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End the filibuster! Okay but how?
Today, once again, I’m being irritated by people I respect, by other people whose ideas for policy I wholeheartedly support. But they drive me nuts when, understandably impassioned, they yell at the Democrats for not ending the filibuster in order … Continue reading
Posted in Fascism, Joe Biden and his people, Law, suits and order, Politics, The Facts of Life, voting rights
Tagged Brookings, changing the filibuster, Chuck Schumer, Democratic Party, eliminating the filibuster, filibuster, GOP, nuclear option, Senate filibuster, Senate filibuster rules, Senate rules
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Why did anyone vote for the former guy?
This question has been plaguing a lot of us for more than four years. And I’ve spent four years trying to find answers to the question. I found a number of answers which, when compiled, satisfied me fairly well. In … Continue reading
Posted in Fascism, Guns in the U.S. of A., Politics, Racism, The Facts of Life, Trumpism
Tagged American Purpose, amygdalas, Brookings, Democratic Party, Mark Muro, racism, social conservatives, Thomas Edsall, Trump supporters, white Christians, William Galston, xenophobia
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So what’s going on? Are the Democrats DOING anything?
Pretty much every day, as I read New York Times’ readers’ comments on various articles about politics and what’s happening in Washington, DC, I run into the same passive aggressive attitude, thoroughly larded with clichés: “The Democrats don’t know how … Continue reading
Posted in Impeachment, Joe Biden and his people, Law, suits and order, Politics, The Facts of Life, voting rights
Tagged congressional members, Democratic, Democratic Party, Twitter
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