• superniceperson@sh.itjust.works
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    No, they’re not. What happened to Obama’s scotus pick proves you can gum up this process and prevent appointments. And you can do it without losing voters.

    Democrats are choosing to aide the trump admin.

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      The senate rules changed, if I remember correctly in 2013 and 2017, so that presidential appointments and scotus judges could not be filibustered. A simple majority can change the rules for the next congress and the majority party is Republican and the next congress will either be a Democrat majority or it will be a full on dictatorship.

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      Nobody is voting for another year and a half. And hardly anyone for another three and a half years. Democrats need to pick the battles that matter.