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red dog 1

(33,589 posts)
Fri Jun 5, 2026, 07:31 PM 2 hrs ago

"There is no word to adequately describe the anger, frustration, & disbelief that Americans are feeling.."

There is no word in the English language to adequately describe the anger and frustration and disbelief that Americans are feeling….

Katherine (@wordwatcher.bsky.social) 2026-06-05T14:58:24.598Z
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"There is no word to adequately describe the anger, frustration, & disbelief that Americans are feeling.." (Original Post) red dog 1 2 hrs ago OP
my same words... markie 2 hrs ago #1
We used to have.people in office who, despite their flaws, wnylib 39 min ago #16
Ghandi is often cited as a peaceful protestor with peace being how he attained his goals. However, supporters in2herbs 2 hrs ago #2
No Dorian Gray 1 hr ago #10
Our founding fathers never believed bob4460 2 hrs ago #3
I'm sure the Founding Fathers never considered the possibility that so many elected officials FakeNoose 1 hr ago #6
The founders believed that Congressmen would zealously safeguard their own power. Intractable 1 hr ago #7
No, they sold it. Traitors! For the love of money! Sweet Rosie Red 6 min ago #24
What is the flaw in the constitution? Disaffected 1 hr ago #4
Yes PatSeg 46 min ago #14
The GOP should homegirl 32 min ago #21
The Constitution gives us two ways to remove a president..impeachment and the 25th amendment but.. Deuxcents 1 hr ago #5
This malaise 1 hr ago #8
Citizens United created this catastrophe Ponietz 1 hr ago #9
I think that needs to be the first of several ammendments. Gore1FL 51 min ago #13
Add 4 more justices--make it 13!! Dems should run on it!! (Even if it's hard to do) ! Ars Longa 57 min ago #11
The constitution isn't the problem. It's a assheads interpreting it. n/t SpankMe 52 min ago #12
Or ignoring it PatSeg 35 min ago #20
Rage stage left 45 min ago #15
It's not The Constitution, it is a spineless Republican Congress and a corrupt LoisB 37 min ago #17
The 4 states Cirsium 35 min ago #18
Kick dalton99a 35 min ago #19
It's you'll Republican... richdj25 31 min ago #22
Corrupt conservative reprehensible republicans. Festivito 28 min ago #23
"A nation that will not enforce its laws has no claim to the respect and allegiance of its people." progressoid 53 sec ago #25

markie

(24,086 posts)
1. my same words...
Fri Jun 5, 2026, 07:49 PM
2 hrs ago

there is something wrong with our Constitution if someone like this can become (and stay) president!!!

wnylib

(26,637 posts)
16. We used to have.people in office who, despite their flaws,
Fri Jun 5, 2026, 09:45 PM
39 min ago

at least accepted the Constitution and their vow of office. For 250 years we had leaders who did not try to overthrow it completely, evem though some of them violated parts of it.

The founders feared that a despot could gain the support and trust of the people so they tried to put safeguards in the gov't system. But safeguards don't work when a leader is determined to destroy the system and gains power over both the Congress and SC.

I don't think there is much more the founders could hsve done to prevent a Donald Trump type from tearing it all down.

But there are things we can do to bring him down and restore the nation.

in2herbs

(4,611 posts)
2. Ghandi is often cited as a peaceful protestor with peace being how he attained his goals. However, supporters
Fri Jun 5, 2026, 08:00 PM
2 hrs ago

of Ghandi's vision were not always peaceful. It was their physical fighting on behalf of Ghandi's belief in peace that brought that revolution to an end.

Does our democracy require a revolution to bring about peace?

bob4460

(406 posts)
3. Our founding fathers never believed
Fri Jun 5, 2026, 08:06 PM
2 hrs ago

That there would be enough members of Congress that would let a president break the laws so blatantly.

FakeNoose

(42,693 posts)
6. I'm sure the Founding Fathers never considered the possibility that so many elected officials
Fri Jun 5, 2026, 08:52 PM
1 hr ago

... would be so completely CORRUPT. Back in the late 1700's and early 1800's, things were pretty straight-forward. If you committed treason, or if you were disloyal for any reason, you got hanged or you were shot by a firing squad. The conversation is over.

Intractable

(2,456 posts)
7. The founders believed that Congressmen would zealously safeguard their own power.
Fri Jun 5, 2026, 08:54 PM
1 hr ago

The current Republican Congress has given it all away.

Disaffected

(6,629 posts)
4. What is the flaw in the constitution?
Fri Jun 5, 2026, 08:32 PM
1 hr ago

Trump can be impeached and removed in short order if Congress so wishes. But, Congress doesn't so here we are.

It's hard to legislate honesty and morality - it depends on the elected reps and as the old adage goes, we deserve the government we elect.

PatSeg

(53,756 posts)
14. Yes
Fri Jun 5, 2026, 09:37 PM
46 min ago

The flaws don't necessarily lie in the constitution, a brilliant document, but the founders could not have anticipated such widespread corruption and dishonesty. I know I couldn't have.

There have been plenty of republican politicians that I have strongly disagreed with as regards policy, but many of them really believed in our constitution and wouldn't have gone along with such in-your-face disregard for our traditions and institutions.

The founders created a remarkable democracy that has been the envy of the free world over the years, but there are 21st century flaws among our voters, the media, and politics that they couldn't have expected. I don't know if we've jumped the shark yet, but I dread reaching a point of no return.

homegirl

(2,013 posts)
21. The GOP should
Fri Jun 5, 2026, 09:52 PM
32 min ago

impeach DJT immediately. After November mid terms the Democrats will be in charge, the first order of business will be impeachment. Trump and Vance gone, and the Speaker of the House moves into the Oval Office. And appoints a V.P.

Nixon was a party man, Trump is NOT! Nixon resigned and his V.P became POTUS. NOT THE DEMOCRAT WHO WAS SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE!

Deuxcents

(27,894 posts)
5. The Constitution gives us two ways to remove a president..impeachment and the 25th amendment but..
Fri Jun 5, 2026, 08:34 PM
1 hr ago

It’s congress that is the roadblock in this case. Gonna have to change that this election cycle

Ponietz

(4,487 posts)
9. Citizens United created this catastrophe
Fri Jun 5, 2026, 09:17 PM
1 hr ago

I think the simplest, most effective solution would be a 28th Amendment stating corporations are not people and money is not speech.

There’s our revolution in one sentence.

Gore1FL

(22,992 posts)
13. I think that needs to be the first of several ammendments.
Fri Jun 5, 2026, 09:32 PM
51 min ago

I don't have specific ideas on how to fix impeachment and removal through the 25th amendment, but those need fixing with one.

We need another to put better requirements for presidents, and perhaps, all elected federal offices, from financial transparency to competency tests.

Follow that up with one judicial term limits.

I am sure we could come up with more; yours should be first.

PatSeg

(53,756 posts)
20. Or ignoring it
Fri Jun 5, 2026, 09:49 PM
35 min ago

like so many do. So much for all those republican members of congress who used to pull out their pocket sized copy of the constitution for the camera. Now it is just an annoying piece of paper that they may pay lip service to, while actually ignoring it in word or intention.

I'm sure there are many who don't even know what is in it, well aside from the 2nd amendment which they selectively use for their own political benefit. Hey, a lot of MAGA voters only care about the 2nd amendment They don't know or understand the rest of the constitution.

LoisB

(13,641 posts)
17. It's not The Constitution, it is a spineless Republican Congress and a corrupt
Fri Jun 5, 2026, 09:47 PM
37 min ago

and/or compliant Supreme Court that is the problem.

Cirsium

(4,160 posts)
18. The 4 states
Fri Jun 5, 2026, 09:48 PM
35 min ago

The 4 states where he still has an above water approval rating control 8% of the Senate, yet only have .01% of the US population. This is democracy? They have 800 times the power they should have in a truly representative democracy. (ID, WY, ND, WV)

richdj25

(229 posts)
22. It's you'll Republican...
Fri Jun 5, 2026, 09:52 PM
31 min ago

Party, not just the one individual who is leading this chaos. Think about it, the GOP has been slowly building up to this moment in time, as a matter of protecting what power they have left. This is the same party that told Nixon he had to go.

Best hope the public is up to doing something about Trump and the Republicans. Otherwise, the climax to all this is going to do some serious damage.....across the board.

Festivito

(13,935 posts)
23. Corrupt conservative reprehensible republicans.
Fri Jun 5, 2026, 09:55 PM
28 min ago

As people, they have accepted their bribes to not do anything to stop what is happening. And that goes for the republican appointed supreme court justices.

They fully intend to continue accepting their bribes. The main stream media will also continue to accept their bribes.

Voters continue to be confused about what is true or not, what is important or not. If they go out to the streets, they're made to be a joke.

progressoid

(53,418 posts)
25. "A nation that will not enforce its laws has no claim to the respect and allegiance of its people."
Fri Jun 5, 2026, 10:23 PM
53 sec ago

"A nation that will not enforce its laws has no claim to the respect and allegiance of its people."
-- -- Ambrose Bierce

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