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brush

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1. Have we already lost democracy? The filibuster allows a minority to stop an investigation...

Reply to TomDaisy (Original post)

Mon May 31, 2021, 03:17 PM

May 2021

into the Jan. 6 coup attempt sure seems to point to that. And the filibuster is the obstruction instrument that is also stopping the John Lewis voting rights legislation, infrastructure legislation and legislation to void all the vote suppression legislation happening in states all over the nation.

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"we'll soon reach the point where it will become impossible to stop America's slide into... [View all] TomDaisy May 2021 OP

Have we already lost democracy? The filibuster allows a minority to stop an investigation... brush May 2021 #1

No, that is not how a democracy is supposed to work. kentuck May 2021 #2

But the minority has learned to take full advantage Freddie May 2021 #3

That's exactly right. We've become so institutionalized and legalized. We've made prisons and call.. jaxexpat May 2021 #6

We heading somewhere even more dangerous. roamer65 May 2021 #4

More than that. I loathe everything they stand for. Tiger8 May 2021 #11

Seriously I predict they would carry out the next holocaust if given the opportunity. Initech May 2021 #12

I don't think they could handle urban warfare. roamer65 May 2021 #13

Time for Dems, Civil Rights groups, and legal experts orangecrush May 2021 #5

Just passed a Trump bus stopped in FL. with a crowd around it.... Jon King May 2021 #7

Several years ago, my brother pushed wnylib May 2021 #8

I don't think Sinema has kids, does she? RVN VET71 May 2021 #10

IMO if republicans succeed in limiting the number of people kacekwl May 2021 #9