He wants to get the Dem’s on record promising to protect the filibuster now on something “boring” so when Repubs act like complete shits about something that matters like say, raising the minimum wage or more COVID relief, they can point to Dem’s promise to keep the filibuster. It’s stupid and cynical. Just the way…

I may be wrong, but they can’t just remove the filibuster any old time. I think it’s only at the beginning of the year, or the beginning of a new senate. So there is no making a deal with McConnell where he promises things. He will lie. He is lying. He is literally blocking all progress while saying that he won’t…

He’s trying to extract a promise not to nuke the filibuster so that the GOP can obstruct Biden to the point where Schumer nukes it, then use that to a) criticize them for going back on their word and b) leverage the now-gone filibuster if/when the Republicans regain a Senate majority. Same playbook he followed for…

He Jedi-mind-tricked Reid into removing it for executive and judicial appointments (except the Supreme Court) in 2013 after blocking several of Obama’s nominees, then used that to justify removing it for Supreme Court nominees in 2017 so they could seat Gorsuch after refusing to consider Merrick Garland.

I am upset this does not have more stars

If by “putting him in timeout” means throwing him in the one of the Capitol Building dumpsters, I agree.

True, but pure democracy will not work either. If you go by straight popular vote for President, it will always be lopsided and the founders realized this. The biggest problem is that Congress does not have term limits. This allows those that are there until they are dragged out feet first to amass way more power than…

If Democrats are in power, and Democrats don’t do anything because Republicans refuse to approve the organizing rules for the Senate, voters will punish Democrats for that. 

To start, in modern America, a state with roughly 500,000 people should not have the same representation as a state with roughly 40,000,000. Think about the amount of influence that the average WY voter has over the Senate compared to that of the average CA voter. The Senate has always been used to protect the…

Republicans will not hesitate a millisecond to get rid of the filibuster (for stuff they haven’t already gotten rid of it for) as soon as it benefits them.

It’s 2009 all over again. Republicans have lost the Presidency, the House, and the Senate and handed the new Democratic President and Democratic majorities a massively damaged country. Republicans will now do everything in their power to obstruct any meaningful solutions to help fix any of the problems we face and, if…

What I can’t comprehend is what exactly is McConnell trying to achieve with thsi? Don’t get me wrong, the dude is brilliant at what he does even if he has been one of the most toxic, and powerful, influences in US politics over the past decades.

We’re settling in just like the first two years of Obama’s presidency. Hopefully Dems remember what happened in 2010 when the country saw they didn’t seem to get much done.

American “democracy” at its finest. With all due respect to the people of that fine state, some dude from Kentucky, who’s not the president (and who’s been at his job for far too long), should NEVER wield this much power. The filibuster needs to go. Term limits need to be added.

Same to Lindsey Graham. Dude, RETIRE. Why keep busting your head on this wall when you could sit under the magnolias all day while various trim young houseboys bring you iced tea?

I’m encouraged by this, but I want to see how long it lasts. After Trump has been out of office for a couple of months and Republicans get all riled up because Biden doesn’t hate trans people the way they wish he would and because he keeps on condemning white supremacy, I wonder if these folks are going to suddenly…

The Daily Show did a round-up video of all the petty shit (mostly) coming from right-wing media and it was just sad. From the Peloton to Biden being sworn in ten minutes early to him not fixing the vaccination program (that previously didn’t exist) in his first couple days in office.

Unless you live in a shack and eat nothing but cold lumpy potatoes you can’t possibly be part of the working class.

I think that writer’s interpretation of the working class lifestyle says more about them than it does Biden.

Is it classist the NYTs authors believe working everyman can’t afford to spend a few thousand on recreational equipment or get a nice watch if they want? Who are those Peleton commercials aimed at, if not the masses? Next up, Hunter splurges on fancy socialist bagels.