@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social
2026-11-09 19:04 UTC
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@Axomamma@mastodon.online 2026-11-09 19:12
@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social I agree with the quotation but I take exception to the "incorrect." There is no "reading of the political room" that should affect one's adherence to their oath to the constitution, whether that reading is correct or incorrect.
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@francesca55799@mastodon.social 2026-11-09 19:44
@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social Spot on. The oath of office isn't conditional on polling data or political convenience it’s a baseline commitment to uphold the Constitution regardless of shifting political winds. When constitutional duty becomes selective, the system loses its foundational check and balance.
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@alexlubertozzi@mastodon.social 2026-11-09 20:49
@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social I agree with all of this, though I would say, regarding Trump, I’m more excited about the idea of a Dem president being elected in 2028 and Trump’s felony indictments for insurrection, etc. (federal charges and state charges in GA) resuming, whether he pardons himself or not. But, with 54-56 Dem senators in 2027, there’s an outside chance of actually getting the 67 votes needed to remove him from office (if Rs abandon him like they should have years ago) through impeachment.
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@his_boy_sherman@mstdn.social 2026-11-09 23:40
@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social This. Exactly this. “There is no democracy without accountability. There is no unity without democracy. And the truth now is that there’s no accountability without convincing the Democratic establishment in Washington that we no longer live in 2004. It’s time to rip out the unity tree by its roots. It’s time to send the civility mavens, whose hands are stained with the blood of Trump’s victims, packing.”
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@CassandraVert@indieweb.social 2026-11-10 02:11
@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social That author is not old enough to remember, but they said the same thing after Watergate, and letting Nixon off was a big mistake.
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@ChrisHolladay@mastodon.social 2026-11-10 04:17
@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social I'm not a political analyst , but even I know this demicracy is broken. The choice not to investigate the GOP coup attempt until it was too late to charge principals is and was unexcusable.. There is a United States. On paper maps. There is nothing united about killing protesters and kidnapping foreign heads of state or even immigrants working here peacefully. Schumer Jeffries Posers Enfeebled fantasists on their own planet. They dont fix America. We do. The people.