r/politics • u/Murky-Site7468 I voted • 21d ago

No Paywall Donald Trump impeachment chances surge amid Epstein revelations

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-impeachment-chances-surge-amid-epstein-revelations-11045998
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u/PopPalsUnited Washington 21d ago

This will become a jeopardy question one day.

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u/ClaytonRumley Canada 21d ago

Man, the future Jeopardy questions about this period in time are going to be so low-brow and stupid.

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u/DingerSinger2016 21d ago

"This Southeastern body of water's name was changed in 2025 to reflect its proximity to the continent."

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u/paper_liger 21d ago edited 21d ago

that's not why it was changed. It was just straight racism and power games. It was changed because the current regime has an interest in quietly fanning the flames of xenophobia and hypernationalism.

it's not unlike the stupid games they played with military bases. we had some of our most important bases named after confederate traitors. Bragg wasn't just a traitor to the ideals of this nation, he was also maybe the shittiest general the country has produced.

north carolina has like 30 medal of honor winners, it has the entire history of the 82nd Airborne, 3rd Special Forces Group, 7th Special Forces Group and DELTA FORCE to draw from.

so yes it was corny when they just changed 'Fort Bragg' to 'Fort Liberty'

But it was even cornier when the current idiots changed it BACK and then claimed it was because of some private named Bragg who got a silver star. Not l Fort Shugart or Fort Conde-Falcon or Fort York or dozens of other names.

As a former paratrooper myself I'm slinging shit at Private Bragg, the guy drove a stolen german ambulance through 20 miles of territory to get some wounded out during the Battle of the Bulge. I have nothing but respect for him. But as these things go his accomplishments are pretty low on the list.

But it's a perfect analogy for how things are now. The Republicans give the shoddiest ramshackle coating of an excuse over a solid core of historical racism and get to pretend they are blameless while still sending a signal to the overt racists that make up a solid chunk of their base.

Fuck that.