The Donald vs Big Tech

[pete]

I've never heard of him. Presume he is on a shit buzz from the responses.

Yeah he just kind of grates on me the way he carries on. Even if you agreed with him, I don't know how anyone could sit through one if his videos.

Could be an interesting take on the social media issues:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOiCACmjKBM&ab_channel=LukeSmith

I'm not all that familiar with the platforms mentioned here, but this approach could be interesting.

Think its just the demand is not really there as say Twitter works for majority of people just fine.

Gab which is where the Parler folk are heading to moved to a fork of Mastodon at one stage and were an accessible node in the "Fediverse" but eventually other instances blocked them anyway as they did not agree with what was being hosted on Gab. So even within this small group of people they still didn't want association with them.

And that guy is linking affiliate links to Epik which is apparently where gab are hosted and Parler are planning to go.

Owned by a Monster  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Monster

[Bigmac]

Ah right, cheers. I wasn't sure how they worked together.

Seems there's a bit of a Telegram purge going on now too.

[astfgyl]

Well hopefully not. Things could really do with some calming down. Like forget about the impeachment and the rigged election shit and move on both sides.

Agreed they should just move on. But if it does kick off it'll be the same as the Iraq war for me. Don't agree with it, but will watch the carnage.

Now you've mentioned the Iraq war and I just came across this. Mr WMD himself

https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1382054/tony-blair-news-labour-party-covid-vaccine-matt-hancock-boris-johnson-update/

Off topic but whenever I think of the Iraq war I think of this lad

[Ollkiller]

And he's impeached again. Winning. Bigly.

[Nail_Bombed]

And he's impeached again. Winning. Bigly.

Pretty big vote from the Repubs, as opposed to last time. Ten of them as opposed to none, who were afraid of their jobs under a despot.

[Caomhaoin]

Despot isn't really the correct word. He doesn't have absolute power.

[Nail_Bombed]

Despot isn’t really the correct word. He doesn’t have absolute power.

Try telling Big Donnie that, if you can keep him from yelling out for Jared Kushner to protect him from the Antifas.

[Eoin McLove]

What actually happens in an impeachment? What is the end result?

[Ollkiller]

And he's impeached again. Winning. Bigly.

Pretty big vote from the Repubs, as opposed to last time. Ten of them as opposed to none, who were afraid of their jobs under a despot.

7 republicans abstained as well. Then there was the democratic representative who said today many republican colleagues are afraid to vote for impeachment as they're afraid for their lives. Link https://www.google.com/amp/s/news.yahoo.com/amphtml/democrat-jason-crow-calls-republicans-174000541.html

McConnell won't recall the Senate so the trial will be after the inauguration. If Trumps tax returns come out in the meantime, and also if there is violence on inauguration day he could actually lose the trial.

[Ollkiller]

What actually happens in an impeachment? What is the end result?

So there's a trial. Needs 2/3 majority in the Senate to convict. If he's convicted he loses all presidential perks. His pension, secret service, presidential library and so forth and can't run for president again.

[Caomhaoin]

Highly doubtful.

Hard to see the endgame the dems have in mind, other than tarnishing his legacy further and deter further non-compliance. Might just be spite or to stop him running again PLEASE RUN AGAIN

[Caomhaoin]

I doubt he'd be too bothered about a pension, sure he waived his salary.

[Ollkiller]

Highly doubtful.

Hard to see the endgame the dems have in mind, other than tarnishing his legacy further and deter further non-compliance. Might just be spite or to stop him running again PLEASE RUN AGAIN

Currently I can't see him losing the trial. But it all depends what comes out about him once he leaves office. If enough dirt gets unleashed then the republicans might ditch him like a hot potato.

Tbh I couldn't care less about the impeachment. He's gone. What i want to see is him being forced to give a DNA sample for the rape case that he's avoided giving it for so far because he's the president. Fair enough if he's innocent but if he is a rapist he should burn.

[pete]

If the opposing party have the majority in the house and know they will get it passed, why don't they do it more often over the years? Or is this an odd set up where the opposition of the pres have the majority in the house?

[Ollkiller]

If the opposing party have the majority in the house and know they will get it passed, why don't they do it more often over the years? Or is this an odd set up where the opposition of the pres have the majority in the house?

House passes the articles of impeachment. The Senate convicts and you need a 2/3's majority to convict so unless its a heinous crime or theres an overwhelming majority in the senate its pointless. The democrats shouldnt have done the first impeachment cause they know it wouldnt pass, but because they did it makes for a good optic of the twice impeached president.