#Filibuster

Scott Lemieux

LemieuxLGM

Today in the bad faith industrial take complexhttps://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2020/09/today-in-the-bad-faith-industrial-take-complex Why do they feel the need to insult your intelligence like this? Why not just say "we're doin

Chad Pergram

ChadPergram

1) Last wk's SCOTUs decisions in the LBGTQ case and the DACA ruling last week only underscored why the nominations over justices and the political fights in the Senate over

Mitchell Epner

MitchellEpner

Thread - A theory on why Sen. McConnell plans to break the Judiciary Committee Rules to "report out" the Barrett nomination, rather than making a discharge motion.Short answer - it

Jon Favreau

jonfavs

Joe Biden should announce that the first bill he’ll introduce as President is the John Lewis Voting Rights Act of 2021, a law that would guarantee every American the right

Ari Berman

AriBerman

Joe Manchin represents a state that is 1/22 the population of California & 92% white yet he can singlehandedly block policies supported by 70-80% of Americans. This is why the

Maya Contreras

mayatcontreras

1/Hi @_BarringtonII, You think it's Democrats who're infringing upon Civil/Voting Rights? Let me correct the record. You're simplifying history w/o context. Let me give you context: It's Republicans, not Democrats

Scott Lemieux

LemieuxLGM

The Senate is institutionalized white supremacyhttps://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2020/08/the-senate-is-institutionalized-white-supremacy The most obvious way this is true is that it massively overrepresents white people: https://nymag.co

shipwreckedcrew

shipwreckedcrew

The "nuclear option" to me is more accurately described as the "Reid Rule." And it's a bit misunderstood. The Senate passes "Rules" to start each session, and before Harry Reid

Pam Keith, Esq.

PamKeithFL

In 2022, Dems are defending ZERO Senate seats in states Biden lost. We only have to defend 2 that might be close: AZ & GAGOP is defending 20 seats,at least

"a very nice bean"

ReBeccaOrg

Node governance is bad, actually. It inverts the old IETF "running code and rough consensus" to insist on consensus before code. Which means all discussions are hypothetical, end up addressing

Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II

RevDrBarber

.@CapehartJ is right. We need to stop acting as if the Republican Party just got messed up with Trump. What we see now the @GOP has been building for over

Dylan Wells

dylanewells

Passed by the Supreme Court on my walk home tonight so threading a few more pics of the memorial for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg that’s popped up at SCOTUS since

Michael Maggs

MichaelMaggs2

1/2 The passing of RBG has set off a massive exercise in game theory. If you can separate your partisan self from the moment, it’s an amazing exercise to behold.

Kaz Weida

kazweida

For our #ThursdayThread , we're asking a question that has no easy answers.How do you solve a problem like Joe Manchin?I mean honestly. What the hell does this dude want?(THREAD)

Jared Rabel

JradRabel

THREAD: I’ve seen many suggest the GOP is somehow in the worst position ever. They say this because they are generally Bush fans who want to claim he was a

Nick Vucic

npv708

Roadmap for Schumer and Senate Democrats to slow the Senate to a halt starting right now:From 2010 by @imillhiser / @amprog Thread: Obstruction tactic No. 1—endless debateSenate rules make it