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US Senate panel votes to hold Fauci in contempt of Congress over Covid hearing
(www.theguardian.com)
Scapegoating an 85-year old retiree? Not a good look.
this post was submitted on 06 Aug 2026
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They're literally doing it because it's a great look to their base.
If they came out and announced he would be executed by electric chair for crimes against humanity, MAGA would cream themselves. It would be paraded as the biggest win ever, and they'd be tripping over themselves to watch.
We're being held captive by the dumbest of us all being manipulated by the rich. It has to end.
But it is precedent for doing the same to Trump if the Dems ever take the senate again.
Precedent is utterly meaningless. Remember when placing a supreme court nominee the year before an a election would be Obama bias, and then the same exact people rammed through a placement literally while voting was happening?
Precident doesn't mean shit. Whoever is in power will just do what they want.
Dems won’t do anything. Will just say we need to “move forward”
You think they ever cared about optics?
So treat the contempt charge like every republican strung up on it and don’t give a fuck.
I can't believe that the federal government of the United States of America has sunk to THIS. It's fucking TRAJIC. Yeah, there has been high level evil from the get-go, but it was mostly hidden and balanced out with actual efforts to run a decent society. There was some restraint and enough dignity to back off when public opinion dictated that they crossed a line. This sick fucking clown show is an insult to what this country stood for.
I've seen teenagers writing "eat the rich" on signs, trains, and toilet stalls all around the city. The kids will be alright
Such a transparent attempt to clean [REDACTED]'s hands over the botched COVID response. "It was never the president's fault. Fauci acted on his own and against the president's wishes. That's why it all went to shit."
Give me a break.
least one of them actually did their job.. if only congress did theirs
Bend the knee or burn on the pyre.
I do so love democracy.
One of these days, I'd like to see it again.
Epstein files?
lol. LMAO even.