#Filibuster

Rhetoric that modern Dems "turned against labor" is completely backwards. Thread from my new @alternet piece - with graphs - on how much more pro-labor modern Dems are than New
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When I said that nothing would stop the nomination if there were 50 votes in the Senate, it didn’t occur to me specify that meant 50 votes *physically present* in
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RBG believed that the pendulum, not the bald eagle, is the true symbol of America. When the pendulum swings too far in one direction, it always swings back, she famously
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A mind-monster that's been stalking me all week: what if Hillary had WON? She'd have come into office with a 241 seat house and a 51 seat Senate. MAYBE we
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This is hilarious. After four years of Trump trashing constitutional and political norms, we now learn that the mere prospects of a Democratic majority pushing back on Republican radicalism will
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What @davidplouffe just said is so critical. Republicans hate democracy so much, they have chosen to bow down to a corrupt cult leader simply to “enshrine themselves in power, permanently,”
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Since it appears many of the historians that typically rush to launch anti-conservative threads are silent on debunking this "court packing" lie that Biden is spinning, I'll take this one
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2021 @UFT DA approved resolutions:9 - political endorsement 3 - proclamations2 - legislative related (relating to work conditions)1 - board appointment 1 - procedural1 - working conditions related (asking to
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I am still sad about everything. RBG should have been honored as one of the greats; her friendship with Scalia is one of the great relationships in modern US History.Instead,
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A country can’t survive when arcane rules overwhelms democracy, putting a minority party in power that abuses its position. Dems had 12 million more votes for Senats than GOP in
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Medium-cold take: Idea of McConnell as a super-genius whose every move is flawless is a bit off. He’s a high-risk gambler. He goes for maximal plays rather than half-measures (total
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1. I don't understand the climate movement's approach with Biden. He's already got a plan that is wildly more ambitious than anything that will be possible to pass in 2020.
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There’s no chance a justice won’t be confirmed if 50 votes for him/her.With 53 seats, very unlikely there won’t be 50. Even if Collins/Murkowski bail, need 2 more.Likely result: new
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We need so many amendments to the Constitution. Specific limits on pardon power Right to educational equality Right to vote President can be prosecuted for crimes Equal rights for women,
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The idea Biden was going to endorse court packing 12 days before an election that the Democrats believe they are heavily favored to win was always ridiculous. The next 12
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So these are the things that Democrats could have done to challenge the nom and did not:- NOT pass a continuing resolution until GOP agreed to hold over- NOT participate
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