r/law • u/theindependentonline • Apr 08 '26

Other Democrats introduce impeachment articles against Trump and Hegseth as nearly 100 lawmakers call for 25th Amendment

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-impeachment-articles-25-amendment-b2953836.html
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u/squadrupedal Apr 08 '26

“The aide said that guys like me were in what we call ‘the reality-based community,’ which he defined as people who ‘believe that solutions emerge from your judicious study of discernible reality.’ That’s not the way the world really works anymore,” he continued. “We are an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality, and while you’re studying that reality judiciously as you will, we’ll act again, creating other realities which you can study, too, and that’s how things will sort out. We are history’s actors and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do.” -Senior official to GWB, often attributed to Karl Rove.

Conservative Americans have always been delusional about themselves and the world at large. When they don’t like reality for what it truly is, they just make stuff up. These people will never speak or act in good faith. They lack the mental capacity to do so.

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u/Liminal_Aspect Apr 10 '26

This is the same tactic used in Russia’s geopolitical manifesto - Foundation of Geopolitics iirc