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Plato Shrugs: ‘Ideology Post Trump: Where Do We Go From Here?’
“Ideological turmoil in America has reached unprecedented heights. With conservatives falling into the unfalsifiable throws of populism and Liberals fetishizing 1960 solutions to 2020 problems, both appear lost in moving through the 21st century. What comes after Trump for the populist? What comes after liberals fail yet again to implement a child’s imitation of the […]
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Last Week Tonight: John Oliver- The Filibuster
Source:The New Democrat “John Oliver explains why filibusters exist, why they shouldn’t, and why it’s stupid to drink coffee like a cat.” From Last Week Tonight I guess my question for John Oliver would be: does he want to end the … Continue reading
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Tagged 116th Congress, America, Cloture Rule, Comedy, Democratic Party, Filibuster, HBO, Humor, John Oliver, Last Week Tonight, Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, Political Comedy, Political Humor, Political Satire, Politicians, Republican Party, Sature, Senate Democrats, Senate Filibuster, Senate Republicans, Senate Rules, U.S. Congress, U.S. Government, U.S. Senate, United States
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The Ripon Society: The Ripon Forum- Gregory Koger: Preserve The Filibuster- Protect People From Political Parties
Source: This piece was originally posted at The New Democrat Before I get into the Republican hypocrisy about the Senate filibuster which is as loud as Metallica heavy metal concert unclose with no earplugs and as obvious as the Grand … Continue reading
Roll Call: David Hawkings – Whiteboard: What is a Filibuster?
Source: This piece was originally posted at The New Democrat David Hawkings is right about what an actual filibuster is. Its generally one Senator or a group of Senator’s who take to the Senate floor and talk forever basically, or … Continue reading
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Tagged 115th Congress, Check and Balances, Cloture Rule, Congressional Rules, David Hawkings, Democratic Party, Filibuster, Limited Government, Majority Party, Minority Party, Republican Party, Senate Democrats, Senate Filibuster, Senate Republicans, Senate Rules, U.S. Congress, U.S. Senate
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Brookings Institution: Governance Studies- Molly Reynolds: Limitations of The Senate Filibuster
Source: This piece was originally posted at The New Democrat Warning! This article is only for truly hard-core political and Congressional junkies and people who haven’t slept in days and need to fall asleep real quick. Great bedtime reading for … Continue reading
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Tagged 115th Congress, Chuck Schumer, Congressional Rules, Democratic Party, Filibuster, Harry Reid, Mitch McConnell, Molly Reynolds, Republican Party, Senate Democrats, Senate Filibuster, Senate Republicans, Senate Rules, U.S. Congress, U.S. Government, U.S. Senate
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Discerning History: History of the Filibuster- The Right for Senators to Make Assholes Out of Themselves
This post was originally posted at The New Democrat You want to know why there’s so much hot air in Washington? For one its in an area that gets about five months of summer. Sometimes more, hot humid endless summers … Continue reading
The Daily Beast: Congress: Ben Jacobs: Harry Reid Goes Nuclear on Filibusters
The Daily Beast: Congress: Harry Reid Goes Nuclear on Filibusters This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on Blogger Just to be perfectly clear, the Senate filibuster on executive and lower judicial nominations, meaning non-Supreme Court appointments to … Continue reading
The Daily Beast: Video: U.S. Senator Ted Cruz Filibuster: Ted Cruz Cruising to be King of Hot Air
. This post was originally posted at FRS FreeStates on WordPress Senator Ted Cruz is one of the biggest sore losers in Congress both physically and personally. Not to know that he doesn’t have the votes to get what he … Continue reading
The Young Turks: Cenk Uygur- ‘Harry Reid Full Of Cat Shit On Filibuster Nuclear Option’: Bipartisan Bullshit Strikes Again
Source:The Free State MD I was watching a little of C-SPAN today before I went bike riding and went out and did what I needed to do. Why, because I’m a political junky whose interested in other things than the … Continue reading
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