{"id":60432,"date":"2026-11-11T06:14:01","date_gmt":"2026-11-11T14:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=60432"},"modified":"2026-11-11T01:19:23","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T09:19:23","slug":"open-thread-november-11-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2026\/11\/11\/open-thread-november-11-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread November 11 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday was the birthday of the US Marine Corps. We are 251. The Army is also older than the Declaration of Independence – and I think a little older than we are. I’m not sure about the Navy – but of course the Air Force is much younger.<\/p>\n

I would recommend going straight to the transcript of this Substack video<\/a> – because the point I want to make is very near te end. and text is much easier to find small things it. The Congress now in session is the 119th. Should Thomas Massie’s Articles of Impeachment on Pete Hegseth pass the House before it adjourns (which I would say is unlikely bit not impossible) and there is not enough time to go to trial before it adjourns – the impeachment will carry over to the 120th Congress. In other words, the new Congress will not have to start over. We will not have 66 or 67 votes even in the new Senate, but Kegsbreath is so unpopular , it would not be impossible for that many votes to show up.<\/p>\n

Justice Democrats<\/a> is a Progressive PAC which is nine years old (going on ten.) Of course they support candidates when some with their positions are running, but Their primary interest appears to be achieving accountability. I got an email from them Monday which includud this Social Media post (no, I don’t know which medium)<\/p>\n

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And their response to it, which was “Voters are tired of Democrats acting like Diet Republicans.” Whether or not you agree (and I do), I think they deserve credit for the metaphor. Their website is bare bones, really just for donating, but Wikipedia<\/a> has a fairly comprehensive article on them.<\/p>\n

I could not agree more with this article. Yes, we mostly have to wait until our new Congres<\/a>s is sworn in – with the possible exception of Kegsbreath. He is so hated I think a bipartisan impeachment has a chance. And if the Senate is too risky, we could still start investigating now and postpone the trial until January.<\/p>\n