Picking up from last Friday: Fixing the filibuster: the “Nuclear Option?” Fun Fact: One historian believes that the filibuster originated, not as a deliberate and cherished bulwark against runaway majoritarianism, but as a mistake.
Is the U.S. Senate Obsolete–I?
Today begins a two-part analysis of our broken United States Senate.
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Mike Lofgren was mad as Hell and wasn’t going to take it anymore.
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It’s on.
The national party conventions are over; the true believers are energized. Unleash Death by 30-Second Slanders to win enough votes from the 30% of “independent” registered voters who gag on politics to get to 270 in the Electoral College.
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