From what I've read he's not exaggerating about the decade+. The map is hella bad for Dems going forward without drastic changes
Don't get stingy with the rubber bullets boys. I don't care to see those dipshits on the senate floor again.
We have no idea where we will be in 2024. Trump without Twitter is could be an entirely different ballgame.
these things don't change the structural disadvantages the only dream is if the demographics of the parties shift again dramatically again which is doubtful
think the scenario might be HR1 gets sunk and they make a big stink about it, then they bring John Lewis Voting Rights Act up and that's what they kill for the filibuster for then casually re-pass HR1
that's the hope, but I'm not getting my hopes up with Manchin and Sinema when push comes to shove. they need to start doing their research to find some archaic rules that they can take advantage of to redesign the filibuster without eliminating it or something. Get to work interns.
It’s really easy imo, just go back to the days where if you wanted to filibuster something, you had to keep talking forever.
been a lot of articles about this that there are avenues to make it fit what the Manchin/Sinema want without making it a flat veto point lots of obama era operatives think its a not impossible lift since they need to sway like 2 people, which as one pointed out they were 20+ votes away from killing it for judges in '13 and got there eventually
this also has the great benefit of bringing lots of attention to the WHAT you're filibustering, which is to dems advantage
looking forward to dbl watching the topical x-rated parody “fill it, buster” so he can teach us the best methods of legislative reform
Honestly, there are a few GOP senators who would love this too. Cruz, Hawley, those guys want nothing more than a spotlight to political grandstand so they can raise divisive issues to raise online donations from chuds. Cruz would love to talk himself unconscious about abortion if it meant he high jacks the news cycle and raises money as a right wing martyr in a failed vote.
this bottom pic made me think of when Dementia-nne Feinstein berated those kids for caring about the planet not melting.
this is bad and dumb but fwiw Emmanuel Levinas said more or less the same thing as an existentialist philosopher who survived fascist death camps
Ted Cruz would rather piss in a diaper than have a vote on whether Congress should end discriminatory voting practices
No, he'll be voting against the Federal take over of state's independent right to hold elections as they please. If they are racists that is for them to figure out
Policing 2: Electric boogaloo Policing remix: Just as racist but with smile Policing equality: We promise to also harass (poor) white people more.