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President Donald Trump is pushing to eliminate the filibuster in the US Senate, planning to pressure Republican senators to meet his demands.

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[–] makyo@lemmy.world 4 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

With his poor polling numbers this is one of the worst moments for him to mount a pressure campaign. The right is showing cracks.

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago
  1. Trump/the GOP does something stupid
  2. "The right is showing cracks."
  3. Trump: "Illegal Mexican cartel furry ANTIFA are turning the cats and dogs into TRANS LESBIAN COMMUNISTS!"
  4. The right is united again
  5. Goto 1.
[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 3 points 20 hours ago

Ah, so they will have to live like the average American for a while, eh?

[–] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Imagine what the Democrats will do, as soon as they have even the narrowest majority after the midterms, without the filibuster to stop them? Oh, Donny dumbfuck has no idea what he's setting himself up for.

[–] chocrates@piefed.world 30 points 1 day ago (3 children)
[–] apftwb@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Not just nothing. With their simple majority, they will undo the terrible policies Republicans enacted... Starting with reinstating the filibuster.

[–] toomanypancakes@piefed.world 9 points 1 day ago

If they do something that stupid I'm going to scream

I'm prepared to scream

[–] IronBird@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

hey now...they'll probably replace the ACA with something that gives even more handouts to big pharma and the insurance parasites

[–] I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org 7 points 1 day ago

Yep, same thing they did when they controlled all three chambers

I think the quiet part here is “we’re not planning on losing elections ever again”. And there is an enormous amount of subtext in that statement.

[–] BrikoX@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 day ago

Or he's not planning to have free and fair elections anymore so it's a moot point.

[–] Tinidril@midwest.social 3 points 1 day ago

I'm looking for the sarcasm tag and getting genuinely curious.