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The Dems' strategy for standing up to Trump? Why, filibustering without there being any active legislation up for a vote! (www.npr.org)

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Cory Booker has been filibustering for a while, but there's no legislation that he's stalling.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago (2 children)

At least when they teach who has the longest filibuster record, they won't mention Thurmond anymore.

But that's a perfect lesson for what the filibuster is and why it continues to exist.

It's a tool for the worst people in government to stop progress even without a majority.

I honestly hope the record isn't broken.

they left out the part where he was filibustering the civil rights act

Although yeah, it's important to include that part.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's a tool for the worst people in government to stop progress even without a majority.

It's just a tool. If we actually had a single principled anti-imperialist senator they'd filibuster each bill granting Israel military aid by reading off names of Palestinians who were killed. Obviously in a proper democratic system this garbage wouldn't exist, but you wouldn't need to go to such extremes for democracy to work in a proper democratic system.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

If we actually had a single principled anti-imperialist senator they'd filibuster each bill granting Israel military aid by reading off names of Palestinians who were killed.

lol they would immediately end the filibuster if that happened. Or come up with some excuse for why they could end that specific filibuster.

Though really, there would easily be 60 votes to break it anyway.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

I get where you're coming from, but it would be lost on eighth graders