Resign

After a tumultuous campaign by the most unqualified candidate and despicable human being in history, his presidency has been a long stretch of disasters revealing increasing corruption and outright criminality. Recent sentencing memos paint the clearest picture yet that Fuckface von Clownstick does not belong in office.

Though impeachment is well deserved, Amanda Marcotte notes that conviction in the Senate is highly unlikely.

[A]n expanded Republican majority in the Senate is fully committed to doing everything it can to thwart the rule of law and the will of the people to protect the great orange menace glowering in the Oval Office.

If and when [Dear Leader] is acquitted in the Senate, he will immediately equate that with an exoneration.

Pubic pressure through the media won't happen because there's a desire to believe office-holders are well-meaning.

There's no way most pundits will ever admit that the entire Republican majority in the Senate supports [Fuckface] not because they believe he's not guilty, but because they don't care if he's guilty.

Marcotte says the electoral solution is best--a Democrat needs to succeed him to prevent a pardon.

[L]et's keep our eyes on the prize: Jail time for [Fuckface], and no state funeral. To get there, patience will be required.

Cody Fenwick argues there's a solution to the impeachment dilemma. Call for resignation.

Republicans will say that impeachment, investigations, and scrutiny of the president's misdeeds will damage the country. They are probably right. But ignoring the mountains of evidence against the president would do much more harm to the country by sending a signal that the people cannot trust their government and that powerful people will never be held accountable.

And if Republicans are concerned about the harm the proceedings will cause, they can join with Democrats in the calls for resignation. Democrats could rightly say they've been backed into a corner, but that resignation offers the country a way out of the unfolding chaos. If [Dear Leader] stepped down, he'd be saving the country from an awful lot. If he stays on, despite the damning case against him, he is responsible for the trauma the ongoing fights inflict upon the American people, not the Democrats.

Update (January 20, 2019):  In an interview with Andrew O'Hehir, Andrew Coan explains the role of special counsel in U.S. history and notes that Robert Mueller's report isn't necessarily going to be as damaging as most people assume.

Also,  Yoni Appelbaum gives a extended argument for impeaching Dear Leader.

Only by authorizing a dedicated impeachment inquiry can the House begin to assemble disparate allegations into a coherent picture, forcing lawmakers to consider both whether specific charges are true and whether the president’s abuses of his power justify his removal.

Update (March 4, 2019):  The House Judiciary Committee is requesting information from 81 people/agencies/organizations with ties to Fuckface von Clownstick. Chair Jerrold Nadler:

We have sent these document requests in order to begin building the public record. The Special Counsel's office and the Southern District of New York are aware that we are taking these steps. We will act quickly to gather this information, assess the evidence, and follow the facts where they lead with full transparency with the American people.

Update (March 6, 2019):  Paul Blumenthal explains what Democrats are looking at:

The document requests by the House Judiciary Committee focus on five lines of investigation: 1) the [Moscow Tower] deal negotiations, 2) possible conspiracy between the [von Clownstick] campaign and the Russian government and other foreign governments to influence the 2016 presidential election, 3) possible crimes to cover up the alleged conspiracy, 4) payment of hush money to the president’s extramarital lovers in violation of campaign finance laws and 5) the president’s receipt of money in violation of the Constitution’s emoluments clause.

Update (March 8, 2019):  Seriously deranged or a winning strategy?

Update (December 29, 2019):  F. Michael Higginbotham calls on Dear Leader to resign.

The divisions in the country today are even more corrosive than they were in 1974. That’s why it’s even more important that [Fuckface] emulate the best of Richard Nixon, who, in a rare moment of grace, understood he could only weaken the nation he led by focusing solely on himself, and chose the better path.