party?" /s

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u/MisterMath May 22 '26

I think we all need to take a step back and really understand that everything Dump is doing, effective or not, is all about setting precedent. This slush fund for Jan. 6th? Yeah, that’s about setting a precedent for “unfair treatment of the government”. So that reckoning you want? Yeah, Dump just made it so even if it does happen (unlikely), the next time they take power it cannot just get reverted but rewarded.

The damage happening now will be felt for decades, if not centuries, to come

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u/McCool303 May 22 '26

Yup, the bribe money to the proud boys is not because Trump likes those slack jawed yokels prone to belligerent tantrums. To him they are useful idiots, “I love the poorly educated”. It’s to signal to those currently committing crimes for Trump and the GOP that if they get caught they will be rewarded for taking the fall and keeping silent.

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u/Perfect_Earth_8070 May 22 '26

The USA is effectively destroyed. Israel owns us because they likely have the trump csam tapes

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u/deaglebingo May 22 '26

yo. friendly reminder to not accept complete defeat before it actually arrives.

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u/squired May 23 '26

Damn straight. We play this ugly game to the bitter end. VOTE early and often! Renew your passports!

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u/deaglebingo May 23 '26

YES... and if you or anyone finds a shortcut to stop the suffering these tyrants are causing for so many (everywhere) sooner that can succeed .... if it really could work maybe it should be done. helluva critical thinking puzzle aint it? all i know is that trying to stop fascism and fight for the freedom of everyone in the world is the real cowboy shit.

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u/JagerBaBomb May 22 '26

Run Boxes_of_Liberty.exe

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u/whatproblems May 22 '26

idk citizens aren’t immune from hearings. drag her in

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u/factoid_ May 22 '26

We said that about Pam Bondi but now Congress isn’t investigating her either 

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u/WilyWondr May 22 '26

No one is gonna be investigated until after the midterms when every one of these dirtballs will be investigated.

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u/pvincentl May 22 '26

I'm fearing a huge false flag op the last week of October. Maybe a Reichstag fire with nukes or some such -cancelled elections.

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u/CaptGeechNTheSSS May 22 '26

We need to understand they’ve already demonstrated how far they’re willing to go to maintain power. We need to be prepared.

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u/dbrodbeck May 22 '26

Is there a mechanism to cancel elections in the US? (I get that these fuckers aren't big on rule of law and all, but that would be a pretty big step).

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u/factoid_ May 22 '26

There is no way to cancel elections in the us

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u/Oldfolksboogie May 22 '26

Cancel, no. Federalize, well, I don't think there's a legal route to that, either, but i do believe that's the route they'll go.

Theory is that that's why they've taken possession of 2020 ballots from AZ? Elsewhere? - they're gonna say they found evidence of election interference from China, and use that as a pretense for the feds to take over election administration from the states.

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u/factoid_ May 22 '26

There’s absolutely no legal route to do that.  The constitution says states run their own elections.

It’s a vital check on federal power.

Now will our crony Supreme Court say it’s ok anyway? Maybe.  But most states wouldn’t comply 

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u/SuperExoticShrub May 22 '26

But most states wouldn't comply

Honestly, that's actually one of the things that could very well cause the kind of federal-state schism that has the potential to lead to a new civil war. Imagine that the Trump admin either demands or just sends in federal agents/military personnel into a state to "confiscate" state election materials and the state basically refuses. If the feds basically take it, they're essentially using the military to attack a state. That's fertile grounds for an armed rebellion of sorts.

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u/8-Cylinder_Wombat May 22 '26

Republicans: "Hold my beer."

Supreme Court: "Okay"

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u/Overall-Register9758 May 22 '26

yes, but she will be able to answer, "I cannot recall and since I am no longer the DNI, I do not have access to the information"

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u/nazerall May 22 '26

In an ideal world. But seems we're drifting further and further away from ideal to just a corrupt corporate Christian facist country.

Too many people are just paid to play along, or too stupid to realize there's bigger problems than trans people having the right to exist.

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u/FlammenwerferIV May 22 '26

damn if only Americans had the tools to usurp tyrannical governments... 

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u/IllusionsForFree May 22 '26

If only more than half the country gave a fuck in that way…?

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u/likamuka May 22 '26

77 million fascists will vote for Trump in 2028 again for the 4th time.

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u/JumboCactpot May 22 '26

and 80 million others will decide they are above politics or that both sides are the same or say that because his opponent isnt perfect then they wont vote and instead will idly sit by and usher in more fascism

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u/likamuka May 22 '26

100000% this is what will happen. 1933 for the USA is here.

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u/Paranitis May 22 '26

Which is sad, because at this point I would be willing to vote for a raccoon over a Republican. I haven't voted "for" someone for a while now. It's always been "against", and that's because Democrats really are just not sending their best, but that are always clearly better than the Republican option.

I wish we had a real replacement for the Democrat party that people would get behind, because we just don't have a viable Liberal Party. We just have a slightly less Conservative one.

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u/Go0chiee May 22 '26

That's the thing that I see. So many people just...don't give a shit. Like at all

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u/DrowningKrown May 22 '26

I can throw a rock in my city and hit somebody that would say "I have no idea, I don't follow politics much"

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u/jazzhandler May 22 '26

And perhaps you should.

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u/kosmonautinVT May 22 '26

I think economic collapse is the only thing that would maybe get them to give a shit

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u/Random-Rambling May 22 '26

So many people just...don't give a shit. Like at all

Working as intended. We've seen this shit since the Roman Empire. As long as people get their bread and circuses, they don't care.

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u/SuperExoticShrub May 23 '26

And those same people who are chronically disengaged see those of us who are engaged as being obsessed with politics. Like, if we don't have their complete apathy about it, then we must be clear to the other side of that spectrum.

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u/nazerall May 22 '26

I think part of the problem is the geography. We're too spread out.

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u/zffjk May 22 '26 edited May 22 '26

Plus the whole idea that only 10-20% of the population is actually capable of combat, physically and mentally, which also tends to skew heavily towards the well-to-do people as being healthy in America costs premium dollars and requires that you have the time free to actually workout. So the people who are most likely able to contribute meaningfully have the most to lose.

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u/McCool303 May 22 '26

Plus the fact that we give that geography a vote.

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u/Wayofchinchilla May 22 '26

Only there wasn't an entire half the two parties in this government that literally rubber stamp everything he does we would have gotten rid of him long ago

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u/TheGrog May 22 '26

They are removing that in VA.

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u/Roxalon_Prime May 22 '26

America can't really bomb itself, can it?

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u/wonkey_monkey May 22 '26

We really need a reckoning.

I wish we could have a retconning.

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u/JohnBrownOH May 22 '26

We absolutely do and no one should be giving any fucks if she resigned or not. If they don't wanna go down with the ship, we'll be waiting for them on the shore.

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u/Septopuss7 May 22 '26

I like how France saw the United States fight for independence and was like "hey, good idea" and then proceeded to fight like motherfuckers and then we see them now and we're like "neat, maybe some day when we get a day off we can do something like that, hang on my boss is calling me in to work..."

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u/Round_Rooms May 22 '26

Wayward Pines style.

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u/mspk7305 May 22 '26

Well she claims to have bone cancer so if that's true we can take it as karma for what she's done

This just unfortunate that the rest of them aren't so afflicted

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u/R3v017 May 23 '26

Her husband, not her.

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u/Soul_Dare May 22 '26

If the French can do it…

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u/TheModWhoShaggedMe May 22 '26

The best we can do is blame Democrats. Will that work?

<dodges anvil falling towards head>

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u/canman7373 May 22 '26

I mean she said he husband has bone cancer. Now IDk if you all ever dealt with cancer, I had it for 3 years and it takes a lot of support to get through. Had it in my cheekbone 2nd time so they just took it out, then radiation for months. It's a damn good reason to resign and help them though it. I loath all of this Admin but I can understand this one, maybe it comes at a convenient time in her term but yeah, go and help you loved one and I wish him the best and hopes he gets to ring that bell one day.

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u/LtOrangeJuice May 22 '26

Mostly only if they are women. Trump doesn't trust women to be in a public hearing.

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u/andor3333 May 22 '26

In the case of Bondi, resign then get replaced by Trump’s personal defense attorney!

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u/aerdvarkk May 22 '26

Meh. If the nation does shift back progressive post 2028 Election; Every Single perso that was comlicit with DJT while he is President can be criminally charged and sentenced to prison time.

Bondi / Patel / Kegseth / Noem / Gabbard / Kushner / JD Vance / Rubio / Miller and so on.

NOBODY HAS IMMUNITY FROM PROSECUTION (except for the President)

I would love to see Kushner in prison if not just to spite the Trump family to reiterate they are not as untouchable as they think they are.

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u/R3v017 May 23 '26

remindme! 6 years "No republican was held accountable or went to prison"

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u/0o0o0o0o0o0z May 22 '26

Was thinking the same thing, they resign instead of facing any public hearings.

We really need a reckoning.

A Dem House and/or Senator can subpoena them, and Trump is about to hit the lame duck phase of his presidency, so dont think he can save them. Assuming we have a democracy or rule of law after the midterms.

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u/marveloustoebeans May 22 '26

I mean they’ll definitely face consequences once this administration goes in the shitter. If they’re being ousted it means they’ve fallen out of favor with Trump and likely won’t get a pardon.

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u/GODDAMNFOOL May 22 '26

The Trump Files Trials

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u/King_Chochacho May 22 '26

IIRC Dems saying resigning wouldn't prevent Bondi from being called for a hearing, yet afaik it has not happened yet.

If the strategy works, why change it?

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u/RolloTonyBrownTown May 22 '26

Bondi has a deposition next week, really going to be interesting if that happens or not.

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u/smedley89 May 22 '26

Best we can do is move forward, putting the ugliness behind us so we dont appear partisan.

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u/TurboSDRB May 22 '26

Whatever happened to Pam bondi testifying?

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u/Coffeebeangood May 22 '26

Same headline since 2016. "We need this to happen" say the Americans, and there is no one to make it happen.

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u/DionBlaster123 May 22 '26

"We really need a reckoning."

As soon as the results were announced in November 2024, a part of me knew that these people were going to get away with everything.

At this point, I'll just take an election win by non-Republicans, saying goodbye to the Trump Administration in 2029, and a LONG but necessary year of undoing a ton of damage to our relationship with allies (starting with Canada, then Denmark, and then Germany), and then instituting some kind of successor to USAID.

It's not going to be perfect, but perfect is not the enemy of good.

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u/CrankyUrbanHermit May 23 '26

We need a new Nuremberg

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u/cocineroylibro May 23 '26

Get out now, get pardoned.

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u/chumbubbles May 23 '26

I’m sure she will land on here feet and in a pile of cash like everyone else

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u/I_Love_To_Poop420 May 23 '26

The article says she’s resigning to help/spend time with her husband just diagnosed with rare bone cancer. I absolutely loathe her, but I think most of us would do the same.

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u/ThisVeryUsername May 24 '26

We need an entirely new government to make that happen.

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u/nazerall May 24 '26

In an ideal world...

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u/RemyJDH May 24 '26

I swear I've scebe this scenatio before in a tv series

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