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US could cut Ukraine's access to Starlink internet services over minerals, say sources. (neuters.de)
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[–] Pika@sh.itjust.works -2 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

letters aren't going to do anything, neither will striking.

The current System does not legally give many ways to impeach an elected official.

It is impossible to legally remove a president from power outside of election season without the legislative branch.

Furthermore, there is no federal level system in place to allow for a recall of anyone in the legislative branch, some states have successfully implemented state level recall laws to revoke their elected officials but this is not a universal thing). Disciplinary functions in the legislative branch is predominantly decided by the branches themselves, which works fine if you have a functional branch, but if you have a branch that really doesn't care then no punishments get done

The most the everyday citizen can really do is:

  1. if you are in a state that has an elected official that is being toxic/against what your state actually wants, try to encourage a state recall petition (if you are in one of the 36(12 of which need specific actions to occur to trigger it) states that allow for it AND something has occurred that was ground for your states requirements for it)
  2. try to add such a system to your state if one does not exist (which would likely have to be on the ballot as well so would take awhile)
  3. or further educate yourself on what is going to be available on the 2026 midterms and vote accordingly.

I don't think there is much else anyone can immediately do that might actually get anything done.