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bigtree

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Sun Nov 2, 2025, 09:42 PM Nov 2025

Love the way Democrats are taunting republicans to nuke the filibuster [View all]

.....betting that republicans will likely be loath to end the filibuster and just surrender the budget in some future Democratic majority to a simple majority of their opposition.

Rep. Swalwell's not letting them forget they're responsible for the government shutdown continuing.


Rep. Eric Swalwell @RepSwalwell · Oct 31
Trump admits he is in fact in charge of the White House, Senate, and House and therefore is responsible for the government being closed. https://x.com/andrewdesideri



Rep. Eric Swalwell @RepSwalwell 34m
Thune defying Trump’s order to nuke the filibuster shows how weak Trump has become. He chickens out on tariffs and now is getting rolled by his own Senate.


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