{"id":48499,"date":"2026-06-01T13:13:56","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T20:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=48499"},"modified":"2026-06-01T13:14:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T20:14:39","slug":"the-soaring-case-for-impeachment-of-corrupt-cruel-and-lawbreaking-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2026\/06\/01\/the-soaring-case-for-impeachment-of-corrupt-cruel-and-lawbreaking-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"The Soaring Case for Impeachment of Corrupt, Cruel, and Lawbreaking Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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US President Donald Trump is depicted in a Cuba-themed Lego-style video inspired by viral pro-Iran clip series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0(Photo by screen shot\/Tere Felipe\/X)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump is an unstable lame duck outlaw, including violating congressional authorities. He must be stopped.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Ralph Nader<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 30, 2026 Common Dreams<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Give Dangerous Donald credit. Coming off the floor of his 2020 defeat, under several federal and state indictments, a convicted felon, accused by over sixty women of sexual abuse or worse, his endorsed candidates having lost in the 2022 elections, the Trump business brand wilting along with his polls, Trump displayed more vengeful energy and cunning than the entire feeble, defeatist Democratic Party<\/a> apparatus. He roared back against all odds in 2024 as an elected dictator to implement his declaration that he \u201ccan do whatever I want as president.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump\u2019s wrecking, endangering, and weakening of America worsens by the day, as he doubles down and calls his critics \u201cderanged,\u201d \u201cdemented,\u201d \u201cwackos,\u201d \u201cweak,\u201d \u201clow-IQ,\u201d \u201ccrazy,\u201d and \u201ctreasonous.\u201d Moreover, his vicious expletives expand by the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RECOMMENDED…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Viral Video Compilation Shows Top Iran War Booster Making One Failed Prediction After Another<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Secretary<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Desperate, Toxic, and Pathetic Crusade of Pete Hegseth<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

However, the tide is finally turning against the failed gambling Czar and Netanyahu dittohead. Trump\u2019s relentless greed is starting to undermine his dwindling support, despite his control of the Republican primaries. The headlines tell the story of his decline, and not just in the polls, with approval ratings down to 35%. The majority of Americans polled\u2014nearing 60%\u2014want him impeached and removed from office. This demand comes without the backing of the Democratic Party leadership, still skittish about mounting an Impeachment<\/a> Drive. The case for Impeachment is aided and abetted daily by Trump\u2019s outrages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s go to the revealing Headlines:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMillions are Expected to Lose ACA Coverage<\/a>\u201d (Washington Post<\/a>,<\/em> May 20, 2026).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Due to Trump\u2019s GOP<\/a> ending subsidies.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFast-Moving Ebola Outbreak May Prove Difficult to Contain<\/a>\u201d (Washington<\/a> Post,<\/em> May 20, 2026). \u201cPeople Will Die of Ebola Because of U.S. Cuts to Global Health<\/a>\u201d (New York Times<\/a><\/em>, May 22, 2026).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Significantly due to Trump cutting USAID\u2019s funding, monitoring, and disbanding critical expert teams.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMosque killings follow rise in anti-Islam voices\u201d (Washington Post<\/em>, May 20, 2026).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Led by chief Islamophobe, Donald Trump<\/a>, from Day One in 2017.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTrump\u2019s Deal with Trump,\u201d and \u201cPrison to Pardons to Payouts: Rioters Rejoice<\/a>\u201d (New York Times<\/em>, May 21, 2026). \u201cI.R.S. Ordered to Drop Audits Against Trump as Part of Payout Deal<\/a>\u201d (New York Times<\/em>, May 20, 2026).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump uses the government to reward his lawless supporters and wants to put himself above the law.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTrump\u2019s War is Punishing the Working Class<\/a>\u201d (New York Times<\/em>, May 18, 2026).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump cares far more about the super-rich than the working class<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEPA Wants to Repeal Limits on \u2018Forever Chemicals\u2019 in drinking water<\/a>\u201d (Washington Post<\/em>, May 19, 2026), \u201cCoal\u2019s Comeback Fouls the Air With Resurgent Levels of Toxic Mercury<\/a>\u201d New York Times<\/em>, May 13, 2026), \u201cChemical Board That Trump Wants to Remove Warns on Disaster Rules\u2019 Rollback<\/a>\u201d (New York Times<\/em>, May 18, 2026).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While a deadly chemical spill in California forces evacuation of 50,000 residents in Orange County.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTrump Ramps UP Lawlessness on the Seas<\/a>\u201d (Washington Post,<\/em> May 5, 2026).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaks for itself.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now comes the headline, \u201cA tough week for Trump on Capitol Hill, as Republicans deal him setbacks<\/a>\u201d (Washington Post<\/em>, May 23, 2026) that must worry Trump. The $1.8 billion slush fund for violent, convicted felons and immunity for Trump and his extended family from IRS audits and enforcement proved too much for Trump lackey Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD). At the same time, Trump endorsed Texas<\/a> Attorney General Ken Paxton, a crook impeached by his own Party in the Texas House, an adulterer under suit by his wife for divorce (see the Post<\/em> article<\/a> of May 19, 2026) over former judge, Sen. John Cornyn, popular with the Senate GOP. Earlier, Trump came out against Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), helping Cassidy lose the primary. To Thune and allies, a president coming out against his own incumbents is treachery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, the water<\/a> in the Senate GOP\u2019s cauldron may be starting to boil. They know about Nixon\u2019s experience in 1974 coming off winning 49 out of 50 states in the 1972 election. With Nixon\u2019s polls sinking after the Watergate scandal (a quaintly modest one-time crime, compared to Trump\u2019s hundreds of continuing scandals), the Congressional GOP saw itself sinking in the 1974 elections. A delegation of GOP Senators went to the White House<\/a> and told Nixon, \u201cMr. President, your time is up.\u201d Nixon resigned days later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One can envision something similar today. Trump is an unstable lame duck outlaw, including violating congressional authorities. Republicans<\/a> have to face the voters in November. They are likely to lose the House. The Senate has 20 Republican Senators up for election compared to only 12 Democrats. They have a three-vote margin now. Trump, given his economy, his chosen wars, his unrestrained greed and self-enrichment, is making prospects of a Democratic win in the Senate more possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Had the Democrats not ceded half the states (the red states) to the Republicans decades ago, leaving behind remnants of their organized presence, almost all the Republican Senators running this year could be at risk. Instead, only about six have competitive races\u2014thank you, obtuse Democratic Party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In any event, most politicians, however servile they may have been to a President, prefer saving their own political skins to falling on their swords for an unpopular president losing his cognitive grip and voter sensitivity by the day. (See the April 30, 2026 statement from medical professionals in the Congressional Record<\/em> \u2013 \u201cMedical Concerns About President Donald J. Trump and His Fitness For Office<\/a>.\u201d Do you know any other president who would say \u201cI don\u2019t care about the financial condition of Americans\u201d in the midst of surging inflation<\/a>, rising food, health care, rental, and gasoline prices? A president who is using the White House to massively enrich himself and his family. (See Cashing in on the presidency: here<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unless Hakeem Jeffries<\/a> and Chuck Schumer<\/a> open the Party to input from labor and advocacy groups to help sharpen a stronger, authentically advanced agenda (Compact for America, anyone?), the Democrats may eke out a 51 to 49 win, with erratic John Fetterman<\/a> (D-PA) playing the role of Senator Joe Manchin<\/a> (D-WV) as the swing vote. This will give the tie-breaking power to Vice President J.D. Vance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One slim ray of hope: The<\/em> Washington Post<\/em><\/a> reported on May 17, 2026, that \u201cHouse Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-New York) has directed the chamber\u2019s Democratic policy committee to host listening sessions with members, with voters and with advocacy groups to inform a party-wide agenda\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even if you don\u2019t believe Jeffries, rush through that open door with your proposals, as we will with the recommendations of 24 civic leaders (see winningamerica.net<\/a>). My winning get-out-the-vote agenda is there as well. (See my column: \u201cSomersaulting Voters: Stopping Rabid Gerrymandering<\/a>,\u201d May 15, 2026).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contact Rep. Hakeem Jeffries \u2013\u00a0https:\/\/jeffries.house.gov\/<\/a>\u00a0\/ 202-225-5936.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our work is licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0). Feel free to republish and share widely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ralph Nader<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ralph Nader is a consumer advocate and the author of “The Seventeen Solutions: Bold Ideas for Our American Future” (2012). His new book is, “Wrecking America: How Trump’s Lies and Lawbreaking Betray All” (2020, co-authored with Mark Green).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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